Recording: Black and Blue

Performed by

Max Kaminsky

Recording date

September 29, 1944

First release

On Audio album Battle of Jazz, Vol. 5 (1953)

Comments

Instrumental

Rating

Song info

Song

(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?

Music written by

Fats Waller

Lyrics written by

Andy Razaf, Harry Brooks

First recording

(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue? by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (July 22, 1929)

First release

(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue? by Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra on audio single (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue? (1929)

Language

English

Versions

	Title	Performer	Release date
1	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?	Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra	1929
2	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue	Rueben "River" Reeves and His River Boys, Vocal Chorus by Blanche Calloway	1929
3	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?	Ethel Waters & Her Ebony 4	1930
4	Black and Blue	Nat Gonella & His Georgians	1936
5	Black and Blue	Little Willie Jackson	1948
6	Black and Blue	Max Kaminsky	1953
7	Black and Blue	Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars	1954
8	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue	Billy Maxted and His Manhattan Jazz Band	1955
9	Black and Blue	Guy Lafitte, André Persiany, Paul Rovere, Teddy Martin	1956
10	Black and Blue	Earl "Fatha" Hines	1956
11	Black and Blue	Preacher Rollo and The Saints	1956
12	Black and Blue	André Previn	1957
13	Black and Blue	Teddy Buckner and His Dixieland Band	1957
14	Black and Blue	Dinah Washington	1957
15	Black and Blue	Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five	1960
16	(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue?	Lou Rawls	1963
17	Black and Blue	Booker Ervin	1964
18	Black and Blue	Judy Roderick	1965
19	Black and Blue	Wild Bill Davison	1967
20	What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue	Monty Sunshine & His Band	1970
21	Black and Blue	Ray Price [1]	1971
22	Black and Blue	Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen	1972
23	Black and Blue	Parke Frankenfield	1973
24	Black and Blue	Teddy Wilson	1974
25	Black and Blue	Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz	1975
26	Black and Blue	Alvin Alcorn Trio	1976
27	Black and Blue	Dave Shepherd	1976
28	Black and Blue	Johnny Guarnieri	1978
29	Black and Blue	Teresa Brewer, Earl Fatha Hines	1978
30	Black and Blue	Rod Mason	1979
31	Black and Blue	The Canadian Brass	1979
32	Black and Blue	Jonathan and Darlene Edwards	1982
33	Black and Blue	Bill Mitchell & Hal Smith	1984
34	Black and Blue	Heritage Hall Jazz Band	1986
35	Black and Blue	Bobby Short	1987
36	Black and Blue	Maxine Daniels With Martin Litton and His Rhythm	1988
37	Black and Blue	Kid Ory	1990
38	Black and Blue	Bob Wilber - Kenny Davern	1990
39	Black and Blue	Kenny Davern Big Three	1991
40	Black and Blue	The Gene Harris Quartet	1991
41	What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue	Hank Jones	1992
42	Black and Blue	Bob Barnard, Ralph Sutton	2001
43	Black and Blue	Flat Earth Society	May 2003
44	Black and Blue	Peter Sokolow	2011