Artist: Victor Military Band

Honey Don't Play Me No Opera : the first "blues" records 1914-1916

Jan 14, 2010, 7:19am River's Invitation

Marion Harris - Paradise Blues (1916) Victor Military Band - Joe Turner Blues (1916) Prince's Band - Hesitating Blues (1915) Nora Bayes - Homesickness Blues (1915) All blues scholars and writers have ID'd the first true blues record : "Crazy Blues", by Mamie Smith, recorded in 1920. Every story of the recorded blues starts with this song. But we tend to forget that songs were recorded with the word "blues" in the title before 1920. [...]

• Marion Harris - Paradise Blues - Marion Harris
• Nora Bayes - Homesickness Blues
• Prince's Band - The Hesitating Blues - Prince's Band
• Victor Military Band - Joe Turner Blues - Victor Military Band

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Artist:	Marion Harris
Title:	Paradise Blues - Marion Harris
Link Text:	Marion Harris - Paradise Blues
File Name:	Various Artists_028_Paradise Blues.mp3
Bitrate:	187 kbps
Year:	2009

Artist:	Nora Bayes
Title:	Homesickness Blues
Link Text:	Nora Bayes - Homesickness Blues
File Name:	Nora_Bayes-Homesickness_Blues- Victor-45100-1916_64kb.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps
Year:	2005

Artist:	Prince's Band
Title:	The Hesitating Blues - Prince's Band
Link Text:	Prince's Band - Hesitating Blues
File Name:	Prince's Band - Hesitating Blues.mp3
Year:	2002

Artist:	Victor Military Band
Title:	Joe Turner Blues - Victor Military Band
Link Text:	Victor Military Band - Joe Turner Blues
File Name:	Various Artists_25_Joe Turner Blues.mp3
Year:	2002

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Feb 27, 2009, 7:00am Locust St.

Red War Yet Redder: 1914John McCormack, It's a Long Way to Tipperary.Irving Berlin, Follow the Crowd.James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra, Down Home Rag.James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra, Castle House Rag.Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra, Bregeiro.Van Eps Banjo Orchestra, Sans Souci (Maxixe Bresilienne).Victor Military Band, Memphis Blues.Felix Arndt, Desecration Rag (A Classic

• Europe's Society Orchestra - Castle House Rag
• Europe's Society Orchestra - Down Home Rag
• Felix Arndt - Desecration Rag
• Irving Berlin - Follow The Crowd
• Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra - Bregeiro
• John McCormack - It's A Long Way To Tipperary
• Unknown Band - 20th Century Rag
• Van Eps Banjo Orchestra - Sans Souci (Maxixe Bresilienne)
• Victor Military Band - Memphis Blues

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Artist:	Europe's Society Orchestra
Title:	Castle House Rag
Link Text:	James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra, Castle House Rag.
File Name:	14jre2.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1914

Artist:	Europe's Society Orchestra
Title:	Down Home Rag
Link Text:	James Reese Europe's Society Orchestra, Down Home Rag.
File Name:	14jre1.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1913

Artist:	Felix Arndt
Title:	Desecration Rag
Link Text:	Felix Arndt, Desecration Rag (A Classic Nightmare).
File Name:	14arndt.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1914

Artist:	Irving Berlin
Title:	Follow The Crowd
Link Text:	Irving Berlin, Follow the Crowd.
File Name:	14berlin.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1914

Artist:	Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra
Title:	Bregeiro
Link Text:	Joan Sawyer's Persian Garden Orchestra, Bregeiro.
File Name:	14sawyer.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1914

Artist:	John McCormack
Title:	It's A Long Way To Tipperary
Link Text:	John McCormack, It's a Long Way to Tipperary.
File Name:	14tip.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1914

Artist:	Unknown Band
Title:	20th Century Rag
Link Text:	Unknown Band, 20th Century Rag.
File Name:	14lw.mp3
Bitrate:	64 kbps
Year:	1914

Artist:	Van Eps Banjo Orchestra
Title:	Sans Souci (Maxixe Bresilienne)
Link Text:	Van Eps Banjo Orchestra, Sans Souci (Maxixe Bresilienne).
File Name:	14vaneps.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1914

Artist:	Victor Military Band
Title:	Memphis Blues
Link Text:	Victor Military Band, Memphis Blues.
File Name:	14memphis.mp3
Bitrate:	128 kbps
Year:	1914