Victor 27544 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). The birth of the blues: An album of W. C. Handy music (Album P-82)

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Victor BS-066142 1 6/25/1941 East St. Louis blues / The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Henry Levine Audio Available

East St. Louis blues / The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Henry Levine

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East St. Louis blues / The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Henry Levine - Victor 27544 - Take 1 - 6/25/1941
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Victor BS-066144 1 6/25/1941 Aunt Hagar's blues / The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Lena Horne ; Henry Levine Audio Available

Aunt Hagar's blues / The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Lena Horne ; Henry Levine

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Aunt Hagar's blues / The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Lena Horne ; Henry Levine - Victor 27544 - Take 1 - 6/25/1941
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:

Primary Performers:

The Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street (Musical group)
Henry Levine (director)
Lena Horne (vocalist)

Other Information:

Release Date: 8/29/1941 Source: John Bolig files
Delete (Cutout) Date: 11/22/1950 Source: John Bolig files

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor 27544 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). The birth of the blues: An album of W. C. Handy music (Album P-82)," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/25549/Victor_27544.

Victor 27544 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). The birth of the blues: An album of W. C. Handy music (Album P-82). (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/25549/Victor_27544.

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007  s ǂb d ǂd d ǂe m ǂf s ǂg d ǂh n ǂi n ǂj m ǂk s ǂl l ǂm n ǂn a
0280027544 ǂb Victor
02810BS-066142 ǂb Victor
02810BS-066144 ǂb Victor
24500East St. Louis blues ; ǂb Aunt Hagar's blues / ǂc W. C. Handy.
264 1[Camden, N.J.] : ǂb Victor, ǂc [1941]
300  1 audio disc : ǂb analog, 78 rpm ; ǂc 10 in.
336  performed music ǂb prm ǂ2 rdacontent
337  audio ǂb s ǂ2 rdamedia
338  audio disc ǂb sd ǂ2 rdacarrier
340  shellac ǂ2 rdamat
344  analog ǂ2 rdatr
344  ǂc 78 rpm
344  ǂd coarse groove ǂ2 rdagw
344  ǂg mono ǂ2 rdacpc
500  Victor: 27544 (BS-066142 (matrix), BS-066144 (matrix)).
5208 Jazz/dance band (side A) ; Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo (side B).
500  Data derived from the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
5103 Discography of American Historical Recordings ǂu http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/25549
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Henry Levine, Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Lena Horne ; Henry Levine.
7001 Handy, W. C., ǂq (William Christopher), ǂd 1873-1958, ǂe composer.
7001 Horne, Lena, ǂe singer.
7001 Levine, Henry, ǂd 1892-1951, ǂe performer.
7102 Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, The, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002Aunt Hagar's blues.

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007  s ǂb d ǂd d ǂe m ǂf s ǂg d ǂh n ǂi n ǂj m ǂk s ǂl l ǂm n ǂn a
0280027544 ǂb Victor
02810BS-066144 ǂb Victor
02810BS-066142 ǂb Victor
24500Aunt Hagar's blues ; ǂb East St. Louis blues / ǂc W. C. Handy.
264 1[Camden, N.J.] : ǂb Victor, ǂc [1941]
300  1 audio disc : ǂb analog, 78 rpm ; ǂc 10 in.
336  performed music ǂb prm ǂ2 rdacontent
337  audio ǂb s ǂ2 rdamedia
338  audio disc ǂb sd ǂ2 rdacarrier
340  shellac ǂ2 rdamat
344  analog ǂ2 rdatr
344  ǂc 78 rpm
344  ǂd coarse groove ǂ2 rdagw
344  ǂg mono ǂ2 rdacpc
500  Victor: 27544 (BS-066144 (matrix), BS-066142 (matrix)).
5208 Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo (side A) ; Jazz/dance band (side B).
500  Data derived from the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
5103 Discography of American Historical Recordings ǂu http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/25549
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Henry Levine, Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street ; Lena Horne ; Henry Levine.
7001 Handy, W. C., ǂq (William Christopher), ǂd 1873-1958, ǂe composer.
7001 Horne, Lena, ǂe singer.
7001 Levine, Henry, ǂd 1892-1951, ǂe performer.
7102 Dixieland Jazz Group of NBC's Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street, The, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002East St. Louis blues.