
About This Time 100 Years Ago… It’s The Hits Of April-ish 1925!
A century ago, Bessie Smith and Louis Armstrong gave us the ultimate blues track—and this lovingly researched deep-dive from Contributing Author DJ Professor Dan explains why “St. Louis Blues” is still the essential listen of the 1920s.
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