Josie Miles is the only one that comes to mind. There are others I think.
Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: <phono-l-requ...@oldcrank.org> To: <phono-l@oldcrank.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 2:00 PM Subject: Phono-L Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3 > Send Phono-L mailing list submissions to > phono-l@oldcrank.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://oldcrank.org/mailman/listinfo/phono-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > phono-l-requ...@oldcrank.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > phono-l-ow...@oldcrank.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Phono-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. African-American recording artists for Edison (Steven Medved) > 2. corrected links for African-American recording artists for > Edison (Steven Medved) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:12:18 -0500 > From: "Steven Medved" <steve_nor...@msn.com> > Subject: [Phono-L] African-American recording artists for Edison > To: "Phono-l" <Phono-L@oldcrank.org>, "phonolist" > <phonol...@yahoogroups.com> > Message-ID: <bay4-dav13ebeda6af9b995f800f6df6...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > After seeing this advertised as a race record: > > http://tinyurl.com/6mr7j<http://tinyurl.com/6mr7j> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6502977883<http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6502977883> > > I realized that the only people I knew of that were African-American recording artists for Edison were Fletcher Henderson and George W. Johnson. Were there any others? > > I also learned that Black Patti records were named after a Black concert singer, M. Sissieretta Jones, who was known as 'The Black Patti' - though it should be stated that the label had absolutely nothing to do the singer. > > http://www.bluesbeforesunrise.com/bbssetlist020401.html<http://www.bluesbeforesunrise.com/bbssetlist020401.html> > > http://tinyurl.com/5x6oe<http://tinyurl.com/5x6oe> > > Steve > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 11:33:02 -0500 > From: "Steven Medved" <steve_nor...@msn.com> > Subject: [Phono-L] corrected links for African-American recording > artists for Edison > To: "Phono-l" <Phono-L@oldcrank.org>, "phonolist" > <phonol...@yahoogroups.com> > Message-ID: <bay4-dav242dc1c184763334f0d92f6...@phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > After seeing this advertised as a race record: > > http://tinyurl.com/6mr7j > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6502977883 > > I realized that the only people I knew of that were African-American > recording artists for Edison were Fletcher Henderson and George W. Johnson. > Were there any others? > > I also learned that Black Patti records were named after a Black concert > singer, M. Sissieretta Jones, who was known as 'The Black Patti' - though it > should be stated that the label had absolutely nothing to do the singer. > > http://www.bluesbeforesunrise.com/bbssetlist020401.html > > http://tinyurl.com/5x6oe > > Steve > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > Phono-L@oldcrank.org > http://oldcrank.org/mailman/listinfo/phono-l > > > End of Phono-L Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3 > ************************************* >