76 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Mamie Smith made the first blues vocal recording by an African American singer in 1920 and remained a popular Okeh artist through the decade; this disc pairs 'Daddy Your Mama Is Lonesome for You' with 'Saxophoney Blues'.AI summary
Okeh 4416 Jazz
Mamie Smith, the first black singer to record a blues vocal commercially in 1920, cut "Arkansas Blues" and "Down Home Blues" for Okeh in the early 1920s, part of the pioneering race-record catalogue she helped launch.AI summary
Okeh 4446 Jazz
Mamie Smith recorded "Wabash Blues" for Okeh in the early 1920s, part of the catalogue that followed her groundbreaking 1920 recording "Crazy Blues".AI summary
Okeh 4578 Jazz
Mamie Smith, the pioneering blues singer whose 1920 recordings opened the race-record market, cut "Mean Daddy Blues" for Okeh in the early 1920s.AI summary
Okeh 4631 Jazz
Okeh 6119 Jazz
Paul Robeson's 1941 recording of "King Joe", a tribute to boxer Joe Louis with lyrics by Richard Wright set to music by Count Basie's orchestra.AI summary
Okeh 6475 Jazz
Ray Miller's orchestra, an early jazz-influenced dance band, with 'June', backed by Samuels with 'Hold Me', on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 4166 Dance
Red Allen was a New Orleans trumpet virtuoso who played with nearly everyone who mattered in jazz. Okeh 6281 ('Ol' Man River' and 'KK Boogie') captures him in the swing era.AI summary
Okeh 6281 Jazz
Reser with Sleepy Time Gal and Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech on OKeh 40502.AI summary
Okeh 40502 Dance
Roosevelt Sykes, the blues pianist known as 'The Honeydripper', recorded prolifically for Okeh's race catalogue; this disc dates from the early 1930s.AI summary
Okeh 6709 Jazz
Sara Martin was a prolific classic blues singer of the 1920s recording for Okeh; this disc pairs her versions of 'Sugar Blues' and 'Achin' Hearted Blues' from Okeh's celebrated 8000 'race' series.AI summary
Okeh 8041 Jazz
Sara Martin was a prolific classic blues singer of the 1920s, and this disc is part of Okeh's historically important 8000 'race' series, which seldom surfaces in British collections.AI summary
Okeh 8093 Jazz
Sara Martin was a classic blues singer of the 1920s recorded for Okeh's influential race-record series; this disc carries two of her blues sides, and UK survivals of the American Okeh 8000 series are uncommon.AI summary
Okeh 8203 Jazz
The blues singer Sara Martin with 'Keeps on A-Rainin'' and 'Michigan Water Blues' in the OKeh 8000 'race' series. Original copies of the series are seldom found in Britain; it carried some of the most important blues and jazz of the 1920s.AI summary
Okeh 8060 Jazz
The blues singer Sara Martin with Fats Waller at the piano, 'Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do' and 'You've Got Everything a Sweet Mama Needs But Me', from 1922. These were among Waller's very first recordings. Original copies of the OKeh 8000 'race' series are seldom found in Britain; the series carried some of the most important blues and jazz of the 1920s.AI summary
Okeh 8043 Jazz
Screaming Jay Hawkins recorded for Okeh before adopting the theatrical style that made 'I Put a Spell on You' famous; this disc captures him in a straighter rhythm and blues mode.AI summary
Okeh 7084 Rock
Seger Ellis, the Texan singer and pianist, with 'Don't Be Like That' and 'Blue Shadows' on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 41160 Voice
Sippie Wallace was a classic blues singer of the 1920s whose Okeh recordings, including this "I'm a Mighty Tight Woman" coupling, are part of the label's celebrated 8000 race series.AI summary
Okeh 8439 Jazz
The Charioteers, the American vocal group, sing 'Careless Love' and 'All Alone and Lonely' on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 6220 Voice
The Charioteers, the American vocal group, with Yes Indeed and Cowboy Serenade on OKeh 6310.AI summary
Okeh 6310 Voice
Tiny Hill with I'll Keep on Loving You and Auld Lang Syne on OKeh 5275.AI summary
Okeh 5275 Dance
Tommy Tucker Time with Rose O'Day and When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New on OKeh 6448.AI summary
Okeh 6448 Dance
Victoria Spivey paired with guitarist Lonnie Johnson on "New Black Snake Blues", from Okeh's celebrated 8000 "race" series of the late 1920s.AI summary
Okeh 8626 Jazz
Victoria Spivey and guitarist Lonnie Johnson recorded "Furniture Man Blues" together for Okeh's 8000 race series in the late 1920s, part of a well-regarded run of duet sides.AI summary
Okeh 8652 Jazz
Victoria Spivey recorded "Toothache Blues" with guitarist Lonnie Johnson, one of several duet sides the pair made for Okeh's celebrated 8000 "race" series in the late 1920s.AI summary
Okeh 8744 Jazz
Virginia Liston, a 1920s blues and vaudeville singer, performing "Shreveport Blues" and "Jailhouse Blues" for Okeh's race series.AI summary
Okeh 8122 Jazz
The Virginia Female Jubilee Singers recorded 'Lover of the Lord' and 'O Mary Don't You Weep', African American spirituals, for Okeh Records in the 1920s, part of Okeh's extensive catalogue of blues and gospel.AI summary
Okeh 4430 Voice
Wilton Crawley, an eccentric clarinettist and vaudeville entertainer who recorded with members of Duke Ellington's orchestra in the late 1920s, on a scarce Okeh race-series release.AI summary
Okeh 8492 Jazz