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Category: 1920s
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Paul Robeson
About Paul Leroy Robeson was an American bass-baritone concert artist, actor, professional football player, and activist who became famous both for his cultural accomplishments and for his political stances. Albums/Songs: The Very Best of Paul Robeson Singt Lieder aus aller Welt Paul Robeson Sings “Ol’ Man River” & Other Favorites The Odyssey of Paul Robeson…
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The Carter Family
About The Carter Family was a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. Their music had a profound influence on bluegrass, country, Southern Gospel, pop and rock music, as well as on the U.S. folk revival of the 1960s. Albums/Songs: My Clinch Mountain Home: Their Complete Victor Recordings, 1928-1929 When the…
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Paul Whiteman
About Paul Samuel Whiteman was an American bandleader, composer, orchestral director, and violinist. Albums/Songs: The Chronological Classics: Bix Beiderbecke with Paul Whiteman 1927-1928 Sweet and Low Down: Vol. 3, Original 1925-1928 Recordings Greatest Hits The Chronological Classics: Bix Beiderbecke with Paul Whiteman 1928-1929 50th Anniversary The Night I Played 666 Fifth Avenue Cavalcade of Music…
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Mamie Smith
About Mamie Smith was an American singer. As a vaudeville singer, she performed in multiple styles, including jazz and blues. In 1920, she entered blues history as the first African-American artist to make vocal blues recordings. Willie “The Lion” Smith described the background of these recordings in his autobiography Music on My Mind (1964). Albums/Songs:…
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Al Jolson
About Al Jolson was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian. Albums/Songs: American Legends The Best of Jolson The Singing Fool: His 30 Greatest Hits The Great Al Jolson Mammy Let Me Sing and I’m Happy The Best of the Decca Years Souvenir Album Al Jolson Great Songs A Legend Named Jolson The Man and…
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Bix Beiderbecke
About Leon Bismark “Bix” Beiderbecke was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Albums/Songs: No significant albums found. Call to Action: What’s your favorite Bix Beiderbecke song? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
About Lemon Henry “Blind Lemon” Jefferson was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the “Father of the Texas Blues”. Albums/Songs: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, Volume 3: 1928 Moanin’ All Over That Black Snake Moan Black…
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Jelly Roll Morton
About Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and jazz pianist, bandleader, and composer of Louisiana Creole descent. Morton was jazz’s first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential characteristics when notated. His composition “Jelly Roll Blues”, published in 1915, was one of the…
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Ma Rainey
About Gertrude “Ma” Rainey was an American blues singer and influential early-blues recording artist. Dubbed the “Mother of the Blues”, she bridged earlier vaudeville and the authentic expression of southern blues, influencing a generation of blues singers. Rainey was known for her powerful vocal abilities, energetic disposition, majestic phrasing, and a “moaning” style of singing.…
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Fats Waller
About Thomas Wright “Fats” Waller was an American jazz pianist, organist, composer, and singer. His innovations in the Harlem stride style laid much of the basis for modern jazz piano. A widely popular star in the jazz and swing eras, he toured internationally, achieving critical and commercial success in the United States and Europe. His…