Double Crossing Blues
"Double Crossing Blues" is a 1950 song by Johnny Otis Quintette, the Robins, and Little Esther. It was released as a 78-rpm single (731-A) by Savoy Records in 1950.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Otis-Quintette-With-The-Robins-And-Little-Esther-The-Beale-St-Gang-Double-Crossing-Blues-Back/release/1050810|title=Johnny Otis Quintette With The Robins And Little Esther / The Beale St. Gang – Double Crossing Blues / Back Alley Blues (1950, Vinyl)|accessdate=3 May 2021|website=Discogs.com}} The single went to number one on the US Billboard R&B chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=445}}
Song background
"Double Crossing Blues" was the debut single for Little Esther, who was then fourteen years old, making her the youngest female singer to have a number-one single on the R&B chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=459}} The original Savoy record label showed Otis as the writer, but the actual composer, Jessie Mae Robinson, sued, won an out-of-court settlement in March 1950, and copyrighted the song under her name.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uncamarvy.com/LittleEsther/littleesther.html|title=Marv Goldberg's R&B Notebooks - LITTLE ESTHER|website=Uncamarvy.com|access-date=2018-12-21}}
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Category:Songs written by Johnny Otis
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