![Birth of the Blues Poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//99kcFMNoaLUhR7TpIr07oJrIYiE.jpg)
Birth of the Blues
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November 7, 1941
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Music, Romance
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.
Featured Crew
Victor Schertzinger
Director
Harry Tugend
Story
Walter DeLeon
Writer
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Cast
![Bing Crosby](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//wl3k3h5dgpukwaT1sMPqR4ANrzq.jpg)
Bing Crosby
Jeff Lambert
![Mary Martin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//ubJAC2E0RVQqF6o2SlYLlkrayPt.jpg)
Mary Martin
Betty Lou Cobb
![Brian Donlevy](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//1ScpU7sf6WGlWhHqc0EYlfA4L1d.jpg)
Brian Donlevy
Memphis
![Carolyn Lee](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//DubXhibU7bRlHjMV6568vgUbC3.jpg)
Carolyn Lee
Aunt Phoebe Cobb