Tuesday, December 22, 2020

John Malveaux: Louis Armstrong "Black and Blue", a 1929 B-side on Okeh Records has been called American music’s first bona fide protest song

Louis Armstrong
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John Malveaux of MusicUNTOLD.com writes:

Louis Armstrong "Black and Blue", a 1929 B-side on Okeh Records’ “popular music” listings (a label that had previously marketed him for “race records”), has been called American music’s first bona fide protest song against racial inequalityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LDPUfbXRLM 

Thanks
John Malveaux

 

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