James Weldon Johnson (lyricist)
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| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]585 | 7-in. | 1/5/1901 | Why don't the band play? | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]585 | 10-in. | 5/16/1902 | Why don't the band play? | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]585 | 12-in. | 5/16/1902 | Why don't the band play? | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]991 | 7-in. | 10/11/1901 | In my castle on the River Nile | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]991 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | In my castle on the River Nile | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]994 | 7-in. | 10/11/1901 | When it's all going out and nothing coming in | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]994 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | All going out and nothing coming in | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1099 | 7-in. | 11/20/1901 | Come out, Dinah, on the green | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1099 | 10-in. | 11/20/1901 | Come out, Dinah, on the green | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1296 | 10-in. | 3/5/1902 | Tell me dusky maiden | Arthur Collins ; Joseph Natus | Male vocal duet | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1296 | 7-in. | 3/5/1902 | Tell me, dusky maiden | Arthur Collins ; Joseph Natus | Male vocal duet | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1327 | 7-in. | 3/14/1902 | Oh! Didn't he ramble! | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1327 | 10-in. | 3/14/1902 | Oh! Didn't he ramble! | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1388 | 7-in. | 5/16/1902 | Nobody's looking but the owl and moon | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1388 | 10-in. | 5/16/1902 | Nobody's looking but the owl and moon | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]1388 | 12-in. | 5/16/1902 | Nobody's looking but the owl and moon | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1633 | 7-in. | 9/18/1902 | Under the bamboo tree | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1633 | 10-in. | 9/18/1902 | Under the bamboo tree | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1805 | 7-in. | 11/26/1902 | Under the bamboo tree | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1805 | 10-in. | 11/26/1902 | Under the bamboo tree | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1894 | 7-in. | 1/14/1903 | When it's all goin' out and nothin' comin' in | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1894 | 10-in. | 1/14/1903 | All goin' out and nothin' comin' in | Silas Leachman | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1949 | 10-in. | 2/9/1903 | Tell me dusky maiden | S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1993 | 7-in. | 2/27/1903 | Under the bamboo tree | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1993 | 10-in. | 2/27/1903 | Under the bamboo tree | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]1998 | 10-in. | 2/27/1903 | Under the bamboo tree | John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix A-]1998 | 7-in. | 2/27/1903 | Under the bamboo tree | John H. Bieling ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3008 | 10-in. | 1/5/1901 | Why don't the band play | S. H. Dudley | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3609 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | In my castle on the River Nile | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix B-]3612 | 10-in. | 10/11/1901 | All going out and nothing coming in | Bert Williams | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | [Pre-matrix C-]31068 | 12-in. | 1901-02 | Congo love song | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | A-42 | 7-in. | 5/26/1903 | Congo love song | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | B-42 | 10-in. | 5/26/1903 | Congo love song | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | A-43 | 7-in. | 5/26/1903 | Tell me, dusky maiden | S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet, with piano | |
| Victor | B-43 | 10-in. | 5/26/1903 | Tell me, dusky maiden | S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet, with piano | |
| Victor | A-50 | 7-in. | 5/27/1903 | Congo love song | Mina Hickman | Female vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | B-50 | 10-in. | 5/27/1903 | Congo love song | Mina Hickman | Female vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | C-106 [Old series] | 12-in. | 2/9/1903 or 5/26/1903 | Tell me dusky maiden | S. H. Dudley ; Harry Macdonough | Male vocal duet | |
| Victor | C-196 [Old series] | 12-in. | 2/9/1903 or 5/26/1903 | Congo love song | Harry Macdonough | Male vocal solo | |
| Victor | A-481 | 7-in. | 10/2/1903 | The maid from Timbuctoo | Mina Hickman | Female vocal solo | |
| Victor | B-481 | 10-in. | 10/2/1903 | The maid from Timbuctoo | Mina Hickman | Female vocal solo | |
