George Brooks
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 81261 | 10-in. | 10/4/1923 | Far away blues | Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith ; Clara Smith | Female vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81342 | 10-in. | 11/9/1923 | If Mamma quits Papa, what will Papa do | Bessie Brown ; Fletcher Henderson ; George W. Williams | Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81479 | 10-in. | 1/12/1924 | I don't know and I don't care | Edith Wilson | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81694 | 10-in. | 4/17/1924 | Back woods blues | Clara Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and ukulele | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81847 | 10-in. | 6/27/1924 | No second handed lovin' for mine | Bessie Brown ; George W. Williams | Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with cornet and piano | composer | |
Columbia | 81893 | 10-in. | 7/31/1924 | Salt water blues | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with trombone and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81907 | 10-in. | 8/8/1924 | Rainy weather blues | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with trombone and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81917 | 10-in. | 8/15/1924 | When you go huntin', I'm goin' fishin' | Bessie Brown ; George W. Williams | Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with cornet, trombone, and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81924 | 10-in. | 8/19/1924 | Pork chop blues | Bessie Brown | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with tenor saxophone and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W141819 | 10-in. | 3/18/1926 | Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W142148 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Hard driving papa | Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith ; Joe Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W142875 | 10-in. | 10/25/1926 | Honey man blues | Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W142876 | 10-in. | 10/26/1926 | One and two blues | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet, cornet, and piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W143575 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Trombone Cholly | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W143576 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Send me to the 'lectric chair | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W143583 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Them's graveyard words | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | W144918 | 10-in. | 10/27/1927 | Dyin' by the hour | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet, piano, and tuba | composer, lyricist | |
Brunswick | C6492 | 10-in. | Nov. 1930 | Pork chop blues | Lee Green | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brooks, George," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101028.
Brooks, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/101028.
"Brooks, George." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Brooks, George (Saxophonist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005090099
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