Vaudeville Blues

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Compiled and Annotated by Max Haymes

Annotation last modified on 2019-06-13 23:22 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: I Need-A-Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Want Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan
recording of:
I Want Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan (in 1926)
lyricist and composer:
Margaret Carter
Margaret Carter2:45
2Come Get Me Papa, Before I Faint
Margaret Carter2:50
3Mama, Papa Don't Wanna Come Home
Margaret Johnson3:18
4Who'll Chop Your Suey
Margaret Johnson3:25
5Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith3:28
6Snatch It Back Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, United States (in 1927-04)
guitar:
Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins (in 1927-04)
vocals:
Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins (in 1927-04)
Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins3:04
7Twe Twa Twa Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, United States (in 1927-05)
piano:
Tiny Parham (Canadian-American jazz bandleader & pianist) (in 1927-05)
lead vocals:
Ora Brown (in 1927-05)
Ora Brown2:56
8Memphis Tennessee
Ethel Ridley3:09
9You've Got Something to Save That Thing
Joe Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band3:13
10Save Me Some
Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim2:50
11Conversation With the Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-07-17)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1941-07-17)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-07-17)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-07-17)
Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim2:36
12Kind Stella Blues
Lucille Bogan2:43
13Chirpin' the Blues
Lucille Bogan2:45
14Chirping the Blues
Alberta Hunter3:06
15Pea Vine Blues
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Pea Vine Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:05
16Magnolia Blues
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (from 1929-11 until 1929-12)
recording of:
Magnolia Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:04
17Chirpin' the Blues
recording of:
Chirping the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Alberta Hunter and Lovie Austin
Viola McCoy3:05
18Sorrowful Blues
Bessie Smith3:22
19Nineteen Women Blues
Charlie Manson3:07
20Fare Thee Honey Blues
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds2:45
21Walkin' Blues
Robert Johnson2:31
22Goodbye Rider
Ida May Mack3:07
23My Gal's Done Quit Me
Luke Jordan3:01
24Frisco Blues
Luella Miller2:50
25He's a Darn Good Man
recording of:
He's A Darn Good Man (to Have Hanging 'Round)
lyricist:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and “Tell” Taylor (Tin Pan Alley songwriter, 1876–1937)
composer:
Isham Jones, Fred Rose (songwriter) and “Tell” Taylor (Tin Pan Alley songwriter, 1876–1937)
Alberta Hunter2:55
26Future Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, United States (on 1930-05-28)
acoustic guitar [guitar]:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (in 1930-06)
guitar and lead vocals:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (on 1930-05-28)
vocals:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (on 1930-05-28, in 1930-06)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2020/2021)
recording of:
Future Blues (on 1930-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues")
Willie Brown3:01
▼ CD 2: The Mule Laid Down and Died
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1Don't Take Away Those Blues
Flo Bert3:29
2Good Man Sam
Julia Moody3:18
3Rolling Stone — Part 1
Robert Wilkins2:54
4'Taint Nobody's Biz-Iness If I Do
clarinet:
Jimmy Lytell (on 1922-10-19)
drums (drum set):
Jack Roth (on 1922-10-19)
piano:
Frank Signorelli (on 1922-10-19)
trombone:
Miff Mole (on 1922-10-19) and Charles Panelli (on 1922-10-19)
trumpet:
Phil Napoleon (on 1922-10-19)
vocals:
Anna Meyers (vaudeville blues singer; recorded in 1922) (on 1922-10-19)
recording of:
T’ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (on 1922-10-19)
lyricist:
Porter Grainger
composer:
Porter Grainger and Everett Robbins
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
part of:
American Splendor
Anna Meyers & The Original Memphis Five3:09
5Nobody's Dirty Business
Mississippi John Hurt2:55
6It's Nobody's Dirty Business but My Own
Bert Williams2:49
7The Penetrating Blues
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1923-09-18)
piano:
Eddie Heywood (pianist, composer and bandleader, aka Eddie Heywood Jr.) (on 1923-09-18)
lead vocals:
