<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (November 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> 1919--Lieutenant Jim Europe's U.S. Infantry Band (Pathe). </Li> <Li> 1920--Marion Harris </Li> <Li> 1921--Original Dixieland Jass Band </Li> <Li> 1922--W.C. Handy </Li> <Li> 1925--Bessie Smith, backed by Louis Armstrong on cornet and Fred Longshaw on harmonium . </Li> <Li> 1926--Fats Waller, recorded as an organ solo for Victor Records . </Li> <Li> 1927--Wild Man Blues </Li> <Li> 1927--Sylvester Weaver </Li> <Li> 1928--Al Bernard, as "John Bennett" (Madison) </Li> <Li> 1928--Katherine Henderson with Clarence Williams and His Orchestra . </Li> <Li> 1929--Emmett Miller accompanied by his Georgia Crackers, released in New York on September 9, 1929, by Matrix Music Records </Li> <Li> 1929--Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra, with Red Allen . </Li> <Li> 1930--Rudy Vallee, Cab Calloway, the Mills Brothers, the Boswell Sisters, Jim Jackson . </Li> <Li> 1932--Bing Crosby with Duke Ellington and His Orchestra (recorded February 11, 1932). </Li> <Li> 1933--The Whiskey Bottle Boys, played on a water - bottle xylophone . </Li> <Li> 1934--Paul Robeson, recorded in London on February 20, 1934, and released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label (B 8219). </Li> <Li> 1935--The Boswell Sisters, recorded on May 28, 1935, and released on the Brunswick label (7467). </Li> <Li> 1935--Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli </Li> <Li> 1935--Bob Wills </Li> <Li> 1936--Walter Brennan, Theresa Harris </Li> <Li> 1939--Benny Goodman </Li> <Li> 1940--Earl Hines, in a rendition entitled "Boogie Woogie on the St. Louis Blues", in which Hines can be heard saying, "Aw, play it till 1951", the year the original copyright was to expire; he also recorded an up - tempo solo piano version in Paris on November 6, 1949, for the Royal Jazz label; and he included the tune on his 1977 Vogue album An Evening with Earl Hines: With Tiny Grimes, Hank Young, Bert Dahlander and Marva Josie . </Li> <Li> 1940--Billie Holiday, in a session with Benny Carter and His All Star Orchestra (OKeh). This session was part of an album with eight tracks on four 78 - rpm discs planned by John Hammond and Leonard Feather as a tribute to W.C. Handy, but the project was never completed; Carter, better known as a saxophone player, performs a wonderful clarinet solo in the bridge . </Li> <Li> 1941--Lena Horne with the Dixieland Jazz Band of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street . </Li> <Li> 1943--Glenn Miller, "St. Louis Blues--March", played by the U.S. Army Air Force Band, of which Miller was the commander . </Li> <Li> 1945--Eddie Rosner </Li> <Li> 1945--Annie Laurie with the Dallas Bartley Band for Cosmo Records . </Li> <Li> 1945--Maurice Rocco </Li> <Li> 1949--Art Tatum </Li> <Li> 1952--Chet Atkins, on his first album, Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar . </Li> <Li> 1953--Billy Eckstine with the Metronome All - Stars: Roy Eldridge, Kai Winding, John LaPorta, Warne Marsh, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Billy Bauer, Eddie Safranski, Terry Gibbs, Max Roach . </Li> <Li> 1954--Louis Armstrong, who recorded the song numerous times, included a version on the album Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy . </Li> <Li> 1950s--Moon Mullican sang and played the song on the Grand Ole Opry . </Li> <Li> 1956--The Teen Kings, featuring Roy Orbison, recorded at KOSA - TV, Odessa, Texas, 1956 . </Li> <Li> 1957--Shirley Bassey, on the album Born to Sing the Blues </Li> <Li> 1957 - Dave Brubeck, on the album Jazz Goes To Junior College with Paul Desmond </Li> <Li> 1957 - Louis Prima, on the album The Wildest Comes Home! </Li> <Li> 1958--Release of St. Louis Blues, a biographical film about Handy, who had died earlier in the year, starring Nat King Cole, who recorded an album of songs from the film, and Ella Fitzgerald, who incorporated the song into her repertoire . </Li> <Li> 1958--Pat Boone </Li> <Li> 1959--John Fahey, on the album Blind Joe Death, re-recorded in 1967 . </Li> <Li> 1959 - Red Garland, on the album Red In Bluesville </Li> <Li> 1959--Dizzy Gillespie, on the album "Have Trumpet, Will Excite!". </Li> <Li> 