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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 151-175 of 377 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	69524	10-in.	7/17/1941	Somebody's got to go	Joe Turner	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69525	10-in.	7/17/1941	Ice man	Joe Turner	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69526	10-in.	7/17/1941	Chewed up grass	Joe Turner	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69553	10-in.	7/23/1941	Don't stop now	Yack Taylor	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69554	10-in.	7/23/1941	Chicago bound blues	Yack Taylor	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69555	10-in.	7/23/1941	Whip it to a jelly	Yack Taylor	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69556	10-in.	7/23/1941	My nightmare jockey	Yack Taylor	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69740	10-in.	9/11/1941	Love me	Nora Lee King	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69741	10-in.	9/11/1941	Let me rock you home	Nora Lee King	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69742	10-in.	9/11/1941	Yump da da da	Nora Lee King	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69743	10-in.	9/11/1941	Why don't you do right	Nora Lee King	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69789	10-in.	10/8/1941	The low down lonely blues	Sweet Georgia Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69790	10-in.	10/8/1941	Rock me in the groove	Sweet Georgia Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69791	10-in.	10/8/1941	Black cat bone	Sweet Georgia Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69792	10-in.	10/8/1941	These low down men blues	Sweet Georgia Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69793	10-in.	10/8/1941	Love me	Nora Lee King	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69794	10-in.	10/8/1941	Yump da da da	Nora Lee King	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69821	10-in.	10/15/1941	Make me love you	Ruby Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69822	10-in.	10/15/1941	Fruit cakin' Mama	Ruby Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69823	10-in.	10/15/1941	Black gal	Ruby Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	69824	10-in.	10/15/1941	Thinking blues	Ruby Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70029	10-in.	12/10/1941	Why don't you love me any more?	Ruby Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70030	10-in.	12/10/1941	Harlem gin blues	Ruby Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70031	10-in.	12/10/1941	My name is Jim	Jack Meredith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	70032	10-in.	12/10/1941	Match box blues	Jack Meredith	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 151-175 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.