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History of Music &
Recording Project
From Medieval to Groups & Musicians Issuing on Vinyl by 1970
Based on research at
Modern Recording
in the US, UK & Elsewhere
All artists born in Canada are
grouped under the US where their careers largely took place
Artists born in the UK are
grouped under US if that is where their careers took place
Ditto some others born
elsewhere about the globe
Commonwealth Australian artists are
grouped under Elsewhere as would be India or South Africa
United States
Alphabetical:
- A
- Ace, Black
- Alexander, Texas
- Allen, Henry Red
- Anderson, Pink
- Armstrong, Lillian
- Armstrong, Louis
- Arnheim, Gus
- Arnold, Kokomo
- Ashley, Clarence
- Austin, Lovie
- B
- Bailey, Buster
- Bailey, DeFord
- Bailey, Mildred
- Ballew, Smith
- Barbecue Bob (Robert Hicks)
- Barron, Kenny
- Basie, Count
- Bauzá, Mario
- Beach Boys
- Bechet, Sidney
- Beiderbecke, Bix
- Berigan, Bunny
- Berlin, Irving (Born Russia)
- Bieling, John
- Blackwell, Scrapper
- Blake, Arthur Blind
- Blake, Eubie
- Bloom, Rube
- Boswell Sisters
- Broonzy, Big Bill
- Brown, Richard Rabbit
- Brown, Roy
- Brown, Willie
- Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton)
- Bunn, Teddy
- Burr, Henry
- Burton, Gary
- C
- Calloway, Blanche
- Calloway, Cab
- Campbell, Albert
- Cannon, Gus
- Cantor, Eddie
- Carle, Frankie
- Carmichael, Hoagy
- Carr, Leroy
- Carson, John
- Carter, Benny
- Carter Family
- Casa Loma Orchestra
- Castle, Jo Ann
- Catlett, Big Sid
- Christian, Lillie Delk
- Clark, Buddy
- Clay, Sonny
- Clayton, Doctor
- Cole, Cozy
- Cole, Nat King
- Coleman, Bill
- Coleman, Jaybird
- Collins, Arthur
- Collins, Sam
- Columbo, Russ
- Condon, Eddie
- Confrey, Zez
- Cook, Doc
- Council, Floyd Dipper Boy
- Cox, Ida
- Crayton, Pee Wee
- Crosby, Bing
- Crosby, Bob
- Crudup, Arthur
- Cugat, Xavier - Born Spain - Youth Cuba
- D
- Dalhart, Vernon
- Dash, Julian
- Davis, Meyer
- Davison, Wild Bill
- Denny, Will F.
- Dickenson, Vic
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Dodds, Baby
- Dodds, Johnny
- Doerr, Clyde
- Dorsey, Jimmy
- Dorsey, Thomas
- Dorsey, Tommy
- Dranes, Arizona
- Duchin, Eddy
- Dudley, Samuel Holland
- Dylan, Bob
- E
- F
- G
- H
- Haley, Bill - Born Michigan
- Hall, Adelaide - Born Brooklyn
- Hall, Edmond - Born Louisiana
- Hampton, Lionel - Born Kentucky
- Handy, William - Born Alabama
- Hanshaw, Annette - Born NYC
- Harlan, Byron - Born Kansas
- Harlem Hamfats - Founded Chicago
- Harris, Don Sugarcane - Born California
- Harris, Marion - Born Indiana
- Harris, Phil - Born Indiana
- Harrison, Charles - Born New Jersey
- Hawkins, Coleman- Born Missouri
- Heidt, Horace - Born California
- Henderson, Fletcher - Born Georgia
- Henry, Tal - Born Georgia
- Herman, Woody - Born Wisconsin
- Hickman, Art - Born Oakland
- Hicks, Charlie - (Laughing Charley) - Born Georgia
- Hicks, Robert (Barbecue Bob) - Born Georgia
- Hill, King Solomon - Born Mississippi
- Himber, Richard - Born New Jersey
- Hines, Earl - Born Pennsylvania
- Hodges, Johnny - Born Massachusetts
- Holiday, Billie - Born Philidelphia
- Hoopii, Sol - Born Hawaii
- Hopkins, Claude - Born Virginia
- House, Son - Born Mississippi
- Howard, Paul - Born Ohio
- Howard, Rosetta - Born Arkansas
- Howell, Peg Leg - Born Georgia
- Humes, Helen - Born Kentucky
- Hunter, Alberta - Born Memphis
- Hurt, John - Born Mississippi
- I
- J
- Jackson, Bo Weavil - Born Alabama?
