SongEra: Jim Crow
(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue
November 19, 1929· Edith Wilson (originating performer)
- Artist
- Edith Wilson
- Album
- Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950
- Genre
- Jazz
Premiered on stage by Edith Wilson in the 1929 Broadway revue Hot Chocolates (music Fats Waller; lyrics Andy Razaf and Harry Brooks). Louis Armstrong made the first recording in July 1929; Ethel Waters recorded it on November 19, 1929.
