50+ Music<p>"West End Blues" is a multi-strain <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/twelvebarBlues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>twelvebarBlues</span></a> composition by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JoeKingOliver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoeKingOliver</span></a>. It is most commonly performed as an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/instrumental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>instrumental</span></a>, although it has <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/lyrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lyrics</span></a> added by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClarenceWilliams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClarenceWilliams</span></a>. King Oliver and his Dixie Syncopators made the first recording for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BrunswickRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrunswickRecords</span></a> on June 11, 1928. Clarence Williams later added lyrics to the instrumental tune. He recorded the song several times in 1928, first with vocalist <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EthelWaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthelWaters</span></a>, then with Irene Mims. <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkOSCQyRJsE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=XkOSCQyRJsE</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>