1st RECORDING OF: St. Louis Blues - Prince’s Band (1915 instrumental)

Charles Prince’s Columbia Records house band managed to squeeze three lively run-throughs of Handy’s famous song onto this 12-inch, four-minute, one-dollar disc. The original 78rpm single was issued on Columbia A5772 - St. Louis Blues (W. C. Handy) played by Prince’s Band (under the supervision of G. Hepburn Wilson), recorded in NYC December 18, 1915 For hundreds of other ‘originals,’ please visit the fascinating playlist “FIRST RECORDING OF THE SONG…” (click here: ) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: @the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf