James Bland – “Oh, Dem Golden Slippers”
Hailed as the greatest and most prolific African-American songwriter of the late 1800s, James Bland penned the “Oh, Dem Golden Slippers” tune as a minstrel show song set in the style of a spiritual.
Hailed as the greatest and most prolific African-American songwriter of the late 1800s, James Bland penned the “Oh, Dem Golden Slippers” tune as a minstrel show song set in the style of a spiritual.