Josh White
b. February 11, 1914 in Greenville, South Carolina
d. September 5, 1969 in New York

discography

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Josh White 78 rpm, 45 rpm, EPs, LPs, CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes


1932 - 1936
Banner, Melotone, Oriole, Perfect, Romeo
were (until 1935) the cheap 'dime store labels' (S. H. Kress, McCrory)
of the American Record Corporation (ARC)
("three for a dollar")
11932Joshua White

- Black And Evil Blues (11656-1)
- Little Brother Blues (11657-1)

rec. April 6, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 32631
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= Melotone M12537
= Oriole 8184
= Perfect 0219
= Romeo 5184

21932Joshua White

- Baby, Won't You Doodle-Doo-Doo (11658-1) #
- High Brown Cheater (11694-1) *

# rec. April 6, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. April 12, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 32795
= Melotone M12728
= Oriole 8241
= Perfect 0244
= Romeo 5141

* = Vocalion 1742
(as by Tippy Barton)

31932Joshua White

- Howling Wolf Blues (11659-1) #
- Bad Depression Blues (11689-2) *

# rec. April 6, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. April 1!, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 32437
# = Conqueror 8245
= Oriole 8139
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= Perfect 0208
= Romeo 5139

41932Joshua White

- Crying Blues (11676-1) #
- Double Crossing Woman (11695-1) *

# rec. April 8, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. April 12, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 32794
= Melotone M12727
= Oriole 8240
= Perfect 0243
= Romeo 5240

* = Vocalion 1742
(as by Tippy Barton)

51932Joshua White

- Things About Coming My Way (11688-1) #
- So Sweet, So Sweet (11696-1) *

# rec. April 11, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. April 12, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 32438
= Oriole 8140
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= Perfect 0209
= Romeo 5140
61932Pinewood Tom

- Greenville Sheik (11690-2) #
- Good Gal (11691-2) *

# rec. April 11, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. April 12, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


ARC 6-05-63
71933Pinewood Tom

- Broad Players Blues (11693-2) #
- Big House Blues (13790-1) *

# rec. April 12, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. August 15, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 32982
= Melotone M12932
= Oriole 8309
= Perfect 0270
= Romeo 5309
81932Joshua White

- Lazy Black Snake Blues (11697-3)
- Downhearted Man Blues (11699-1)

rec. April 12, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 32527
= Oriole 8159
= Perfect 0213
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= Romeo 5159
  Joshua White

- Too Tight (11698)
- Lonesome Night Blues (11700)

rec. April 12, 1932 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

ARC unissued
91933Joshua White

- Low Cotton (13791-1)
- Blood Red River (13792-1) #

rec. August 15, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 32858
= Melotone M12785
# = Conqueror 8244
= Oriole 8267

= Perfect 0257
= Romeo 5267

= Paramount 9001
(as by Jimmy Walker)

101933Joshua White

- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed (13793-1) #
- Motherless Children (13794-1)

rec. August 15, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 32859
# = Conqueror 8244
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= Melotone M12786
= Oriole 8268
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= Perfect 0258
= Romeo 5268
111933Joshua White

- Pure Religion Hallilu (14306-1/-2) #
- I Don't Intend To Die In Egyptland (14307-1)

rec. November 13, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 32905
# = Conqueror 8356
= Melotone M12846
= Oriole 8286
= Perfect 0263
= Romeo 5286
121933Joshua White

- There's A Man Goin' Around Taking Names (14309-1) #
- Lay Some Flowers On My Grave (14310-1)

rec. November 13, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 32918
# = Conqueror 8271
= Melotone M12861
= Oriole 8289
= Perfect 0264
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= Romeo 5289
131933Joshua White (The Singing Christian)

- This Heart Of Mine (14308-1) #
- My Father Is A Husbandman (14376-1) *

# rec. November 13, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. November 24, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 33330
= Melotone M13297
= Oriole 8427
= Perfect 0311
= Romeo 5427
141934Joshua White (The Singing Christian)

- Lord, I Want To Die Easy (14375-2) #
- Can't Help But Crying Sometime (14897-1) *

# rec. November 24, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. March 6, 1934 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 33095
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= Conqueror 8455
= Melotone M13059
= Oriole 8350
= Perfect 0285
= Romeo 5350
151934Joshua White (The Singing Christian)

- Death's Coming Back After You (14377-1) #
- Four And Twenty Elders (14898-2) *

# rec. November 24, 1933 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. March 6, 1934 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


Banner 33135
= Conqueror 8458
= Melotone M13102
= Oriole 8469
= Perfect 0292
= Romeo 5369
161934Joshua White

- Down On Me (14900-1)
- You Sinner You (14901-1)

rec. March 6, 1934 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 33046
= Melotone M13008
= Oriole 8332
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= Perfect 0277
= Romeo 5332
171934Joshua White

- Welfare Blues (14902-2)
- Stormy Weather No. 1 (14903-1)

rec. March 6, 1934 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 33024
= Conqueror 8354
= Melotone M12983
= Oriole 8326
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= Perfect 0276
= Romeo 5326
181934Pinewood Tom

- Friendless City Blues (15502-1)
- I Believe I'll Make A Change (15499-2)

rec. August 1, 1934 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

Banner 33229
= Conqueror 8450
= Melotone M13196
= Oriole 8388
= Perfect 0299
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= Romeo 5388
191934Pinewood Tom and his Blue Hounds

- Gone Mother Blues (15597-2)
- Evil Man Blues (15599-2)

rec. March 13, 1934 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, prob. g; Leroy Carr, p
Banner 33268
= Melotone M13235
= Oriole 8303
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= Perfect 0303
= Romeo 5303
201934Pinewood Tom and his Blue Hounds

- Mean Mistreater Mama (15598-1)
- She's Alright With Me (15600-1)

rec. March 13, 1934 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, prob. g; Leroy Carr, p; prob. Scrapper Blackwell, g


Banner 33148
= Conqueror 8451
= Melotone M13115
= Oriole 8374
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= Perfect 0294
= Romeo 5374
= Paramount 9002
(as by Paul La France)
211935Pinewood Tom

- Milk Cow Blues (16850-1)
- Black Gal (16849-1)

rec. February 13, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Clarence Williams, p

Banner 33361
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= Conqueror 8479
= Melotone M13328
= Oriole 8440
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= Perfect 0316
= Romeo 5440
221935Pinewood Tom

- D.B.A. Blues (16899-2)
- New Mean Mistreater Blues (16900-1)

rec. February 20, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Clarence Williams, p

Banner 33389
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= Conqueror 8492
= Melotone M13356
= Oriole 8450
= Perfect 0318
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= Romeo 5450
231935Pinewood Tom

- Badly Mistreated Man (16901-1) #
- Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues (17093-1) *

# rec. February 20, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Clarence Williams, p
* rec. March 19, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p


ARC 35-09-26
241935Pinewood Tom

- Bed Springs Blues (17042-1) #
- Sissy Man (17083-2) *

# rec. March 14, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p
* rec. March 18, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p

Banner 33404
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= Conqueror 8499
= Melotone M13371
= Oriole 8456
= Perfect 0320
= Romeo 5456
251935Pinewood Tom

- Black Man (17043-2) #
- Gone Dry Blues (17094-2) *

# rec. March 14, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p
* rec. March 19, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p


Banner 33489
= Melotone M13456
= Oriole 8493
= Perfect 0334
= Romeo 5493
261935Pinewood Tom

- New Milk Cow Blues (17044-1) #
- New D.B.A. Blues (17082-2) *

# rec. March 14, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p
* rec. March 18, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p

Banner 33460
= Conqueror 8563
= Melotone M13427
= Oriole 8479
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= Perfect 0330
= Romeo 5479
271935Pinewood Tom

- Homeless And Hungry Blues (17084-2) #
- Prodigal Son (17156-2) *

# rec. March 18, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p
* rec. March 20, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p


Banner 33447
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= Conqueror 8525
= Melotone M13414
= Oriole 8473
= Perfect 0328
= Romeo 5473
281935Joshua White (The Singing Christian)

- I Got A Home In That Rock (17085-1)
- Paul And Silas Bound In Jail (17086-2)

rec. March 18, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p


Banner 33419
= Conqueror 8498
= Melotone M13386
= Oriole 8463
= Perfect 0324
= Romeo 5463
291935Pinewood Tom

- Cherry Picker (17091-2)
- Tweet Tweet Mama Blues (17092-2)

rec. March 19, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p

Banner 33418
= Melotone M13385
= Oriole 8462
= Perfect 0323
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= Romeo 5462
301935Pinewood Tom

- Jet Black Woman (17090-1) #
- When The Sun Goes Down (18099-1) *

# rec. March 19, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p
* rec. September 24, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


ARC 5-12-51
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= Conqueror 8579
311935Pinewood Tom

- While The Blood Runs Warm In Your Veins (18003-1)
- Got A Key To The Kingdom (18005-1)

rec. August 24, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p


ARC 5-11-60
= Conqueror 8590
  Pinewood Tom

- Trying To Get Home (18004-1)

rec. August 24, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Walter Roland, p

ARC unissued

Flyright FLYLP 107
Earl BD 619
Document DOCD 5196

321935Pinewood Tom

- My Soul Is Gonna Live With God (18006-2) #
- Did You Read That Letter? (18028-2) *

# rec. August 24, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Buddy Moss, g
* rec. August 28, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g


ARC 6-04-57
331935Joshua White (The Singing Christian)

- On My Way (18011-2)
- How About You? (18012-2)

rec. August 26, 1935 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g; Buddy Moss, voc, g

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ARC 6-02-57
341935Buddy Moss and Pinewood Tom / Pinewood Tom

- You Got To Give Me Some Of It (18023-1) #
- Talking About My Time (18013-1) *

# rec. New York City, August 28, 1935; Buddy Moss, voc, g; Joshua White, voc, g
* rec. New York City, August 26, 1935; Joshua White, voc, g; Buddy Moss, g


ARC 5-11-59
351936Pinewood Tom

- No More Ball And Chain (18732-2)
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me (18733-2)

rec. February 26, 1936 in New York City, Joshua White, voc, g

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ARC 6-05-51
= Conqueror 8673
361940Joshua White Trio

- Careless Love (671-A)
- Milk Cow Blues (672- )

rec. March 7, 1940 in New York City; Josh White, voc, g; Sidney Bechet, cl; Wilson Myers, sb

12 inch masters
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Blue Note 23
371940Josh White: Harlem Blues

248
- Careless Love (673- )
- Prison Bound (674- )

249
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (675-B) #
- Hard Time Blues (676-A)

250
- Motherless Children Part 1 (677- )
- Motherless Children Part 2 (678- )

rec. March 7, 1940 in New York City; Josh White, voc, g; Wilson Myers, sb; # Bill White, voc duet

set of three 78 rpm records
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Musicraft N 3 (= 248, 249, 250)

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Musicraft 248

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Musicraft 249

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Musicraft 250

Musicraft discography

381940Joshua White and his Carolinians: Chain Gang

35559
- Chain Gang Boun' (27414-1)
- Nine Foot Shovel (27415-1)

35560
- Trouble (27416-1)
- Goin' Home Boys (27418-1)

35561
- Cryin' Who Cryin' You (part 1) (27419-1)
- Cryin' Who Cryin' You (part 2) (27420-1)

35562
- Told My Cap'n (27417-1)
- Jerry (27421-1)

from liner notes:
"Columbia Records proudly presents what is perhaps the most genuine folk music of our times...seven Negro laments of the chain gang sung by Joshua White and his Carolinians"

rec. June 4, 1940 in New York City; Bayard Rustin, 1st tenor voc; Carrington Lewis, 2nd tenor voc; Josh White, baritone voc, g; Bill White, baritone voc; Samuel Gary, bass voc; Leonard de Paur, cond; prod. by John Hammond

set of four 78 rpm records
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Columbia C-22

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Columbia 35559

Sam Gary discography

391940Joshua White and his Carolinians

- I Don't Care Where Dey Bury My Body (27806-1)
- Moan, Chillun, Moan (27810-1)

rec. June 4, 1940 in New York City; Bayard Rustin, 1st tenor voc; Carrington Lewis, 2nd tenor voc; Josh White, baritone voc, g; Bill White, baritone voc; Samuel Gary, bass voc

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Harmony 1006

401940Joshua White and his Carolinians

- I Wonder Will My Mother Be On Dat Train (27811-1)
- Soon In De Mornin' (27812-1)

rec. June 4, 1940 in New York City; Bayard Rustin, 1st tenor voc; Carrington Lewis, 2nd tenor voc; Josh White, baritone voc, g; Bill White, baritone voc; Samuel Gary, bass voc

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Harmony 1013
411940Joshua White and his Carolinians

- Glory To His Name (27807-1)
- King Jesus Knows I'm Coming (27809-1=

rec. June 4, 1940 in New York City; Bayard Rustin, 1st tenor voc; Carrington Lewis, 2nd tenor voc; Josh White, baritone voc, g; Bill White, baritone voc; Samuel Gary, bass voc

