#OTD #OnThisDay #April10, 1958: #StLouisBlues on the life of #FatherOfTheBlues #WCHandy #premieres @ #FoxTheatre in #StLouis.
#NatKingCole #EarthaKitt #CabCalloway #EllaFitzgerald #MahaliaJackson #PearlBailey #BarneyBigard #BillyPreston #RubyDee #JazzSky #MusicSky
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MARCH 3RD
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#OTD #BOTD #March3 #March3rd#OnThisDay #Bigard #BarneyBigard #JeanHarlow #FrankieHalf-PintJackson #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Blues #78rpm #Music #JAZZ #SINGER
MARCH 3RD
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#OTD #BOTD #March3 #March3rd#OnThisDay #Bigard #BarneyBigard #JeanHarlow #FrankieHalf-PintJackson #JazzAge #MusicSky #MusicianSky #Blues #78rpm #Music #JAZZ #SINGER
#OTD #TDIH #December19, 1936: #BarneyBigardAndHisJazzopators cut the #FirstRecording of #Caravan, most covered song in history; they're in fact the #DukeEllingtonOrchestra recording under the #BarneyBigard name.
#CaravanSong #DukeEllington #Jazz #JazzSky #MusicSky
#OTD #OnThisDay #April10, 1958: #StLouisBlues on the life of #FatherOfTheBlues #WCHandy #premieres @ #FoxTheatre in #StLouis.
#NatKingCole #EarthaKitt #CabCalloway #EllaFitzgerald #MahaliaJackson #PearlBailey #BarneyBigard #BillyPreston #RubyDee #JazzSky #MusicSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPsN...
🔊 #NowPlaying on BBC Radio 3's #Breakfast
Duke Ellington, Barney Bigard & Irving Mills:
🎵 Mood Indigo (feat. Johnny Hodges & Lawrence Brown)
#BBCRadio3 #DukeEllington #BarneyBigard #IrvingMills
▶️ Track on #Spotify:
