George Williams and Bessie Brown

George W. Williams was an American vaudeville performer and recording artist. He recorded several songs with Bessie Brown, ^{[1] [2]} who was 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]

Brown is not to be confused with another Bessie Brown (March 2, 1890 – November 12, 1955), ^[6] also known as "The Original" Bessie Brown, who was an American classic female blues, jazz, and cabaret singer.

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 ^[7] 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. "Bessie Brown". Red Hot Jazz Archive. May 11, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
7. Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (October 12, 2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: A-J. Taylor & Francis. p. 595. ISBN   9781579584573 – via Google Books.