Napoleon "Snags" Allen

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1965

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 72430 10-in. 10/13/1944 Fish market Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 72431 10-in. 10/13/1944 Twilight time Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 72432 10/13/1944 St. Louis blues Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 73554 5/7/1946 Hi ho trailus boot whip Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 73555 4/7/1946 Tippin' out Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 73556 5/7/1946 Yard dog Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 73557 5/7/1946 Les bounce Roy Eldridge Orchestra instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 82411 3/6/1952 Never in a million years The Blenders vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 82412 3/6/1952 I'd be a fool again The Blenders vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 82413 3/6/1952 Memories of you The Blenders vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 82414 3/6/1952 Just a little walk with me The Blenders vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 116800 12/3/1965 Do you say you wanna dance Jackie Wilson instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 116801 12/3/1965 Soul galore Jackie Wilson instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 116802 12/3/1965 Let me build Jackie Wilson instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 116803 12/3/1965 I've got to get back (Country boy) Jackie Wilson instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 116804 12/3/1965 All my lovin' Jackie Wilson instrumentalist, guitar  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Allen, Napoleon "Snags"," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200141.

Allen, Napoleon "Snags". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200141.

"Allen, Napoleon "Snags"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/200141

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