Recordings made Saturday, December 17, 1938

Company	Matrix Number	Size	First Take Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description
Victor	BS-030714	10-in.	12/17/1938	Livery stable blues	Eddie De Lange Orchestra ; Phil Sillman	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Victor	BS-030715	10-in.	12/17/1938	I ups to her and she ups to me	Eddie De Lange Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
Victor	BS-030716	10-in.	12/17/1938	My heart belongs to daddy	Elisse Cooper ; Eddie De Lange Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
Victor	BS-030717	10-in.	12/17/1938	What this country needs is foo	Elisse Cooper ; Eddie De Lange Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble
Victor	BS-030718	10-in.	12/17/1938	Three little kittens	Elisse Cooper ; Eddie De Lange Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
Victor	BS-030719	10-in.	12/17/1938	The cockeyed mayor of Kaunakakai	Elisse Cooper ; Eddie De Lange Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo
Victor	BS-030720	10-in.	12/17/1938	Zu Bethlehem geboren	Trapp Family Choir ; Franz Wasner	Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied
Victor	BS-030721	10-in.	12/17/1938	Wohlauf ihr lieben Gäste	Trapp Family Choir ; Franz Wasner	Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied
Victor	BS-030722	10-in.	12/17/1938	Die Martinsgans (St. Martin's goose)	Trapp Family Choir ; Franz Wasner	Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied
Victor	BS-030723	10-in.	12/17/1938	Mein einigs A	Trapp Family Choir ; Franz Wasner	Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied
Victor	BS-030724	10-in.	12/17/1938	Il bianco e dolce cigno	Trapp Family Choir ; Franz Wasner	Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied
Victor	BS-030725	10-in.	12/17/1938	Deep purple	Dick Todd	Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band
Victor	BS-030726	10-in.	12/17/1938	Are you in the mood for mischief?	Dick Todd	Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band
Victor	BS-030727	10-in.	12/17/1938	Medley of Gus Edwards' hits	Dick Todd	Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band
Victor	BS-030728	10-in.	12/17/1938	Medley of Gus Edwards' hits	Dick Todd	Baritone vocal solo, with jazz/dance band
Victor	BS-030848	10-in.	12/17/1938	Number five blues	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030849	10-in.	12/17/1938	Christmas morning blues	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030850	10-in.	12/17/1938	Susie-Q	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030851	10-in.	12/17/1938	Bluebird blues—part 2	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030852	10-in.	12/17/1938	Little girl blues	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030853	10-in.	12/17/1938	Low down ways	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030854	10-in.	12/17/1938	Goodbye Red	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030855	10-in.	12/17/1938	The right kind of life	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030856	10-in.	12/17/1938	Insurance man blues	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030857	10-in.	12/17/1938	Rainy day blues	Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
Victor	BS-030858	10-in.	12/17/1938	Every day and night	Ramblin' Bob	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano
Victor	BS-030859	10-in.	12/17/1938	Ol' Mose	Ramblin' Bob	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano
Victor	BS-030860	10-in.	12/17/1938	You're all I've got to live for	Ramblin' Bob	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano
Victor	BS-030861	10-in.	12/17/1938	She's got what it takes	Ramblin' Bob	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano
Victor	BS-030862	10-in.	12/17/1938	Next door neighbor	Ramblin' Bob ; Sonny Boy Williamson	Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and talk
Victor	BS-030863	10-in.	12/17/1938	Big Apple blues	Ramblin' Bob	Male vocal solo, with harmonica, guitar, and piano
Victor	BS-030864	10-in.	12/17/1938	Freight train blues	Ramblin' Bob	Male vocal solo, with harmonica, guitar, and piano
Victor	BS-030865	10-in.	12/17/1938	Good gamblin'	Ramblin' Bob	Male vocal solo, with harmonica, guitar, and piano
Victor	BS-030866	10-in.	12/17/1938	They're mean to me	Willie Hatcher	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano
Victor	BS-030867	10-in.	12/17/1938	So unkind	Willie Hatcher	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano
Decca	DLA 1681	10-in.	12/17/1938	To the land of my own romance	Victor Young Orchestra
Decca	DLA 1682	10-in.	12/17/1938	Kiss me again	Florence George
Decca	DLA 1683	10-in.	12/17/1938	Italian street song	Byron Wolfe's Orchestra
Decca	DLA 1684	10-in.	12/17/1938	I want you to marry me	Victor Young Orchestra
Decca	DLA 1685	10-in.	12/17/1938	This can't be love	Frances Langford ; Rudy Vallée
Decca	DLA 1686	10-in.	12/17/1938	The shortest day of the year	Frances Langford ; Rudy Vallée

= 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 Saturday, December 17, 1938," accessed January 5, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1938-12-17.

Recordings made on Saturday, December 17, 1938. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse?date=1938-12-17.

Recordings made on Saturday, December 17, 1938." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 5 January 2026.

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