Recordings made Saturday, May 8, 1954

CompanyMatrix NumberSizeFirst Take DateTitlePrimary PerformerDescription
DeccaL 76705/8/1954Be the good Lord willin'Johnny Desmond  
DeccaL 76775/8/1954I built a cathedralJohnny Desmond  
DeccaL 76685/8/1954Forevermore-1Johnny Desmond  
DeccaL 76695/8/1954Backward, turn backward-1Johnny Desmond  
DeccaL 76715/8/1954Brooklyn bridgeJohnny Desmond  
DeccaL 76765/8/1954The Lord's prayerJohnny Desmond  
Decca879595/8/1954I want to be happyLawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879605/8/1954Sweet Georgia BrownLawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879615/8/1954Big noise from WinnetkaLawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879625/8/1954Love me or leave meLawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879635/8/1954Swing that musicBilly Butterfield Jazz Band  
Decca879645/8/1954The only man bluesBilly Butterfield Jazz Band  
Decca879655/8/1954That's a plentyBilly Butterfield Jazz Band  
Decca879665/8/1954Long goneBilly Butterfield Jazz Band  
Decca879675/8/1954I can't get startedBilly Butterfield Jazz Band  
Decca879685/8/1954When the Saints go marchingBilly Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879695/8/1954BluesBilly Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879705/8/1954Basin Street bluesBilly Butterfield Jazz Band  
Decca879715/8/1954Lover-1Billy Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879725/8/1954At sundown-2Billy Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879735/8/1954St. James infirmary-3Billy Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879745/8/1954Whistling cow blues-4Billy Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879755/8/1954Big town boogie-5Billy Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Decca879765/8/1954South Rampart Street paradeBilly Butterfield Jazz Band ; Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band  
Gramophone0PC101010-in.5/8/1954Sinal da cruzConjunto Mário SimôesInstrumental ensemble 
Gramophone0PC101110-in.5/8/1954Fado Eugénia da CâmaraConjunto Mário SimôesInstrumental ensemble 
Gramophone0PC101210-in.5/8/1954Fado lisboaConjunto Mário SimôesInstrumental ensemble 
ColumbiaCO5150110-in.5/8/1954Tattler's wagonChuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 
ColumbiaCO5149410-in.5/8/1954Joy to the worldChuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 
ColumbiaCO5149510-in.5/8/1954Silent night, holy nightChuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 
ColumbiaCO5150010-in.5/8/1954It came upon the midnight clearChuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 
ColumbiaCO5149610-in.5/8/1954The first nowellChuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 
ColumbiaCO5149910-in.5/8/1954O come, all ye faithful (adeste fideles)Chuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 
ColumbiaCO5149710-in.5/8/1954Hark! The herald angels singChuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 
ColumbiaCO5149810-in.5/8/1954O little town of BethlehemChuck Wagon GangMixed vocal quartet, with guitar 

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

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Recordings made on Saturday, May 8, 1954," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1954-05-08.

Recordings made on Saturday, May 8, 1954. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1954-05-08.

Recordings made on Saturday, May 8, 1954." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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