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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

C H A R L E Y   J O R D A N; source: Yazoo CD 2028 notes
Charley Jordan with crutches after his 1928 shooting accident
source: Notes accompanying Yazoo CD 2028
Charley Jordan
Charles Jordan, Jr.
b. July 11, 1890 in Memphis, Tennessee
d. November 15, 1954 at the Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri

buried at Oakdale Cemetery, St. George, St. Louis County, Missouri
discography
C H A R L E Y   J O R D A N; source: Front cover of Document DLP 518
source: Front cover of Document DLP 518

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11930Charley Jordan

- Keep It Clean (C-5836- )   @ youtube
- Big Four Blues (C-5837- )   @ youtube

rec. c. mid-June 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g


Vocalion 1511

210/1930Charley Jordan

- Raidin' Squad Blues (C-5840- )   @ youtube
- Hunkie Tunkie Blues (C-5841- )   @ youtube

rec. c. mid-June 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g


Vocalion 1528 (US 10/1930)

31930Charley Jordan

- Just A Spoonful (C-5838- )   @ youtube
- Two Street Blues (C-5839- )   @ youtube

rec. c. mid-June 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g


Vocalion 1543

41930Charley Jordan

- Running Mad Blues (C-6163- )   @ youtube
- Gasoline Blues (C-6164- )   @ youtube

rec. September 19, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g


Vocalion 1551

51930Charley Jordan

- Stack O'Dollars Blues (C-5834- )   @ youtube
- Dollar Bill Blues (C-5835- )   @ youtube

rec. c. mid-June 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g

Vocalion 1557

61930St. Louis Bessie

- Sugar Man Blues—Part 1 (C-6167- )   @ youtube
- Sugar Man Blues—Part 2 (C-6178- )   @ youtube

rec. September 19, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Bessie Mae Smith, voc; poss. Henry Brown, p; Charley Jordan, g


Vocalion 1559

Henry Brown discography

71930"SPIDER" CARTER

- Please Please Blues (C-6096- ) #   @ youtube
- Don't Leave Me Blues (C-6165- ) *   @ youtube

# rec. September 13, 1930 Chicago, IL; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; poss. Peetie Wheatstraw, p
* rec. September 17, 1930 Chicago, IL; 'Spider' Carter (J.D. Short?), voc; poss. Charley Jordan, g


Brunswick 7188

J.D. Short discography

81930Charley Jordan

- My "Lovin' Good" Blues (C-6484-A)   @ youtube
- Tough Times Blues (C-6485-A)   @ youtube

rec. November 4, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 1568

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

91930Peetie Wheatstraw

- School Days (C-6161-A)   @ youtube
- So Soon (C-6162-A)   @ youtube

rec. September 19, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; prob. Charlie Jordan, g


Vocalion 1569

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

101931Charley Jordan

- Keep It Clean—No. 2 (Vo-141- )   @ youtube
- You Run and Tell Your Daddy (Vo-143- )   @ youtube

rec. c. March 17, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 1611

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

111930Peetie Wheatstraw

- So Long Blues (C-6486-A)   @ youtube
- Mama's Advice (C-6487-A) #   @ youtube

rec. November 4, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; Charlie Jordan, g; # unknown, sb


Vocalion 1620

# = Vocalion 04487
# = Conqueror 9201

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

121931Charley Jordan

- Cheating Blues (C-6886- )   @ youtube
- Starvation Blues (C-6887- )   @ youtube



unissued tracks from same session:
- Keep It Clean—No. 2 (C-6885-B )
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy (C-6888-B )
- Keep It Clean—No. 3 (C-6889-B )



rec. January 6, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 1627

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

131930Charley Jordan

- Tight Haired Mama Blues (Vo-144- )   @ youtube
- Days Of The Weeks Blues (Vo-145- )   @ youtube

rec. c. March 17, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 1645

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

141930Peetie Wheatstraw

- Ain't It A Pity And A Shame (C-6488-A)   @ youtube
- Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barb Wire Line (C-6489-A)   @ youtube

rec. November 4, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; Charlie Jordan, g


Vocalion 1649


= Vocalion 04733 (1938)


= Conqueror 9277

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

151930Charley Jordan

- Lost Ship Blues (C-6482-A)   @ youtube
- Hungry Blues (C-6483-A)   @ youtube

rec. November 4, 1930 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 1657

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

161931Charley Jordan

- Keep It Clean—No. 3 (Vo-142-A) #   @ youtube
- Silver Dollar Blues (C-6890-A) *   @ youtube

# c. March 17, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p
* January 6, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; Peetie Wheatstraw, p

both titles remain undiscovered


Vocalion 1666

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

171931Peetie Wheatstraw

- Six Weeks Old Blues (VO-146-A) *   @ youtube
- C And A Blues (C-6891-A) #   @ youtube



unissued track from March 17, 1931 session:
- Six Weeks Old Blues (C-6892-B) #



# rec. January 6, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; Charlie Jordan, g
* rec. March 17, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; Charlie Jordan, g


Vocalion 1672

# = Vocalion 04592

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

181931Charlie [sic] Jordan

- Workingman's Blues (67569-1)   @ youtube
- Santa Claus Blues (67570-1)   @ youtube

rec. September 28, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Victor 23304

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

191931Charlie [sic] Jordan

- Greyhound Blues (67568-1)   @ youtube
- Bad Breaks Blues (67571-1)   @ youtube

rec. September 28, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Victor 23372

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

201932"Hi" Henry Brown

- Nut Factory Blues (11506-A)   @ youtube
- Skin Man Blues (11509-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 17, 1932 in New York City; "Hi" Henry Brown, voc, prob. own g; Charley Jordan, g


Vocalion 1692

"Hi" Henry Brown discography

211932Charley Jordan

- Stir It Up (11470-A)
- Doin' Wrong Blues (11471-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p

"Stir It Up" remains undiscovered


Vocalion 1696

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

221932Charley Jordan

- Cherry Wine Woman (11489-A)   @ youtube
- Hell Bound Boy Blues (11490-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 15, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 1707

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

231932"Hi" Henry Brown

- Hospital Blues (11507-A)   @ youtube
- Brown Skin Angel (11508-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 17, 1932 in New York City; "Hi" Henry Brown, voc, prob. own g; Charley Jordan, g


