George W. Williams was a vaudeville performer and recording artist in the United States. He recorded several songs with Bessie Brown[1][2] his wife.[3] They were one of the comedy duos on the TOBA circuit.[4]

At a 1924 performance at the Strand Theater in Jacksonville, Florida, they sang inside a prop graphophone.[5]

Discography

  • "Double Crossin' Daddy"
  • "She's My Sheba, I'm Her Sheik"
  • "No Second-Handed Lovin' For Mine"
  • "If You Hit My Dog I'll Kick Your Cat"
  • "If Mama Quits Papa, What Will Papa Do?"
  • "The Gal Ain't Born Who Can Treat Me Like You Do"
  • "He's Never Gonna Throw Me Down"
  • "Hoodoo Blues"
  • "When You Go Huntin', I'm Goin' Fishin'"
  • "I Can Do What You Do"
  • "Hard Headed Gal"
  • "A Woman Gets Tired Of One Man All The Time"
  • "I'm Goin' Out Tonight And Strut My Stuff"
  • "I'm Tired Of Begging You To Treat Me Right"
  • "Mississippi Delta Blues"
  • "Papa, Don't You Mean Your Mama No Good?"
  • "Pork Chop Blues"
  • "It Takes A Brownskin Man To Make A High"
  • "Yellow Blue"
  • "Scat! Mr. Sweetback"
  • "You Need Some Lovin'"
  • "How Can I Get It (When You Keep On Snatchin' It Back)"
  • "I Won't Stand No Leavin' Now"
  • "You Ain't Quittin' Me Without Two Weeks' Notice"
  • "Chain Gang Blues"
  • "Satisfied Blues"
  • "I'm Gonna Kill Myself"
  • "West Virginia Blues"
  • "Sweet Mandy"
  • "That Same Cat"
  • "I'm Done"
  • "I Don't Care What You Say"
  • "Bootlegger's Ball"
  • "When I Get The Devil In Me"
  • "What Makes Papa Hate Mama So?"
  • "You Can't Proposition Me"
  • "Yodelin' The Blues Away"
  • "Oh! Dark Gal"
  • "Bald-Headed Mamma Blues"
  • "Hit Me But Don't Quit Me"
  • "Who Calls You Sweet Mama Now"
  • "Some Baby, My Gal"
  • "Levee Blues"
  • "It Ain't A Doggone Thing But The Blues"
  • "Cheatin' Blues"
  • "Toodle-Oodle-Ooo"
  • "Hymn Singing Bill"
  • "He's Tight Like That"
  • "Just Too Bad"
  • George Williams and Bessie Brown Volume I: 1923-1925[6] compilation album
  • George Williams and Bessie Brown Volume II: 1925-1930

References

  1. ↑ Larkin, Colin (October 12, 1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. New England Pub. Associates. ISBN 9781882267002 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "George Williams (16)". Discogs.com.
  3. ↑ "Bessie Brown". Pandora.com.
  4. ↑ Oliver, Paul (February 4, 2014). Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era. Routledge. ISBN 9781135467234 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Abbott, Lynn; Seroff, Doug (February 27, 2017). The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781496810052 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (October 12, 2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: A-J. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781579584573 – via Google Books.
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