Victor matrix BS-059129. Just to prove I love you / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam)

TitleSource
Just to prove I love you (Primary title)Bluebird catalog
Slow blues (Title descriptor)Bluebird catalog
Authors and ComposersNotes
Memphis Slim (composer)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
PersonnelNotes
Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) (Musical group)
Washboard Sam (vocalist)
Washboard Sam (instrumentalist : washboard)
Horace Malcolm (instrumentalist : piano)
Big Bill Broonzy (instrumentalist : guitar)
Leroy Batchelor (instrumentalist : imitation bass (tub-bass))
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with washboard band
  • Instrumentation: Guitar, piano, imitation string bass, and washboard
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: Composition credited in Victor ledgers to Peter Chatman, one of Memphis Slim's pseudonyms and the name of his father.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Imitation string bass (Not a musical inst[rument)."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/16/1941 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1 Master Bluebird B-8699 10-in.
1/16/1941 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A 1A Not processed

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-059129. Just to prove I love you / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam)," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048169/BS-059129-Just_to_prove_I_love_you.

Victor matrix BS-059129. Just to prove I love you / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam). (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200048169/BS-059129-Just_to_prove_I_love_you.

"Victor matrix BS-059129. Just to prove I love you / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

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