American Pop: An Audio History: From Minstrels to Mojo: On Record, 1893-1946

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▼ CD 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Mama’s Black Baby Boy	The Unique Quartette		2:31
2	Poor Mourner	Cousins & De Moss		2:03
3	A Coon Band Contest	Vess Ossman		2:57
4	Cakewalk	John J. Kimmel		1:46
5	Pasquinale	Sousa Band		2:16
6	Bill Bailey	Arthur Collins		2:34
7	Nobody	Bert Williams		2:57
8	Grand Old Rag	Billy Murray		2:44
9	De Little Old Log Cabin in de Lane	Carrol C. Clark & Vess Ossman	4	3:13
10	The Bully	May Irwin		3:26
11	Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? lead vocals: Nora Bayes recording of: Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (on 1910-03-07) lyricist: William J. McKenna composer: Will Letters and C.W. Murphy part of: The Jolly Bachelors (1910 musical)	Nora Bayes		3:06
12	You Made Me Love You	Al Jolson		3:06
13	Hungarian Rag	The New York Military Band		2:45
14	Down Home Rag	James Reese Europe		3:26
15	Desecration Rag recording of: Desecration (on 1914-03-06) composer: Felix Arndt is based on: 6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for piano) is based on: 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106: No. 2 in C-sharp minor, S. 244 no. 2 (original piano solo version) is based on: Humoresque no. 7 for Piano in G-flat major, B. 187/7, op. 101 no. 7: Poco lento e grazioso (for piano) is based on: Polonaise in A-flat major, op. 53 “Heroique” is based on: Scherzo no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 31 is based on: Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 “Funeral March”	Felix Arndt		3:08
16	Memphis Blues instrumental recording of: The Memphis Blues (on 1914-07-15) lyricist: George A. Norton (in 1913) composer: William Christopher Handy (in 1912)	Victor Military Band		3:05
17	That’s the Kind of Baby For Me	Eddie Cantor		3:06
18	Tiger Rag recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1918-03-25) clarinet: Larry Shields (on 1918-03-25) cornet: Nick LaRocca (on 1918-03-25) drums (drum set): Tony Sbarbaro (on 1918-03-25) piano: Henry Ragas (on 1918-03-25) trombone: Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist) (on 1918-03-25) part of: National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1918, inducted: 2002) recording of: Tiger Rag (original 1917 instrumental version) (on 1918-03-25) composer: Eddie Edwards (Jazz trombonist), Nick LaRocca, Henry Ragas, Tony Sbarbaro and Larry Shields	The Original Dixieland Jazz Band		3:11
19	After You’ve Gone recording of: After You’ve Gone lyricist: Henry Creamer (in 1918) composer: Turner Layton (in 1918) publisher: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp. part of: For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)	Marion Harris		3:22
20	Memphis Blues	James Reese Europe		2:59
21	Royal Garden Blues	Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds		3:08
22	Sweet Man o’ Mine	Mamie Smith		3:18
23	Love Will Find a Way	Sissle and Blake		3:02
24	Sounds of Africa	Eubie Blake		3:07
25	Keep Off the Grass	James P. Johnson		3:15

▼ CD 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Society Blues	Kid Ory’s Sunshine Orchestra		3:06
2	Ragtime Annie	Eck Robertson		3:27
3	It Ain’t Gonna Rain No Mo’	Wendell Hall		3:22
4	Original Charleston Strut	Thomas Morris		2:52
5	The Old Hen Cackled & The Rooster’s Gonna Crow	Fiddlin’ John Carson		3:02
6	New Orleans Joys recording of: New Orleans Joys composer: Jelly Roll Morton	Jelly Roll Morton		2:49
7	Kansas City Man Blues	Sidney Bechet		3:01
8	Elephants Wobble	Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra		3:10
9	Working Man Blues	King Oliver		3:03
10	Lucky Rock Blues	Ma Rainey		3:03
11	Chicago Stomp	Jimmy Blythe		3:00
12	Johnny Dunn’s Cornet Blues	Johnny Dunn		3:14
13	California Here I Come	Cliff Edwards		2:52
14	Prisoner’s Song	Vernon Dalhart		3:06
15	Ezekiel Saw de Wheel	Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers		2:45
16	Suitcase Blues	Hersel Thomas		2:39
17	When the Work’s All Done This Fall	Carl Sprague		2:58
18	Sugar Hill	Crockett Ward and His Boys		2:47
19	Candy Girl	Uncle Bunt Stephens		3:04
20	Long Lonesome Blues guitar: Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-03) vocals: Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-03)	Blind Lemon Jefferson		3:03
21	It’s All Right Now	Arizona Dranes		2:47
22	Sweet and Low Down	George Gershwin		2:43
23	Stockyard Strut	Freddie Keppard		2:28
24	The Cross-Eyed Butcher & the Cacklin’ Hen	Uncle Dave Macon		2:59

