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Blues music about taboo subjects
Dirty blues (also known as bawdy blues) is a form of blues music that deals with socially taboo and obscene subjects, often referring to sexual acts and
Dirty_blues
1960 studio album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Them Dirty Blues is an album by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, recorded in 1960. The AllMusic review by Al Campbell awarded the album 4 stars, stating:
Them_Dirty_Blues
1968 supergroup
Rock and Roll Circus. The Dirty Mac played Lennon's Beatles composition "Yer Blues" and "Whole Lotta Yoko", an extended blues improvisation in which they
The_Dirty_Mac
Subgenre of hip hop music that contains heavy explicit lyrics
dirty rap or pornocore concept album by the Smut Peddlers. Lil Wayne was ranked one of the dirtiest rappers by Billboard in 2012. Dirty blues "Dirty South
Dirty_rap
Type of song in American blues
blues music—a song which uses extended analogies or euphemistic terms to make humorous, sexual innuendos. This trope goes back to early dirty blues recordings
Hokum
1924 single by Ma Rainey
"Shave 'Em Dry" is a dirty blues song, first recorded by Ma Rainey in August 1924 in Chicago. It was released on Paramount Records in 1924. Rainey was
Shave_'Em_Dry
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American singer, songwriter, pianist (1924–1963)
Washington notably performed two numbers in the dirty blues genre. The songs were "Long John Blues" about her dentist, with lyrics like "He took out
Dinah_Washington
Music genre originating in 1860s
familiarity. Blues songs with sexually explicit lyrics were known as dirty blues. The lyrical content became slightly simpler in postwar blues, which tended
Blues
1985 studio album by Tom Waits
socialist decadence by way of Kurt Weill, pre-rock integrity from old dirty blues, the elegiac melancholy of New Orleans funeral brass – into a singularly
Rain_Dogs
Single by Bessie Smith
"Empty Bed Blues" is a 1928 "dirty blues" song written by J. C. Johnson and first recorded by Bessie Smith. Bessie Smith recorded the song in New York
Empty_Bed_Blues
1935 single by Lil Johnson
"Get 'Em from the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)" is a dirty blues and hokum song, written and initially recorded by Lil Johnson. The 10-inch shellac disc 78 rpm
Get 'Em from the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)
Get_'Em_from_the_Peanut_Man_(Hot_Nuts)
American blues singer (1897–1948)
she is generally considered to have been a "dirty blues" musician. In 2022, she was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. She was born Lucile Anderson
Lucille_Bogan
American actress, writer and singer (1944–2023)
and Jazz. She received Joseph Jefferson award nomination for Low Down Dirty Blues in 2010. She also received two nominations for an Helen Hayes Award and
Sandra_Reaves-Phillips
American blues singer (1902–1958)
Julia Lee (October 31, 1902 – December 8, 1958) was an American blues and dirty blues musician. Her most commercially successful number was the US Billboard
Julia_Lee_(musician)
Subgenre of grindcore
Cultural origins Early 1990s Germany and U.S. Typical instruments Guitar bass guitar drums drum machine vocals Other topics Cock rock porn rap dirty blues
Pornogrind
American blues and R&B singer and saxophonist (1919–1989)
American blues and rhythm-and-blues singer and saxophonist, who was most successful in the late 1940s. He is considered a performer of dirty blues because
Bull_Moose_Jackson
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shortly thereafter by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet on the album Them Dirty Blues (February 1960) and by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers on the album
Dat_Dere
American dirty blues and hokum singer (born 1900; fl.1929–1937)
places of birth and death unknown) was an American singer who recorded dirty blues and hokum songs in the 1920s and 1930s. No details of Johnson's origins
Lil_Johnson
1931 dirty blues song
"Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl" is a dirty blues song first recorded in 1931 by Bessie Smith and released by Columbia Records. It was written by Clarence
