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This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.Stefan Wirz www.wirz.de |
Willie "61" Blackwell 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
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10 inch 78 rpm |
| 1 | 1941 | Willie "61" Blackwell
- She's Young And Wild (064630-1)
- Noiseless Motor Blues (064631-1)
rec. July 30, 1941 in Chicago; Willie "61" Blackwell, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb |
Bluebird B8810 |
| 2 | 1941 | Willie "61" Blackwell
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby (064632-1)
- Bald Eagle Blues (064633-1)
rec. July 30, 1941 in Chicago; Willie "61" Blackwell, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb |
Bluebird B8845 |
| 3 | 1941 | Willie "61" Blackwell
- Chalk My Toy (064635-1)
- Machine Gun Blues (064636-1)
rec. July 30, 1941 in Chicago; Willie "61" Blackwell, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb | 
Bluebird B8876 |
| 4 | 1941 | Willie "61" Blackwell
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues (064634-1)
- Rampaw Street Blues [sic] (064637-1)
rec. July 30, 1941 in Chicago; Willie "61" Blackwell, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb | 
Bluebird B8921 |
| | | Willie "61" Blackwell
- Four O'Clock (Flower) Blues (6605-A-1) #
- interview (6605-A-2) *
- Junian, A Jap's Girl Christmas For His Santa Claus [sic] (6605-B) []
rec. July 16, 1942 at Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas; Willie "61" Blackwell, voc, g, * speech |
Library of Congress# LoC AFS L59 * Rounder CD [] LoC LBC 10;
Flyright 541 |
LP / CD compilations |
| 1 | 1962 | Negro Blues And Hollers
From the Archive of Folk Song
- Camp Hollers. Sung by an Unidentified Singer [Son House] At Clarksdale, Mississippi, 1941
- Cornfield Hollers. Sung by Charley Berry At Clarksdale, Ms.
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord. Sung by The Congregation Of Silent Grove Baptist Church With Trombone And Guitar At Clarksdale, Ms.
- I'm Gonna Lift Up A Standard For My King. Sung by The Congregation Of The Church Of God In Christ At Moorehead Plantation, Lula, Ms.
- Worried Life Blues. Sung by David Edwards(Honey Boy Edwards) With Guitar At Clarksdale, Ms.
- Ragged And Dirty. Sung by William Brown With Guitar At Clarksdale, Ms.
- Special Rider Blues. Sung and played by Son House With Guitar At Robinsonville, Ms.
- Depot Blues. Sung and played by Son House With Guitar At Robinsonville, Ms.
- Mississippi Blues. Sung by William Brown With Guitar At Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942
- Four O'Clock Blues. Sung and played by Willie Blackwell and William Brown With Guitar At Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942
- East St. Louis Blues. Sung by William Brown With Guitar At Sadie Beck's Plantation, Arkansas, 1942
- Low Down, Dirty Dog Blues. Sung and played by Son House With Guitar At Robinsonville, Ms, 1942
ed. by Marshall W. Stearns | notes by
Marshall W. Stearns
Library of Congress
AFS L59 |
| 2 | 1978 | Songs Of War & History
Blue Sky Boys
- Great Grand Dad
John Bray
- Trench Blues
William and Versey Smith
- Everybody Help the Boys Come Home
Wladyslaw Polak
- W Amerykan'skiem Mies'cie
Wilmoth Houdini and His Humming Birds
- African Love Call
Antti Syrjäniemi
- Daytonin Apinajuttu
Oscar Ford
- Race Between A Ford And Chevrolet
Hiski Salomaa
- Värssyjä Sieltä Ja Täältä
Hazekiah Jenkins
- The Panic Is On
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
- Old Age Pension Check
Springback James
- New Red Cross Blues
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- The Army Blues
Willie '61' Blackwell
- Junior, A Jap Girl's Christmas For Her Santa Claus
