It's Tight Like That

"It's Tight Like That"
Single by Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
B-side"Grievin' Me Blues"
ReleasedDecember 1928 (1928-12)
RecordedOctober 24, 1928
GenreHokum, dirty blues
Length2:50
LabelVocalion
Songwriter(s)Tampa Red, Georgia Tom

"It's Tight Like That" is a hokum or dirty blues song, recorded by Tampa Red and Georgia Tom on October 24, 1928. Vocalion Records issued it on the then standard 10-inch 78 rpm shellac record in December 1928. It became successful and eventually sold over seven million copies.[1]

  1. ^ Staig 1993, Obit.