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Need_a_Little_Sugar_in_My_Bowl
Chicago jazz band
recording career performing danceable music. The group's inclusion in the dirty blues genre is due to such songs as "Gimme Some of that Yum Yum" and "Let's
Harlem_Hamfats
American classic female blues singer
American classic female blues singer. She was a recording artist in the early 1930s, releasing eight sides, including the dirty blues tracks "You've Got to
Ora_Alexander
Song by British bandleader and clarinetist Harry Roy
appeared on various dirty blues compilation albums, such as The Copulatin' Blues, Volume Two, The Ultimate Dirty Blues collection, Risqué blues (vol.1) and Baby
My_Girl's_Pussy
1961 studio album by Cannonball Adderley
RLP 355 Producer Orrin Keepnews Cannonball Adderley chronology Them Dirty Blues (1960) Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners (1961) The Cannonball
Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
Cannonball_Adderley_and_the_Poll-Winners
1987 film directed by Emile Ardolino
Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein, produced by Linda Gottlieb, and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring
Dirty_Dancing
1972 studio album by ZZ Top
describing it as the first flowering of ZZ Top as a great, down-and-dirty blues rock band, noting that while a couple of tracks don't quite gel, the
Rio_Grande_Mud
American blues singer and guitarist
rhymes. Some of his later recordings reworked the song. Another of his dirty blues recordings was his cover of "Mother Fuyer", which appeared on his 1972
Chick_Willis
Pejorative slang word for a person or thing, mainly a woman
rapper Too $hort in the late 1980s. Reaching back to the dozens and dirty blues, early rappers like Slick Rick established the bitch as a character:
Bitch_(slang)
American blues singer (1915–1969)
which has been identified as arguably the first rock and roll song. His dirty blues repertoire included "Lolly Pop Mama" (1948), "I Like My Baby's Pudding"
Wynonie_Harris
American songwriter
Delta X. Firk gained an entry in the dirty blues category, by recording tracks such as "Cigarette" and "West Side Blues". By the mid-1970s, Firk stopped recording
Backwards_Sam_Firk
Musical artist
Blues and was often billed under that moniker. Ellis performed across eight decades, releasing two singles in her teenage years, including the dirty blues
Dorothy_Ellis
American rock band
Dirty Honey is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 2017. It consists of singer Marc LaBelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian
Dirty_Honey
1959 live album by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet
Cannonball Adderley Quintet chronology Cannonball Takes Charge (1959) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (1960)
The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco
The_Cannonball_Adderley_Quintet_in_San_Francisco
1928 blues song by Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
"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
It's_Tight_Like_That
"Ragged & Dirty" is an old southern blues song, popular in Memphis and other cities of Tennessee and Mississippi. The song was recorded and improvised
Ragged_&_Dirty_(song)
1952 single by Dorothy Ellis
"Drill Daddy Drill" is a dirty blues song, recorded by Dorothy Ellis and released as a single on Federal Records in April 1952. The B-side of the record
Drill_Daddy_Drill
Swiss rock band
Dirty Sound Magnet are a rock band from Switzerland. The group is known for its mix of psychedelic rock, progressive rock, and blues rock. Stavros Dzodzos
Dirty_Sound_Magnet
New Zealand funk rock band
New Year's Eve 1989/1990, having previously been named the Low-Down Dirty Blues Band. Prior to Supergroove's second album Backspacer, singer Che Fu and
Supergroove
American rock and roll band
it was announced that The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion would release a 22 track retrospective compilation Dirty Shirt Rock 'n' Roll: The First Ten Years
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
The_Jon_Spencer_Blues_Explosion
American blues musician (1893–1964)
