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O L L I E   R U P E R TThere is no photo of this (female) artist known to exist

 

Ollie Rupert
née Ollie E. Sanders
b. in late 1907 in Tennessee, presumably at Corona, Tipton County
d. September 26, 1973 in Shelby County, Tennessee

discography

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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
11927Ollie Rupert

- I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun (37963-2)   @ youtube
- Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog (37964-2)   @ youtube

rec. February 28, 1927 in Memphis, TN; Ollie Rupert, female voc; unknown, jew's harp; poss. Will Weldon, poss. Will Shade, g


Victor 20577 (US 1927)


LP / CD compilations
21969Memphis Blues

Johnson Boys
- Prater Blues
Frank Stokes
- 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - part 1

Ollie Rupert
- I Raised My Window
Ollie Rupert
- Ain't Gonna Be Your Low Down Dog
Hambone Willie Newbern
- She Could Toodle
William & Versey Smith
- Everybody Help The Boys Come Home
Furry Lewis
- Mr. Furry's Blues
- Mistreatin' Mama

Allen Shaw
- I Couldn't Help It
Tom Dickson
- Worry Blues
Sleepy John Estes
- Poor John Blues
- Whatcha Doin'?
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Jim Jackson
- Bootlegging Blues
Memphis Jug Band
- You Got Me Rollin'
Washboard Rhythm Kings
- Shoot 'Em


 
Roots RL 323 (Austria 1969)


= Roots/Saydisc RL 323 (UK 1969) [differing from Roots RL-323 only by sticker on front cover top left!]


= autogram/Roots RL 323 (Germany)

Roots Records discography

31987Memphis Blues   (1927 - 1937)

Ollie Rupert
- I Raised My Window And Looked At The Rising Sun
- Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog
Big Boy Cleveland
- Quill Blues
- Goin' To Leave You Blues
Walter Rhodes
- The Crowing Rooster
- Leaving Home Blues
Frank Stokes
- Downtown Blues
Tom Dickson
- Death Bell Blues
- Worry Blues

Tom Dickson
- Happy Blues
- Labor Blues
Robert Wilkins
- Rolling Stone - Part 2 (take 1 [?]) [Victor 21741]
Sam Townsend
- I'm Missing That
- Lily Kimball Blues
Allen Shaw
- I Coundn't Help It
- Moanin' The Blues
George Torey
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues



HK Records HK 4002 (Austria 1987)

HK Records discography

41993Memphis Blues 1927 - 1938

Ollie Rupert (1927)
- I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun
- Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog
Walter Rhodes (1927)
- The Crowing Rooster
- Leaving Home Blues
Pearl Dickson (1927)
- Twelve Pound Daddy
- Little Rock Blues
Madelyn James (1930)
- Stinging Snake Blues
- Long Time Blues
Charlie Bozo Nickerson (1930)
- What's The Matter Now? - Part 1
- What's The Matter Now? - Part 2
- Bozo's Blues - Part 1
- Bozo's Blues - Part 2
Sam Townsend (1930)
- I'm Missing That
- Lily Kimball Blues
Hattie Hart (1934)
- I'm Missing That Thing
- I Let My Daddy Do That
- Coldest Stuff In Town (Duet w. Allen Shaw)
- Happy-Go-Lucky Blues
George Torey (1937)
- Married Woman Blues
- Lonesome Man Blues
John Henry Barbee (1938)
- Six Weeks Old Blues (tk 1) [Vocalion 04417]
- Six Weeks Old Blues (tk 2) [Vocalion 04417]
- God Knows I Can't Help It [Vocalion 04417]
- You'll Work Down To Me Someday [Vocalion unissued, Document DLP 520]
- Against My Will [Vocalion unissued, Document DLP 520]


notes by Kip Lornell

Document DOCD-5159 (Austria 1993)

55/2012Lonesome Whistle - An Anthology Of American Railroad Song

disc 1: Big Railroad Blues
Kelly Harrell - The Wreck On The Southern Old 97
Roy Harvey - The Brave Engineer
Blind Joe Taggart - I Wish My Mother Was On That Train

