Billie Brown

Birth and Death Data: Born June 9, 1894, Died December 4, 1921

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1921 - 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-25432 10-in. 6/7/1921 Dangerous blues Al Bernard ; Original Dixieland Jazz Band Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor B-26240 10-in. 3/9/1922 Lonesome mama blues Virginians Jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia 79951 10-in. 7/19/1921 Dangerous blues Paul Biese Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Columbia 80449 10-in. 7/13/1922 Lonesome mama blues Johnny Dunn’s Original Jazz Hounds ; Edith Wilson Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with jazz/dance band composer  
Columbia W147285 10-in. 10/24/1928 Lonesome mama blues McMichen's Melody Men Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo composer  
OKeh S-7959 10-in. June 1921 Dangerous blues Mamie Smith and her Jazz Band Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh o-8227 10-in. ca. Nov. 1921 Dangerous blues Joseph Samuels Jazz Band Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-70044 10-in. July 1921 Dangerous blues Tampa Blue Jazz Band Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-70560 10-in. 3/23/1922 Lonesome mamma blues Markel's Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
OKeh S-70654 10-in. May 1922 Lonesome mama blues Jazz Hounds ; Mamie Smith Female vocal solo, with jazz/dance band composer  
Brunswick 5779-5780 10-in. approximately June 1921 Dangerous blues Benny Krueger’s Orchestra ; Al Bernard Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo composer  
Brunswick E21985-E21987 10-in. 3/17/1927 Bill Brown blues Bill Brown ; Brownies Jazz/dance band composer  
Edison 1585 10-in. 10/6/1922 Lonesome mama blues Ernest L. Stevens Trio Instrumental trio composer  
Edison 8618 10-in. 10/5/1922 Lonesome mama blues Fred Van Eps Banjo solo composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brown, Billie," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111928.

Brown, Billie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111928.

"Brown, Billie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111928

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