Memphis Jazzers - Van Dyke 7801 (1929)

Side-B on this one is a Clarence Williams outfit while side-A is a Grey Gull studio band, possibly with Mike Mosiello and Andy Sannella.

Ed Allen c / Ed Cuffee tb / Arville Harris cl, as / cl, ts / Clarence Williams p / Leroy Harris bj / Cyrus St. Clair bb.

Recorded in New York in March, 1929.

Grey Gull Studio Band.

Recorded in New York in June, 1929.

Freddy King - Federal 45-12415 (1961)

From wikipedia...

Freddie King (September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976), thought to have been born as Frederick Christian, originally recording as Freddy King, and nicknamed "The Texas Cannonball", was an influential American blues guitarist and singer. He is often mentioned as one of "the Three Kings" of electric blues guitar, along with Albert King and B.B. King, as well as being the youngest of the three.

Freddie King based his guitar style on Texas and Chicago influences and was one of the first bluesmen to have a multi-racial backing band onstage with him at live performances. He is best known for singles such as "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" (1960) and his Top 40 hit "Hide Away" (1961). He is also known for albums such as the early, instrumental-packed Let's Hide Away and Dance Away with Freddy King (1961) and the later album Burglar (1974), which displayed King's mature versatility as both player and singer in a range of blues and funk styles.

Recorded in May, 1961.

The Charleston Chasers - Columbia 1539 (1927)

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Red Nichols t, dir / Miff Mole tb / Jimmy Dorsey cl, as / Arthur Schutt p / Dick McDonough bj, g / Vic Berton d.

Recorded in New York on February 25 (FB) & May 18 (Sal), 1927.

Elmore James - Enjoy Records (1961) 45 RPM

From wikipedia...

"Bleeding Heart" (sometimes called "(My) Bleeding Heart") is a song written and recorded by American blues musician Elmore James in 1961. Considered "among the greatest of James' songs."

"Bleeding Heart" is a slow-tempo twelve-bar blues that features Elmore James' vocal and slide guitar. It was recorded during one of his last recording sessions and has session musicians providing accompaniment, instead of James' regular band the "Broomdusters". According to producer Bobby Robinson, it was his idea to record James with a "big band sound" and to hire band leader Paul Williams to arrange the horn section.

Although recorded in 1961, "Bleeding Heart" was not released until 1965, two years after James' death. It was first issued as the B-side to the first pressing of "It Hurts Me Too" (Enjoy 2015), which became a Billboard R&B chart hit and made an appearance in the pop chart. "Bleeding Heart" was later released with "Mean Mistreatin' Mama" (Enjoy 2020). These single versions were edited to 2:37; a 3:05 version later appeared on the Elmore James Memorial Album and various compilation albums, sometimes with the title "(My) Bleeding Heart".

Elmore James v, slide guitar / Paul "Hucklebuck" Williams bar sax / George Coleman (probably) ts / Danny Moore t / Dickie Harris (probably) tb / Nehemiah "Riff" Ruffin g / Johnny Acey p / Unknown bass / Johnny or Earl Williams d.

Recorded in New York in early 1961.

Little Shy Guy & The Hot Rods - Calvert 107 (1956)

Tom 'Shy Guy' Douglas harmonica, v / Arthur Gunter g / Earl Gaines d / Ted Jarrett v (Let's Rock And Roll)

Recorded in Nashville in 1956.

Leroy Johnson - Okeh 6813 (1951)

Not finding any information about Leroy Johnson using the regular web resources, I went to my father's Okeh R&B CD box set to see if the booklet contained anything.

It did.

It said, "All that is known about Johnson is that he played guitar." And there was a picture.

Hmm...anyone know more?

Someone did find a bit more: Johnson recorded as Leroy "Country" Johnson for Houston's Freedom Recordings in 1949 accompanied by bassist Nunu Pitts.

Recorded in New York on June 29, 1951.

Rosa Henderson Acc By Fletcher Henderson - Vocalion 14652 (1923)

From wikipedia...

Rosa Henderson (November 24, 1896 – April 6, 1968) was an American jazz and classic female blues singer, and vaudeville entertainer.

Born Rosa Deschamps in Henderson, Henderson County, Kentucky, she is remembered as one of the greats of the 1920s and 1930s classic blues era. Her career as an entertainer began in 1913 when she joined her uncle's circus troupe.

She married Douglas "Slim" Henderson in 1918 and began travelling with his Mason-Henderson show. Her career as a musical comedian started during the early 1920s, after she moved to New York where she performed on Broadway and eventually in London.

Her nine year recording career began in 1923. During that time she recorded upwards of one hundred songs using numerous pseudonyms such as Sally Ritz, Flora Dale, Sarah Johnson, Josephine Thomas, Gladys White and Mamie Harris. She was accompanied by such bands as The Virginians, Fletcher Henderson's Jazz Five, Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, Fletcher Henderson's Club Alabam Orchestra, the Choo Choo Jazzers, the Kansas City Five, the Three Jolly Miners, the Kansas City Four, the Three Hot Eskimos, and the Four Black Diamonds.

She sang the chorus on Fletcher Henderson's May 28, 1924, Vocalion recording of "Do That Thing", probably the earliest example of a female singing with a big band.

Although she began to show a marked decline in her recordings after 1926, she continued performing up until 1932 when she took a job in a New York department store.

She continued to perform benefit concerts up until the 1960s. Henderson died in Roosevelt Island, New York.

Rosa Henderson v / Fletcher Henderson p.

Recorded in New York on August 21, 1923.

McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Victor 38142 (1930)

Been after this one for a while.

Don Redman cl, as, bar, a, dir / Joe Smith c / John Nesbitt, Langston Curl t / Ed Cuffee tb / Benny Carter cl, as, ts, v / Prince Robison vl, ts / Todd Rhodes p, cel / Dave Wilborn bj, g / Billy Taylor bb / Cuba Austin d / Frank Marvin v.

Recorded in New York on January 31, 1930.

New Orleans Owls (At The Hotel Roosevelt, New Orleans) - Columbia 489 (1925)

Here we have the first two of eighteen total sides recorded by this early New Orleans band that grew from an even earlier local outfit, The Invincibles String Band, which had been around since 1912.

Bill Padron c / Benjamin 'Benjy' White cl, as, dir / Lester Smith ts / Edward 'Mose' Ferrer p / Rene Gelpi bj, g / Dan LeBlanc bb / Earl Crumb d, ldr.

Recorded in New Orleans in September, 1925.

Johnny De Droit & His New Orleans Jazz Orchestra - Okeh 40090 (1924)

Always like getting one of these early Okehs recorded in New Orleans such as my Brownlee. Others that fit in this category, although not Okehs, are The Halfway House Orchestra and Monk Hazel's Bienville Roof Orchestra.

Johnny De Droit c / Russ Papalia tb / Henry Raymond cl / Rudolph Levy as / Frank Cuny p / George Potter bj / Paul De Droit d.

Recorded in New Orleans on March 15 (B) & 16 (A), 1924.