Pencil Won't Write No More". However, his output was not limited to dirty blues. In 1928, he recorded the original version of "Corrine, Corrina", which
Bo_Carter
summarizes the events, album releases, and album release dates in rhythm and blues for the year 2026. On January 28, Bryan Loren died at the age of 59. On
2026_in_rhythm_and_blues
British clarinetist and dance band leader (1900–1971)
Harris Litman (12 January 1900 – 1 February 1971), known professionally as Harry Roy, was a British dance band leader and clarinet player from the 1920s
Harry_Roy
Record label
BluesWay Records was an American subsidiary label of ABC-Paramount Records, begun by Bob Thiele in 1966. Artists such as John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Reed,
BluesWay_Records
1926 single by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five
"Georgia Grind" is a jazz and dirty blues tune, written by Spencer Williams and copyrighted by him in 1926. The lyrics were added by Bud Allen. A recording
Georgia_Grind
2023 studio album by Eric Johanson
Johanson: It's All About the Sound". American Blues Scene. Retrieved March 21, 2024. The Deep and the Dirty (CD liner). Eric Johanson. Germany: Ruf Records
The_Deep_and_the_Dirty
Quintet in San Francisco Riverside 1959 Live 1960-02-01 1960-03-29 Them Dirty Blues Riverside 1960 1960-05-21 1960-06-05 Cannonball Adderley and the Poll-Winners
Cannonball Adderley discography
Cannonball_Adderley_discography
1948 song by Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends
"King Size Papa" is a 1948 dirty blues ("hokum") song by Julia Lee and Her Boy Friends. The Lee's eighth single, penned by Benny Carter (working under
King_Size_Papa
American blues singer (1901–1981)
(1930) were the better-known examples of her dirty blues, and some of her work appeared in The Nasty Blues, published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. Scruggs
Irene_Scruggs
1973 studio album by David Bowie
with only a hint of glam, while Pegg describes Ronson's guitar as "dirty blues". "Time" was originally written as "We Should Be On By Now" for Bowie's
Aladdin_Sane
1947 single by Dirty Red
"Mother Fuyer" is a jump blues song, written and recorded by Dirty Red in 1947. The single was released by Aladdin Records on a 78 rpm, 10" shellac single
Mother_Fuyer
1951 Dominoes song
Consequently, "Sixty Minute Man" is also listed as an example of a dirty blues song. "Sixty Minute Man" was banned by many radio stations and was seen
Sixty_Minute_Man
1965 duet by Jackie Wilson and LaVern Baker
Dirtiest Of Them Dirty Blues on the Canadian label Zu-Zazz in 1987. (It can also be found on Eat To The Beat – The Dirtiest Of Them Dirty Blues, released in
Think Twice (Jackie Wilson song)
Think_Twice_(Jackie_Wilson_song)
American professional wrestling manager (1926–1983)
Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World. Macmillan
Ernie_Roth
1958 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
movements: "Drum Thunder"; "Cry a Blue Tear"; and "Harlem's Disciples". "Blues March" calls on the feeling of the New Orleans marching bands, and the album
Moanin'
1968 song by the Beatles
Lennon performed a rendition of "Yer Blues" at The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus with a supergroup dubbed "The Dirty Mac," consisting of himself, Eric
Yer_Blues
American singer
Their track, written by Dorsey, "I Had to Give Up Gym" was an early dirty blues song, sometimes described as hokum. His groups included Ikey Robinson
Ikey_Robinson
American blues musician
his first band The House of DBS, which later changed its name to the Dirty Blues Band. The band signed with ABC-Bluesway and released two albums in 1967
Rod_Piazza
Number referring to cannabis
Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World. Faber
420_(cannabis_culture)
1952 rhythm and blues song
Ten Inch Record", also known as "Big Ten-Inch (Record of the Blues)", is a rhythm and blues song written by Fred Weismantel. It was first recorded in 1952
Big_Ten_Inch_Record
American reggae rock band
In March 2015, Dirty Heads appeared on Blues Traveler's album Blow Up the Moon, co-writing the song "Castaway" and "Vagabond Blues" with Rome Ramirez
Dirty_Heads
American singer (born 1969)
Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World. Faber
Theo_Kogan
Traditional blues song
easy rider (an unscrupulous man living off his lover's earnings). In dirty blues songs, "easy rider" can also refer to a woman who had liberal sexual
See_See_Rider
American jazz pianist and composer (1935–1974)
Adderley Quintet in San Francisco Riverside 1960 Cannonball Adderley Them Dirty Blues Riverside 1960 Nat Adderley Work Song Riverside 1960 Joe Alexander Blue
Bobby_Timmons
1952 song by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Thornton's" version. (instrumental) The Dirty Blues Band Dirty Blues Band (1967: BluesWay 6010) (1968: BluesWay 45–61016) Modified Thornton version James
Hound_Dog_(song)
Topics referred to by the same term
Strangler, a 1972 American film "Dirty Dan", a track from the 1955 album Blues and Other Shades of Green by Urbie Green Dirty Dan, one of eight tops in Battling
Dirty_Dan
American singer
other being the dirty blues singer Lucille Bogan. Details of her life outside the recording studio are minimal. According to the blues researchers Bob
Fannie_May_Goosby
American musician (born 1986)
12, 2025. "New Orleans legend Trombone Shorty fuses funk, soul and 'dirty' blues rock on new album". WBUR-FM. May 6, 2022. Reckdahl, Katy (November 11
Trombone_Shorty
American musician, composer, and singer (1889–1965)
Shake", "Tishomingo Blues", "Fireworks", "I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll", "Arkansas Blues", plus the dirty blues standard "Georgia Grind"
Spencer_Williams
Musical artist
stature, Johnson sang in a lusty voice and some of her material was of the dirty blues variety. Her best-known song is "On the Wall", a sexually explicit tune
Louise_Johnson_(blues)
American blues musician (1926–2005)
McInerney, Jay. "White Man at the Door: One Man's Mission to Record the 'Dirty Blues' – before Everyone Dies." New Yorker (February 4, 2002), page 55. "R
R._L._Burnside
Music genre originating in the 1940s in the United States
Rhythm and blues, frequently abbreviated as R&B or R'n'B, is a genre of popular music that originated within African American communities in the 1940s
Rhythm_and_blues
Musical artist
played with Sammy Hagar, and with Steve Hoard, and also with Rod Piazza's Dirty Blues Band. In 1982, Campbell reformed with original Misunderstood singer Rick
Glenn_Ross_Campbell
2023 album by ZZ Ward
the Dirty Deluxe edition of the album. Dirty Shine received widespread critical acclaim. Critics praised Ward's versatility in blending the blues rock
Dirty_Shine
Croatian singer-songwriter (born 1992)
a mentor on the fourth season of The Voice Hrvatska. Dino Jelusick – Dirty blues (Acoustic). youtube.com. Retrieved 1 February 2025. "Autogram: Dino Jelusic:
Dino_Jelusick
1997 studio album by Melvin Taylor & the Slack Band
Taylor never strays far from the basic blues groove." The Dallas Observer listed Dirty Pool among the best blues albums of 1997, concluding that "the music
Dirty_Pool
1958 album by US jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan
1958) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley, 1960) Work Song (Nat Adderley, 1960) Chet Baker
The_Cooker
blues, playing guitar, banjo, string bass and clarinet, one of the first dirty blues musicians, with songs such as "Banana in Your Fruit Basket". James Cotton
List_of_Delta_blues_musicians
Song by Bob Dylan
Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World. Faber
Rainy_Day_Women_Nos._12_&_35
1961 studio album by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
1958) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley, 1960) Work Song (Nat Adderley, 1960) Chet Baker
A Night in Tunisia (1961 album)
A_Night_in_Tunisia_(1961_album)
American writer and musician
series of seven deluxe reissues by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, including the 2010 compilation Dirty Shirt Rock 'n' Roll: The First Ten Years. Jon Spencer
Mike_Edison
1997 studio album by Joe Louis Walker
mostly favourable reviews upon its release.[citation needed] "Low Down Dirty Blues" (Walker) – 6:57 "First Degree" (Turner, Walker) – 4:22 "Mile-Hi Club"
Great Guitars (Joe Louis Walker album)
Great_Guitars_(Joe_Louis_Walker_album)
1961 studio album by Lee Morgan
