Far be it from us to be controversial, but then on our travels we come across Hart Wand - Dallas Blues, written by Hart Wand, is an early blues song, first published in 1912. It has been called the first true blues tune ever published,statement open to never ending debate if ever there was one. However, two other 12-bar blues had been published earlier: A song we featured some time ago, Anthony Maggio's, I Got the Blues in 1908 and Oh, You Beautiful Doll, a Tin Pan Alley, the original song’s first verse is in the twelve-bar blues format, that was in 1911. Also, two other songs with Blues in their titles were published in 1912: Baby Seals Blues, a vaudeville tune written by Baby Franklin Sealsand The Memphis Blues, written by W.C. Handy. Neither, however, were genuine blues songs, or were they?

Hart Wand - Dallas Blues