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THE RACE RECORD

 

1. BIG BUSINESS, PART ONE

White Folks Go Cannibal:
2. AFRICAN SERENADE: Nat Shilkret (composer) & the Victor Orch, vFrank Luther (1930)
3. JUNGLE FEVER: Red Nichols & his Orch, vSongopators (1934)
4. CANNIBAL KING: Collins & Harlan (c1910?)

Coon Tunes:
5. OH YOU COON: Miss (Ada) Jones and Mr. (Billy) Murray (c1908?)
6. MYSTERIOUS COON: Alec Johnson (1928)

The Black Man's Burden (Songs From a Cotton Field):
7. DUSKY STEVEDORE: Thelma Terry and her Playboys, vJoe Davis (1928)
8. PICKIN' COTTON: George Olsen & his Orch, vFran Frey (1928)
9. SONG FROM A COTTON FIELD: Bessie Brown, acc by Fletcher Henderson, Rex Stewart & Coleman Hawkins etc (1929)
10. OL' MAN RIVER: Al Jolson (with original unexpurgated verse) (1928)
11. THAT'S WHY DARKIES WERE BORN: Leo Reisman & his Orch, vBen Gordon (1931)

Pickaninnies' Paradise (Colored Kiddies):
12. SNOWBALL: Paul Robeson (1933)
13. LITTLE JOE: Louis Armstrong (1931)
14. PICKANINNIES' PARADISE: Emmett Miller & his Georgia Crackers (1929)

What Else? Colored Parents!
15. COAL BLACK MAMMY: Al Bowlly with Ray Noble New Mayfair Orch (1931)
16. OL' PAPPY: Jack Teagarden with Nappy Lamare (1934)

Three or Four Shades of Black:
17. THEY MAY CALL YOU HAWAIIAN ON BROADWAY: Georgie O'Connor (1917)
18. YALLER: Cab Calloway & his Orch (1931)
19. IT TAKES A CINCINNATI YELLOW TO SATISFY A GEORGIA BROWN: Al Bernard and J. Russell Robinson (c1933?)
20. WHEN HOLLYWOOD GOES BLACK AND TAN: Cleo Brown (1935)

Colored People on Parade:
21. NIGGER BLUES: Georgie O'Connor (1916)
22. MY TIME IS CHARLIE'S NOW: Al Bernard and J. Russell Robinson (c1933?)
23. JES' NATCH'ULLY LAZY: Mills Blue Rhythm Band, vChuck Richards & George Washington (1936)
24. UNDERNEATH THE HARLEM MOON: Chick Bullock & his Levee Loungers (1932)

25. BIG BUSINESS, PART TWO