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Tom Delaney (songwriter)

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262:'s 1924 rendition of Delaney's "I Wanna Jazz Some More" became more notable for his rhyming lyric "Miss Susan Green from New Orleans." A number of Delaney's songs were not published at all, such as "Goopher Dust Blues" (with the deliberate or unintended error in spelling) and "Grievin' Mama." His "All the Girls Like Big Dick" was too risque a title for release in the 1920s, despite a loosening of morals in that period, but was published by Davis in the 1950s. 265:
In 1929, Delaney composed "Down on Pennsylvania Avenue", with the lyrics "Now if you want good lovin' and want it cheap, just drop around about the middle of the week, when the broad is broke and can't pay rent, get good lovin' boys, for 15 cents." It was one of only four songs recorded by
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in 1922: "Bow Legged Mama" backed with "Parson Jones (You Ain't Livin' Right)" and "I'm Leavin' Just to Ease My Worried Mind" backed with "Georgia Stockade Blues".
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performed by Joe Biviano and his Accordion Rhythm Sextette including John Serry Sr. (accordion), Angello Dellaira (accordion), Tony Mottola (guitar) on archive.org
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with Delaney accompanying on the piano, became her first hit. It reached number 5 on the U.S. chart. Delaney also became Waters's manager.
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Delaney was known primarily as a songwriter for other performers, but he also recorded a small number of his own songs.
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in Charleston, where he got his first experience of music and formed the Springfield Minstrels. He later toured the
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One of Delaney's earliest compositions, "Jazz Me Blues", published in 1921, became one of his more durable works.
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His 1923 composition "Sinful Blues" was one of several of Delaney's that became under the influence of the
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Delaney's version of his song "Georgia Stockade Blues" is included on the 1999
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as the songwriter, although Delaney did remain the accredited composer for
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Pearl Delaney (Baltimore ca. 1897 - Baltimore 1928) was his first wife.
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Delaney's own recorded work amounts to two singles, both recorded in
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Broke, Black and Blue: An Anthology of Blues Classics and Rarities
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in a song and dance duo billed as Mitchell and Delaney.
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Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast
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Ethel Waters
Earl Hines
Count Basie
Bix Beiderbecke
Big Joe Williams
Clara Smith
Alberta Hunter
Clarence Williams
James P. Johnson
Woody Herman
Bukka White
Toots Thielemans
Dinah Washington
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