Blues in the 1940s was a thing to behold. Like honor and integrity, like low clouds on the horizon. It was a genre burst florth out of a farming people, as apples tree seedlings themselves burst forth out of the turf.
Sonny Boy Williamson recorded two songs about apples: Apple tree swing, and Big apple buisness. Big Joe Williams recorded Mellow apples in 1946. Peetie Wheatstraw recorded big apple blues in 1938. Josh White -Eve's apple tree in 1940. Elizabeth Moore -old apple tree in the ground. These are just a few and just in a small window of time.
A little research found me over 300 somce involving apples. I will not list them here today. That would be silly crap. But I will note that I am quite fond of Woody Herman & His Orchestra's version of Apple Honey.
And if you have any sap in your heart thsi is worth listening to: http://www.otterbrooksongs.com/sounds/appleTreeSMPL.mp3
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