Wesley Wilson

Wesley Shellie Wilson (October 1, 1893 – October 10, 1958), often credited as Kid Wilson, was an American blues and jazz singer and songwriter. His stagecraft and performances with his wife and musical partner, Coot Grant, were popular with African American audiences in the 1910s, 1920s and early 1930s.

His stage names included Kid Wilson, Jenkins, Socks, and Sox (or Socks) Wilson. His musical excursions included participation in the duo of Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie. His recordings include the songs "Blue Monday on Sugar Hill" and "Rasslin' till the Wagon Comes".

Birth and Death Data: Born October 1, 1893 (Jacksonville), Died October 10, 1958 (Cape May Court House)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1941

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, vocalist, piano, lyricist, songwriter

Notes: Also listed as Kid Wilson, Kid Wesley Wilson, Kid Socks Wilson, and Sox Wilson. Married to Leola B. Wilson (also known as Coot Grant).

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 BS-060437 10-in. 1/21/1941 Do you call that a buddy Larry Clinton Orchestra ; Butch Stone Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia W147074 10-in. 9/27/1928 Rasslin' till the wagon comes Kid and Coot Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano composer, vocalist  
Columbia W147075 10-in. 9/27/1928 Key hole blues Kid and Coot Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano composer, vocalist  
Columbia W148824 10-in. 7/18/1929 Can you do that to me Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W148825 10-in. 7/18/1929 Get your mind out of the gutter Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar composer, lyricist, vocalist  
Columbia W148977 10-in. 9/5/1929 The gin done done it Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W148978 10-in. 9/5/1929 Do it right Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W149026 10-in. 9/19/1929 Get on out of here Liza Brown ; Ann Johnson Female vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia W149027 10-in. 9/19/1929 Let's get it straight Liza Brown ; Ann Johnson Female vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar and piano lyricist, composer  
Columbia W149091 10-in. 10/3/1929 Old age is creeping up on you Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar lyricist, vocalist, composer  
Columbia W149092 10-in. 10/3/1929 Our family doctor Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar lyricist, vocalist, composer  
Columbia W149104 10-in. 10/7/1929 My friend John Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W149105 10-in. 10/7/1929 On our turpentine farm Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist, composer  
Columbia W149146 10-in. Mid-late Oct. 1929 I knows you Liza Brown ; Ann Johnson Female vocal duet ("blues singers") composer, lyricist  
Columbia W149147 10-in. Mid-late Oct. 1929 Don't take 'em fo' yo' friend Liza Brown ; Ann Johnson Female vocal duet ("blues singers") lyricist, composer  
Columbia W149797 10-in. 1/22/1930 He's a good meat cutter Issie Ringgold Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano composer  
Columbia W149798 10-in. 1/22/1930 Be on your merry way Issie Ringgold Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano composer  
Columbia W150593 10-in. 6/16/1930 You rascal you Socks Wilson Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
Columbia W150594 10-in. 6/16/1930 Dem socks dat my pappy wore Socks Wilson Male vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist, vocalist  
Columbia W150848 10-in. 10/1/1930 In Kentucky Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar composer, vocalist  
Columbia W150849 10-in. 10/1/1930 Just one more time Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet, with guitar composer, vocalist  
Columbia W151294 10-in. 2/10/1931 Deceiving man blues Coot Grant Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with fiddle (violin), guitar, and piano instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151295 10-in. 2/10/1931 Get off with me Coot Grant Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with fiddle (violin), guitar, and piano instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151296 10-in. 2/10/1931 Hard times Pigmeat Pete Male vocal solo and male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar vocalist, lyricist, composer  
Columbia W151297 10-in. 2/10/1931 I'll take it now Pigmeat Pete Male vocal solo and male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar vocalist, lyricist, composer  
