"Yellow Dog Blues" Advertisement

Newspaper article

Title

"Yellow Dog Blues" Advertisement

Description

An advertisement for Paramount Records shows that almost all of the popular recorded songs at the time had "blues" in the title. W. C. Handy's "Yellow Dog Blues" is mentioned as one of his most famous songs, while some of his other songs are called the "greatest of dance records."

Date

June 3, 1922

Source

Library of Congress Chronicling America

Type

Newspaper article

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An advertisement for Paramount Records shows that almost all of the popular recorded songs at the time had "blues" in the title. W. C. Handy's "Yellow Dog Blues" is mentioned as one of his most famous songs, while some of his other songs are called the "greatest of dance records."