Columbia 36202

421940Joshua White and his Carolinians

- Lord Have Mercy (27808-1)
- I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (27813-1)

rec. June 4, 1940 in New York City; Bayard Rustin, 1st tenor voc; Carrington Lewis, 2nd tenor voc; Josh White, baritone voc, g; Bill White, baritone voc; Samuel Gary, bass voc

Columbia 36237

  Joshua White

- Instrumental
- How Long #
- Silicosis Blues #

rec. December 20, 1940 at Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (Emancipation Celebration) by Alain Locke, Sterling Brown, Alan Lomax; Josh White, g, # voc

Library of Congress
AFS 06092 - 06095

Bridge CD (2002)
"Freedom"

  Joshua White And The Golden Gate Quartet

- Poor Lazarus
- John Henry #
- Trouble

rec. December 20, 1940 at Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (Emancipation Celebration) by Alain Locke, Sterling Brown, Alan Lomax; Josh White, voc, # g; Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus 'Dad' Wilson, voc

Library of Congress
AFS 06092 - 06095

Bridge CD (2002)
"Freedom"

  The Golden Gate Quartet And Joshua White

- Old Dan Tucker
- Mr. Rabbit, You Ear's Mighty Long
- Rock My Soul In The Bottom Of Abraham
- Run Sinner Run

rec. December 20, 1940 at Coolidge Auditorium, Washington, D.C. (Emancipation Celebration) by Alain Locke, Sterling Brown, Alan Lomax; Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus 'Dad' Wilson, voc; Josh White, g

Library of Congress
AFS 06092 - 06095

Bridge CD (2002)
"Freedom"

431941Joshua White

- I Lay A-Dreamin' (30482-1)
- Gotta Go (30483-1)
Conqueror 9959

441941Joshua White

- Eve's Apple Tree
- She's A Married Woman
Conqueror 9960

451941The Almanac Singers: Songs For John Doe

- Ballad Of October 16th
- Billy Boy (Josh White, voc)
- 'C' For Conscription
- Liza Jane (Josh White, voc)
- Plow Under
- The Strange Death Of John Doe
- Washington Breakdown

Almanac Records 102

more info

461941The Almanac Singers: Talking Union

301
- Union Train (QB-1552)
- Talking Union (QB-1553)

302
- Which Side Are You On? (QB-1556)
- Get Thee Behind Me, Satan (QB-1557)

303
- Union Maid (QB-1555)
- All I Want (QB-1554)

rec. prob. May 1941; Josh White, g, # voc; Pete Seeger, voc, bj; Lee Hays, voc; Millard Lampell, Sam Gary, Carol White, Bess Lomax Hawes, voc

set of three 78 rpm records



Keynote album 106
(= 301 + 302 + 303)


Keynote 301

Keynote 302


Keynote 303

more info

471941Southern Exposure - An Album Of Jim Crow Blues sung by Joshua White

514
- Southern Exposure (QB-1691)
- Uncle Sam Says (QB-1690)

515
- Jim Crow Train (QB-1692)
- Bad Housing Blues (QB-1688)

516
- Hard Times Blues (QB-1689)
- Defence Factory Blues (QB-1687)

rec. 1941 in New York City; Josh White, voc, g

set of three 78 rpm records
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Keynote album 107
(= 514 + 515 +516)


Keynote 514


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Keynote 515

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Keynote 516
481942Strange Fruit - Songs by Josh White

541
- Strange Fruit (KJW12)
- John Henry (KJW10)
542
- Evil Hearted Man (KJW9)
- House Of The Rising Sun (KJW11)
543
- The Riddle Song (KJW7)
- Whatcha Goin' To Do (KJW8)

rec. 1941-42 in New York City; Josh White, voc, g

set of three 78 rpm records
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Keynote album 125
(= 541 + 542 + 543)

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Keynote 541


Keynote 542

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Keynote 543

491942Libby Holman: Blues Till Dawn
with guitar accompaniment by Josh White

- Fare Thee Well (18304)
- Baby, Baby (18304)

- Good Morning Blues (18305)
- When The Sun Goes Down (18305)

- House Of The Risin' Sun (18306)
- Hansome Winsome Johnny (18306)

rec. New York City, March 23, 1942

tracks on Jasmine CD:
- Who's That Knocking At My Door?
- There Ain't No Sweet Man That's Worth The Salt Of My Tears
- The Way He Loves... Is Just Too Bad
- Am I Blue?
- Moanin' Low
- Can't We Be Friends?
- I'm Doin' What I'm Doin' For Love
- I May Be Wrong (But I Think You're Wonderful)
- Here Am I
- Cooking Breakfast For The One I Love
- When A Woman Loves A Man
- A Ship Without A Sail
- What Is This Thing Called Love?
- Body And Soul
- Something To Remember You By
- I’m One Of God's Children (Who Hasn’t Got Wings)
- Love For Sale
- You And The Night And The Music
- When You Love Only One

- Baby, Baby
- Hansom’ Winsome Johnny / On Top Of Old Smoky
- The House Of The Risin’ Sun
- When The Sun Goes Down Down
- Good Morning Blues
- Fare Well Honey / Fare Thee Well

set of three 78 rpm records
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Decca 316

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Decca 18305

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Jasmine JASCD 129 (2005)
"The Scandalous Libby
Holman
- Something To
Remember Her By"

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Monmouth-Evergreen
MES 7067
[Achtung: This LP by the
same title ("Something To
Remember Her By") does
not contain those 1942
tracks with Josh White !!!]

231944The Union Boys: Songs For Victory
Music for Political Action

- Hold The Fort We Shall Not Be Moved
- Hold On

- UAW-CIO
- Dollar Ain't A Dollar Any More

- Sally Don't You Grieve
- Jim Crow

performed by Burl Ives, voc, g; Tom Glazer, voc, g, poss. b; Alan Lomax, voc; Brownie McGhee, voc, g; Pete Seeger, voc,banjo; Sonny Terry, hca; Josh White, voc, g

set of three 78 rpm records
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Asch Recordings 346
241944Josh White Sings Easy

- I Got A Head Like A Rock (Ma 162)
- Fare Thee Well (Ma 64)

- Outskirts Of Town (Ma 159-1)
- One Meat Ball (Ma 170)

- When I Lay Down And Die Do Die (Ma 60)
- The House I Live In (Ma169)


Langston Hughes' linernotes; click to enlarge !
Langston Hughes' liner notes
"You could call Josh White the Minstrel of the Blues, except that he is more than a Minstrel of the Blues. The Blues are Negro music, but, although he is a Negro, Josh is a fine folk-singer of anybody's songs - southern Negro or southern white, plantation work-songs or modern union songs, English or Irish ballads - any songs that come from the heart of the people. (...)"

set of three 78 rpm records
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Asch Recordings 348

251944Tom Glazer & Josh White: Songs Of Citizen C.I.O.
put out by the National War Relief Committee

- I'm Gonna Put My Name Down (Tom Glazer)
- Freedom Road (Josh White)

- We've Got A Plan
- Social Workers Talking Blues

- Citizen C.I.O. (Tom Glazer, Josh White)
- No More Blues (Josh White)
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Asch Recordings 349

more info

261944Folk Songs Sung By Josh White

- Motherless Children
- St. James Infirmary Blues

- No. 12 Train
- Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho

- Trouble
- Jerry
set of three 78 rpm records
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Asch International Stinson 358

David Stone Martin page

27194?The Minute Man / Froggy BottomMary Lou Williams, p

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Asch Records 2001

Mary Lou Williams discography

30194?Jelly Jelly / Backwater BluesDecca 23582

Decca discography

31194?Joshua Fit The Battle / Motherless Childrenclick to enlarge !
Stinson

321945Josh White with Edmond Hall and his Orchestra

- (I) Left A Good Deal In Mobile (13128)
- Did You Ever Love A Woman (13129)

rec. November 14, 1945 in New York; Josh White, voc, g; Irving Randolph, tp; Henderson Chambers, tb; Edmond Hall, cl; Eddie Williams, ts; Ellis Larkins, p; Al Casey, g; Johnny Williams, b; Arthur Trappier, dr

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Decca 23475

331945Josh White: Women Blues

- Mean Mistreatin' Woman (220)
- Dupree (223)

- Miss Otis Regrets (221)
- Baby, Baby (222)

rec. New York

Disc 3004 (220/223)
Disc 3005 (221/222)

set of two 78 rpm records
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Disc 661

34194?Josh White: Ballads & Blues

- I Gave My Love A Cherry
- The Lass With The Delicate Air

- Evil Hearted Man
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

- Frankie And Johnny
- John Henry

- Sometime
- Strange Fruit
set of four 78 rpm records
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Decca 5082
351947Josh White: Ballads & Blues Vol. 2

- Josh And Bill Blues
- Dip His Finger In The Water

- Watercress
- Lord Randall My Son

- Molly Malone
- Waltzing Matilda

- Green Grass Growing All Around
- Jim Crow
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Decca A 611
361949Josh White: Ballads & Blues, Vol. 1

- I Gave My Love A Cherry
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- Evil Hearted Man
- Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out

- Frankie And Johnny
- John Henry
- Sometime
- Strange Fruit
10-inch album
notes by Alan Lomax
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Decca DL 5082
371949Josh White: Strange Fruit

- Strange Fruit [Keynote 541]
- John Henry [Keynote 541]

- House Of The Rising Sun [Keynote 542]
- Evil Hearted Man [Keynote 542]

- The Riddle Song [Keynote 543]
- Whatcha Goin' To Do [Keynote 543]
set of three 78 rpm records

Mercury A 48
37a1949Josh White Sings

- Strange Fruit [Keynote 541]
- John Henry [Keynote 541]
- Evil Hearted Man [Keynote 542]
- Jim Crow Train [Keynote 515]

- Southern Exposure [Keynote 514]
- Hard Times Blues [Keynote 516]
- Bad Housing Blues [Keynote 515]
- House Of The Rising Sun [Keynote 542]
10-inch album
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Mercury LAB 25014

10-inch album
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= Mercury MG 25014

10-inch album
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= Mercury MG 25014
"Strange Fruit"

10-inch album
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= EmArcy 26010 (1954)
"Strange Fruit"
= Mercury MG 26010

38195?Josh WhiteSings: Ballads And Blues

- I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song)
- The Lass With The Delicate Air

- Evil Hearted Man
- Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out


- Frankie & Johnny
- John Henry

- Sometime
- Strange Fruit

"These recordings are also available on Decca Long Play Record DL 5082 (33 1/3 RPM)"

two record 45 rpm set

notes by Alan Lomax
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Decca ED 721

391950Josh White: Ballads & Blues Volume Two

- Josh And Bill Blues
- Dip His Fingers In The Water
- Watercress
- Lord Randall, My Son

- Molly Malone
- Waltzing Matilda
- Green Grass Growing All Around
- Jim Crow (People's Songs)

American Folk Music Sreis, edited by Alan Lomax

10-inch album
notes by Alan Lomax
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Decca DL 5247
401950Josh White Sings The Blues

- Baby, Baby
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Dupree
- Fare Thee Well
- Number Twelve Train
- Mean Mistreating Woman

- When I Lay Down And Die Do Die
- I Got a Head Like A Rock
- Cotton-Eyed Joe
- Jim Crow Train
- Strange Fruit

reissues 1940's material originally on 78s

10-inch album
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Stinson SLP 14

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= Stinson SLP 14

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= Stinson SLP 14 (1963)

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= Stinson SLP 14

reissued 1995 on
Collectables CD 5602
(along with SLP 15)

411950Josh White

- Take A Gal Like You (DR 15306)
- Wanderings (DR 15307)

rec. London July 31, 1950; Josh White, voc, g; Steve Race, p & celeste; Fitzroy Coleman, g; Jack Fallon, b; Norman Burns, dr

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London L 739
41a1950Josh White

- Foggy, Foggy Dew (DR 15305) #
- Like A Natural Man (DR 15308)

rec. London July 31, 1950; Josh White, voc, g; # Steve Race, p & celeste; Fitzroy Coleman, g; # Jack Fallon, b; # Norman Burns, dr

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London L 810
41b1950Josh White

- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (DR 15303)
- Hard Time Blues (DR 15310)

rec. London July 31, 1950; Josh White, voc, g; Steve Race, p & celeste; Fitzroy Coleman, g; Jack Fallon, b; Norman Burns, dr

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London L 828
41c1950Josh White

- TB Blues (DR 15302)
- Molly Malone (DR 15304)

rec. London July 31, 1950; Josh White, voc, g; Steve Race, p & celeste; Fitzroy Coleman, g; Jack Fallon, b; Norman Burns, dr

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London L 907
421951Josh White

- Black Gal (DR 15964)
- On Top Of Old Smokey (DR 15965)

rec. London, March 20, 1951; Josh White, voc; Bill Hill's Orchestra; The Stargazers, voc grp

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London L 1028 (UK)
  Josh White