Vocalion 1715

"Hi" Henry Brown discography

241932Charley Jordan

- Honey Sucker Blues (11472-A)   @ youtube
- Sugar Farm Blues (11473-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1932 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 1717

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

251932"Hi" Henry Brown

- Titanic Blues (11476-A)   @ youtube
- Preacher Blues (11477-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 14, 1932 in New York City; "Hi" Henry Brown, voc, prob. own g; Charley Jordan, g


Vocalion 1728

"Hi" Henry Brown discography

261934Peetie Wheatstraw

- Long Lonesome Dive [on Melotone (?): Long Lonesome Drive] (CP-1064-1)   @ youtube
- The Last Dime (CP-1066-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 25, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; prob. Charlie Jordan, g

  "reverse" Vocalion label (1934/35)
Vocalion 02712


= Conqueror 8850

= Melotone 7-04-79 (US 4/1937)

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

271934Charley Jordan

- Don't Pat It So Long (CP-1067-1)   @ youtube
- Bottle Passing Blues (CP-1068-1)   @ youtube

rec. March 25, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Vocalion 02763

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

281934Peetie Wheatstraw

- Back Door Blues (CP-1061-3)   @ youtube
- Packin' Up Blues (CP-1063-2)   @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
- My Baby Blues (CP-1062)



rec. March 25, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; prob. Charlie Jordan, g


Vocalion 02783

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

291934CHARLEY JORDON [sic]

- Rolling Moon Blues (C-9339- ) #   @ youtube
- It Ain't Clean (That Thing Ain't Clean) (C-9340- )   @ youtube

rec. September 10, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; # unknown, cl; # unknown, vn; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Decca 7015

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

301934LEE GREEN

- Memphis Fives (C-9342-A) #   @ youtube
- 44 Blues (C-9343-A)   @ youtube

rec. August 24, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Lee Green, voc, p; # poss. Charley Jordan, g


Decca 7016

311934CHARLEY JORDON [sic]

- Lost Air Ship Blues (C-9338-A) #   @ youtube
- Tight Times Blues (C-9341-A)   @ youtube

rec. September 10, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; # unknown, cl; # unknown, vn; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Decca 7065 (US 1934)

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

31a1934PEETIE WHEATSTRAW

- All Night Long Blues (C-9315- or -A)
- Numbers Blues (C-9316-A) #

rec. August 18, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc; # prob. Charlie Jordan, g


Decca 7082 (US 1934

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

 Uncle Skipper

- Keep Your Yas Yas Clean (C-937- )
- Tadpole Blues (C-938- )
- Turkey Dinner Blues (C-939- )
- Jelly Roll Mill Blues (C-940- )

rec. March 26, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, prob. own g; unknown, p

ARC unissued

31b1935PEETIE WHEATSTRAW

- Hi-De-Ho Woman Blues (C-1078-A) #   @ youtube
- Up The Road Blues (C-1080-A)   @ youtube

rec. July 20, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; poss. Charley Jordan, g

 
Vocalion 03035 (US 1935)

# = Conqueror 9767

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

321935PEETIE WHEATSTRAW (The Devil's Son-In-Law)

- The Rising Sun Blues (C-921-A) #   @ youtube
- King Of Spades (C-1082-B) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; Casey Bill Weldon, g
* rec. July 20, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; poss. Charley Jordan, g


Vocalion 03066

= Conqueror 9028

Peetie Wheatstraw discography
Casey Bill Weldon discography

32a1935PEETIE WHEATSTRAW (The Devil's Son-In-Law)

- More Good Whiskey Blues (C-943-B) #   @ youtube
- Sorrow Hearted Blues (C-1079-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 26, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; Casey Bill Weldon, g; unknown, 2nd g
* rec. July 20, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; poss. Charlie Jordan, g


Vocalion 03119 (US 1935)

= Conqueror 8858

Casey Bill Weldon discography
Charley Jordan discography

331935Peetie Wheatstraw

- Midnight Blues (CP-1065-3) #   @ youtube
- Johnnie Blues (C-1083-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 25, 1934 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; prob. Charlie Jordan, g
* rec. July 20, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; poss. Charlie Jordan, g


Vocalion 03155 (US 1935)

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

341935VERDI LEE And CHARLEY JORDON / CHARLEY JORDON

VERDI LEE And CHARLEY JORDON
- Christmas Tree Blues (90411-A) *   @ youtube
CHARLEY JORDON
- Christmas Christmas Blues (90410-A) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p
* rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Verdi Lee, voc; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Decca 7130

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

351935VERDI LEE / VERDI LEE And CHARLEY JORDON

VERDI LEE
- Signyfying At You (904131-A)   @ youtube
VERDI LEE And CHARLEY JORDON
- Get It If You Can (904120-AA) #   @ youtube

rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Verdi Lee, voc; Charley Jordan, g, # voc; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p


Decca 7142

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

361935MARY HARRIS

- No Christmas Blues (90414-A)   @ youtube
- Happy New Year Blues (90415-A)   @ youtube

rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Mary Harris, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; Charley Jordan, g

"Mary Harris" may be a pseudonym for Verdi Lee


Champion 50045


= Decca 7804

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

 1936The Two Charlies

- I Couldn't Stay Here (18980-2) # *   @ youtube
- Bad Feeling Blues (18981-1) *   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Bad Feeling Blues (18981-2) *
- Got Your Water On (18982-2) #   @ youtube
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me (18983-1) #   @ youtube
- Pork Chop Blues (18984-2) # *   @ youtube
- Tired Feelin' Blues (18985-1) # *   @ youtube
- Low Moan Blues (18986-1) *   @ youtube
- Hard Time Papa (18987-1) #   @ youtube

rec. April 10, 1936 in New York City; Charley Jordan, g, # voc; Charlie Manson, g, * voc

B&GR 1997: "The Charley Jordan of The Two Charlies, who also accompanied Troy Ferguson, is a different artist."


