Mina Mazzini St. Louis Blues (1967)

St. Louis Blues is an American popular song composed by William Christopher Handy in the blues style. It remains a fundamental part of jazz musicians repertoire. It was also one of the first blues songs to succeed as a pop song; it has been performed by numerous musicians of all styles from Louis Armstrong and Bessie Smith to Glenn Miller and the Boston Pops Orchestra. It has been called the jazzman s Hamlet. Published in September of 1914 by Handy s own company, it later gained such popularity that it inspired the dance step the Foxtrot.