Georgia Grind

"Georgia Grind"
Single by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
A-side"Georgia Grind"
B-side"Come Back Sweet Papa"
ReleasedApril 1926
RecordedFebruary 26, 1926
VenueChicago, Illinois, United States
GenreJazz, dirty blues
Length2:31
LabelOkeh 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]

  1. ^ Anderson, Gene Henry (July 31, 2007). The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrong. Pendragon Press. p. 48. ISBN 9781576471203.
  2. ^ "Spencer Walter Williams, Jr". Ragpiano.com. Retrieved 1 August 2019. As cited in the side bar to the article
  3. ^ "----Joop's Musical Flowers: Shake That Thing (1925) / Georgia Grind (1926) / Georgia Crawl (1928) / It's Tight Like That (1928) / Bottle It Up And Go (1932) / Oil It Up And Go (1939) / Step It Up And Go (1940) / Shake It Up And Go (1942)". Jopiepopie.blogspot.com. July 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings [Columbia/Legacy] - Louis Armstrong | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  5. ^ Gene Henry Anderson; Michael J. Budds (2007). The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrong. pp. 48–50. ISBN 9781576471203. Retrieved 2016-05-07.
  6. ^ "Dirty Blues | Music Highlights". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 July 2019.