Discography
Complete recordings by Leadbelly. Only song titles and dates
are listed, not record company issues on which the songs have appeared.
For a list of currently available material, consult
compact disc.
This bibliography is heavily based on the comprehensive 32 page
bibliography compiled by Wolfe and Lornell and published in
The Life and Legend of Leadbelly.
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| Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana
| July 16, 1933 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 119-B-1 | The Western Cowboy
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| 119-B-2 | Honey Take a Whiff on Me
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| 119-B-4 | Angola Blues
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| 119-B-5 | Angola Blues
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| 119-B-6 | Frankie and Albert
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| 120-A-1 | Irene
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| 120-A-2 | Take a Whiff on Me
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| 120-A-3 | You Can't Lose Me Cholly
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| 120-A-6 | Irene
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| 120-A-7 | Irene
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| 120-B-5 | Ella Speed
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| Louisiana State Penitentiary, Angola, Louisiana
| July 1, 1934 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 121-A
| Mister Tom Hughes' Town |
| 122-A-2 | I Got Up This Morning. Had to Get Up So Soon
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| 122-B | Western Cowboy
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| 123-A | Blind Lemon Blues
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| 123-B | Matchbox Blues
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| 124-A-1 | MidnightSpecial
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| 124-A-2 | Irene
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| 124-B-1 | Irene
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| 124-B-2 | Governor O.K. Allen
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| 125-A | Frankie and Albert
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| 125-B | Ella Speed
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| 126-A-1 | Julie Ann Johnson
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| 126-A-2 | You Can't Lose-a-Me Cholly
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| 126-A-3: | Take a Whiff on Me
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| 126-B | I'm Sorry Mama
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| Little Rock, Arkansas
| September 27, 1934
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| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 236-B-3 | Mister Tom Hughes' Town
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| 239-A-3 | Julie Ann Johnson
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| State Farm, Pine Fluff, Arkansas
| September 29, 1934
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| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 240-A-4 | Julie Ann Johnson
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| Unknown white man | vocal
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| Huddie Ledbetter | guitar
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| 240-A-5 | Lover in the Green Valley
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| State Farm, Tucker, Arkansas
| October 1. 1934
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| Leroy Allen: | vocal;
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| Huddie Ledbetter: | guitar
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| 246-B-1 | Sweet Babe
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| Huddie Ledhetter: |
vocal/guitar |
| 246-B-3 | Mister Tom Hughes' Town
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| Gould, Arkansas |
October 5, 1934 |
| Huddie Ledhetter: |
vocal/guitar |
| 242-B-3 | Julie Ann Johnson
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| Shreveport, Louisiana
| October 15, 1934
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| Huddie Ledhetter: |
vocal/guitar |
| 273-A-1 | Boll Weevil
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| Bellwood Prison Camp, Atlanta, Georgia
| December 12, 1934
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal-1/guitar;
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| Sloan Wright: | dance calls-2
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| 250-B-1 | The Shreveport Jail-1
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| 250-B-2 | Julie Ann Johnson-1
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| 252-A-1 | Dance Calls-2
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| 252-A-2 | This Morning-1
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| Wilton, Connecticut
| January 20, 1935
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| Huddie Ledhetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 143-A | Don't You Love Me No More
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| 143-B | Henry Ford Blues
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| Wilton, Connecticut
| January 21, 1935
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| Huddie Ledhetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 44-A | Irene
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| 44-B-1 | Irene
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| 44-B-2 | Julie Ann Johnson
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| New York City |
January 23, 1935 |
| Huddie Ledhetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 16683-1 | Roberta--Part 1
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| 16684-1 | Roberta-Part 2
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| 16685-1 | Packin' Trunk Blues
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| 16686- | C.C. Rider
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| 16678-1 | Becky Deem, She Was a Gamblin' Girl
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| 16688-2 | Honey, I'm All Out and Down
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| 16689-2 | Four Day Worry Blues
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| 16690- | You Can't Lose Me, Charlie
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| 16691-2 | New Black Snake Moan
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| 16692- | Alberta
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| New York City |
January 24, 1935 |
| Huddie Ledhetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 16693- | Baby, Don't You Love Me No More?
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| 16694- | Ox Drivin' Blues
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| 16695-1 | Death Letter Blues--Part 1
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| 16695-2 | Death Latter Blues--Part 1
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| 16696-1 | Death Letter Blues--Part 2
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| 16696-2 | Death Letter Blues--Part 2
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| 16697-1 | Kansas City Papa
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| 16697-2 | Kansas City Papa
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| 16698- | Mary Don't You Weep
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| 16999- | Fat Mouth Mama
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| 16704- | Red River Blues
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| 16705- | Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
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| 16705-2 | Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
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| 16706-2 | You Don't Know My Mind
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| 16707- | Shreveport Jail
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| 16708- | Angola Jail
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| New York City |
January 25, 1935 |
| Huddie Ledhetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 16755- | Julie Ann Johnson
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| 16756- | Baby Take a Whiff on Me
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| 16757- | Gonna Dig a Hole--Put the Devil in It
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| 16758- | Old Chisholm Trail
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| 16759- | Dem Blues I Got Baby (Make a New-Born Baby Cry)
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| 16760- | Pick a Bale a'Cotton
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| 16761- | Lead Belly's Pardon Song to Governor Pat Neff
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| 16762- | Lead Belly's Pardon Song to O.K. Allen
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| Wilton, Connecticut
| February 1, 1935
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| Huddie Ledhetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 45-A | Take a Whiff on Me
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| New York City |
February 5, 1935 |
| Huddie Ledhetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 16806-1 | Daddy I'm Coming Back to You
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| 16806-3 | Daddy I'm Coming Back to You
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| 16807- | My Friend Blind Lemon
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| 16808- | Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
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| 16809- | I Got a Mother in the Promised Land
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| 16810- | Irene--Part 1
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| 16811- | Irene--Part 2
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| 16812- | Man, I'm in Trouble
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| 16813- | Texas Penitentiary
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| 16814-1 | Shorty George
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| 16814-2 | Shorty George
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| 16815- | De Kalb Woman
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| 16816- | Matchbox Blues
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| Wilton, Connecticut
| January 20, 1935
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar with speech-1
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| 45-B | Salty Dog
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| 51-A | Angola Blues
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| 51-B | Roberta
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| 52-A | Careless Love
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| 52-B | C.C. Rider
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| 53-A | Governor Pat Neff
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| 53-B | Thirty Days in the Workhouse
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| 54-A | Ella Speed
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| 54-B | Ella Speed
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| 127-A | Frankie and Albert
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| 127-B | Frankie and Albert
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| 128-A | Which Way Do the Red River Run?
