Len Williams
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: bass vocal, composer, songwriter, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 65 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | S-7808 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Monday morning blues | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-7809 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Jelly Roll blues | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-7810 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Standing on the corner | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-7812 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Wide, wide world | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-7813 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Preacher man blues | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-7814 | 10-in. | Mar. 1921 | Southern Jack | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70002 | 10-in. | July 1921 | Cornfield blues | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal, composer, lyricist | |
OKeh | S-70003 | 10-in. | July 1921 | Big fat mamma | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal, composer | |
OKeh | S-70004 | 10-in. | 7/11/1921 | Strut Miss Lizzie | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70005 | 10-in. | July 1921 | My mammy | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70006 | 10-in. | July 1921 | Blues that drove man to ruin | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-70007 | 10-in. | July 1921 | I hope I may join the band | Norfolk Jubilee Four | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70008 | 10-in. | July 1921 | Who built the ark? | Norfolk Jubilee Four | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70009 | 10-in. | July 1921 | Going home blues | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal, songwriter | |
OKeh | S-70171 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | Honey, God bless your heart | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70172 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | Wang wang blues | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70173 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | When I walked up I was sharp as a tack | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70174 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | Get hot | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70175 | 10-in. | September 1921 | Shall we meet on the river | Norfolk Jubilee Four | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70176 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | Every ship must find a harbor | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70177 | Not documented | Sept. 1921 | [Unknown title(s)] | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
OKeh | S-70178 | 10-in. | Sept. 1921 | I could learn to love you | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | vocalist, bass vocal | |
Decca | 62376 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | You got to live so God can use you | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist, bass vocal | ||
Decca | 62377 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | 'Way down in Egyptland | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist, bass vocal | ||
Decca | 62378 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | Didn't it rain | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist, bass vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Williams, Len," accessed October 15, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/211079.
Williams, Len. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 15, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/211079.
"Williams, Len." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 15 October 2024.
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