Evelyn Preer

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Evelyn Preer

Evelyn Preer (née Jarvis; July 26, 1896 – November 17, 1932), was a pioneering American stage and screen actress and jazz and blues singer of the 1910s through the early 1930s. Preer was known within the black community as "The First Lady of the Screen." She was the first black actress to earn celebrity and popularity. She appeared in ground-breaking films and stage productions, such as the first play by a black playwright to be produced on Broadway, and the first New York-style production with a black cast in California in 1928, in a revival of a play adapted from Somerset Maugham's Rain.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 16, 1896 (Vicksburg), Died November 19, 1932 (Los Angeles)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1927

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter

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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
Victor	BVE-36075	10-in.	8/30/1926	No one but you knows how to love	Evelyn Preer	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
Victor	BVE-36076	10-in.	8/30/1926	What does my honeydew do?	Evelyn Preer	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
Victor	BVE-36077	10-in.	8/30/1926	Bye bye blackbird	Evelyn Preer	Female vocal solo, with ukulele and piano	vocalist
Victor	BVE-36099	10-in.	9/6/1926	Make me know it (If you mean what you say)	Evelyn Preer	Female vocal solo, with clarinet, cornet, and piano	vocalist
Victor	BVE-36823	10-in.	10/14/1926	It takes a good woman (To keep a good man at home)	Evelyn Preer	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Victor	BVE-37527	10-in.	1/10/1927	Make me love you	Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Evelyn Preer	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
Victor	BVE-37528	10-in.	1/10/1927	If you can't hold the man you love (Don't cry when he's gone)	Duke Ellington Orchestra ; Evelyn Preer	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
Brunswick	E21474-E21476	10-in.	2/10/1927	One more kiss	Evelyn Thompson	Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio	songwriter

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Preer, Evelyn," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110348.

Preer, Evelyn. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110348.

"Preer, Evelyn." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.