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| 128-B | Got Up in the Mornin' So Doggone Soon
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| 129-A | You Don't Know My Mind
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| 129-B-1 | The Western Cowboy
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| 129-B-2 | Becky Dean
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| 130-A | Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
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| 130-B | Got a Gal in Town with Her Mouth Chock Full of Gold
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| 131-A | Mary Don't You Weep
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| 131-B-1 | Mary Don't You Weep
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| 131-B-2 | Way Over in the Promised Land
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| 132-A | Death Letter Blues-1
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| 133-A | MidnightSpecial
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| 133-B | The Shreveport Jail
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| 134-A | Easy Mr. Tom
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| 134-B | I Ain't Bothered a Bit --Parts 1 and 2
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| 135-A | Boll Weevil
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| 135-B | Western Cowboy
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| 136-A | The Titanic
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| 136-B | Blind Lemon Blues
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| 137-A | Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
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| 137-B-1 | Mr. Tom Hughes' Town
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| 137-B-2 | You Cain' Loose-a-Me Cholly
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| 138-A | The Medicine Man
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| 138-B | Red Cross Sto'
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| 139-A-1 | Green Corn
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| 139-A-2 | The Maid Freed from the Gallows
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| 139-B | Po' Howard
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| 140-A | Alberta Blues
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| 140-B | Fo' Day Worry Blues
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| 141-A-1 | Hesitation Blues
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| 141-A-2 | Take Me Back
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| 141-B | Matchbox Blues
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| 142-A | Tight Like That
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| 142-B-1 | Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil in It
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| 142-B-2 | Old Man Settin' in the Corner Dyin'
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| Wilton, Connecticut
| March 1, 1935 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar or unaccompanied-1
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| 47-B | Blues I Got Make a New-Born Baby Cry
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| 48-A-1 | Ho Day-1
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| 48-A-2 | One Dollar Bill. Baby-1
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| New York City |
March 25, 1935 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar
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| 17179-1 | Yellow Jacket
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| 17180-2 | T.B. Woman Blues
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| 17181-1 | Pig Meat Papa
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| 17181-2 | Pig Meat Papa
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| 17182- | Bull Cow
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| 17183-1 | My Baby Quit Me
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| Wilton, Connecticut
| March 1935 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar or unaccompanied-1
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| 46-A | Governor O.K. ALlen
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| 47-A | De Kalb Blues
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| 48-B | Ain' Goin' Down to de Well No More-1
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| 49-A | Ha-Ha This-a-Way
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| 49-B | Alabama Bound
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| 50-A | In Dem Long Hot Summer Days-1
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| 50-B | Go Down, Old Hannah-l
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| 144-A | I'm All Out & Down
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| 144-B | De Kalb Blues
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| 145-A | Ha, Ha Thisaway
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| 145-B-1 | Dear Old Daddy-1
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| 145-B-2 | Dear Old Daddy-1
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| 145-B-3 | DearOldDaddy-l
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| 145-B-4 | Dear Old Daddy-1
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| 146-A | I'm Gonna Hold It in Her While She's Young and Tender
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| 146-B | What You Goin' to Do with Your Long Tall Daddy:'
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| 147-A | Dicklicker's Holler-1
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| 147-B | Billy in the Lowlands/Heah, Rattler, Heah
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| 148-A | Frankie and Albert
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| 148-B | Frankie and Albert
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| 149-A | Send Down Your Hand
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| 149-B | Shorty George
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| 150-A | Shorty George
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| 150-B-1 | Pick a Bale o' Cotton
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| 150-B-2 | Elnora
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| 151-A | Ha, Ha Thisaway
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| 151-B | Send Down Your Hand
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| 152-A | Death Letter Blues
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| 152-B | Death Letter Blues [fragments]
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| 153-A | Where De Sun Done Gone
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| 153-B | Bring Me a Li'l Water Silvy
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| 154-A | Dicklicker's Holler
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| 154-B | Whoa Back, Buck Goddamn
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| 155-A | Billy in the Low Ground
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| 155-B | The Grey Goose
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| 156-A | Old Rattler
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| 156-B | I'm All Out and Down
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| 157-A | Frankie and Albert
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| 157-B-1 | I Walked Her and Talked Her
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| 157-B-2 | Billy the Weaver
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| Washington, D.C.
| June 22, 1937 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar or unaccompanied-1
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| 993-A-1 | Gwine Dig a Hole
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| 993-A-2 | Polly-Polly-Wee
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| 993-A-3 | Jawbone Walk
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| 993-B | If It Wasn't for Dicky
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| 994-A | Last Night in the Evening
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| 994-B-1 | Somethin', Somethin' Keeps a Worryin' Me
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| 995-A | Monkey Men
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| 995-B-1 | I Ain't Gonna Ring Dem Yallow Women's Do' Bells-1
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| 995-B-2 | Rock Island Line-1
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| 995-B-3 | All Out and Down-l
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| 996-A-1 | Hello Central
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| 996-A-2 | Raccoon up the Simmon Tree
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| 996-B | An' Goin' Drink No Mo
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| 997-A | New York City
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| 997-B | Queen Mary
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| 998-A-1 | Turn Your Radio On
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| 998-A-2 | Julie Ann Johnson
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| 998-B-1 | The Hindenburg Disaster
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| 998-B-2 | The Hindenburg Disaster
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| New York City (probably)
| December, 1938 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| Sarah Garland: | vocal-1
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| Jim Garland: | vocal-2
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| 2020-A-1 | Old Time Religion-1
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| 2020-A-2 | He's Just the Same Today
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| 2021-B | Git on Board
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| 2023-A | Rock of Ages-1, 2
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| New York City |
December 26, 1938 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| Martha Ledbetter | vocal-1
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| 2501-A | Mama, Did You Bring Me Any Silver?
