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Blues Medley

ArenaBlues Night

First transmitted in 1985, this medley of the blues features Fred McDowell, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Lead Belly and Billie Holiday.

First transmitted in 1985, this medley of the blues features Fred McDowell, Thomas 'Georgia Tom' Dorsey, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.

Huddie Ledbetter - better known as 'Lead Belly' - performs 'Pick a Bale of Cotton', and Billie Holiday accompanied by Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Roy Eldridge, performs her own composition 'Fine and Mellow'.

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26 minutes

Last on

Sun 28 Jul 198500:45
BBC Two except East & South East

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Music Played

  • Miles Davis

    All Blues

    Performer: Joe Williams and Band.

  • Albert Ammons & Pete Johnson & Pete Johnson

    Boogie Woogie Dream

  • Louis Jordan

    Caldonia

  • Chuck Berry

    Sweet Little Sixteen

  • Joe Turner

    Shake, Rattle and Roll

BBC Four Blues Collection

BBC Four Blues Collection
This programme is part a collection of BBC programmes featuring influential blues musicians, including B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Sonny Boy Williamson.

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Programmes are selected, in part, for their historical context and reflect the broadcast standards and attitudes of their time, which may not accord to some current BBC editorial guidelines. We aim to select programmes which can be shown in their entirety but in some cases edits are required.

Credits

ParticipantFred McDowell
ParticipantThomas Dorsey
ParticipantSonny Terry
ParticipantBrownie McGhee
ParticipantBillie Holiday
ParticipantLead Belly

Broadcast

  • Sun 28 Jul 198500:45
    BBC Two except East & South East

Featured in...

  • Arena at 40

    Celebrating 40 years of gold standard documentaries for the BBC and world audiences.

  • The Blues

    Blues programmes featuring influential musicians including B.B. King and Muddy Waters.

  • Arena: Blues Night

    Arena presents the blues, introduced by B.B. King and John Walters.

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