Today is the birthday of Star of Vaudeville #376, the great African American songwriter James A. Bland. In honor of the day, here’s Ray Charles performing one of Bland’s best known tunes, “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” To find out more about the variety arts past and present, consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 10:41AM on October 22, 2012