Music
“Lost Your Head Blues” was popular during the last half of the Roaring Twenties. It was sung and written by Bessie Smith, a black singer from Chattanooga, Tennessee who became known as the Empress of the Blues. Frank Music ASCAP published the song in 1926. The style is down home blues from the South with a city feel. The instrumentalists were trombonist Charlie Green and cornetist Joe Smith; the pianist may have been James P. Johnson. “Flow my Tears” was written by John Dowland who was born in England in 1563. He composed and played songs for the lute. This song ...
