Blame It On The Blues

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Blame It On The Blues is an American jazz song composed by Charles L. Cooke in 1914.{{Cite web |url=http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SheetMusic/id/23898 |title=32278011445123: Blame It On The Blues, Charles H. Templeton, Sr. sheet music collection. Special Collections, Mississippi State University Libraries. |access-date=2014-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908223622/http://digital.library.msstate.edu/cdm/ref/collection/SheetMusic/id/23898 |archive-date=2014-09-08 |url-status=dead }} It was written as a piano rag.[http://www.perfessorbill.com/covers/blamblu.htm Professor Bill Edwards - Blame It On The Blues] The song is not a blues song despite its title.[http://www.perfessorbill.com/pbmidi7.shtml Professor Bill Edwards - Rags from 1910 to 1915] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729093107/http://www.perfessorbill.com/pbmidi7.shtml |date=July 29, 2014 }}

The song has been recorded by Ken Colyer, Sidney Bechet, Claude Luter, the Wilbur DeParis Band and the New Black Eagle Jazz Band, among others.