Dear Old Southland
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"Dear Old Southland" is a 1921 jazz standard. It was composed by Turner Layton, with lyrics by Henry Creamer.[1] It uses basically the same melody as the song Deep River. Popular recordings in 1922 were by Paul Whiteman and by Vernon Dalhart.[2] Jack Mills published sheet music for it.
- Louis Armstrong recorded the song on April 5, 1930, for Okeh Records (catalog No. 41454).[3] Armstrong recorded the song again in 1956 for the album Satchmo: A Musical Autobiography.[4]
- Duke Ellington and His Orchestra – December 4, 1933 for Victor Records (catalog No. 24501).[5]
- Benny Goodman and His Orchestra – June 25, 1935 for Victor Records (catalog No. 25136).[6]
- Paul Robeson – September 26, 1939 for Victor Records (catalog No. 26741).[7]
- Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Quartet – March 27, 1940 for the Blue Note label (catalog No. 13).[8]
- Al Hirt released a version on his 1963 album, Our Man in New Orleans.[9]
- Allen Toussaint released his own arrangement of Dear Old Southland (credited under Raymond Bloch), as a duet between a dominant piano part and a lamenting trumpet part (played by Nickholas Payton), on his jazz album of 2009 The Bright Mississippi.[10]
