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Bluebird Blues

BBC Radio 3
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The second of ten programmes in which Francis Wilford-Smith traces the development of the blues in the 30s and 40s as reflected by the Bluebird record label. 2: 1933 - St Louis
The first musicians specifically recorded for the Victor company's new cheap label were from St Louis, and included Stump Johnson , Elizabeth Washington ,
Roosevelt Sykes and the Sparks brothers.
Producer Derek Drescher

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Wilford-Smith
Unknown:
Stump Johnson
Unknown:
Elizabeth Washington
Unknown:
Roosevelt Sykes
Producer:
Derek Drescher
Source: Radio Times

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