Victor matrix BS-034793. Booker T blues / Washboard Sam

TitleSource
Booker T blues (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Washboard Sam (composer)
Composer information source: Disc label.
PersonnelNotes
Washboard Sam (vocalist)
Joshua Altheimer (instrumentalist : piano)
Joseph Bennett (instrumentalist : saxophone)
Big Bill Broonzy (instrumentalist : guitar)
Ransom Knowling (instrumentalist : string bass)
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with washboard band
  • Instrumentation: Saxophone, guitar, piano, and string bass
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: Composition credited on Bluebird disc label to Robert Brown, Washboard Sam's given name.
Notes
Bluebird disc label: "Blues singer."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
5/15/1939 Chicago, Illinois. Studio C 1 Master Bluebird B-8211 10-in.

Booker T blues / Washboard Sam

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Booker T blues / Washboard Sam - Bluebird B-8211 - Take 1 - 5/15/1939
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © 1939 Sony Music Entertainment.

Booker T blues / Washboard Sam

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Booker T blues / Washboard Sam - Bluebird B-8211 - Take 1 - 5/15/1939
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
℗ © 1939 Sony Music Entertainment.
5/15/1939 Chicago, Illinois. Studio C 1 Master Montgomery Ward M-8571 10-in.
5/15/1939 Chicago, Illinois. Studio C 1A Not processed

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-034793. Booker T blues / Washboard Sam," accessed December 31, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036538/BS-034793-Booker_T_blues.

Victor matrix BS-034793. Booker T blues / Washboard Sam. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 31, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200036538/BS-034793-Booker_T_blues.

"Victor matrix BS-034793. Booker T blues / Washboard Sam." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 31 December 2025.

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