J. Russel Robinson

United States ragtime and dixieland jazz pianist and composer

Joseph Russel Robinson (July 8, 1892 – September 30, 1963) was an American jazz, ragtime, dixieland, and blues pianist and composer. He was a member of the Original Dixieland Jass Band.

He was the jazz composer who wrote the jazz and pop standard "Margie" and the Grammy Hall of Fame inductee "Singin' the Blues".

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Works

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  • Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me)
  • Beale Street Mama
  • Bless You, Sister
  • Love Affairs
  • Lullaby Blues (In the Evening)
  • Margie
  • Meet Me at No Special Place (and I’ll Be There at No Particular Time)
  • Palesteena
  • Portrait of Jennie
  • Reefer Man
  • Singin’ the Blues
  • St. Louis Gal
  • Stop the Sun, Stop the Moon
  • That Eccentric Rag