"Willie the Weeper" is a song about drug addiction. It is based on a standard vaudeville song, likely written in 1904. It is credited to Walter Melrose...

version of the early 1900s vaudeville song "Willie the Weeper" (Bette Davis sings this version in The Cabin in the Cotton). The lyrics describe the story of...

and May 14, 1927, the group recorded at least 12 sides, including "Willie the Weeper," "Wild Man Blues", "Twelfth Street Rag" and "Potato Head Blues" (celebrated...

and "Willie the Weeper" with similar themes of praising alcohol. "Beer, Beer, Beer" has been recorded a number of times by singers including the Clancy...

You" (Armstrong, Venable) "Irish Black Bottom" (Armstrong, Venable) "Willie the Weeper" (Marty Bloom, Walter Melrose) "Wild Man Blues" (Armstrong, "Jelly...

was one of the most influential figures in jazz and in all of American popular music. His career spanned five decades, from the 1920s to the 1960s, and...

Bulletdog. Weeper eventually died between 1942 and 1946. At some point between 1942 and 1946, the Weeper dies and is replaced by his son, the second Weeper. In...

hell as we go along. The funeral instructions echo some verses characteristic of The Unfortunate Rake song cycle. Blind Willie McTell's Dying Crapshooter's...

(1929). Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" (1931) is based both musically and lyrically on Jaxon's "Willie the Weeper" (1927). In 1941 he retired from...

Jazz Band - Higher Ground Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - Willie The Weeper Acker Bilk & His Paramount Jazz Band - Gladiolus Rag Kenny Ball &...