Talk:Gin House Blues

Authorship question
From listening to the different versions I'm not convinced that the Bessie Smith song is the same song as the majority of the other versions listed. Specifically the Nina Simone and The Animals versions appear to be the same song as each other but different from the Bessie Smith song. 71.139.34.135 (talk) 10:17, 18 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Certainly Allmusic shows the same songwriters for each version. Not definitive, but decent hard evidence at the present time - unless you can find something better ?!
 * Derek R Bullamore (talk) 20:53, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

The song 'Me and My Gin' by Bessie Smith is the one that everyone else recorded as 'Gin House Blues'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.180.37.251 (talk) 05:16, 15 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I believe 140.180.37.251 is correct. The song that Bessie Smith recorded as "Me and My Gin" - opening line "Stay away from me 'cause I'm in my sin.." - was written by "Harry Burke" - who according to this site was in fact a pseudonym of the pianist and songwriter James C. Johnson - this one (not to be confused with this one).  That song ("Me and My Gin") is the one later recorded by Nina Simone, Amen Corner and others under the title "Gin House Blues".  But Bessie Smith also recorded a different song, "Gin House Blues" - opening lines "I've got a sad sad story today, I'm goin' to the gin house when the whistle blows.." - which was written by Fletcher Henderson and Henry Troy.  Crediting Henderson and Troy for the Nina Simone (et al.) song seems to me to have been a mistake which arose at some point between the 1920s (when Bessie Smith recorded) and the time Nina Simone recorded it (1961, I think).  Can anyone else shed any light on this?  In the meantime I will make the necessary changes to the article.  Ghmyrtle (talk) 23:18, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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 * Deleted accordingly - Derek R Bullamore (talk) 15:22, 2 November 2022 (UTC)

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