| Victor | B-1181 | 10-in. | 4/4/1904 | Oh Didn't he ramble | Dan W. Quinn | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | A-1372 | 7-in. | 5/28/1904 | Save it for me | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | B-1372 | 10-in. | 5/28/1904 | Save it for me | Billy Murray | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | B-2120 | 10-in. | 1/6/1905 | Gimme de leavin's | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-2456 | 10-in. | 4/7/1905 | Mexico | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-3126 | 10-in. | 2/20/1906 | Sambo and Dinah | Grace Nelson ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-8177 | 10-in. | 8/25/1909 | Run, Brudder 'Possum, run! | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-13488 | 10-in. | 6/25/1913 | Since you went away | Daniel Beddoe | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-13865 | 10-in. | 9/26/1913 | Since you went away | George Hamlin | Tenor vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | B-15017 | 10-in. | 6/26/1914 | Roll them cotton bales | Heidelberg Quintette | Male vocal quintet, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-16949 | 10-in. | 12/29/1915 | The young warrior | Evan Williams | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-17203 | 10-in. | 2/24/1916 | You go your way and I'll go mine | Marie Cahill | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | |
| Victor | B-24037 | 10-in. | 5/5/1920 | Since you went away | Fritz Kreisler ; John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with violin and piano | |
| Victor | BVE-38415 | 10-in. | 3/30/1927 | Since you went away | Paul Robeson | Bass vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | BVE-47014 | 10-in. | 9/12/1928 | Just give me the leavings | Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | |
| Victor | BS-77467 | 10-in. | 8/14/1933 | Since you went away | Annette Claire | Female vocal solo, with piano | |
| Victor | BS-067620 | 10-in. | 8/7/1941 | My castle on the Nile | Eton Boys ; Claude Garreau | Male vocal quartet, with piano | |
| Columbia | 13 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Oct. 1905 | Come out, Dinah, on the green | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Columbia | 13 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Come out, Dinah, on the green | Arthur Collins | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Columbia | 970 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Under the bamboo tree | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with piano | |
| Columbia | 970 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Under the bamboo tree | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with piano | |
| Columbia | 1086 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | No use in asking, 'cause you know the reason why | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Columbia | 1086 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | No use in asking, 'cause you know the reason why | Artists vary | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Columbia | 1371 | 10-in. | ca. 1903 | A congo love song | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Columbia | 1371 | 7-in. | ca. 1903-Oct. 1905 | A Congo love song | Bob Roberts | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Columbia | 1736 | 10-in. | Feb. 1904 | The maiden with the dreamy eyes | Thomas Q. Seabrooke | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | |
| Columbia | 1832 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-July 1904 | Nobody's lookin' but de owl and de moon | Corinne Morgan ; Frank C. Stanley | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | |
| Columbia | 3039 | 7-in. | ca. 1904 | Mexico | J. W. Myers | Male vocal solo, with piano | |
| Columbia | 4172 | 10-in. | ca. Jan.-Oct. 1909 | Run brudder possum run | Collins and Harlan | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | |
| Columbia | 77592 | 10-in. | 12/20/1917 | The old flag never touched the ground | Chautauqua Preachers’ Quartette | Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied | |
| Columbia | 49047 | 12-in. | 12/29/1916 | Since you went away | Louis Graveure | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | |
| Columbia | W143922 | 10-in. | 4/6/1927 | Lift every voice and sing | Atlanta University Choir | Vocal chorus, with piano | |
| OKeh | W404627 | 10-in. | 12/9/1930 | Didn’t he ramble | Fiddlin' John Carson ; Virginia Reelers | Mixed vocal trio, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "James Weldon Johnson (lyricist)," accessed February 21, 2019, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/40374/Johnson_James_Weldon_lyricist.
James Weldon Johnson (lyricist). (2019). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 21, 2019, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/40374/Johnson_James_Weldon_lyricist.
"James Weldon Johnson (lyricist)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2019. Web. 21 February 2019.
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