Victor matrix BRC-68939. Sugar blues / Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys ; William Massey ; Clarence E. Smith

TitleSource
Sugar blues (Primary title)Disc label
Slow fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Blues dulces (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Lucy Fletcher (lyricist)Listed on Victor and Bluebird disc labels as "C. Fletcher."
Clarence Williams (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
William Massey (vocalist)
Clarence E. Smith (instrumentalist : trumpet)
Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys (Musical group)
Blanche Calloway and Orchestra (Musical group)Listing on BB B-5334 and Sunrise S-3415 for Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys.
Eli E. Oberstein (session supervisor)
Blanche Calloway (leader)
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and trumpet solo
  • Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 3 cornets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Hot dance"; "Mr. Oberstein, present"; "Recorded through R.C.A. system."
Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
3/27/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 1 Hold
3/27/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 2 Master Victor 22661 10-in.
3/27/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 2 Master Bluebird B-5334 10-in.

Sugar blues / Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys ; William Massey ; Clarence E. Smith

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3/27/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 2 Master Montgomery Ward M-4895 10-in.
3/27/1931 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 2 Master Sunrise S-3415 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BRC-68939. Sugar blues / Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys ; William Massey ; Clarence E. Smith," accessed November 8, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035584/BRC-68939-Sugar_blues.

Victor matrix BRC-68939. Sugar blues / Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys ; William Massey ; Clarence E. Smith. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 8, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035584/BRC-68939-Sugar_blues.

"Victor matrix BRC-68939. Sugar blues / Blanche Calloway and her Joy Boys ; William Massey ; Clarence E. Smith." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 November 2024.

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