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Title:

The blues / Storyville Films.

Publisher:

Storyville Films,

Copyright Date:

1993

Description:

1 videodisc (49 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Blues (Music)--Performances.
African American singers.
African Americans in motion pictures.

Other Authors:

Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937, performer.
Smith, Mamie, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94040741
Millinder, Lucky. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81048028
Cox, Ida, 1889-1967, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85068361
Crump, Jesse. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004039786
Broonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no88003463
Williamson, Sonny Boy, -1965, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82084428
Nordein, Sture.
Nyten, Lennart.

Other Titles:

St. Louis blues.
Paradise in Harlem.
Woman's a fool.

Notes:

Bessie Smith (vocal) ; Mamie Smith (vocal) ; Lucky Millinder and his orchestra, Ida Cox (vocal) ; Jessie Crump (piano) ; Big Bill Broonzy (vocal, guitar) ; Sonny Boy Williamson (harmonica, vocal) ; Sture Nordein and Lennart Nyten (guitar) Video release of motion pictures produced between 1929 and 1962. Picture format 4:3, NTSC. Booklet with program notes in English (19 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.

Contents:

Bessie Smith: Saint Louis blues (1929) -- Mamie Smith: Lord! Lord! I love that man from the feature film Paradise in Harlem (1940) -- Ida Cox: Kentucky man blues and 'Fore day creep from the feature film Woman's a fool (1947) -- Big Bill Broonzy: John Henry, Stump blues, Guitar blues 1 and Guitar blues 2 from field recordings (approx. 1938-1942) -- Sonny Boy Williamson: Tell me baby, You're my baby, and Goin' back home (1962).

OCLC:

(OCoLC)184898335

UPC:

880491260325

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)