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 101-125 of 377 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	65654	10-in.	5/26/1939	Beggin' my Daddy	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65655	10-in.	5/26/1939	What have you done to me	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65656	10-in.	5/26/1939	Take me for a buggy ride	Georgia White	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65657	10-in.	5/26/1939	Brownskin gal is the best gal after all	Fat Hayden	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65658	10-in.	5/26/1939	Voodoo blues	Fat Hayden	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65811	10-in.	6/14/1939	Plain Lenox Avenue	Rosetta Howard	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65812	10-in.	6/14/1939	Men are like street cars	Rosetta Howard	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65813	10-in.	6/14/1939	He's mine all mine	Rosetta Howard	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65814	10-in.	6/14/1939	Headin' for the river	Rosetta Howard	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66893	10-in.	11/17/1939	Blue deep sea blues	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66894	10-in.	11/17/1939	Never brag about your man	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66895	10-in.	11/17/1939	He's so good	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66896	10-in.	11/17/1939	I didn't dig you Jack	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66956	10-in.	12/13/1939	Handy Andy	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66957	10-in.	12/13/1939	Jitterbug blues	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66958	10-in.	12/13/1939	You been holding out too long	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	66959	10-in.	12/13/1939	Lu's blues	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67304	10-in.	3/13/1940	Fetch it to me	Sam Price and his Texas Bluesicians	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67305	10-in.	3/13/1940	Cow cow blues	Sam Price and his Texas Bluesicians	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67306	10-in.	3/13/1940	Sweepin' the blues away	Sam Price and his Texas Bluesicians	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67307	10-in.	3/13/1940	Swing out in the groove	Sam Price and his Texas Bluesicians	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67489	10-in.	4/4/1940	Good woman blues	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67490	10-in.	4/4/1940	Skin and bones woman	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67491	10-in.	4/4/1940	I'm cuttin' out	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	67492	10-in.	4/4/1940	Fireman blues	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 101-125 of 377 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

"Price, Sammy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.