Rousseau Simmons

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1926

Roles Represented in DAHR: lyricist, composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-30340 10-in. 6/30/1924 Pleasure mad Whitey Kaufman ; Original Pennsylvania Serenaders Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W142588 10-in. 9/3/1926 Who'll chop your suey when I'm gone Buddy Christian ; Willie Jackson Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with banjo lyricist  
OKeh S-73081 10-in. 1/8/1925 Who'll chop your suey (When I'm gone) Clarence Williams’ Blue Five ; Margaret Johnson Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance quintet lyricist  
OKeh 73787 10-in. 11/26/1925 Pleasure mad Russell Lee ; Daisy Wright Female-male vocal duet, with piano lyricist  
Brunswick E4112-E4113 10-in. 11/29/1926 Who is she? Duke Ellington ; Kentucky Club Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Simmons, Rousseau," accessed April 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209447.

Simmons, Rousseau. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209447.

"Simmons, Rousseau." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/209447

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