Red Boy Blues
Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison
Pres & Sweets
5:15 January 1, 1957
BPM
119
Key
F Major
Camelot
7B

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Red Boy Blues by Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison Song Details

Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison's ' "Red Boy Blues" was released on its scheduled release date, January 1, 1957. With this song being about 5 minutes long, at This song is fairly a long song compared to the average song length. This song does not have an "Explicit" tag, making it safe for all ages. There are a total of 8 in the song's album "Pres & Sweets". In this album, this song's track order is #2. In terms of popularity, Red Boy Blues is currently below average in popularity. Even with the track produces more of a neutral energy, it is pretty danceable compared to others.

BPM and Tempo

With Red Boy Blues by Lester Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison having a BPM of 119 with a half-time of 60 BPM and a double-time of 238 BPM, we would consider this track to have a Moderato (at a moderate speed) tempo marking. Because of this, we believe that the song has an overall moderate tempo. Looking at the BPM of this song, this song might go great with walking. The time signature for this track is 4/4.

Music Key

This song is in the music key of F Major. Or for those who are familiar with the camelot wheel, this song has a camelot key of 7B. So, the perfect camelot match for 7B would be either 7B or 8A. While, 8B can give you a low energy boost. For moderate energy boost, you would use 4B and a high energy boost can either be 9B or 2B. Though, if you want a low energy drop, you should looking for songs with either a camelot key of 7A or 6B will give you a low energy drop, 10B would be a moderate one, and 5B or 12B would be a high energy drop. Lastly, 4A allows you to change the mood.

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Popularity
Loudness
-15.398 dB
Acousticness
82%
Danceability
73%
Energy
21%
Instrumentalness
1%
Liveness
9%
Loudness
74%
Speechiness
6%
Valence
47%

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Label
L-M Records/RCA Records