Lester Calvin

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1924

Roles Represented in DAHR: songwriter, lyricist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 81074 10-in. 6/14/1923 Sittin' on the curbstone blues Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano songwriter  
OKeh S-70432 10-in. Jan. 1922 The mamma gone blues Elsie Clark Female vocal solo, with orchestra lyricist  
OKeh S-72322 10-in. Feb. 1924 Sittin' on the curbstone blues Piron's New Orleans Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Calvin, Lester," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201420.

Calvin, Lester. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201420.

"Calvin, Lester." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201420

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