1894: Happy 130th Birthday to Charles “Cow Cow” Davenport! (4/23/1894). He recorded “Atlanta Rag” on 4/1/1929 in Richmond. It appeared on Gennett 6869, Supertone 9517, Champion 15728, and Champion 50033.
1895: Happy 129th Birthday, Jimmie Noone! (4/23/1895). Noone recorded with Doc Cook’s Dreamland Orchestra for Gennett. Doc Cook’s Dreamland Orchestra plays “So This Is Venice” on Gennett 5360 (recorded in Richmond, Indiana, on January 21, 1924). Freddie Keppard is on second cornet, Jimmy Noone on clarinet.
1923: Mandy Lee and Ladd’s Black Aces recorded “T’aint Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do” in NYC. It appeared on Gennett 5142 and featured Lee (v), Phil Napoleon (tpt), Charlie Panelli (tb), Jimmy Lytell (cl), Frank Signorelli (p), and Jack Roth (d). Note the false advertising.
1926: Caroline Johnson recorded “Ain’t Got Nobody to Grind My Coffee” in NYC. It appeared on Gennett 3307, Champion 15101 (402 copies sold), and Buddy 8034 and featured Johnson (v) and Fats Waller (p).
1927: Elmer Grosso and his Greenwich Village Orchestra recorded “Side by Side” in NYC. It appeared on Gennett 6150, Champion 15291 (1,575 sold), and Silvertone 6150 and featured Irving Edwards (v) and Grosso (tpt or vn).
1935: Curley Weaver recorded “Fried Pie Blues” in Chicago. It appeared on Champion 50077 and Decca 7664 and featured Weaver (v & g) and Blind Willie McTell (g).
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