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(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue

Name: (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue
Description: (What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue — Ethel Waters

c. 1929(Approximate date)· Edith Wilson (originating performer)

Artist: Edith Wilson
Album: Pop Music: The Early Years 1890-1950
Genre: Jazz

(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue — Ethel Waters

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 in 1930.

Sources & citations

1.(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Bluewebsite