Duke of Iron
- Convoy
L. W. [Lambert] and Harold [Tomlin] and the Carolina Neighbors
- The Battle In Korea
Lulu Belle and Scotty
- I'm No Communist
Louisiana Red
- Red's Dream
edited by Richard K. Spottswood | notes by
Judith R. Harway, Pekka
Gronow, Donald R. Hill
Library of Congress LBC 10 |
| 3 | 1979 | Walking Blues
Son House
- Levee Camp Blues
- Goverment Fleet Blues
- Walking Blues
Fiddlin' Joe Martin
- Fo' Clock Blues
Willie Brown
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
- Goin' To Fishing
Son House
- Special Rider Blues
Leroy Williams
- Uncle Sam Done Called
Willie '61' Blackwell
- Junior's A Jap Girl's Christmas For His Santa Claus [sic]
David Edwards
- Spread My Raincoat Down
- Water Coast Blues
- Army Blues
- Wind Howlin' Blues
- Roamin And Ramblin Blues
rec. by Alan Lomax in the early 1940s | notes by John Cowley
 
 
Flyright FLY 541 Flyright discography
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| 4 | 1985 | Going Back On The Farm
Blues In Chicago 1940-1942
Roosevelt Sykes
- Let The Black Have His Way
Baby Doo
- I'm Gonna Walk Your Log
Big Bill Broonzy
- Jivin' Mr. Fuller Blues
Lil Green
- 99 Blues
Willie '61' Blackwell
- Machine Gun Blues
The Florida Kid
- I'm Going Back On The Farm
Little Bill Gaither
- Life Of Leroy Carr
Big Joe & His Rhythm
- What Will I Do
Yank Rachell
- Katy Lee Blues
Gene Gilmore
- She Got Something There
The Five Breezes
- My Buddy Blues
Frank Edwards
- Three Women Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw's Buddy
- Sleeping By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Kind Lover Blues
Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band
- The Jive Blues
Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band
- Good Old Cabbage Greens | notes by John Cowley
Travelling Man TM-809Travelin' Man
discography |
| 5 | 1987 | Mississippi Country Blues, Vol. 2 (1938-1942)
"Delta Blues In Chicago"
Tommy McClennan
- Brown Skin Girl
- New Highway No. 51
- Whiskey Head Man
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- I'm A Guitar King
- Mozelle Blues
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Bluebird Blues
John Henry Barbee
- Six Weeks Old Blues
- God Knows I Can't Help It
Willie "61" Blackwell
- She's Young And Wild
- Noiseless Motor Blues
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby
- Bald Eagle Blues
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues
- Chalk My To
- Machine Gun Blue
- Rampaw Street Blue
John Henry Barbee
- You'll Work Down To Me Someday
- Against My Will | 
Document DLP 520 |
| 6 | 1994 | Carl Martin (1930-1936), Willie "61" Blackwell (1941)
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order
Tennessee Chocolate Drops (1930)
- Knox County Stomp
- Vine Street Drag
Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan (1934)
- State Street Rag
- Ted's Stomp
Carl Martin (1934-1936)
- You Can Go Your Way
- Kid Man Blues
- Farewell To You Baby
- You Can't Play Me Cheap
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Good Morning, Judge
- Crow Jane
- Old Time Blues
- That New Kind Of Stuff
- Joe Louis Blues
- Let's Have A New Deal
- I'm Gonna Have My Fun (When I Get My Bonus)
- High Water Flood Blues
Willie "61" Blackwell (1941)
- She's Young And Wild
- Noiseless Motor Blues
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby
- Bald Eagle Blues
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues
- Chalk My Toy
- Machine Gun Blues
- Rampaw Street Blues | notes by Dave Moore
Document DOCD 5229www.document-records.com |
| 7 | 1995 | Mississippi Blues & Gospel
1934-1942 Field Recordings
Church Of God In Christ (1941)
- No Condemnation
Rev. McGhee (1942)
- Testimony (One Day Lord I'll Give Up This World For You)
