Victor matrix D7VB-0319. Soap and water blues / Washboard Sam ; Washboard Sam's Band

Title	Source
Soap and water blues (Primary title)	Victor ledgers
Authors and Composers	Notes
Washboard Sam (composer)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
Personnel	Notes
Washboard Sam's Band (Musical group)
Washboard Sam (vocalist)
Willie Dixon (instrumentalist : string bass)
Lester Melrose (session supervisor)
Roosevelt Sykes (instrumentalist : piano)
Washboard Sam (instrumentalist : washboard)
Big Bill Broonzy (instrumentalist : guitar)
J. T. Brown (instrumentalist : saxophone)

Additional Information

Description: Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet
Instrumentation: Saxophone, guitar, piano, washboard, and string bass
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 10-in.

Notes
Victor ledgers: "Union musicians used"; "Mr. L. Melrose, present."
Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format
2/18/1947 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A	1L	Unknown
2/18/1947 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A	1	Master	Victor 20-2440	10-in.
2/18/1947 Chicago, Illinois. Studio A	1A	Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix D7VB-0319. Soap and water blues / Washboard Sam ; Washboard Sam's Band," accessed December 13, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300008528/D7VB-0319-Soap_and_water_blues.

Victor matrix D7VB-0319. Soap and water blues / Washboard Sam ; Washboard Sam's Band. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 13, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/300008528/D7VB-0319-Soap_and_water_blues.

"Victor matrix D7VB-0319. Soap and water blues / Washboard Sam ; Washboard Sam's Band." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 13 December 2025.

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