Melvin Coldten
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1937 - 1948
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 62376 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | You got to live so God can use you | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62377 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | 'Way down in Egyptland | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62378 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | Didn't it rain | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62379 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | Believe in Jesus | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62380 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | My feet been taken out the Mirey Clay | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62381 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | King Jesus stand by me | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62382 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | Tell that broad | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62383 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | Swinging that blues | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62390 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | Ha ha shout | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62391 | 10-in. | 7/14/1937 | What's the matter now? | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62392 | 10-in. | 7/15/1937 | I can't stay away | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62393 | 10-in. | 7/15/1937 | Pure religion | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62394 | 10-in. | 7/15/1937 | Where's the gambling man gone? | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62395 | 10-in. | 7/15/1937 | My Lord's gonna move this wicked race | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62396 | 10-in. | 7/15/1937 | Free at last | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62397 | 10-in. | 7/15/1937 | Sit down, sit down, I can't sit down | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62414 | 10-in. | 7/16/1937 | Stand by me | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62415 | 10-in. | 7/16/1937 | He's mine, yes he's mine | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62423 | 10-in. | 7/19/1937 | Beedle de beedle de bop bop | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62424 | 10-in. | 7/19/1937 | Suntan baby brown | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62426 | 10-in. | 7/20/1937 | You certainly look good to me | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62427 | 10-in. | 7/20/1937 | She sends me | Norfolk Jazz Quartet | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64032 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | Stand by the bedside of a neighbor | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64033 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | Job | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64034 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | Great change | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64035 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | Corne on! Let's go to heaven | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64036 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | Jesus is making up my dying bed | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64037 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | Jonah in the belly of the whale | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64038 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | When the train comes along | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 64039 | 10-in. | 6/5/1938 | No hiding place | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66182 | 10-in. | 8/23/1939 | You better run | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66183 | 10-in. | 8/23/1939 | Shine for Jesus | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66184 | 10-in. | 8/23/1939 | Dig my jelly roll | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66185 | 10-in. | 8/23/1939 | Moaning the blues | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66186 | 10-in. | 8/23/1939 | I'd feel much better | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 66187 | 10-in. | 8/23/1939 | The old world is in bad condition | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67595 | 10-in. | 4/20/1940 | The death train is coming | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 67596 | 10-in. | 4/20/1940 | Queen Street rag | Norfolk Jubilee Quartet Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71427 | 10-in. | 6/29/1943 | The downward road is crowded | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71428 | 10-in. | 6/29/1943 | When the second front is opened, look out | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71429 | 10-in. | 6/29/1943 | Mother don't cry if your son goes to war | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 71430 | 10-in. | 6/29/1943 | Let the world see Jesus in my life | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 72639 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | It's cool down yonder by chilly Jordan | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 72640 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | Jesus prayed just before He died | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 72641 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | I'll fare better in that land | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Decca | 72642 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | Come on join that number | Selah Jubilee Singers | vocalist | ||
| Signature | [Signature cat 15242[a]] | 10-in. | 1948 | Am I asking too much | The Cleartones | vocalist | ||
| Signature | [Signature cat 15242[a]] | 10-in. | 1948 | Cielito lindo | The Cleartones | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Coldten, Melvin," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/309067.
Coldten, Melvin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/309067.
"Coldten, Melvin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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