Basin Street Blues

Written By: Spencer Williams in 1928

Recorded December 21, 1963 at RCA Studio in California

Information: 

• He performed the song on the Tonight Show and the Mike Douglas Show, this was live and with different instrumentation. [Watch here]
• The lyrics have changed somewhat, in other version done by different artists mention is made of a steamboat

Singles    RCA 8299 b/w Ain't That Good News

Albums:     

• Forever -32 tracks 
• Keep Movin' On
• The Best Of Sam Cooke; Volume 2
• Takeoff 

Lyrics:

Basin street, Basin street
that's the place where my friends all meet
down in New Orleans
in that land of dreams
and you don't know how nice it seems

it's dear to me, yes sir-ee
and that's the place I am so longing to be
where I can lose, these old Basin Street Blues
no-o-o

Basin Street, my Basin Street
where the young and the old folk meet
down in New Orleans
in that land of dreams
you don't know how nice it really seems

but it's dear to me, yes-sir-ee
and that's the place I am so longing to be
where maybe I can lose,
these old Basin Street Blues
Oh man I'm talking about

Basin Street, Basin Street
where the folk who know what's happening meet
down in New Orleans
in the land of dreams
and you don't know how nice it seems
just how much it really means

dear to me, yes-sir-ee
it's dear to me, yes-sir-ee
can't you see
why I wanna lose these old Basin Street Blues
I wanna go where I can lose
these old Basin Street Blues

Also Recorded By:

• Henry "Red" Allen
• Ray Anthony,
• Louis Armstrong
• Bill Black Combo
• Michiel Borstlap
• Teresa Brewer
• Dave Brubeck
• Cab Calloway
• Ray Charles
• Nat King Cole
• Harry Connink Jr
• Bing Crosby,
• Miles Davis
• Dr. John
• Duke Ellington
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Benny Goodman
• Lionel Hampton
• Coleman Hawkins
• Earl Hines
• Al Hirt,
• Billie Holiday
• Pete Johnson
• King Curtis
• Frankie Laine
• Brenda Lee
• Peggy Lee
• Dean Martin
• The Mills Brothers,
• Willie Nelson
• Randy Newman,
• Oscar Peterson
• Louis Prima
• Dinah Shore
• Fats Waller