Blackbirds of 1939

Blackbirds of 1939 was an African-American musical theater show in Lew Leslie's series of Blackbirds revues. It was the last revue, following on from Blackbirds of 1928, Blackbirds of 1930, and Blackbirds of 1933. The show was staged at the Hudson Theatre.^[1]

The revue included Doc Sausage, Mitchell Parish, Lena Horne, Rosalie King and Tim Moore (comedian).

Songs

• 1. "Thursday" Dorothy Sacks & Irvin Graham, melody Louis Haber. Later recorded by Count Basie.
• 2. Shake Your Bluesies with Dancing Shoesies (by Louis Haber and Dorothy Sachs)
• 3. Father Divine (by Louis Haber and Dorothy Sachs)
• 4. I Did It for the Red, White and Blue (by Rube Bloom and Johnny Mercer)
• 5. When a Blackbird Is Blue (by Sammy Fain and Mitchell Parish)
• 6. You're So Indifferent (by Sammy Fain and Mitchell Parish)
• 7. Swing Struck (by Vic Mizzy and Irving Taylor)
• 8. Rhapsody in Blue (by George Gershwin)

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