"Wabash Blues", with words by Dave Ringle and music by Fred Meinken, was the first major success for pianist, saxophonist and song composer Isham Jones (1894–1956).

[5] Other popular recordings were by Benson Orchestra of Chicago, Dolly Kay (both in 1922), Ted Lewis (1930) and Russ Morgan (1939).

Though the song was recorded by Isham Jones and his ensemble, the piece was arranged by Joseph E. Maddy.

Prior to being called "Wabash Blues", the first name of this significant early jazz standard was called "The Trombone Jazz" and was orchestrated by Joseph E. Maddy in the summer of 1918 at Kansas City's Electric Park - a then summer proving ground for vaudeville artists.

(1952)),[7] The Andrews Sisters (1952),[8] Dinah Shore (for her album Dinah Shore – Sings The Blues (1954)),[9] Shirley Bassey (for her album Born to Sing the Blues (1957)), Duke Ellington, Ace Cannon, and Paul Revere and the Raiders.