• "It's Tight Like That" is a hokum or dirty blues song, recorded by Tampa Red and Georgia Tom on October 24, 1928. Vocalion Records issued it on the then...
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    Hokum (category Articles that may contain original research from January 2023)
    Band (Tampa Red and Georgia Tom, 1929). After producing a big hit, "It's Tight Like That", with Vocalion Records (and its sequel) in 1928, the musicians went...
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    corps, they play inside the flanks (tight), contrasted with the split end who plays outside the flanks (wide). Like offensive linemen, they are usually...
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    2004: Adventures in Jazzland (HealeyOphonic; Stony Plain) 2006: It's Tight Like That (Stony Plain) 2008: Mess of Blues (Ruf; Stony Plain) 2009: Songs...
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  • (Thomas A. Dorsey) for his (and Tampa Red's) song "It's Tight Like That" that started a new subgenre that was later named hokum blues. The lyrics triggered...
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    Paramount's biggest star at the time. It was Red's second recording, "It's Tight Like That", that caused a national sensation. The song reportedly came about when...
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  • Hart "Step It Up and Go" – Alvin "Youngblood" Hart & Teenie Hodges "It's Tight Like That" – Sharon Jones, Alvin Youngblood Hart & Teenie Hodges "Busy Bootin'"...
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  • a jazz singer, as well as appearing on Jeff Healey's 2006 album It's Tight Like That. She performs regularly at Toronto jazz clubs and has performed at...
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  • he was ultimately unsuccessful. He returned to blues, recording "It's Tight Like That" with guitarist Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker despite his misgivings...
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  • get the phrase "tight ass" past the censors. The title of "Tight A$" is a pun on the expressions "tight as" and "tight ass." "Tight A$" is in a rockabilly...
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