Edgar Dowell

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1939

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

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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-27197 10-in. 12/1/1922 That da-da strain Ross Gorman ; Virginians Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor B-29191 10-in. 1/8/1924 West Indies blues Armand J. Piron ; Piron's New Orleans Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BVE-36961 10-in. 11/23/1926 Peepin' Jim Edna Winston Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor BVE-37573 10-in. 1/26/1927 Hard hearted papa Monette Moore Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble lyricist  
Victor BVE-37574 10-in. 1/26/1927 Police done tore my playhouse down Elizabeth Smith Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor BVE-37680 10-in. 2/14/1927 Good woman blues Margaret Johnson Female vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and harmonica lyricist  
Victor BVE-37787 10-in. 2/16/1927 Joogie blues Edna Winston Female vocal solo, with instrumental quintet composer  
Victor BVE-38654 10-in. 6/8/1927 Red River blues Laura Smith Female vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BRC-69607 10-in. 5/13/1931 Nina Wooding’s Grand Central Red Caps Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BVE-[Unnumbered 1926-01-21-01] 10-in. 1/21/1926 I haven't dirtied a dish today Eddie Hunter Monologue, with piano composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Victor BVE-[Unnumbered 1926-01-21-02] 10-in. 1/21/1926 Apple sauce Eddie Hunter Monologue, with piano instrumentalist, piano, composer  
Victor BS-024055 10-in. 7/18/1938 Yes suh! Ozzie Nelson Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor BS-040263 10-in. 7/7/1939 That da da strain Ragtime Band [Muggsy Spanier] Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 80362 10-in. 5/22/1922 It makes no difference now Leona Williams Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer, lyricist  
Columbia 80622 10-in. 10/23/1922 That da-da strain The Southland Five Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 80724 10-in. 12/5/1922 That da-da strain Irene Gibbons Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 80834 10-in. 2/5/1923 That teasin', squeezin' man of mine Leona Williams Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band lyricist, composer  
Columbia 81436 10-in. 12/21/1923 West Indies blues Piron's New Orleans Orchestra Jazz/dance band songwriter  
Columbia 81695 10-in. 4/17/1924 West Indies blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar and ukulele songwriter  
Columbia 81803 10-in. 6/3/1924 Black Star Line George Gray ; Roscoe Wickham Male vocal duet, with ukulele songwriter  
Columbia 140090 10-in. 10/7/1924 Broken busted blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with 2 clarinets and piano composer, lyricist  
Columbia 140227 10-in. 1/7/1925 Broken busted blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet, trombone, and piano composer, lyricist  
Columbia 140266 12-in. 1/17/1925 My John blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano composer, lyricist  
Columbia W140462 10-in. 3/25/1925 Meddlin' with the blues Two Of Spades Banjo-ukulele and harmonica duet composer  
Columbia W140493 10-in. 4/2/1925 My John blues Clara Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental trio composer, lyricist  
Columbia W140598 10-in. 5/13/1925 Too bad Jim Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental ensemble composer  
Columbia W140756 10-in. 7/10/1925 Strivin' blues Julia Moody Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet and piano composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W140757 10-in. 7/10/1925 Last night blues Julia Moody Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet and piano composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W140957 10-in. 9/18/1925 That Chicago wiggle Dixie Wobblers ; Julia Moody Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance quartet lyricist, composer  
Columbia W140958 10-in. 9/18/1925 Midnight Dan Edgar Dowell's Chicago Waddlers ; Julia Moody Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance quartet lyricist, composer, instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W140959 10-in. 9/18/1925 Police blues Edgar Dowell's Chicago Waddlers ; Julia Moody Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance quartet instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia W140960 10-in. 9/18/1925 He'll do you wrong Dixie Wobblers ; Julia Moody Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance quartet lyricist, composer  
Columbia W141057 10-in. 9/29/1925 Never tell a woman friend Maggie Jones Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio composer  
Columbia W141293 10-in. 11/20/1925 Red Mountain blues Bessie Smith Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with clarinet and piano composer  
Columbia W141897 10-in. 3/31/1926 Some baby—my gal George W. Williams Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with cornet and piano lyricist, composer  
OKeh S-70825 10-in. Aug. 1922 That da-da strain Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-71328 10-in. March 1923 That da da strain Blue Ribbon Trio Instrumental trio composer  
OKeh S-72175 10-in. 12/14/1923 West Indies blues Esther Bigeou ; Piron's New Orleans Orchestra Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
OKeh S-72515 10-in. May 1924 West Indies blues Jamaica Jazzers Jazz/dance quartet composer  
OKeh S-72806 10-in. Sept. 1924 Without you, dear Lawrence Lomax Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
OKeh S-72922 10-in. Oct. 1924 Bass clarinet blues Harlem Trio ; George McClennon Instrumental trio composer  
OKeh S-72923 10-in. October 1924 Meddlin' with the blues Harlem Trio ; George McDowell Instrumental trio composer  
OKeh S-72958 10-in. 11/6/1924 Of all the wrongs you done to me Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Eva Taylor Jazz/dance quintet, with female vocal solo songwriter  
OKeh 74178 10-in. 6/18/1926 While you're sneakin' out somebody else is easin' in George McClennon Jazz Devils Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 12846-12847 10-in. 4/10/1924 West Indies blues Rosa Henderson Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet composer  
Brunswick 12948-12949 10-in. 4/22/1924 It makes no difference now Viola McCoy Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E7266 10-in. 4/7/1928 Poplar Bluff blues Rosa Henderson Female vocal solo, with trombone and piano songwriter  
Brunswick E30029 10-in. 6/11/1929 That da da strain Louisiana Rhythm Kings Jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick E2713-E2715 10-in. 3/31/1926 Do it Mr. So-So Rosa Henderson Female vocal solo, with instrumental quartet songwriter  
Brunswick E3048-E3050 10-in. 5/14/1926 Here comes my baby Rosa Henderson ; Three Hot Eskimos Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio songwriter  
Edison 9579 10-in. 6/23/1924 Black Star Line Ernest Hare Male vocal solo, with orchestra songwriter  
Edison 10407 10-in. 5/27/1925 Broken busted blues Eubie Blake ; Noble Sissle Male vocal solo, with piano composer, lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dowell, Edgar," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109824.

Dowell, Edgar. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109824.

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

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109824

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Dowell, Edgar - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no93035095

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/31569876

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