The Birth of the Blues

Name: The Birth of the Blues
Duration: 3 min 58 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.20	The Birth of the Blues	3:58	Dinah Washington	The Complete Dinah Washington on Mercury, Volume 4 (1954-1956)	Dinah Washington	Album + Compilation	US1988	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	834 683-2
2.5	Birth of the Blues	3:58	Dinah Washington	100 Hits Legends: Dinah Washington	Dinah Washington	Album + Compilation	GB2011	100 Hits, Demon Music Group	LEGENDS025
1.15	The Birth of the Blues	3:55	Dinah Washington	Dinah!	Dinah Washington	Album + Compilation	US-	EmArcy

vocals:	Dinah Washington (in 1955)

recording of:	Birth of the Blues

lyricist:	Lew Brown Buddy DeSylva
composer:	Ray Henderson

referred to in medleys:	Medley: How About You? / The Birth of the Blues (order: 2) Sleeptime Down South Medley (order: 7)
later translated versions:	Othello (Birth of the Blues)