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Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail
Words and music Billy Baskette
Vocal by Noble Sissle with piano accompaniment by Eubie Blake
Recorded May 25, 1923
Victor 19086
Noble Sissle (1889 -- 1975) was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer and playwright. For many years he teamed with pianist Eubie Blake as "The Dixie Duo," in a vaudeville vocal-piano act. Together they wrote songs for the Broadway show "Shuffle Along" (1921) which included the hit song "I'm Just Wild About Harry" and the show "Chocolate Dandies" (1924). The team split in 1928 when Sissle performed in London as a solo act and later leading his own Band in Paris. In the 1930s He continued to lead a band that featured Sidney Bechet and the young singer, Lena Horne.
Eubie Blake (1887 -- 1983) was a composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. As a teenager he played piano and organ in sporting houses and cafes and was active in vaudeville and legitimate stage. After World War I, Blake joined forces with performer Noble Sissle to form a vaudeville music duo. After the team of Sissle and Blake broke up, Blake scored two short-run Broadway shows, "Blackbirds of 1930" and "Swing It" (1937). Blake reunited with Sissle for a time, and then spent much of World War II entertaining troops with the USO. In the 1950s Blake demonstrated and lectured on ragtime, but his day seemed to be past. In 1978, his life and music were celebrated in a Broadway show, "Eubie," which was also televised in the USA and later staged in London.
Waitin' for the Evenin' Mail
Words and music Billy Baskette
Vocal by Noble Sissle with piano accompaniment by Eubie Blake
Recorded May 25, 1923
Victor 19086
Noble Sissle (1889 -- 1975) was an American jazz composer, lyricist, bandleader, singer and playwright. For many years he teamed with pianist Eubie Blake as "The Dixie Duo," in a vaudeville vocal-piano act. Together they wrote songs for the Broadway show "Shuffle Along" (1921) which included the hit song "I'm Just Wild About Harry" and the show "Chocolate Dandies" (1924). The team split in 1928 when Sissle performed in London as a solo act and later leading his own Band in Paris. In the 1930s He continued to lead a band that featured Sidney Bechet and the young singer, Lena Horne.
Eubie Blake (1887 -- 1983) was a composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. As a teenager he played piano and organ in sporting houses and cafes and was active in vaudeville and legitimate stage. After World War I, Blake joined forces with performer Noble Sissle to form a vaudeville music duo. After the team of Sissle and Blake broke up, Blake scored two short-run Broadway shows, "Blackbirds of 1930" and "Swing It" (1937). Blake reunited with Sissle for a time, and then spent much of World War II entertaining troops with the USO. In the 1950s Blake demonstrated and lectured on ragtime, but his day seemed to be past. In 1978, his life and music were celebrated in a Broadway show, "Eubie," which was also televised in the USA and later staged in London.