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| 2501-B | Leaving on the Morning Train Blues
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| 2502-A-1 | Scottsboro Boys
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| 2502-A-2 | Outshine the Sun-1
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| 2502-B-1 | Noted Rider Blues
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| 2502-B-2 | The Bourgeois Blues
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| 2503-A-1 | Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen-1
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| 2503-A-2 | Little John Henry
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| 2503-B | John Henry
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| 2504-A | John Henry
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| 2504-B | Eva
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| New York City |
April 1, 1939 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/tap-dancing- 1/unaccompanied-2
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| GM-498- | Fannin Street
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| GM-499-K | Prankie and Albert--First Half
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| GM-499-A | Frankie and Albert Completion
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| GM-500- | Prankie and Albert--Part 2
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| GM-501- | De Kalb Blues
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| GM-502- | Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More/Go Down Old Hannah
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| GM-503-M | Looky Looky Yonder-Z/Black Betty-Z/Yallow Women's Door Bells-2
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| GM-504- | The Bourgeois Blues
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| GM-505-K | Poor Howard-1,Z/Green Corn-1
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| GM-506- | The Gallis Pole
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| GM-507-A | The Boil Weevil
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| GM-508- | Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More/Go Down Old Hannah
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| GM-509-A | The Gallis Pole
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| GM-509-K | Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More/Go Down Old Hannah
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| New York City |
February 22, 1940 |
| Mary Barnicle-Tillman Cadle Collection
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/unaccompanied- 1
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| BC 95 | Didn't 01' John Cross the Water Stewball-l
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| BC 96 | Trials Ham and Eggs
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| New York City |
June 15, 1940 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/unaccompanied-l
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| Golden Gate Quartet (vocal quartet)
| Willis Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens, Orlandus Wilson,
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| 051295-1 | Pick a Bale of Cotton
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| 051296- | Yellow Gal
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| 051297- | Whoa Back, Buck
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| 051298-1 | Midnight Special
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| 051299-1 | Alabama Bound
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| 051500- | Rock Island Line-l
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| New York City |
June 15, 1940 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| 051501- | Good Morning Blues
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| 051502- | Leaving Blues
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| 051503- | T.B. Blues
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| 051504- | Red Cross Store Blues
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| 051505- | Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
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| 051506- | Roberta
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| 051507- | Alberta
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| 051508-1 | I'm on My Last Go Round
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| New York City |
June 17, 1940 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| 051322- | Easy Rider
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| 051323-1 | New York City
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| 051324- | Worried Blues
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| 051325- | Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?
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| 051326-1 | You Can't Lose-a Me Cholly
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| New York City |
June 17, 1940 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar/unaccompanied-l
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| Golden Gate Quartet (vocal quartet)
| Willie Johnson, William Langford, Henry Owens, Orlandus Wilson,
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| 051327-2 | Grey Goose-1
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| 051328- | Didn't 01' John Cross the Water?-l
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| 051329-1 | Stew-Ball
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| 051330- | Take This Hammer-1
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| 051331- | Can't You Line 'Em?
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| 051332- | Julianne Johnson
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| 051333-1 | Ham an' Eggs-1
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| New York City |
June 19, 1940 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal guitar/spoken- 1/unaccompanied-2
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| Woody Guthrie | spoken
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| Introduction-1
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| I Ain't Going Down-2
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| Went Out on the Mountain
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| Whoa Buck-1
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| Worried Blues-1
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| Good Mornin' Blues-1
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| You Can't Lose Me Charlie
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| Boll Weevil
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| Washington, D.C.
| August 23, 1940
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| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar/speech-l/unaccompanied-2
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| Alan Lomax: | speech-3
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| 4469-A-(a) | Monologue on T.B.-1,3
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| 4469-A-1 | Last Night in the Evening
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| 4469-A-2 | T.B. Blues
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| 4469-A-3 | How Long?
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| 4469-A-4 | When the Train Comes Along
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| 4469-B-(a) | Monologue on Square Dances (or) Sooky Jumps-1,3
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| 4469-B-1 | Po' Howard
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| 4469-B-2 | Dance Calls (including "A Dollar Bill: Baby Won't You Buy Any Shoes")
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| 4469-B-3 | Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil in It
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| 4469-B-4 | Tight Like That
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| 4469-B-5 | Green Corn
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| 4470-A-(a) | Monologue On (The) Blues-1,2.3
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| 4470-A-1 | Sail On, Little Girl
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| 4470-A-2 | Red Cross Sto'-2
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| 4470-B-(a) | Monologue on the Mourner's Bench-1,2,3
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| 4470-B-1 | Hallelujah-2
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| 4470-B-2 | Backslider, Fare You Well-2
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| 4470-B-3 | Amazing Grace-2
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| 4470-B-4 | Must I Be Carried to the Sky on Flowered Beds of Ease?-2
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| 4470-B-5 | Amazing Grace-2
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| 4470-B-6 | Down in the Valley to Pray-2
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| 447 I-A-1 | Meeting at the Building-2
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| 4471-A-2 | When That Train Comes Along-2
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| 4471-A-3 | The Blood Done Signed My Name-2
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| 4471-A-4 | Witness for My Lord-2
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| 4471-A-5 | Outshine the Sun-2
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| 4471-B-1 | Let It Shine on Me
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| 4471-B-2 | Way Over in the Promised Land
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| 4471-B-3 | Oh, Something on My Mind
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| 4471-B-4 | How Long?
