Rosetta Duncan

Birth and Death Data: Born November 23, 1894 (Los Angeles), Died December 4, 1959

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1917 - 1933

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter, composer, lyricist, speaker, guitar

= 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	B-27655	10-in.	3/14/1923	The music lesson	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-27656	10-in.	3/14/1923	Baby sister blues	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with ukulele	vocalist
Victor	B-27659	10-in.	3/16/1923	Stick in the mud	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-27660	10-in.	3/19/1923	The Argentines, the Portuguese, and the Greeks	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with ukuleles	vocalist
Victor	B-27661	10-in.	3/19/1923	Stick in the mud	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-28731	10-in.	10/10/1923	Rememb'ring	Joe Raymond Orchestra ; Joe Raymond	Jazz/dance band	composer
Victor	B-28903	10-in.	11/1/1923	I never had a Mammy	The Manhattan Merrymakers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-28966	10-in.	11/19/1923	Um-um-da-da	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-28967	10-in.	11/19/1923	Remembering	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-28970	10-in.	11/19/1923	I never had a mammy	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano and ukulele	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-28972	10-in.	11/20/1923	Aunt Susie's picnic day	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with ukulele and piano	vocalist
Victor	B-29834	10-in.	4/4/1924	Bull frog patrol	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	vocalist
Victor	C-29835	12-in.	11/10/1924	Vocalizing	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-29835	10-in.	4/4/1924	Vocalizing	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-29836	10-in.	4/4/1924	Tom boy blues	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	C-31157	12-in.	11/10/1924	In sweet onion time	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-31158	10-in.	11/10/1924	Mean Cicero blues	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	vocalist
Victor	B-31179	10-in.	11/14/1924	Cross-word puzzle blues	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	B-31582	10-in.	1/7/1925	I'm smilin' through my tears	The Troubadours	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	BVE-33667	10-in.	1/15/1926	The kinky kids' parade	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	vocalist
Victor	BVE-33668	10-in.	1/15/1926	Happy-go-lucky days	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	vocalist
Victor	BVE-34701	10-in.	2/16/1926	Some day soon	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	BVE-34702	10-in.	2/16/1926	Lickens	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	BVE-40200	10-in.	9/12/1927	Dawning	Duncan Sisters ; Mrs. Charles Kisco ; Charley Kisco	Female vocal duet, with 2 pianos	vocalist
Victor	BVE-40201	10-in.	9/13/1927	Oh how I love my boatman	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with 2 pianos	vocalist
Victor	BVE-40204	10-in.	9/13/1927	Black and blue blues	Duncan Sisters ; Charley Kisco	Female vocal duet, with piano	vocalist
Victor	BVE-40213	10-in.	9/16/1927	Baby feet go pitter-patter ('Cross my floor)	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with 2 guitars and 2 pianos	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Victor	BVE-40214	10-in.	9/16/1927	Someday you'll say O. K.	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with 2 pianos	vocalist
Victor	BVE-40215	10-in.	9/16/1927	Yep! 'Long about June	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with 2 pianos	vocalist
Victor	BVE-57279	10-in.	1/3/1930	I got a 'code' in my 'doze'	Rosetta Duncan ; Vivian Duncan	Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	vocalist
Victor	BVE-57970	10-in.	1/2/1930	Some day soon	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter, vocalist
Victor	MS-76054	16-in.	4/25/1933	The adventures of Topsy and Eva. Episode 1	Duncan Sisters	Radio broadcast : Drama	speaker
Victor	MS-76055	16-in.	4/25/1933	The adventures of Topsy and Eva. Episode 2	Duncan Sisters	Radio broadcast	speaker
Victor	[Trial 1917-11-19-03]	Not documented	11/19/1917	Mammanys blues	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	vocalist
Victor	[Trial 1923-03-09-02]	10-in.	3/9/1923	Do-re-mi	Duncan Sisters	Female vocal duet, with piano	vocalist
Columbia	81362	10-in.	11/17/1923	Rememb'ring	California Ramblers	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Columbia	140229	10-in.	1/7/1925	Sweet onion time	Ernest Hare ; Billy Jones	Male vocal duet, with ukulele and piano	songwriter
Columbia	W148730	10-in.	6/21/1929	Someday soon	Hotel Mark Hopkins Orchestra ; Anson Weeks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist
OKeh	S-71947	10-in.	Oct. 1923	Rememb'ring	Red Caps	Jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	S-71951	10-in.	October 1923	Do, re, me	Helen Clark ; Betsy Lane Shepherd	Female vocal duet, with orchestra	songwriter
OKeh	S-71953	10-in.	October 1923	Rememb'ring	Lewis James	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	songwriter
OKeh	W81859	10-in.	11/23/1927	Changes	Ed Kirkeby Goofus Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal duet	vocalist
Brunswick	11214-11217	10-in.	8/16/1923	Rememb’ring	Paul Ash ; Granada Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	composer
Brunswick	LAE607	10-in.	9/1/1929	Some day soon	Tom Gerun Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with vocal; without vocal (take G)	songwriter
Edison	N-993	10-in.	7/2/1929	Someday soon	J. Donald Parker ; Piccadilly Players	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Duncan, Rosetta," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106917.

Duncan, Rosetta. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106917.

"Duncan, Rosetta." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.