I Get the Blues When It Rains

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I Get the Blues When It Rains is a pop song written by Marcy Klauber and Harry Stoddard and released in 1928.

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I Get the Blues When It Rains came from the songwriting team Marcy Klauber (1896-1960) and Harry Stoddard (1892-1951), The two also wrote the songs Farewell and Oh, How I Adore You at this time . I Get the Blues When It Rains was a chart success in the United States in 1929 for Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians (# 8); the vocal duo Ford and Glenn (Ford Rush and Glenn Rowell, Columbia 1720-D) reached # 16 that same year. The first verse of the song reads:

I get the blues when it rains
The blues I can't lose when it rains
Each little drop that falls
On my window pane
Seems to remind me
Of the tears
I shed in vain.
I sit and wait for the sun
To shine down on me once again.
It rained when I found you,
It rained when I lost you,
That's why I get the blues when it rains .

First recordings and later cover versions

The musicians who covered the song from 1929 onwards included Annette Hanshaw (Harmony 910-H), the Varsity Eight around Sam Lanin (Cameo), the California Ramblers (Edison), Fred Rich and His Orchestra (Banner 6860), the Nat Shilkret Orchestra (with Scrappy Lambert , vocals; Victor 21943), the Frank Keyes Orchestra (vocals Chester Hale; Perfect 15142) and the Wally Erickson's Coliseum Orchestra (vocalion).

The discographer Tom Lord lists a total of 81 (as of 2016) cover versions in the field of jazz , including a. by Teddy Powell , Lee Castle , Peggy Lee , Claude Thornhill , Art Van Damme , Big Joe Turner , Lou McGarity , Sue Raney , Cab Calloway , Lena Horne , Bobby Gordon , Urbie Green , Ray Anthony , Kay Starr / Count Basie Orchestra , Sweet Emma Barrett , Kid Thomas Valentine , Bob Wilber and in Germany from the Maryland Jazz Band of Cologne . Blues, country, rock and pop vocalists like Big Bill Broonzy , Jim Reeves , Johnny Desmond , Rusty Draper , Snooks Eaglin , Judy Garland , Jerry Lee Lewis and the Ink Spots also covered the song.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcy Klauber in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ↑ Harry Stoddard in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Information on Klauber & Stoddard in The Database of Popular Music
  4. Jump up ↑ Joel Whitburn's Billboard Pop Hits Singles & Albums 1940-1954. Menomonee, Wisconsin: Record Research. 2002, ISBN 0-89820-152-7
  5. ↑ Betty Bryant, Here Comes the Showboat! 2015, p. 51
  6. ↑ Fred Rich published another version as the Jewel Dance Orchestra (Challenge 999), in his orchestra played u. a. Leo McConville , Tommy Dorsey , Jimmy Dorsey , Al Duffy , Carl Kress , Joe Tarto , Stan King ; The band vocalist was Irving Kaufman
  7. ↑ a b Tom Lord : Jazz discography (online)
  8. ↑ Marcy Klauber at Discogs (English)