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The Harlem Hamfats (1936)

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2008-09-05 19:15:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Hamfats was a Chicago (Jazz) band band formed in 1936. Initially, they mainly provided backup music for jazz and blues singers, such as Johnny Temple, Rosetta Howard, and Frankie Half Pint Jaxon for DECCA Records, but when their first record "Oh Red" became a hit, it secured them a DECCA contract for fifty titles. They launched a successful...
 
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Baby let me follow you down

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2008-09-04 10:14:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Hamfats. The Hamfats recorded ''Oh! Red'' for Decca Records in April, 1936, and other artists and record companies were not long in responding with a similar type of sound, featuring lead trumpet and clarinet played in New Orleans jazz style, one or two guitars, piano, bass, and drums The State Street Swingers began recording in July of...
 
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Reefer Songs

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2007-12-11 16:44:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Hamfats, Chick Webb and Clarence Williams 1. Reefer Man - Don Redman & His Orchestra 2. Man from Harlem - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 3. Here Comes the Man With the Jive - Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys 4. If You're a Viper - Bob Howard 5. Texas Tea Party - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Jack Teagarden 6. Light Up - Buster Bailey ...
 
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REDO: Reefer Songs (1927-1947)

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2007-11-12 09:16:00 by Kevin Sartori in Psychotic Leisure Music
...Hamfats - The Weed Smoker's Dream [1936] (3:18 11. Cee Pee Johnson - The "G" Man Got the "T" Man [1945] (3:06 12. Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - All the Jive Is Gone [1936] (2:36 13. Georgia White - The Stuff Is Here [1937] (2:53 14. Chick Webb and His Orchestra / Ella Fitzgerald - Wackey Dust [1938] (3:02 15. Harry "The Hipster"...
 
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DRUG SONGS - Subtitled "1917 - 1944: high & low",

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2007-12-11 16:50:00 by Joski in Merlin in Rags
...Hamfats 23 Repeal The Blues - Ray Noble & The New Mayfair Orchestra 24 Feeling High And Happy - Gene Krupa & His Orchestra 25 Knockin' Myself Out - Jean Brady & Big Bill Broonzy 26 Smoke Clouds - Herbert Payne http://lix.in/c9952e Here they are
 
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Wisteria and Taxes

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2008-04-14 19:26:00 by Ed in Old Blue Bus
...Hamfats - Sales Tax On It (But It's the Same Thing).mp3 Louisiana Red - Working Man Blues.mp3 You know, we all hate paying taxes, but the truth of the matter is without our tax money, many politicians would not be able to afford prostitutes." --Jimmy Kimmel
 
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