Alfred Elkins
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1940 - 1946
Roles Represented in DAHR: imitation bass (tub-bass), string bass, baritone vocal, songwriter, composer
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 137 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-070405 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Gotta find my baby | Doctor Clayton | Male vocal solo, with piano and improvised string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070406 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Monkey face blues | St. Louis Jimmy Oden | Male vocal solo, with piano and improvised string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070407 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Come day go day | St. Louis Jimmy Oden | Male vocal solo, with piano and improvised string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070408 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Lost ball blues | St. Louis Jimmy Oden | Male vocal solo, with piano and improvised string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070409 | 10-in. | 11/11/1941 | Going down slow | St. Louis Jimmy Oden | Male vocal solo, with piano and improvised string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070434 | 10-in. | 12/4/1941 | Whiskey and gin blues | Memphis Slim | Male vocal solo, with piano and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070435 | 10-in. | 12/4/1941 | You gonna worry too? | Memphis Slim | Male vocal solo, with piano and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070436 | 10-in. | 12/4/1941 | This life I'm living | Memphis Slim | Male vocal solo, with piano and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070437 | 10-in. | 12/4/1941 | Caught the old coon at last | Memphis Slim | Male vocal solo, with piano and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070438 | 10-in. | 12/4/1941 | Don't think that you're smart | Memphis Slim | Male vocal solo, with piano and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070439 | 10-in. | 12/4/1941 | Lend me your love | Memphis Slim | Male vocal solo, with piano and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070440 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | It's all over now | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070441 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | War time blues | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070442 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | You are doing me wrong | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070443 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | One letter home | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070444 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | Down South blues | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070445 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | You drink too much whiskey | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070446 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | No friend blues | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070447 | 10-in. | 12/5/1941 | From now on | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070470 | 10-in. | 12/11/1941 | Yellow yam blues | Yank Rachell | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070471 | 10-in. | 12/11/1941 | Tappin' that thing | Yank Rachell | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070472 | 10-in. | 12/11/1941 | Rainy days blues | Yank Rachell | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
Victor | BS-070473 | 10-in. | 12/11/1941 | Peach tree blues | Yank Rachell | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-070474 | 10-in. | 12/11/1941 | She loves who she please | Yank Rachell | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-070475 | 10-in. | 12/11/1941 | Bye bye blues | Yank Rachell | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Elkins, Alfred," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106493.
Elkins, Alfred. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106493.
"Elkins, Alfred." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.
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LCNAR: Elkins, Alfred - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92021242
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