- Free And Equal Blues Part 1 (DR 15966)
- Free And Equal Blues Part 2 (DR 15967)

rec. London, March 20, 1951; Josh White, voc, g; Bill Hill's Orchestra; The Stargazers, voc grp

London unissued
431951Josh White

- Barbara Allen (DR 15948)
- The Lass With The Most Delicate Air (DR 15950)

rec. London March 15, 1951; Josh White, voc, g; Chick Laval, g; Jack Fallon, b


London L 1138
441951Josh White

- Lonesome Road (DR 15947)
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word (DR 15951)

rec. London March 15, 1951; Josh White, voc, g; Chick Laval, g; Jack Fallon, b

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London L 1142
451951Josh White

- I Want You And I Need You (DR 15946)
- Call Me Darling (DR 15949)

rec. London March 15, 1951; Josh White, voc, g; Chick Laval, g; Jack Fallon, b


London L 1143
461951Josh White

- Apples, Peaches And Cherries (DR 15311) #
- Waltzing Matilda (DR 15945) *

# rec. London July 31, 1950; Josh White, voc, g; Steve Race, p & celeste; Fitzroy Coleman, g; Jack Fallon, b; Norman Burns, dr
* rec. London March 15, 1951; Josh White, voc, g; Chick Laval, g; Jack Fallon, b


London L 1144
471952Josh White Sings Vol. II

- One Meat Ball
- Motherless Child
- St. James Infirmary
- Careless Love
- Outskirts Of Town

- Well, Well, Well
- T. B. Blues
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Hard Times
- Evil Hearted Man

reissues 1940's material originally on 78s

10-inch album
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Stinson SLP 15

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Stinson SLP 15

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= Stinson SLP 15

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= Stinson SLP 15

reissued 1995 on
Collectables CD 5602
(along with SLP 14)

47a19??Strange Fruit - Songs by Josh White

- Strange Fruit [Keynote 541]
- John Henry [Keynote 541]

- Evil Hearted Man [Keynote 542]
- Jim Crow Train [Keynote 515]
7 inch EP
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EmArcy EP-1-6019
47b19??Josh White Sings

- Southern Exposure [Keynote 514]
- Hard Times Blues [Keynote 516]

- Bad Housing Blues [Keynote 515]
- House Of The Rising Sun [Keynote 542]
7 inch EP
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EmArcy EP-1-6020
481954?A Josh White Program

- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (DR 15303)
- Molly Malone (DR 15304)
- Foggy, Foggy Dew (DR 15305)
- Take A Gal Like You (DR 15306)

- Wanderings (DR 15307)
- Like A Natural Man (DR 15308)
- Hard Time Blues (DR 15310)
- Apple, Peaches And Cherries (DR 15311)

rec. London July 31, 1950; Josh White, voc, g; Steve Race, p & celeste; Fitzroy Coleman, g; Jack Fallon, b; Norman Burns, dr

Super Majestic SBBH 1600 track list:
- Call Me Darling
- Like A Natural Man
- The Lass With The Most Delicate Air
- Barbara Allen
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- On Top Of Old Smokey

- Apples, Peaches And Cherries
- Take A Girl Like You
- Waltzing Matilda
- Lonesome Road
- Molly Malone
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- I Want You And I Need You

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London H-APB 1005 (UK)

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= London LB 338 "Ballads"

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(=) Super Majestic SBBH 1600
(1973)

491954?Josh White sings Volume 2

London H-APB 1032 / LB-1057 track list:
- Barbara Allen (DR 15948)
- Waltzing Matilda (DR 15945)
- Lonesome Road (DR 15947)
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word (DR 15951)

- Call Me Darling (DR 15949)
- I Want You And I Need You (DR 15946)
- The Lass With The Delicate Air (DR 15950)
- On Top Of Old Smokey (DR 15965)

London LL-1341 (US) track list:
- Barbara Allen (DR 15948)
- Waltzing Matilda (DR 15945)
- Lonesome Road (DR 15947)
- The Lass With The Delicate Air (DR 15950)
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (DR 15303)
- Molly Malone (DR 15304)

- Foggy, Foggy Dew (DR 15305)
- Take A Gal Like You (DR 15306)
- Call Me Darling (DR 15949)
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word (DR 15951)
- Like A Natural Man (DR 15308)
- Apples, Peaches And Cherries (DR 15311)

Super Majestic SBBH 1600 track list:
- Call Me Darling
- Like A Natural Man
- The Lass With The Most Delicate Air
- Barbara Allen
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- On Top Of Old Smokey

- Apples, Peaches And Cherries
- Take A Girl Like You
- Waltzing Matilda
- Lonesome Road
- Molly Malone
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
- I Want You And I Need You

10-inch album

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London H-APB 1032 (UK)

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= London LB-1057 (UK)

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(=) London LL-1341 (US)
"A Josh White Program"

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(=) Super Majestic SBBH 1600
(1973)

50195?Josh White Sings

- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Careless Love
- Motherless Children
- T.B. Blues

- St. James Infirmary
- Well, Well Well
- One Meat Ball
- Outskirt Of Town
10-inch album
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Folksay FLP 15

David Stone Martin page

51195?Josh White: Ballads and Blues

- I Gave My Love A Cherry
- ...
10-inch LP
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Brunswick LA 8562 (UK)
51a1954Josh White: Ballads and Blues, Vol. 2

10-inch LP
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Brunswick LA 8653 (UK)
51a1955The Jazz Greats Folk Blues Volume IV featuring Josh White and Big Bill Broonzy

Josh White
- Strange Fruit [Keynote 541]
- John Henry [Keynote 541]
- Evil Hearted Man [Keynote 542]
- Jim Crow Train [Keynote 515]
- Southern Exposure [Keynote 514]
- Hard Times Blues [Keynote 516]

Big Bill Broonzy
- Bill Baley
- Blue Tail Fly
- Back Water Blues
- In The Evening
- Trouble In Mind
- John Henry
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EmArcy MG-36052
521955Almanac Singers with Pete Seeger & Chorus: The Original Talking Union & Other Union Songs

- We Shall Not Be Moved
- Roll The Union On
- Casey Jones (Union version)
- Miner's Lifeguard
- Solidarity Forever
- You've Got To Go Down And Join The Union

- Hold The Fort
- Get Thee Behind Me Satan
- The Union Maid
- All I Want
- Talking Union
- The Union Train
- Which Side Are You On?
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Folkways FH-5285/FP85-1
531955Josh White: The Story Of John Henry & Ballads, Blues And Other Songs

- The Story Of John Henry

- Black Girl
- Free And Equal Blues
- Live The Life
- Sam Hall
- Where Were You Baby?
- Delia's Gone
- Run Mona Run
- You Don't Know My Mind

10 inch DLP
notes by
Kenneth S. Goldstein
& Jac Holzman



= Elektra EKL 701 (US)
541956Josh White Comes A-Visitin'

Livingston 1085 / Period SPL 1115 / London H-APB 1038 track list:
- Come Along Charlie
- Bury Me High
- Evil-Hearted Man #
- Go Away From My Window

- Bonbons, Chocolate And Chewing Gum
- You Know, Baby
- She's Too Much For Me
- When The Dark Clouds Roll Away

Period SPL 1209 track list:
Josh White comes a-visitin'
- Bonbons, Chocolate, And Chewing Gum
- You Know Baby
- She's Too Much For Me
- When The Dark Clouds Roll By
- Come Along Charlie
- Bury Me High
- Evil-Hearted Man #
- Go Away From My Window

Big Bill Broonzy sings
- Hey Bud Blues
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Letter To My Baby
- Do Right Blues
- Make My Getaway
- Backwater Blues
- Lowland Blues
- Hollerin' And Cryin' The Blues

rec. New York 1956; Josh White, voc, g; Sam Benskin, org; Al Hall, b; Jimmy Crawford, dr; Beverley White, Bill White, Sam Gary, voc grp (except #)

10 inch LP
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Livingston 1085 (US)

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= Period SPL 1115 (US)

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= London H-APB 1038 (UK)

12 inch LP
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(=) Period SPL 1209 (1958)
along with (on side 2)
"Big Bill Broonzy sings"
(from Period SPL 1114)

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551956Josh White

- Bon Bons
- What I Want From You
- Git Along Home Cindy
- So Soon

- Green Corn
- Bury Me High
- Evil Hearted Me
- Go Way From My Window
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Archive of Folk Music FS-209
= Everest EVFS-209


= JOC 30 FS 109 (Fr)


= Everest / Columbia SL 5016
(1970) "Blues" Josh White

561956Josh White: Stories

- Boll Weevil
- Watercress
- What You Gonna Do?
- I'm A Mean Mistreater
- Frankie And Johnnie
- The House Of The Rising Sun

- Dupree
- Cottoneye Joe
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- When I Lay Down
- Hard Times Blues
- He Never Said A Mumbling Word
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ABC Paramount/Sparton 124
= HMV CLP 1150 (UK)
571956Josh At Midnight

- St. James Infirmary
- Raise A Rukus
- Scandalize My Name
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed
- Timber (Jerry The Mule)
- Jelly, Jelly

- One Meat Ball
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Don't Lie Buddy
- Number Twelve Train
- Peter
- Takin' Names

Josh White, voc, g
Al Hall, b
Sam Gary, backing voc

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Bounty 6001 (UK)

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accompanying booklet; click to enlarge !
= Elektra EKL 102

= Ducrete-Thomson
310 V 018 (Fr)

581957Josh White: Blues And ....

- How Long Blues
- Careless Love
- Oh, Lula
- St. Louis Blues
- Kansas City Blues

- I Had To Stoop To Conquer You
- I Know How To Do It
- Dink's Blues
- Mint Julep
- Good Morning Blues



Nixa NJL 2
591957Josh White Sings Ballads And Blues

- Midnight Special
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Hallelu
- Woman Sure Is A Curious Critter
- Prison Bound Blues
- Gloomy Sunday

- Ball And Chain Blues
- One For My Baby
- Jim Crow Train
- Told My Captain
- So Soon In The Morning
- Bury My Body
acc. by Al Hall, b
Sonny Greer, dr, brushes

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Elektra EKL 114

601957Josh White 25th Anniversary Album
The Story Of John Henry


- The Story Of John Henry

- Black Girl
- Free And Equal Blues
- Live The Life
- Sam Hall
- Where Were You, Baby?
- Delia's Gone
- Run Mona Run
- You Don't Know My Mind
single 12 inch edition of the
10 inch DLP EKL 701
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Elektra EKL 123 (US)

= Mode Disques
MDEKL9436 (Fr)

611958Josh White: Chain Gang Songs

- Trouble
- 'Twas On A Monday
- Going Home Boys
- Nine Foot Shovel
- Crying Who? Crying You

- Dip Your Fingers In The Water
- The Old Ship Of Zion
- Mary Had A Baby
- Did You Ever Love A Woman
- Every Time I Feel The Spirit
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Elektra EKL 158 (mono)
EKS 7158 (stereo)

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= Mode Disques MDINT 9122

621958Josh White

- I Gave My Love A Cherry
- Molly Malone
- Green Grass Growing All Around
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- Lord Randall, My Son
- Watercress
- Waltzing Matilda
- John Henry

- Strange Fruit
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Evil-Hearted Man
- Jelly, Jelly
- Sometime
- Frankie And Johnny
- Back Water Blues
- Josh And Bill Blues (with Bill White)
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Decca DL 8665
(Rainbow Band label)

David Stone Martin page

631958Josh White: Southern Blues

- Evil Hearted Man
- Jim Crow Train

- Southern Exposure
- Strange Fruit
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Mercury YEP 9504
64195?Josh White

- Bonbons, Chocolate And Chewing Gum

- He's Got The Whole World In His Hands

Mercury 71934
651958Josh White: Stories Vol. II

- Good Morning, Blues
- The Grey Goose
- You Won't Let Me Go
- Don't Smoke In Bed
- Trouble In Mind
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

- Two Little Fishes (And Five Loaves Of Bread)
- I Know Moonlight
- Red River
- I Had A Woman
- Fine And Mellow
- Strange Fruit
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ABC Paramount/Sparton 166

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MFP 1139 (UK) (1957)
"The Josh White Stories
Good Morning Blues"

= HMV CLP 1175 (UK)

65a1959Tall Tom & Pinewood Tom:
The Male Blues Vol. 4


Tall Tom (Teddy Moss)
- You Broke My Heart
- Easy Papa


Pinewood Tom (Josh White)
- D.B.A. Blues
- New Mean Mistreater Blues
7 inch 45 rpm EP
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Jazz Collector JEL 5
661959Josh White: Blues And ... Part One

- How Long, How Long Blues
- Kansas City Blues

- I Had To Stop To Conquer You
- Mint Julep
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Nixa NJE 1057
671959Josh White: Blues And ... Part Two

- Careless Love

- Dink's Blues

Nixa NJE 1058
681959Josh White: Blues And ... Part Three

- Oh Lula
- St. Louis Blues

- I Know How To Do It
- Good Morning Blues

Nixa NJE 1059
691959Josh White Stories

- Dupree Blues
- Frankie And Johnny
- Cotton-Eyed Joe

HMV 7EG 8465
69a1960american folklore sung by josh white and big bill broonzy

Josh White
- Strange Fruit [Keynote 541]
- John Henry [Keynote 541]

Big Bill Broonzy
- John Henry
- Trouble In Mind
7 inch EP
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Mercury EP (G)
701960Josh White: Spirituals And Blues

- Southern Exposure
- Red Sun - Silicosis Blues
- Black Snake
- Things About Coming My Way

- I've Got That Pure Religion
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
- I Know King Jesus
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- I Don't Intend To Die In Egypt
with Bill Lee, b
Walter Perkins, dr

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Bounty BY 6014 (UK)

= Elektra EKL 193 (mono)
EKS 7193 (stereo)

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= Mode Disques MDINT 9139

711960Josh White: The House I Live In

- Good Morning Blues
- Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
- Waltzing Matilda
- When I Lay Down And Die
- Mean Mistreater

- Blind Man Stood On The Road And Cried
- Freedom Road
- Man Who Couldn't Walk Around
- T. B. Blues
- House I Live In
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Elektra EKL 203 (mono)
EKS 7203 (stereo)


= Storyville SLP 173 (196?)

