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Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans

Louis Armstrong

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  1. Released on Saga, also Mélodie au crépuscule (Django Reinhardt), Space Man (Lionel Hampton) and I Love My Man (Billie’s Blues) (Billie Holiday)

  2. Written by Bob Carleton, also Keep on Truckin’ (Hot Tuna), Ja-Da (Firehouse Five Plus Two) and Ja‐da (Hugues Aufray)

  3. Part of Rétrospective 1923-1956, also New Orleans Function (Part I: Flee as a Bird / Part II: Oh Din't He Ramble)

Worth knowing

Counted from cited credits on fono.

  • Bob Carleton first appears on fono in 1962, 45 years before this song

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Written by
Bob Carleton and Charlie Dixon
Part of
Rétrospective 1923-1956
Released on
Saga

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  1. 1MusicBrainz Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans was written by Bob Carleton

    Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans was written by Bob Carleton

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  2. 2MusicBrainz Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans was written by Charlie Dixon

    Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans was written by Charlie Dixon

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  3. 3MusicBrainz Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans is part of the release Rétrospective 1923-1956

    Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans is part of the release Rétrospective 1923-1956

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  4. 4MusicBrainz Saga is the label of the song Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans

    Saga is the label of the song Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans

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  5. 5MusicBrainz Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans was released on 2007-12-10

    Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans was released on 2007-12-10

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