George W. Thomas
George Washington Thomas Jr. (March 9, 1883 – March 6, 1937) was an American blues and jazz pianist and songwriter. He wrote several influential early boogie-woogie piano pieces including "The New Orleans Hop Scop Blues", "The Fives", and "The Rocks", which some believe he may have recorded himself under the name Clay Custer. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 9, 1883 (Pine Bluff), Died March 6, 1937 (Chicago)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, piano, songwriter, leader, vocalist, speaker
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-37212 | 10-in. | 12/8/1926 | Lonesome room blues | Sodarisa Miller | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-37213 | 10-in. | 12/8/1926 | I keeps my kitchen clean | Sodarisa Miller | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-37237 | 10-in. | 12/14/1926 | Muscle Shoals blues | Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Victor | BVE-37682 | 10-in. | 2/14/1927 | Dead drunk blues | Margaret Johnson | Female vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and harmonica | composer | |
| Victor | BS-99355 | 10-in. | 2/25/1936 | Bedroom blues | Joe Pullum | Male vocal solo, with trumpet, guitar, and piano | composer | |
| Columbia | 81832 | 10-in. | 6/18/1924 | Muscle Shoals blues | Alabama Joe ; Edith Wilson | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | composer, lyricist | |
| Columbia | 81838 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Houston blues | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | 81839 | 10-in. | 1/21/1924 | Muscle Shoals blues | Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| Columbia | W142440 | 10-in. | 7/14/1926 | Bed room blues | Ethel Bynum | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
| Columbia | W142441 | 10-in. | 7/14/1926 | Rest yo' hips | Ethel Bynum | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
| Columbia | W150132 | 10-in. | 3/27/1930 | New Orleans hop scop blues | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 8485 | 10-in. | October 1923 | Sweet baby doll | King Oliver’s Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | 8490 | 10-in. | October 1923 | Up the country blues | Eddie Heywood ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 8491 | 10-in. | October 1923 | Shorty George blues | Eddie Heywood ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | 8964 | 10-in. | Feb. 1925 | Morning dove blues | Joe Oliver ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | composer | |
| OKeh | 9167 | 10-in. | May 1925 | Worried down with the blues | Hersal Thomas ; Hociel Thomas | Female vocal solo, with piano | songwriter | |
| OKeh | 9168 | 10-in. | May 1925 | Fish tail dance | Hersal Thomas ; Hociel Thomas | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 9169 | 10-in. | May 1925 | Wash woman blues | Thomas' Muscle Shoal Devils | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | 9170 | 10-in. | May 1925 | Morning dove blues | Thomas' Muscle Shoal Devils | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | 9472 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | Sunshine baby | Hociel Thomas | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 9473 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | Adam and Eve had the blues | Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four ; Hociel Thomas | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 9474 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | Put it where I can get it | Louis Armstrong's Jazz Four ; Hociel Thomas | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 9475 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | Wash woman blues | Hociel Thomas | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | composer | |
| OKeh | 9476 | 10-in. | 11/11/1925 | I've stopped my man | Hociel Thomas | Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance ensemble | composer | |
| OKeh | 9560 | 10-in. | 3/3/1926 | I feel good | Louis Armstrong ; Hersal Thomas ; Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | 9570 | 10-in. | 3/4/1926 | Kitchen blues | Lillian Miller ; Hersal Thomas | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| OKeh | 9930 | 10-in. | 11/20/1926 | Bedroom blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70289 | 10-in. | Oct. 1921 | Muscle Shoals blues | Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70496 | 10-in. | Feb. 1922 | Muscle Shoals blues | Lizzie Miles | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | S-70772 | 10-in. | 8/10/1922 | Houston blues | Joseph Samuels Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-70948 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | Muscle Shoals blues | Thomas Waller | Piano solo | composer | |
| OKeh | S-71247 | 10-in. | February 1923 | The fives | Tampa Blue Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-71290 | 10-in. | February 1923 | The rocks | Clay Custer | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano, composer | |
| OKeh | S-71669 | 10-in. | July 1923 | New Orleans hop scop blues | Sara Martin ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | S-71929 | 10-in. | October 1923 | New Orleans hop scop blues | Clarence Williams’ Blue Five | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
| OKeh | S-72568 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Caldonia blues | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | S-72569 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Underworld blues | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | lyricist, composer | |
| OKeh | S-72570 | 10-in. | May 1924 | Leaving me, daddy, is hard to do | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| OKeh | S-73012 | 10-in. | 12/1/1924 | I've stopped my man | Sippie Wallace ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
| OKeh | 73576 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | Suitcase blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| OKeh | 73577 | 10-in. | Aug. 1925 | I must have it | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | W80837 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Dead drunk blues | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with clarinet, cornet, and piano | composer, lyricist | |
| OKeh | W80838 | 10-in. | 5/6/1927 | Have you ever been down? | Sippie Wallace | Female vocal solo, with clarinet, cornet, and piano | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | E22507-E22508 | 10-in. | 4/19/1927 | Muscle Shoal blues | DeFord Bailey | Harmonica solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | C3100 | 10-in. | 3/12/1929 | Sho’ is hot | Thomas’ Devils | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist, leader | |
| Brunswick | C3101 | 10-in. | 3/12/1929 | Boot it, boy | Thomas’ Devils | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist, leader | |
| Brunswick | C3289 | 10-in. | 4/12/1929 | Sho’ is hot | Hokum Jug Band ; Tampa Red | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C3314 | 10-in. | 4/18/1929 | Boot it, boy | Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C375-C377 | 10-in. | 5/29/1926 | Gut struggle | Wilmer Davis | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | C378-C379 | 10-in. | 5/29/1926 | Rest your hips | Wilmer Davis | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | TC2642 | 10-in. | 12/7/1928 | Boot it, boy | Thomas' Muscle Shoal Devils | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | composer, lyricist | |
| Brunswick | TC2643 | 10-in. | 12/7/1928 | Sho’ is hot | Thomas' Muscle Shoal Devils | Jazz/dance band, with vocal | composer, lyricist | |
| Gennett | 13713 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Harbor blues | Charlie Hill ; Lillian Miller ; George W. Thomas | Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Gennett | 13714 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | You just can't keep a good woman down | Lillian Miller | Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Gennett | 13715 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Papa Charlie Hill blues | Charlie Hill | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Gennett | 13716 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Butcher shop blues | Lillian Miller | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Gennett | 13717 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Hammond blues | Lillian Miller | Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Gennett | 13718 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Dead drunk blues | Charlie Hill ; Lillian Miller ; George W. Thomas | Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Thomas, George W.," accessed May 10, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110888.
Thomas, George W.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110888.
"Thomas, George W.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 10 May 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: Thomas, George W. (George Washington), approximately 1885-1936 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98037998
Wikidata: George W. Thomas - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5545760
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/24214839
MusicBrainz: George W. Thomas - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c9b24665-84fd-4369-bb5b-213eb5053787
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