721961Josh White At Town Hall

- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- I Know Where I'm Going
- Foggy, Foggy Dew
- House Of The Rising Sun
- Hard Times Blues

- The Lass With The Most Delicate Air
- Half As Much
- Pastures Of Plenty
- What Ya Gonna Do?
- Green Grass Growing All Around
  (Josh White and Family)
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Mercury MG 20672
= 134564 MFY (G)
731961Josh White Live 1961

- Betty And Dupree
- Wandering
- Got A Head Like A Rock
- Apples, Peaches And Cherries
- You Know, Baby

- Freedom Road
- Scarlet Ribbons
- The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around
- Where Were You Baby When My Heart Went Out
- Sam Hall
- Strange Fruit

rec. April 1, 1961 at Royal Festival Hall, London

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ABC Paramount/Sparton 407
741962Josh White: Empty Bed Blues

- Empty Bed Blues
- Mother On That Train
- Bottle Up And Go
- Backwater Blues
- Baby Baby Blues

- Lord Have Mercy
- Home In That Rock
- Paul And Silas
- His Eye Is On The Sparrow
- That Suits Me
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Elektra EKL 211 (mono)
EKS 7211 (stereo)

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= PYE Golden Guinea GGL 0160
= Mode Disques MDINT 9126

= Sepia Tone CD 14

751962Josh White: Blues Singer And Balladeer

- Mean Mistreating Woman
- Miss Otis Regrets
- When I Lay Down And Die, Do Die
- Motherless Children
- St. James Infirmary
- Hard Times
- One Meat Ball

- Baby Baby
- Number 12 Train
- I Got A Head Like A Rock
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Strange Fruit
- Well Well Well
- T. B. Blues
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
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Storyville SLP 123 (UK)

Storyville discography

7619??Josh White: Blues Singer And Balladeer
Portraits In Blues

- Molly Malone
- Joshua Fought The Battle
- Waltzing Mathilda
- Jerry The Mule
- Lord‘s Prayer
- Jelly Jelly

- One Meat Ball
- Nobody Knows The Troubles
- Sam Hall
- Riddle Song
- Jim Crow Train
- Evil Hearted Man
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Storyville ST 21007 (F)

Storyville discography

771962Josh White: Blues Singer And Balladeer

- Midnight Special
- Free And Equal Blues

- Miss Otis Regrets
- Waltzing Matilda
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Storyville SEP 522

Storyville discography

78196?Josh White: City Blues Storyville Blues Anthology vol. 8

- Jim Crow Train

- Evil Hearted Man
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Storyville A 45058

Storyville discography

791963Josh White: The Beginning

- In The Evening *
- Keys To The Kingdom []
- Howlin' Wolf *
- Job: 19 [] §
- Hoe Boys, Can't You Line 'Em *

- Evil-Hearted Man *
- My Father Is A Husband Man #
- Blues Come From Texas *
- Sit Down Servant #
- 'Lijah * §

* rec. Chicago January 4/5 & 7/8, 1963 at the Universal Recording Studio on the Near North Side of Chicago; Josh White, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Floyd Morris, p; Herb Brown, b; Eddie Williams, dr; § unknown, 2nd voc; prod. by Frank Fried; musical director Alan Ribback (owner of the Gate of Horn)
# rec. January 16/19, 1963 at the Great Northern Hotel in New York; Josh White, voc, g; Bobby Scott, p; Richard Davis, b
[] rec. January 16/19, 1963 at the Great Northern Hotel in New York; Josh White, voc, g; Herb Brown, b; § unknown 2nd voc

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Mercury MG 20724 (mono)
= SR 60724 (stereo)


= Mercury 20039 MCL
(UK 1964)

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= Mercury 125301 MCL
(NL 196?)

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= Mercury 134566 MFY
(Germany 1970)

801963Josh White: The Beginning Vol. 2

- You Don't Know My Mind *
- Paul And Silas #
- Hard-Headed Woman *
- Lula *
- Heaven In My View []

- How Long *
- Tap 'em Up Solid *
- How About You #
- Goin' Down Slow *
- Death's Comin' Back After You *

* rec. Chicago January 4/5 & 7/8, 1963 at the Universal Recording Studio on the Near North Side of Chicago; Josh White, voc, g; Sonny Boy Williamson, hca; Floyd Morris, p; Herb Brown, b; Eddie Williams, dr; prod. by Frank Fried; musical director Alan Ribback (owner of the Gate of Horn)
# rec. January 16/19, 1963 at the Great Northern Hotel in New York; Josh White, voc, g; Bobby Scott, p; Richard Davis, b
[] rec. January 16/19, 1963 at the Great Northern Hotel in New York; Josh White, voc, g; Herb Brown, b; unknown 2nd voc

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Mercury MG 20821
= SR 60821 (stereo)
811963Josh White

- I Gave My Love A Cherrie
- Molly Malone
- Green Grass Grows All Around
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- Lord Randall, My Son
- Watercross
- Waltzing Matilda
- John Henry
- Strange Fruit
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Evil Hearted Man
- Jelly, Jelly
- Sometimes
- Frankie And Johnny
- Back Water Blues
- Josh And Bill Blues

Ace Of Hearts AH 65 (UK)
83196?Josh White: Singer Supreme

- Boll Weevil
- Water Cress
- What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out
- Mean Mistreater
- Frankie & Johnny
- House Of The Risin' Sun

- Dupree
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Nobody Knows When You‘re Down And Out
- Die Do Die
- Hard Times Blues
- Mumbling Word
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World Record Club T298
841965Josh White and Carl Sandburg

Josh White
- Motherless Children (part 1)
- Hard Time Blues
- Monday Tuesday Wednesday
- Prison Road
- Motherless Children (part 2)

Carl Sandburg
- Boll Weevil Song
- Careless Love
- Woven Spirituals
- Foggy Foggy Dew
- The Gallows Song
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Society SOC 988
85196?Josh White's Blues

- Careless Love
- Oh Lula
- Mint Julip
- How Long How Long Blues
- St. Louis BLues

- Kansas City Blues
- I Had To Stoop To Conquer You Baby
- I Know How To Do It
- Dink's Blues
- Good Morning Blues
with Kenny Baker, tp
Jack Fallon, b
Phil Seamen, dr
Bertie King, asax
Fred Hartz, tsax
Benny Green bsax

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Mercury MG 20203

871965Josh White And His Guitar

- Motherless Child
- Hard Time Blues

- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
- Prison Road
7 inch 33 rpm EP
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ARC 72 (UK 1965)
8819??Josh White Sings Great Folk Songs

- Motherless Children
- Hard Time Blues
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
- Prison Bound

- Careless Love
- Sally Brown
- Gay Spanish Maid
- Down By The Greenwood Landing
- Drummer Boy Of Waterloo
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Sutton SU 291
8919??Josh White / The Ronnie Sisters:
Blues & Spirituals


Josh White
- Bonbons, Chocolate, And Chewing Gum
- You Know Baby
The Ronnie Sisters
- Twelve Gates To The City
- More Than All

Josh White
- She's Too Much For Me
- When The Dark Clouds Roll By
The Ronnie Sisters
- He'll Understand


Josh White
- Come Along Charlie
- Bury Me High
The Ronnie Sisters
- Won't It Be Wonderful There
- Lord Don't Leave Me

Josh White
- Evil-Hearted Me
- Go Away From My Window
The Ronnie Sisters
- He's Mine
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Musidisc CV 936
9019??Folk Concert

- Thunder'n' Lightnin - Hoyt Axton
- Young Man - Hoyt Axton
- If I had A Hammer - Barry McGuire
- Ride Ride Ride - Barbara Dane
- The Things I've Said - Travis Edmondson


- Jelly Jelly Blues - Josh White
- Land Of Odin - Travelers 3
- Sailing Song - Shanandoah Trio

- In The Pines - Josh White
- Someplace Green - Rod McKuen
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Onacrest

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Springboard SP-4016

911966Josh White




Festival DL 33367
921969The World Of Josh White

- Foggy, Foggy Dew
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- Call Me Darling
- Like A Natural Man
- Lass With The Delicate Air
- Barbara Allen

- Take A Gal Like You
- Waltzing Matilda
- Lonesome Road
- Molly Malone
- He Never Said A Mumblin' Word
- Apples, Peaches And Cherries

Decca SPA 44
931970
DLP
The Best Of Josh White

- Free And Equal Blues
- Where Were You, Baby?
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Sam Hall
- Run, Mona, Run
- Timber
- Takin' Names
- St James Infirmary

- One Meat Ball
- Peter
- Jelly, Jelly
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed
- Hallelu
- Prison Bound Blues


- Midnight Special
- Told My Captain
- Going Home Boys
- Trouble
- Silicosis Blues
- Southern Exposure
- Empty Bed Blues

- The Story Of John Henry
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Elektra EKS 75008 (stereo)
94197?In Memoriam Josh White

- Foggy Foggy Dew #
- Outskirts Of Town #
- Like A Natural Man #
- Take A Gal Like You #
- Molly Malone #

- Call Me Darling *
- The Lass With The Delicate Air *
- Barbara Allen *
- Waltzing Matilda *
- Lonesome Road *

# London July 31, 1950; Josh White, voc, g; Steve Race, p & celeste; Fitzroy Coleman, g; Jack Fallon, b; Norman Burns, dr
* London 1951; Josh White voc, g; Chuck Laval, g; Jack Fallon, b

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Everest/Tradition TR 2094
9519??Josh White: In Memoriam

- How Long, How Long Blues
- Careless Love
- Oh Lula
- St. Louis Blues
- Kansas City Blues

- I Had To Stoop To Conquer You
- I Know How To Do It
- Dink's Blues
- Mint Julep
- Good Morning Blues
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Marble Arch MAL 1208 (mono)
= MALS 1208 (stereo)
961982Joshua White First Recording Sessions Vol. 1 (1932-1933)

- Black And Evil Blues
- Little Brother Blues
- Baby, Won't You Doodle-doo-doo
- Howling Wolf Blues
- Things About Coming My Way
- Bad Depression Blues Earl
- Greenville Sheik
- Good Gal
- High Brown Cheater
- So Sweet, So Sweet
- Downhearted Man Blues
- Low Cotton
- Blood Red River
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
- Pickin' Low Cotton On
- There's A Man Goin' Around Taking Names
- Lay Some Flowers On My Grave
- Lord, I Want To Die Easy
- Death's Coming Back After You
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Earl Archives BD-606
96a1987Them Dirty Blues
A Five Record Copulation Compilation

record 1:
- Bring On Home To Grandma - Mississippi Mud Mashers
- (Good Mornin' Susie) I'm Gonna Heat Your Bread - Lee Green
- Keep It To Yourself - Lonnie Johnson And Spencer Williams
- Worn Out Engine Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
- She Done Sold It Out - Memphis Jug Band
- Big Leg Mama - Kokomo Arnold
- Daddy, You've Got Everything - Mary Dixon
- Take A Pro - Unidentified Armed Forces Radio Orchestra

- Yas Yas Yas No.1 - Jimmy Strange, The Yas Yas Man
- The Hottest Stuff In Town - Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs
- Every Morning Blues - Walter Roland
- Ram Rod Blues - Mississippi Sheiks
- Ash Can Blues - Bob Clifford
- Caught Us Doing It - Hokum Boys
- Blue Bloomer Blues - Whistlin' Alex Moore
- Mister Mary Blues - Speedy Holmes


record 2:
- Wet It - Frankie Half Pint Jaxon
- I Want Some Of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller
- You Can't Sleep In My Bed - Mary Dixon
- Messin' Around - Bud Jackson's Swannee Serenaders
- The Coldest Stuff In Town - Whistling Bob Howe and Frankie Griggs
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing - Holmes And Howard
- She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra
- Empty Bed Blues, Part One - Bessie Smith

