Camp Meeting Blues
First recording and first release by King Oliver's Jazz Band (October 16, 1923 / February 1924)
- Written by
- Duke Ellington, Rudy Jackson [US1], Bubber Miley
- Original music written by
- King Oliver
- Language
- English
- Adapted from
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Camp Meeting Blues written by King Oliver
- Comments
- The song was apparently brought to Ellington by Rudy Jackson and presented as an original. Jackson's former bandleader King Oliver sued for plagiarism but lost, supposedly because the song was recorded but not copyrighted as "Camp Meeting Blues".
- Licensing
- Request a synchronization license
