Sterling Melvin

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: bass vocal, steel guitar, speaker

Notes: Sometimes listed as "Pops" Melvin.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	ATL6659	10-in.	11/14/1930	A bootlegger’s joint in Atlanta	William Archer Chumbler ; Sterling Melvin ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Lowe Stokes ; Dan Tucker	Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble	speaker
Brunswick	ATL6676	10-in.	11/15/1930	A bootlegger’s joint in Atlanta, pt. 4	William Archer Chumbler ; Sterling Melvin ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Lowe Stokes ; Dan Tucker	Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble and male vocal ensemble	speaker
Brunswick	ATL6677	10-in.	11/15/1930	A bootlegger’s joint in Atlanta	William Archer Chumbler ; Sterling Melvin ; Seven Foot Dilly ; Lowe Stokes ; Dan Tucker	Descriptive scene, with instrumental ensemble and male vocal ensemble	speaker
Brunswick	ATL8006	10-in.	Mar. 1930	The shooting of Dan McGrew	The Brunswick Players ; Sterling Melvin	Recitation, with clarinet and piano	speaker
Brunswick	ATL8007	10-in.	Mar. 1930	The shooting of Dan McGrew	The Brunswick Players ; Sterling Melvin	Recitation, with clarinet and piano	speaker

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Melvin, Sterling," accessed May 3, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/206697.

Melvin, Sterling. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 3, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/206697.

"Melvin, Sterling." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 May 2024.

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