Joe Smith
Joe Smith (February 16, 1884 - February 22, 1981) was a vaudeville comedian with Charles Dale (1881-1971) as the act Smith & Dale. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 16, 1884, Died February 22, 1981 (Lillian Booth Actors Home)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1915 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: cornet, trumpet, vocalist, performer, author, speaker, songwriter
Notes: Name at birth: Joseph Sultzer
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-17812 | 10-in. | 6/7/1916 | Yaaka hula hickey dula | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-17814 | 10-in. | 6/7/1916 | My mother's rosary | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | C-17831 | 12-in. | 6/9/1916 | The professor's birthday | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene and male vocal quartet, with instrumental quintet | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-17832 | 12-in. | 6/9/1916 | Ginsberg's stump speech | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene, with orchestra | author, speaker | |
| Victor | B-17843 | 10-in. | 6/12/1916 | You're a dangerous girl | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-17844 | 10-in. | 6/12/1916 | I'm going way back home and have a wonderful time | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-18165 | 10-in. | 7/31/1916 | On a summer night | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-18166 | 10-in. | 7/31/1916 | Gila, galah, galoo | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-18167 | 10-in. | 7/31/1916 | Songs of yesterday | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-18173 | 10-in. | 8/3/1916 | Way out yonder in the golden West | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-18174 | 10-in. | 8/3/1916 | When the black sheep comes home | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | C-18175 | 12-in. | 8/3/1916 | Cohan's wedding | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-18176 | 12-in. | 8/3/1916 | Hungarian restaurant scene | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene, with orchestra | speaker, author | |
| Victor | B-20604 | 10-in. | 8/8/1917 | Songs of ye[?] nut | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Victor | B-20605 | 10-in. | 8/8/1917 | Clancy's minstrels | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-20605 | 12-in. | 10/28/1924 | Clancy's minstrels | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-20606 | 10-in. | 8/8/1917 | Amateur night | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene, with orchestra | performer | |
| Victor | B-30683 | 10-in. | 8/27/1924 | Manda | Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle | Male vocal solo, with piano and cornet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Victor | B-30684 | 10-in. | 8/27/1924 | Fate is the slave of love | Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle | Male vocal solo, with piano and cornet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Victor | B-30981 | 10-in. | 10/8/1924 | The new school teacher | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | C-30981 | 12-in. | 10/28/1924 | The new school teacher | Avon Comedy Four | Comic scene and male vocal quartet, with orchestra | performer, author | |
| Victor | B-32437 | 10-in. | 4/16/1925 | Nora Lee | International Novelty Orchestra | Orchestra, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BVE-57064 | 10-in. | 11/5/1929 | Plain dirt | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-57065 | 10-in. | 11/5/1929 | Gee, ain't I good to you | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-57066 | 10-in. | 11/6/1929 | I'd love it | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-57067 | 10-in. | 11/6/1929 | The way I feel today | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-57068 | 10-in. | 11/6/1929 | Miss Hannah | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-57139 | 10-in. | 11/7/1929 | Peggy | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-57140 | 10-in. | 11/7/1929 | Wherever there's a will, baby | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Don Redman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-58543 | 10-in. | 1/31/1930 | I'll make fun for you | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-58544 | 10-in. | 1/31/1930 | Words can't express | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-58545 | 10-in. | 1/31/1930 | If I could be with you one hour to-night | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-58546 | 10-in. | 2/3/1930 | Honeysuckle rose | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-58547 | 10-in. | 2/3/1930 | Then someone's in love | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-59140 | 10-in. | 2/3/1930 | Zonky | McKinney's Cotton Pickers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-59141 | 10-in. | 2/3/1930 | Trav'lin' all alone | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal chorus | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64002 | 10-in. | 7/28/1930 | Just a shade corn | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Dave Wilborn | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64003 | 10-in. | 7/28/1930 | Baby won't you please come home | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64004 | 10-in. | 7/29/1930 | Okay, baby | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64005 | 10-in. | 7/29/1930 | Blues sure have got me | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Don Redman | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64006 | 10-in. | 7/30/1930 | Hullabaloo | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; Dave Wilborn | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64007 | 10-in. | 7/30/1930 | I want a little girl | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | BVE-64008 | 10-in. | 7/31/1930 | Cotton picker's scat | McKinney's Cotton Pickers ; George Thomas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal chorus | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Victor | [Trial 1915-12-17-01] | Not documented | 12/17/1915 | Come back Dixie | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Trial 1915-12-17-02] | Not documented | 12/17/1915 | Along the rocky road to Dublin | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Trial 1915-12-18-01] | Not documented | 12/18/1915 | Cohen at the telephone | Joe Smith | Monologue | speaker | |
