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Way Down Yonder in New Orleans (1922)

Origin and Chart Information
Rank 368
Words and Music Henry Creamer
Turner Layton

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Henry Creamer and Turner Layton

Year Rank Title
1918 34 After You've Gone
1922 368 Way Down Yonder in New Orleans
1921 589 Dear Old Southland

Reading and Research
Additional information for "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" may be found in:

Alec Wilder
American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950
Oxford University Press; Reprint edition
Hardcover: 576 pages
2 paragraphs including the following types of information: music analysis.

Thomas S. Hischak
The American Musical Theatre Song Encyclopedia
Greenwood Press
Hardcover: 568 pages
1 paragraph including the following types of information: summary.

Thomas S. Hischak
The Tin Pan Alley Song Encyclopedia
Greenwood Press
Hardcover: 552 pages
1 paragraph including the following types of information: film productions, history, lyric analysis, music analysis and performers.

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