Recordings made Thursday, May 21, 1931

Company	Matrix Number	Size	First Take Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description
Gramophone	2W175	12-in.	5/21/1931	Touto to Kalokerarki	A. Kostis	Male vocal solo, with guitar and bass
Gramophone	0W179	10-in.	5/21/1931	The road to paradise	Bezos' Hawaiian Orchestra	Instrumental sextet, with vocal (Hawaiian)
Columbia (U.K.)	WL3101	10-in.	5/21/1931	J'aime pas ça!	Pierre Chagnon ; Orchestre de Jazz ; André Randall	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Columbia (U.K.)	WL3103	10-in.	5/21/1931	Ça n'arrive jamais!	Pierre Chagnon ; Orchestre de Jazz ; André Randall	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BVE-69328	10-in.	5/21/1931	Roll it down	Allen Brothers	Male vocal duet, with guitar and talk
Victor	BVE-69330	10-in.	5/21/1931	Unlucky man	Allen Brothers	Vocal and instrumental duet
Victor	BVE-69332	10-in.	5/21/1931	Monkey blues	Allen Brothers	Vocal and instrumental duet
Victor	BVE-69333	10-in.	5/21/1931	If you'll be mine	Hawaiian Pals	Vocal duet, with 2 guitars (Hawaiian)
Victor	BVE-69334	10-in.	5/21/1931	It's awful what whiskey will do	Hawaiian Pals	Vocal duet, with 2 guitars (Hawaiian)
Victor	BRC-69635	10-in.	5/21/1931	Can I rely on you?	Snooks Friedman ; Memphis Ramblers	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
Victor	BRC-69636	10-in.	5/21/1931	Dip your brush in sunshine (And keep on painting away)	Wally Ashby ; Memphis Ramblers ; Snooks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Victor	BRC-69637	10-in.	5/21/1931	Let a little pleasure interfere with business	Walter Ashby ; Memphis Ramblers ; Snooks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Victor	BVC-69638	10-in.	5/21/1931	In the mill	Victor String Ensemble	String orchestra
Victor	CVE-69639	12-in.	5/21/1931	Marche militaire francaise	Victor Concert Orchestra	Orchestra
Victor	BVE-69640	10-in.	5/21/1931	Bolero in D minor, op. 12, no. 5	Rosario Bourdon ; Victor Concert Orchestra	Orchestra
Victor	BVE-69641	10-in.	5/21/1931	Spanish dance in G minor, op. 12, no. 2	Rosario Bourdon ; Victor Concert Orchestra	Orchestra
Victor	LBRC-69643	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	5/21/1931	Salon suite no. 1	Nathaniel Shilkret ; Victor Salon Orchestra	Orchestra
Victor	LBRC-69642	10-in. (33-1/3 rpm)	5/21/1931	Salon suite no. 1	Victor Salon Orchestra	Orchestra
Victor	MVE-69555	16-in.	5/21/1931	The royalty racket	Fred Erdman	Motion picture soundtrack : Announcing, with dubbed recordings
Gramophone	2B533	12-in.	5/21/1931	Siegfried	Robert Heger ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Lauritz Melchior ; Heinrich Tessmer	Vocal duet (2 tenors), with orchestra
Gramophone	2B534	12-in.	5/21/1931	Siegfried	Robert Heger ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Lauritz Melchior ; Heinrich Tessmer	Vocal duet (2 tenors), with orchestra
Victor	MVE-69552	16-in.	5/21/1931	The spy	Fox Film Corporation	Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor	MVE-69553	16-in.	5/21/1931	The spy	Fox Film Corporation	Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor	MVE-69554	16-in.	5/21/1931	The spy	Fox Film Corporation	Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor	MVE-69556	16-in.	5/21/1931	Fox Movietone news. Vol. 4, no. 70	Fox Film Corporation	Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Victor	MVE-69557	16-in.	5/21/1931	Hearst Metrotone news. 1931-32 series, no. 268	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Motion picture soundtrack : Film to wax transfer
Columbia	W151563	10-in.	5/21/1931	Get on board	Dunham Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
Columbia	W151564	10-in.	5/21/1931	The old account was settled long ago	Dunham Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
Columbia	W151565	10-in.	5/21/1931	Angel child	Dunham Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
Columbia	W151566	10-in.	5/21/1931	Wide wide world	Dunham Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
Columbia	W151567	10-in.	5/21/1931	See how they did my Lord	Dunham Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
Columbia	W151568	10-in.	5/21/1931	Light of the world	Dunham Jubilee Singers	Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
Victor	FVE-69555	35mm film	5/21/1931	The royalty racket	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	Motion picture soundtrack
Brunswick	YE36767	16-in.	5/21/1931	California Fruit Growers Exchange program	Unidentified performer(s) (Brunswick Records)	Radio transcription disc
