[Dixielandjazz] All The Girls Go Crazy About The Way I Walk

[tyleman]

So then I guess the composer credits should read Ory/Johnson/Delisle.  ;-)

Regards,
Chris Tyle

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Dick Baker <djml at dickbaker.org> wrote:
> "All the Girls..." was used as a theme song by the late, great Federal Jazz
> Commission.  One night in 2002 I heard bandleader Marty Frankel cite a
> composer for it--I'd never been sure about that particular fact.  I emailed
> him asking for details:
>
> "I named the composer of 'All the Girls Go Crazy' (actually it's 'All the
> Whores Like the Way I Ride') as 'Big Eye' Louis Nelson Delisle, a New
> Orleans clarinetist.  The information came from American Music Records, 10
> inch LP No. 644, titled 'Bunk: 1945-46.'  The album notes state:  'All the
> Whores' was composed by Bunk's friend Big Eye Louis, who was one of the
> first to take a band into the Storyville red light district.  In later
> years, Big Eye refused requests to play this tune because everyone had
> forgotten how the third strain went.'"
>
>
>> This is a tune that was reputed to be part of Buddy Bolden's
>> repertoire. The way I hear it, Ory changed the words and title thus
>> getting credit by some sources for writing the tune.
>>
>> The original title was "All The Whores Go Crazy About The Way I Ride."
>> Some folks say another 4 letter word  that begins with the letter "f"
>> was used in  place of "ride".
>>
>> Perhaps Dan Hardie can tell us more.  Or maybe some of the bands that
>> play it under the whore/ride title.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Barbone
>
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