Victor matrix BVE-69447. Crossed old Jordan's stream / Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers

Title	Source
Crossed old Jordan's stream (Primary title)	Victor catalog
Authors and Composers	Notes
L. Bird (arranger)
Composer information source: Victor ledgers.
Personnel	Notes
Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers (Musical group)
Elmer Bird (instrumentalist : guitar)
Elmer Bird (vocalist)
Connie Bird (instrumentalist : guitar)
Connie Bird (vocalist)
Charles Dykes (instrumentalist : guitar)
Elmer Bird (leader)
Ralph Sylvester Peer (session supervisor)

Additional Information

Description: Vocal trio, with instrumental quartet
Instrumentation: Mandolin and 3 guitars
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 10-in.
Title Note: It is possible that the arranger,identified as "L. Bird" in Victor ledgers, is Elmer Bird.

Notes
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Peer, present."
Victor ledgers are unclear whether there are 2 or 3 guitars; Russell lists 3 guitar players and suggests that an unidentified mandolin player is same as third vocalist.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format	Note
6/16/1931 Louisville, Kentucky	1	Hold
6/16/1931 Louisville, Kentucky	2	Master	Victor 23608	10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-69447. Crossed old Jordan's stream / Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035975/BVE-69447-Crossed_old_Jordans_stream.

Victor matrix BVE-69447. Crossed old Jordan's stream / Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800035975/BVE-69447-Crossed_old_Jordans_stream.

"Victor matrix BVE-69447. Crossed old Jordan's stream / Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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