Recording: St. James Infirmary

Performed by
King Curtis
First release
On Audio album Doing the Dixie Twist (1962)
Rating

Song info

Song
St. James Infirmary
Lyrics written by
Irving Mills
Original written by
[Traditional]
First recording
St. James Infirmary by Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five (December 12, 1928)
First release
St. James Infirmary by Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five on audio single St. James Infirmary (1929)
Language
English

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The Unfortunate Rake written by [Traditional] - English jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 St. James Infirmary Sonora Swing Swingers 1937
2 St. James Infirmary Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du Hot Club de France 1950 (recording date)
3 St. James Infirmary Eli's Chosen Six 1955
4 St. James Infirmary Sammy Price and His Rompin' Stompers 1956
5 St. James Infirmary Matty Matlock and the Paducah Patrol 1958
6 St. James Infirmary Dick Cary 1958
7 St. James Infirmary Ted Heath and His Music 1959
8 St. James Infirmary The Dixie Rebels 1959
9 St. James Infirmary The Brothers Four 1961
10 St. James Infirmary The Red Garland Trio 1963
11 St. James Infirmary Andy Bartha and His Deep South Dixieland Jazz Band 1965
12 St. James Infirmary J. C. Higginbotham 1967
13 St. James Infirmary The Ten Greats of Jazz 1967
14 St. James Infirmary Marc Laferrière 1967
15 St. James Infirmary Joe Jones [1] 1969
16 St.James Infirmary Piccadilly Six 1971
17 St. James Infirmary Doc Cheatham 1975
18 St. James Infirmary Flashback Quartet 1976
19 St. James Infirmary Don Ewell, Yoshio Toyama and His Dixieland Saints 1976
20 St. James Infirmary Hank Jones 1979
21 St. James Infirmary The Rod Mason Jazz Band 1979
22 St. James Infirmary Canadian Brass 1987
23 St. James Infirmary Ed Bickert, Alan Dawson, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Al Grey, Gene Harris, Benny Powell, Rob McConnell, Neil Swainson 1991
24 St. James Infirmary Spiegle Willcox 1992
25 Unfortunate Rake Sara Grey 1994
26 St. James Infirmary Antti Sarpila Classic Jazz Orchestra 1995
27 St. James Infirmary Bethany & Rufus 2006
28 St. James Infirmary Steve Hobbs Quartet October 13, 2009