Ollie Rupert - I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun
Sam Collins - Yellow Dog Blues
Willamson Bros & Curry - Gonna Die With My Hammer In My Hand
Blind Joe Amos (Blind Joe Taggart) - C & O Blues
Roy Harvey - The Wreck Of The Virginian No. 3
Tenneva Ramblers - The Longest Train I Ever Saw
Andrew & Jim Baxter - K. C. Railroad Blues
Ed Bell - Mean Conductor Blues
Ed Bell - Frisco Whistle Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Rambler Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson - Sunshine Special
Henry Whitter & G.B. Grayson - Train 45
Burnett & Rutherford - Ramblin' Reckless Hobo
Allen Brothers - Chattanooga Blues
"Billiken" Johnson, Fred Adams - Sun Beam Blues
Cannon's Jug Stompers - Big Railroad Blues
Tenneva Ramblers - If I Die A Railroad Man
Pink Anderson, Simmie Dooley - C. C. & O. Blues
G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter - The Red And Green Signal Lights
Sloppy Henry - Royal Palm Special Blues
Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones - Part 1
Frank Hutchison - Hell Bound Train

disc 2: Travellin' Blues
Nelstone's Hawaiians - North-Bound Train
Jimmie Rodgers - Waiting For A Train
Frenchy's String Band - Texas And Pacific Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues
The Carter Family - Engine One-Forty-Three
Carolina Tar Heels - The Train's Done Left Me
Lonnie Coleman - Old Rock Island Blues
Darby & Tarlton - The New York Hobo
E.E. Hack String Band - Western Kentucky Limited
Eddie Mapp And His Harmonica - Riding The Blinds
Buell Kazee - The Hobo's Last Ride
Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues
Frank Hutchison - Cannonball Blues
Jimmie Rodgers - Train Whistle Blues
Will Bennett - Railroad Bill
Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) - Part 1
Robert Wilkins - Long Train Blues
Memphis Jug Band - K. C. Moan
Darby & Tarlton - Freight Train Ramble
Darby & Tarlton - Lonesome Frisco Line
Blind Sammie (Blind Willie McTell) - Travelin' Blues
Carter Family - Wabash Cannonball
Washington White (Bukka White) - The New 'Frisco Train
Willie Brown - M & O Blues
Walter Davis - M & O Blues

disc 3: Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train
Alabama Sheiks - Travelin' Railroad Man Blues
Lullaby Larkers (Cliff Carlisle) - True And Trembling Brakeman
Walter Davis - Railroad Man Blues
King Solomon Hill - The Gone Dead Train
Big Bill (Big Bill Broonzy) - Too-Too Train Blues
Blind Willie (Blind Willie McTell) - B And O Blues No. 2
Sam McGee - Railroad Blues
Memphis Minnie - Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing)
Delmore Brothers, The - Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train
Bumble Bee Slim - B And O Line Blues
Dallas Jamboree Jug Band - Flying Crow Blues
Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Monroe Brothers - New River Train
Bill Carlisle - The Heavenly Train
Crowder Brothers - Depot Blues
Monroe Brothers - My Saviour's Train
Little Brother Montgomery - A. & V. Railroad Blues
Black Ivory King - The Flying Crow
Blind Norris - The Katy Blues
Wade Mainer - Train Carry My Girl Back Home
Robert Johnson - Love In Vain
Wade Mainer, Zeke Morris, Steve Ledford - Riding On That Train Forty-Five
Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet - Golden Gate Gospel Train
Roosevelt Antrim - Station Boy Blues
Shelly Lee Alley - Train Whistle Blues

disc 4: The Train Kept A' Rollin'
Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
Cripple Clarence Lofton - Streamline Train
Smith Casey - Santa Fe Blues
Rouse Brothers - Orange Blossom Special
Bukka White - Special Stream Line
Huddie Ledbetter (Leadbelly) - The Midnight Special
Leadbelly, Golden Gate Quartet, The - Rock Island Line
Byron Parker & His Mountaineers - C. & N. W. Railroad
Karl & Harty - Gospel Cannon Ball
Yank Rachell - Hobo Blues
Arthur Crudup - Mean Old Frisco Blues
Leadbelly - Lining Track (Line 'Em)
Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee - Lonesome Train
Sonny Boy Williamson - G. M. & O. Blues
Hank Williams - Pan American
Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin'
Muddy Waters - Train Fare Home
T-Bone Walker - Railroad Station Blues
Reverend Robert Ballinger - This Train
Elvis Presley - Mystery Train
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightnin'
Chuck Berry - Down Bound Train
Johnny Burnette & The Rock'N'Roll Trio - Train Kept A Rollin'
Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow


compiled by Russel Beecher

4 CD set

Proper PROPERBOX 168 (UK 5/2012)



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, p. 775
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 852
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Bob Eagle for additional info (name at birth, date/location of birth/death)

 

 

 

 

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