Blues Timeline: 1920-29

1920 - 1921 - 1922 - 1923 - 1924 - 1925 - 1926 - 1927 - 1928 - 1929

1921

1921 August

[Approx. Date]: Ethel Waters records One Man Nan, There'll Be Some Changes Made in New York

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1922

1922 May

[Approx. Date]: Ethel Waters records Georgia Blues, That Da Da Strain, At The New Hump Steady Ball, Oh Joe Play That Trombone in New York

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1923

1923 February

16: Bessie Smith records Down Hearted Blues in New York

1923 March

[Approx. Date]: Ethel Waters records Memphis Man, Midnight Blues in New York

1923 April

25: Birth of Albert King (real name: Albert Nelson) in Indianola, Mississippi

1923 May

[Approx. Date]: Hannah Sylvester records Midnight Blues in New York

1923 June

[Approx. Date]: Anna Jones records Trixie Blues in New York
[Approx. Date]: Ethel Waters records You Can't Do What My Last Man Did, Ethel Sings 'Em in New York
28: Clara Smith records I Got Everything A Woman Needs, Every Woman's Blues in New York

1923 July

[Unknown Day]: Ida Cox records Ida Cox's Lawdy Lawdy Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date; late]: Daisy Martin records Feelin' Blues, What You Was You Used To Be in New York
27: Clara Smith records Down South Blues, All Night Blues, Play It A Long Time Papa in New York

1923 August

01 [Approx. Date]: Sara Martin records Blind Man Blues in New York
31: Clara Smith records I Want My Sweet Daddy Now in New York

1923 September

07: Clara Smith records I Never Miss My Sunshine in New York
13: Birth of Charles Brown in Texas City, Texas
21: Bessie Smith records Jail-House Blues in New York
21 [Approx. Date]: Hannah Sylvester records Down South Blues, I Want My Sweet Daddy in New York

1923 October

01: Clara Smith records Don't Tell Nobody in New York
02: Clara Smith records Kansas City Man Blues, Uncle Sam Blues in New York

1923 November

[Approx. Date; mid]: Mattie Hill records Graveyard Dream Blues, Mason-Dixon Blues in New York

1923 December

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Bad Luck Blues, Bo-Weavil Blues, Barrel House Blues, Those All Night Long Blues, Moonshine Blues, Last Minute Blues, Southern Blues, Walking Blues in Chicago, Illinois

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1924

1924 January

11: Clara Smith records It Won't Be Long, Hot Papa in New York
18: Clara Smith records I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down, I Don't Love Nobody in New York
29: Clara Smith records Good Looking Papa Blues, You Don't Know My Mind in New York
31: Clara Smith records My Doggone Lazy Man, 31st Street Blues in New York

1924 March

[Approx. Date]: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Lost Wandering Blues, Dream Blues, Honey Where You Been So Long, Ya-Da-Do, Those Dogs Of Mine, Lucky Rock Blues in Chicago, Illinois
10: Daddy Stovepipe records Sundown Blues, Stove Pipe Blues in Richmond, Indiana

1924 April

[Approx. Date]: Ethel Waters records Craving Blues in Chicago, Illinois
05: Bessie Smith records Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down in New York
10: Clara Smith records War Horse Mama in New York
17: Clara Smith records Mean Papa Turn In Your Key, The Clearing House Blues in New York
18: Birth of Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown (real name: Clarence Brown) in Vinton, Louisiana
23: Clara Smith records Don't Advertise Your Man in New York
30: Clara Smith records Back Woods Blues in New York

1924 May

[Approx. Date]: Helen Gross records Hard Luck Blues in New York
[Approx. Date]: Trixie Smith records I Don't Know And I Don't Care Blues, Freight Train Blues, Sorrowful Blues in New York
01: Birth of Big Maybelle (real name: Mabelle Louise Smith) in Jackson, Tennessee

1924 June

[Approx. Date]: Trixie Smith records Don't Shake It No More in New York

1924 July

[Approx. Date]: Helen Gross records Strange Man in New York

1924 August

[Approx. Date]: Ida Cox records Wild Women Don't Have The Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues, Airy Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
19: Clara Smith records Deep Blue Sea Blues, Texas Moaner Blues in New York
22: Lena Henry records Low Down Despondent Blues in New York

1924 September

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Salty Dog Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Trixie Smith records Praying Blues in New York
12: Joe Edwards (or Jody Edwards) and Susie Edwards (nee Susie Hawthorn) record Construction Gang in New York
20: Clara Smith records Basement Blues, Mama's Gone Goodbye in New York
26: Bessie Smith records Weeping Willow Blues in New York
30: Clara Smith records Freight Train Blues, Done Sold My Soul To The Devil in New York

1924 October

14: Maggie Jones records Four Flushing Papa, Jealous Mama Blues in New York
15 [Approx. Date]: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Jealous Hearted Blues in New York
15: Clara Smith records Death Letter Blues, Prescription For The Blues in New York

1924 November

[Approx. Date]: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Cell Bound Blues in Chicago, Illinois
13: Maggie Jones records Box Car Blues, Western Union Blues in New York

1924 December

Trixie Smith records Ride Jockey Ride, Choo Choo Blues in New York
09: Maggie Jones records Poor House Blues in New York
10: Maggie Jones records Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage, Thunderstorm Blues in New York
16: Clara Smith records Steel Drivin' Man, He's Mine All Mine in New York
17: Maggie Jones records If I Lose Let Me Lose, Screamin' The Blues, Good Time Flat Blues, You May Go But You'll Come Back Some Day, Early Every Morn' in New York

