Cripple Clarence Lofton

Cripple Clarence Lofton

Clarence Lofton (March 28, 1887, 1896 or 1897 – January 9, 1957), credited as Cripple Clarence Lofton, was an American boogie-woogie pianist and singer born in Tennessee.

Birth and Death Data: Born Kingsport (city in Sullivan, Hawkins, and Washington counties in Tennessee, United States), Died January 9, 1957 (Chicago (city and county seat of Cook County, and largest city in State of Illinois, United States of America) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, vocalist

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

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	C947	10-in.	4/2/1935	Strut that thing	Cripple Clarence Lofton	Male vocal solo, with piano and washboard	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Columbia	C948	10-in.	4/2/1935	Monkey man blues	Cripple Clarence Lofton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Columbia	C1074	10-in.	7/18/1935	Brown skin girls	Cripple Clarence Lofton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and washboard	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Columbia	C1075	10-in.	7/18/1935	You done tore your playhouse down	Cripple Clarence Lofton	Male vocal solo, with piano	instrumentalist, piano, vocalist
Decca	90597	10-in.	2/4/1936	Crying mother blues	Red Nelson		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	90598	10-in.	2/4/1936	Streamline train	Red Nelson		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	90599	10-in.	2/4/1936	It's got to be done	Al Miller and his Swing Stompers		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	90600	10-in.	2/4/1936	Juicy Mouth Shorty	Al Miller and his Swing Stompers		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	90605	10-in.	2/6/1936	Sweetest thing born	Red Nelson		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	90606	10-in.	2/6/1936	When the soldiers get their bonus	Red Nelson		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	90607	10-in.	2/6/1936	Truckin' old fool-1	Al Miller and his Swing Stompers		instrumentalist, piano
Decca	90608	10-in.	2/6/1936	Ain't that a mess?	Al Miller and his Swing Stompers		instrumentalist, piano

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lofton, Cripple Clarence," accessed December 26, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327797.

Lofton, Cripple Clarence. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 26, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327797.

"Lofton, Cripple Clarence." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 26 December 2025.