Columbia W151493 10-in. 4/8/1931 You'se my friend Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151494 10-in. 4/8/1931 Rockin' chair Mary Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151495 10-in. 4/8/1931 She shakes a mean ash can Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151496 10-in. 4/8/1931 Honey you done gone too far Pigmeat Pete and Catjuice Charlie Male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151497 10-in. 4/10/1931 Wild cats on parade New Orleans Wild Cats ; Tap Dancing Joe Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151498 10-in. 4/10/1931 Baby mine New Orleans Wild Cats ; Tap Dancing Joe Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151499 10-in. 4/10/1931 Harlem baby New Orleans Wild Cats ; Tap Dancing Joe Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151500 10-in. 4/10/1931 Wild cat stomp New Orleans Wild Cats ; Tap Dancing Joe Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151622 10-in. 6/22/1931 Some of these days Eddie Edinborough ; New Orleans Wild Cats Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151623 10-in. 6/22/1931 Wildcats Ball Eddie Edinborough ; New Orleans Wild Cats Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Columbia W151624 10-in. 6/22/1931 Brown baby Eddie Edinborough ; New Orleans Wild Cats Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Columbia W151625 10-in. 6/22/1931 Hot stuff red Eddie Edinborough ; New Orleans Wild Cats Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Columbia W151702 10-in. 7/24/1931 You need a woman like me Catherine Patterson Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano composer  
Columbia W151703 10-in. 7/24/1931 She yodels it all day long Catherine Patterson Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano composer  
Columbia W151716 10-in. 8/10/1931 Boop poop a doop Leola B. Pettigrew Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151717 10-in. 8/10/1931 You need a woman like me Leola B. Pettigrew Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W151798 10-in. 9/18/1931 I don't want that stale stuff Grant and Wilson Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano lyricist, instrumentalist, piano, composer, vocalist  
Columbia W151799 10-in. 9/18/1931 You can't do that to me Grant and Wilson Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano lyricist, composer, instrumentalist, piano, vocalist  
Columbia W152237 10-in. 7/22/1932 I can't get enough Coot Grant ; Leola Wilson ; Wesley Wilson Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Columbia W152238 10-in. 7/22/1932 Jive lover Coot Grant ; Leola Wilson ; Wesley Wilson Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Columbia W152239 10-in. 7/22/1932 Dirty spoon blues Coot Grant ; Leola Wilson ; Wesley Wilson Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and piano instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Columbia W152240 10-in. 7/22/1932 Do you call that a buddy Eddie Edinborough ; Wesley Wilson Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W152577 10-in. 11/24/1933 Do your duty Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band composer, lyricist  
Columbia W152578 10-in. 11/24/1933 Gimme a pigfoot Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band lyricist, composer  
Columbia W152579 10-in. 11/24/1933 Take me for a buggy ride Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band composer, lyricist  
Columbia W152580 10-in. 11/24/1933 I'm down in the dumps Buck and his Band ; Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band lyricist, composer  
OKeh W401867 10-in. 5/7/1929 Crowing rooster blues Socks Wilson Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist  
OKeh W401868 10-in. 5/7/1929 Throat cutting blues Socks Wilson Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist  
OKeh W403001 10-in. 9/28/1929 Fishy little thing Swan and Lee Male vocal duet, with banjo (take A); with guitar (take B) composer, lyricist  
OKeh W403705 10-in. 1/30/1930 You dirty mistreater Butterbeans & Susie Female-male vocal duet, with piano lyricist, composer  
OKeh W405146 10-in. 2/17/1932 Keep your hand off my mojo Grant and Wilson Female-male vocal duet, with piano vocalist, instrumentalist, piano  
OKeh W405147 10-in. 2/17/1932 Do your duty Grant and Wilson Female-male vocal duet, with piano vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, piano  
OKeh W405181 10-in. 3/29/1932 I ain't going to sell you none Cora Garner Female vocal solo, with piano songwriter  
Brunswick E33154 10-in. 6/20/1930 In Kentucky Robert A. Gardner ; Lester McFarland Male vocal duet, with guitar, mandolin, and harmonica composer  
Decca 63875 10-in. 5/26/1938 Toot it, brother Armstrong-1 Grant and Wilson vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wilson, Wesley," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107225.

Wilson, Wesley. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107225.

"Wilson, Wesley." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107225

External Sources

Wikipedia: Wesley Wilson

Discogs: Wesley Wilson

Allmusic: Wesley Wilson

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Wilson, Wesley, 1893-1958 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95031719

Wikidata: Wesley Wilson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7984038

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/42029891

MusicBrainz: Wesley Wilson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d3b486bb-42c3-44e4-a217-f6bfa70abddc

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