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1925

1925 January

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records The Cat Got The Measles, I Got What It Takes But It Brakes My Heart To Give It Away in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date; late]: Ida Cox records Misery Blues, Blue Kentucky Blues in New York
07: Clara Smith records Broken Busted Blues in New York
14: Bessie Smith records The St. Louis Blues, Reckless Blues, Sobbin' Hearted Blues, Cold In Hand Blues, You've Been A Good Old Wagon in New York

1925 February

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Shave Em Dry, Coffee Pot Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Trixie Smith records You've Got To Beat Me To Keep Me, Mining Camp Blues in New York

1925 March

Trixie Smith records The World's Jazz Crazy And So Am I, Railroad Blues in New York

1925 April

[Approx. Date]: Sodarisa Miller records Sunshine Special in Chicago, Illinois
01: Maggie Jones records Dangerous Blues, Suicide Blues in New York
03: Clara Smith records Shipwrecked Blues, Court House Blues, My John Blues in New York
16: Maggie Jones records North Bound Blues in New York

1925 May

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Shake That Thing, The Faking Blues, I'm Alabama Bound, Drop That Sack in Chicago, Illinois
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Army Camp Harmony Blues, Explaining The Blues in Chicago, Illinois
05: Maggie Jones records Mamma in New York
06: Bessie Smith records The Yellow Dog Blues in New York
26: Bessie Smith records Nashville Women's Blues in New York
27: Bessie Smith records J. C. Holmes Blues, I Ain't Goin' To Play No Second Fiddle in New York

1925 August

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Hot Papa Blues, Take Me Back Blues, Mama Don't You Think I Know in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Rough And Tumble Blues, Night Time Blues, Four Day Honory Scat, Memphis Bound Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Unknown Day]: Ida Cox records Long Distance Blues, Southern Woman's Blues, Lonesome Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1925 September

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Maxwell Street Blues, All I Want Is A Spoonful
[Unknown Day]: Ida Cox records Coffin Blues, Rambling Blues in Chicago, Illinois
06: Birth of Jimmy Reed (real name: Mathis James Reed) in Leland, Mississippi
10: Birth of Roy Brown (real name: Roy James Brown) in New Orleans, Louisiana
16: Birth of B.B. King (real name: Riley B. King) in Indianola, Mississippi
17: Maggie Jones records I'm A Back Bitin' Mama, Dallas Blues in New York
18: Maggie Jones records Never Drive A Beggar From Your Door in New York
29: Maggie Jones records Single Woman's Blues, Never Tell A Woman Friend in New York

1925 November

04: Lonnie Johnson records Mr. Johnson's Blues, Falling Rain Blues in St. Louis, Missouri
09: Blanche Calloway records Lazy Woman's Blues, Lonesome Lovesick in Chicago, Illinois
09: Bertha "Chippie" Hill records Low Land Blues, Kid Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
11: Hociel Thomas records Gambler's Dream, Adam And Eve Had The Blues, Put It Where I Can Get It, I've Stopped My Man in Chicago, Illinois

1925 December

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Texas Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Trixie Smith records He Likes It Slow, Black Bottom Hop, Love Me Like You Used To in New York

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1926

1926 January

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Slave To The Blues, Bessemer Bound Blues, Oh My Babe Blues in New York

1926 February

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Butter And Egg Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
24: Hociel Thomas records Listen To Ma in Chicago, Illinois

1926 March

[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Got The Blues, Long Lonesome Blues, Booster Blues, Dry Southern Blues in Chicago, Illinois
01: Sippie Wallace records Special Delivery Blues, Jack O' Diamonds Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Bessie Smith records Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town, The Gin House Blues in New York

1926 April

[Approx. Date; between April and May]: Papa Charley Jackson records Up The Way Bound in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Black Horse Blues, Corinna Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1926 May

[Approx. Date; between May and June]: Papa Charley Jackson records Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Chock House Blues in Chicago, Illinois
04: Bessie Smith records Baby Doll, Lost Your Head Blues in New York
07: Maggie Jones records The Man I Love Is Oh So Good, I'm A Real Kind Mama in New York
29: Virginia Liston records Rolls-Royce Papa in New York

1926 June

16: Nolan Welsh (a.k.a. Barrel House Welch) records The Bridwell Blues, St. Peter Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Joe Edwards (or Jody Edwards) and Susie Edwards (nee Susie Hawthorn) record He Likes It Slow in Chicago, Illinois
25: Freddie Spruell records Milk Cow Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1926 July

[Approx. Date; late]: The Kansas City Blues Strummers with an unknowns singer record String Band Blues probably in Chicago, Illinois

1926 August

[Unknown Day]: Margaret Carter records I Want Plenty Of Grease In My Frying Pan in New York
[Approx. Date]: Bo Weavil Jackson records Some Screamed High Yellow, You Can't Keep No Brown in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Beggin' Back, Old Rounders Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Down In The Basement, Trust No Man in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Leola B. Wilson records Scoop It, Stevedore Man in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Wesley Wilson records Scoop It in Chicago, Illinois

1926 September

[Approx Date]: Bessie Brown records Nobody But My Baby Is Getting My Love in New York
30: Bo Weavil Jackson (as Sam Butler) records Poor Boy Blues, Jefferson County Blues in New York

1926 October

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Early Morning Blues, Too Tight, Blake's Worried Blues, Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around, Tampa Bound in Chicago, Illinois
George Owens records Kentucky Blues, The Coon Crap Game in Richmond, Indiana
26: Bessie Smith records One And Two Blues, Young Woman's Blues in New York

1926 November

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Stonewall Street Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Fat Mouth Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Stocking Feet Blues, That Black Snake Moan, Wartime Blues, Broke And Hungry, Shuckin' Sugar in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Leola B. Wilson records Down The Country, Back Biting Bee Blues in Chicago, Illinois
08: Peg Leg Howell records Coal Man Blues, Tishamingo Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
17: Freddie Spruell records Muddy Water Blues, Way Back Down Home in Chicago, Illinois
20: Sippie Wallace records Bedroom Blues in Chicago, Illinois
23: Bertha "Chippie" Hill records Pleadin' For The Blues, Pratt City Blues in Chicago, Illinois
26: Bertha "Chippie" Hill records Lovesick Blues, Lonesome Weary Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1926 December