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| 4471-B-5 | Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
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| 4471-B-6 | Ain't Goin' Study War No More
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| 4471-B-7 | Join the Band
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| 4471-B-8 | Old Time Religion
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| 4471-B-9 | Stand Your Test in Judgement
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| 4471-B-10 | Must I Be Carried to the Sky on Flowered Beds of Ease?
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| 4472-A-1 | Run, Sinners-2
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| 4472-A-2 | Ride On
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| 4472-A-3 | Prayer-1,2
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| 4472-A-4 | Christmas-1,2
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| 4472-A-5 | John Henry
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| 4472-B-1 | John Hardy
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| 4472-B-2 | Howard Hughes
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| 4472-B-3 | Bottle Up and Go
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| 4472-B-4 | Cowboy Song
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| 4473-A-1 | Leaving Blues
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| 4473-A-2 | The Roosevelt Song
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| 4473-A-3 | The Scottsboro Boys
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| 4473-A-4 | Don't You Love Me No More?
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| 4473-B-1 | Noted Rider Blues
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| 4473-B-2 | The Gallows Song
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| 4473-B-3 | So Doggone Soon
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| 4473-B-4 | Ham and Eggs-2
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| 4473-B-5 | Bottle Up and Go [fragment]
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| New York City |
November 18, 1940 |
| From the WABC radio show acetate "Back Where I Come From."
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| Ace 381 | Ella Speed
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| New York City or Washington, D.C
| January 1941 |
| Office of War Information radio broadcast.
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| Golden Gate Quartet (vocal quartet)
| Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Reddick, Orlandus Wilson
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| E 3685 | Alabama Bound/On a Monday/Stewball/Gray Goose
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| New York City |
February 6, 1941 |
| Radio program broadcast on WNYC acetate
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| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar
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| Orleander Quartet (vocal quartet)
| George Boyd, Cecil Murray, Howard Scott, George Hall, -l
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| Ace 377 | Irene, Goodnight
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| Ace 377 | Chickens Growing for Midnight
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| Ace 377 | Blues in My Kitchen and Dining Room
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| Ace 377 | Went Up on the Mountain-1
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| Ace 377 | Good Morning Blues
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| Ace 377 | Don't You Love Your Daddy No More-1
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| Ace 377 | T.B. Blues
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| Ace 377 | Irene, Goodnight
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| New York City |
February 12, 1941 |
| Radio program broadcast on WNYC acetate
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| Ace 390 | Walk Through That Valley
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| Ace 390 | Grey Goose
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| Ace 390 | Julie Ann Johnson
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| Ace 390 | T.B. Blues
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| New York City |
February 18, 1941 |
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC. Acetate
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/vocal unaccompanied- 1/guitar accompaniment-2;
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| Oleander Quartet (vocal quartet):
| George Boyd, Cecil Murray, Howard Scott, George Hall, -3:
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| Ann Graham: | vocal-4
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| Ace 398 | I Woke Up This Morning-1
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| Ace 398 | I Went Up on the Mountain-3
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| Ace 398 | Whoa, Back, Buck
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| Ace 398 | If It Wasn't for Dicky
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| Ace 398 | I Declare This World's in a Bad Condition-2,3
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| Ace 398 | What Kind of Soul Has Man-2.4
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| Ace 398 | What You Gonna Do when the World's on Fire-4
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| Ace 398 | Hide Me in Thy Bosom-2,4
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| Ace 398 | The Blood Done Signed Your Name
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| Ace 398 | Gallis Pole
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| Ace 398 | Leaving Blues
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| New York City |
February 27, 1941 |
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC.acetate
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/guitar accompaniment-1
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| Anne Graham | vocal-2
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| Ace 384 | Irene
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| Ace 384 | Look Down That Lonesome Road-1,2
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| Ace 384 | What Kind of Soul Has Man-1.2
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| Ace 384 | Shorty George
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| Ace 384 | When You Got to Sleep, Please Don't Sleep Too Long
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| Ace 384 | Packin' Trunk
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| Ace 384 | Irene
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| New York City |
late February 1941 |
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC.acetate
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| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| Ace 382 | Irene
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| Ace 382 | Stewball
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| Ace 382 | Cottonfields
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| Ace 382 | Ham and Eggs
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| Ace 382 | Take this Hammer
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| Ace 382 | Pick a Bale of Cotton
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| Ace 382 | Sylvie-1,2
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| Ace 382 | Irene
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| New York City.
