蓝调一开始只是一种从 Ragtime 发展而来的商业流行乐。但是为了让蓝调成为黑人艺人为黑人表演的音乐，蓝调开始被定义成黑人民歌。这个定义在被唱片公司接受后，反过来也影响了大众对正宗蓝调的认知。
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Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues - Pt. 1，Jim Jackson 词曲演唱，1927，Vocalion
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Home on the Range，Daniel E. Kelley 曲，Brewster M. Higley 词，Peter Seeger 演唱，1957，Folkways
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