Mississippi Sarah

Birth and Death Data: Died 1937

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1935

Roles Represented in DAHR: jug, vocalist, composer

Notes: Wife of Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson).

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

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-85519 10-in. 2/26/1935 Strewin' it out Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and jug vocalist, instrumentalist, jug  
Victor BS-85520 10-in. 2/26/1935 The spasm Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female-male vocal duet, with guitar, harmonica, and jug vocalist, instrumentalist, jug  
Victor BS-85521 10-in. 2/26/1935 35 depression Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female vocal solo, with jug band vocalist, instrumentalist, jug  
Victor BS-85522 10-in. 2/26/1935 If you want me baby Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Male vocal solo, with jug band vocalist, instrumentalist, jug  
Victor BS-85523 10-in. 2/26/1935 Worthy of you Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with jug band and talk instrumentalist, jug  
Victor BS-85524 10-in. 2/26/1935 If it ain't that gal of mine Tampa Red Male vocal solo, with jug band instrumentalist, jug  
Brunswick VO171 10-in. 10/21/1931 Jake leg blues Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female-male vocal duet, with guitar, harp, and jug composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, jug  
Brunswick VO172 10-in. 10/21/1931 Home brew blues Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female-male vocal duet, with guitar, harp, and jug vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, jug  
Brunswick VO173 10-in. 10/21/1931 Jail cell blues Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female-male vocal duet, with guitar, harp, and jug vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, jug  
Brunswick VO174 10-in. 10/21/1931 I don’t want you no more Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female-male vocal duet, with guitar, harp, and jug vocalist, instrumentalist, jug  
Brunswick VO175 10-in. 10/22/1931 Burleskin’ blues Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Female-male vocal duet, with guitar, harp, and jug vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, jug  
Brunswick VO176 10-in. 10/22/1931 Greenville strut Daddy Stovepipe ; Mississippi Sarah Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo (scat) composer, instrumentalist, jug  
Brunswick VO177 10-in. 10/22/1931 Read your ABC’s Mississippi Sarah Female vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and kazoo vocalist, composer  
Brunswick VO178 10-in. 10/22/1931 Do you love him? Mississippi Sarah Female vocal solo, with guitar, harmonica, and kazoo vocalist, composer  
Brunswick C6089 10-in. 9/9/1930 Jail cell blues Leroy Carr Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mississippi Sarah," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112213.

Mississippi Sarah. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112213.

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

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/112213

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Mississippi Sarah, -1937 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003075788

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/63701767

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