Sophie Tucker

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Sophie Tucker

Sophie Tucker (born Sofia Kalish; January 13, 1886 – February 9, 1966) was an American singer, comedian, actress, and radio personality. Known for her powerful delivery of comical and risqué songs, she was one of the most popular entertainers in the U.S. during the first half of the 20th century. She was known by the nickname "the Last of the Red-Hot Mamas".

Birth and Death Data: Born January 13, 1884 (Tulchyn), Died February 9, 1966 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1967

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

Notes: Sometimes billed as "Sophie Tucker, The Queen of Jazz."

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-50549	10-in.	3/21/1929	I don't want to get thin	Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano (takes 4-7); with orchestra (takes 1-3)	vocalist
Victor	BVE-50550	10-in.	3/21/1929	I'm doing what I'm doing for love	Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Victor	BVE-50555	10-in.	3/22/1929	He's a good man to have around	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Victor	PBVE-50561	10-in.	3/25/1929	I'm the last of the red hot mammas	Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Victor	BVE-50574	10-in.	4/1/1929	I'm feathering a nest (For a little bluebird)	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Victor	BVE-50575	10-in.	4/1/1929	That's what I call sweet music	Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Victor	BVE-53590	10-in.	6/27/1929	Moanin' low	Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Victor	BVE-55602	10-in.	7/10/1929	Some of these days	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Columbia	W142955	10-in.	11/23/1926	Some of these days	Ted Lewis and his Band ; Sophie Tucker	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo	vocalist
OKeh	8514	10-in.	Jan. 1924	I've got a cross-eyed papa (But he looks straight to me)	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	8515	10-in.	Jan. 1924	Hula Lou	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	8552	10-in.	Feb. 1924	Red hot mama	Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
OKeh	8553	10-in.	Feb. 1924	Mama goes where Papa goes (or Papa don't go out tonight)	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
OKeh	8554	10-in.	Feb. 1924	The one I love (Belongs to somebody else)	Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
OKeh	8555	10-in.	Feb. 1924	Twelve o'clock at night	Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
OKeh	S-70499	10-in.	Feb. 1922	Jig walk	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	S-70500	10-in.	Feb. 1922	High brown blues	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	S-70505	10-in.	Feb. 1922	Blue bird, where are you?	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	S-70514	10-in.	Feb. 1922	She knows it	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	S-70515	Not documented	Feb. 1922	[Unknown title(s)]	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	S-70564	10-in.	Mar. 1922	Pick me up and lay me down in dear old Dixieland	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	S-70565	10-in.	Mar. 1922	Complainin' (It's human nature to complain)	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	S-71353	10-in.	March 1923	Aggravatin' papa (Don't you try to two-time me)	Rega Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71354	10-in.	March 1923	Come on home	Rega Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71360	10-in.	March 1923	You've got to see mamma ev'ry night (Or you can't see mamma at all)	Rega Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71361	10-in.	March 1923	Seven or eleven (My Dixie pair o' dice)	Rega Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71377	10-in.	March 1923	Papa better watch your step	Rega Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71378	10-in.	March 1923	[Unknown title(s)]	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71396	10-in.	April 1923	Vamping Sal (The sheba of Georgia)	Rega Dance Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71397	10-in.	April 1923	Down by the river	Rega Dance Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	S-71422	10-in.	April 1923	Old King Tut	Rega Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	W80716	10-in.	4/11/1927	After you've gone	Miff Mole's Molers [Five Pennies] ; Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	W80717	10-in.	4/11/1927	I ain't got nobody (And nobody cares for me)	Miff Mole's Molers [Five Pennies] ; Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	W80737	10-in.	4/15/1927	One sweet letter from you	Miff Mole's Molers ; Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	W80738	10-in.	4/15/1927	Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong	Miff Mole's Molers ; Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	W81300	10-in.	9/1/1927	Rose of the Volga	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	W81301	10-in.	9/1/1927	Blue river	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	W81303	10-in.	9/2/1927	I ain't takin' orders from no one	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
OKeh	W81304	10-in.	9/2/1927	There's a cradle in Caroline	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	W81305	10-in.	9/2/1927	Some of these days	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	W81311	10-in.	9/3/1927	What'll you do?	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
OKeh	W81314	10-in.	9/3/1927	There'll be some changes made	Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
OKeh	W400137	10-in.	3/9/1928	The man I love	Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	W400138	10-in.	3/9/1928	My pet	Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
OKeh	W400614	10-in.	4/16/1928	('Cause I feel) Low down	Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
OKeh	W400615	10-in.	4/16/1928	Oh! You have no idea	Ted Shapiro ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
Decca	73920		5/23/1947	My Yiddische Momme-1	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	73921		5/23/1947	My Yiddische Momme-2	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	73985		6/30/1947	Louisville Lou	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	73986		6/30/1947	Some of these days	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	101934		3/8/1957	I'm as ready as I'll ever be-2	Jimmy Durante		vocalist
Decca	119357		8/24/1967	Life begins at forty	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	119358		8/24/1967	No one man is ever going to worry me	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	DLA 949	10-in.	9/21/1937	The lady is a tramp	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	DLA 950	10-in.	9/21/1937	Some of these days	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	L 3618	10-in.	10/2/1944	Why go to Havana	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	L 3619	10-in.	10/2/1944	No one woman can satisfy one man all the time	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	L 3626	10-in.	10/3/1944	You've got to be loved to be healthy	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	L 3627	10-in.	10/3/1944	The older they get.the younger they want 'em	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	L 3628	10-in.	10/3/1944	Who want them tall, dark and handsome	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	L 3631	10-in.	10/2/1944	You can't sew a button on a heart	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	WA7508	10-in.	between approximately May 18th 1928 and July 11th 1928	Virginia (there's a blue ridge in my heart)	Ted Shapiro ; Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	WA7509	10-in.	between approximately May 18th 1928 and July 11th 1928	He's tall, dark and handsome	Ted Shapiro ; Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	WA7521	10-in.	between approximately May 18th 1928 and July 11th 1928	My Yiddishe momme	Ted Shapiro ; Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	WA7522	10-in.	between approximately May 18th 1928 and July 11th 1928	My Yiddishe momme	Ted Shapiro ; Ted Shapiro Orchestra ; Sophie Tucker	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Decca	CE 7943	10-in.	11/23/1936	No one man is ever going to worry me	Sophie Tucker		vocalist
Decca	CE 7944	10-in.	11/23/1936	Life begins at forty	Sophie Tucker		vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tucker, Sophie," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105584.

Tucker, Sophie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105584.

"Tucker, Sophie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.