ARC

371937ALICE MOORE

- New Blue Black And Evil Blues (91146-A)   @ youtube
- Just A Good Girl Treated Wrong (91145-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 25, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown (Charley Jordan?), g; unknown, sb


Decca 7293

Alice Moore discography
Peetie Wheatstraw discography

387/1937ALICE MOORE

- Midnight Creepers (91144-A)   @ youtube
- Tired Of Me Blues (91147-A)   @ youtube



unissued track from same session:
- He's Mine, All Mine (91148- )



rec. March 25, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown (Charley Jordan?), g; unknown, sb


Decca 7327 (US 7/1937)

Alice Moore discography
Peetie Wheatstraw discography

38a1937PEETIE WHEATSTRAW

- Crazy With The Blues (91150-A)
- Ramblin' Man (91151-A)

rec. March 26, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Peetie Wheatstraw, voc, p; poss. Charlie Jordan, g; unknown, sb


Decca 7348

391937UNCLE SKIPPER

- Chifferobe (91160-A)   @ youtube
- Cutting My A B C's (91159-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 29, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown, sb


Decca 7353

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

401937ALICE MOORE

- Too Many Men (91149-A) #   @ youtube
- Don't Deny Me Baby (91156-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 25, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown, g; unknown, sb
* rec. March 25, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown (Charley Jordan?), g; unknown, sb


Decca 7369

Peetie Wheatstraw discography
Charley Jordan discography

411937ALICE MOORE

- Hand In Hand Women (91142-A)   @ youtube
- Doggin' Man Blues (91143-A)   @ youtube

rec. March 25, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown (Charley Jordan?), g; unknown, sb


Decca 7380

Alice Moore discography
Peetie Wheatstraw discography

421937ALICE MOORE

- Push Cart Pusher (91311-A)   @ youtube
- Unlucky Play Blues (91312-A)   @ youtube



unissued tracks from same session:
- Hod Carrier Blues (91313- )
- Poosy Cat Blues [sic] (91314- )
- Men Are Like Street Cars (91315- )
- Gone Hog Wild (91316- )



rec. November 1, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; unknown, p; unknown (Charley Jordan?), g; unknown, sb


Decca 7393

Alice Moore discography

   

- I Give You Money (91325- )
- My Blues Is Like Whiskey (91326- )

rec. November 2, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Alice Moore, voc; unknown, p; unknown (Charley Jordan?), g; unknown, sb

Decca unissued

Alice Moore discography

432/1938OLD MAN ODEN

- The Road To Ruin (91327-A) #   @ youtube
- Silk Worm Blues (91219-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 29, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc, Roosevelt Sykes, p; poss. Charley Jordan, g; unknown, sb
* rec. April 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Odell Rand, cl; Roosevelt Sykes, p; unknown, sb


Decca 7412

St. Louis Jimmy (Oden) discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

441938OLD MAN ODEN

- Thick And Thin (91218-A) #   @ youtube
- Some Sweet Day (91327-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 29, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc, Roosevelt Sykes, p; poss. Charley Jordan, g; unknown, sb
* rec. April 30, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Oden, voc; Odell Rand, cl; Roosevelt Sykes, p; unknown, sb


Decca 7545

St. Louis Jimmy (Oden) discography
Roosevelt Sykes discography

451938UNCLE SKIPPER

- Twee Twee Twa (91158-A) #   @ youtube
- Look What A Shape I'm In (Bonus Blues) (91329-A) *   @ youtube

# rec. March 29, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown, sb
* rec. November 2, 1937 in Chicago, IL; Charley Jordan, voc, g; prob. Peetie Wheatstraw, p; unknown, sb


Decca 7455

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

461938PEETIE WHEATSTRAW

- Police Station Blues [Vocalion 1722]
- Mama's Advice [Vocalion 1620]


Vocalion 04487


= Conqueror 9201

471938PEETIE WHEATSTRAW

- Sleepless Nights' Blues [Vocalion 1727]
- C And A Blues [Vocalion 1672]


Vocalion 04592

Peetie Wheatstraw discography


LP / CD compilations
481965Country Blues Encores 1927-1935

Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues
Rube Lacey
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
John Byrd
- Old Timbrook Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad

Red Hot Old Man Mose
- Molly Man
Garfield Akers
- Jumpin And Shoutin Blues

Charlie Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Bill Wilber
- My Babe, My Babe
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
- House Rent Stomp
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal


notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow

Origin Jazz Library OJL 8

OJL Records discography

491967Down With The Game   Volume 1
Vintage Country Blues

Bukka White
- High Fever Blues
- When Can I Change My Clothes

Uncle Skipper (Charley Jordan)
- Cutting My A B C's
- Chifferobe
Little Buddy Doyle
- Sweet Man Blues
- Three-Sixty-Nine Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Memphis Minnie-itis Blues

Memphis Minnie
- Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
Little David (Alexander)
- Original Sweet Patunia (Patootie Blues)
- Standing By A Lampost [sic]
Robert Petway
- Boogie Woogie Woman
(Big) Joe Williams
- Please Don't Go
- Break 'Em On Down
Tommy Griffin
- Miserable Life Blues


the labels have "D.203" plus "DWG.204" resp. "DWG.205" printed


Down With The Game D 200 (UK 1967)

DWTG discography

501968Missouri and Tennessee 1924-1937

Missouri
Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad
The Two Charlies #
- Got Your Water On
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me

Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Stovepipe No. 1
- Lonesome John
- Fisher's Hornpipe
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett
- A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time

Tennessee
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
- Way Down In Arkansas
Banjo Joe
- My Money Never Runs Out
Rosie Mae Moore
- Staggering Blues
James "Yank" Rachel
- Little Sarah
- T-Bone Steak Blues
Charlie Pickett
- Crazy 'bout My Black Gal
Memphis Jug Band
- Evergreen Money Blues


# "Charlie Jordan" of "The Two Charlies" isn't the same artist as "our" Charley Jordan !


Roots RL-310

Roots Records discography

511968St. Louis Town 1927-1932 resp. 1929-1933

Henry Spaulding
- Cairo Blues
Henry Townsend
- Long Ago
Hi Henry Brown
- Skin Man

Charley Jordan
- Hunkie Tunkie
- Spoonful Blues
Teddy Darby
- Built Right On The Ground
- Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues

Jim Jackson
- St. Louis Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Nut Factory

Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean - No. 2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
Joe Stone
- It's Hard Time
Jelly Jaw Short
- Barefoot Blues
- Snake Doctor Blues


notes by Don Kent

Belzona L 1003 (US 1968)

notes by Don Kent

= Yazoo L 1003 (US 196?)

notes by Stephen Calt

= Yazoo CD 1003 YAZ (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

521969Going Away Blues 1926 - 1935

Lottie Beaman
- Going Away Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
George 'Big Boy' Owens
- Kentucky Blues
Charlie Kyle
- Kyle's Worried Blues
Jelly Jaw Short
- Grand Daddy Blues
- Right Now Blues
George 'Bullet' Williams
- Frisco Leaving Birmingham


Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollar Blues
Henry Thomas
- Railroadin' Some
Robert Wilkins
- Old Jim Canaan
- New Stockyard Blues
William McCoy
- Central Tracks Blues
Uncle Bud Walker
- Look Here Mama Blues
Elvie Thomas & Geeshie Wiley
- Over To My House



Yazoo L-1018

= CD 1018 YAZ (US 1992)

Yazoo Records discography

531969?The Blues In St. Louis   1929-1937

Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worry Blues
Kokomo Arnold
- Set Down Gal
Barrel House Buck
- I Got To Go Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- C & A Blues
Henry Spaulding
- Biddle Street Blues
Bessie Mae Smith
- St. Louis Daddy
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition

Walter Davis
- Sloppy Drunk Again

Charley Jordan
- Tight Haired Mama Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Night Blues
Teddy Darby
- Deceiving Blues
Alice Moore
- Black Evil Blues
Speckled Red
- House Dance Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw and His Blues-Blowers
- Throw Me In The Alley

notes by Pete Welding

Origin Jazz Library OJL 20

OJL Records discography

541972St. Louis Blues 1929-1935
The Depression


Henry Townsend
- Sick With The Blues

Charley Jordan
- Gasoline Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Preachers Blues
Henry Townsend
- Mistreated Blues

Charley Jordan
- Raidin' Squad Blues
Henry Townsend
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
Georgia Boyd
- Never Mind Blues

Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues   @ youtube
Henry Townsend
- Henry's Worried Blues

Charley Jordan
- Big Four Blues
Joe Stone
- Back Door Blues
Henry Townsend
- Poor Man Blues

Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Sleepless Nights Blues


notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart

Yazoo L-1030 (US 1972)

notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls & Mike Stewart

= Yazoo CD 1030 (US 1991)

Yazoo Records discography

55197?Good Time Blues - St. Louis 1926-1932

Charley Jordan
- Two Street Blues
JD Short
- She Got Jordan River In Her Hips
Sylvester Palmer
- Lonesome Man Bues
Papa Eggshell
- Far From Home
Edith North Johnson
- Honeydripper Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barbed Wire Line
Jelly Roll Anderon
- Good Time Blues

Lee Green
- Train Number 44

"Hi" Henry Brown
- Hospital Blues
Walter Davis
- Sunnyland Blues
- Robert Peoples
- Fat Greasy Baby
Lonnie Johnson
- Love Story Bues
- Pretty Boy Walker
- The Breaks I'm Gettin'
Cora Perkins
- Today Blues


notes by Don Kent

Mamlish S-3805 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

561976Charley Jordan / Peetie Wheatstraw 1930-1939

Charley Jordan
- Keep It Clean
- Raidin' Squad Blues
- Hunkie Tunkie Blues
- Tight Haired Mama Blues
- Tight Times Blues [sic]
- Christmas Christmas Blues
- Twee Twee Twa

Peetie Wheatstraw
- All Night Long Blues
- These Times
- Meat Cutter Blues
- Kindnapper Blues
- Drinking Man Blues
- Third Street's Going Down
- I Want Some Sea Food


compiled by Yasuhumi Higurashi; series conception by Toyo Nakamura

notes (in Japanese) by Yasuhumi Higurashi

MCA MCA-3538 (Jp 1976)

Peetie Wheatstraw discography

57197?Hard Time Blues - St. Louis 1933-1945

Lane Hardin
- Hard Times Blues (1935)
Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks
- Workhouse Blues (1935)
Mary Harris
- Happy New Year Blues (1935)
Roosevelt Sykes
- Drunken Gambler (1937)
Henry Townsend
- Don't Love That Woman (1934)

Charly Jordan
- Tight Time Blues (1934)
Walter Davis
- Just Thinking (1940)

Blind Teddy Darby
- Pitty Pat Blues (1933)
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Third Streets Going Down (1937)
Alice Moore
- Blue Black and Evil Blues (1935)
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight (1933)
Leroy Henderson
- Good Scuffler Blues (1935)
Milton Sparks
- Grinder Blues (1935)
Lane Hardin
- California Desert Blues (1935)

notes by Michael Stewart and Don Kent

Mamlish S-3806 (US 197?)

Mamlish Records discography

58197?Hard Times

- We Sure Got Hard Times - Barbecue Bob
- Warehouse Man Blues - Champion Jack Dupree
- Racketter's Blues - Lonnie Johnson
- When The Soldiers Get Their Bonus - Red Nelson
- Silicosis Is Killin' Me - Pinewood Tom
- Samuel - Bert Williams
- Sadie's Servant Room Blues - Hattie Burleson

- Starvation Blues - Charlie Jordan

- Section Gang Blues - "Texas" Alexander
- Broadway St. Woman Blues - Alice Moore
- Big Boy, They Can't Do That - "Pine Top" Smith
- Give Me A 32-20 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Unemployment Blues [alt. tk.] - Smokey Hogg
- Sales Tax Boogie - Piano Red
- Black Evil Blues - Alice Moore


selections by Dick Spottswood

notes by Archie Green
click to read notes ! click to read notes ! click to read notes !
Rounder 4007 (US 197?)