- Empty Bed Blues, Part Two - Bessie Smith
- Big Mama - Walter Roland
- Loose Like That - The Mississippi Sheiks
- Once Or Twice - Lonnie Johnson and Spencer Williams
- Shake It, Baby - Blind Boy Fuller
- I Can't Use That Thing - Connie Mcclean's Rhythm Boys
- She Really Meant To Keep It - Johnny Messner and His Orchestra
- Tricks Ain't Walkin' - Jimmy Rushing


record 3:
- Somebody's Been Using That Thing, No.2 - The Hokum Boys
- Shave 'em Dry - Papa Charlie Jackson

- Sissy Man - Pinewood Tom
- Sissy Blues - Ma Rainey with Her Georgia Band
- Two Old Maids In A Folding Bed - Monette Moore with Her Swing Shop Boys
- Rollin Mama Blues Ruby Glaze and Hot Shot Willie
- Windy City Blues - Ruth Ladson with The Three Shadows
- Stew Meat Blues - Lucille Bogan

- Toothache Blues - Victoria Spivey and Lonnie Johnson
- Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage? - Maggie Jones with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson
- Take Your Hand Off It - Lil Johnson
- I'm Gonna Keep My Hair Parted - Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band
- I'm A Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
- Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover
- Black Snake Blues - Victoria Spivey
- I Got What It Takes - Blanch Galloway with Her Joy Boys


record 4:
- The Candy Man - Rosetta Howard
- Tired As I Can Be - Bessie Jackson (Lucille Bogan)
- You've Got To Save That Thing - Ora Alexander
- Ants In My Pants - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- Don't Tear My Clothes - The Chicago Black Swans
- My Ba (Squeeze Me Again) - Lil Johnson
- She Showed It All - Napoleon Fletcher
- Honey, You're So Good To Me - Lil Johnson

- You've Gotta Have That Thing - The Dallas Jug Band
- If You Don't Give Me What I Want - Lil Johnson
- Please Warm My Weiner - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- Try And Get It - Bea Foote
- Grinding Mill - Johnny Temple
- If You See My Rooster - Memphis Minnie
- I Don't Want No Skinny Woman - Blind Boy Fuller
- Take It Easy, Greasy - Lil Johnson


record 5:
- Get 'em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) - Georgia White
- Southern Can Mama - Blind Willie and Partner
- Let Me Pat That Thing - The Hokum Boys
- My Handy Man - Ethel Waters
- Six Or Seven Times - The Chocolate Dandies
- The Duck's Yas-yas-yas - James "Stump" Johnson
- My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More - Miss Edith Wilson
- I Wonder Who's Boogiein' My Woggie Now - Oscar's Chicago Swingers

- What's That Smells Like Fish? - Blind Boy Fuller
- How Do They Do It That Way? - Victoria Spivey
- Papa's Got Your Water On - The Memphis Jug Band
- Honey Dripper Blues - Hattie North (Edith North Johnson)
- All Around Man - Bo Carter (Bo Chatman)
- (Easy Rider) I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone - Tampa Red and his Hokum Jug Band
- Uncle Ned, Don't Use Your Head - Lonnie Johnson
- I'm Wild About That Thing - Bessie Smith


5 LP box set



Jass Box One
971989Josh White: Early recordings Vol. 2 (1929-1935)

- Crying Blues
- Double Crossing Woman
- Motherless Children
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weathy
- D.B.A. Blues
- New Mean Mistreater Blues
- Bed Springs Blues

- New Milk Cow Blues
- Sissy Man
- I've Got A Home In That Rock
- Paul And Silas
- Jet Black Woman
- While The Blood Runs Warm In Your Veins
- Tryin' To Get Home
- Got A Key To The Kingdom
- On My Way
- How About You?
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Earl Archives BD-619
981989Joshua White 1933 - 1941

- Silicosis Is Killin' Me
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
- Chain Gang Boun'
- Nine Foot Shovel
- Trouble
- Told My Cap'n
- Goin' Home, Boys
- Cryin' Who? Cryin' You (part 1)
- Cryin' Who? Cryin' You (part 2)
- Jerry
- I Don't Care Where Dey Bury My Body
- King Jesus Knows I'm Coming
- I Wonder Will My Mother Be On Dat Train
- Soon In De Mornin'
- Defense Factory Blues
- Bad Housing Blues
- Hard Times Blues
- Uncle Sam Says
- Southern Exposure
- Jim Crow Train

Best Of Blues BOB 11


= BOB CD 7 (1994)

991990Josh White 1929-1941

- Lazy Black Snake Blues
- New D.D.A. Blues
- My Soul Is Gonna Live With God
- Did You Read That Letter?
- When The Sun Goes Down
- No More Ball And Chain
- Careless Love
- Prison Bound
- Hard Time Blues
- Motherless Children - Part 1
- Motherless Children - Part 2
- Glory To His Name
- I Lay A-Dreamin'
- Gotta Go
- Careless Love

Document DLP 597
1001990Josh White 1934-1941

- Can't Help But Crying Sometimes
- Four And Twenty Elders
- Down On Me
- You Sinner You
- I Believe I'll Make A Change
- Friendless City Blues
- Mean Mistreater Mama
- Evil Man Blues
- She's Alright With Me

- Black Gal
- Milk Cow Blues
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Homeless And Hungry
- Pigmeat And Whiskey
- Prodigal Son
- Talking About My Time
- Eve's Apple Tree
- She's A Married Woman

RST BD-2089
1011993Josh White Vol. 1 1929 - 1940

- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues (Carver Boys)
- Sisco Harmonica Blues (Carver Boys)
- Black And Evil Blues
- Little Brother Blues
- Baby, Won't You Doodle-Doo-Doo
- Howling Wolf Blues
- Crying Blues
- Things About Coming My Way
- Bad Depression Blues
- Greenville Sheik
- Good Gal High Brown Cheater
- Double Crossing Women
- So Sweet, So Sweet
- Lazy Black Snake Blues
- Downhearted Man Blues
- Low Cotton
- Blood Red River
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
- Motherless Children
- Pure Religion Hallilu (tk. 1)
- Pure Religion Hallilu (tk. 2)
- I Don't Intend To Die In Egyptland
- This Heart Of Mine
- There's A Man Goin' Around Taking Names
- Lay Some Flowers On My Grave

Document DOCD 5194

more info

1021993Josh White Vol. 2 1933 - 1935

- Lord, I Want To Die Easy
- My Father Is A Husbandman
- Death's Coming Back After You
- Can't Help But Crying Sometimes
- Four And Twent
- Elders
- Down On Me
- You Sinner You
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather No. 1
- I Believe I'll Make A Change
- Friendless City Blues
- Gone Mother Blues
- Mean Mistreater Mama
- Evil Man Blues
- She's Alright With Me
- Black Gal
- Milk Cow Blues
- D.B.A. Blues
- New Mean Mistreater Blues
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Bed Springs Blues
- New Milk Cow Blues
- New D.B.A. Blues
- Sissy Man
- Homeless And Hungry Blues

Document DOCD 5195

more info

1031993Josh White Vol. 3 1935 - 1940

- I Got A Home In That Rock
- Paul And Silas Bound In Jail
- Jet Black Woman
- Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
- Prodigal Son
- While The Blood Runs Warm In Your Veins
- Trying To Get Home
- Got A Key To The Kingdom
- My Soul Is Gonna Live With God
- On My Way
- How About You
- Talking About My Time
- Did You Read That Letter?
- When The Sun Goes Down
- No More Ball And Chain
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me
- Careless Love
- Milk Cow Blues
- Careless Love
- Prison Bound
- Hard Time Blues
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
- Motherless Children - Part 1
- Motherless Children - Part 2

Document CD DOCD 5196

more info

1041994Josh White: Blues Singer (1932-1936)

- New Milk Cow Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Black Man
- Friendless City Blues
- Lord, I Want To Die Easy
- Did You Read That Letter?
- My Father Is A Husbandman
- Paul And Silas Bound In Jail
- Black And Evil Blues
- Howling Wolf Blues
- Greenville Sheik
- Double Crossing Woman
- Lazy Black Snake Blues
- Downhearted Man Blues
- Low Cotto
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather No. 1
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me
- Badly Mistreated Man
- Bed Springs Blues

Columbia Legacy CK 67001

more info

1051994Josh White / Big Bill Broonzy:
The Roots Of The Blues


Big Bill Broonzy
- Ridin' On Down
- Feelin' Lowdown
- Baby Please Don't Go
- In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
- All I Got Belongs To You
- Treat Everybody Right
- I Got Up One Mornin' Blues
- See See Rider

Josh White
- Bon Bons
- What I Want From You
- Git Along Home Cindy
- So Soon
- Green Corn
- Bury Me High
- Evil Hearted Man
- Go Away From My Window

Legacy 406
1061995Josh White Sings The Blues
& Sings Volume 1 & 2


- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Fare Thee Well
- Miss Otis Regrets
- When I Lay Down
- Jim Crow Train
- Baby Baby
- Number 12 Train
- Dupree
- I Got A Head Like A Rock / Cotton Eyed Joe
- Strange Fruit
- One Meatball
- Motherless Children
- St. James Infirmary
- Careless Love
- Evil Hearted Man
- Outskirts of Town
- Well, Well, Well
- T. B. Blues
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Hard Time Blues
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Collectables CD 5602

reissue of Stinson SLP 14
and SLP 15

1071995Josh White Vol. 4 1940 - 1941

- Chain Gang Boun'
- Nine Foot Shovel
- Trouble
- Told My Cap'n
- Goin' Home, Boys
- Cryin' Who? Cryin' You! (Part 1)
- Cryin' Who? Cryin' You! (Part 2)
- Jerry
- I Don't Care Where Dey Bury My Body
- Glory To His Name
- King Jesus Knows I'm Coming
- I Wonder Will My Mother Be On Dat Train
- Soon In De Mornin'
- I Lay A-Dreamin'
- Gotta Go
- Eve's Apple Tree
- She's A Married Woman
- Defense Factory Blues
- Bad Housing Blues
- Hard Times Blues
- Uncle Sam Says
- Southern Exposure
- Jim Crow Train

Document DOCD 5405

more info

1081996The Legendary Josh White

- John Henry
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- One Meatball
- Careless Love
- Motherless Children
- Prison Bound
- Hard Time Blues
- St. James Infirmary
- Pure Religion Hallilu
- Waltzing Matilda
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Told My Captain
- Jerry
- Number 12 Train
- Trouble
- The Riddle Song
- The House I Live In
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
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Collector's Edition MCC34
1091998Josh White Vol. 5 1944

- When I Lay Down And Die
- Fare Thee Well
- Motherless Children
- Freedom Road
- No More Blues
- Outskirts Of Town
- I Got A Head Like A Rock
- The House I Live In
- One Meat Ball
- Hard Times
- Strange Fruit
- Jim Crow Train
- Evil Hearted Man
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- St. James Infirmary
- Jerry
- No. 12 Train
- Trouble
- Waltzing Matilda
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- Blues In Berlin
- TB Blues
- Careless Love
- Well Well Well
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Miss Otis Regrets

Document DOCD 5571

more info

1101998Josh White Vol 6 1944 - 1945

- Baby, Baby
- Dupree
- Waltzing Matilda
- House Of The Rising Sun
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- One Meat Ball
- Jelly Jelly
- Evil Hearted Man
- Backwater Blues
- Frankie And Johnnie
- John Henry
- Beloved Comrade
- Lord Randall, My Son
- Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
- I Want You, I Need You
- Waltzing Matilda
- The Riddle Song (I Gave My Love A Cherry)
- The House I Live In (That's America To Me)
- I Left A Good Deal In Mobile
- Did You Ever Love A Woman?
- Watercress
- Molly Malone
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Document DOCD 5572

more info

1111998Blues And... 1956 live

- How Long Blues
- Careless Love
- Oh Lula
- St. Louis Blues
- Kansas City Blues
- I Had to Stoop to Conquer You
- I Know How to Do It
- Dink's Blues
- Mint Julep
- Good Morning Blues
reissue of Nixa NJL 2


Wooded Hill 16

1121998Josh White: Free And Equal Blues

- One Meat Ball
- In My Time of Dying
- Free and Equal Blues
- Number 12 Train
- Jim Crow
- Landlord
- Betty And Dupree
- Trouble
- Beloved Comrade
- Hold On
- Jelly Jelly
- When I Lay Down
- Fuhrer
- Minute Man
- Take a Gal Like You
- Whatcha Gonna Do (Sometime)
- Don't Lie Buddy
- Motherless Children
- No More Blues (No More Bread Lines)
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Freedom Road
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Careless Love
- T. B. Blues
- Outskirts of Town

