[Ads-l] Antedating of "Twelve Bar Blues"

[Shapiro, Fred]

twelve-bar blues (OED 1956)

1934 New York Amsterdam News 1 Dec. 10 (ProQuest)

An unusual feature of the collection will be the first record, which is divided into several distinct "tracks" ... it "reviews" the development of the "Twelve Bar Blues."

Fred Shapiro

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