Otis Spann
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1952 - 1958
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, songwriter, vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess | U7476 | 10-in. | 9/17/1952 | Who's gonna be your sweet man | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7551 | 10-in. | 9/24/1953 | Blow wind, blow | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7552 | 10-in. | 9/24/1953 | Mad love | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7589 | 10-in. | 1/7/1954 | I'm your hoochie kooche man | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7590 | 10-in. | 1/7/1954 | She's so pretty | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7592 | 10-in. | 1/7/1954 | Chicago bound | Jimmy Roger's Rocking Four | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7618 | 10-in. | March, 1954 | No place to go | Howlin' Wolf | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7621 | 10-in. | March 1954 | Rockin' daddy | Howlin' Wolf | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7630 | 10-in. | 4/13/1954 | Just make love to me | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7631 | 10-in. | 4/13/1954 | Oh! yeh | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7632 | 10-in. | 4/13/1954 | Sloppy drunk | Jimmy Roger's Rocking Four | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7657 | 10-in. | 5/25/1954 | Baby how long? | Howlin' Wolf | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7658 | 10-in. | 5/25/1954 | Evil is goin' on | Howlin' Wolf | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7687 | 10-in. | 9/1/1954 | I'm ready | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7697 | 10-in. | 9/1/1954 | I'm ready | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7699 | 10-in. | 9/1/1954 | I don't know why | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7740 | 10-in. | October, 1954 | I'll be around | Howlin' Wolf | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7741 | 10-in. | October, 1954 | Forty four | Howlin' Wolf | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7746 | 10-in. | Oct. - Nov. 1954 | I'm a natural born lover | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7747 | 10-in. | Oct.-Nov. 1954 | Ooh wee | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7784 | 10-in. | 2/3/1955 | Young fashion ways | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7785 | 10-in. | 2/3/1955 | I want to be loved | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7797 | 10-in. | 2/3/1955 | My eyes | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7937 | 10-in. | 1955 | I got to find my baby | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7938 | 10-in. | 1955 | Sugar sweet | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7939 | 10-in. | 1955 | Trouble no more | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U7940 | 10-in. | Oct.-Nov. 1954 | Clouds in my heart | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 7951 | 10-in. | December, 1955 | You can't catch me | Chuck Berry | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 7954 | 10-in. | December, 1955 | The downbound train | Chuck Berry | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 7955 | 10-in. | December, 1955 | No money down | Chuck Berry | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | U8147 | 10-in. | 1956 | Just to be with me | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8304 | 10-in. | 10/29/1956 | If it ain't me | Jimmy Rogers | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8305 | 10-in. | 10/29/1956 | Walking by myself | Jimmy Rogers | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8510 | 10-in. | May/June 1957 | Good news | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8512 | 10-in. | May/June 1957 | Come home baby | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8732 | 10-in. | 1958 | I won't go on | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8733 | 10-in. | 1958 | She's got it | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8755 | 10-in. | 3/28/1958 | Wake up, baby | Sonny Boy Williamson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8979 | 10-in. | November?, 1958 | She's nineteen years old | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8980 | 10-in. | November? 1958 | Close to you | Muddy Waters | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 7738 | 10-in. | 10/25/1954 | It must have been the devil | Otis Spann | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, songwriter | ||
| Chess | 7739 | 10-in. | 10/25/1954 | Five spot | Otis Spann | instrumentalist, piano, songwriter | ||
| Chess | 7890 | 10-in. | 8/12/1955 | Don't start me talkin' | Sonny Boy Williamson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 7891 | 10-in. | 8/12/1955 | All my love in vain | Sonny Boy Williamson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8272 | 10-in. | Oct., 1956 | Cops and robbers | Bo Diddley | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8441 | 10-in. | March, 1957 | Hey! Bo Diddley | Bo Diddley | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8442 | 10-in. | March, 1957 | Mona | Bo Diddley | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8594 | 10-in. | Sept., 1957 | Born blind | Sonny Boy Williamson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8595 | 10-in. | Sept., 1957 | Ninety nine | Sonny Boy Williamson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
| Chess | 8753 | 10-in. | 3/28/1958 | Your funeral & my trial | Fred Below ; Sonny Boy Williamson | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Spann, Otis," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/376595.
Spann, Otis. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/376595.
"Spann, Otis." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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