| March 13, 1941 |
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC.acetate
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| Huddie Ledbetter | guitar/vocal
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| Ace 381 | Grey Goose
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| Ace 381 | Boll Weevil
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| Ace 381 | Yallow Gal
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| Ace 381 | Ha, Ha Thisaway
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| Ace 381 | Leaving Blues
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| Ace 381 | Irene
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| New York City |
late May 1941 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | guitar/vocal
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| SC-26- | Ha, Ha Thisaway
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| SC-27- | Little Sally Walker
|
| SC-32- | Redbird
|
| SC-34-X | Christmas Song
|
| SC-34- | The Cotton Picking Song
|
| SC-35- | Parting Song
|
| New York City |
July 1941 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | guitar/vocal
|
| SC-79- | Skip To My Lou
|
| SC-80- | You Can't Lose Me Cholly
|
| New York City |
circa fall 1941 |
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC acetate
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Oleander Quartet (vocal quartet)
| George Boyd, Cecil Murray, Howard Scott, George Hall, -l
|
| Ace 375 | Irene
|
| Ace 375 | Yellow Gal
|
| Ace 375 | Cottonfields-l
|
| Ace 375 | Cotton Needs Picking-1
|
| Ace 375 | Grey Goose
|
| Ace 375 | Pick a Bale of Cotton-1
|
| Ace 375 | Irene
|
| New York City | Decemher 3, 1941
|
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC acetate
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Oleander Quartet (vocal quartet) |
George Boyd, Cecil Murray, Howard Scott, George Hall, -l
|
| Ace 379 | Irene
|
| Ace 379 | Pick a Bale of Cotton-1
|
| Ace 379 | We Shall Walk in the Valley in Peace
|
| Ace 379 | Look Away in Heaven-1
|
| Ace 379 | See the Sign of Judgement-1
|
| Ace 379 | Irene
|
| New York City |
December 31, 1941 |
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC acetate
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Ace 381 | Irene
|
| Ace 381 | Ha, Ha Thisaway
|
| Ace 381 | Sally Walker
|
| Ace 381 | You Can't Lose Me, Cholly
|
| Ace 381 | Skip to My Lou
|
| Ace 381 | Redbird
|
| Ace 381 | Christmas Song
|
| Ace 381 | Irene
|
| City College of New York
| January 20, 1942
|
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| 6407-A-1 | Dear Mr. President
|
| 6407-A-2 | President Roosevelt
|
| 6407-B-1 | Mr. Hitler
|
| New York City |
January 1942 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/button accordion-1
|
| SC-IO1- | Take This Hammer
|
| SC-102- | Haul Away, Joe
|
| SC-103- | Rock Island Line
|
| SC-104- | O1' Riley
|
| SC-105- | Corn Bread Rough-1
|
| SC-106-1 | Old Man
|
| Washington, D.C |
May 11, 1942 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Brownie McGhee | guitar;
|
| Sonny Terry | harmonica
|
| 6502-A-3 | How Long
|
| 6502-B-1 | T.B. Blues
|
| New York City |
fall I942 |
| From a half-hour radio program broadcast hosted by Art Hodes on WNYC (acetate)
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Ace 378 | Irene
|
| Ace 378 | Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
|
| Ace 378 | Christmas Is Coming
|
| Ace 378 | Fannin Street
|
| New York City |
Spring 1942 |
| From a radio program broadcast on WNYC (acetate)
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Ace 376 | Irene
|
| Ace 376 | Way Down in Georgia
|
| Ace 376 | How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
|
| Ace 376 | Easy, Mr. Tom
|
| Ace 376 | Broke and Ain't Got a Dime
|
| Ace 376 | I'm Gonna Buy You a V-8 Ford
|
| Ace 376 | Irene
|
| New York City |
August 1943 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Sonny Terry | harmonica-1
|
| SC-258- | On a Monday-1
|
| SC-259- | John Henry-l
|
| SC-260- | How Long-1
|
| SC-261-1 | Irene
|
| SC-261- | Irene
|
| SC-262- | Ain't You Glad-1
|
| SC-263- | Good Morning Blues-1
|
| New York City |
October 1943 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/piano-l/button accordion-2/unaccompanied-3
|
| SC-270- | Cow Cow Yicky Yea/Out on the Western Plains
|
| SC-271- | Noted Rider/Big Fat Woman-1/Borrow Love and Go
|
| SC-272- | John Hardy-2
|
| SC-273- | Meeting at the Building/Talking Preaching-3/We Shall Walk Through the Valley
|
| SC-274- | Fiddler's Dram/Yallow Gal/Green Corn
|
| SC-275- | Bring Me Lil' Water Silvy/Julie Ann Johnson/Line 'Em-3/ Whoa Back Buck
|
| New York City |
January 3. 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar
|
| Muriel Reger: | piano
|
| LEA-I | Careless Love Blues
|
| LEA-2 | We Shall Walk Through the Valley
|
| LEA-3 | You Know She Do
|
| LEA4 | Blues Without Understanding
|
| LEA-6 | Good Morning Blues
|
| New York City |
February 17, 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| 5126-3 | Roberta
|
| 5127 | Bill Brady
|
| 5128 | (Black Gal) Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
|
| 5129 | Yellow Gal
|
| 5130-1 | When the Boys Were on the Western Plain
|
| 5131 | Pretty Flowers in My Backyard
|
| 5132 | In New Orleans
|
| 5133 | John Hardy
|
| New York City |
April 19, 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Josh White | vocal/guitar
