[Dixielandjazz] Cab Calloway - Birth of the Blues

[Dingo]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Wade" 

> Dear List Mates,
> 
> Cab Calloway is purported to be the first, or among the first, to  
> record the song "Birth of the Blues".  However, I can't seem to find  
> such a recording by him in Rust or anywhere else I have looked. Was  
> the recording perhaps not under his name, or at least not with him as  
> leader?
> 
> I'm hoping someone on this great list must know the answer.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi Roger,

The only reference I have found seems to be a recording issued ca 1989. 
http://www.amazon.com/Minnie-Moocher-Cab-Calloway/dp/B000002V7T  refers.
~~
John D