| Also see: In 1920 Mamie Smith’s Crazy Blues paved the way for Black Music |
| Title | Artist | Recording Date | Company |
| Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Victor Military Band Directed by Walter Rogers |
7-15-1914 | Victor 17619-A |
| Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Prince’s Band | 7-24-1914 | Columbia A5591 |
| Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Morton Harvey | 10-2-1914 | Victor 17657-A |
| Blame It On The Blues (Charles L. Cooke) |
Prince’s Band | 3-1915 | Columbia A5675 |
| Blame It On The Blues (Charles L. Cooke) |
Victor Military Band | 4-8-1915 | Victor 17764 |
| Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Collins and Harlan | 4-1915 | Columbia A1721 |
| Hesitating Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Prince’s Band | 11-2-1915 | Columbia A5772 |
| Chinese Blues (Oscar Gardner / Fred D. Moore) |
Irving Kaufman | 11-18-1915 | Victor 17919 |
| Ghost Of The Terrible Blues (Harry von Tilzer / Jack Mahoney) |
Peerless Quartet | 12-21-1915 | Columbia A1925 |
| Ghost Of The Terrible Blues (Harry von Tilzer / Jack Mahoney) |
Peerless Quartet | 12-31-1915 | Victor 17944-B |
| Ghost Of The Terrible Blues (Harry von Tilzer / Jack Mahoney) |
Peerless Quartet | 1-1916 | Pathe 30380 |
| St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Prince’s Band | 1-3-1916 | Columbia A5772 |
| Honolulu Blues (Grant Clarke / Jimmie V. Monaco) |
Peerless Quartet | 4-1916 | Victor 18068-B |
| I’ve Got The Blues For Home Sweet Home (George W. Meyer / William Jerome / E. Ray Goetz) |
Oscar Shaw | 4-21-1916 | Columbia A2003 |
| Homesickness Blues (Cliff Hess) |
Nora Bayes | 5-4-1916 | Victor 45100-B |
| Bull Frog Blues (In Foxtrot Time) (Gus Shrigley / Tom Brown) |
Six Brown Brothers | 6-20-1916 | Victor 18097-B |
| Hesitating Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Arthur Collins | mid 1916 | Emerson 0751 |
| I’ve Got The Army Blues (L. Wolfe Gilbert / Carey Morgan) |
Morton Harvey | mid 1916 | Emerson 0759 |
| Tennessee Blues (Arthur F. Holt / William Warner) |
Gene Rogers (a pseudonym for Morton Harvey) |
mid 1916 | Emerson 0786 |
| N***** Blues (Leroy “Lasses” White) |
George O’Connor | 7-18-1916 | Columbia A2064 |
| Joe Turner Blues Introducing “Yellow Dog Rag” (W.C. Handy) |
Prince’s Band | 8-1916 | Columbia A5854 |
| Nigger Blues (Leroy “Lasses” White) |
Prince’s Band | 8-1916 | Columbia A5854 |
| Homesickness Blues (Cliff Hess) |
Prince’s Band | 8-1916 | Columbia A5920 |
| Kansas City Blues (Euday L. Bowman) |
Victor Military Band | 9-15-1916 | Victor 18163-B |
| Hesitation Blues (Billy Smythe) |
Victor Military Band | 9-15-1916 | Victor 18163-A |
| Money Blues (Hugo Frey) |
Joseph C. Smith Orchestra | 9-25-1916 | Victor 18165 |
| Nigger Blues (Leroy White) (“Lasses”) |
Victor Military Band | 10-19-1916 | Victor 18174-A |
| Joe Turner Blues Introducing St. Louis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
Victor Military Band | 10-19-1916 | Victor 18174-B |
| Paradise Blues (Walter Hirsch / Spencer Williams) |
Marion Harris | 11-17-1916 | Victor 18152-A |
| Bull Frog Blues (Gus Shrigley / Tom Brown) |
Saxo Sextette | 11-1916 | Columbia A2194 |
| Florida Blues (William King Phillips) |
Prince’s Band | 11-1916 | Columbia A5920 |
| Chinese Blues (Oscar Gardner / Fred D. Moore) |
Gene Greene | 12-1916 | Emerson 5175 |
| Chinese Blues (Oscar Gardner / Fred D. Moore) |
Gene Greene | 12-1916 | Emerson 7140 |
| Chinese Blues Introducing “When The Mission Bells Are Chiming” (Redmen / Oscar Gardner) |
Sousa’s Band | 1916 | Victor 35514-A |
| Memphis Blues (W.C. Handy) |
National Promenade Band | 1916 | Edison 2881 Edison 4449 |