[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Booger Rooger Blues, Rabbit Foot Blues, Bad Luck Blues in Chicago, Illinois

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1927

1927 January

[Approx. Date]: Ivy Smith records Sad And Blue, Third Alley Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1927 February

[Approx. Date; early]: Laura Smith records Gonna Put You Right In Jail in New York
17: Bessie Smith records Preachin' The Blues, Back Water Blues in New York
19: Julius Daniels records My Mama Was A Sailor, Ninety Nine Years Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
24: Casey Bill Weldon records Stingy Woman-Blues, Memphis Jug-Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
28: Ollie Rupert records I Raised My Window And Looked At The Risin' Sun, Ain't Goin' To Be Your Low Down Dog in Memphis, Tennessee

1927 March

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Black Dog Blues, One Time Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Lucille Bogan records Sweet Patunia, Levee Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Laura Smith records Don't You Leave Me Here in New York
02: Bessie Smith records After You've Gone in New York
03: Bessie Smith records Trombone Cholly, Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair in New York
11: Richard Rabbit Brown records James Alley Blues, I'm Not Jealous, Great Northern Blues, Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice, Mistery Of The Dunbar's Child, Sinking of The Titanic in New Orleans, Louisiana
14: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Black Snake Moan, Match Box Blues in Chicago, Illinois
22: Robert Cooksey records Dollar Blues, Hock My Shoes in New York
25: Barbecue Bob records Barbecue Blues, Cloudy Sky Blues in Atlanta, Georgia

1927 April

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Bad Feeling Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins records Shaggy Dog Blues, Number Three Blues, Jailhouse Fire Blues, Snatch It Back Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Easy Rider Blues, Match Box Blues [two versions] in Chicago, Illinois
09 [Approx. Date]: Richard Yates records I'm Gonna Moan My Blues Away, Sore Bunion Blues in New York
12: Big Boy Cleveland records Goin' To Leave You Blues in Chicago, Illinois, or Richmond, Indiana
19: Jelly Roll Anderson records Free Woman Blues and I. C. Blues in Richmond, Indiana
20: Furry Lewis records Mr. Furry's Blues, Sweet Papa Moan, Jelly Roll in Chicago, Illinois
25: Sam Collins records The Jail House Blues, Devil In The Lion's Den, Yellow Dog Blues, Loving Lady Blues, Riverside Blues in Richmond, Indiana
25: Samuel Jones records Court Street Blues in St. Louis, Missouri
26: Samuel Jones records A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time, Bed Slats in St. Louis, Missouri
27: Victoria Spivey records Arkansas Road Blues, The Alligator Pond Went Dry in St. Louis, Missouri

1927 May

[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records She Belongs To Me Blues, Coal Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Rising High Water Blues [two takes], Right Way Blues in Chicago, Illinois
06: Sippie Wallace records Dead Drunk Blues, Have You Ever Been Down, Lazy Man Blues, The Flood Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1927 June

[Approx. Date]: Lucille Bogan records Jim Tampa Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Teddy Bear Blues, Black Snake Dream Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Bobby Leecan records Macon Georgia Cut-Out, Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out in New York
06: Elizabeth Washington records Garden Of Joy-Blues in Chicago, Illinois
09: Will Shade records Sometimes I Think I Love You, Memphis Boy-Blues in Chicago, Illinois
09: Casey Bill Weldon records Sunshine Blues in Chicago, Illinois
16: Barbecue Bob records Poor Boy A Long Ways From Home, Easy Rider Don't Deny My Name in New York
30: Blind Joe Amos (full name probably Joel "Blind Joe" Taggart) records C And O Blues probably in Chicago, Illinois

1927 July

[Approx. Date; early]: Henry Thomas records Cottonfield Blues, Arkansas in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Skoodle Um Skoo, Sheik Of Desplaines Street in Chicago, Illinois
16: Daddy Stovepipe records Tuxedo Blues in Birmingham, Alabama
22: William Harris and Joe Robinson record I'm Leavin' Town Blues in Birmingham, Alabama

1927 August

[Approx. Date]: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Gone Daddy Blues, Misery Blues, Slow Driving Moan in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Frank Stokes records You Shall, Sweet To Mama, Half Cup Of Tea, Beale Town Bound, Last Go Round in Chicago, Illinois
05: Jaybird Coleman records Man Trouble Blues in Birmingham, Alabama
05: Lonnie Johnson records Sweet Woman You Can't Go Wrong in New York
09: Andrew Baxter and Jim Baxter record Bamalong Blues, K. C. Railroad Blues in Charlotte, North Carolina
11: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Long Lonesome Day Blues in New York
12: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Corn-Bread Blues, Section Gang Blues, Levee Camp Moan Blues in New York
13: Wiley Barner records My Gal Treats Me Mean in Birmingham, Alabama
13: Jaybird Coleman records No More Good Water, Mistreatin' Mama, Save Your Money-Let These Women Go in Birmingham, Alabama
15: Wiley Barner records If You Want A Good Woman Get One Long And Tall in Birmingham, Alabama
16: Luke Jordan records Church Bells Blues [two versions], Cocaine Blues in Charlotte, North Carolina
26: Sam Collins records Hesitation Blues, Midnight Special, It Won't Be Long, Do That Thing in Richmond, Indiana
31: Sylvester Weaver records Can't Be Trusted Blues in New York

