Sammy Price

Samuel Blythe Price (October 6, 1908 – April 14, 1992) was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. Price's playing is dark, mellow, and relaxed rather than percussive, and he was a specialist at creating the appropriate mood and swing for blues and rhythm and blues recordings.

Birth and Death Data: Born October 6, 1908 (Honey Grove), Died April 14, 1992 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1956

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist, guitar, leader

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 377 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 63869 10-in. 5/26/1938 My Daddy rocks me No.2 Trixie Smith instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63870 10-in. 5/26/1938 He may be your man Trixie Smith instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63871 10-in. 5/26/1938 Jack I'm mellow Trixie Smith instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63872 10-in. 5/26/1938 Lady be good Trixie Smith instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63873 10-in. 5/26/1938 Uncle Joe Grant and Wilson instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63874 5/26/1938 I am a woman Grant and Wilson instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63875 10-in. 5/26/1938 Toot it, brother Armstrong-1 Grant and Wilson instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63876 5/26/1938 Blue Monday on Sugar Hill Grant and Wilson instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 63877 10-in. 5/26/1938 My unusual man Trixie Smith instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64432 10-in. 8/11/1938 You're going to leave the old home Jim Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64433 10-in. 8/11/1938 New Orleans blues Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64434 10-in. 8/11/1938 He caught that B & O Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64435 10-in. 8/11/1938 Don't you make me high Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64767 10-in. 11/22/1938 I feel like lying in another woman's husband's arms Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64768 10-in. 11/22/1938 Give me some money Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64769 10-in. 11/22/1938 I got ways like the devil Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 64770 10-in. 11/22/1938 That made him mad Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65203 10-in. 3/6/1939 Jelly roll Bert Johnnie Temple instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65204 10-in. 3/6/1939 Up today and down tomorrow Johnnie Temple instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65205 10-in. 3/6/1939 Getting old blues Johnnie Temple instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65206 10-in. 3/6/1939 The sun goes down in blood Johnnie Temple instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65207 10-in. 3/6/1939 Better not let my good gal catch you here Johnnie Temple instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65208 10-in. 3/6/1939 If I could holler Johnnie Temple instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65266 10-in. 3/24/1939 Moanin' dove Lee Brown instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65267 10-in. 3/24/1939 Do your duty Lether McGraw instrumentalist, piano  
(Results 26-50 of 377 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Price, Sammy," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

Price, Sammy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/208151.

"Price, Sammy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.

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