Smithsonian Folkways 40081

more info

1131999Josh White The Remaining Titles 1941 - 1947

- The Riddle Song
- Whatcha Goin' To Do
- Evil Hearted Man
- John Henry
- House Of The Rising Sun
- Strange Fruit
- Baby, Baby (Libby Holman, voc)
- Fare Thee Well (Libby Holman, voc)
- Move Into Germany (Union Boys)
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- Prison Bound (Early Morning Blues)
- Citizen C.I.O. (Union Boys)
- Little Man Sitting On A Fence
- I'm The Guy
- The Fuhrer
- Landlord
- Sometime
- Lass With The Delicate Air
- I Gave My Love A Cherry (The Riddle Song)
- Strange Fruit
- Dip His Fingers In The Water
- Green Grass Growing All Around
- Josh And Bill Blues
- Jim Crow (People's Song)
- The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around

Document DOCD 1013

more info

1141999Josh White: Southern Exposure

- John Henry
- One Meat Ball
- Southern Exposure
- Did You Ever Love A Woman
- Billy Boy
- Beloved Comrade
- No More Blues
- Frankie And Johnny
- Milk Cow Blues
- Hard Time Blues
- Lord Randall, My Son
- Jelly, Jelly
- Watercress
- Evil Hearted Man
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Baby, Baby
- Dupree
- Left A Good Deal In Mobile
- Lass With The Delicate Air
- Back Water Blues
- House I Live In
- Strange Fruit
- Jim Crow Train
- Outskirts Of Town

Pearl 7810

more info

1151999The Best Of Josh White

- Foggy Foggy Dew
- Outskirts Of Town
- Like A Natural Man
- Take A Gal Like You
- Molly Malone
- Call Me Darling
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- Barbara Allen
- Waltzing Matilda
- Lonesome Road
Josh White voc, g
Steve Race p & celeste
Fitzroy Coleman g
Jack Fallon b
Norman Burns dr
Chick Laval g


Tradition TCD 1082

more info

116199?Leadbelly / Josh White 1937 - 1946

Leadbelly (1937-1946)
- Untitled (LC)
- Introduction (WNYC B'cast)
- Ain't Going Down (WNYC B'cast)
- Don't You Love Your Daddy No More (NBC Chamber Music B'cast)
- You Can't Lose Me Charlie (NBC Chamber Music B'cast)
- When You Get To Sleep, Please Don't Sleep Too Long (WNYC B'cast)
- Uncle Sam Says (Bottle Up And Go)
- Dear Mr. President - President Roosevelt (LC)
- If You Want To Do Your Part
- Hitler Song
- Rock Island Line (AFRS Jubilee 107)
- Jim Crow Blues (AFRS Jubilee 107)
- Careless Love (w. S. Terry & B. McGhee)

Josh White (1944-1946)
- Hold On (The Union Boys)
- Motherless Children (alt. take 1)
- Motherless Children (alt. take 2)
- Number 12 Train (alt. take)
- When I Lay Down (alt. take)
- Don't Lie Buddy
- No More Blues (No More Bread Lines) (alt. take)
- One Meat Ball (alt. take)
- In My Time Of Dying
- Evil Hearted Man (AFRS Jubilee 219)
- One Meat Ball (AFRS Jubilee 219)
- Take A Gal Like You
- Jelly Jelly
- Whatcha Gonna D (Sometime)
- Trouble (alt. take)
- Beloved Comrade
- Free And Equal Blues

Document DOCD 1018

more info

1172000Josh White: Hard Time Blues

- John Henry
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- One Meatball
- Careless Love
- Motherless Children
- Prison Bound
- Hard Time Blues
- St. James Infirmary
- Pyre Religion Hallilu
- Waltzing Matilda
- Miss Otis Regrets
- Told My Captain
- Jerry
- Number 12 Train
- Trouble
- The Riddle Song
- The House I Live In
- Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho

Columbia River 120010
1182001
2 CD set
Josh White - the essential

- Good Gal
- Barbecue Bess (with Lucille Bogan)
- School Boy Blues (with Walter Roland)
- Baby, Won't You Doodle - Doo - Doo
- Double Crossing Woman
- I Believe I'll Make A Change
- Good Woman Blues (with Leroy Carr)
- High Brown Cheater
- Oh Lordy Mama No 2 (with Buddy Moss)
- D.B.A. Blues
- Crying Blues
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues (with The Carver Boys)
- Friendless City Blues
- Black Gal Blues
- You Got To Give Me Some Of It (with Buddy Moss)

- Blood Red River Blues
- Bed Spring Blues
- Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
- Sail On Little Girl No 2 (with Walter Roland)
- Hustlers Blues (with Leroy Carr)
- Lazy Black Snake Blues
- Downhearted Man Blues
- Mistreated Boy (with Buddy Moss)
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me
- Badly Mistreated Man
- New Milk Cow Blues
- Sisco Harmonica Blues with (The Carver Boys)
- Sissy Man Blues
- Homeless And Hungry Blues
- 45 Pistol Blues (with Walter Roland)
- Prison Bound Blues
- Hard Time Blues
- There's A Man Goin' Around Taking Names

Document CBL 200005

more info

1192002
2 CD set
Josh White: From New York To London: Classic Recordings

CD 1
- Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
- Sometime (with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
- John Henry
- Back Water Blues
- Watercress
- Josh & Bill Blues (with Billy White)
- Dip His Finger In The Water (with Billy White)
- Frankie And Johnny
- Jelly, Jelly
- Green Grass Grows All Around - (with Billy White)
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- Waltzing Matilda
- Evil Hearted Man
- I Gave My Love A Cherry
- Lord Randall, My Son
- Molly Malone
- The House Of The Rising Sun
- Strange Fruit
- Jim Crow (with Billy White)
- Good Morning Blues (with Libby Holman)
- When The Sun Goes Down (with Libby Holman)

CD 2
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- Take A Gal Like You
- Like A Natural Man
- Hard Time Blues
- The Foggy, Foggy Dew
- The Lass With The Delicate Air - I Want You And I Need You
- Free And Equal Blues
- T.B. Blues
- On Top Of Old Smokey
- Barbara Allen
- Lonesome Road
- Waltzing Matilda
- Apples, Peaches & Cherries
- Call Me Darling
- Molly Malone
- Wanderings
- He Never Said A Mumblin' Word
- Black Girl
- The Butterfly Song
- I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues (with Beverly White)
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Jasmine 3004/05 (UK)
119a2002The Golden Gate Quartet & Josh White at the Library of Congress (1940): Freedom

- Freedom - The Golden Gate Quartet
- The Negro Spiritual - Alain Locke
- Noah - The Golden Gate Quartet
- I'm So Glad Trouble Don't Last Always - The Golden Gate Quartet
- We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder - The Golden Gate Quartet
- Oh Mary, Don't You Weep - The Golden Gate Quartet
- Traveling Shoes - The Golden Gate Quartet

- How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone? - Josh White
- What Are the Blues? - Sterling Brown
- Poor Lazarus - Josh White, The Golden Gate Quartet
- John Henry - Josh White, The Golden Gate Quartet
- The Social Song - Sterling Brown
- Silicosis Blues - Josh White
- Trouble - Josh White, The Golden Gate Quartet
- Introduction with Juba Recitation - Alan Lomax, Willie Johnson
- Old Dan Tucker - The Golden Gate Quartet, Josh White
- Introduction to Mr. Rabbit - Alan Lomax
- Mr. Rabbit, Your Ear's Mighty Long - The Golden Gate Quartet, Josh White
- The Negro Work Song - Alan Lomax
- The Railroad Workers Camp - Alan Lomax, The Golden Gate Quartet
- Negro Song Afterword - Alan Lomax

- Rock My Soul In The Bosom Of Abraham - Josh White, The Golden Gate Quartet
- Run, Sinner, Run - Josh White, The Golden Gate Quartet
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Bridge CD 9114

www.bridgerecords.com

1202004Josh White - The Elektra Years

- St. James Infirmary
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Number Twelve Train
- Run, Mona, Run
- Silicosis Blues
- Red Sun
- Southern Exposure
- Timber
- One Meat Ball
- Gloomy Sunday
- Free And Equal Blues
- Jim Crow Train
- Live The Life
- Did You Ever Love A Woman?
- Delia's Gone
- So Soon In The Morning
- Halleleu
- Mother On That Train
- Taking Names
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Scandalize My Name
- Raise A Ruckus
- The Story Of John Henry
- Where Were You Baby
- Jelly Jelly
- Woman Sure Is A Curious Critter
- Empty Bed Blues
- Bottle Up And Go
- One For My Baby
- Sam Hall
- Prison Bound Blues
- Trouble
- Ball And Chain Blues
- 'Twas On A Monday
- Going Home Boys
- Told My Captain
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed
- Bury My Body
- Lay Some Flowers On My Grave
2 CD set
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Rhino handmade RHM2 7879
limited edition of 2500 Copies

www.rhinohandmade.com

1212005Josh White: Wanderings

- Apples, Peaches And Cherries
- Bon-Bons, Chocolate And Chewing Gum
- Careless Love (with Sidney Bechet)
- Dupree
- Evil Hearted Man
- Free And Equal Blues
- Hard Time Blues
- He Never Said A Mumblin' Word
- I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
- John Henry
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
- Like A Natural Man
- Lonesome Road
- Miss Otis Regrets
- One Meatball
- Sometime (with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee)
- Strange Fruit
- Take A Gal Like You
- The Foggy, Foggy Dew
- The Lass With The Delicate Air
- The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around
- The Riddle Song
- Trouble
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wanderings
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Living Era 5551
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

1945 Metropolitan Musical management ad for Josh White, with a photo of him and Libby Holman; click to enlarge !
1945 Metropolitan Musical management ad for Josh White,
with a photo of him and Libby Holman

 

Anthologies / Compilations / Samplers
containing songs performed by Josh White
#year
of release
title / songs performed by Josh Whitelabel # / notes
11944American Folksay Ballads and Dances

- Don't Lie Buddy (Josh White/Leadbelly)
- I've A Pretty Flower (Leadbelly/Josh White)
set of three 78 rpm records

Asch A 432
21944Blues

Josh White
- T. B. Blues
- Careless Love

Mary Lou Williams, Nora Lee King
- Until My Baby Comes Home
Champion Jack Dupree
- Too Evil To Cry

Sonny Terry
- Lonesome Train
Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston
- Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way
set of three 78 rpm records
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Asch A 550

cover by David Stone Martin

2a195?American Folksay Ballads and Dances, Vol. 3

- Don't Lie Buddy (Josh White/Leadbelly)
- I've A Pretty Flower (Leadbelly/Josh White)
10 inch record


Stinson 9

31956Folk Festival

- John Henry


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Elektra SMP 2 (mono)
41957Folk Pops 'n Jazz Sampler

- Midnight Special
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Elektra SMP 3 (mono)
51958Folk Sampler Five

- Nine Foot Shovel
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Elektra SMP 5 (mono)
71963Hootenanny

The Limeliters
Josh White
- John Henry
Theodore Bikel
Bob Gibson
Bud & Travis
Oscar Brand
Judy Collins
Ed McCurdy
Judy Henske
The Dillards
The Travelers 3
Will Holt
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Crestview CRV 806
(Elektra subsidiary)
81963The Original Hootenanny Volume 2

Gibson & Camp
Limelighters
Theodore Bikel
Hoyt Axton
Judy Henske

Josh White
- Trouble
Juan Serrano
Dian & The Greenbriar Boys
Clara Ward Singers
Erik Darling
Yarbrough & Child
The Travelors 3
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Crestview CRV 807
(Elektra subsidiary)
701/64
4 LP set
The Folk Box

- Timber
- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin Bed
- Southern Exposure

Elektra EKL 9001
= EUK 2512/2 (UK)
919??
5 LP set
Collector's History Of Classic Jazz

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Murray Hill 927942
10196?Folk Singing Greats

Leadbelly
- Bill Brady
- John Hardy
- In New Orleans

Josh White
- Hollorin' Timber
- Lord, I'm Troubled
- I've Got A Head Like A Rock
Michael Strange
- The Riddle Song
- The Fox
- Keeper Of The Eddystone Light
- Most Chivalrous Shark
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Rondo Records R-2021
10a19??Here Is Your Hootenanny

Sheldon & James
- Turn Around
Inman & Ira
- Jimbo

Josh White
- In The Evening
The Courriers
- Kilgary Mountain
Anita Carter
- Fair And Tender Ladies

The Knoblick Upper 10,000
- The Cukoo
The Yeomen
- Corey, Corey
Flatt & Scruggs
- Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Smothers Brothers
- Black Is The Colour (Of My True Love's Hair)
narrated by Ray Van Steen
prod. by Lou Reizner

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Mercury MGD-17

111966?A Treasury Of Folk Music with Leadbelly - Big Bill Broonzy & Josh White

Leadbelly
How Long
Ain't You Glad

Leadbelly & Josh White
Don't Lie Buddy
Leadbelly & Sonny Terry
John Henry
Big Bill Broonzy
Letter To My Baby
Baby Please Don't Go