1959--Brenda Lee, on the album Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! . </Li> <Li> 1959 - Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges, on the album Back to Back with Harry "Sweets" Edison </Li> <Li> 1960--Freddy Cannon included it on his debut album The Explosive Freddy Cannon . </Li> <Li> 1961--Alberta Hunter, on the album Alberta Hunter with Lovie Austin's Blues Serenaders (Riverside) </Li> <Li> 1962--Ace Cannon recorded an instrumental version for his debut album, Tuff Sax . </Li> <Li> 1963 - Dave Brubeck on the album At Carnegie Hall - with Paul Desmond </Li> <Li> 1964--Judy Garland and Martha Raye performed it as the final piece in a medley of Glenn Miller songs on The Judy Garland Show . </Li> <Li> 1964--Chuck Berry, on the album Chuck Berry in London . </Li> <Li> 1967 - Dave Brubeck on the album Buried Treasures: Recorded Live in Mexico City with Paul Desmond </Li> <Li> 1967--Mina sang an orchestral version on the Italian TV program Sabato Sera ("Saturday night"). </Li> <Li> 1967--Jaki Byard, with his trio (Byard, piano; David Izenzon, bass; Elvin Jones, drums), on the album Sunshine of My Soul . </Li> <Li> 1968--Paul McCartney used the song to set the mood for the recording sessions for "Hey Jude", and the Beatles can be heard busking the tune on the many bootleg recordings of the sessions . </Li> <Li> 1968 - Thad Jones Mel Lewis Orchestra on the album Monday Night at the Village Vanguard </Li> <Li> 1968 - Illinois Jacquet - on the album The Soul Explosion </Li> <Li> 1969--Bintangs, Dutch rhythm and blues band, on their album Blues on the Ceiling </Li> <Li> 1970--Jula de Palma sang a beat version of the song in a successful concert recorded on the album Jula al Sistina . </Li> <Li> 1970 - Dave Brubeck on the album Live at the Berlin Philharmonie with Gerry Mulligan </Li> <Li> 1973--Enrique Villegas </Li> <Li> 1974--Eumir Deodato, on the concert album Artistry, a live, big - band jazz - fusion funk arrangement featuring Deodato soloing on synthesizer, perhaps the most unusual arrangement recorded . </Li> <Li> 1974--Etta James on the album Come a Little Closer . </Li> <Li> 1976--The Flamin' Groovies, on the album Shake Some Action (Chuck Berry's version). </Li> <Li> 1976 - Ray Bryant on the album Solo Flight </Li> <Li> 1981--Johnny Cash, unreleased (Chuck Berry's version). </Li> <Li> 1981--Tav Falco's Panther Burns, on the album "Behind the Magnolia Curtain". </Li> <Li> 1984 - George Wright, on album Red Hot and Blue . </Li> <Li> 1985--Doc Watson, on the album Pickin' the Blues; he played his version for many years . </Li> <Li> 1986--Hank Williams Jr. recorded it as part of a medley on the album Montana Cafe . </Li> <Li> 1992--Wayne Horvitz, jazz keyboardist, did an abstracted but recognizable version on Miracle Mile as "Variations on a Theme by W.C. Handy". </Li> <Li> 1994--George Thorogood & the Destroyers performed the song with Johnnie Johnson at Mississippi Nights, which was released on Thorogood's 1995 album Live: Let's Work Together . </Li> <Li> 1998--Stevie Wonder recorded the song on Herbie Hancock's jazz album Gershwin's World and won the two Grammys in 1999 . </Li> <Li> 1999--Odetta recorded it in a medley with "Careless Love" on her album Blues Everywhere I Go . </Li> <Li> 1999--Merle Haggard and Asleep at the Wheel, on the Bob Wills tribute album Ride with Bob . </Li> <Li> 2001--Dexter Romweber </Li> <Li> 2001--Aki Takase, on her album of the same title . </Li> <Li> 2002--Peter Cincotti, on his album On the Moon . </Li> <Li> 2008--David Sanborn, on his 2008 album Here & Gone . </Li> <Li> 2008--Jack Rose, on the album Dr. Ragtime & Pals / Self Titled . </Li> <Li> 2008--Ruby Turner with Jools Holland and His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra, on the album The Informer . </Li> <Li> 2009--Simone White, on the album Yakiimo . </Li> <Li> 2013--Hugh Laurie, on his album Didn't It Rain . </Li> <Li> 2013--Margot Bingham performed a version on the TV series Boardwalk Empire as jazz performer Daughter Maitland . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 1919--Lieutenant Jim Europe's U.S. Infantry Band (Pathe). </Li> <Li> 1920--Marion Harris </Li>

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