1927 September

[Uncertain Date]: Ed Bell records Mamlish Blues, Ham Bone Blues, Mean Conductor Blues, Frisco Whistle Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins records Awful Fix Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Struck Sorrow Blues, Rambler Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Frank Stokes records You Shall, It's A Good Thing, Mr. Crump Don't Like It, Blues In D in Chicago, Illinois
27: Bessie Smith records Mean Old Bed Bug Blues in New York

1927 October

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Brownskin Mama Blues, Hard Road Blues, Hey Hey Daddy Blues, You Gonna Quit Me Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Percy (probably the same as Six Cylinder Smith or Blind Joe Taggart) records Coal River Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Chinch Bug Blues, Deceitful Woman Blues, Sunshine Special, Lonesome House Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Unknown Day]: Henry Thomas records Bob McKinney, Shanty Blues in Chicago, Illinois
03: Lonnie Johnson records St. Louis Cyclone Blues in New York
07: Henry Thomas records Honey Won't You Allow Me One More Chance, Run Mollie Run in Chicago, Illinois
09: Lonnie Johnson records Life Saver Blues, Blue Ghost Blues in New York
09: Furry Lewis records Good Looking Girl Blues, Why Don't You Come Home Blues, Falling Down Blues, Big Chief Blues, Mean Old Bedbug Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Blind Willie McTell records Writin' Paper Blues, Stole Rider Blues, Mama 'Tain't Long Fo' Day, Mr. McTell Got The Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
19: Jennie Clayton records I Packed My suitcase - Started To The Train, Tennessee Blues, Bob Lee Junior Blues with the Memphis Jug Band in Atlanta, Georgia
19: Will Shade records I Packed My Suitcase Started To The Train, State Of Tennessee, Kansas City Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
20: Vol Stevens records Beale Street Mess Around, I'll See You In Spring When The Birds Begin To Sing, Vol Stevens Blues, Baby Got The Rickets in Atlanta, Georgia
20: Casey Bill Weldon records Turpentine Blues, Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule in Atlanta, Georgia

1927 November

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Wabash Rag in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Percy (probably the same as Six Cylinder Smith or Blind Joe Taggart) records Fourteenth Street Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Gus Cannon records Poor Boy Long Ways From Home in Chicago, Illinois
01: Peg Leg Howell records Too Tight Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
01: Victoria Spivey records Murder In The First Degree in New York
04: Charley Lincoln records Jealous Hearted Blues, Hard Luck Blues, Mojoe Blues, My Wife Drove Me From The Door, Country Breakdown, Chain Gang Trouble in Atlanta, Georgia
05: Barbecue Bob records Motherless Chile Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
09: Peg Leg Howell records Doin' Wrong, Skin Game Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
10: Barbecue Bob records Crooked Woman Blues, 'Fo Day Creep in Atlanta, Georgia

1927 December

[Approx. Date]: Bobby Grant records Nappy Head Blues, Lonesome Atlanta Blues in Chicago, Illinois
03: Billiken Johnson and Fred Adams Record Sun Beam Blues, Interurban Blues in Dallas, Texas
06: Coley Jones records Sweet Mama Blues in Dallas, Texas
06: Gertrude Perkins records No Easy Rider Blues in Dallas, Texas
10: Lewis Black records Rock Island Blues, Gravel Camp Blues, Corn Liquor Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
10: Walter Rhodes records The Crowing Rooster, Leaving Home Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
12: Pearl Dickson records Twelve Pounds Daddy, Little Rock Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
12: Lonnie Johnson records Low Land Moan in Chicago, Illinois
14: John D. Fox and Sam Collins record The Worried Man Blues, The Moanin' Blues in Richmond, Indiana
20: "Blind" Roosevelt Graves and his brother Uaroy Graves record New York Blues in Richmond, Indiana

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1928

1928 January

[Approx. Date]: Moses Mason (aka Rev. Moses Mason, Red Hot Old Mose) records Molly-Man, Shrimp Man in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: William Moore records One Way Gal, Midnight Blues in Chicago, Illinois
04: Lizzie Miles records Shootin' Star Blues in New York
30: Ashley Thompson records Minglewood Blues in Memphis, Tennessee

1928 February

[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Blind Lemon's Penitentiary's Blues, 'Lectric Chair Blues, Lemon's Worried Blues, Mean Jumper Blues, Balky Mule Blues, Change My Luck Blues, Prison Cell Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Ramblin' Thomas records So Lonesome, Hard To Rule Woman Blues, Lock And Key Blues, Sawmill Moan, No Baby Blues, Ramblin' Mind Blues, No Job Blues, Back Gnawing Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: James Wiggins records Evil Woman Blues in Chicago, Illinois
01: Will Shade records Snitchin' Gambler Blues, Evergreen Money Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
01: Frank Stokes records Downtown Blues, Bedtime Blues, What's The Matter Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
03: Tommy Johnson records Cool Drink Of Water Blues, Big Road Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
03: Rosie Mae Moore records Staggering Blues, Ha-Ha Blues, School Girl Blues, Stranger Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
04: Ishman Bracey records Saturday Blues, Left Alone Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
04: Tommy Johnson records Bye-Bye Blues, Maggie Campbell Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
13: Mooch Richardson records T and T Blues, Mooch Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues Part 1 in Memphis, Tennessee
13: Will Shade records She Stays Out All Night Long in Memphis, Tennessee
13: Vol Stevens records Coal Oil Blues, Papa Long Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
13: Casey Bill Weldon records Peaches In The Springtime in Memphis, Tennessee
14: Mississippi John Hurt records Nobody's Dirty Business in Memphis, Tennessee
14: Jim Jackson records Bootlegging Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
14: Arthur Petties records Two Time Blues, Out On Santa Fe Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
15: Nap Hayes and Matthew Prater record Violin Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
16: T. C. Johnson records J. C. Johnson's Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
17: Blue Coat Tom Nelson records Blue Coat Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
27: Tom Dickson records Death Bell Blues, Happy Blues, Labor Blues in Memphis, Tennessee

