Gennett matrix X-72. Couldn't hear nobody pray / Alta Browne and Bertha Powell

TitleSource
Couldn't hear nobody pray (Primary title)Gennett
Authors and ComposersNotes
William L. Dawson (composer)
Composer information source: ADP.
PersonnelNotes
Alta Browne and Bertha Powell ()
Alta Browne (vocalist)
Bertha Powell (vocalist)
Fats Waller (instrumentalist : piano)
Caroline and May Floyd ()
Additional Information
  • Description: Female vocal duet, with piano
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Buddy 8035 disc label: "Johnson's Plantation Favorites."
Information on Gennett Records derives from data compiled and provided by Malcolm Rockwell and Charlie Dahan. Original sources consulted are noted in “sources.”
Source(s): Rust jazz; Dixon/Godrich/Rye; Gennett recording cards (IJS); Gennett ledgers (IJS); Rockwell; Abrams; Taylor; Champion NSX Royalty Sheets (IJS).
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
4/13/1926 New York, New York [Unlettered first take] Unknown
4/13/1926 New York, New York A Master Gennett 3308 10-in.
4/13/1926 New York, New York A Master Champion 15103 10-in.
4/13/1926 New York, New York A Master Buddy 8035 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gennett matrix X-72. Couldn't hear nobody pray / Alta Browne and Bertha Powell," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000456576/X-72-Couldnt_hear_nobody_pray.

Gennett matrix X-72. Couldn't hear nobody pray / Alta Browne and Bertha Powell. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000456576/X-72-Couldnt_hear_nobody_pray.

"Gennett matrix X-72. Couldn't hear nobody pray / Alta Browne and Bertha Powell." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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