The Birth of the Blues

{{Short description|Popular song from 1926}}

"The Birth of the Blues" is a popular 1926 song composed by Ray Henderson, with lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and Lew Brown. It was used in the Broadway revue George White's Scandals of 1926.{{cite web|title=Internet Broadway Database|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/george-whites-scandals-1926-10092/#songs|website=ibdb.com|access-date=August 19, 2017}}

It was recorded in its debut year by Paul Whiteman (with vocals by Jack Fulton, Charles Gaylord and Austin "Skin" Young), Harry Richman, and The Revelers.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/477 477]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/477}}