- Jesus Is My Everything
Charles Berry (1942)
- Cornfield Holler (6629-a-4)
- Cornfield Holler (6629-b-5)
Willie 61 Blackwell (1942)
- Four O'Clock (Flower) Blues
William Brown (1942)
- Mississippi Blues
- East St. Louis Blues
- Ragged And Dirty
George Boldwin (1940)
- Country Girl Blues
- Lucious Curtis (1940)
- Guitar Picking Song
- Time Is Gittin' Hard
- Nobody's Business
Willie Ford (1940)
Bukka White (1939)
- Sic 'em Dogs On
- Po' Boy
Frazier Family (1938)
- Oh Mary Don't You Weep
Calvin Frazier
- Welfare Blues (2475-b)
Blind Pete & Partner (1934)
- Booker
- Stagolee
- Cacklin' Hen
- Black Bayou Ain't Got No Bottom
- Banty Rooster (fragment) (243-a-2)
- Blues (fragment)
- Banty Rooster (243-b 1)
- Banty Rooster (243-b-2) | notes by Howard Rye
Document DOCD 5320www.document-records.com |
| 8 | 2001 | Negro Blues And Hollers
The Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture
Son House, Willie Brown & Fiddlin' Joe Martin
- Camp Hollers
Charley Berry
- Cornfield Hollers
Silent Grove Baptist Church Conregation
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Church of God Christ Congregation
- I'm Gonna Lift Up A Standard For My King
David Edwards
- Worried Life Blues
William Brown
- Ragged And Dirty
Son House
- Special Rider Blues
- Depot Blues
William Brown
- Mississippi Blues
William Blackwell & William Brown
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues
William Brown
- East St. Louis Blues
Son House
- Low Down Dirty Dog Blues | 
Rounder CD 1501 |
| 9 | 2002 | Alan Lomax Collection:
The Land Where The Blues Began
- Four O' Clock Flower Blues - William Blackwell & William Brown
- Interview with Willie '61' Blackwell
- Walking Blues - Eddie 'Son' House, Fiddlin' Joe Martin, Willie Brown, Leroy Williams
- When I Lay My Burden Down - Turner Junior Johnson
- Strange Things Happening In The Land - Charles Haffer, Jr.
- Missionary Sermon By J.H. Terrell
- Rock Daniel - Reverend C. H. Savage
- Satisfied - Florence Stamp
- I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord - Congregation of the Church of God in Christ
- Sermon: Hell Is A Place - Reverend Ribbins
- The Preacher And The Bear - M.C. Orr
- Mississippi Sounding Calls - Joe Shores
- Roustabout Song - John Cameron
- The Toast To Bud Doggett - Willie Stark
- I Been Down In The Circle Before - Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman
- Rosie - Dobie Red
- Early In The Mornin' - 22, Tangle Eye, Hard Hair, Little Red
- I'm Goin' Home - D.W. "Bama" Stuart
- Go Down, Old Hannah - Ernest Williams
- John Henry - Sid Hemphill, Lucius Smith, Alec Askew, Will Head
- Emmaline, Take Your Time - Alex Askew
- Jim And John - Ed Young, G.D. Young, Lonnie Young
- Shake 'Em On Down - Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Wind Howling Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards
- Country Blues - Muddy Waters
- Black, Brown And White - Big Bill Broonzy
- Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy, and Sonny Boy Williamson
- She Lived Her Life Too Fast - Forrest City Joe
soundtrack to Alan Lomax's book of the same name
rec. between 1933 and 1959 by Alan Lomax, Lewis Jones, John W. Work, John A. Lomax, and Herbert Halpert. Remastered to 24-bit digital from the original metal and acetate discs, and the original paper and acetate-backed tape recordings | 
Rounder CDROUN1861www.rounder.com |
| 10 | 2007 | When The Levee Breaks - Mississippi Blues
Rare Cuts 1926-1941
disc 1:
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown)
- Poor Boy Blues - Sam Butler
- I'm Leavin' Town - William Harris - (featuring Joe Robinson)
- Hittin' The Bottle Stomp - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Coone...