| Victor | [Trial 1925-01-29-05] | 10-in. | 1/29/1925 | Jealous | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Trial 1925-01-29-06] | 10-in. | 1/29/1925 | I'm gonna tramp | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Victor | [Trial 1925-01-29-07] | 10-in. | 1/29/1925 | Song of India | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet and duet, with piano | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 77332 | 10-in. | 9/13/1917 | When I get back to Loveland and you | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 77333 | 10-in. | 9/13/1917 | I'm crazy over every girl in France | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 77434 | 10-in. | 10/22/1917 | You're as dear to me as Dixie was to Lee | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 78240 | 10-in. | 12/31/1918 | Come on, Papa | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 78241 | 10-in. | 12/31/1918 | Oh! What a time for the girlies when the boys come marching home | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Columbia | 81199 | 10-in. | 9/6/1923 | Georgia blues | Clara Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | 140062 | 10-in. | 9/26/1924 | Weeping willow blues | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet, trombone, and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | 140063 | 10-in. | 9/26/1924 | The bye bye blues | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet, trombone, and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W140585 | 10-in. | 5/5/1925 | Cake walking babies | Fletcher Henderson’s Hot Six ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, trumpet | |
| Columbia | W140586 | 10-in. | 5/6/1925 | The Yellow Dog blues | Fletcher Henderson’s Hot Six ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance ensemble | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W141207 | 10-in. | 10/28/1925 | No man's mamma | Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with bass saxophone, cornet, and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W141208 | 10-in. | 10/28/1925 | Tell 'em about me | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W141209 | 10-in. | 10/28/1925 | Maybe not at all | Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with bass saxophone, cornet, and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W141283 | 10-in. | 11/18/1925 | At the Christmas ball | Charlie Green ; Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith ; Joe Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W141284 | 10-in. | 11/18/1925 | Telephone blues | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W141285 | 10-in. | 11/18/1925 | I've been mistreated and I don't like it | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W141542 | 10-in. | 1/22/1926 | I've found a new baby | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W142146 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Money blues | Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith ; Joe Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W142147 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Baby doll | Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith ; Joe Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W142148 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Hard driving papa | Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith ; Joe Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W142149 | 10-in. | 5/4/1926 | Lost your head blues | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W142876 | 10-in. | 10/26/1926 | One and two blues | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet, cornet, and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W142877 | 10-in. | 10/26/1926 | It's just that feeling for home | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet, cornet, and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W142878 | 10-in. | 10/26/1926 | Young woman's blues | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet, cornet, and piano | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143567 | 10-in. | 3/2/1927 | After you've gone | Bessie Smith and her Band | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143568 | 10-in. | 3/2/1927 | Alexander's ragtime band | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143569 | 10-in. | 3/2/1927 | Muddy water | Bessie Smith and her Band | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental sextet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143570 | 10-in. | 3/2/1927 | There'll be a hot time in the old town to-night | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143575 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Trombone Cholly | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143576 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Send me to the 'lectric chair | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143583 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Them's graveyard words | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W143584 | 10-in. | 3/3/1927 | Hot springs blues | Blue Boys [Bessie Smith ensemble] ; Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W144100 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Weary feet | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W144101 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Smile! | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W144102 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Home | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Columbia | W144103 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Take your black bottom outside | Ethel Waters | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, cornet | |
| Edison | 4962 | 10-in. | 8/31/1916 | Gila, galah, galoo | Avon Comedy Four | Male vocal quartet, with orchestra | vocalist | |
| Decca | 1406 | 10-in. | May 1923 | Down-hearted blues | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
| Decca | 1413 | 10-in. | May 1923 | Gulf coast blues | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smith, Joe," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106621.
Smith, Joe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106621.
"Smith, Joe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Smith, Joe, 1884-1981 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92082411
Wikidata: Joe Smith (comedian) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24845618
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