▼ CD 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Black Bottom Stomp recording of: Black Bottom Stomp composer: Ferdinand Morton	Jelly Roll Morton		3:14
2	Flop Eared Mule	Kahle Brewer		3:06
3	Country Blues recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-09) banjo: Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09) vocals: Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player) (on 1927-03-09) recording of: Country Blues (on 1927-03-09) lyricist and composer: Dock Boggs (old-time singer, songwriter and banjo player)	Doc Boggs	3	3:00
4	New Jelly Roll Blues	Peg Leg Howell		3:05
5	After You’ve Gone	Sophie Tucker		2:53
6	Guitar Rag recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1927-04-13) guitar: Sylvester Weaver publisher: MCA Music Ltd. recording of: Steel Guitar Rag (instrumental) miscellaneous support: Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) (in 1971) composer: Leon McAuliffe publisher: Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher)	Sylvester Weaver		3:01
7	I’m Coming Virginia vocals: Bing Crosby orchestra: Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra recording of: I’m Coming Virginia (on 1927-04-29) lyricist: Will Marion Cook composer: Donald Heywood	Bing Crosby with Paul Whiteman		3:14
8	My Pretty Girl	Jean Goldkette		2:42
9	Woke Up With the Blues in My Fingers	Lonnie Johnson		3:04
10	I’m Coming Virginia recording of: I’m Coming Virginia (on 1927-05-13) lyricist: Will Marion Cook composer: Donald Heywood	Frankie Trumbauer & Bix Beiderbecke		3:11
11	The Old Hickory Cane recorded in: New York, New York, United States (on 1927-05-19) guitar, harmonica and baritone vocals: Ernest Stoneman (on 1927-05-19) recording of: The Old Hickory Cane (on 1927-05-19) lyricist: Josephine Furman (US 19th century lyricist) composer: H.T. Merrill (US 19th century songwriter)	Ernest Stoneman		2:59
12	There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood	The Giddens Sisters		3:09
13	Blue Guitar Stomp	Clifford Hayes		3:00
14	Silhouette	Rube Bloom		2:30
15	No More Goodbyes	Ernest Stoneman et al		2:42
16	O’ Molly Dear	B.F. Shelton		3:02
17	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Luke Jordan		3:15
18	Honolulu Blues	Red Nichols and Miff Mole		2:49
19	Train Forty-Five recorded in: Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-10-18) fiddle: G.B. Grayson (on 1927-10-18) guitar and spoken vocals: Henry Whitter (on 1927-10-18) vocals: G.B. Grayson (on 1927-10-18) recording of: Train 45 (on 1927-10-18) writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)	Grayson & Whitter		3:05
20	Mama ’Taint Long For Day recording of: Mama, 't ain't Long fo' Day lyricist and composer: Blind Willie McTell	Blind Willie McTell		2:58
21	My Money Never Runs Out	Gus Cannon		2:52
22	Motherless Chile Blues	Barbecue Bob		3:17
23	Washboard Blues	Hoagy Carmichael		4:17
24	Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground recorded in: Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03) guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]: Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03) vocals: Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03) publisher: Harmony (20s/30s US) part of: Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999) recording of: Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03) writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) composer and arranger: Blind Willie Johnson	Blind Willie Johnson	3.75	3:23

▼ CD 4
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Dallas Rag recording of: Dallas Rag composer: Coley Jones	The Dallas String Band	5	2:50
2	Deep Elm	Willard Robison		3:26
3	Cool Drink of Water Blues recorded in: Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-03) guitar: Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) and “Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) vocals: Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-02-03) recording of: Cool Drink of Water Blues writer: Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)	Tommy Johnson		3:34
4	Black Beauty recording of: Black Beauty composer: Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader)	Duke Ellington		3:03
5	Somethin’ Doin’	Hayes and Prater		2:54
6	Antioch	Allison’s Sacred Harp Singers		2:46
7	Ham Beats All Meat	Dr. Humphrey Bate		2:39
8	Melancholy Baby recording of: My Melancholy Baby lyricist: George A. Norton (in 1912) composer: Ernie Burnett (in 1911) publisher: Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc. version of: Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)	Paul Whiteman		4:29
9	Lovesick Blues	Emmett Miller		2:52
10	Fishing Blues recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-13) guitar, solo syrinx [reed pipes] and solo lead vocals: Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) guitar and pan flute [quills]: Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13) vocals: Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13) recording of: Fishing Blues (on 1928-06-13) writer: Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 17692)	Henry Thomas	5	2:43
11	Wild Cat	Venuti & Lang		2:29
12	Indiana	Frank Teschemacher, Eddie Condon, Joe Sullivan, Gene Krupa		2:59
13	Oysters and Wine at 2 A.M.	Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette		3:13
14	Lonesome Swallow	Ethel Waters		3:01
15	Rolling Log Blues	Lottie Beaman		2:17
16	How Long	Frank Stokes	5	3:20
17	The Miner’s Blues	Frank Hutchinson		3:19
18	Ice Water Blues recorded in: Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-10-02) harmonica: DeFord Bailey (on 1928-10-02)	Deford Bailey	5	3:20
19	Acorn Stomp	East Texas Serenaders		2:52
20	Heavy Hearted Blues	Tarlton and Darby		3:19
21	Next Week Sometime	Alex Johnson		3:05
22	Tell Me Woman Blues guitar: Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1928-11-20) piano: Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1928-11-20) trumpet: King Oliver (jazz cornetist) (on 1928-11-20) vocals: Alger “Texas” Alexander (on 1928-11-20)	Texas Alexander		3:00
23	Just Too Soon recording of: Just Too Soon composer: Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) publisher: Hi-Cue Productions	Earl Hines		3:12
24	Tight Like This recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-12-12) alto saxophone: Don Redman (on 1928-12-12) banjo: Mancy "Peck" Carr (on 1928-12-12) clarinet: Don Redman (on 1928-12-12) and Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12) drums (drum set): Zutty Singleton (on 1928-12-12) piano: Earl Hines (jazz pianist and bandleader) (on 1928-12-12) tenor saxophone: Jimmy Strong (on 1928-12-12) trombone: Fred Robinson (American trombonist) (on 1928-12-12) trumpet and lead vocals: Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12) vocals: Louis Armstrong (on 1928-12-12) performer: Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (on 1928-12-12) recording of: Tight Like This (on 1928-12-12) lyricist and composer: Langston Curl	Louis Armstrong	3	3:22

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liner notes and mastering:	Allen Lowe

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	West Hill Audio Archives (in 1998)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/1364097 [info]
ASIN:	US: B0000061FY [info]

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Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000043827 [info]

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