excerpt from 'Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It' pp. 57 (105 words)
excerpt from 'Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It' pp. 57 (105 words)
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[In 1916 Clarence Williams received, unexpectedly, a $1600 check from Columbia records who had, without his knowledge, recorded, re-recorded and marketed a performance in New Orleans of a song he wrote.] The news got around, and, in the Mardi Gras, all the bands were playin' "Brown Skin, Who You For?". Canal Street was decorated with brown-skin leather, and all the children were singin' it. Walkin' down Rampart Street, it was the biggest day of my life. You ask George Brunies about it. He was a youngster then, but he was at the head of the parade in one of the hottest bands down there, playin' my song. |
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