HARRY C. BROWNE

Push Dem Clouds Away

Disc #1 1916-1918

HARRY C. BROWNE

Push Dem Clouds Away

Disc #2 1918-1923

(plus two from 1928)

CAUTION: Gritty pressings, many of them repeatedly enjoyed by their former owners. (They're not all as bad as the first track on Disc One).

WARNING: Poultry larceny! Watermelon worship! Frequent and enthusiastic usage of now-forbidden terminology!

 

HARRY C. BROWNE 1916-1918

Columbia records, played at 80 rpm

01 Gwine To Run All Night - Doo-Dah Song (Foster) 46496- A2015 v-

02 Nigger Love A Watermelon, Ha! Ha! Ha! (--) 46634-2 A1999 e-

03 Roll Out! Heave Dat Cotton (Hays) 46643-2 A2015 v-

04 Old Dan Tucker (--) 46644-2 A1999 e

05 Gwine To Get A Home Bye and Bye HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 46872- A2218 v+

06 O! Susanna (--) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE Banjo Effect by HCB 46873- A2218 v

07 Angel Gabriel (Stewart) 46874-6 A2075 v-

08 Angels Meet Me At The Crossroads (Hays) 46875-1 A2075 v-

09 When I Used To Work Upon The Levee (--) with Banjo Effect by HCB 47009- A2135 fair

10 Kingdom Come (Henry C. Work) with Banjo Effect by HCB 47014-1 A2135 fair

11 Oh! Dem Golden Slippers (Bland) HCB & MALE QUARTETTE 47039-2 A2116 e

12 Keep In De Middle Ob De Road (Hays) HCB & MALE QUARTETTE 47040-2 A2116 e

13 Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel (Emmet) 47062-2 A2255 e

14 Balm of Gilead (--) with Banjo Effect by HCB 47063-3 A2173 v

15 She Stopped To Powder Her Nose (Edson Browne) 47241-3 A2252 e+

16 De Gospel Train Am Comin' (--) HCB & KNICKERBOCKER QUARTETTE with Banjo Effect by HCB 47250-3 A2255 e

17 Climb Up, Ye Chillun, Climb! (Kent) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 47468-1 A2590 v+

18 Carve Dat Possum (Lucas) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 47469- A2590 v+

19 Johnny Get Your Gun (Belasco) 47498-3 A2430 v-

20 Push Dem Clouds Away (Gaunt) 47499-1 A2502 v

21 Climbing Up The Golden Stairs (Great Jubilee Song) (Heiser) 77066-3 A2430 v-

22 Polly-Wolly-Doodle (--) 77067-3 A2502 v

23 Oh, Boys, Carry Me 'Long (Foster) 77946-1 A2622 e scr

 

HARRY C. BROWNE 1918-1923, plus two from 1928

Columbia records, played at 80 rpm, unless otherwise indicated

01 Li'l Liza Jane (Delachan) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 77952-3 A2622 e-

02 Hear Dem Bells (McCosh) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 78796- A2853 e-

03 Keemo Kimo (Arranged by Sedgwick) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 78797-3 A2853 v+

04 Razors In The Air (--) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 78931-1 A2922 v+

05 Keep Those Golden Gates Wide Open (--) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 78932- A2992 e

06 Hi, Jenny, Ho, Jenny Johnson (Kennedy) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 78997-2 A2922 v+

07 Meet Me On De Golden Shore (I. S, Browne) HCB & PEERLESS QUARTETTE 78998-2 A2992 e

08 I Loves You Mister Coon (Browne) 79116-2 A3678 e-

09 Skeeter And The June Bug (--) 79358-2 A3622 e

10 Put On De Golden Sword (Browne) HCB & MALE QUARTETTE 79374-3 A3386 fair

11 Get Yo' Ticket (Browne) 79375-1 A3386 v-

12 Dars A Lock On De Chicken Coop Door (Lucas) HCB & THE HARMONIZERS 79527-2 A3622 e- scr

13 Kiss Me, Honey, Do (Stromberg) 79778-3 A3833 v+ scr

14 De Darkies' Jubilee (Browne) HCB & MALE QUARTETTE 80049-6 A3769 e

15 I'll Make Dat Black Gal Mine (Ward) 80051-2 A3833 v

16 It's Hard To Be A Nigger! (Harry Earle) 80106- Silvertone 3173 v+ lams

17 Angelina (Browne) HCB & MALE QUARTETTE 80410-2 A3769 e

18 De Colored Barbecue (Browne) 80422-2 A3678 e-

19 Get Behin' Me, Satan! (I. S. Browne) 80823-3 Silvertone 3173 v+

20 Shinbone Alley (I. S. Browne) HCB & SHANNON FOUR 81370-4 53-D v

21 Marsa' Joe (I. S. Browne) HCB & SHANNON FOUR 81371-4 53-D v

22 Polly Wolly Doodle (--) 145660-3 1359D v+ 78 rpm

23 Push Dem Clouds Away (Gaunt) 145661-1 1359D v+ 78 rpm

 

Harry C. Browne is the son of I. C. Browne, the well known composer for the banjo. He inherited his father's genius for this instrument, and in addition has the added gift of a remarkable baritone voice. Mr. Browne is a well known actor, a popular New York club man, a splendid gentleman, and an exclusive Columbia artist who has given some of our best renditions of old darky melodies with banjo accompaniment. -1917 Columbia catalog

 

HARRY C. BROWNE - Browne worked as a production director and announcer for the Columbia Broadcasting System from 1926 through 1931. A Christian Scientist, Browne in 1932 left entertainment to serve as First Reader of the Second Church, New York (1932-1936) and the Mother Church, Boston (1938-1941). He was elected president of the Mother Church (1948-1949).

-The Mainspring www.mainspringpress.com