Alton Purnell

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945 - 1955

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Decca 73149 10-in. 11/21/1945 Maryland, my Maryland Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 73150 10-in. 11/21/1945 Alexander's ragtime band Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 73151 10-in. 11/21/1945 Tishomingo blues Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 73152 10-in. 11/21/1945 You always hurt the one you love Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 85558 12/8/1953 At a Georgia camp meeting George Lewis and his Ragtime Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 85559 12/8/1953 Chimes blues (see also master 88713) George Lewis and his Ragtime Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 85560 12/8/1953 Burgundy Street blues, part 1 George Lewis and his Ragtime Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 85561 12/8/1953 Burgundy Street blues, part 2 George Lewis and his Ragtime Band instrumentalist, piano  
Decca 88713 12/6/1955 Chimes blues George Lewis instrumentalist, piano  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Purnell, Alton," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/338622.

Purnell, Alton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/338622.

"Purnell, Alton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/338622

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