St James Infirmary; who sings this?

Ricardo

I got a demo CD with some great tracks but no data on title or artist. Please help me identify them!!

This one is St James Infirmary, but I can't find who's singing.

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Ricardo

Just in case, here's the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oR8usU2Opx4

Knucklehead

Take your pick: from wiki:


Notable performers of this song include Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Kermit Ruffins, King Oliver, Artie Shaw, Big Mama Thornton, Jack Teagarden, Billie Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, Stan Kenton, Lou Rawls, Bobby Bland, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Doc Watson, "Spider" John Koerner, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Animals, and more recently The White Stripes, the Stray Cats, the Tarbox Ramblers, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan, and Tom Jones with Jools Holland. Jazz guitarists Marc Ribot and Ivan "Boogaloo Joe" Jones have recorded instrumental versions.

Bob Dylan used the melody in his song "Blind Willie McTell" (released on Bootleg Series, Volumes 1–3), named for blues singer Blind Willie McTell (who recorded a version of the song under the title "Dying Crapshooter's Blues"); the song makes reference to the "St. James Hotel" in Minneapolis.

Van Morrison recorded a rendition on the 2003 Grammy-nominated album, What's Wrong with This Picture? and a live version on the limited edition album, Live at Austin City Limits Festival (2006). Eric Clapton and Dr. John performed a rendition of the song during a 1996 concert. Arlo Guthrie performed a rendition on NPR's Talk of the Nation on November 14, 2001. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band performed it at the 2010 Newport Folk Festival (recorded by NPR). Robert Crumb released a version on a CD included in the R. Crumb Handbook. Live versions appear on Joe Cocker's albums Joe Cocker (1972), and Live in L.A. (1976).

The Bing Crosby musical Birth of the Blues featured the song in 1941. Cab Calloway can be seen singing it and dancing a slide dance in the Betty Boop cartoon Snow White. His performance was filmed, then transferred into the cartoon using rotoscoping. In 2002, the song appeared in Osamu Tezuka's anime film Metropolis as performed by Atsushi Kimura and arranged by Toshiyuki Honda.

Ricardo

Knucklehead wrote: »

Take your pick: from wiki:

Thanks; but I'm trying to find someone who knows who is singing this version.

vc69

Search through these MP3 samples and you might get lucky.

http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1286314654/ref=sr_pg_1?ie=UTF8&keywords=St%20James%20infirmary&rh=n%3A163856011%2Cn%3A!624868011%2Ck%3ASt%20James%20infirmary%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A625151011%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A625151011&page=1

Ricardo

vc69 wrote: »

Search through these MP3 samples and you might get lucky.

We could say I was lucky because I didn't need to click on all 535...

Thanks for that link; I should've thought of that.

It was # 285. "Peter Schneider and The Stimulators", and the album is Voodoo Swing

Looks like they don't have anything else worthy

http://www.amazon.com/Voodoo-Swing/dp/B001W2F88O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1286318740&sr=8-1-catcorr

miner

Sachmo - Louis Armstrong. No doubt.