Josh White
St. James Infirmary
Lass With The Delicate Air
When I Lay Down And Die Do Die
Early Morning Blues
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Design DLP 247
12196?Three Of A Kind: Leadbelly - Bill Broonzy - Josh White
Top Stars Of Folk

Leadbelly & Josh White
- Don't Lie Buddy
Leadbelly
- Ain't You Glad
Big Bill Broonzy
- Letter To My Baby
Leadbelly
- How Long
Leadbelly & Sonny Terry
- John Henry


Josh White
- St. James Infirmary Blues
- Lass With The Delicate Air
- When I Lay Down And Die Do Die
- Early Morning Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
- Baby Please Don't Go
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Design DLP-903
131968
3 LPs
Something To Sing About
produced by Milton Okun

- St. James Infirmary
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accompanying 3 LP set to book
of the same title "Something To
Sing About - the personal choices
of America's folk singers".- New
York: Macmillan Co. 1968
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141968They Sang The Blues

Jelly Roll Anderson
- Free Women Blues
- I.C. Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Alabama Blues
- Long Train Blues
- Nashville Stonewall Blues
- Police Sergeant Blues
Skip James
- 22-20 Blues

Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Willie Jones (Wllie Baker)
- Sweet Patunia
- Mama, Don't Rush Me Blues
Furry Lewis
- Why Don't You Come Home Blues
- Mean Old Bedbug Blues

Joshua White (Pinewood Tom)
- Welfare Blues
- Stormy Weather Blues
Historical ASC-22
= Historical ASC-5829-22

notes by Larry Cohn



= Historical HLP-22

Historical discography

151968Josh White & Leadbelly With Their Guitars


Saga 8027 (UK)
= Presto 638
161969Down With The Game Vol. 6

Scrapper Blackwell       [track sequence?]
Big Bill Broonzy
- Something Good
Bumble Bee Slim
- Everybody's Fishing
Tommy Griffin
- Mistreatin' Papa
- Snake Hipping Blues
Frank James
- Springback Papa
Elijah Jones
- Katy Fly
- Mean Actin' Mama
Robert Petway
- Let Me Be Your Boss

Josh White
- Cherry Picker
- Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
Joe Williams
- Crawlin' King Snake
Blind Squire Turner
- She Ain't No Girl Of Mine
- Pitty-Pat Blues

Down With The Game D 206

DWTG discography

171969The Legend Of Leadbelly

- In New Orleans
- Goodnight Irene
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night
- How Long
- John Hardy

- When The Boys Were On The Western Plains
- Pretty Flower In Your Backyard
- Roberta
- I've A Pretty Flower
- Yellow gal
Guest artists:
Josh White and Sonny Terry

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Tradition Everest 2093

181971
3 LP
Garden Of Delights

- Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed

Elektra S3 10 (stereo)
= Elektra ESP 9001 (UK; DLP)

more info

191972Piedmont Blues

- Baby, Won't You Doodle-Doo-Doo

Flyright LP 104

Flyright discography

201972The Folk Scene

Travellers 3
- Bowling Green

Josh White
- Red Sun
Ed McCurdy
- Gypsy Laddie
Judy Collins
- Pretty Saro
Jack Elliott
- Talking Dust Bowl #
Weissberg & Brickman
- Flop-Eared Mule
Casey Anderson
- Grizzly Bear

Bob Grossman
- Bonnie Highland Laddie
The Limelighters
- Greenland Fisheries
Theodore Bikel
- One Sunday Morning
Cynthia Gooding
- Lowlands Of Holland
Bob Gibson
- Gilgarry Mountain
Sandy Paton
- Daily Growing
Oscar Brand
- Squid Jiggin' Ground
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Elektra SMP 6
211973?Piedmont Blues Vol. 2

Virgil Childers
- Red River Blues
Curley Weaver
- Baby Boogie Woogie
Floyd Council
- Poor And Ain't Got A Dime
Bull City Red
- Now I'm Talkin' About You
Buddy Moss
- Prowling Woman

Joshua White
- Greenville Sheik
Sonny Terry
- Harmonica Blues

Virgil Childers
- Dago Blues
Buddy Moss
- When I'm Dead And Gone
Pink Anderson
- C.C. And O. Blues
Sonny Jones
- Won't Somebody Pacify My Mind
Bull City Red
- Richmond Blues
Curley Weaver
- Wild Cat Kitten

Joshua White
- Trying To Get Home

notes by Bruce Bastin



Flyright LP 107

Flyright discography

21a1974
3LP set
The Bitter End Years

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Roxbury Records RLX 300
221974Mama Let Me Lay It On You 1926-1936

Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Whiskey And Gin Blues
Irene Scruggs
- Itching Heel
Smith And Harper
- Poor Girl
Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag - take 1
Blind Blake
- Chump Man Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
- Every Day In The Week Blues
Walter Coleman
- Mama Let Me Lay It On You


Josh White
- Good Gal
Leola B. Wilson
- Wilson Dam
Blind Boy Fuller
- Black And Tan
Spark Plug Smith
- Vampire Women
Blind Blake
- Sweet Jivin' Mama
Smith And Harper
- Insurance Policy Blues
Charlie Manson
- Nineteen Women Blues
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Yazoo 1040

= Yazoo CD 1040 [1991]

Yazoo discography

23197?Hard Times

- We Sure Got Hard Times - Barbecue Bob
- Warehouse Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Racketter's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- When The Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Red Nelson

- Silicosis Is Killin' Me - Pinewood Tom
- Samuel - Bert Williams
- Sadie's Servant Room Blues - Hattie Burleson
- Starvation Blues - Charlie Jordan

- Section Gang Blues - "Texas" Alexander
- Broadway St. Woman Blues - Alice Moore
- Big Boy, They Can't Do That - "Pine Top" Smith
- Give Me A 32-20 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Unemployment Blues [alt. tk.] - Smokey Hogg
- Sales Tax Boogie - Piano Red
- Black Evil Blues - Alice Moore

selections by Dick Spottswood

notes by Archie Green
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Rounder 4007
241980?Living Humble - A Gospel Compilation

- While The Blood Runs Warm In Your Veins
- Got A Key To The Kingdom

Nugrape CBR-002
251983?Historical Ballads Of The Tennessee Valley

- Silicosis Is Killin' Me

Tennessee Folklore Society
TFS 105
261984Bleecker And MacDougal
(The Folk Scene Of The 1960's)

- One Meat Ball
- Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
- Free And Equal Blues
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Elektra 60381-1-V

more info

271986?
6 LP set
The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Sidney Bechet

- Careless Love
- Milk Cow Blues

Mosaic MR 6-110

more info

2819??Sidney Bechet: Basin Street Blues

- Milk Cow Blues

Blue Note K23P-9283 (J)
= Blue Note BST-89902 (US)
291989Sissy Man Blues

- Sissy Man Blues (Pinewood Tom)

Jass JAS13
= Stash ST 118
301990Legends Of The Blues Vol. 1

- St. Louis Blues - Bessie Smith
- Match Box Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Ain't No Tellin' - Mississippi John Hurt
- Lord, I Just Can't Keep From Crying - Blind Willie Johnson
- Pigmeat Is What I Crave - Bo Carter
- Southern Can Is Mine - Blind Willie McTell
- Low Down St. Louis Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- Revenue Man Blues Patton - Charley Patton
- Stormy Night Blues - Leroy Carr

- I Believe I'll Make A Change - Josh White
- Forth Worth And Dallas Blues - Leadbelly
- Sweet Home Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Stop Breakin' Down Blues - Robert Johnson
- Truckin' My Blues Away, #2 - Blind Boy Fuller
- Spreadin' Snakes Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
- Nothing In Ramblin' - Memphis Minnie
- Fixin' To Die Blues - Bukka White
- Hard Day Blues - Muddy Waters
notes by Paul Oliver
Columbia C 46215


= Columbia/Legacy CK 46215

311991
4 CD set
Folk Song America - A 20th Century Revival - Volume 1

- The House I Live In
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The Smithsonian Collection of
Recordings.- Sony Music Special
Products RD 046-2
321992The Roots 'n Blues
Retrospective 1925 - 1950


disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers – Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band – High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison – The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas – Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates – Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr – Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners – Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson – I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio – Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band – Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips – Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob – Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen – Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder – Untitled
Dallas String Band With Coley Jones – Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley – Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson – Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson – Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers – Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers – Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green – Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers – Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones – (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt – Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers – Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five – Liberty
Mamie Smith – My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead – Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley – C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers – Ortonville
Slim Doucet – Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes – Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys – Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux – Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith – Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen – Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore – They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks – The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson – I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton – Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland – Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young – Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter – West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green – You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet – Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band – Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats – Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw – Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers – Hallelujah Side
Will Batts – Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys – Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys – Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys – Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie – Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton – Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland – Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers – D Blues
Breaux Freres – La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson – Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell – Good Woman Blues

Pinewood Tom – Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers – Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins – Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim – Hard Rocks In My Bed
The Two Charlies – Tired Feelin' Blues
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers – One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls – Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore – South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy – C & A Blues
George Curry – My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls – Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville – Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell – Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons – Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly – Flower Blues
Bob Clifford – Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. – Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle – Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley – Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards – We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys – You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family – I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins – Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton – Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten – Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher – Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians – Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke – Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe – Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather – Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley – It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys – Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark – Who But You
Homer Harris – Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield – Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys – Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry – Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires – Run On For A Long Time
Joe Williams – Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio – I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right – Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. – You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks – Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard – Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven – Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys – Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook – I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me

compiled by Lawrence Cohn
4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn
and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy
47911/47912-15
331994Alone With The Blues

- I've Got A Pretty Flower (Leadbelly/Josh White)

Drive Archive 41044
341994Too Late Too Late Vol. 2 1897 - 1935

- Broad Players Blues
- Big House Blues

Document DOCD 5216

more info

351994Too Late Too Late Vol. 3 1926 - 1960's

- Cherry Picker (1935)
- Tweet Tweet Mama Blues (1935)

Document DOCD 5276

more info

361995American Folksay Ballads And Dances, Volumes 1-4

- Don't Lie Buddy (Josh White/Leadbelly)
- I've A Pretty Flower (Leadbelly/Josh White)
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Collectables COL 5600

more info

371995Party Songs & Sings And Plays (With Woody Guthrie, Josh White & Cisco Houston)

- Don't Lie Buddy (Josh White/Leadbelly)
- I've A Pretty Flower (Leadbelly/Josh White)
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Collectables COL 5609

more info

381996Too Late Too Late Vol. 6 1924 - 1946

- I Know A Great Saviour, I Do - Emma E. Beacham
- I'm Going Through With Jesus - Emma E. Beacham
- You've Got To Quit Your Low Down Ways - Billy Mack
- Death's Black Train Is Coming - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Amazing Grace - Rev. J.M. Gates
- Don't You Leave Me Here - Laura Smith
- If You Don't Like My Potatoes - Laura Smith
- Tell It To The Judge No. 2 (Take A) - Dessa Foster
- Blackberry Rag - Three Stripped Gears
- Alabama Blues - Three Stripped Gears
- Beedle Um Bum - Memphis Nighthawks
- Ko-Ko-Mo Blues (Take 2) - Jack Kelly
- Happy Am I (TO-1373) - Elder Lightfoot

- Black Man - Josh White
- Poor Millionaire Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw
- Decoration Day Blues (Take 2) - Curtis Jones
- Crap Shootin' Blues (Take 1) - One Arm Slim
- I'm In Buddy's Wagon - Charlie Burse
- Radio Blues - Charlie Burse
- Hell's Highway - Charlie Burse
- Grey Goose (Take 2) - Leadbelly
- Soldiers Joy Nashville - Washboard Band
- Old Joe Nashville - Washboard Band
- We Shall Be Free (alternate version) - Leadbelly
- 4, 5 and 9 - Leadbelly

Document DOCD 5461

more info

391996Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection

- Freedom Road

Smithsonian Folkways
CD 40062
401996Booze & The Blues

- Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues

Legacy CK 067002

more info

411996That's Why We're Marching: World War II and the American Folk Song Movement

- Freedom Road (Josh White)
- Billy Boy (Almanac Singers/Josh White)
- Plow Under (Almanac Singers/Josh White)
- Citizen C.I.O. (Union Boys/Tom Glazer/Josh White)
- The Fόhrer (Josh White)
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Smithsonian Folkways
CD SF 40021

more info
more info

421996
10 CD set
Songs for Political Action: Folk Music, Topical Songs and the American Left

Josh White
- Nine Foot Shovel
- Chain Gang Boun'
- Trouble
- Goin' Home Boys
- Cryin' Who? Cryin' You! (parts 1 & 2)
- Told My Captain
- Jerry
- Southern Exposure
- Uncle Sam Says
- Jim Crow Train
- Bad Housing Blues
- Hard Times Blues Defense Factory Blues
Josh White & The Boys
- Little Man On A Fence
Tom Glazer & Josh White
- Citizen C.I.O.
Josh White
- No More Blues
- Freedom Road
- Landlord
- Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier
- Beloved Comrade
- The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around
- I'm The Guy
- Little Man Sitting On A Fence
- No More Blues
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Bear Family 15720
431996Stirring With Soul