Rounder Records discography

591979Charley Jordan: It Ain't Clean

- Dollar Bill Blues
- Running Mad Blues
- Lost Ship Blues
- Hungry Blues
- My "Lovin' Good" Blues
- Tough Times Blues
- Cheating Blues
- Workingman's Blues

- Santa Claus Blues
- Honey Sucker Blues
- Sugar Farm Blues
- Rolling Moon Blues
- It Ain't Clean (That Thing Ain't Clean)
- Bad Feeling Blues (tk 2) #
- Low Moan Blues #
- Hard Time Papa #


# "Charlie Jordan" of "The Two Charlies" isn't the same artist as "our" Charley Jordan !

notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer

Agram AB 2002 (NL 1979)

601982The Best of Charley Jordan   1930-1936

- Stack O'Dollars Blues
- Keep It Clean
- Big Four Blues
- Just A Spoonful
- Two Street Blue
- Raidin' Squad Blues
- Hunkie Tunkie Blues
- Gasoline Blues
- Starvation Blues

- Keep It Clean - No.2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
- Tight Haired Mama Blues
- Days Of The Weeks Blues
- Christmas Christmas Blues
- Christmas Tree Blues
- I Couldn't Stay Here #
- Get Your Water On #
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me #


# "Charlie Jordan" of "The Two Charlies" isn't the same artist as "our" Charley Jordan !


Earl Archives BD-604 (Austria 1982)

611984Trouble Done Bore Me Down

Barbecue Bob
- Good Time Rounder
- Trouble Done Bore Me Down

Charley Jordan
- Doin' Wrong Blues
Walter Vinson
- That's It
- Same Thing The Cats Fight About
- Times Is Tight Like That
Jim Jackson
- Policy Blues
Lucille Bogan
- House Top Blues
- Superstitious Blues

Washington Phillips
- Mother's Last Word To Her Son
- Paul And Silas In Jail
James Stump Johnson
- Baby B. Blues
- Worried Man Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
- Springtime Blues
- Mix That Thing
Texas Alexander
- Thirty Day Blues
Sylvester Weaver
- Gonna Ramble Blues
- Teasing Brown Blues

notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer

Agram 2011 (NL 1984)

621987Charley Jordan   1932-37
with "Hi" Henry Brown, Verdi Lee, Peetie Wheatstraw, a.o.

Charley Jordan - Doin' Wrong Blues
"Hi" Henry Brown - Titanic Blues
Charley Jordan - Cherry Wine Woman
Mary Harris - No Christmas Blues   @ youtube
Charley Jordan - Lost Airship Blues
"Hi" Henry Brown - Preacher Blues
Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan - Get It If You Can
Charley Jordan - Tight Time Blues
Uncle Skipper - Twee Twee Two

Uncle Skipper - Cutting My ABC's
"Hi" Henry Brown - Nut Factory Blues
Mary Harris - Happy New Year Blues
Uncle Skipper - Chifferobe
"Hi" Henry Brown - Hospital Blues
Verdi Lee - Signifying At You
Uncle Skipper - Look What A Shape I'm In
"Hi" Henry Brown - Skin Man Blues
Charley Jordan - Hell Bound Boy Blues


Document DLP 518 (Austria 1987)

Document Records discography
"Hi" Henry Brown discography

631989Show Me What You Got
Blue Blues From The Thirties

Napoleon Fletcher
- She Showed It All
Carl Rafferty
- Dresser With The Drawers
The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes)
- Hard Lead Pencil
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Show Me What You Got
Blind Squire Turner
- She Thinks She's Slick
Little Davis
- New Sweet Patuni
Lizzie Miles
- My Man O'War
Alex Moore
- Blue Bloomer Blues

Jimmy Gordon
- Little Red Dress (Mary Usta Wear)
Kansas City Kitty & Georgia Tom
- Fish House Blues
Georgia Pine Boy
- One More Greasing
Dorothy Baker
- Steady Grinding Blues
Blind Squire Turner
- Don't Like The Way You Do
Walter Davis
- Dentist Blues
Lizzie Miles
- Electrician Blues

Uncle Skipper (Charley Jordan)
- Chifferobe

notes by Nick Ersdown [pseud. for Mike Rowe]

Swingtime BT 2016 ("Denmark" 1989)

641989Times Are So Tight

Uncle Skipper (Charley Jordan)
- Cutting My ABC's
Walter Davis
- I Love You More And More
Mary Johnson
- Western Union blues
Clifford Gibson
- Sneaky Groundhog

Mary Harris
- No Christmas Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
- Third Street's Going Down
Booker T. Washington
- If I Get Lucky

Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan
- Get It If You Can

Clifford Gibson
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man
Booker T. Washington
- Wrapped Up In Bad Luck
Dolly Martin
- All Men Blues
Silvester Palmer
- Mean Blues
Charlie McFadden
- Times Are So Tight

Verdi Lee & Charley Jordan
- Signifying At You
Frank Pluitt
- Found A Note On My Door
Pinetop Sparks
- Got The Blues About My Baby


notes by M. Cunningham [pseud. for Mike Rowe]

Swingtime BT 2017 ("Denmark" 1989)

651992Charley Jordan   Vol. 1
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order
(June 1930 to March 1931)

- Stack O'Dollars Blues
- Dollar Bill Blues
- Keep It Clean
- Big Four Blues
- Just A Spoonful
- Two Street Blues
- Raidin' Squad Blues
- Hunkie Tunkie Blues
- Running Mad Blues
- Gasoline Blues
- Sugar Man Blues - Part 1 (St. Louis Bessie (Bessie Mae Smith)
- Sugar Man Blues - Part 2 (St. Louis Bessie (Bessie Mae Smith)
- Lost Ship Blues
- Hungry Blues
- My "Lovin' Good" Blues
- Tough Times Blues
- Cheating Blues
- Starvation Blues
- Keep It Clean ~ No. 2
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
- Tight Haired Mama Blues
- Days Of The Weeks Blues

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD-5097 (Austria 1992)

notes by Chris Smith

= Document DOCD-5097 (UK CDr on demand)

661992Charley Jordan   Vol. 2
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order
(28 September 1931 to August 1934)
- Greyhound Blues
- Workingman's Blues
- Santa Claus Blues
- Bad Breaks Blues
- Doin' Wrong Blues
- Honey Sucker Blues
- Sugar Farm Blues
- Titanic Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown)
- Preacher Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown)
- Cherry Wine Woman
- Hell Hound Boy Blues
- Nut Factory Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown)
- Hospital Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown)
- Brown Skin Angel ("Hi" Henry Brown)
- Skin Man Blues ("Hi" Henry Brown)
- Don't Pat It So Long
- Bottle Passing Blues
- Lost Airship Blues
- Rolling Moon Blues
- It Ain't Clean (That Thing Ain't Clean)
- Tight Time Blues

notes by Chris Smith

Document DOCD-5098 (Austria 1992)

notes by Chris Smith

= Document DOCD-5098 (UK CDr on demand)

