"542434" . "2"^^ . . "Victor Talking Machine Company" . "98.0"^^ . "Blues songs" . . . "American songs" . . . "Hesitation Blues" . . . . "USSM16500217" . "-0.240557"^^ . "false"^^ . "false"^^ . "elec.1925" . . "Columbia Records" . . "-0.373857"^^ . "1916-09-15"^^ . "Acoustically 1916 [Arr. as a One-step]," . "243000.0"^^ . . "1658" . "1915 songs" . "2"^^ . . "449b0692-04c6-49ac-b0fc-1dc5bd281b4b" . "english" . "false"^^ . "Hesitation Blues" . "%22Hesitation Blues%22 is a popular song adapted from a traditional tune. One version was published by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham. Another was published by W.C. Handy as %22Hesitating Blues%22. Because the tune is traditional, many artists have taken credit as writer, frequently adapting the lyrics of one of the two published versions. Adaptations of the lyrics vary widely, though typically the refrain is recognizably consistent. The song is a jug band standard and is also played as blues and sometimes as Western swing. It is cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 11765." . "290872"^^ . "1998-08-18"^^ . . "-14.0"^^ . "5714ded425ac0d8aee457ffa" .