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Wolverine Blues (song)

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For the Entombed album, see Wolverine Blues. 1923 song
"Wolverine Blues"
Song
Released1923 (1923)
Recorded18 July 1923
GenreJazz
Composer(s)Jelly Roll Morton
Lyricist(s)Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes
John Curry Spikes

"Wolverine Blues" is an early jazz standard by Jelly Roll Morton with lyrics by the brothers Benjamin Franklin "Reb" Spikes and John Curry Spikes.

He recorded it in Richmond, Indiana on 18 July 1923 along with "Kansas City Stomp" and "Grandpa's Spells".

References

  1. Laird, Ross (1995). Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-313-29240-8.


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