DIRTY BLUES
Many songs used innuendo, slang terms, or double entendres, such as Lil Johnson's "Press My Button (Ring My Bell)" ("Come on baby, let's have some fun / Just put your hot dog in my bun"). However, some were very explicit. The most extreme examples were rarely recorded at all, Lucille Bogan's obscene song "Shave 'Em Dry" (1935) being a rare example. It was noted by one music historian as "by far the most explicit blues song preserved at a commercial pre-war recording session".
The more noteworthy musicians who utilised the style included Bo Carter, Bull Moose Jackson, Harlem Hamfats, Wynonie Harris, and Hank Ballard and The Midnighters.
Compilation albums include The Copulatin' Blues (Stash Records: 1976, re-released Mojo Records: 1996),Them Dirty Blues (Jass Records: 1989) and You Got to Give Me Some of It: 55 Risque Blues and R&B Classics 1928–1954 (Jasmine Records: 2015).
JULIA LEE
Julia Lee (October 31, 1902 – December 8, 1958) was an American blues and dirty blues musician.Her inclusion in the latter category is mainly due to a few numbers she performed, e.g. "King Size Papa" and "Snatch and Grab It" and "I Didn't Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song)". However, it would be misleading to characterize her music as always being in this vein.
Born in Boonville, Missouri, Lee was raised in Kansas City, and began her musical career around 1920, singing and playing piano in her brother George Lee's band, which for a time also included Charlie Parker.
She first recorded on the Merritt record label in 1927 with Jesse Stone as pianist and arranger, and launched a solo career in 1935.
In 1944 she secured a recording contract with Capitol Records, and a string of R&B hits followed, including "Gotta Gimme Whatcha Got" (No. 3 R&B, 1946), "Snatch and Grab It" (No. 1 R&B for 12 weeks, 1947, selling over 500,000 copies), "King Size Papa" (No. 1 R&B for 9 weeks, 1948), "I Didn't Like It The First Time (The Spinach Song)" (No. 4 R&B, 1949), and "My Man Stands Out".
As these titles suggest, she became best known for her trademark double entendre songs, or, as she once said, "the songs my mother taught me not to sing". The records were credited to 'Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends', her session musicians including Jay McShann, Vic Dickenson, Benny Carter, Red Norvo, Nappy Lamare, Red Nichols and Jack Marshall.
She was married to Frank Duncan, a star catcher and manager of the Negro National League's Kansas City Monarchs. He, like Julia, was a native of Kansas City.
Although her hits dried up after 1949, she continued as one of the most popular performers in Kansas City until her death in Kansas City, at the age of 56, from a heart attack.
Muchas canciones insinuaciones, términos de argot, o de doble sentido , como Lil Johnson 's 'Presione el botón de mi (Ring My Bell)'( "Come on baby, vamos a tener un poco de diversión / Sólo hay que poner a su perro caliente en mi bollo " ). Sin embargo, algunos fueron muy explícitos. Los ejemplos más extremos rara vez se registraron, la obscena canción de Lucille Bogan " Shave 'Em Dry " (1935) es un ejemplo poco común. Un historiador de la música lo señaló como "con mucho la canción de blues más explícita conservada en una sesión de grabación comercial de antes de la guerra".
Los músicos más notables que utilizaron el estilo incluyeron a Bo Carter , Bull Moose Jackson , Harlem Hamfats , Wynonie Harris y Hank Ballard y The Midnighters .
Los álbumes recopilatorios incluyen The Copulatin 'Blues (Stash Records: 1976, reeditado Mojo Records: 1996), Them Dirty Blues (Jass Records: 1989) y You Got to Give Me Some of It: 55 Risque Blues y R&B Classics 1928-1954 (Jasmine Records: 2015).
WYNONIE HARRIS
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Lyrics del tema que popularizó LUCILLE BOGAN
Shave 'Em Dry
Tengo pezones en mis tetas, grandes como la punta de mi pulgar
Tengo algo entre mis piernas que hará que venga un hombre muerto
Oh papi, cariño, ¿no los vas a afeitar?
¡Ahora, sácalo!
Quiero que me muelas bebé, me mueles hasta que llore.
UH Huh
Digamos que follé toda la noche, y toda la noche antes, nena
Y siento que quiero follar un poco más
Oh gran Dios papi
Di que lo conseguirás. Lo necesita.
Molerme miel y afeitarme hasta secarme
Y cuando me escuches gritar bebé, quiero que te lo afeites.
Tengo pezones en mis tetas, grandes como la punta de mi pulgar
Papá, dices que ese es el tipo de ellos que quieres, y puedes hacerlos venir
Oh, papi, sácame seco
Ella no va a trabajar para eso.
Y te daré algo bebé, juro que te hará llorar.
Voy a devolver mi colchón y te dejaré ...
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I got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumb,
I got somethin' between my legs'll make a dead man come,
Oh daddy, baby won't you shave 'em dry?
Now, draw it out!
Want you to grind me baby, grind me until I cry.
Uh, huh
Say I fucked all night, and all the night before baby,
And I feel just like I wanna, fuck some more,
Oh great God daddy,
Say you gonna get it. You need it.
Grind me honey and shave me dry,
And when you hear me holler baby, want you to shave it dry.
I got nipples on my titties, big as the end of my thumb,
Daddy you say that's the kind of 'em you want, and you can make 'em come,
Oh, daddy shave me dry,
She ain't gonna work for it.
And I'll give you somethin' baby, swear it'll make you cry.
I'm gon' turn back my mattress, and let you…
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