St. James Infirmary written by Irving Mills - English jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 St. James Infirmary Louis Armstrong & His Savoy Ballroom Five 1929
2 St. James Infirmary Alphonso Trent & His Orchestra 1930
3 St. James Infirmary Ben Bernie and His Orchestra 1930
4 St. James Infirmary The Harlem Hot Chocolates 1930
5 St. James Infirmary King Oliver's Jazz Band 1930
6 St. James Infirmary Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 1931
7 St. James Infirmary Artie Shaw and His Orchestra 1941
8 St. James Infirmary Josh White [1] 1944
9 St. James Infirmary Bill Coleman and His Swing Stars 1954
10 St. James Infirmary Clarence Cooper 1955
11 St. James Infirmary Otto Bash 1956
12 St. James Infirmary Jonah Jones 1957
13 St. James Infirmary Red Allen 1957
14 St. James Infirmary "Scat Man" Crothers 1957
15 St. James Infirmary Frances Faye 1957
16 St. James Infirmary Turk Murphy 1957
17 St. James Infirmary Kenny Ball Jazz Band 1958
18 St. James Infirmary Della Reese 1958
19 St. James Infirmary Cisco Houston 1958
20 St. James Infirmary Booker Pittman 1959
21 St. James Infirmary Snooks Eaglin 1959
22 St. James Infirmary Blues Brownie McGhee 1960
23 St. James Infirmary Bobby Bland 1961
24 St. James Infirmary James Ray with Hutch Davie Orch. & Chorus 1961
25 St. James Infirmary Peter La Farge June 1962
26 St. James Infirmary King Curtis 1962
27 St. James Infirmary Lou Rawls 1963
28 St. James Infirmary Blues Alex Campbell 1963
29 St. James Infirmary Dave Berry November 1964
30 St. James Infirmary Rusty Draper 1964
31 St. James Infirmary Hoyt Axton 1964
32 St. James Infirmary Dick Curless 1966
33 St. James Infirmary Blues Joe Dassin 1967
34 St. James Infirmary Eric Burdon & The Animals August 1968
35 St. James Infirmary Don Partridge September 1968
36 St. James Infirmary Georgie Fame 1968
37 St. James Infirmary Kai Winding & J.J. Johnson 1968
38 St. James Infirmary The Mystic Number National Bank 1969
39 St. James Infirmary Zephyr 1969
40 St. James Infirmary Jerry Reed 1969
41 St. James Infirmary Wilmer & The Dukes 1969
42 St. James Infirmary Blues Jim McHarg's Metro Stompers 1969
43 St. James Infirmary Blues Kenny Ball and His Jazzmen 1969
44 St. James Infirmary Geater Davis 1971
45 St. James Infirmary Joe Cocker December 1972
46 St. James Infirmary Bud Freeman, Jimmy McPartland, Ted Easton's Jazz Band 1976
47 St. James Infirmary Blind John Davis 1976
48 St. James Infirmary Tommy Saunders 1977
49 St. James Infirmary Sonny Rogers 1979
50 Sct. James Infirmary Anne Grete, Delta Blues Band, Paul Banks, Jørgen Lang & Steen Vig 1980
51 St. James Infirmary Dave Van Ronk 1982
52 St. James Infirmary The Triffids December 1984
53 St. James Infirmary Don Goldie's Jazz Express 1984
54 St. James Infirmary Jimmy McPartland 1985
55 St. James Infirmary Nat Gonella's Georgia Jazz Band 1985
56 St. James Infirmary Max Kaminsky Quartet Plus 1985
57 St. James Infirmary Spider John Koerner 1986
58 St. James Infirmary Don Neely's Royal Society Six 1990
59 St. James Infirmary Tiger Okoshi 1993
60 St. James Infirmary Enrico Rava, Franco D'Andrea 1995
61 St. James Infirmary Gregg Stafford with Big Bill Bissonnette, Paul Boehmke, Roberta Hunt, Emil Mark, Colin Bray, Dennis Elder 1998
62 St. James Infirmary Harry Connick, Sr. 1998
63 St. James Infirmary The White Stripes June 1999
64 Saint James Infirmary The Polyjesters 1999
65 St. James Snakefarm 1999
66 St. James Infirmary Swing Cats 1999
67 St. James Infirmary Doc and Richard Watson 1999
68 St. James Infirmary Tarbox Ramblers 2000
69 St James Infirmary Verbeke, Lancry, Singery 2001
70 St. James Infirmary Chris Jones & Steve Baker 2002
71 St. James Infirmary Van Morrison October 21, 2003
72 St. James Infirmary Hans Theessink 2003
73 St. James Infirmary The Blue Angels [1] 2003
74 St. James Infirmary Dr. John featuring Eddie Bo June 17, 2004
75 St. James' Infirmary Blues Tom Jones & Jools Holland September 27, 2004
76 St. James Infirmary Rudy Rotta & Friends 2004
77 St. James Infirmary Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan December 13, 2005
78 St. James Infirmary Chris Thomas King June 2006
79 St. James Infirmary Dr. Harp's Medicine Band 2006
80 St. James Infirmary The Stolen Sweets 2006
81 St. James Infirmary Cassandra Wilson June 10, 2008
82 St. James Infirmary Bob Bartosik June 23, 2008
83 St. James Infirmary The Gutter Twins September 2, 2008
84 St. James Infirmary Luther Kent December 18, 2008
85 St. James Infirmary Little Pink Anderson 2008
86 St. James Infirmary Roman March 2, 2009
87 St. James Infirmary Dick Annegarn February 7, 2011
88 St. James Infirmary Hugh Laurie April 29, 2011
89 St. James Infirmary David J November 2011
90 St. James Infirmary Rickie Lee Jones September 18, 2012

Ronski antti written by Jussi Raittinen - Finnish jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 Ronski antti Eero ja Jussi & The Boys 1966

J'avais deux amis written by Jacques Chaumelle - French jump to adaptation tree

Title Performer Release date down Info
1 J'avais deux amis Eddy Mitchell April 1965

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