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 76-100 of 377 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	65435	10-in.	4/20/1939	Buy me some juice	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65436	10-in.	4/20/1939	Georgia grind	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65486	10-in.	4/27/1939	The monkey Swing	The Harlem Stompers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65487	10-in.	4/27/1939	Jammin' in Georgia	The Harlem Stompers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65488	10-in.	4/27/1939	My understanding man	The Harlem Stompers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65489	10-in.	4/27/1939	Serenade to a jitterbug	The Harlem Stompers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65494	10-in.	4/28/1939	Get your mind out of the gutter	Jimmie Gordon	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65495	10-in.	4/28/1939	Delhia	Jimmie Gordon	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65496	10-in.	4/28/1939	Do that thing	Jimmie Gordon	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65497	10-in.	4/28/1939	The Mojo blues	Jimmie Gordon	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65498	10-in.	4/28/1939	St. Peter blues	Jimmie Gordon	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65499	10-in.	4/28/1939	If the walls could talk	Jimmie Gordon	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65500	10-in.	4/28/1939	Royal telephone	Selah Jubilee Singers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65501	10-in.	4/28/1939	Traveling shoes	Selah Jubilee Singers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65502	10-in.	4/28/1939	How happy am I	Selah Jubilee Singers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65503	10-in.	4/28/1939	What He done for me	Selah Jubilee Singers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65504	10-in.	4/28/1939	I want Jesus to walk around my bedside	Selah Jubilee Singers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65505	10-in.	4/28/1939	Take my hand precious Lord	Selah Jubilee Singers	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65597	10-in.	5/18/1939	The way I'm feelin'	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65598	10-in.	5/18/1939	Married woman blues	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65599	10-in.	5/18/1939	How do you think I feel	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65600	10-in.	5/18/1939	Fire in the mountain	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65601	10-in.	5/18/1939	When the red sun turns to gray (I'll be back)	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65652	10-in.	5/26/1939	Hydrant love	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65653	10-in.	5/26/1939	Do it again	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 76-100 of 377 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

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