Beth Challis

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1934

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, leader

Notes: Also used pseudonyms Peggy Johnson and Sadie Green.

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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 BS-83357 10-in. 7/3/1934 Dilly dally Anthony Trini ; Village Barn Orchestra [Anthony Trini] Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist  
Victor BS-83358 10-in. 7/3/1934 (I went hunting) And the big bad wolf was dead Anthony Trini ; Village Barn Orchestra [Anthony Trini] Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist  
Victor BS-83600 10-in. 7/19/1934 The story of Frankie and Johnnie Peggy Johnson and her Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo leader, vocalist  
Victor BS-83601 10-in. 7/19/1934 If you can't get five take two Peggy Johnson and her Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo leader, vocalist  
Victor BS-83602 10-in. 7/19/1934 Miss Otis regrets (She's unable to lunch today) Peggy Johnson and her Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo leader, vocalist  
Victor BS-83603 10-in. 7/19/1934 She jumped on her pushbike and pedalled away Peggy Johnson and her Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist, leader  
Columbia 142882 10-in. 10/28/1926 Hello! Swanee—hello! Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
Columbia 142883 10-in. 10/28/1926 If you can't land 'er on the old veranda Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
Columbia 143494 10-in. 2/17/1927 No-one but you knows how to love Beth Challis ; Eddie Lambert Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
Columbia 143495 10-in. 2/17/1927 Yes Flo! (The gal who never says "no") Beth Challis ; Eddie Lambert Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W81127 10-in. 7/1/1927 Ain't that a grand and glorious feeling? Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W81128 10-in. 7/1/1927 Sing me a baby song Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W81175 10-in. 8/2/1927 Who's wonderful? Who's marvellous? Miss Annabelle Lee Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist  
OKeh W81176 10-in. 8/2/1927 Oh, Doris! Where do you live? The Collegians Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist  
OKeh W81177 10-in. 8/2/1927 Roam on, my little gypsy sweetheart Lanin’s Famous Players Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo vocalist  
OKeh W81190 10-in. 8/5/1927 You don't like it—not much Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W81191 10-in. 8/5/1927 I ain't that kind of a baby Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W81207 10-in. 8/10/1927 Clementine (From New Orleans) Goofus Five Jazz/dance ensemble, with female vocal solo vocalist  
OKeh W81208 10-in. 8/10/1927 Nothin' does-does like it used to do-do-do The Goofus Five Jazz/dance ensemble, with female vocal solo vocalist  
OKeh W81219 10-in. 8/12/1927 I left my sugar standing in the rain (And she melted away) Goofus Five Jazz/dance ensemble, with female vocal solo vocalist  
OKeh W81427 10-in. 9/9/1927 Gorgeous Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W81428 10-in. 9/9/1927 In the woodshed she said she would Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W81553 10-in. 10/19/1927 My blue heaven Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist  
OKeh W81554 10-in. 10/19/1927 There must be somebody else Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano vocalist  
OKeh W81555 10-in. 10/19/1927 An' furthermore Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with saxophone and piano vocalist  
OKeh W400043 10-in. 1/24/1928 Get 'em in a rumble seat Beth Challis ; Noel Taylor Female-male vocal duet, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W400044 10-in. 1/24/1928 Henry's made a lady out of Lizzie Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W400176 10-in. 3/27/1928 We love it Beth Challis ; Noel Taylor Female-male vocal duet, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W400177 10-in. 3/27/1928 Nothin' on my mind (But the moonlight, the starlight and you) Beth Challis ; Noel Taylor Female-male vocal duet, with piano vocalist  
OKeh W401424 10-in. 12/4/1928 I wanna be loved by you Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  
OKeh W401425 10-in. 12/4/1928 Let's do it (Let's fall in love) Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  
Edison 10993 10-in. 5/20/1926 Maybe yes, maybe no Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  
Edison 10997 10-in. 5/20/1926 She belongs to me Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  
Edison 11042 10-in. 6/14/1926 Thanks for the buggy ride Beth Challis Female vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Challis, Beth," accessed May 7, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113367.

Challis, Beth. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 7, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113367.

"Challis, Beth." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 May 2024.

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