Victor matrix BS-021018. The obeah man down Leguan / Audley Francis' Washboard Orchestra ; Bill Rogers

TitleSource
The obeah man down Leguan (Primary title)Victor ledgers
Calypso song (Title descriptor)Victor ledgers
Authors and ComposersNotes
Bill Rogers (composer)
Bill Rogers (lyricist)
Composer information source: Spottswood.
PersonnelNotes
Bill Rogers (vocalist)
Audley Francis' Washboard Orchestra (Musical group)
Alfredo Cibelli (session supervisor)For re-recording session.
Audley Francis (leader)
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
This master derives from an instantaneous disc believed to have been recorded in Trinidad. Victor ledgers available to the ADP list only this re-recording of the master. It was made in Victor's Studio 3 in New York, New York, on 2/23/1938.
Victor ledgers: "Re-recorded from Presto records"; "For Export Dept."; "A. Cibelli present."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
before 2/23/1938 Trinidad, British West Indies [unconfirmed] 1R Master Bluebird B-4591 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-021018. The obeah man down Leguan / Audley Francis' Washboard Orchestra ; Bill Rogers," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200031359/BS-021018-The_obeah_man_down_Leguan.

Victor matrix BS-021018. The obeah man down Leguan / Audley Francis' Washboard Orchestra ; Bill Rogers. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200031359/BS-021018-The_obeah_man_down_Leguan.

"Victor matrix BS-021018. The obeah man down Leguan / Audley Francis' Washboard Orchestra ; Bill Rogers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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