Bye Bye Blues (song)

"Bye Bye Blues" is an American popular and jazz standard written by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray and published in 1925.^[2]

The song was first published by Irving Berlin Inc. in 1925 in a version credited only to bandleader Fred Hamm and pianist and arranger Dave Bennett. This version of the song was recorded by Fred Hamm and His Orchestra in 1925 on Victor 19662, but the song did not become widely popular.

1930, a new version of the song was published by Irving Berlin Inc. that included an entirely new verse section, and a new lyric for the chorus. For this version of the song, bandleader Bert Lown and composer and pianist Chauncey Gray were added to the composer credits, alongside Hamm and Bennett. Bert Lown And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra recorded the song in 1930 on Columbia 2258-D, and the song caught on quickly, with at least six additional commercial recordings over the next 12 months, including those by Louis Armstrong (Parlophone R 796) and Frankie Trumbauer (Okeh 41450). In 1930 it was sung by The Vikings on the NBC radio series, The Vikings as well. Several more commercial recordings appeared over the 1930s and 1940s.

In 1952, Les Paul and Mary Ford released a recording on their Capitol Records album "Bye Bye Blues". The single release of their version (Capitol 2316) reached the Billboard Best Seller chart on December 27, 1952, and lasted 5 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 5.^[3]

The song appeared as the title track of the 1989 film Bye Bye Blues. The song also appeared in the 1957 film The Joker is Wild and the 2005 film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.