J. Berni Barbour

Birth and Death Data: Died April 11, 1936

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920 - 1938

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist, piano, leader

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor [Trial 1920-09-13-06] Not documented 9/13/1920 Sphinx Original Dixieland Jazz Band Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 79014 10-in. 3/3/1920 The sphinx Happy Six Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 140073 10-in. 9/18/1924 My man rocks me (With one steady roll) Southern Quartet Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied composer  
Columbia 140279 10-in. 1/27/1925 Steady roll blues Francis Craig Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W141012 10-in. 9/29/1925 Steady roll blues Francis Craig Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W144600 10-in. 9/6/1927 In-a-de-mornin' Barbour's Plantation Singers Mixed vocal ensemble, with piano composer, instrumentalist, piano, lyricist, leader  
Columbia W144601 10-in. 9/6/1927 Doan let Satan git you Barbour's Plantation Singers Mixed vocal ensemble, with piano composer, lyricist, leader, instrumentalist, piano  
Columbia 74103 12-in. 5/14/1920 Sphinx Original Dixieland Jazz Band Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh 8943 10-in. February 1925 My daddy rocks me (With one steady roll) Clarence Buck ; Ohio State Collegians ; Harold Ortli Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
OKeh 9021 10-in. March 1925 My daddy rocks me (With one steady roll) Floyd Campbell ; Charles Creath's Jazz-O-Maniacs Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Brunswick C3315 10-in. 4/18/1929 My daddy rocks me Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Brunswick C3848 10-in. 7/11/1929 My daddy rocks me (With one steady roll) The Club Ambassadors Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Brunswick C1424-C1425 10-in. 1/10/1928 My daddy rocks me (With one steady roll) Husk O'Hare's Wolverines Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  
Brunswick DAL667 10-in. 12/1/1938 My baby rocks me (with one steady roll) Roy Newman and his Boys String band, with male vocal solo composer, lyricist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Barbour, J. Berni," accessed December 15, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116862.

Barbour, J. Berni. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 15, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116862.

"Barbour, J. Berni." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 15 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/116862

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