671992Charley Jordan   Vol. 3
Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order
(31 October 1935 to 2 November 1937)
plus the Complete Leroy Henderson   1935

- Christmas Christmas Blues
- Christmas Tree Blues (duet with Verdi Lee)
- Get It If You Can (duet with Verdi Lee)
- Signifying At You (Verdi Lee, voc)
- No Christmas Blues (Mary Harris, voc)
- Happy New Year Blues (Mary Harris, voc)
- I Couldn't Stay Here (The Two Charlies) #
- Bad Feeling Blues (tk 1) (The Two Charlies) #
- Got Your Water On (The Two Charlies) #
- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me (The Two Charlies) #
- Pork Chop Blues (The Two Charlies) #
- Tired Feelin' Blues (The Two Charlies) #
- Low Moan Blues (The Two Charlies) #
- Hard Time Papa (The Two Charlies) #
- Nineteen Women Blues (Charlie Manson) #

- Twee Twee Twa
- Cutting My Abc's
- Chifferobe
- Look What A Shape I'm In (Bonus Blues)
Leroy Henderson
- Deep Sea Diver
- Good Scuffler Blues
- Low Mellow Man Blues
- Good Grinder Blues


# "Charlie Jordan" of "The Two Charlies" isn't the same artist as "our" Charley Jordan !

notes by Chris Smith

= Document DOCD-5099 (Austria 1992)

681992Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective   (1925-1950)

disc 1:
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Whitehouse Blues
Aiken County String Band - High Sheriff
Frank Hutchison - The Last Scene Of The Titanic
Hersal Thomas - Suitcase Blues
Reverend J.M. Gates - Death's Black Train Is Coming
Dora Carr - Cow-Cow Blues
Vance's Tennessee Breakdowners - Washington County Fox Chase
Fiddlin' John Carson - I'm Going To Take The Train To Charlotte
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio - Untitled
Whistler And His Jug Band - Low Down Blues
Washington Phillips - Paul & Silas In Jail
Barbecue Bob - Blind Pig Blues
Austin & Lee Allen - Chattanooga Blues
Sherman Tedder - Untitled
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones - Hokum Blues
Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues Part 2
South Georgia Highballers - Blue Grass Twist
Charlie Bowman And His Brothers - Moonshiner And His Money
Clarence Green - Johnson City Blues
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by The Sanctified Singers - Warming By The Devil's Fire
Papa Too Sweet & Harry Jones - (Honey) It's Tight Like That
Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Hallelujah


disc 2:
Hershel Brown and His Happy Five - Liberty
Mamie Smith - My Sportin' Man
Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - C.C. & O. Blues
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers - Ortonville
Slim Doucet - Dear Black Eyes (Chere Yeux Noirs)
Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Blues
The Hokum Boys - Gin Mill Blues
Joe Falcon acc. by Clemo Breaux & Ophy Breaux - Osson
W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith - Sweet Milk And Peaches (Breakdown)
Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers With Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen - Soldier's Joy
Whistlin' Alex Moore - They May Not Be My Toes
Mississippi Sheiks - The Jazz Fiddler
Lonnie Johnson - I Have To Do My Time
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland - Back To The Blue Ridge
Buster Carter & Preston Young - Darn Good Girl
Bo Carter - West Jackson Blues
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green - You Had Too Much
Silver Leaf Quartet - Oh! Glory Glory
Freeny's Barn Dance Band - Don't You Remember The Time
Pelican Wildcats - Walkin' Georgia Rose
Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers - Hallelujah Side
Will Batts - Highway # 61 Blues


disc 3:
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 1
W. Lee O'Daniel And His Hillbilly Boys - Ida (Sweet As Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel & Lightcrust Doughboys - Doughboys Theme Song # 2
Blind Willie - Bell Street Lightnin'
Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues
Walter Roland - Every Morning Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers - D Blues
Breaux Freres - La Valse Des Yeux Bleus
Bessie Jackson - Skin Game Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell - Good Woman Blues
Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - Sissy Man
The Rhythm Wreckers - Blue Yodel # 2 (My Lovin' Gal Lucille)
The Anglin Twins - Just Inside The Pearly Gates
Bumble Bee Slim - Hard Rocks In My Bed

The Two Charlies - Tired Feelin' Blues #
Eldon Baker And His Brown County Revelers - One Eyed Sam
A'nt Idy Harper And The Coon Creek Girls - Poor Naomi Wise
Kid Prince Moore - South Bound Blues
Big Bill Broonzy - C & A Blues
George Curry - My Last Five Dollars
The Nite Owls - Memphis Blues
The Alley Boys Of Abbeville - Pourquoi tu m'aime pas
Reverend Benny Campbell - Have Mercy On Me
Albert Ammons - Shout For Joy
Jack Kelly - Flower Blues
Bob Clifford - Onion Eating Mama
Callahan Bros. - Brown's Ferry Blues # 2
Little Buddy Doyle - Slick Capers Blues
Bill McKinley (Jazz Gillum) - Poor Boy Blues


disc 4:
Frank Edwards - We Got To Get Together
Sweet Violet Boys - You Got To See Mama Every Night (Or You Can't See Mama At All)
The Humbard Family - I'll Fly Away
Tony Hollins - Cross Cut Saw Blues
Peter Cleighton (Clayton) - Black Snake Blues
Black Cats And The Kitten - Step It Up And Go
Bob And Randall Atcher - Papa's Going Crazy, Mama's Going Mad
Adolf Hofner And His San Antonians - Cotton-Eyed Joe
Poor Boy Burke - Old Vets Blues
Little Son Joe - Black Rat Swing
Big Maceo Merriweather - Maceo Special
The Light Crust Doughboys with J.B. Brinkley - It's Funny What Love Will Make You Do
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys - Army Blues
James "Beal Street" Clark - Who But You
Homer Harris - Tomorrow May Be Too Late
McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters) - Burying Ground Blues
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys - Goodbye Old Pal
Gene Autry - Dixie Cannonball
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires - Run On For A Long Time
(Big) Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
Sister Myrtle Fields acc. by The Austin McCoy Trio - I'm Toiling
Willie "Boodle It" Right - Two By Four Blues
Bailes Bros. - You Can't Go Halfway (And Get In)
Molly O'Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks - Heaven's Radio
Rosetta Howard - Plow Hand Blues
Memphis Seven - Grunt Meat Blues
Deep South Boys - Until I Found The Lord
Brother Porter & Brother Cook - I Know My Jesus Won't Deny Me

