[78-L] Bluebird 34-0721 Roosevelt Sykes

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It was a cover of the earlier 1944 original version by Cecil Gant on Gilt-Edge, then Decca.  Sykes succeeded Gant's version at #1 on the Billboard Jukebox Race Records chart on Feb. 24, 1945.
RayK
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maceo <maceo at nugrape.net> wrote: 
> Mellow Queen D4AB_345  BB34-0721 Chicago, 15 December, 1944
> I Wonder           D4AB-347  BB34-0721
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> > Greetings from FixitLand!
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> > (Retrying this post...not sure it went through first time. Apologies if'n it did.)
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> > Request from a friend: Does anyone in 78-L-Land have recording date(s), venue(s) and matrices for Bluebird 34-0721 by Roosevelt Sykes? Titles are "I Wonder" and "Mellow Queen." Best I've found is "late 1944," possibly "February 1945" for "I Wonder." I told my friend if 78-ellers didn't have the info, we'd have to wait for EDVR to progress that far.
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