Blue Lu Barker

Louisa "Blue Lu" Barker (née Louise Dupont) (November 13, 1913 – May 7, 1998) was an American jazz and blues singer. Her better-known recordings include "Don't You Feel My Leg" (1938), which she wrote with her husband, "Georgia Grind" and "Look What Baby's Got for You." She was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and often sang and performed with her husband, guitarist Danny Barker, a regular of the New Orleans music scene. Barker's recording of "A Little Bird Told Me" was released by Capitol Records as catalogue number 15308 in 1948. It first reached the Billboard chart on December 18, 1948, and lasted 14 weeks on the chart, peaking at number 4. Barker was inducted into the Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame in 1997, one year before she died in New Orleans, at the age of 84.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 13, 1913 (New Orleans), Died May 7, 1998 (New Orleans)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	64432	10-in.	8/11/1938	You're going to leave the old home Jim	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	64433	10-in.	8/11/1938	New Orleans blues	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	64434	10-in.	8/11/1938	He caught that B & O	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	64435	10-in.	8/11/1938	Don't you make me high	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	64767	10-in.	11/22/1938	I feel like lying in another woman's husband's arms	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	64768	10-in.	11/22/1938	Give me some money	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	64769	10-in.	11/22/1938	I got ways like the devil	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	64770	10-in.	11/22/1938	That made him mad	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	65433	10-in.	4/20/1939	Scat skunk	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	65434	10-in.	4/20/1939	Nix on those lush heads	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	65435	10-in.	4/20/1939	Buy me some juice	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	65436	10-in.	4/20/1939	Georgia grind	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66245	10-in.	8/30/1939	You ain't had no blues	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66246	10-in.	8/30/1939	Marked woman	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66247	10-in.	8/30/1939	Midnight blues	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66248	10-in.	8/30/1939	Down in the dumps	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66893	10-in.	11/17/1939	Blue deep sea blues	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66894	10-in.	11/17/1939	Never brag about your man	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66895	10-in.	11/17/1939	He's so good	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66896	10-in.	11/17/1939	I didn't dig you Jack	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66956	10-in.	12/13/1939	Handy Andy	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66957	10-in.	12/13/1939	Jitterbug blues	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66958	10-in.	12/13/1939	You been holding out too long	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist
Decca	66959	10-in.	12/13/1939	Lu's blues	Blue Lu Barker	vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barker, Blue Lu," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/303090.

Barker, Blue Lu. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/303090.

"Barker, Blue Lu." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.