Benny Payne

Birth and Death Data: Born Philadelphia (largest city in Pennsylvania, United States), Died January 2, 1986

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist

Notes: Benny Payne is also credited on disc labels and in other sources as Bennie Payne and Bennie Paine.

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-59720	10-in.	3/21/1930	St. Louis blues	Bennie Paine ; Fats Waller	Piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-59721	10-in.	3/21/1930	After you've gone	Bennie Paine ; Fats Waller	Piano duet	instrumentalist, piano
Victor	BVE-64380	10-in.	11/26/1930	When a black man's blue	Cotton Club Orchestra ; Duke Ellington ; Bennie Payne	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo (takes 3 and 4); with male vocal trio (takes 1 and 2)	vocalist
Victor	BVE-78869	10-in.	12/18/1933	There's a cabin in the cotton	Cab Calloway ; Cotton Club Orchestra ; Bennie Payne	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	vocalist
Brunswick	E35800	10-in.	1/14/1931	Rockin’ chair	Earl Jackson and his Musical Champions [Duke Ellington Orchestra]	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Master	M622	10-in.	9/10/1937	Chuberry jam	Chu Berry ; Stompy Stevedores	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Master	M623	10-in.	9/10/1937	Maelstrom	Chu Berry ; Stompy Stevedores	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, piano
Master	M624	10-in.	9/10/1937	My secret love affair	Chu Berry ; Stompy Stevedores	Jazz/dance band	vocalist, instrumentalist, piano
Master	M625	10-in.	9/10/1937	Ebb tide	Chu Berry ; Stompy Stevedores	Jazz/dance band	vocalist