Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Cornbread and Butterbeans
From: Azizi - PM
Date: 28 Jan 09 - 09:38 AM

PoppaGator, because this thread was just refreshed, I just saw your 20 Aug 08 - 04:41 comment of PM about the Louis Jordan 's song "Beans And Cornbread".

Here a YouTube video of that delightful Louis Jordan jazz song:

Louis Jordan & The Tympany Five ~ Beans and Cornbread (1949)

[sound recording with photos of Louis Jordan]

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And here's a funny video of the same song using photos of a can of beans,a drawing of cornbread, and other photographs of food mentioned in this song:

Beans and Cornbread

sacenci
June 24, 2008

"Final Film Project
Film History and Form
MJ Robinson, Ph.D
NYU - Steinhardt - Dept. of Media, Culture, and Communication"

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Trivia Alert:
This song was part of the soundtrack for Spike Lee's Malcolm X movie.