On This Day in 1928, Old Man River by Paul Robeson reached number one on the Pop Singles chart Paul Robeson was the first black actor in the 20th century to portray William Shakespeare’s Othello. His two-year Broadway run of Othello still to this day holds the record for the longest running Shakespeare play on Broadway.

Today’s show features music performed by Paul Robeson

On this day in Blues history is published every day in video format on Bluesland (on Facebook) and on Threads, as well as BlueSky