Bad Penny Blues
Context
Recorded on April 20, 1956 at IBC Studios in London, with Joe Meek at the console, "Bad Penny Blues" is the first British jazz record to enter the UK Top 20, where it stayed for six weeks. Paul McCartney drew on its boogie piano riff for the Beatles' "Lady Madonna."
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to British jazz, Traditional revival. Among the origins and influences of British jazz: Traditional revival, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).