- Jackson, Papa Charlie - Born New Orleans
- James, Skip - Born Mississippi
- Jefferson, Blind Lemon - Born Texas
- Johnson, Blind Willie - Born Texas
- Johnson, Bunk - Born New Orleans
- Johnson, Charlie - Born Philadelphia
- Johnson, George - Born Virginia
- Johnson, James - Born New Jersey
- Johnson, Lonnie - Born New Orleans
- Johnson, Robert - Born Mississippi
- Johnson, Tommy - Born Mississippi
- Jolson, Al - Born now Lithuania
- Jones, Ada - Born UK
- Jones, Isha - Born Ohio
- Jordan, Charley - Born Tennesee
- Jordan, Louis - Born Arkansas
- Jose, Richard - Born UK
- K
- L
- Lang, Eddie - Born Philadelphia
- Laughing Charley (Charlie Hicks) - Born Georgia
- Lawrence, Gertrude - Born London
- Ledbetter, Huddie (Leadbelly) - Born Louisiana
- Lee, Julia - Born Missouri
- Lennon Sisters
- Lewis, Noah - Born Tennessee
- Lewis, Walter Furry - Born Mississippi
- Lewis, Ted - Born Ohio
- Liston, Virginia - Born Missouri
- Lofton, Cripple Clarence - Born Tennessee
- Lombardo, Guy - Born Ontario
- Louisiana Five - NYC
- Lunceford, Jimmie - Born Mississippi
- Luther, Frank - Born Kansas
- Lyman, Abe - Born Chicago
- M
- Macon, Uncle Dave - Born Tennessee
- Macdonough, Harry - Born Canada, Ontario
- Manone, Wingy - Born New Orleans
- Martin, Carl - Born Virginia
- Martin, Freddy - Born Ohio
- Martin, Sara - Born Kentucky
- McKenzie, Red - Born Missouri
- McDonough, Dick - Born NYC
- McMichen, Clayton - Born Georgia
- McPartland, Jimmy - Born Chicago
- McCoy, Kansas Joe - Born Mississippi
- McCoy, Papa Charlie - Born Mississippi
- McCoy, Robert Lee - Born Arkansas
- McTell, Blind Willie - Born Georgia
- Memphis Jug Band - Founded Tennessee
- Mercer, Johnny - Born Georgia
- Merman, Ethel - Born Queens
- Mezzrow, Mez - Born Chicago
- Miller, Emmett - Born Georgia
- Miller, Glenn - Born Iowa
- Mills Brothers - Born Ohio
- Mills, Irving - Born Manhattan if not Russia
- Minnie, Memphis - Born Mississippi
- Mitchell, Guy - Born Detroit
- Mole, Miff - Born New York, Roosevelt
- Monroe, Vaughn - Born Ohio, Akron
- Morgan, Helen - Born Illinois
- Morse, Lee - Born Texas?
