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George Williams and Bessie Brown

George W. Williams was an American vaudeville performer and recording artist. He recorded several songs with Bessie Brown (c. 1895 – 1964), who was his wife. They were one of the comedy duos on the TOBA circuit.

At a 1924 performance at the Strand Theater in Jacksonville, Florida, they sang inside a prop graphophone. Bessie Brown died in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1964.

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

Discography

Songs

  • "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"

Compilation albums

  • George Williams and Bessie Brown Volume I: 1923-1925 compilation album
  • George Williams and Bessie Brown Volume II: 1925-1930

References