1928 March

[Unknown Day] Rubin "Rube" Lacy records Ham Hound Crave, Mississippi Jail House Groan at Lamar Life Insurance Building in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Long Lastin' Lovin', Piney Woods Money Mama in Chicago, Illinois
09: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Yellow Girl Blues, No More Woman Blues in San Antonio, Texas
09: Lonnie Johnson records I'm So Tired Of Living All Alone in San Antonio, Texas
10: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Sittin' On A Log in San Antonio, Texas
13: Lonnie Johnson records Way Down That Lonesome Road in San Antonio, Texas
20: Bessie Smith records Empty Bed Blues - Part in New York
21: Rosa Henderson records Get It Fixed in New York
23: Mooch Richardson records Burying Ground Blues in Memphis, Tennessee

1928 April

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Doggin' Me Mama Blues in Chicago, Illinois
03: "Papa" Harvey Hull, Long "Cleve" Reed and Sunny Wilson record Gang of Brownskin Women, Hey! Lawdy Mama - The France Blues, Two Little Tommies Blues, Don't You Leave Me Here in Chicago, Illinois
13: Barbecue Bob records Blind Pig Blues, Chocolate To The Bone Blues, Hurry And Bring It Back Home in Atlanta, Georgia
14: "Blind" Simmie Dooley records Gonna Tip Out Tonight in Atlanta, Georgia
19: Henry Williams records Georgia Crawl, Lonesome Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
20: Peg Leg Howell records Please Ma'am, Low Down Rounder Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
21: Nellie Florence and Charlie or Robert Hicks record Jacksonville Blues, Midnight Weeping Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
21: Barbecue Bob records Ease It To Me Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
25: Will Day (who may or may not be the same artist as Bill Day) records Central Avenue Blues, Sunrise Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana

1928 May

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Goodbye Mama Moan, No Dough Blues, Bootleg Rum Dum Blues, Panther Squall Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Bertha Henderson records Lead Hearted Blues, Let Your Love Come Down in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: "Papa" Harvey Hull, Long "Cleve" Reed and presumably Sunny Wilson record Mama You Don't Know How in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Ash Tray Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Tampa Red records Through Train Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: George Bullet Williams with an unknown singer record Touch Me Light Mama in Chicago, Illinois
03 [Approx. Date]: Lillian Miller records Dead Drunk Blues in Richmond, Indiana
28: Kid Cole records Hard Hearted Mama Blues, Niagara Falls Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1928 June

[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Low Down Mojo Blues in Chicago, Illinois
13 [Approx. Date]: Henry Thomas records Bull Doze Blues, Texas Worried Blues, Don't Ease Me In, Texas Easy Street Blues in Chicago, Illinois
16: Scrapper Blackwell records Kokomo Blues, Penal Farm Blues in Indianapolis, Indiana

1928 July

[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Competition Bed Blues, Sad News Blues, How Long How Long in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Freddie Spruell records Tom Cat Blues, Low-Down Mississippi Bottom man in Chicago, Illinois
30: Uncle Bud Walker records Look Here Mama Blues, Stand Up Suitcase Blues in Atlanta, Georgia

1928 August

[Approx. Month]: Ida Cox records Worn Down Daddy Blues, You Stole My Man in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Lock Step Blues, Hangman's Blues, Christmas Eve Blues, Happy New Year Blues, Maltese Cat Blues, D B Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Ki Ki Johnson records Wrong Woman Blues, Lady Your Clock Ain't Right in Long Island City, New York
15: Scrapper Blackwell records Trouble Blues (part 1 and 2) in Chicago, Illinois
21: Lottie Beaman records Wayward Girl Blues, Rolling Roll Blues, Goin' Away Blues in Richmond, Indiana
24: Bessie Smith records Poor Man's Blues in New York
25: Bessie Smith records Me And My Gin in New York
27: Jim Jackson records I'm Wild About My Lovin', This Mornin' She Was Gone in Memphis, Tennessee
27: Frank Stokes records Mistreatin' Blues, It Won't Be Long Now, Nehi Mama Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
28: Furry Lewis records Furry's Blues, I Will Turn Your Money Green, Mistreatin' Mama, Dry Land Blues, Judge Harsh Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
28: Frank Stokes records Stomp That Thing in Memphis, Tennessee
29: Bessie Tucker, K. D. Johnson and Jesse Thomas record: Bessie's Moan, Penitentiary in Memphis, Tennessee
30: Frank Stokes records Take Me Back, How Long in Memphis, Tennessee
31: Ishman Bracey records Leavin' Town Blues, Brown Mama Blues, Trouble-Hearted Blues, The Four Day Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
31: Tommy Johnson records Canned Heat Blues, Lonesome Home Blues, Big Fat Mama Blues in Memphis, Tennessee

1928 September

[Approx. Date] Anna Bell records Hopeless Blues, Every Woman Blues, Shake It Black Bottom, I Don't Care Who Gets What I Don't Want in Long Island City, New York
[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Walkin' Across The Country, Search Warrant Blues, Notoriety Woman Blues, Low Down Loving Gal in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Katherine Henderson records West End Blues, St. Louis Blues in Long Island City, New York
[Approx. Date]: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey records Black Eye Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Tampa Red records It's Tight Like That in Chicago, Illinois
01: Charlie Kyle records Kyle's Worried Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
08: Robert Wilkins records Jail House Blues, I Do Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
09: Gus Cannon records Heart Breakin' Blues, Feather Bed in Memphis, Tennessee
11: Will Shade records A Black Woman Is Like A Black Snake, On The Road Again in Memphis, Tennessee
11: The Memphis Jug Band with an unknowns singer record Sugar Pudding in Memphis, Tennessee
12: Victoria Spivey records My Handy Man, Organ Grinder Blues in New York
15: Poor Jab (real name: Jab Jones) records Whitewash Station Blues, Stealin' Stealin' in Memphis, Tennessee
15: Will Shade records Whitewash Station Blues, Stealin' Stealin' in Memphis, Tennessee
20: Noah Lewis records Viola Lee Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
24: Will Shade records Better Leave That Stuff Alone in Memphis, Tennessee

