Forty-Four

"44 Blues"
Single by Roosevelt Sykes
B-side	"Boot That Thing"
Released	1929 (1929)
Recorded	June 14, 1929
Genre	Blues
Length	3:05
Label	OKeh
Songwriter(s)	Roosevelt Sykes (single credit)

"Forty-Four" or "44 Blues" is a blues standard whose origins have been traced back to early 1920s Louisiana. However, it was Roosevelt Sykes, who provided the lyrics and first recorded it in 1929, that helped popularize the song. "Forty-Four," through numerous adaptations and recordings, remains in the blues lexicon eighty years later.