Paul Banks

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, piano

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Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
OKeh	8456	10-in.	September 1923	Ill natured blues	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra ; Ada Brown	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer, lyricist
OKeh	8457	10-in.	September 1923	Chattanooga blues	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra ; Mary H. Bradford	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer, lyricist
OKeh	8461	10-in.	September 1923	Selma Bama blues	Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra ; Mary H. Bradford	Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	composer
OKeh	8463	10-in.	September 1923	Waco, Texas blues	Mary H. Bradford ; Bennie Moten ; Lamar Wright	Female vocal solo, with cornet and piano	composer
Brunswick	E4210-E4211	10-in.	12/10/1926	Chattanooga blues	Lester McFarland	Male vocal solo, with guitar	composer, lyricist
Brunswick	KC606	10-in.	Nov. 1929	Garbage can blues	Paul Banks ; Sylvester Kimbrough	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano
Brunswick	KC607	10-in.	Nov. 1929	Bird liver blues	Paul Banks ; Sylvester Kimbrough	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Banks, Paul," accessed January 5, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200519.

Banks, Paul. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200519.

"Banks, Paul." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 5 January 2026.

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