- Morton, Jelly Roll - Born New Orleans
- Moss, Buddy - Born Georgia
- Moten, Bennie - Born Missouri
- Murray, Billy - Born Philadelphia
- Myers, J. W. - Born UK
- N
- O
- P
- Page, Hot Lips - Born Dallas
- Page, Walter - Born Missouri
- Patton, Charley - Born Mississippi
- Petway, Robert - Born Mississippi
- Pollack, Ben - Born Chicago
- Porter, Steve - Born NYC
- Presley, Elvis - Born Mississippi
- Preston, Billy - Born Houston
- Price, Sammy - Born Texas
- Puckett, Rily - Born Georgia
- Q
- R
- Rainey, Ma - Born Georgia
- Red, Tampa - Born Georgia
- Redman, Don - Born West Virginia
- Reisman, Leo - Born Boston
- Rich, Buddy - Born Brooklyn
- Roberts, Luckey - Born Philadelphia PA
- Robertson, Eck - Born Arkansas
- Robeson, Paul - Born New Jersey
- Robison, Carson - Born Kansas
- Rodgers, Jimmie - Born Mississippi
- Rollini, Adrian - Born NYC
- Rushing, Jimmy - Born Oklahoma
- Russell, Luis - Born Panama
- Russell, Pee Wee - Born Missouri
- S
- Shade Jr, Will - Born Memphis
- Shaw, Artie - Born NYC
- Sissle, Noble - Born Indianapolis
- Skillet Lickers
- Smith, Bessie - Born Chatanooga
- Smith, Clara - Born South Carolina
- Smith, Jabbo - Born Georgia
- Smith, Mamie - Born Cincinnati
- Smith, Stuff - Born Ohio
- Smith, Trixie - Born Atlanta
- Smith, Whispering Jack - Born Alabama
- Smith, Willie the Lion - Born New York
- South, Eddie - Born Missouri
- Spanier, Muggsy - Born Chicago
- Spencer, Len - Born Washington DC
- Spivey, Victoria - Born Houston
- Sprague, Carl - Born Texas
- Stanley, Aileen - Born Chicago
- Stevenson, Elise - Born UK
- Stokes, Frank - Born Tennessee
- Sullivan, Joe - Born Chicago
- Sweatman, Wilbur - Born Missouri
- Sykes, Roosevelt - Born Arkansas
- T
- Tanner, Gid - Born Georgia
- Tate, Erskine - Born Tennessee
- Taylor, Eva - Born St. Louis
- Teagarden, Jack - Born Texas
- Thomas, Elvie - Born Houston
- Thomas, George - Born Arkansas
- Thomas, Hersal - Born Houston
- Thomas, Hociel - Born Houston
- Three X Sisters
- Townsend, Henry - Born Mississippi
- Trumbauer, Frank - Born Illinois
- Tucker, Sophie - Born Ukraine
- U
- V
- W
- Walker, T-Bone - Born Texas
- Wallace, Sippie - Born Arkansas
- Waller, Fats - Born NYC, Harlem
- Waring, Fred - Born Indiana
- Washboard Rhythm Kings
- Waters, Ethel - Born Pennsylvania
- Waters, Muddy - Born Mississippi
- Weaver, Curley - Born Georgia
- Weaver, Sylvester - Born Kentucky
- Webb, Chick - Born Maryland, Baltimore
- Weeks, Anson - Born California
- Weems, Ted - Born Pennsylvania
- Welch, Elisabeth - Born New Jersey (career UK)
- Weldon, Casey Bill - Born Arkansas
- Welk, Lawrence - Born North Dakota
- Wheatstraw, Peetie - Born Arkansas or Tennessee
- White, Bukka - Born Mississippi
- White, Georgia - Born Georgia?
- White Jr., Josh - Born NYC
- White Sr., Josh - Born South Carolina
- Whiteman, Paul - Born Denver
- Wiley, Geeshie - Born Louisiana
- Wilkins, Robert - Mississippi
- Willcox, Spiegle - Born New York
- Williams, Big Joe - Born Mississippi
- Williams, Clarence - Born Louisiana
- Williams, Cootie - Born Alabama
- Williams, Fess - Born Kentucky
- Williams, Mary Lou - Born Georgia
- Williamson I, Sonny Boy - Born Tennessee
- X
- Y
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