W.C. Handy published his famous song the St. Louis Blues in 1914 but he didn't get around to recording it himself until this version was made in 1922. The song went on to become "the most recorded song of the first half of the 20th Century", outdone in the entire century only by "Silent Night" according to ASCAP. Paramount 12011 was released as Katherine Handy accompanied by Handy's Memphis Blues Band. Katherine was the daughter of W.C. Handy. Several discographies list a recording session for the Lyric label that occurred in September of 1919 and supposedly spawned two records, Lyric 4211 and 4212. It has since been determined that these records were never released and no test pressings have ever been found.