FN + LN

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On 6/6/07, Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
[snip re "Bo Diddley" (1955) and Ray Charles' "Don't You Know" (1954)]
>
> I know there must be earlier blues examples of this, but I can't think
> of any off the top of my head. Wilson?

Not quite on the FN+LN model, but Big Bill Broonzy referred to himself
as "Big Bill" in various songs, such as "Big Bill Blues" (1932 and
1936 versions), "Looking Up At Down" (1940), "Merry Go Round Blues"
(1940), "Conversation With The Blues" (1941), and "Louise, Louise"
(1957). Lyrics here:

http://www.geocities.com/bourbonstreet/delta/2541/blbbroon.htm


--Ben Zimmer

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