compiled by Lawrence Cohn

# "Charlie Jordan" of "The Two Charlies" isn't the same artist as "our" Charley Jordan !

4 disc set
notes by Lawrence Cohn and Pete Welding

Columbia Legacy 47911/47912-15

691996Booze & The Blues

State Street Swingers - You Drink Too Much (3:13)
Charley Jordan - Cherry Wine Woman (2:50)
Memphis Minnie - Drunken Barrel House Blues (2:49)
Mississippi Sheiks - Bootlegger's Blues (3:31)
Barbecue Bob as Robert Hicks - Me And My Whiskey (3:06)
Kid Prince Moore - Bug Juice Blues (2:38)
Charlie Spand - Rock And Rye (2:36)
Charlie Burse & Memphis Jug Band - Rukus Juice And Chittlin' (2:51)
Merline Johnson as The Yas Yas Girl - Bad Whiskey Blues (2:35)
Amos Easton as Bumble Bee Slim - I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 1 (3:04)
Amos Easton as Bumble Bee Slim - I Keep On Drinking (To Drive My Blues Away) - Part 2 (3:09)
Little Big Gaither - Moonshine By The Keg (2:44)
Lucille Bogan as Bessie Jackson - Drinking Blues (2:54)
Peetie Wheatstraw - More Good Whiskey Blues (2:59)
Joshua White as Pinewood Tom - Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues (3:01)
Casey Bill Weldon - Give Me Another Shot (2:42)
Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues (2:55)
Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat Blues (2:53)
The Big Three Trio & Rosetta Howard - When I Been Drinking (3:15)
Big Bill Broonzy - When I Been Drinking (2:50)
Jack Newman - Blackberry Wine (2:46)
Rev. W.M. Mosley - Drinking Shine (3:04)

SPV GmbH SPV 91 732 CD bonus tracks:
Leadbelly - Honey, I'm All Out And Down (3:13)
Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man (2:24)


Roots n' Blues series prod. by Lawrence Cohn

notes by Mark A. Humphrey

Columbia/Legacy CK 67002 (US 1996) (Roots n' Blues series)

notes by Mark A. Humphrey

Columbia/Legacy COL 483586 2 (EU 1996) (Roots n' Blues series)

notes by Neil Slaven

= SPV GmbH SPV 91 732 CD (Germany 2008) (Roots n' Blues series)

20 CD box set, CD 14
notes by Dean Rudland
     

(=) Sony Music 88875043322 (US 2014) (Roots n' Blues series)

701996Before The Blues   Vol. 2
The Early American Black Music Scene

Dallas String Band - Dallas Rag
Frank Stokes - How Long
Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues
Memphis Jug Band - K.C. Moan

Charley Jordan - Just A Spoonful
Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Eck Robertson - There's A Brown Skin Girl Down The Road Somewhere
Lulu Jackson - You're Going To Leave The Old Home Jim!
Tommy McClennan - Deep Blue Sea Blues
South Street Trio - Cold Morning Shout
Blind Joe Taggart - Been Listening All The Day
Charley Patton - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
Golden P- Harris - I'll Lead A Christian Life
Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It
Tennessee Chocolate Drops - Vine Street Drag
Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
Roland & Scott - Guitar Stomp
Blind Lemond Jefferson - Jack O'diamond Blues
Emry Arthur - Reuben Oh Reuben
Blue Boys - Memphis Stomp
Louise Johnson - On The Wall
Frank Jenkins - Roving Cowboy

notes by Don Kent and Richard Nevins

Yazoo CD 2016 (US 1996)

Yazoo Records discography

711997Times Ain't Like They Used To Be
Classic Recordings of the 1920's and 30's, Vol. 1

Prince Albert Hunt - Blues In A Bottle
Charlie Jordan - Dollar Bill Blues
Bascom Lamar Lundsford - Lost John Dean
A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly - Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat
Richard "Rabbit" Brown - Sinking Of The Titanic
Dykes Magic City Trio - Tennessee Girls
Bob Campbell - Shotgun Blues
J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island
The Four Wanderers - The Fault's In Me
Happy Hayseeds - The Tail Of Halley's Comet
Oaks Family - Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper
Louie Lasky - How You Want Your Rollin' Done
Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again
Buell Kazee - The Dying Soldier
Buddy Boy Hawkins - Voice Throwin' Blues
Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles - Been On The Job Too Long
Ken Maynard - Fannie Moore
Nugrape Twins - I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape
Carson Brothers & Sprinkle - The Old Miller's Will
Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner - Skinner
Southern Moonlight Entertainers - How To Make Love
Grayson & Whitter - Old Jimmie Sutton


remastered by Richard Nevins remastered directly from original 78s by Richard Nevins

notes by Charles Wolfe & Don Kent

Yazoo CD 2028 (US 1997)

