Wilbur Sweatman

AIndianola
BOh you la

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: A2611
Genre: Jazz
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #5579

Wilbur Sweatman, an influential early jazz and vaudeville clarinetist and multi-instrumentalist, on Columbia A2611: 'Indianola' and 'Oh You La'. Sweatman was one of the first African-American recording stars and a major figure in early jazz and dance music (1900s–1920s).

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B(Louisiana 5)Alcoholic Blues

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BJa da

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ARegretful blues
BEverybody's crazy about the doggone blues

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BBluin the blues

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AThose draftin blues
BRockabye your Baby

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