Blues Timeline: 1920-29
1921
1921 August
- [Approx. Date]: Ethel Waters records One Man Nan, There'll Be Some Changes Made in New York
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
