Gennett matrix 12843. I saw my mother kneeling / Ruth Donaldson and Helen Jepsen

Title	Source
I saw my mother kneeling (Primary title)	Gennett
Personnel	Notes
Ruth Donaldson and Helen Jepsen (Vocal group)
Ruth Donaldson (vocalist)
Ruth and Wanda Wallace (Vocal group)	Listing on Challenge 403.
Donaldson and Jepsen (Vocal group)	Listing on Champion 15336.
Jepsen and Donaldson (Vocal group)	Listing on Supertone 9264.
Helen Jepsen (vocalist)
Ruth Donaldson (instrumentalist : tiple)
Helen Jepsen (instrumentalist : steel guitar)

Additional Information

Description: Female vocal duet, with steel guitar and tiple
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 10-in.

Notes
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): Russell; Gennett recording cards (IHS MacKenzie files); Gennett ledgers (IJS); Abrams; Champion Royalty Sheets (IJS); Rockwell.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format
6/11/1927 St. Paul, Minnesota	[Unlettered first take]	Master	Gennett 6192	10-in.
6/11/1927 St. Paul, Minnesota	[Unlettered first take]	Master	Challenge 403	10-in.
6/11/1927 St. Paul, Minnesota	[Unlettered first take]	Master	Champion 15336	10-in.
6/11/1927 St. Paul, Minnesota	[Unlettered first take]	Master	Silvertone 5074	10-in.
6/11/1927 St. Paul, Minnesota	[Unlettered first take]	Master	Silvertone 8168	10-in.
6/11/1927 St. Paul, Minnesota	[Unlettered first take]	Master	Supertone 9264	10-in.
6/11/1927 St. Paul, Minnesota	A	Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gennett matrix 12843. I saw my mother kneeling / Ruth Donaldson and Helen Jepsen," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000463262/12843-I_saw_my_mother_kneeling.

Gennett matrix 12843. I saw my mother kneeling / Ruth Donaldson and Helen Jepsen. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000463262/12843-I_saw_my_mother_kneeling.

"Gennett matrix 12843. I saw my mother kneeling / Ruth Donaldson and Helen Jepsen." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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