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Water Baby Blues

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Format
  
10-inch 78 rpm record

Genre
  
Western swing

Writer(s)
  
Recorded
  
1946

Label
  
4 Star

"Water Baby Blues"/"Water Baby Boogie" is a Western swing instrumental first recorded in 1946 by Merl Lindsay (4 Star 1117) and which became his signature song. Often recorded as "Water Baby Boogie" it became a popular dance tune.

Doyle Salathiel, Lindsay's brother and jazz guitarist who sometime played with the band, wrote a set of novelty lyrics for the tune. Called "Singing Water Baby Blues" (Mercury 70119, 1952) it has such lyrics as:

Other renditions

Other artists with recordings of "Water Baby Blues"/"Water Baby Boogie" include:

  • Maddox Brothers and Rose, 4 Star 1507 (1950)
  • Joe Maphis, Republic 2006
  • Billy Jack Wills, 4 Star X-11
  • Leon McAuliffe, Cimarron 4047
  • Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys
  • Eddie Cochran on the album Rockin' It Country Style (released 1997, recorded 1953/54)
  • References

    Water Baby Blues Wikipedia


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