Brunswick	IC7817	17-in.	5/21/1931	Plough's Inc. : Peggy Martin, program A	Unidentified performer(s) (Brunswick Records)	Radio transcription disc
Brunswick	IC7820	17-in.	5/21/1931	Plough : Peggy Martin, program F	Unidentified performer(s) (Brunswick Records)	Radio transcription disc
Brunswick	E36718	10-in.	5/21/1931	There must be a bright tomorrow (For each yesterday of tears)	Phil Luther Crow ; Frank Luther	Male vocal duet, with clarinet and steel guitar
Brunswick	E36719	10-in.	5/21/1931	Don’t lay me on my back (In my last sleep)	Phil Luther Crow ; Frank Luther	Male vocal duet, with bass clarinet, banjo, and accordion
Brunswick	E36720	10-in.	5/21/1931	Lonesome railroad	Phil Luther Crow ; Frank Luther	Male vocal duet, with bass clarinet and guitar
Brunswick	E36768	10-in.	5/21/1931	On the beach with you	Ted Black Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Brunswick	E36769	10-in.	5/21/1931	Maybe it’s the moon	Ted Black Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Brunswick	E36770	10-in.	5/21/1931	Little girl	Ted Black Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Brunswick	E36722	10-in.	5/21/1931	Come to me	Gloria Swanson	Female vocal solo, with orchestra.
Brunswick	E36723	10-in.	5/21/1931	If you haven’t got love	Gloria Swanson	Female vocal solo, with orchestra.
Brunswick	E36721	10-in.	5/21/1931	Come to me	Gloria Swanson	Female vocal solo, with orchestra.
Gramophone	0W178	10-in.	5/21/1931	White birds	Bezos' Hawaiian Orchestra	Instrumental sextet, with vocal (Hawaiian)
Columbia	W351026	10-in.	5/21/1931	Love is like that (What can you do?)	Chester Leighton and his Sophomores [Selvin's Orchestra]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Columbia	W351027	10-in.	5/21/1931	Two little, blue little eyes	Chester Leighton and his Sophomores [Selvin's Orchestra]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Gramophone	2W184	12-in.	5/21/1931	St oneiro mou se eida (Στ ονειρο μου σε ειδα)	Athēnaika Chorōdia (Αθηναικα Χορωδια)	Vocal chorus
Gramophone	2W185	12-in.	5/21/1931	Chrysos stauros (Χροσος σταυρος)	Athēnaika Chorōdia (Αθηναικα Χορωδια)	Vocal chorus
Gramophone	2W177	12-in.	5/21/1931	O dromos tou paradeizou (Ο δρομος του παραδειζου)	S. Vlasis (Σ, Βλασης)	Vocal and instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian)
Gramophone	2W176	12-in.	5/21/1931	Aspra poulia (Ασπρα πουλια)	S. Vlasis (Σ, Βλασης)	Vocal and instrumental ensemble (Hawaiian)
ARC	10659	10-in.	5/21/1931	Sitting on top of the world	Two Poor Boys	Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin
ARC	10661	10-in.	5/21/1931	My baby got a yo-yo	Arthur McClain	Male vocal solo with with guitars
ARC	10662	10-in.	5/21/1931	So sorry dear	Evans and McClain	Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin
ARC	10663	10-in.	5/21/1931	Sourwood Mountain	Evans and McClain	Guitar and mandolin
ARC	10664	10-in.	5/21/1931	Down in black bottom	Joe Evans	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar
ARC	10665	10-in.	5/21/1931	Shook it this morning	Joe Evans	Male vocal solo, with piano and guitar
ARC	10660	10-in.	5/21/1931	Sitting on top of the world	Evans and McClain	Male vocal duet, with unknown accompaniment
ARC	10666	10-in.	5/21/1931	Shook it this morning	Joe Evans	Male vocal solo, with piano
Columbia (U.K.)	WB4142	10-in.	5/21/1931	Scende la sera	I Sei Vagabondi	Instrumental ensemble
Victor	BVE-69327	10-in.	5/21/1931	Shake it, Ida, shake it	Allen Brothers	Vocal and instrumental duet
Victor	BVE-69329	10-in.	5/21/1931	Mother-in-law blues	Allen Brothers	Vocal and instrumental duet
Victor	BVE-69331	10-in.	5/21/1931	Laughin' and cryin'	Allen Brothers	Vocal and instrumental duet, with speech
Victor	BRC-69634	10-in.	5/21/1931	Sweet Georgia Brown	Estes Manasco ; Memphis Ramblers ; Snooks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Columbia	W351025	10-in.	5/21/1931	One more time	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Recordings made on Thursday, May 21, 1931," accessed January 8, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1931-05-21.

Recordings made on Thursday, May 21, 1931. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 8, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1931-05-21.

Recordings made on Thursday, May 21, 1931." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 8 January 2026.

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