- Last Kind Words Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Third Street Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Muddy Water Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Fare Thee Well Blues - Joe Calicott
- That Won't Do - Arthur Petties
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Evil Devil Woman Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Jail House Blues, The - Sam Collins
- Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Traveling Riverside Blues Take 1 - Robert Johnson
- Baltimore Blues - Charlie McCoy - (featuring Joe McCoy)
- Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Milk Cow Blues - Freddie Spruell
- Ten Pound Hammer - Mose Andrews
- Noiseless Motor Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Jailhouse Fire Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- 41 Highway - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Times Has Done Got Hard - King Solomon Hill
disc 2:
- Mississippi County Farm Blues - Son House
- When The Levee Breaks - Joe McCoy - (featuring Memphis Minnie)
- Ninety Nine Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Snake Doctor Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Little Girl In Rome - Otto Virgial
- It's Cold In China Blues - Mississippi Moaner
- Bald Eagle Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell
- Boodle-De-Bum Blues - Bogus Ben Covington
- Bull Frog Blues - William Harris
- Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Shaggy Dog Blues - Buddy Boy Hawkins
- Devil In The Lion's Den - Sam Collins
- Quarrellin' Mama Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Devil And My Brown Blues - Sam Butler
- Take A Little Walk With Me - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy
- Dough Roller Blues - Garfield Akers
- Crowing Rooster, The - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Motherless Child Blues - Geeshie Wiley/Elva Thomas
- Married Woman Blues - George Torey
- She's Young And Wild - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cherry Ball - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Bad Notion Blues - Otto Virgial
- Don't Cry Baby - Freddy Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey - (featuring Unknown)
disc 3:
- My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - King Solomon Hill
- Snatch It Back Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Machine Gun Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Revenue Man Blues - Arthur Petties - (featuring Unknown/Jed Davenport)
- Mr Freddie's Kokomo Blues - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Over To My House - Geeshie Wiley - (featuring Elvie Thomas)
- Barefoot Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers
- Look Who's Coming Down The Road - Georgia Pine Boy - (featuring Unknown)
- Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott
- Leavin' Here Blues - William Harris
- Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial
- Young Heifer Blues - Mose Andrews
- Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Yellow Dog Blues - Sam Collins
- You Can't Keep No Brown - Sam Butler
- Tallahatchie River Blues - Mattie Delaney
- Stered Gal - Mississippi Bracey
- Motherless And Fatherless Blues - Mississippi Mudder - (featuring Unknown)
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Out On Santa Fe Blues - Arthur Petties
- It's Hard Times - Joe Stone
- Your Good Man Is Gone - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin)
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
disc 4:
- Clarksdale Moan - Son House
- Adam And Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
- Lonesome Man Blues - George Torey
- Leaving Home Blues - Walter Rhodes - (featuring 'Pet' And 'Can')
- Loving Lady Blues - Sam Collins
- Early Mornin' Blues - William Harris
- Number Three Blues - Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Tell Me Baby - King Solomon Hill
- Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 - Garfield Akers - (featuring Joe Calicott)
- Chalk My Toy - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band - (featuring Roosevelt Graves/Aaron Graves/Cooney Vaughn)
- Two Time Blues - Arthur Petties
- Back Door Blues - Joe Stone
- Way Back Down Home - Freddie Spruell
- Skinny Leg Blues - Geeshie Wiley
- Meat Cutter Blues - Joe McCoy - (featuring Charlie McCoy)
- Mississippi Moan - Mississippi Moaner
- Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
- Jefferson County Blues - Sam Butler
- Rampaw Street Blues - Willie '61' Blackwell - (featuring Alfred Elkins)
- I'll Overcome Someday - Mississippi Bracey - (featuring Virginia Bracey)
- Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties
- Grand Daddy Blues - Jelly Jaw Short
- Let's Go Riding - Freddie Spruell - (featuring Carl Martin) | 4 CD box 
JSP 7781
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Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!
I herewith confess
that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation
containing only one (or two ;-) Willie "61" Blackwell track(s) !!!
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Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 90
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
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