Talking blues is a form of folk music and country music. It is characterized by rhythmic speech or near-speech where the melody is free, but the rhythm is strict.
Christopher Allen Bouchillon, billed as "The Talking Comedian of the South", is credited with creating the "talking blues" form with the song "Talking Blues", recorded for Columbia Records in Atlanta in 1926, from which the style gets its name.[1][2][3] The song was released in 1927, followed by a sequel, "New Talking Blues", in 1928. His song "Born in Hard Luck" is similar in style.
Bouchillon, billed as "The Talking Comedian of the South", is credited with creating the "talkingblues" form with the song "TalkingBlues", recorded for Columbia...
lyrics are often sung in a rhythmic talk style rather than a melody, resembling a form of talkingblues. Early blues frequently took the form of a loose...
"Vietnam TalkingBlues" (sometimes titled " Vietnam Talkin’ Blues") is an American folk-style song by Phil Ochs, a U.S folk singer specializing in protest...
American country music and blues musician from South Carolina, who is often credited with being the originator of the talkingblues musical style. Bouchillon...
"Singing in Viet Nam TalkingBlues" (or "Singin' in Viet Nam Talkin' Blues") is a song written and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. Released in May...
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blues that he developed in Detroit. Hooker often incorporated other elements, including talkingblues and early North Mississippi hill country blues....
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work is his debut piece, "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talkingblues song about 18 minutes in length that has since become a Thanksgiving...
London’s Chalk Farm Studios. The LP included a cover of Bob Marley's "TalkingBlues" which charted in Jamaica at the number 1 spot for several weeks where...
"Talking Union" is a talkingblues song written by members of the Almanac Singers. The song tells of the common struggles that a union organizer faces...
1985) was an American Western swing musician. He is best known for his talkingblues style; his biggest hit was the novelty song, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That...
"Subterranean Homesick Blues" is a song by Bob Dylan, recorded on January 14, 1965, and released as a single by Columbia Records, catalogue number 43242...
"The All American Boy" is a 1958 talkingblues song written and sung by Bobby Bare, but credited by Fraternity Records to Bill Parsons, with songwriting...
was reissued with two additional songs: "Old Blue" and "East Texas TalkingBlues" as Muleskinner. A later reissue further added "Brother Won't You Join...
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midpoint and end. The song is performed mostly in the speech-like style of talkingblues rather than conventional singing. The term "son of a bitch" in the line...
Okies with whom he identifies in songs. The humorous talkingblues song "Talkin' Dust Bowl Blues", starts off telling the story in the first person of...
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer, incorporated in 1901. Victor was an independent enterprise...
About the South." Many of his vocal recordings were comic novelty "talkingblues," similar to the songs of Bert Williams, which are sometimes considered...
65 released This Right Here Is Buck 65. Track 8 is a cover of "Talking Fishing Blues". In 2006, The Klezmatics set Jewish lyrics written by Guthrie to...
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