Victor matrix BVE-70674. Mama, why don't you be yourself? / Walter Davis

TitleSource
Mama, why don't you be yourself? (Primary title)Victor catalog
Authors and ComposersNotes
Walter Davis (composer)
Walter Davis (lyricist)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Walter Davis (vocalist)
Ralph Sylvester Peer (session supervisor)
Roosevelt Sykes (instrumentalist : piano)Listed in Victor ledgers as "Willie Kelly."
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with piano
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Source(s): Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Ralph Peer, present."
Possibly recorded at the Jefferson Hotel in Dallas. Victor ledgers do not name the exact place as they do for some other masters of this field trip.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
2/10/1932 Dallas, Texas 1 Master Victor 23325 10-in.
2/10/1932 Dallas, Texas 2 Not processed

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-70674. Mama, why don't you be yourself? / Walter Davis," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036873/BVE-70674-Mama_why_dont_you_be_yourself.

Victor matrix BVE-70674. Mama, why don't you be yourself? / Walter Davis. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800036873/BVE-70674-Mama_why_dont_you_be_yourself.

"Victor matrix BVE-70674. Mama, why don't you be yourself? / Walter Davis." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.

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