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22: 523: 255:, who found Lewis and hired him to record the song again, initially releasing it in Europe. In 1937 he re-recorded it again, releasing the song in the US, where it was a hit, subsequently touring the country in a series of concerts that helped popularize boogie-woogie. 441: 377: 560: 86: 58: 39: 65: 251:
The single, when first released, sold poorly, and Lux ended up working in a car wash for a living, but it was later heard by
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Keith Emerson often included it in his repertoire, and his recording of it was a Top 30 hit in the
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arrangement. Early recordings of the piece by artists other than Lewis include performances by
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song, it has many of the traits that would come to be identified with
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It has gone on to be recorded in various contexts, often in a
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Single
Meade Lux Lewis
B-side
Genre
Boogie woogie
Label
Paramount
Songwriter(s)
Meade Lux Lewis
Meade Lux Lewis
boogie-woogie
rock and roll
honky-tonk
John Hammond
big band
Adrian Rollini
Frankie Trumbauer
Sylvia Marlowe
George Wright

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