Yazoo Records discography

721997Southern Country Blues Vol. 1: Down In Boogie Alley

disc 1: Memphis & The Mississippi Delta
Frank Stokes - 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Part II
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blue
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe - Pickin' The Blues
Memphis Jug Band - Stealin' Stealin'
Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Charley Patton - High Sheriff Blues
Son House - My Black Mama - Part II
Robert Johnson - Crossroads Blues
Big Joe Williams & Sonny Boy Williamson - Break 'Em On Down
Bo Carter - Banana In Your Fruit Basket
The Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World
Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues
Muddy Waters - Country Blues (No. 1)


disc 2: Alabama & The Eastern States
Ed Bell - Bad Boy
Jaybird Coleman - Man Trouble Blues
Lucille Bogan & Walter Roland - Down In Boogie Alley
Papa Charlie Jackson - Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
Blind Blake - Hey Hey Daddy Blues
Ma Rainey & Tampa Red & Georgia Tom Dorsey - Black Eye Peas
Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
Georgia Cotton Pickers - Diddle-Da-Diddle
Andrew Baxter & Jim Baxter - Georgia Stomp
Blind Willie McTell - Love Changing Blues
Josh White - Silicosis Is Killin' Me
Rev. Gary Davis - Cross And Evil Woman Blues
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry - You Got To Have Your Dollar
Luke Jordan - Cocaine Blues


disc 3: South & The Mid-Western States
Texas
Henry Thomas - Old Country Stomp
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Matchbox Blues
Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water
Hattie Hudson - Doggone My Good Luck Soul
Texas Alexander & Willie Reed - Easy Rider Blues
J. T. "Funny Paper" Smith - Howling Wolf Blues - No. 1
Leadbelly - Four Day Worry Blues
Arkansas
3-8. Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag
Louisiana
King Solomon Hill - Down On My Bended Knee (tk 2)
Amédé Ardoin - Blues De Basile
Oscar Woods - Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away
Kansas
Lottie Kimbrough - Going Away Blues
Missouri
Henry Townsend - Henry's Worry Blues
Lonnie Johnson - Woke Up With The Blues In My Fingers
Mary Johnson & Henry Brown & Ike Rodgers - Room Rent Blues

Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean
Roosevelt Sykes - Poor Boy Blues
Sparks Brothers - "4-11-44"


compiled by Johnny Parth; licensed from Document Records; remastered

3 CD set
20-pp. booklet by Steven C. Tracy

Starsounds 3712-2

= 1201 Music (2001) "Southern Country Blues Vol. 2: Down In Boogie Alley" [sic]

731998Hard Times Come Again No More   Vol. 2
Rural Songs of Hard Times and Hardships
Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

- Price Of Cotton Blues - Allen Brothers
- The Keno Rent Man - Cofer Brothers
- Bad Time Blues - Barbecue Bob
- Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravey Train - Sam McGee
- The Arkansas Sheik - Clayton McMichen / Riley Puckett / Calyton McMichen
- Away From Home - Jim Hill / Peg Leg Howell / Jim Hill
- I'm Satisfied - Earl Johnson
- Got The Farm Land Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
- Times Is Tight Like That - Walter Vinson / Bo Carter
- Weave Room Blues - Fisher Hendley
- Boll Weevil - Alvin Conder/ W.A. Lindsey / Alvin Conder
- Providence Help The Poor People - Joe Williams
- The Tramp - McGee Brothers
- Cotton Mill Colic - David McCarn

- Starvation Blues - Charley Jordan
- Broke Down Section Hand - Ernest V. Stoneman
- Little Old Sod Shanty - Jules Allen
- Down South Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- No One's Hard Up But Me - Red Brush Rowdies
- Cotton Mill Blues - Lee Brothers
- No Dough Blues - Blind Blake
- The Northern Starvers Are Returning Home - Charlie McCoy / Bo Carter / Charlie McCoy / Bob Carter
- Them Good Old Times Are Coming Back Again - Jim Baird


digitally remastered by Richard Nevins from original 78s

notes by Charles Wolfe

Yazoo CD 2037 (US 1998)

Yazoo Records discography

741998Henry Townsend and Henry Spaulding (1929-37)

Henry Spaulding (1929)
- Cairo Blues
- Biddle Street Blues
Henry Townsend (1929 - 1937)
- Henry's Worry Blues
- Mistreated Blues
- Long Ago Blues
- Poor Man Blues
- She's Got What I Want
- My Sweet Candy
- Sick With The Blues
- Don't Love That Woman
- She's Got A Mean Disposition
- Lose Your Man
- All I've Got's Gone
- A Ramblin' Mind
- Now I Stay Away


CD bonus tracks:
Charley Jordan
- Stack O'Dollars Blues
- Keep It Clean
- Big Four Blues
- Just a Spoonful
- Two Street Blues
- Raidin' Squad Blues
- Hunkie Tunkie Blues
- Gasoline Blues


Wolf WSE 117 (Austria 1986)


(=) Wolf CD WSE 110 (Austria 1998) St. Louis Blues: Charlie Jordan, Henry Townsend & Henry Spaulding Complete Recordings 1929-37

752003The Essential Charley Jordan

- Hunkie Tunkie Blues
- Stack O' Dollars Blues
- Just A Spoonful
- Pork Chop Blues (The Two Charlies)
- Long Lonesome Drive (with Peetie Wheatstraw)
- Two Street Blues
- My 'Loving Good' Blues
- Titanic Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown)
- Bad Breaks Blues
- Bad Feeling Blues (tk 1) (The Two Charlies)
- Honey Sucker Blues
- The Last Dime (with Peetie Wheatstraw)
- Nut Factory Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown)
- Raiding Squad Blues
- Christmas Christmas Blues
- Dollar Bill Blues
- Got Your Water On (The Two Charlies)
- Tight Time Blues


- Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me (The Two Charlies)
- Keep It Clean
- Sugar Man Blues - Part 1 (with St Louis Bessie)
- Sugar Man Blues - Part 2 (with St Louis Bessie)
- Cheating Blues
- Cutting My A B C's
- Mama's Advice (with Peetie Wheatstraw)
- So Soon (with Peetie Wheatstraw)
- Preacher Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown)
- Cheery Wine Woman
- Hard Time Papa (The Two Charlies)
- Chifforobe
- Memphis Fives (with Lee Green)
- Skin Man Blues (with "Hi" Henry Brown)
- Tired Feeling Blues (The Two Charlies)
- Greyhound Blues
- You Run And Tell Your Daddy
- Keep It Clean No. 2

# "Charlie Jordan" of "The Two Charlies" isn't the same artist as "our" Charley Jordan !

2 CD set

Document CBL-200040 (UK 2003)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 146
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 204
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, p. 111, 147, 327, 358, 497-499; 535, 812, 938
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 238
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 561
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 297
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Bob Eagle, David J Costa, Max Hoeffner, Tony Standish and Chris Smith for additional info

 

C H A R L E Y   J O R D A N; source:
Charley Jordan photo in a Vocalion catalogue
erroneously identified as "Petey Wheatstraw"

Posted by catalogue owner Tony Standish at facebook

 

 

 

 

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