Clarence Todd
Birth and Death Data: Born 1897
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, composer, songwriter, guitar, kazoo, lyricist, ukulele, piano, banjo, violin
Notes: Often billed as "Shufflin' Sam."
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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 | BVE-36059 | 10-in. | 8/23/1926 | Senegalese stomp | Savoy Bearcats | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-38048 | 10-in. | 5/20/1927 | I'm going to see my ma | Alberta Hunter | Female vocal solo, with pipe organ | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-38049 | 10-in. | 5/20/1927 | I'm going to see my ma | Fats Waller | Pipe organ solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-98896 | 10-in. | 2/1/1936 | Oooh! Look-a-there, ain't she pretty? | Fats Waller and his Rhythm | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Victor | BS-99113 | 10-in. | 2/14/1936 | Goin' back West in the fall | J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal ensemble | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-99114 | 10-in. | 2/14/1936 | New lost train blues | J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers | 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-99115 | 10-in. | 2/14/1936 | Number 111 | J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers | Fiddle (violin) and 2 guitars, with talk | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-99116 | 10-in. | 2/14/1936 | I am walking in the light | J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers | Male vocal trio, with banjo and guitar | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-99117 | 10-in. | 2/14/1936 | Don't cause Mother's hair to go grey | J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers | Male vocal duet, with banjo and guitar | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-99121 | 10-in. | 2/14/1936 | Satisfied | J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers | Male vocal trio, with fiddle (violin) and guitar | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-99122 | 10-in. | 2/14/1936 | One to love me | J. E. Mainer's Mountaineers | Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102717 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | What a friend we have in Mother | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal trio, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-102718 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | My heart is broken for you | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-102719 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | The answer to "Maple on the hill"—part 2 | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102720 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | Lonesome valley—part 2 | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102721 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | Walkin' in my sleep | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars and violin | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-102722 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | Father, dear Father | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal trio, with violin and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102723 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | I shall not be moved | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal trio, with guitars | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-102724 | 10-in. | 6/20/1936 | Do you want to see Mother again? | Dixie Reelers | Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-023222 | 10-in. | 5/13/1938 | Sweet and tender | Bon Bon ; Jan Savitt ; Top Hatters | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-038052 | 10-in. | 8/24/1939 | Love grows on the white oak tree | Hal Kemp Orchestra ; Smoothies | Jazz/dance band, with mixed vocal ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-038279 | 10-in. | 7/17/1939 | Love grows on the white oak tree | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Judy Ellington | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Victor | BS-057746 | 10-in. | 11/26/1940 | Chilly and cold | Bob Chester Orchestra ; Betty Bradley | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W140495 | 10-in. | 4/4/1925 | Papa, de-da-da | St. Louis Rhythm Kings | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W141368 | 10-in. | 12/9/1925 | Papa de-da-da | Ed Smalle | Male vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W141553 | 10-in. | 1/25/1926 | Wait till you see my baby do the Charleston | Dixie Washboard Band | Jazz/dance band | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W142170 | 10-in. | 5/8/1926 | Senegalese stomp | Joe Jordan's Ten Sharps and Flats | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W142172 | 10-in. | 5/8/1926 | You for me, me for you | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W142173 | 10-in. | 5/8/1926 | My own blues | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W142852 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Dark eyes | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W142853 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Gimme blues | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W142857 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | The Zulu blues | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W143612 | 10-in. | 3/10/1927 | Anywhere Sweetie goes (I'll be there) | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W143613 | 10-in. | 3/10/1927 | Cushion foot stomp | Dixie Washboard Band ; Shufflin' Sam | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W152310 | 10-in. | 9/23/1932 | Say it isn't so | The Riffers | Female vocal duet, with piano | songwriter | |
