Artist: Meade Lux Lewis

Meade Lux Lewis
Aliases
Mead Lux Lewis
Real name
Meade Anderson Lewis
Born
September 3, 1905
Died
June 7, 1964
Country
United States
Comments
Boogie-woogie jazz pianist. Commencing in 1936, Lewis also began to play the celeste and may have been the first jazz pianist to also play celeste. He died in an automobile accident in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Performances

Originals

Title down Performer Release date Covered by
1 Honky Tonk Train Blues Mead Lux Lewis 1929 (6 artists)

Covers

Title down Performer Release date Originally by
1 'Deed I Do Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Johnny Marvin
2 12th Street Rag Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra
3 Ain't She Sweet Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Lou Gold & His Orchestra
4 Basin Street Blues Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra
5 Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Arthur Collins
6 Birth of the Blues Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Irving Abrams & His Orchestra
7 Bugle Call Rag Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Friar Society Orchestra
8 I Want a Little Girl Meade Lux Lewis 1957 McKinney's Cotton Pickers
9 Sleepy Time Gal Meade Lux Lewis 1957 The Jazz Pilots
10 Someday Sweetheart Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Alberta Hunter
11 St. Louis Blues Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Prince's Band
12 The Darktown Strutters' Ball Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Original Dixieland Jazz Band

Songs written by

Original songs

Title down Written by Covered by
1 Honky Tonk Train Blues Meade Lux Lewis (6 artists)

Releases

Audio album

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Barrel House Piano Meade Lux Lewis 1957 Tops
2 Out of the Roaring Twenties With Meade Lux Lewis Meade Lux Lewis 1957 ABC-Paramount

Audio single

Title down Performer Release date Label
1 Honky Tonk Train Blues Mead Lux Lewis 1929 Paramount
2 The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise - Honky Tonk Train Blues Jess Stacy - Meade Lux Lewis 1940 Decca

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