Days" (Massey) – 9:25 "The Lion and the Wolff" (Morgan) – 9:40 "Midtown Blues" (McLean) – 12:09 "Nakatini Suite" (Massey) – 8:09 Lee Morgan – trumpet
Lee-Way
American jazz trumpeter and composer (1931–2000)
Adderley Quintet. This style is characterized by simple harmonies, a heavy blues feel, catchy riffs, and a presence of the church. The point of soul jazz
Nat_Adderley
female blues singer who performed early country blues. Many of her songs were sexually suggestive, and thus she may be considered a dirty blues musician
List of country blues musicians
List_of_country_blues_musicians
2019 studio album by Suzi Quatro
Wrong" "a dirty blues jam whose two-note bass riff is spruced up by rowdy blasts of harmonica" and opining that the closing track "Going Down Blues" "suggests
No Control (Suzi Quatro album)
No_Control_(Suzi_Quatro_album)
1986 studio album by John Patton
Sauce" (George Braith) – 7:55 "Bermuda Clay House" (Braith) – 5:55 "Dem Dirty Blues" (Grant Green) – 6:15 "Country Girl" – 6:51 "Nicety" (Ben Dixon) – 5:30
Blue_John_(album)
American jazz pianist and educator (1929–2021)
1975) Blues for Duke (Muse, 1978) – rec. 1975 Moonlight in Vermont (Savoy, 1977) In Style (Muse, 1982) With others Cannonball Adderley, Them Dirty Blues (Riverside
Barry_Harris
1994–95 concert tour by the Rolling Stones
742 $3,152,637 8 August 1995 Budapest Hungary Népstadion Takacs Tamas Dirty Blues Band 46,598 / 55,000 $1,470,023 12 August 1995 Schüttorf Germany Schüttorf
Voodoo_Lounge_Tour
American guitarist (born 1950)
that tour, he has been performing with his own band, the Dirty Knobs. As of 2024, the Dirty Knobs have released three albums. On November 11, 2011, Rolling
Mike_Campbell_(musician)
American musician (born 1975)
original on June 10, 2015. Retrieved March 16, 2015. "Jack White's Got the Dirty Blues". Evening Standard. June 5, 2009. p. 39. "Meg White Surprises With Raconteurs
Jack_White
American record label
Gillespie and the Mitchell Ruff Duo in Concert Dizzy Gillespie MRL 326 Dirty Blues Lightnin' Hopkins Reissue of Time 1384 MRL 327 Stan Hope Stan Hope MRL
Mainstream_Records
1960 studio album by Bobby Timmons
1958) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley, 1960) Work Song (Nat Adderley, 1960) Chet Baker
This_Here_Is_Bobby_Timmons
Australian musical group
their music is a blend of country, dirty blues and rock. Their influences include Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dirty Three, PJ Harvey, Ennio Morricone
Schvendes
American jazz pianist and composer (1932–80)
early cover of "Jeannine" appears on the Cannonball Adderley album Them Dirty Blues, recorded in February 1960; the song was also covered by Donald Byrd
Duke_Pearson
American singer-songwriter (born 1986)
album, The Storm (2017), peaked atop the Billboard Blues Albums Chart. Her third studio album, Dirty Shine (2023), was released independently, and met
ZZ_Ward
1960 studio album by Nat Adderley
stating: "Work Song is the real classic, of course, laced with a funky blues feel but marked by some unexpectedly lyrical playing." Colin Larkin awarded
Work Song (Nat Adderley album)
Work_Song_(Nat_Adderley_album)
AllMusic. Ripani, Richard J. (2006). The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 130–132. ISBN 1-57806-862-2
List of 1980s albums considered the best
List_of_1980s_albums_considered_the_best
American independent record label
of Blues Country - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-07-30. McInerney, Jay. "White Man at the Door: One Man's Mission to Record the 'Dirty Blues'
Fat_Possum_Records
1961 studio album by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers
1958) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco (1959) Them Dirty Blues (Cannonball Adderley, 1960) Work Song (Nat Adderley, 1960) Chet Baker
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (1961 album)
Art_Blakey_and_the_Jazz_Messengers_(1961_album)
1958 studio album by Benny Golson
"Blues on My Mind" – 7:27 "Stablemates" – 5:44 "Thursday's Theme" – 7:35 "Afternoon in Paris" (John Lewis) – 6:50 "Calgary" (Ray Bryant) – 3:36 "Blues
Benny Golson and the Philadelphians
Benny_Golson_and_the_Philadelphians
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