Victor matrix BS-030814. Suspicious blues / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam)

TitleSource
Suspicious blues (Primary title)Bluebird catalog
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Bluebird catalog
Authors and ComposersNotes
Washboard Sam (composer)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
PersonnelNotes
Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) (Musical group)
Washboard Sam (vocalist)
Additional Information
  • Description: Washboard band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: Trumpet, guitar, piano, string bass, and washboard
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: Composition credited in Victor ledgers to Robert Brown, Washboard Sam's given name.
Notes
Source(s): Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
12/16/1938 Aurora, Illinois. Leland Hotel 1 Master Bluebird B-8076 10-in.

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Suspicious blues / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) - Bluebird B-8076 - Take 1 - 12/16/1938
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℗ © 1939 Sony Music Entertainment.

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Suspicious blues / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) - Bluebird B-8076 - Take 1 - 12/16/1938
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
℗ © 1939 Sony Music Entertainment.
12/16/1938 Aurora, Illinois. Leland Hotel 1 Master Montgomery Ward M-7938 10-in.
12/16/1938 Aurora, Illinois. Leland Hotel 1 Master

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-030814. Suspicious blues / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam)," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035223/BS-030814-Suspicious_blues.

Victor matrix BS-030814. Suspicious blues / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam). (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200035223/BS-030814-Suspicious_blues.

"Victor matrix BS-030814. Suspicious blues / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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