Darktown Strutters' Ball

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"Darktown Strutters' Ball"
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Single by Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Released1917
RecordedMay 30, 1917
Genre Jazz
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Shelton Brooks

"Darktown Strutters' Ball" is a popular song by Shelton Brooks, published in 1917. The song has been recorded many times and is considered a popular and jazz standard. There are many variations of the title, including "At the Darktown Strutters' Ball", "The Darktown Strutters' Ball", and just "Strutters' Ball".

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History

Soon after its 1917 publication, "Darktown Strutters' Ball" was included by Sophie Tucker in her Vaudeville routine. [1] The song was recorded on May 9 that year by the Six Brown Brothers. [2] [3] The best-known recording, by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which was recorded on May 30, 1917, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number A-2297, [1] was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2006.

More than three million copies of the sheet music were sold. [4]

Recorded versions

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  2. ↑ Bruce Vermazen (5 March 2004). That Moaning Saxophone : The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze: The Six Brown Brothers and the Dawning of a Musical Craze . Oxford University Press, USA. pp.  219–. ISBN   978-0-19-534732-6.
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  6. ↑ Ray Anthony, "Count Every Star" single release Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  7. ↑ Manor Records discography
  8. ↑ MGM Records in the 11500 to 11999 series
  9. ↑ Castle Records in the 1 to 15 series
  10. ↑ Bell Records in the 1003 to 1132 series
  11. ↑ Columbia Records in the A-2000 to A-2499 series
  12. ↑ Coral Records in the 60000 to 60499 series
  13. ↑ Abrams, Steven; Settlemier, Tyrone. "SIGNATURE 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  14. 1 2 Vocalion Records in the 3500 to 3999 series
  15. ↑ Conqueror Records in the 8501 to 8999 series
  16. ↑ Capitol Records in the 1500 to 1999 series
  17. ↑ "OKEH 78rpm numerical listing discography: 8000 - 8500". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  18. ↑ Tennessee Records discography
  19. ↑ US Decca Records in the 29000 to 29499 series
  20. ↑ US Decca Records in the 23500 to 23999 series
  21. ↑ Silvertone Records in the 5004 to 5146 series
  22. ↑ Federal Records in the 5001 to 5414 series
  23. ↑ Lord, Tom (1997). The Jazz Discography Vol. 18 . Redwood, New York: Cadence Jazz Books. p.  660. ISBN   1-881993-17-5.
  24. ↑ MGM Records in the 30000 to 30499 series
  25. ↑ Philip Lambert (1 March 2013). Alec Wilder. University of Illinois Press. pp. 2–. ISBN   978-0-252-09484-2.
  26. ↑ Columbia Records in the 15000D to 15782D series
  27. ↑ US Decca Records in the 28000 to 28499 series
  28. ↑ Bluebird Records in the 10500 to 10999 series
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