Columbia matrix W140936. Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters

TitleSource
Pickaninny blues (Primary title)Disc label (RDI)
I've got the ol' Virginny pickaninny blues (Normalized title)Sheet music
Authors and ComposersNotes
Joe McKiernan (composer)
Joe McKiernan (lyricist)
Composer information source: Disc label; sheet music.
PersonnelNotes
Ethel Waters (vocalist)
Additional Information
  • Description: Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with ukulele and piano
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
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Source(s): Rigler-Deutsch Index.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
9/12/1925 New York, New York 1 Unknown
9/12/1925 New York, New York 2 Unknown
9/12/1925 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia 472-D 10-in.

Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters

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Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters - Columbia 472-D - Take 3 - 9/12/1925
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © 1925 Sony Music Entertainment.

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix W140936. Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000030701/W140936-Pickaninny_blues.

Columbia matrix W140936. Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000030701/W140936-Pickaninny_blues.

"Columbia matrix W140936. Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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