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 26-50 of 377 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	63869	10-in.	5/26/1938	My Daddy rocks me No.2	Trixie Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63870	10-in.	5/26/1938	He may be your man	Trixie Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63871	10-in.	5/26/1938	Jack I'm mellow	Trixie Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63872	10-in.	5/26/1938	Lady be good	Trixie Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63873	10-in.	5/26/1938	Uncle Joe	Grant and Wilson	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63874		5/26/1938	I am a woman	Grant and Wilson	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63875	10-in.	5/26/1938	Toot it, brother Armstrong-1	Grant and Wilson	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63876		5/26/1938	Blue Monday on Sugar Hill	Grant and Wilson	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	63877	10-in.	5/26/1938	My unusual man	Trixie Smith	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64432	10-in.	8/11/1938	You're going to leave the old home Jim	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64433	10-in.	8/11/1938	New Orleans blues	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64434	10-in.	8/11/1938	He caught that B & O	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64435	10-in.	8/11/1938	Don't you make me high	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64767	10-in.	11/22/1938	I feel like lying in another woman's husband's arms	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64768	10-in.	11/22/1938	Give me some money	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64769	10-in.	11/22/1938	I got ways like the devil	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	64770	10-in.	11/22/1938	That made him mad	Blue Lu Barker	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65203	10-in.	3/6/1939	Jelly roll Bert	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65204	10-in.	3/6/1939	Up today and down tomorrow	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65205	10-in.	3/6/1939	Getting old blues	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65206	10-in.	3/6/1939	The sun goes down in blood	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65207	10-in.	3/6/1939	Better not let my good gal catch you here	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65208	10-in.	3/6/1939	If I could holler	Johnnie Temple	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65266	10-in.	3/24/1939	Moanin' dove	Lee Brown	instrumentalist, piano
Decca	65267	10-in.	3/24/1939	Do your duty	Lether McGraw	instrumentalist, piano

(Results 26-50 of 377 records)

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

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