|
| MA 61 | I've a Pretty Flower
|
| MA 62 | Don't Lie Buddy
|
| New York City |
April 23, 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| 683 | How Do You Know
|
| 683-1 | How Do You Know/Don't Mind the Weather
|
| 684 | What Are Little Boys Made Of
|
| 684-1 | (What Are) Little Boys (Made Of)/Let Me Hold Your Hand (All For You)/Polly Welly (Polly) Wee
|
| 685 | Skip to My Lou
|
| 685-1 | Skip to My Lou/Christmas Day (It's Almost Day)
|
| 686 | Sally Walker
|
| 686-1 | Little Sally Walker/Ha, Ha Thisaway/Red Bird
|
| New York City |
April 25, 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Sonny Terry | harmonica
|
| MA 97 | Outskirts of Town Red River/Black Girl/You Don't Miss Your Water Blues
|
| New York City |
April 25, 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | guitar-1/tap dancing-2/talking
|
| MA 160 | Blind Lemon (Memorial Record)-l
|
| MA 161 | Leadbelly's Dance-2
|
| New York City |
April 25, 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Josh White | guitar-1
|
| MA 167 | Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)-l
|
| MA 168 | Mo' Yet/(Little Boy) How Old Are You/There's a Limb on the Tree (Green Grass Grows All Around)
|
| New York City |
May 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Sonny Terry | harmonica-1;
|
| Woody Guthrie | guitar-2
|
| MA 196 | In The Evenin' When the Sun Goes Down-1 Easy Rider (See See Rider)-l We Shall Be Free-1 Keep Your Hands off Her-2
|
| New York City |
May 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter: |
vocal/guitar/concertina- I |
| unknown | vocal group-2
|
| There's a Man Going Round Taking Names
|
| Red Bird
|
| Line 'Em
|
| T.B. Blues
|
| Jim Crow Blues
|
| Bourgeois Blues
|
| Army Life-2
|
| Mr. Hitler
|
| Juliana Johnson
|
| Pig Meat
|
| Jean Harlow
|
| Corn Bread Rough-1
|
| National Defense Blues
|
| Children's Blues
|
| The Blood Done Sign Your Name
|
| New York City |
July 1944 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal
|
| Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea
|
| Hollywood, California
| October 4, 1944
|
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Paul Mason Howard | zither
|
| 397-4A | Ella Speed
|
| 398-3A1 | Rock Island Line
|
| 399-1A | Tell Me Baby
|
| 400-A1 | Take This Hammer
|
| Hollywood, California
| October 11, 1944
|
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Paul Mason Howard | zither
|
| 413-3A | Irene
|
| 414-2A | Western Plain (When I Was a Cowboy)
|
| 415-2A | On a Christmas Day
|
| 416-3A | Backwater Blues
|
| Hollywood, California
| October 27, 1944
|
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar- I/piano-2/no vocal-3
|
| 457-1 | Eagle Rock Rag-1 & 3
|
| 457-2A | Eagle Rock Rag-2
|
| 458- | Meat Shakin' Women
|
| 459-2A | Sweet Mary Blues
|
| 460-36 | Grasshopper in My Pillow
|
| Hollywood, California
| November 6, 1944
|
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Paul Mason Howard | zither-1
|
| Rock Island Line-1
|
| Jim Crow Blues
|
| San Francisco, California
| February 15, 1945
|
| Standard (Oil Company) Broadcast radio program
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| children | singing-1
|
| unknown | trumpet, clarinet, tenor sax, piano, bass & drums-2
|
| Irene, Goodnight
|
| John Henry
|
| Boll Weevil-l
|
| When a Man's a Long Way from Home
|
| Good Morning Blues-2
|
| By and By When the Morning Comes-1 &2
|
| Let It Shine on Me
|
| Everytime I Feel the Spirit
|
| Swing Low Sweet Chariot-1
|
| They Hung Him on the Cross-1
|
| Rock Island Line
|
| Julie Ann Johnson
|
| Haul Away Joe
|
| Christmas Is Coming
|
| We're in the Same Boat Brother-1
|
| Skip to My Lou
|
| Amazing Grace
|
| Take This Hammer
|
| Poor Boy
|
| Berkeley, California
| May 12, 1945 |
| Radio broadcast over KRE
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Willie: | vocal-1
|
| Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
|
| John Henry
|
| Ella Louise
|
| Rock Island Line
|
| Casey Jones
|
| Jim Crow
|
| House of the Rising Sun
|
| Irene, Goodnight
|
| Tell Me How Long the Train Been Gone
|
| Shine On Me
|
| Nobody Knows the Trouble I Seen
|
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
|
| Oh Mary, Don't You Weep
|
| Shout On-1
|
| Down Hawaii Way
|
| Skip to My Lou
|
| All Over This World
|
| Irene, Goodnight
|
| New York City |
Spring 1946 |
| New York Jazz Club |
|
| Huddie Ledbetter: | vocal/guitar/piano- 1
|
| Bunk Johnson | (trumpet)
|
| Jimmy Archey | (trombone)
|
| Omer Simeon | (clarinet)
|
| Ralph Sutton | (piano)
|
| Danny Barker | (banjo)
|
| Cyrus St. John | (tuba)
|
| Fred Moore | (drums)-2
|
| Yellow Gal
|
| Borrow Love and Go
|
| Eagle Rag Rock-1
|
| Good Morning Blues-2
|
| New York City |
June 1946 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Sonny Terry | harmonica-1
|
| Willie "The Lion" Smith
| piano |
| Brownie McGhee | guitar
|
| George "Pops" Foster
| bass-2 |
| D 385 | Diggin' My Potatoes-2
|
| D 386 | Defense Blues-1,2
Easy Rider-2
Pigmeat-2
John Henry
|
Huddie Ledbetter vocal/guitar
| New York City |
October 1946 |
| Woody Guthrie | vocal/guitar
|
| Cisco Houston | vocal/guitar
|
| D 669 | Alabama Bound
|
| D 670 | Ham and Eggs
|
| D 671 | Yellow Gal
|
| D 672 | Stew Ball
|
| D 673 | Gray Goose
|
| D 674 | Midnight Special
Green Corn
Fiddler's Dram
|
| Salt Lake City, Utah
| December 1946 |
| Recorded at a party of the home of Dr. Hector Lee on a wire recorder.
