Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers

TitleSource
If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work (Primary title)Victor catalog
Authors and ComposersNotes
Prince La Vaughn (composer)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
PersonnelNotes
Dixieland Jug Blowers (Musical group)
Prince La Vaughn (vocalist)
Cal Smith (instrumentalist : tenor guitar)
Johnny Gatewood (instrumentalist : piano)
Clifford Hayes (instrumentalist : violin)
Earl McDonald (instrumentalist : jug)
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: Violin, 2 saxophones, trombone, banjo, guitar, piano, and jug
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from Frog CD notes.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
6/7/1927 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 1 Hold Frog DGF 6 Compact disc
6/7/1927 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 2 Master Victor 20770 10-in.

If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers

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If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers - Victor 20770 - Take 2 - 6/7/1927
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6/7/1927 Chicago, Illinois. 952 North Michigan Ave. 2 Master Frog DGF 6 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012902/BVE-38642-If_you_cant_make_it_easy_get_a_job_and_go_to_work.

Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800012902/BVE-38642-If_you_cant_make_it_easy_get_a_job_and_go_to_work.

"Victor matrix BVE-38642. If you can't make it easy, get a job and go to work / Dixieland Jug Blowers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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