The House of Blue Lights (song)
1946 song by Freddie Slack and Ella Mae Morse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The House of Blue Lights" is a boogie woogie-style popular song written by Don Raye and Freddie Slack. Published in 1946, it was first recorded by Slack with singer Ella Mae Morse and Raye.
"The House of Blue Lights" | |
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Single by Freddie Slack with Ella Mae Morse | |
B-side | "Hey Mr. Postman" |
Released | May 1946 (1946-05) |
Genre | Boogie woogie |
Length | 2:51 |
Label | Capitol |
Songwriter(s) | Don Raye, Freddie Slack |
The song's intro includes a "hipster"-style spoken exchange:
- "Well, whatcha say, baby? You look ready as Mr. Freddy this black. How 'bout you and me goin' spinnin' at the track?"
- "What's that, homie? If you think I'm goin' dancin' on a dime, your clock is tickin' on the wrong time."
- "Well, what's your pleasure, treasure? You call the plays, I'll dig the ways."
- "Hey daddy-o, I'm not so crude as to drop my mood on a square from way back ..."
A single review in Billboard magazine included similar hipster parlance:
For back-room boogie with a mellow eight-to-the-bar kick, la [sic] Moore teams her tobacco pipes to the Black rhythm wing, giving big-time treatment to a small-time tune. Riding a solid rail, chirp chants it out with a contagious lilt. Dialog patter between Miss Moore and the tune's cleffer, Don Raye, is clever but takes up too much surface. "Postman" is typical B-side stuff.[1]
The single reached number eight on the Hot 100 singles chart.[2]