1928 October

[Approx. Date]: Big Bill Broonzy records Down In The Basement Blues, Starvation Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date] : Madlyn Davis records It's Red Hot, Too Black Bad in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Katherine Henderson records Have You Ever Felt That Way in Long Island City, New York
[Approx. Date]: An unknown singer (probably Skip James) records Throw Me Down
09: Ben Covington (a.k.a. Blind Bogus) records It's A Fight Like That, Boodle-De-Bum Bum in Chicago, Illinois
10: William Harris records Bull Frog Blues, Hot Time Blues in Richmond, Indiana
13: Lonnie Johnson records New Black Snake Blues - Part 1 in New York
13: Victoria Spivey records New Black Snake - Part 1 in New York
16: Thomas A. Dorsey records Grievin' Me Blues in Chicago, Illinois
17: Hound Head Henry and Cow Cow Davenport record Low Down Hound Blues, My Silver Dollar Mama in Chicago, Illinois
17: Blind Willie McTell records Three Women Blues, Statesboro Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
21: Barbecue Bob records She's Gone Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
25 [Approx. Date]: Texas Tommy records Jail Break Blues in Dallas, Texas
26: Billy Bird records Mill Man Blues, Alabama Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
26: Curley Weaver records Sweet Patunia, No No Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
30: Elizabeth Johnson records Be My Kid Blues, Sobbin' Woman Blues in New York

1928 November

Sara Martin records Death Sting Me Blues in Long Island City, New York
[Approx. Date]: Katherine Henderson records Mushy Love in Long Island City, New York
[Approx. Date]: Ramblin' Thomas records Jig Head Blues, Hard Dallas Blues, Ramblin' Man, Poor Boy Blues, Good Time Blues, New Way Of Living Blues in Chicago, Illinois
02: Alec Johnson and Bo Chatmon record Miss Meal Cramp Blues, Next Week Sometime in Atlanta, Georgia
15: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Work Ox Blues, The Risin' Sun in New York
16: Lonnie Johnson records When You Fall For Someone That's Not Your Own in New York
20: Alger "Texas" Alexander records I Am Calling Blues in New York

1928 December

Sara Martin records Mistreating Man Blues in Long Island City, New York
[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Jungle Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Rosie Mae Moore records Mad Dog Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana
[Approx. Date]: Bob Robinson records Selling That Stuff, Beedle Um Bum in Chicago, Illinois
05: Coley Jones records Texas And Pacific Blues in Dallas, Texas
08: Otis Harris records Waking Blues, You'll Like My Loving in Dallas, Texas
08: Billiken Johnson and Neal Roberts record Frisco Blues, Wild Jack Blues in Dallas, Texas
08: William McCoy records Central Tracks Blues in Dallas, Texas
08: Willie Reed records Dreaming Blues, Texas Blues in Dallas, Texas
21: Mississippi John Hurt records Ain't No Tellin', Avalon Blues, Big Leg Blues in New York
28: Mississippi John Hurt records Candy Man Blues, Got The Blues Can't Be Satisfied, Blue Harvest Blues in New York

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1929

1929 January

[Approx. Date]: Laura Bryant records Dentist Chair Blues in Long Island City, New York
[Approx. Date]: Papa Charley Jackson records Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Eagle Eyed Mama, Dynamite Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Nolan Welsh (a.k.a. Barrel House Welch) records Dying Pickpocket Blues in Chicago, Illinois
09: Willie Baker records Mama Don't Rush Me Blues in Richmond, Indiana
10: Willie Baker records No No Blues, Weak-Minded Blues in Richmond, Indiana

1929 February

[Approx. Date]: George Carter records Rising River Blues, Hot Jelly Roll Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1929 March

[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Oil Well Blues, Tin Cup Blues, Empty House Blues, Saturday Night Spender Blues, That Black Snake Moan No 2 in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Frank Stokes records Ain't Going To Do Like I Used To Do, Hunting Blues in Chicago, Illinois
01: Alura Mack records West End Blues, Wicked Daddy Blues in Richmond, Indiana
11: Willie Baker records Bad Luck Moan, Crooked Woman Blues, Rag Baby, Weak Minded Blues, Sweet Patunia Blues in Richmond, Indiana
12: Ed Macon (real name: Eddie Anthony) records Wringing That Thing in Atlanta, Georgia
13: "Hambone" Willie Newbern records She Could Toodle-Oo, Nobody Knows, Shelby County Workhouse Blues, Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues, Roll And Tumble Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
14: Cleo Gibson (full name: Cleosephus Gibson) records I've Got Ford Movements In My Hips, Nothing But The Blues in Atlanta, Georgia

1929 April

[Uncertain Date]: Ed Bell records Tootin' Out Blues, Shouting Baby Blues in Long Island City, NY
12: Lonnie Coleman records Old Rock Island Blues, Wild About My Loving in Atlanta, Georgia
13: Peg Leg Howell records Ball And Chain Blues, Away From Home in Atlanta, Georgia
16 [Approx. Date]: Coletha Simpson records Down South Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Barbecue Bob records California Blues, Black Skunk Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
23: Lil Johnson records Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand Do, You'll Never Miss Your Jelly Till Your Jelly Rollers Gone in Chicago, Illinois

