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 51-75 of 377 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 65268 10-in. 3/24/1939 Low down dirty groundhog Lether McGraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65269 10-in. 3/24/1939 New little girl, little girl-1 Lee Brown instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65270 10-in. 3/24/1939 I can lay it on down-1 Lee Brown instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65271 10-in. 3/24/1939 Down by the M & o Lee Brown instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65272 10-in. 3/24/1939 Jeff Davis highway Lee Brown instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65273 10-in. 3/24/1939 Let me be your Bo Weevil Lee Brown instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65310 10-in. 3/30/1939 Possum den blues Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65311 10-in. 3/30/1939 Little low mellow Mama-1 Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65312 10-in. 3/30/1939 A working man's blues-1 Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65313 10-in. 3/30/1939 One to twelve-1 Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65314 10-in. 3/30/1939 Let's talk things over-1 Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65315 10-in. 3/30/1939 Sinking sun blues-1 Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65316 10-in. 3/30/1939 Easy way blues-1 Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65317 10-in. 3/30/1939 Machine gun blues-1 Peetie Wheatstraw instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65420 10-in. 4/18/1939 New low down dirty sham Ollie Shepard and his Kentucky Boys instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65421 10-in. 4/18/1939 The numbers blues Ollie Shepard and his Kentucky Boys instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65422 10-in. 4/18/1939 Sweetest thing born Ollie Shepard and his Kentucky Boys instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65423 10-in. 4/18/1939 Shepard blues (Pig Latin blues) Ollie Shepard instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65424 10-in. 4/18/1939 Outdoors blues-1 Ollie Shepard instrumentalist, piano, guitar  
Decca 65425 10-in. 4/18/1939 Sugar woman blues Ollie Shepard and his Kentucky Boys instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65426 10-in. 4/18/1939 Hell is so low down Ollie Shepard and his Kentucky Boys instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65427 10-in. 4/18/1939 My dripping blood blues Ollie Shepard and his Kentucky Boys instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65428 10-in. 4/18/1939 Blues 'bout my gal Ollie Shepard and his Kentucky Boys instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65433 10-in. 4/20/1939 Scat skunk Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 65434 10-in. 4/20/1939 Nix on those lush heads Blue Lu Barker instrumentalist, piano  
(Results 51-75 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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