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[Songs
- Title
- [Songs / composed by Perry Bradford].
- Author
- Bradford, Perry
- Publication
- 1918-1948.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Notated music | Use in library | Sc Scores Bradford | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 9 scores : ill. (some col.); 32 cm or smaller.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.
- Alternative Title
- Better times are comin'
- Crazy blues.
- Lonesome blues.
- That thing called love.
- Unexpectedly.
- What did Deacon Jones do? (When the lights went out)
- Won't that be a happy day.
- Subjects
- African American clergy
- Smith, Mamie
- Popular music > 1921-1930
- Tucker, Sophie, 1884-1966
- African American clergy > Conduct of life
- Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
- African Americans > Religious life
- Blues (Music)
- Songs with piano
- Popular music > 1911-1920
- Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds
- African Americans > Music
- Ethnic stereotypes > 1910-1919
- Religious meetings
- Dewey, Thomas E (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
- Campaign songs, 1948 > Republican
- Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
- Note
- With piano acc.
- "Won't that be a happy day" by Shelton Brooks and Perry Bradford.
- Words by Perry Bradford and Jim Burris.
- Various publishers, chiefly New York: Perry Bradford Music Pub. Co.
- "Better times are comin" used as the 1948 Republican campaign song for the Dewey-Warren ticket.
- "Unexpectedly" as recorded by Bert Williams, "Crazy blues" as recorded by Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds, "That thing called love" featured by Sophie Tucker.
- Cover illustrations include a stereotyped image of an African-American minister preaching while several members of the congregation pursue an errant rooster; photographs of Thomas E. Dewey, Earl Warren, Sophie Tucker, Bert Williams and Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds on covers.
- Title and first line finding aids available.
- Contents
- Better times are comin' -- Crazy blues (3 copies) -- Lonesome blues -- That thing called love -- Unexpectedly -- What did Deacon Jones do? (When the lights went out) -- Won't that be a happy day.
- Call Number
- Sc Scores Bradford
- OCLC
- NYPG087000491-C
- Author
- Bradford, Perry Composer. Lyricist
- Title
- [Songs / composed by Perry Bradford].
- Imprint
- 1918-1948.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Brooks, Shelton, 1886-1975.Burris, Jim. LyricistTucker, Sophie, 1884-1966. PerformerWilliams, Bert, 1874-1922. PerformerSmith, Mamie. PerformerPerry Bradford Music Pub. Co.Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds. Performer
- Added Title
- Better times are comin'Crazy blues.Lonesome blues.That thing called love.Unexpectedly.What did Deacon Jones do? (When the lights went out)Won't that be a happy day.
- Research Call Number
- Sc Scores Bradford