John Oscar

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, piano

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Brunswick C3732 10-in. 6/26/1929 Mama don’t allow no easy riders here John Oscar Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist, instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick C3733 10-in. 6/26/1929 Boogie woogie John Oscar Piano solo instrumentalist, piano  
Brunswick TC3359 10-in. 4/24/1929 In the gutter John Oscar Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist  
Decca 90711 10-in. 4/5/1936 New rubbing on that darned old thing Oscar's Chicago Swingers instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 90712 10-in. 5/5/1936 I wonder who's boogiein' my woogie Oscar's Chicago Swingers instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 90796 10-in. 7/9/1936 Try some of that Oscar's Chicago Swingers instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 90797 10-in. 7/9/1936 My gal's been foolin' me Kokomo Arnold instrumentalist, piano  
Decca C 9400 10-in. 9/6/1934 Mistreatment blues Big Oscar [John Oscar] vocalist  
Decca C 9401 10-in. 9/6/1934 Other man blues Big Oscar [John Oscar] vocalist  
Decca C 9481 10-in. 9/17/1934 You can't last long like that Banks Chesterfield's Orchestra ; John Oscar vocalist  
Decca C 9482 10-in. 9/17/1934 Got to be worried now Banks Chesterfield's Orchestra ; John Oscar vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Oscar, John," accessed March 8, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207529.

Oscar, John. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 8, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207529.

"Oscar, John." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 8 March 2021.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207529

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