Martha Copeland (1920s blues singer) (on 1923-09-18)
Martha Copeland3:25
8Grievous Blues
Fannie May Goosby3:13
9Broke Down Engine Blues
recording of:
Broke Down Engine Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:08
10Uncle Bud (Bugle Blues)
Leona Williams3:11
11Uncle Bud (Dog-Gone Him)
recorded in:
Chicago, United States (in 1929-01, on 1929-01-12)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1929-01-12)
piano:
Georgia Tom Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1929-01-12)
vocals:
Georgia Tom Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1929-01-12) and Tampa Red (on 1929-01-12)
recording of:
Uncle Bud (on 1929-01-12)
writer:
Hudson Whittaker
Tampa Red2:41
12Penitentiary Moan Blues
recording of:
Penitentiary Moan Blues
composer:
Alger “Texas” Alexander
Alger “Texas” Alexander3:08
13Kansas City Man Blues
banjo:
Buddy Christian (on 1923-08-05)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-08-05)
soprano saxophone:
Sidney Bechet (on 1923-08-05)
vocals:
Mamie Smith (on 1923-08-05)
recording of:
Kansas City Man Blues (on 1923-08-05)
composer:
Clarence Johnson (1930s jazz & blues pianist) and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Mamie Smith and The Harlem Trio3:21
14Kansas City Man Blues
Clara Smith3:25
15Levee Camp Moan Blues
recorded in:
New York, United States (on 1927-08-12)
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1927-08-12)
lead vocals:
Alger “Texas” Alexander (on 1927-08-12)
Alger “Texas” Alexander3:09
16I'm All Out and Down
Lead Belly5:24
17I Got a Mule to Ride
Edna Winston3:14
18The Mule Laid Down and Died
guitar:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1935-09-11)
vocals:
Kokomo Arnold (on 1935-09-11)
Kokomo Arnold42:55
19For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Jack-Ass)
vocals:
Clara Smith (on 1931-09-25)
Clara Smith3:03
20Low Land Blues
Bertha “Chippie” Hill2:50
21Jealous Hearted Blues
Charley Lincoln3:38
22Jealous Hearted Blues
'Ma' Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band3:13
23The Wicked Fives Blues
Lena Wilson & The Jazz Masters3:00
24Strut Miss Lizzie
Mary Stafford & Her Jazz Band2:41
25Vamps of '28'
Whistler and His Jug Band2:46
▼ CD 3: A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Salty Dog Blues
recording of:
Salty Dog Blues
arranger:
Papa Charlie Jackson (in 1924)
Papa Charlie Jackson3:07
2Salty Dog Blues
recording of:
Salty Dog Blues
arranger:
Papa Charlie Jackson (in 1924)
Clara Smith3:26
3Salty Dog Blues
Kokomo Arnold2:50
4Mister Man Part 2
Papa Charlie Jackson2:46
5Spread Yo' Stuff
Daisy Martin & Five Jazz Bell Hops2:51
6Black Gypsy Blues
guitar and lead vocals:
Furry Lewis (American country blues guitarist) (on 1929-09-22)
recorded at:
Peabody Hotel in Memphis, United States (on 1929-09-22)
Furry Lewis2:50
7Eagle Rock Me Papa
Sara Martin & Clarence Williams Blue Five2:51
8Sally Long Blues
Virginia Liston3:01
9If You Don't Believe I Love You
Essie Whitman & The Jazz Masters2:57
10Bull-Doze Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, United States (on 1928-06-13)
guitar and pan flute [reed pipes]:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13)
solo syrinx [reed pipes] and solo lead vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13)
recording of:
Bull Doze Blues (on 1928-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
Henry Thomas53:26
11Trouble Hearted Blues
Ishmon Bracey3:24
12Stealin' Stealin '
Memphis Jug Band2:58
13Squawkin' the Blues
Edna Hicks3:12
14Hard Luck Blues
Edna Hicks & Porter Grainger’s Sawin’ Three2:45
15Drop Down Mama
guitar:
Sleepy John Estes (on 1935-07-17)
harmonica:
Hammie Nixon (on 1935-07-17)
vocals:
Sleepy John Estes (on 1935-07-17)
recording of:
Drop Down Mama
lyricist and composer:
Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes3:11
16Gulf Coast Blues
Monette Moore3:07
17Poor Me Blues
Edna Hicks & Porter Grainger’s Sawin’ Three3:14
18Cryin' Blues
Hound Head Henry3:01
19Poor Me
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-02-01)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-02-01)
Charley Patton3:00
20M & O Blues No. 3 (My Baby Called the Police)
Walter Davis2:50
21Booze & Blues
'Ma' Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band3:11
22Tom Rushen Blues
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Tom Rushen Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:08
23A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
George Williams3:08
24A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
Stovepipe No. 13:15
25Blues Ain't Nothin' Else
Ida Cox with Lovie Austin & Her Blue Serenaders3:13
26Preachin' Blues
Robert Johnson2:52
▶ CD 4: How Come You Do Me Like You Do