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| audience | singing-1
|
| St. Louis Blues
|
| Frankie and Albert-l
|
| Irene-l
|
| Salt Lake City
|
| Bourgeois Blues
|
| The Gallis Pole
|
| We're in the Same Boat, Brother
|
| New York City |
February 1947 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/piano-l/concertina-2/vocal solo-3
|
| Anne Graham | vocalsolo-4
|
| Sonny Terry | harmonia-5
|
| The Oleander Singers |
vocal group-6 |
| Yellow Gal
|
| You Can't Lose Me Cholly
|
| Laura-2
|
| Good Morning Blues
|
| Leaving Blues
|
| Big Fat Woman-1
|
| Gray Goose
|
| Pick a Bale of Cotton-6
|
| Take This Hammer
|
| Irene, Good Night
|
| Bring Me a Little Water Silvy-4
|
| Moaning-3
|
| Meeting at the Building-6
|
| We Shall Walk Through the Valley
|
| New York City |
summer 1947 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/concertina- 1; rapping on guitar-2
|
| unknown | guitar-3
|
| Cotton Song
|
| Ha Ha This Way
|
| Sukey Jump (Win' Jammer)-l
|
| Black Girl
|
| Rock Island Line
|
| Blind Lemon Song
|
| Borrow Love and Go
|
| On a Monday (I'm Almost Done)
|
| Shorty George
|
| Duncan (and Brady)
|
| Old Riley
|
| Leavin' Blues-2
|
| Pigmeat-3
|
| New York City |
June 14, 1947 |
| From a "This Is Jazz" radio broadcast
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Green Corn
|
| John Henry
|
| New York City |
June 15, 1948 |
| From the Elizabeth Bamacle-Tillman Cadle Collection
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Tillman Cadle | vocal-1;
|
| Martha Ledbetter | vocal-2
|
| BC97 | When Your Hair Turns to Silver
Relax Your Mind
|
| BC98 | Hollywood and Vine
Honey You Are the Only One
|
| BC99 | Gallus Pole
We're in the Same Boat, Brother
|
| BC100 | Gallus Pole
We're in the Same Boat, Brother
|
| BCIOI | Alabamy Bound
Equality for Negroes
|
| BC102 | Hollywood and Vine
Honey You're the Only One
|
| BC103 | House of the Rising Sun
He Never Said a Mumbling Word
|
| BC104 | Gonna Tear Hitler Down
Black Girl
|
| BC105 | When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver
Relax Your Mind
|
| BC106 | We're in the Same Boat, Brother
|
| BC107 | Shorty George
|
| BCIOS | Gallows Pole
Gallows Pole
|
| BC109 | Git on Board
|
| BCIIO | Go Down Old Hannah
|
| BCIII | Maid Freed from the Gallows
|
| BC112 | Holes in My Pockets, Patches on My Pants
Daddy, Let Me Lay It on You
|
| BC113 | Going to Fight the Battle Until I Die
In the Pines-1
|
| BC114 | I Went Down in the Valley to Pray
|
| BC115 | Little Bit O' That You Setten
On Elnora
|
| BC116 | Julie Ann Johnson
Ain't Going to Ring Them Yellow Women's Door Bells
|
| BC117 | Tight Like That
Fiddler's Draw Don't Give a Damn
|
| BC118 | Midnight Special
Trials
|
| BC119 | Blood Done Signed My Name
|
| BC120 | Frankie and Albert (Part One)
Frankie and Albert (Part Two)
|
| BCIZ1 | In Them Long Hot Summer Days/Ain't Going Down to the Well No More/One Dollar Bill, Baby Hooray, Hooray, Hooray/Dicklicker's Holler
|
| BC122 | Alberta (Part One)
Alberta (Part Two)
|
| BC123 | Queen Mary
Shreveport Jail
|
| BC124 | Ha, Ha Thisaway
Bill in the Lowlands
|
| BC125 | Boll Weevil Song/Green Corn
Ella Speed and Bill Martin
|
| BC126 | Hitler Song
Black Girl
|
| BC127 | Equality for Negroes
Alabama Bound
|
| BC128 | In Kentucky
|
| BC129 | Baby, You Can't Do Me Like Corinna Done
Alabama Bound
|
| BC130 | Don't You Weep, Don't You Moan/I'Il Be Glad When I Get Home-2
|
| BC131 | Take This Hammer
Walk Around the Bedside
|
| BC132 | Rock Island Line/Looky, Looky Yonder
Man Ploughing with Mules
|
| BC133 | Whoa Back, Buck and Gee by the Lands
Honey, I'm All Out and Down
|
| BC134 | Old Rattler
The Gray Goose
|
| BC135 | Prison Bound Blues
|
| BC136 | Nearer My God to Thee
Come to Jesus
|
| BCI37 | New York City
Susie Q
|
| New York City |
September 1948 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/vocal solo-1/chorus added-2
|
| 11717-B-22 | Tell Me Baby, What's Wrong With You
|
| 11717-B-23 | Take a Whiff on Me
|
| 11719-A-26 | Ox-Driving Man-1
|
| 11719-A-27 | We're in the Same Boat, Brother-2
|
| New York City |
late September 1948 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal solo/guitar with vocal-1
|
| Martha Ledbetter | vocal-2/ vocal solo-3
|
| Yes, I Was Standing in the Bottom
|
| Yes, I'm Goin' Down in Louisiana
|
| I Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More
|
| Dicklicker's Holler
|
| Miss Liza Jane
|
| Dog Latin Song
|
| Leaving Blues
|
| Going Down Old Hannah-l
|
| Blue Tail Fly
|
| Nobody in This World Is Better Than Us
|
| We're in the Same Boat, Brother
|
| Looky, Looky, Yonder
|
| Jolly, o' the Ransom
|
| Old Ship of Zion-2
|
| Bring Me a Little Water, Silvy-2
|
| Mistreatin' Mama
|
| Black Betty
|
| I Don't Know You, What Have I Done
|
| Rock Island Line
|
| Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit
|
| Shorty George
|
| Stewball-2
|
| Bottle Up and Go
|
| You Know I Got to Do It
|
| Ain't It a Shame to Go Fishin' on Sunday
|
| I Ain't Gonna Drink No More
|
| My Lindy Lou
|