| Columbia | W152463 | 10-in. | 8/7/1933 | The shim sham shimmy dance | Lowland Singers ; Williams' Jug Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and vocal ensemble | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W152464 | 10-in. | 8/7/1933 | Organ grinder | Williams' Jug Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal trio | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W152465 | 10-in. | 8/7/1933 | Chizzlin' Sam | Williams' Jug Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo and male vocal duet | vocalist | |
| Columbia | W152466 | 10-in. | 8/7/1933 | High society | Lowland Singers ; Williams' Jug Band | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, kazoo | |
| Columbia | W152468 | 10-in. | 8/7/1933 | You ain't too old | Clarence Williams’ Jug Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| OKeh | S-71631 | 10-in. | June 1923 | If you don't like it, leave | Sara Martin ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | S-72514 | 10-in. | May 1924 | You don't know my mind blues | Jamaica Jazzers | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, kazoo | |
| OKeh | S-72515 | 10-in. | May 1924 | West Indies blues | Jamaica Jazzers | Jazz/dance quartet | instrumentalist, kazoo | |
| OKeh | S-73114 | 10-in. | 1/18/1925 | Cuddle up close, it's winter | Clarence Williams’ Trio ; Charles Tyus ; Effie Tyus | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-73205 | 10-in. | 3/4/1925 | Papa de-da-da | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Eva Taylor | Jazz/dance ensemble, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | S-73276 | 10-in. | Dec. 1924 | Just a cotton picker's blues | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, ukulele | |
| OKeh | S-73279 | 10-in. | Dec. 1924 | Temptation blues | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, ukulele | |
| OKeh | S-73387 | 10-in. | 6/1/1925 | Papa de da da | Virginia Liston ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 73686 | 10-in. | 10/6/1925 | Just wait 'til you see my baby do the Charleston | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Eva Taylor | Jazz/dance sextet, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 73721 | 10-in. | 10/16/1925 | Santa Claus blues | Clarence Williams’ Trio | Female vocal solo, with male vocal duet and instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| OKeh | 74074 | 10-in. | 3/25/1926 | Careless man blues | Sara Martin | Female vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 74310 | 10-in. | 8/23/1926 | Look out, Mr. Jazz | OKeh Melody Stars ; Clarence Todd | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| OKeh | 74311 | 10-in. | 8/23/1926 | A glass of beer, a hot dog, and you | OKeh Melody Stars ; Clarence Todd | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| OKeh | 74444 | 10-in. | 12/10/1926 | Senegalese stomp | Clarence Williams’ Blue Seven | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | 80198 | 10-in. | 10/29/1926 | Senegalese stomp | Clarence Williams’ Blue Seven | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | W80708 | 10-in. | 4/8/1927 | Home, cradle of happiness | Holland Trio ; Shaky Todd | Male vocal solo and vocal trio, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
| OKeh | W80709 | 10-in. | 4/8/1927 | Sweet Virginia rag | Holland Trio ; Shaky Todd | Male vocal solo and vocal trio, with piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
| OKeh | W404547 | 10-in. | 11/11/1930 | Papa de-da-da (A New Orleans stomp) | Clarence Williams’ Washboard Band | Jazz/dance ensemble | composer | |
| OKeh | W404856 | 10-in. | 2/19/1931 | Papa de-da-da | Clarence Williams’ Jazz Kings | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E35910 | 10-in. | 1/9/1931 | Papa-de-da-da | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | E3250-E3252 | 10-in. | 6/17/1926 | Papa-de-da-da | Versatile Three | Male vocal trio, with piano | songwriter | |
| Decca | 38781 | 10-in. | 10/3/1934 | Jazz it blues (Jazz me blues)-1 | Alabama Jug Band | vocalist, instrumentalist, kazoo | ||
| Decca | 38782 | 10-in. | 10/3/1934 | Somebody stole my gal | Alabama Jug Band | instrumentalist, kazoo | ||
| Decca | 38783 | 10-in. | 10/3/1934 | Crazy blues | Alabama Jug Band | instrumentalist, kazoo | ||
| Decca | 38784 | 10-in. | 10/3/1934 | Sugar blues | Alabama Jug Band | instrumentalist, kazoo |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Todd, Clarence," accessed May 10, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108156.
Todd, Clarence. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108156.
"Todd, Clarence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Todd, Clarence, 1897- - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001007791
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