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New York Blues

New York Blues is primarily variations on jump blues and uptown blues, where the singer is prominent and the music is slightly more sophisticated and jazzy than its rural and urban counterparts.

New York Blues Song Highlights

Rockin' in Rhythm, Pts. 1 & 2 Harry Carney / Duke Ellington / Irving Mills
Lionel Hampton
I'll Wait for You Rudy Toombs
Ruth Brown / Budd Johnson's Orchestra
Oh, What a Dream Chuck Willis
Ruth Brown
Stardust Hoagy Carmichael / Mitchell Parish
Lionel Hampton
The Nearness of You
Lionel Hampton
Way Back Home Leroy Kirkland / Rose Marie McCoy / Maybelle Smith
Big Maybelle
Go Red Go Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb
Cocktails for Two Sam Coslow / Arthur Johnston
Benny Carter
Cherry Red Pete Johnson / Big Joe Turner
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Blue Lou Irving Mills / Edgar Sampson
Arnett Cobb
Candy Mack David / Alex Kramer / Joan Whitney
Big Maybelle
Mambo Baby Rose Marie McCoy
Ruth Brown
Love Has Joined Us Together
Ruth Brown / Clyde McPhatter
Kidney Stew Blues Leona Blackman / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Ted Easton's Jazzband / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Go Red Go Arnett Cobb
Arnett Cobb / Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Kidney Stew Blues Leona Blackman / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean Herb Lance / Charlie Singleton / Johnny Wallace
Ruth Brown
Br'er Rabbit
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Rock! Daniel Kati Bell Nubin / Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Lucky Millinder
Walk 'Em Buddy Johnson
Buddy Johnson / Ella Johnson
Bear Mash Blues Sammy Lowe
Erskine Hawkins
Shipyard Ramble Erskine Hawkins / Sammy Lowe
Erskine Hawkins
Feelin' Low B. Smith
Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
Take My Music Back to the Church James Blood Ulmer
James Blood Ulmer
Tuxedo Junction Julian Dash / Erskine Hawkins / Buddy Johnson
Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
After Hours Avery Parrish
Erskine Hawkins
St. Louis Blues W.C. Handy
Erskine Hawkins
Ghetto Child Johnny Copeland
James Blood Ulmer
Yesterday
Ruth Brown