| I'm Thinking of a Friend-3
|
| He Never Said a Mumbling Word
|
| I Don't Want No More of Army Life-2
|
| In the World
|
| I Want to Go Home
|
| New York City |
October 1948 |
| From radio broadcasts of the WNYC Jazz Festival
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Sonny Terry | harmonica-1/speech-2
|
| Gallows Pole-2
|
| John Henry-l
|
| Pick a Bale of Cotton-1
|
| Go Down, Old Hannah
|
| Ain't Going Down to the Well
|
| No More
|
| Honey I'm All Out and Down-2
|
| It Was Soon One Morning
|
| Whoa Back Buck-2
|
| Birmingham Jail
|
| Take This Hammer
|
| It Was Early One Mornin'
|
| Going Back to Mary
|
| New York City |
October 1948 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/vocal solo-1/guitar solo-2
|
| Martha Promise | vocal-3
|
| Charles Edward Smith |
vocal responses-4 |
| New Iberia-l
|
| Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
|
| John Henry
|
| Salty Dog
|
| National Defense Blues
|
| Easy, Mr. Tom-2
|
| Relax Your Mind
|
| Bottle Up and Go
|
| Polly Polly Wee
|
| Pig Latin Song
|
| Hawaiian Song
|
| Drinkin' Lum Y A AUa
|
| The Grey Goose-4
|
| Silver City Bound
|
| The Titanic
|
| Death Letter Blues
|
| Mary Don't You Weep-3
|
| He Never Said a Mumbling Word
|
| Midnight Special
|
| Bell Weevil Song
|
| Careless Love
|
| Easy Rider
|
| Call It "Cry for Me"
|
| Ain't Going to Drink No More
|
| Birmingham Jail-4
|
| Old Riley
|
| Julie Ann Johnson
|
| It's Tight Like That 4, 5, &9
|
| Good Morning Babe, How Do You Do
|
| Jail House Blues
|
| Well You Know How to Do It
|
| Irene
|
| Story of the 25 Cent Dude
|
| How Come You Do Me Like You Do
|
| Hello Central, Give Me Long
|
| Distance Telephone
|
| The Hesitation Blues
|
| I'Il Be Down on the Last Bread Wagon
|
| Springtime in the Rockies
|
| Chinatown
|
| Rock Island Line
|
| Backwater Blues
|
| Sweet Mary-3
|
| Irene-3
|
| Easy, Mr. Tom-2
|
| In the Evening when the Sun Goes Down
|
| I'm Alone Because I Love You
|
| House of the Rising Sun-3
|
| Mary Don't You Weep-3
|
| Talk About Fannin Street-4
|
| Fannin Street
|
| Sugar'd Beer-4
|
| Didn't Old John Cross the Water
|
| Nobody Knows You when You Are Down and Out
|
| Bully of the Town
|
| Sweet Jenny Lee
|
| Yellow Gal
|
| He Was the Man
|
| We're in the Same Boat,
|
| Brother-3
|
| Leaving Blues
|
| New York City |
October 1948 |
| From a radio broadcast of the WNYC Jazz Festival
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Come and Sit Down Beside Me
|
| Ha. Ha Thisaway
|
| You Can't Lose a Me, Charlie
|
| Rooster Crows at Midnight
|
| Skip to My Lou
|
| Parting Song (When You Smile-O)
|
| Minneapolis, Minnesota
| November 21, 1948
|
| Recorded at a private party by Kenneth E. Britzius
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Black Girl (fragment)
|
| Rock Island Line
|
| House of the Rising Sun
|
| House of the Rising Sun
|
| No One Like the Girl, She Was the Only One
|
| Talk About Governor Sam Neff
|
| Governor Sam Neff
|
| Ho Day (A Cowboy Song)
|
| I Ride Old Paint
|
| Skip to My Lou
|
| Whoa, Old Buck
|
| Uncle Joe
|
| We Shall Walk Through the Valley
|
| Let It Shine on Me
|
| I'Il Be down at the Last Bread Wagon
|
| Polly Polly Polly Wee
|
| The Bell Weevil
|
| Ain't It a Shame (fragment)
|
| The Boil Weevil (fragment)
|
| The Grey Goose (fragment)
|
| Ain't It a Shame
|
| Stewball
|
| Bourgeois Blues
|
| Governor Sam Neff
|
| Talk About Governor Allen
|
| Governor O.K. Allen
|
| A Lesson in History
|
| Lake Superior
|
| Mississippi River
|
| Down in Louisiana
|
| Goodnight Irene
|
| Nobody in the World Is Better Than Us
|
| Jim Crow
|
| The Gallis Pole
|
| Samuel Hall
|
| Jean Harlow
|
| I Ain't Goin' Down to the Well No More
|
| Mississippi River
|
| Fannin Street
|
| Old Black Cow
|
| Pig Latin Song (fragment)
|
| Hawaiian Song
|
| John Henry
|
| Goodnight Irene (fragment)
|
| New York City |
February 19, 1949 |
| From a radio broadcast of the WNYC Jazz Festival
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
|
| Good Morning Blues
|
| Ain't Gonna Let You Worry My Life Anymore
|
| Pretty Papa
|
| Austin, Texas |
June 15, 1949 |
| Recorded live at the University of Texas
| |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar/vocal solo-1
|
| Martha Ledbetter | vocal-2
|
| Irene, Goodnight
|
| Hoday, Hoday/Ain't Going Down The Well No More
|
| Rock Island Line
|
| Old Hannah
|
| Shine on Me
|
| What Can I Do to Change Your Mind
|
| Skip to My Lou
|
| Mary and Martha
|
| Scrambled Egg Song
|
| Whoa Buck
|
| John Henry
|
| Backwater Blues
|
| Ella Louise-l
|
| I Don't ·Want No More of Army Life
|
| Relax Your Mind
|
| Irene, Goodnight
|
| Old Ship of Zion-2
|
| I Will Be So Glad When I Get Home-2
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| New York City |
August 4, 1949 |
| Huddie Ledbetter | vocal/guitar
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| Don't You Love Your Daddy No More
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| You Can't Lose Me Charlie
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