On this day in 1926, a twenty year old Victoria Spivey took a trip to St. Louis were Okeh records was on a field trip looking for new acts to record. She recorded two of her own songs, “Black Snake Blues”, and “Dirty Woman Blues”. That record became an immediate best seller.
On this day in 1927, Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven recorded “Weary Blues” and “Melancholy Blues” in Chicago for Okeh Records.
On this day in 1953, recording as Little Henry for the Chess label, Henry Gray, accompanied by Henry Strong (hca), Morris Pejoe (g) and Earl Phillips (d) cut “I Declare That Ain¹t Right” and “Matchbox Blues”. These remained unreleased until 1973 when the were included in a UK four album Chess box set entitled “Genesis”.
Today’s show features music performed by Victoria Spivey, Louis Armstrong, and Henry Gray
On this day in Blues history is published every day in video format on Bluesland (on Facebook) and on Threads, as well as BlueSky
