Victor matrix BVE-40752. Mother was a lady / Jimmie Rodgers

TitleSource
Mother was a lady (Primary title)Disc label
If Brother Jack were here (Primary title)Disc label variant
My mother was a lady (Alternate title)Meade
Authors and ComposersNotes
Edward B. Marks (lyricist)
Joseph W. Stern (composer)
Composer information source: Meade.
PersonnelNotes
Jimmie Rodgers (vocalist : tenor vocal)
Jimmie Rodgers (instrumentalist : guitar)
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal solo, with guitar (self-accompaniment)
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: The title "If Brother Jack were here" was used on initial releases and given as a subtitle on some others. After notification from the song's composer, the title and author credit were changed. Rodgers is cited as composer in EDVR data and on first pressings of Vi 21433.
Notes
Source(s): Porterfield (issues); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Victor 21433 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Bluebird B-5482 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Twin (India) FT-1808 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Regal Zonophone (Australia) G 23193 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Montgomery Ward M-4224 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Regal Zonophone (Ireland) IZ-495 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Regal Zonophone MR-2241 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Gramophone (Australia) EA-1382 10-in.
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master RCA (Japan) RA-5459 LP
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master RCA Victor LPM-2865 LP
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master RCA (U.K.) RD 7644 LP
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 1 Master Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15540 Compact disc
11/30/1927 Camden, New Jersey 2 Hold

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-40752. Mother was a lady / Jimmie Rodgers," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014983/BVE-40752-Mother_was_a_lady.

Victor matrix BVE-40752. Mother was a lady / Jimmie Rodgers. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800014983/BVE-40752-Mother_was_a_lady.

"Victor matrix BVE-40752. Mother was a lady / Jimmie Rodgers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

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