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Clarence Williams’ Blue Five were a series of recording sessions that featured some of the best Jazz musicians and Blues singers of the early 1920s. Louis ArmstrongSidney BechetColeman Hawkins and Bubber Miley all were featured as soloists, and Blues singers such as Sippie WallaceMargaret JohnsonVirginia Liston and Williams’ wife, Eva Taylor all contributed vocals.

Louis Armstrong was playing in New York with Fletcher Henderson at the time these recordings were made. Clarence Williams obviously understood Louis’ greatness more than Henderson and featured him on 21 of these songs.

ddd discography

TitleRecording DateRecording LocationCompany
Achin’ Heart Blues
(Clarence Williams / Clarence Johnson / Spencer Williams)
8-27-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4966-B
Baby, I Can’t Use You No More
(Sippie Wallace)
11-28-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8212-A
Black Snake Blues
(Victoria Spivey / Lonnie Johnson)
4-14-1927New York, New YorkOkeh
8465
Cake Walking Babies From Home
Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor

(Clarence Williams / Chris Smith / Henry Troy)
1-7-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
40321-A
Cast Away
(Clarence Williams / Clarence Todd / Spencer Williams)
3-4-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
40330
Coal Cart Blues
(Louis Armstrong / Lil Hardin Armstrong)
10-8-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8245-B
Get It Fixed
(Clarence Williams)
12-15-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8267-B
Early In The Morning
(Billy Higgins / W. Benton Overstreet)
10-17-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8187-B
Everybody Loves My Baby
(But My Baby Don’t Love Nobody But Me)

Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor

(Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams)
11-6-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8181-A
House Rent Blues
(DeKoven / Thompson)
11-14-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
8171-A
I’m A Little Blackbird Looking For A Bluebird
(From The Musical Review, “Dixie To Broadway”)
Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor

(Grant Clarke / Roy Turk / George W. Meyer / Arthur Johnson)
12-17-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
40260-A
I’ve Found A New Baby
(Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams)
1-22-1926New York, New YorkOkeh
8286

73957-A
I’ve Found A New Baby
(Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams)
1-22-1926New York, New YorkOkeh
8286-B

73957-B
I’ve Got The Yes! We Have No Banana Blues
(Lew Brown / James F. Hanley / Robert King)
11-10-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4927
Just A Cotton Picker’s Blues
(Clarence Todd)
12-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8204
Just Wait ‘Til You See My Baby Do The Charleston
(Clarence Todd / Clarence Williams / Rosseau Simmons)
10-6-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8272-A
Kansas City Man Blues
(Clarence Williams / Clarence Johnson)
7-30-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4925-A
Livin’ High
(Maceo Pinkard)
10-6-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8272-B
Mandy, Make Up Your Mind
(From The Musical Review, “Dixie To Broadway”)
Vocal Chorus by Eva Taylor

(Grant Clarke / Roy Turk / George W. Meyer)
12-17-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
40260-B
Mean Blues
(Billy Symthe / Art Gilham)
11-14-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
40006-A
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
(George W. Thomas)
10-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4975-A
Of All The Wrongs You’ve Done To Me
(Leyton / Smith / Davell)
11-6-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8181-B
Oh Daddy! Blues
(Oh Daddy! You Won’t Have No Mama At All)

(William Russell / Ed Herbert)
11-10-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4993-B
Old Fashioned Love
(From The Musical Comedy “Runnin’ Wild”)

(James P. Johnson / Cecil Mack)
10-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4993-A
Old Folks Shuffle
(Clarence Williams / Fats Waller)
4-14-1927New York, New YorkOkeh
8465
Papa-De-Da-Da
(Clarence Williams / Clarence Todd)
3-4-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8215-A
Picking On My Baby
(Jones / Reynolds)
1-7-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
40330
Pile Of Logs And Stone
(Called Home)

(Maceo Pinkard)
1-22-1926New York, New YorkOkeh
8286-A
Santa Claus Blues
(Charley Straight / Gus Kahn)
10-8-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8245-A
Shake It Down
(Charlie Jackson)
12-15-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8267-A
Shreveport Blues
(A.F. Potter)
11-10-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
40006-B
Squeeze Me
(Clarence Williams / Fats Waller)
10-26-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8254-A
‘Tain’t Nobody’s Bus’ness If I Do
(Porter Grainger / Everett Robbins)
10-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4966-A
Temptation Blues
(Reed)
12-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8204
Texas Moaner Blues
(Clarence Williams / Fae Barnes)
10-17-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8171-B
Wild Cat Blues
(Clarence Williams / Thomas Wiley)
7-30-1923New York, New YorkOkeh
4925-B
You Can’t Shush Katie
(Harry White / Henry Creamer / Harry Warren)
10-26-1925New York, New YorkOkeh
8342-A
You’ve Got The Right Key, But The Wrong Keyhole
(Ed Green)
10-17-1924New York, New YorkOkeh
8173-A

ArtistInstrument
Ed AllenCornet
Louis ArmstrongCornet
Buster BaileyClarinet, Soprano Saxophone
Sidney BechetClarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Contrabass Sarrusophone
Floyd CaseyDrums
Buddy ChristianBanjo
Coleman HawkinsTenor Saxophone
Arville HarrisClarinet, Alto Saxophone
Otto HardwickAlto Saxophone
Leroy HarrisBanjo
Charlie IrvisTrombone
Margaret JohnsonVocals
Virginia ListonVocals
Bubber MileyCornet
Don RedmanClarinet, Alto Saxophone
Cyrus St. ClairTuba
Eva TaylorVocals
Aaron ThompsonTrombone
Clarence ToddVocals
Sippie WallaceVocals
Clarence WilliamsPiano

 

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