Harlem Hot Chocolates - Hit Of The Week 1046 (1930)

This completes the run of Duke's two sides for the Hit Of The Week label.

Sing You Sinners can be heard here.

Duke Ellington p, a, dir / Arthur Whetsel, Freddy Jenkins, Cootie Williams t / Joe Nanton tb / Juan Tizol vtb / Johnny Hodges cl, ss, as / Harry Carney cl, as, bar / Barney Bigard cl, ts / Fred Guy bj / Wellman Braud sb / Sonny Greer d / Irving Mills v.

Recorded in New York in March, 1930.

Texas Alexander With Lonnie Johnson - Okeh 8640 (1928)

Alexander is said to have been cousins with Lightnin' Hopkins and the uncle of Frankie Lee Sims.

This record was found in a Goodwill store in Alabama a while back for less than a dollar...unfortunately, I was not the one who found it.

Alger 'Texas' Alexander v / Lonnie Johnson g.

Recorded November 15, 1928.

Fowler's Washboard Wonders - Columbia 14084 (1925)

Percy Glascoe cl, as / Lemuel Fowler p / Stanley Harding wb.

Recorded in New York on July 2, 1925.