Josephine Baker

ASuppose
BPretty little Baby

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: DB401
Genre: Jazz
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #10055

Josephine Baker, the legendary African-American jazz singer and dancer, recorded 'Suppose' and 'Pretty little Baby' for Columbia DB401 in the late 1920s. Baker was one of the biggest recording and stage stars of the Jazz Age.

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AA Message from the Man in the Moon
BI'm feelin like a Million

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BSous le Ciel d'Afrique

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AIf I were white
BMadiana

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AJ'ai deux Amours
BLa petite Tonkinoise

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ALoveliness of you
BAfraid to Dream

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AMayari
BLa Conga Blicoti

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