Broadway Blues (Swanstrom and Morgan)

[1] The song became a popular hit in 1920 with two top selling recordings that year; one made by Nora Bayes and the other made the duo of Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake.

[2] The song was also recorded in 1920 by Art Hickman and his orchestra,[3] and it was published that year by Irving Berlin's music publishing company.

[2] In 1921 the song was interpolated into the Broadway musical revue Snapshots of 1921.

[4] Aileen Stanley originally recorded the song in 1920 for Chicago's Mandel Manufacturing Company's phonograph player,[5] and also recorded the song for Victor Talking Machine Company.

[8] Other artists associated with the song in the early 1920s included Harry Fox, Henry Santrey, Jack Norworth, and Ted Lewis.