1929 May

06 [Approx. Date]: Henry Spaulding records Cairo Blues, Biddle Street Blues in Chicago, Illinois
09: Lucille Bogan records Coffee Grindin' Blues, Pot Hound Blues in Chicago, Illinois
15: Bessie Smith records Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out in New York
16 [Approx. Date]: Tampa Red records The Duck Yas-Yas-Yas in Chicago, Illinois

1929 June

[Approx Date]: Clifford Gibson records Beat You Doing It, Whiskey Moan Blues, Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 1, Tired Of Being Mistreated Part 2, Stop Your Rambling Sunshine Moan in Long Island City, N.Y.
07: Bob Coleman records Sing Song Blues in Richmond, Indiana
08: Thomas A. Dorsey records Broke Man's Blues, Pig Meat Blues in Richmond, Indiana
11: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon records It's Heated in Chicago, Illinois
11: Lonnie Johnson records Baby Please Don't Leave Home No More in New York
14 [Approx. Date]: Tampa Red records What Is That Tastes Like Gravy in Chicago, Illinois
14: Oscar Carter records I'm Tired Of Being Mistreated in New York
14: Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins records How Come Mama Blues, Voice Throwin' Blues in Richmond, Indiana
14: Charley Patton records Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues, Screamin' And Hollerin' Blues, Down The Dirt Road Blues, Pony Blues, Banty Rooster Blues, It Won't Be Long, Pea Vine Blues, Tom Rushen Blues in Richmond, Indiana
14: Roosevelt Sykes records 44 Blues, All My Money Gone Blues, The Way I Feel Blues in New York
15: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Ninety-Eight Degree Blues, Water Bound Blues, Awful Moaning Blues (part 1 and part 2), in San Antonio, Texas
15: Little Hat Jones records New Two Sixteen Blues, Two String Blues in San Antonio, Texas
17: Leroy Carr records Naptown Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Joe McCoy records That Will Be Alright, Goin' Back To Texas, When The Levee Breaks in New York
18: Memphis Minnie records Goin' Back To Texas, 'Frisco Town in New York
21: Little Hat Jones records Rolled From Side To Side Blues, Hurry Blues, Little Hat Blues, Corpus Blues in San Antonio, Texas
28: Jack Ranger records T. P. Window Blues in San Antonio, Texas

1929 July

09: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon records Come On Mama To That Dance in Chicago, Illinois
10: Victoria Spivey records How Do You Do It That Way in New York
20: Blind Blake records Poker Woman Blues, Doing A Stretch, Fightin' The Jug, Hookworm Blues in Richmond, Indiana
29: John Byrd records Gas Man Blues in Richmond, Indiana
29: Mae Glover and John Byrd record Shake It Daddy, Pig Meat Mama, I Ain't Giving Nobody None, Gas Man Blues in Richmond, Indiana

1929 August

[Approx. Date]: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Peach Orchard Mama, Big Night Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Bessie Smith records St. Louis Blues - Part ? in New York
09: Sammy Hill and Keno Pipes record Cryin' For The Blues, Needin' My Woman Blues in Dallas, Texas
10: Jesse "Babyface" Thomas records Blue Goose Blues, No Good Woman Blues in Dallas, Texas
12: Leroy Carr records Gettin' All Wet in Chicago, Illinois
16: Alice Moore records Black And Evil Blues, Prison Blues, My Man Blues, Broadway St. Woman Blues in Richmond, Indiana
17: Blind Blake records Diddie Wa Diddie, Too Tight Blues No. 2, Police Dog Blues, Georgia Bound in Richmond, Indiana
17: Charlie Spand records Good Gal, Back To The Woods Blues in Richmond, Indiana
28: Will Bennett records Railroad Bill, Real Estate Blues in Knoxville, Tennessee

1929 September

05: Wesley Wilson records The Gin Done Done It, Do It Right in New York
07: Teddy Darby records Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues in Richmond, Indiana
07: Edith North Johnson records Nickel's Worth Of Liver Blues, Good Chib Blues, Can't Make Another Day, Honeydripper Blues in Richmond, Indiana
07: Roosevelt Sykes records Fire Detective Blues, Single Tree Blues in Richmond, Indiana
12: Gus Cannon records Last Chance Blues in Chicago, Illinois
12 [Approx. Date]: Hosea Woods records Fourth And Beale in Chicago, Illinois
17: Ben Ramey records I Can't Stand It in Memphis, Tennessee
17: Will Shade records What's The Matter in Memphis, Tennessee
20: Will Ezell records Pitchin' Boogie in Richmond, Indiana
21: Lonnie Clark records Broke Down Engine, Down In Tennessee in Richmond, Indiana
22 [Approx. Date]: "Papa" Charlie McCoy records Last Time Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
22 [Approx. Date]: Walter Vinson records Overtime Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
22: Furry Lewis records Black Gypsy Blues, Creeper's Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
22: Speckled Red records House Dance Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
23: [Approx. Date]: Garfield Akers records Cottonfield Blues at Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
23 [Approx. Date]: Jenny Pope records Whiskey Drinkin' Blues, Doggin' Me Around Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
23 [Approx. Date]: Robert Wilkins records That's No Way To Get Along, Alabama Blues, Long Train Blues, Falling Down Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
23: Frank Stokes records South Memphis Blues, Bunker Hill Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
23: Minnie Wallace records Dirty Butter, The Old Folks Started It in Memphis, Tennessee
24 [Approx. Date]: "Jackson" Joe Williams records I Want It Awful Bad, Mr. Devil Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
24: Sleepy John Estes records The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair in Memphis, Tennessee
24: Blind Lemon Jefferson records Bed Springs Blues, Yo Yo Blues, Mosquito Moan, Southern Woman Blues, Bakershop Blues, Pneumonia Blues, Long Distance Moan, That Crawlin' Baby Blues, Fence Breakin' Yellin' Blues, Cat Man Blues, Bootin' Me 'Bout in Richmond, Indiana
25: Kid Bailey records Mississippi Bottom Blues, Rowdy Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
25: Frank Stokes records Right Now Blues, Shiney Town Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
26: Sleepy John Estes records Broken-Hearted Ragged And Dirty Too, Diving Duck Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
26: Yank Rachel records Little Sarah in Memphis, Tennessee
27: Will Shade records Feed Your Friend With A Long Handled Spoon, I Can Beat You Plenty in Memphis, Tennessee
30: Blind Clyde Church records Number Nine Blues, Pneumatic Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
30: Frank Stokes records Frank Stoke's Dream, Memphis Rounders Blues in Memphis, Tennessee

