American Life During the week leading up to November 30, 1927

Thesis Statement

Jimmie Rodgers's first Blue Yodel No 1. Was recorded in the year 1927 on November 30.

Introduction

Jimmie Rodgers's first Blue Yodel, which became known as “Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) ”, was recorded on 30 November 1927 in the Trinity Baptist Church at Camden, New Jersey. When the song was released in February 1928 it became “a national phenomenon and generated an excitement and record-buying frenzy that no-one could have predicted”. The Blue Yodel songs are a series of thirteen songs written and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers during ...