Sammy Price
Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the appropriate mood and swing for blues and rhythm and blues recordings. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 6, 1908 (Honey Grove), Died April 14, 1992 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1956
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist, guitar, leader
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 377 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 63869 | 10-in. | 5/26/1938 | My Daddy rocks me No.2 | Trixie Smith | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63870 | 10-in. | 5/26/1938 | He may be your man | Trixie Smith | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63871 | 10-in. | 5/26/1938 | Jack I'm mellow | Trixie Smith | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63872 | 10-in. | 5/26/1938 | Lady be good | Trixie Smith | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63873 | 10-in. | 5/26/1938 | Uncle Joe | Grant and Wilson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63874 | 5/26/1938 | I am a woman | Grant and Wilson | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 63875 | 10-in. | 5/26/1938 | Toot it, brother Armstrong-1 | Grant and Wilson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 63876 | 5/26/1938 | Blue Monday on Sugar Hill | Grant and Wilson | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 63877 | 10-in. | 5/26/1938 | My unusual man | Trixie Smith | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64432 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | You're going to leave the old home Jim | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64433 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | New Orleans blues | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64434 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | He caught that B & O | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64435 | 10-in. | 8/11/1938 | Don't you make me high | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64767 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | I feel like lying in another woman's husband's arms | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64768 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | Give me some money | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64769 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | I got ways like the devil | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 64770 | 10-in. | 11/22/1938 | That made him mad | Blue Lu Barker | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65203 | 10-in. | 3/6/1939 | Jelly roll Bert | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65204 | 10-in. | 3/6/1939 | Up today and down tomorrow | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65205 | 10-in. | 3/6/1939 | Getting old blues | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65206 | 10-in. | 3/6/1939 | The sun goes down in blood | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65207 | 10-in. | 3/6/1939 | Better not let my good gal catch you here | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65208 | 10-in. | 3/6/1939 | If I could holler | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65266 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | Moanin' dove | Lee Brown | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 65267 | 10-in. | 3/24/1939 | Do your duty | Lether McGraw | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.
Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.
"Price, Sammy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Price, Sammy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85098931
Wikidata: Sammy Price - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q725312
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/22328403
MusicBrainz: Sammy Price - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a5eaa73b-62e7-4a6e-9723-2437dcb43ed5
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