1929 October

[Approx. Date]: Smoky Harris records Hop Head Blues, Iggly Oggly Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date; late]: Bo Jones records Back Door Blues, Leavenworth Prison Blues in Dallas, Texas
01: Noah Lewis records Going To Germany in Memphis, Tennessee
01: Victoria Spivey records Telephoning The Blues in New York
01: Hosea Woods records Last Chance Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
02: Sleepy John Estes records Black Mattie Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
02: Yank Rachel records T-Bone Steak Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
03: Noah Lewis records Pretty Mama Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
03: Ben Ramey records Tired Of You Driving Me in Memphis, Tennessee
03: Will Shade records Taking Your Place in Memphis, Tennessee
03: Hosea Woods records The Rooster's Crowing Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
04: Tewee Blackman records K. C. Moan, I Whipped My Woman With A Single Tree in Memphis, Tennessee
04: Hattie Hart (probably the same singer as Hattie Bolten) records Memphis Yo Yo Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
07 [Approx. Date]: Henry Thomas records Charmin' Betsy, Don't Leave Me Here in Chicago, Illinois
09: Romeo Nelson records Gettin' Dirty Just Shakin' That Thing in Chicago, Illinois
11: Bessie Smith records Blue Spirit Blues in New York
12: James Wiggins records Forty-Four Blues, Frisco Bound Blues in Richmond, Indiana
14: Tampa Red records Jim Jackson's Jamboree - Part I in Memphis, Tennessee
23 [Approx. Date]: Edward Thompson records Showers Of Rain Blues, Florida Bound, Seven Sister Blues, West Virginia Blues in New York
30: Blind Willie McTell records Atlanta Strut, Travelin' Blues, Come On Around To My House Mama in Atlanta, Georgia
31: Blind Willie McTell records Kind Mama in Atlanta, Georgia

1929 November

[Unknown Day] Lottie Beaman records Going Away Blues, Rollin' Log Blues in Kansas City
[Approx. Date]: "Signifying" Mary Johnson records Barrel House Flat Blues, Key To The Mountain Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date; late]: Charley Patton records Going To Move To Alabama, Devil Sent The Rain, Green River Blues, Hammer Blues, When Your Way Gets Dark, Heart Like Railroad Street in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Henry Son Sims records Farrell Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: George Thomas (probably the same as Clay Custer) records Fast Stuff Blues, Don't Kill Him in Here in Grafton, Wisconsin
03: Barbecue Bob records Freeze To Me Mama, Me And My Whiskey and an unnamed blues in Atlanta, Georgia
04: Ed Bell records My Crime Blues, Snigglin' Blues, Big Rock Jail, From Now On in Atlanta, Georgia
15: Sylvester Palmer records Broke Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
15: Henry Townsend records Henry's Worried Blues, Mistreated Blues, Long Ago Blues, Poor Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
16: Roosevelt Sykes records Skeet And Garret, Lost All I Had Blues, Poor Boy Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Luke Jordan records My Gal's Done Quit Me in New York
20: Ed Bell records Squabblin' Blues, Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues, One More Time, Bad Boy in Atlanta, Georgia
20: Joe Linthecome records Pretty Mama Blues in Richmond, Indiana
26: Clifford Gibson records Ice And Snow Blues, Don't Put That Thing On Me, Drayman Blues, Old Time Rider in New York
26: Blind Willie McTell records Drive Away Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
26: Romeo Nelson records Dyin' Rider Blues in Chicago, Illinois
27: Alger "Texas" Alexander records When You Get To Thinking in San Antonio, Texas
27: Jake Jones and the Gold Front Boys record Monkeyin' Around, Southern Sea Blues in Dallas, Texas
29: Blind Willie McTell records Love-Changing Blues in Atlanta, Georgia

1929 December

[Approx. Date]: Tommy Johnson records Lonesome Home Blues, Black Mare Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date; early]: Charley Patton records High Water Everywhere - Part 1, High Water Everywhere - Part 2, Rattlesnake Blues, Mean Black Moan in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Henry Son Sims records Tell Me Man Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Bessie Mae Smith records St. Louis Daddy in Grafton, Wisconsin
Death of Blind Lemon Jefferson in Chicago, Illinois
04: "Texas" Bill Day records Goin' Back To My Baby, Elm Street Blues, Billiken's Weary Blues in Dallas, Texas
05: Alex Moore records West Texas Woman Blues in Dallas, Texas
05: Willie Reed records Leavin' Home in Dallas, Texas
05: T-Bone Walker records Trinity River Blues in Dallas, Texas
06: Coley Jones records Drunkard's Special, The Elder's He's My Man in Dallas, Texas
06: Alex Moore records It Wouldn't Be So Hard in Dallas, Texas
10: Clifford Gibson records Bad Luck Dice, Levee Camp Moan, Hard-Headed Blues, Blues Without A Dime, Keep Your Windows Pinned, Jive Me Blues, Brooklyn Blues, Society Blues in New York

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