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"Every Day I Have the Blues" is a blues song that has been performed in a variety of styles. An early version of the song is attributed to Pinetop Sparks and his brother Milton〔〔 or Marion.〔 It was first performed in the taverns of St. Louis by the Sparks brothers and was recorded July 28, 1935 by Pinetop with Henry Townsend on guitar. The song is a twelve-bar blues that features Pinetop's piano and falsetto vocal. The opening verse includes the line "Every day, every day I have the blues". After a reworking of the song by Memphis Slim in 1949, it became a blues standard with renditions recorded by numerous artists.〔Herzhaft 1992, p. 447.〕 Four different versions of "Every Day I Have the Blues" have reached the Top Ten of the Billboard R&B chart and two—one by the Count Basie Orchestra with Joe Williams and one by B.B. King—have received Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. ==Post-war versions== In 1949, Peter Chatman, better known as Memphis Slim recorded the song as "Nobody Loves Me". Although he used the Sparks brothers' opening verse, he rewrote the remainder of the lyrics and sang the melody in a normal vocal range: :Nobody loves me, nobody seems to care (2×) :Speaking of bad luck people, you know I've had my share "Nobody Love Me" was released as the B-side to Memphis Slim's "Angel Child" single (Miracle M-145)". Although "Angel Child" became a hit (number six Billboard R&B chart), "Nobody Loves Me" did not enter the charts.〔Whitburn 1988, p. 286.〕 However, when Lowell Fulson with Lloyd Glenn adapted Memphis Slim's arrangement, but used Sparks' earlier title, it became a hit and spent twenty-three weeks in the R&B chart, where it reached number three in 1950.〔Whitburn 1988, p. 161.〕 Fulson's "slow grooving" version, with sax and guitar solos, influenced B.B. King's later rendition of the song.〔McGhee 2005, p. 84.〕 Jazz singer Joe Williams had hits with two different recordings of the song. The first version, recorded with the King Kolax Orchestra in 1952, reached number eight in the R&B chart (Checker 762).〔Whitburn 1988, p. 445.〕 In 1955 in New York, he recorded a second and perhaps the most famous version of the song with the Count Basie Orchestra, titled "Every Day" (Clef 89149). It featured a big band arrangement and spent twenty weeks in the R&B chart, where it reached number two.〔Whitburn 1988, p. 36.〕 Despite Sparks' earlier song, most versions of "Every Day I Have the Blues" are credited to Memphis Slim (or his real name, John Chatman).〔〔 Because of their success, Memphis Slim's composer royalties from the later hits by other artists "were sufficient to buy a Rolls Royce with which to squire himself around Paris", according to writer Colin Escott.〔Escott 2002, p. 41.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Every Day I Have the Blues」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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