Big Bill Broonzy

Big Bill Broonzy

male, deceased (1958)
pullman porter, CBS, African American, Melotone, singer, Busker…Melotone Records, Perfect Records, Columbia Records, VocalionRecords, Vocalion
Big Bill Broonzy (June 26, 1893 or 1898 - August 15, 1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs. "Big Bill"...
Leroy Carr

Leroy Carr

male, deceased (1932)
From Nashville, Tennessee, musician, pianist, Blues singer, American, From Nashville…VocalionRecords
Leroy Carr was an American blues singer, songwriter and pianist who developed a laid-back, crooning technique and whose popularity and style...
Washboard Sam

Washboard Sam

male, deceased (1966)
Memphis, musician, African American, from Arkansas, Blues singer, American blues musician…VocalionRecords, Bluebird Records
Robert Brown, known professionally as Washboard Sam, was an American blues singer and musician. Reputedly the half-brother of Big Bill Broonzy,...
H. C. Speir

H. C. Speir

male, deceased (1972)
Columbia, Willie Lewis Brown, Jr., victor, jimmie rodgers, paramount, Gennett…Gennett Records, Paramount Records, Victor Records, Columbia Records, Decca Records
H. C. Speir (born Henry C. Speir in Prospect, Mississippi, October 6, 1895; d. Jackson, Mississippi, 1972) was an American "talent broker" and...
Sammy Kaye

Sammy Kaye

male, deceased (1987)
musician, saxophone, Serenade Of The Bells, Harbor Lights, Room full of roses, Billy Williams…Columbia Records, VocalionRecords, Decca Records
Sammy Kaye (born Samuel Zarnocay, Jr. on March 13, 1910 in Lakewood, Ohio -- died on June 2, 1987 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) was a famous U.S....
Ida Cox

Ida Cox

female, deceased (1967)
Classic female blues singer, blackface, Blackface minstrel performer, carnegie hall, Blues singer, African-American…Paramount Records, VocalionRecords
Ida Cox (October, 1890-10 November, 1967) was a popular African American singer, best known for her Blues performances and recordings. Cox was born...

Buddy Clark

male, deceased (1949)
Jewish, musician, Plane crash victim, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jewish American, singer…Columbia Records, VocalionRecords
Buddy Clark (July 26, 1911 - October 1, 1949) was a popular singer in the 1930s and 1940s. Clark was born Samuel Goldberg to Jewish parents in...

Buddy Clark

male, deceased (1949)
Jewish, Plane crash victim, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Jewish American, singer, Traditional pop music singer…Columbia Records, VocalionRecords
Buddy Clark (July 26, 1911 - October 1, 1949) was a popular singer in the 1930s and 1940s. Clark was born Samuel Goldberg to Jewish parents in...
Big Walter Horton

Big Walter Horton

male, deceased (1981)
Walter Horton, Big Walter "Shakey" Horton, Memphis Jug Band, Sun Records, Okeh, Blues harmonica player…VocalionRecords
Big Walter "Shakey" Horton was an American blues harmonica player. Born Walter Horton in Horn Lake, Mississippi, he was playing a harmonica by the...
Pinetop Smith

Pinetop Smith

male, deceased (1929)
Vaudeville performer, VocalionRecords, Busker, Blues musician, pianist, jazz pianist
Clarence Smith, better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith (11 June, 1904 - 15 March, 1929) was an influential American boogie-woogie style...