"Sugar Blues" is a song written in 1919 by Clarence Williams with words by Lucy Fletcher. It was recorded for the first time by Leona Williams and her Dixie Band in August 1922.

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recorded it with Williams at the piano later that year. It was later recorded by

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and his Texas Playboys,

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, and

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with

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and his Orchestra (1939) and others. The song became popular in 1936 as the trumpeter

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's theme song, featuring the sound of the growling wah-wah

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. As an instrumental, it was also recorded by

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, the

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and his Orchestra. I got those sugar blues, Everybody's singing those sugar blues, The whole town is ringing; My lovin' mama, sweet as she can be, But the doggone gal turned sour on me! I'm so unhappy, I feel so bad, I could lay me down and die; You can say what you choose, But I'm all confused; I've got those sweet, sweet sugar blues, More sugar, I got those sweet, sweet sugar blues!

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