Charles Dixon

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1927

Roles Represented in DAHR: banjo, guitar, songwriter

Notes: Sometimes listed as Charlie Dixon.

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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 Audio
Columbia 81513 10-in. 1/31/1924 Chicago blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band instrumentalist, banjo  
Columbia 81514 10-in. 1/31/1924 31st Street blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band instrumentalist, banjo  
Columbia 81694 10-in. 4/17/1924 Back woods blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and ukulele instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 81695 10-in. 4/17/1924 West Indies blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and ukulele instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 81697 10-in. 4/17/1924 Mean papa turn in your key Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 81698 10-in. 4/17/1924 The clearing house blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia 140139 10-in. 11/14/1924 Naughty man Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia W140585 10-in. 5/5/1925 Cake walking babies Fletcher Henderson’s Hot Six ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance ensemble instrumentalist, banjo  
Columbia W140586 10-in. 5/6/1925 The Yellow Dog blues Fletcher Henderson’s Hot Six ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance ensemble instrumentalist, banjo  
Columbia W143567 10-in. 3/2/1927 After you've gone Bessie Smith and her Band Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet instrumentalist, banjo  
Columbia W143568 10-in. 3/2/1927 Alexander's ragtime band Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet instrumentalist, banjo  
Columbia W143569 10-in. 3/2/1927 Muddy water Bessie Smith and her Band Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental sextet instrumentalist, banjo  
Columbia W143570 10-in. 3/2/1927 There'll be a hot time in the old town to-night Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet instrumentalist, banjo  
Decca 1406 10-in. May 1923 Down-hearted blues Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra instrumentalist, banjo  
Decca 1413 10-in. May 1923 Gulf coast blues Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra instrumentalist, banjo  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dixon, Charles," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/202646.

Dixon, Charles. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/202646.

"Dixon, Charles." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/202646

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