Foster & Larue
- John Henry

Josh White
- Evil Hearted Me
Jimmy Witherspoon
- I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
- Oh Mary Don't You Weep

Josh White
- Bon Bons
Foster & Larue
- Hush, Somebody's Calling My Name

Josh White
- What I Want From You
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Deep River
Foster & Larue
- Follow The Drinking Gourd
- Raise A Ruckus

Josh White
- Get Along Little Cindy
Jimmy Witherspoon
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Foster & Larue
- Hold On
Jimmy Witherspoon
- The Time Has Come

Rykodisc/Tradition 1040
441997
3CD set
Blues Hits

- Blood Red River
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Columbia River VMK-1118
451998Too Late Too Late Vol. 8 c 1895/96 - 1942

- Gone Dry Blues (1935)

Document DOCD 5574

more info

462000
5 CD set
ELEKTRA The First 50 Years
- Limited Edition Promotional Box Set -

- One Meatball
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Elektra PRCD-1533-2
472001
3-CD box
Washington Square Memoirs: The Great Urban Folk Boom (1950-1970)

- One Meat Ball

Rhino R2 74264

more info

482004The Truman and Eisenhower Blues

- Josh White - The Man Who Couldn't Walk Around
- Jack Dupree - May God Bless Our New President!
- Cousin Joe - Post War Future Blues
- Smokey Hogg - High Priced Meat
- Jack McVea - Inflation Blues
- Willie Borum - Overseas Blues
- Golden Gate Quartet - Atom And Evil
- Pilgrim Travelers - Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb

- Josh White - Free And Equal Blues
- Andrew Tibbs - Bilbo Is Dead
- Tommie Jenkins - Freedom Choo Choo Blues
- Royal Harmonaires - Henry Wallace Is The Man
- Harmon Ray - President's Blues
- Gospel Pilgrims - I'm So Grateful To The N.A.A.C.P.
- Echoes Of Zion - Keep Still
- Louis Jordan - Jordan For President
- Homesick James - Wartime
- Max Bailey - Drive Soldiers Drive
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe - There's Peace In Korea
- Bobo Jenkins - Democrat Blues
- Memphis Slim - Four Years Of Torment
- J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues
- Dizzy Dixon - Soup Line
- Tommy Dean - Recession
- Chris Kenner - Rocket To The Moon
- Brother Will Hairston - The Alabama Bus parts 1 & 2
notes by Guido van Rijn



Agram ABCD 2018
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!
Sources:
- own record collection
- ebay auctions ('blues' and 'folk')
- Document Records catalogue
- Robert Shelton, Walter Raim & Josh White: The Josh White Song Book.- Chicago 1963
- http://sunsite.kth.se/feastlib/mrf/yinyue/pw/WHITEJ.HTM
- http://www.jazzdisco.org/mercury-records/discography-1941-1944/
- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads/blues/j/josh.htm
- Elijah Wald: Josh White - Society Blues not yet completely utilized (!)

Thanks to Elijah Wald, Rob Ford, and Max Hoeffner for additional info / scans

 

 

 

The Josh White Guitar Method; click to enlarge !
Josh White & Ivor Mairants:
The Josh White Guitar Method
London, Boosey & Hawkes, 1956, 66 pp.
(Ivor Mairants = Ivor Marantz)
The Josh White Song Book; click to enlarge !
Robert Shelton, Walter Raim & Josh White:
The Josh White Song Book
Chicago, Quadrangle Books, 1963, 191 pp.
Josh White with Son and Daughter: Negro Spirituals for Song, Piano and Guitar; click to enlarge ! Josh White with Son and Daughter: Negro Spirituals for Song, Piano and Guitar; click to enlarge !
Josh White with Son and Daughter: Negro Spirituals for Song, Piano and Guitar.- Southern Music 1963
Songs included are: Deep River, Were You There, Swing Low Sweet Chariot, Oh Peter Go Ring Them Bells, Michael Rows the Boat, Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho, 'Zekiel Saw the Wheel, Go Down Moses, Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, I Got a Robe, Roll Jordan Roll, Oh Dem Golden Slippers, March On, I'm a Rollin, Give Me That Old Time Religion, Down by the Riverside, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Dorothy Schainman Siegel: The Glory Road - The Story of Josh White; click to enlarge !
Dorothy Schainman Siegel:
The Glory Road - The Story of Josh White
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982, 160 pp.
(Shoe Tree Press, 1991)
Elijah Wald: Josh White - Society Blues
Elijah Wald:
Josh White - Society Blues
University Of Massachusetts Press, 2000, 327 pp.

Elijah Wald LP

Elijah Wald's Josh White pages

Josh White video 'Free and Equal Blues'; click to enlarge !

Elijah Wald's liner notes to Josh White video "Free and Equal Blues"

Josh White page in the MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music

Josh White, Sr. — Who was he? ....And why there are so many people who have never heard of him? by Herb Metoyer

 

FDC; click for more info !

 

'One Meat Ball' music sheet; click to enlarge !
1944 Music Sheet "One Meat Ball" by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer. Featured by Jimmy Savo of Cafe Society Uptown and by Josh White of Cafe Society Downtown. Presented by Barney Johnson at his famous Twin Edition Night Club. Cafe Society. Leeds Music Corp RKO Building, Radio City, New York.

Commentary by Robert Shelton (The Josh White Songbook, Quadrangle Books, Chicago, 1963):
"The tragicomic song of a man without enough money to buy the meal he wanted. This version was adapted and composed by Hy Zaret and Lou Singer in 1944, and thereafter Josh was the chief popularizer of the song. According to the folklorist Kenneth S. Goldstein, a Latin Professor at Harvard had written a ditty in 1850 called 'The Lay of One Fishball.' Twelve years later, Francis James Child, the great authority on British ballads, composed a burlesque operetta in Italian on the song, called 'Il Pesceballo.' The 'mock operetta' was translated into English by James Russell Lowell, the famous poet, and performed in Cambridge for the benefit of Union soldiers in the Civil War. The song and opera then dropped into obscurity, until 1944."

 

Josh White Jr. promo photo

Josh White Jr. homepage

 

Bongi and Judy 45 rpm; click to enlarge !     Bongi and Judy 45 rpm; click to enlarge !
Bongi & Judy: "What Should A Young Girl Do" / "You're No Good For Me" on EPIC 45 # 10130 (1967)
(Bongi is Miriam Makeba's daughter, Judy is Josh White's daughter)
'Bongi and Judy' ad from 1967 Billboard magazine

 

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(latest date of editing: 09/24/2011)

||||| American Music |||||
||| sound clips |||
||| Various Artist's Early Records |||
||| Oddities on LP/CD covers |||
||| Tuba |||
||| Doubleneck guitars |||
||| Resonator guitars |||
||| American Folk Blues Festival |||
||| Lawrence Gellert recordings |||
||| Dr. Harry Oster recordings |||
||| Yazoo Records | Blue Goose Records | Nick Perls |||
| Anthology | Roy Bookbinder | Steve Calt/Dave Mann | Sam Chatmon | Robert Crumb ... |
| Shirley Griffith | Graham Hine | Son House | Roger Hubbard | Larry Johnson | Jo Ann Kelly |
| Gary Lawrence ... | Steve Mann | John Miller | Yank Rachell | Alan Seidler | Tom Shaw | Bill Williams |
discographies:
||| 77 Records |||
||| Adelphi Records |||
||| Advent Records |||
||| Ahura Mazda Records |||
||| Albatros Records |||
||| Arhoolie Records |||
||| Audio-Video Productions |||
||| Barrelhouse Records |||
||| Biograph Records |||
||| Blue Goose Records |||
||| Blues Beacon Records |||
||| Blues Classics Records |||
||| Prestige/Bluesville Records |||
||| Down With The Game |||
||| Flyright Records |||
||| Heritage Records |||
||| Herwin Records |||
||| Historical Records |||
||| Kicking Mule Records |||
||| Kokomo Records |||
||| L + R Records |||
||| Magpie Records |||
||| Mamlish Records |||
||| Matchbox Records |||
||| Melodeon Records |||
||| Milestone Records |||
||| Muskadine Records |||
||| Negro Art Records |||
||| Nighthawk Records |||
||| Origin Jazz Library OJL |||
||| Piedmont Records |||
||| Policy Wheel Records |||
||| the post war blues |||
||| Python Records |||
||| RBF Records |||
||| Revival Records |||
||| Roots Records |||
||| Scout Records |||
||| Southland Records |||
||| Spivey Records |||
||| Spokane Records |||
||| Storyville Records |||
||| Sunnyland Records |||
||| Takoma Records |||
||| Testament Records |||
||| Travelin' Man Records |||
||| Trix Records |||
||| Whoopee Records |||
||| Yazoo Records |||
| Garfield Akers | Casey Anderson | Pink Anderson | Kokomo Arnold | Memphis Willie B. | Kid Bailey |
| John Henry Barbee | Cecil Barfield | Ed Bell | Brooks Berry | Leon Bibb |
| Eric Bibb | Scrapper Blackwell | (Bahamian) Blind Blake | Allan Block | Juke Boy Bonner |
| Roy Book Binder | James Booker | Chris Bouchillon | Jim Brewer |
| David Bromberg | Ian Buchanan | Sam Butler | Butch Cage | Len Chandler | Joe Callicott | Sam Chatmon |
| Frank Christian | Doctor Clayton | Paul Clayton | Andy Cohen | Sam Collins | Floyd Council | Larry Dale | Leroy Dallas |
| Karen Dalton | Barbara Dane | Blind Teddy Darby | Bonnie Dobson | Doctor Ross | Driftin' Slim |
| Scott Dunbar | Champion Jack Dupree |
| Snooks Eaglin | Archie Edwards | David 'Honeyboy' Edwards | Frank Edwards |
| Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Logan English | Sleepy John Estes | Even Dozen Jug Band |
| Billy Faier | Harmonica Frank Floyd | Guitar Pete Franklin | Jesse Fuller |
| Sam Gary | Paul Geremia | Fred Gerlach |Clifford Gibson | Arvella Gray | Mitch Greenhill |
| Shirley Griffith | George Gritzbach | Stefan Grossman | Guitar Nubbit |
| Guitar Gabriel (Nyles Jones) | Guitar Shorty (John Henry Fortescue) |
| John Hammond | Hecksaw Harney | William Harris | Buddy Boy Hawkins | Gordon Heath & Lee Payant |
| Blind Joe Hill | King Solomon Hill | Earl Hooker | Son House | Cisco Houston |
| Bo Weavil Jackson | John Jackson | Papa Charlie Jackson | Skip James |
| Henry 'Rufe' Johnson | Herman E. Johnson |
| Larry Johnson | Blind Willie Johnson | Nyles Jones (Guitar Gabriel) | Luke Jordan | Danny Kalb |
| Jo Ann Kelly | Lisa Kindred | Koerner, Ray & Glover |
| Jim Kweskin | Peter La Farge | Bruce Langhorne | Terrea Lea | J.B. Lenoir |
| Furry Lewis | Mance Lipscomb | Ennis Lowery ('Larry Dale') | Willie Mabon |
| Steve Mann | Judy Mayhan | Tommy McClennan |Suni McGrath |
| Mississippi Fred McDowell | Memphis Willie B. | Herb Metoyer | Elmon Mickle |
| Luke 'Long Gone' Miles | John Miller | Sam Mitchell | Model T. Slim |
| Little Brother Montgomery | Alex Moore | William Moore | Buddy Moss | Rabbit Muse | Fred Neil |
| Bob Neuwirth | New Lost City Ramblers | Johnny Nicholas | Hermes Nye | Jack Owens |
| Dave Peabody | Robert Petway | Buster Pickens | Dan Pickett | Lonnie Pitchford |
| Snooky Pryor | Doug Quattlebaum | Willie Guy Rainey |
| Jerry Rasmussen | 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks | Walt Robertson | 'William Robertson' | Paul Robeson |
| Judy Roderick | Dick Rosmini | Doctor Ross | Carl Sandburg | Brother John Sellers | Sid Selvidge |
| Thomas Shaw | Johnny Shines | J.D. Short | Siegel-Schwall Band | Patrick Sky | Gordon Smith |
| Robert Curtis Smith | Smoky Babe | Joseph Spence |
| Mark Spoelstra | Babe Stovall | Abu Talib (Freddy Robinson) |
| Baby Tate | Harry Taussig | Art Thieme | James 'Son' Thomas | Jesse Thomas | Ramblin' Thomas | Willie B. Thomas |
| Joan Toliver | Henry Townsend | Willie Trice | Ton van Bergeyk |
| Dave van Ronk | Eric von Schmidt | Jackie Washington | Sylvester Weaver | Casey Bill Weldon |
| 'Bukka' White | Josh White | Geeshie Wiley | Major Wiley | Robert Wilkins | Bill Williams |
| Big Joe Williams | Robert Pete Williams | Chris Youlden |
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