"Georgia Grind" | |
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Single by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five | |
A-side | "Georgia Grind" |
B-side | "Come Back Sweet Papa" |
Released | April 1926 |
Recorded | February 26, 1926 |
Venue | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Genre | Jazz, dirty blues |
Length | 2:31 |
Label | Okeh Records |
Songwriter(s) | Spencer Williams (music), Bud Allen (lyrics) |
"Georgia Grind" is a jazz and dirty blues tune, written by Spencer Williams and copyrighted by him in 1926.[1][2] The lyrics were added by Bud Allen. A recording was released by Louis Armstrong with his Hot Five by Okeh Records on a 78 rpm, mono 10" shellac single record in April 1926. The melody was the same as used in the song, "Shake That Thing", written in 1925 by Papa Charlie Jackson.[3]
The track was later included in Armstrong's box set, Hot Fives & Sevens (2000).[4]
In addition, "Georgia Grind" was recorded by Edmonia Henderson (also in 1926), Lucille Bogan (1933) and Blue Lu Barker (1939) among many others.[5][6]
As cited in the side bar to the article