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		1926 single by Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra
	"Washboard Blues"
	1927 recording by Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra.

	Single by Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra
	A-side	"Among My Souvenirs"
	Written	1926
	Released	1927 (1927)
	Recorded	November 18, 1927
	Genre	Blues
	Label	Victor
	Songwriter(s)	
	Hoagy Carmichael
	Fred B. Callahan
	Irving Mills






"Washboard Blues" is a 1926 popular song written by Hoagy Carmichael, Fred B. Callahan and Irving Mills. On November 18, 1927, it was recorded in Chicago by Paul Whiteman and his Concert Orchestra, featuring piano and lead vocals by Carmichael, and was released as Victor 35877-B (the B-side of "Among My Souvenirs")[1]

The song is an evocative washerwoman's lament. Though the verse, chorus, and bridge pattern is present, the effect of the song is of one long, cohesive melodic line with a dramatic shifting of tempo. The cohesiveness of the long melody perfectly matches the lyrical description of the crushing fatigue resulting from the repetitious work of washing clothes under primitive conditions.[2]


Credits[edit]

A copy of the lyrics from the Indiana University archives of the Hoagy Carmichael collection credits F. B. Callahan with the words to "Washboard Blues".[3]


References[edit]


	^ Greenwald, Matthew. "Washboard Blues". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2010.

	^ 
Wilder, Alec (1990). American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950. New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 374. ISBN 0-19-501445-6.

	^ 

"Hoagy Carmichael Collection". Webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu. Retrieved 2009-09-30.





External links[edit]

	"Washboard Blues", Paul Whiteman (1927)—Internet Archive.
	
"Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra* - Among My Souvenirs / Washboard Blues (Shellac)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-07-26.


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		Categories: 	Songs with music by Hoagy Carmichael
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	1926 songs
	Songs with lyrics by Irving Mills


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