De Ford Bailey 78 rpm / LPs / CDs
| # | year
of release | title | label # / notes |
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10 inch 78 rpm |
| | |
- Pan American Express (143846-2)
- Hesitation Mama (143847-2)
rec. April 1, 1927 in Atlanta, Ga; DeFord Bailey, hca | Columbia unissued |
| 1 | 1927 | DE FORD BAILEY
- Dixie Flyer Blues (E-22501/02) *
- Pan American Blues (E-22475/76) #
# rec. April 18, 1927 in New York City; DeFord Bailey, hca
* rec. April 19, 1927 in New York City; DeFord Bailey, hca | 
Brunswick 146= Vocalion 5180 |
| 2 | 1927 | DE FORD BAILEY
- Muscle Shoal Blues (E-22507/08)
- Up Country Blues (E-22503/04)
rec. April 19, 1927 in New York City; DeFord Bailey, hca | 
Brunswick 147= Brunswick 434 (Ca) |
| 3 | 1927 | DE FORD BAILEY
- Alcoholic Blues (E-22511)
- Evening Prayer Blues (E-22505/06)
rec. April 19, 1927 in New York City; DeFord Bailey, hca |
Brunswick 148= Brunswick 435 (Ca) 
= Vocalion 5147
|
| 4 | 1927 | DE FORD BAILEY
- Old Hen Cackle (E-22509/10)
- Fox Chase (E-22512)
rec. April 19, 1927 in New York City; DeFord Bailey, hca |
Brunswick 149= Vocalion 5190 |
| 5 | 1928 | De Ford Bailey
- Ice Water Blues (47112-1)
- Davidson County Blues (47116-1)
rec. October 2, 1928 in Nashville, Tenn.; DeFord Bailey, hca | 
Victor V38014
= Bluebird B5147
= Sunrise S3228 
= Montgomery Ward
M4910
|
| | |
- Lost John (47110-2)
- Kansas City Blues (47113-2)
- Casey Jones (47114-2)
- Wood Street Blues (47115-2)
- Nashville Blues (47117-2)
rec. October 2, 1928 in Nashville, Tenn.; DeFord Bailey, hca | Victor unissued |
| 6 | 1930 | De Ford Bailey / Noah Lewis
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry (47111-2) #
Noah Lewis
- Like I Want To Be (64734-2)
# rec. October 2, 1928 in Nashville, Tenn.; DeFord Bailey, hca
* rec. November 26, 1930 in Memphis, Tenn.; Noah Lewis, hca |
Victor 23336 |
| 7 | 1931 | De Ford Bailey / D.H. Bilbro
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry (47111-2) #
D.H. Bilbro
- Chester Blues (69364-2) *
# rec. October 2, 1928 in Nashville, Tenn.; DeFord Bailey, hca
* rec. May 27, 1931 in Charlotte, NC; D.H. Bilbro, hca |
Victor 23831 |
LP / CD compilations |
| 8 | 1969 | The Great Harmonica Players Vol. 1
Blues Birdhead
- Mean Low Blues
- Harmonica Blues
Palmer McAbee
- Lost Boy Blues
- McAbee's Railroad Piece
William Francis & Richard Sowell
- John Henry Blues
- Roubin Blues
George "Bullet" Williams
- Middlin' Blues
Noah Lewis
- Chicasaw Special
Slim Barton And Eddie Mapp
- I'm Hot Like That
- Careless Love
De Ford Bailey
- Ice Water Blues
- Davidson County Blues
The Two Of Spades (Herbert Leonard & Harry Mays)
- Meddlin' With The Blues
- Harmonica Blues
Jaybird Coleman
- Ah'm Sick And Tired Of Tellin' You (To Wiggle That Thing)
Whistlin' Pete & Daddy Stovepipe
- Black Snake Blues | 
Roots RL-320 Roots discography
|
| 9 | 1972 | Bukka White sings Sic 'em Dogs On Me 1927 to 1939
Elizabeth Johnson
- Be My Kid Blues (1928)
- Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928)
Mae Glover
- I Ain't Givin' Nobody None (1929)
Washington (Barrelhouse) White
- Po' Boy (1939)
- Sic 'Em Dogs On Me (1939)
Ishman Bracey
- Suitcase Full Of Blues (1930)
Rosie Mae Moore
- Ha Ha Blues (1928)
De Ford Bailey
- John Henry Blues (1928)
D.H. Bilbro
- Chester Blues (1931)
Louie Lasky
- How You Want Your Rollin' Done (1935)
- Teasin' Brown Blues (1935)
Willie Baker
- Weak Minded Blues (1929)
- Rag Baby (1929)
Long "Cleve" Reed & The Downhome Boys
- Mama You Don't Know How (1927)
- Original Stack O'Lee Blues (1927)
Mississipi John Hurt
- Stack O'Lee Blues (1928)
Furry Lewis
- John Henry Blues - part 1 (1929)
Charley Patton
- Heart Like Railroad Steel (1929) | 
Herwin H 201Herwin discography |
| 10 | 1976 | Nashville Early String Bands Vol. 2
- Jobbin Getting There - Crook Brothers
