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Released on Columbia, also Chop Suey! (System of a Down), Toxicity (System of a Down) and Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
Written by Buddy DeSylva, also Avalon (Django Reinhardt), Look for the Silver Lining (Chet Baker Quartet) and Do It Again (Marilyn Monroe)
Part of The Columbia Years: 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings, also Azure‐Té (Paris Blues), It’s All Up to You and Hush‐a‐Bye Island
Written by Lew Brown, also That Old Feeling (Chet Baker), The Thrill Is Gone (Chet Baker) and Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree (With Anyone Else but Me) (The Andrews Sisters)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Buddy DeSylva wrote 29 songs on fono
Lew Brown wrote 28 songs on fono
Lew Brown’s most frequent co-writer is Ray Henderson (16 songs together)
Buddy DeSylva’s most frequent co-writer is Ray Henderson (15 songs together)
Credits
All 6 credits
- Written by
- Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
- Performed by
- Frank Sinatra
- Released on
- Columbia
- Written by
- Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
- Performed by
- Frank Sinatra
- Released on
- Columbia
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Buddy DeSylva
Same writer: Lew Brown
Same writer: Ray Henderson
Same label: Columbia
Same release: The Columbia Years: 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings
Same writer: Buddy DeSylva
Same writer: Ray Henderson
Same label: Columbia
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz The Birth of the Blues was performed by Frank Sinatra
The Birth of the Blues was performed by Frank Sinatra
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz The Birth of the Blues was written by Buddy DeSylva
The Birth of the Blues was written by Buddy DeSylva
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz The Birth of the Blues was written by Lew Brown
The Birth of the Blues was written by Lew Brown
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4MusicBrainz The Birth of the Blues was written by Ray Henderson
The Birth of the Blues was written by Ray Henderson
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5MusicBrainz The Birth of the Blues is part of the release The Columbia Years: 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings
The Birth of the Blues is part of the release The Columbia Years: 1943–1952: The Complete Recordings
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6MusicBrainz Columbia is the label of the song The Birth of the Blues
Columbia is the label of the song The Birth of the Blues
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7MusicBrainz The Birth of the Blues was released on 1955-10
The Birth of the Blues was released on 1955-10
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026