LIMEHOUSE BLUES
From the London Musical "A to Z" (1921)
(Later featured in the Broadway Revue "Andre Charlot Revue Of 1924")
(Philip Braham / Douglas Furber)
Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanan (In "A to Z") - 1921
Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanan (Broadway Production) - 1924
Paul Whiteman & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1924
Carl Fenton & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1924
Jack Hylton & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1930
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orch. (Instr.) - 1931
Glen Gray & The Casa Loma Orch. (Instr.) - 1934
Morton Gould & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1950
Johnny Mathis - 1964
Julie Andrews (feat. in the film "Star") - 1968
Also recorded by: Ambrose & his Orchestra, Louis Armstrong,
Chet Atkins, Count Basie, Sidney Bechet, Chu Berry, Acker Bilk,
Philip Braham, Dave Brubeck, Charlie Byrd, Cab Calloway,
Benny Carter, Larry Clinton, Rosemary Clooney, Eddie Condon,
Bing Crosby, Wild Bill Davidson, Doris Day, Buddy DeFranco,
Roy Eldridge, Ella Fitzgerald, Douglas Furber, Judy Garland,
Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Goodman, Stephane Grappelli,
Lionel Hampton, Ted Heath, Fletcher Henderson, Earl Hines,
Jack Jackson, Harry James, Stan Kenton, Lee Konitz,
André Kostelanetz, Gene Krupa, Kay Kyser, Ted Lewis,
Billy Mayerl, Marian McPartland, Carmen McRae,
Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Glenn Miller, The Mills Brothers,
Liza Minnelli, Red Nicholls, Oscar Peterson, The Pied Pipers,
André Previn, Django Reinhardt, Don Reno, Buddy Rich,
Annie Ross, Zoot Sims, Nancy Sinatra, Ethel Smith, Kay Starr,
Art Tatum, Mel Tormé, Chick Webb, Lee Wiley, Teddy Wilson
……..and many more.
And those weird China blues
Never go away
Sad, mad blues
For all the while they seem to say
Oh, Limehouse kid
Oh, oh, Limehouse kid
Goin' the way
That the rest of them did
Poor broken blossom
And nobody's child
Haunting and taunting
You're just kind of wild
Oh, Limehouse blues
I've the real Limehouse blues
Can't seem to shake off
Those real China blues
Rings on your fingers
And tears for your crown
That is the story
Of old Chinatown
Rings on your fingers
And tears for your crown
That is the story
Of old Chinatown
(Contributed by Bill Huntley - March 2007)