- Over The Road I'm Bound To Go - Uncle Dave Macon
- Hales' Rag - Theron Hale & Daughter
- Muscle Shoals Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Old Master's Runaway - McGee Brothers
- Karo - Uncle Jimmy Thompson
- Bill Cheatham - Magrum & Schreiber
- Brown's Ferry Blues - Sam McGee
- Jolly Blacksmith - Theron Hale & Daughter
- Going Across The Sea - Crook Brothers
- Pan American Blues - DeFord Bailey
- Billy Wilson - Uncle Jimmy Thompson
- Bake That Chicken Pie - Uncle Dave Macon |
County 542 |
| 11 | 1976 | Harmonica Blues
Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and '30s
Freeman Stowers
- Railroad Blues
State Street Boys
- Crazy About You
Carver Boys
- Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
Lee Brown
- My Driving Wheel
Ashley & Foster
- Bay Rum Blues
Robert Hill
- I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother
Chuck Darling
- Blowin' The Blues
- Harmonica Rag
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
Jazz Gillum
- I Want You By My Side
Alfred Lewis
- Friday Moan Blues
Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton
- House Snake Blues
Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey
- Need More Blues
De Ford Bailey
- Davidson County Blues
| notes by Steve Calt
Yazoo L 1053
= CD 1053 YAZ
Yazoo discography |
| 12 | 1985 | Harmonica Showcase
De Ford Bailey and D.H. 'Bert' Bilbro 1927-31
De Ford Bailey
- Pan-American Blues (E-22475/76)
- Dixie Flyer Blues (E-22501/02)
- Up Country Blues (E-22503/04)
- Evening Prayer Blues (E-22505/06)
- Muscle Shoals Blues (E-22507/08)
- Old Hen Cackle (E-22509/10)
- The Alcoholic Blues (E-22511)
- Fox Chase (E-22512)
- John Henry (47111-2)
- Ice Water Blues (47112-1)
- Davidson County Blues (47116-1)
D. H. 'Bert' Bilbro
- C. & N. W. Blues (402041)
- Mohana Blues (402042)
- Yes, Indeed I Do (402309)
- We're Gonna Have A Good Time Tonight (402310)
- Chester Blues (69364-2) | notes by Paul Oliver
Matchbox MSE-218Matchbox discography |
| 13 | 1986 | Sixty Years Of Grand Ole Opry
DeFord Bailey
- John Henry
| DLP
RCA Victor CPL 2-9507(=) RCA CD 6864-2-RDJ |
| 14 | 1988 | Nashville Sixty Years 1928 - 1988
DeFord Bailey
- John Henry
| 3 CD box
RCA CD 6864-2-RDJ |
| 15 | 1993 | Harp Blowers 1925 - 1936
John Henry Howard (1925)
- Black Snake
- Do Lord Do Remember Me
- I`ve Started For The Kingdom
- Gonna Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy
De Ford Bailey (1927-1928)
- Pan American Blues
- Dixie Flyer Blues
- Up Country Blues
- Evening Prayer Blues
- Muscle Shoal Blues
- Old Hen Cackle
- Alcoholic Blues
- Fox Chase
- John Henry
- Ice Water Blues
- Davidson County Blues
D.H. Bert Bilbro (1928-1931)
- C. & N.W. Blues
- Mohana Blues
- Yes, Indeed I Do
- We`re Gonna Have A Good Time Tonight
- Chester Blues
George Clarke (1936)
- Prisoner Blues
- Court-House Blues
- More Blues (harmonica blues) | notes by Paul Reddick
Document DOCD 5164 |
| 16 | 1998 | The Legendary DeFord Bailey
Country Music's First Black Star
- Pan American
- Ain't Gonna Rain No More
- Lost John
- Alcoholic Blues
- Cow Cow Blues
- John Henry
- Speech About Harps
- Old Hen Cackle (take 1)
- Sweet Marie
- Black Man Blues
- Red River Valley
- Gotta See Mama Every Night
- Welcome Table
- Kansas City Blues
- Stove Pipe Blues
- Speech About Water And Harps
- Shoe Shine Boy
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Talk About Grandfather
- Hesitation Blues
- Old Hen Cackle (take 2)
- Saints
- Don't Get Weary Children
- Sook Cow
- Down The Road A Piece
- Evening Prayer
rec. between October 1974 and October 1976 by David Morton; DeFord Bailey, hca, banjo, g, speech | notes by Charles K. Wolfe
Tennessee Folklore Society
TFS-122-CD |
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!
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