Blues Timeline: 1930-39

1930 - 1931 - 1932 - 1933 - 1934 - 1935 - 1936 - 1937 - 1938 - 1939

1930

[Uncertain Decade]: Death of Henry Thomas (a.k.a. "Ragtime Texas"). See 1960
Birth of Long John Hunter (real name: John Thurman Hunter) in Louisiana

1930 January

[Approx. Date]: Ishman Bracey records Woman Woman Blues, Suitcase Full Of Blues, Bust Up Blues, Pay Me No Mind in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: James Wiggins records Corrine Corrina Blues, Gotta Shave 'Em Dry in Grafton, Wisconsin
01 [Approx. Date]: Jaydee Short records Telephone Arguin' Blues, Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake in Grafton, Wisconsin
02: Leroy Carr records Papa Wants A Cookie, Memphis Town in Chicago, Illinois

1930 February

[Approx. Date; early]: Jim Thomkins records Bedside Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
[Approx. Date; early]: Robert Wilkins records Nashville Stonewall Blues, Police Sergeant Blues, Get Away Blues, I'll Go With Her Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
[Approx. Date]: Blind Joe Reynolds records Outside Woman Blues, Nehi Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Jim Jackson records Hesitation Blues, St. Louis Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
[Approx. Date]: Charlie "Specks" McFadden records People People Blues, Groceries On The Shelf in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Alice Moore records Lonesome Dream Blues, Kid Man Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Jenny Pope records Bull Frog Blues, Tennessee Workhouse Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
[Approx. Date]: Washboard Walter records Narrow Face Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
01: Lucille Bogan records My Georgia Grind in Chicago, Illinois
05: Thomas A. Dorsey records Second-Hand Woman Blues, Maybe It's The Blues, Levee Bound Blues, Gee But It's Hard in Richmond, Indiana
14: C. J. Anderson records Thirty-Eight And Plus in Richmond, Indiana
17: Walter Vinson records Sitting On Top Of The World, Stop And Listen Blues, Lonely One In This Town in Shreveport, Louisiana
20: Joe Callicott records Fare Thee Well Blues, Traveling Mama Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
20: Jed Davenport records Save Me Some in Memphis, Tennessee
20: Memphis Minnie records I'm Talking About You, Bumble Bee in Memphis, Tennessee
21 [Approx. Date]: Garfield Akers records Dough Roller Blues, Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues at Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee
21 [Approx. Date]: Mattie Delaney records Down The Big Road Blues, Tallahatchie River Blues in Memphis, Tennessee

1930 March

[Approx. Date; mid]: Willie Harris records Lonesome Midnight Dream in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: Six Cylinder Smith records Oh Oh Lonesome Blues, Pennsylvania Woman Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
Lucille Bogan records They Ain't Walking No More, Sloppy Drunk Blues, Alley Boogie in Chicago, Illinois
John Byrd records Billy Goat Blues, Old Timbrook Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin

1930 April

[Approx. Date]: Leola Manning records The Blues Is All Wrong in Knoxville, Tennessee
[Approx. Date]: Elvie Thomas records Motherless Child Blues Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Washboard Walter records Insurance Man Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Geeshie Wiley records Over To My House, Eagles On A Half in Grafton, Wisconsin
07: Teddy Bunn records It's Sweet Like So, Pattin' Dat Cat in New York
09: Big Bill Broonzy records Eagle Riding Papa, Grandma's Farm, Skoodle Do Do in New York
17: Barbecue Bob records Yo-Yo Blues No. 2 in Atlanta, Georgia
17: Blind Willie McTell records Talking To Myself, Razor Ball in Atlanta, Georgia
17: Sam Townsend records Lily Kimball Blues
18: Barbecue Bob records We Sure Got Hard Times Now in Atlanta, Georgia
18: Charley Lincoln records Doodle Hole Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
19: Pillie Bolling records I Don't Like That Hat, She's Got A Nice Line in Atlanta, Georgia
22: Jaybird Coleman records Coffee Grinder Blues, Man Trouble Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
23: Barbecue Bob records The Spider And The Fly in Atlanta, Georgia

1930 May

[Approx. Date] Gene Campbell records Wandering Blues, Robbin' and Stealin' Blues in Chicago, Illinois
01: Birth of Little Walter (real name: Marion Walter Jacobs) in Marksville, Louisiana
02: Frank Brasswell (aka Western Kid) records Guitar Rag in Richmond, Indiana
02: Big Bill Broonzy records I Can't Be Satisfied, Skoodle Do Do in Richmond, Indiana
12: Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson records Everybody's Talking About Sadie Green in Memphis, Tennessee
13: Sleepy John Estes records Milk Cow Blues, Street Car Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
17: Kokomo Arnold records Rainy Night Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
17: Hattie Hart (probably the same singer as Hattie Bolten) records Oh Ambulance Man in Memphis, Tennessee
17: Yank Rachel records Expressman Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
17: Ben Ramey records Cocaine Habit Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
21: Sleepy John Estes records Watcha Doin', Poor John Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
21: Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson records Cave Man Blues, It Won't Act Right in Memphis, Tennessee
21: Ed Schaffer and Oscar Woods ("Shreveport Home Wreckers") record Fence Breakin' Blues, Home Wreckin' Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
21: Will Shade records Jim Strainer in Memphis, Tennessee
26: Bukka White records The Panama Limited in Memphis, Tennessee
26: Memphis Minnie records I'm Going Back Home, Bumble Bee Blues, Meningitis Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
26: Joe McCoy records I'm Going Back Home in Memphis, Tennessee
28: Son House records Dry Spell Blues - Part 1, Dry Spell Blues - Part 2, My Black Mama - Part 1, My Black Mama - Part 2, Preachin' The Blues - Part 1, Preachin' The Blues - Part 2 in Grafton, Wisconsin
28: Willie Brown records Future Blues, M And O Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
28: Louise Johnson records All Night Long Blues, Long Way From Home, On The Wall, By The Moon And Stars in Grafton, Wisconsin
29: Joe McCoy records Don't Want No Woman in Memphis, Tennessee
28: [Approx. Date]: Charley Patton records Dry Well Blues, Moon Going Down, Bird Nest Bound in Grafton, Wisconsin
29: Memphis Minnie records Don't Want No Woman, Georgia Skin in Memphis, Tennessee
29: Vol Stevens records Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues, Stonewall Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
30: Sleepy John Estes records Stack O' Dollar Blues, My Black Gal Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
30: Yank Rachel records Sweet Mama in Memphis, Tennessee

1930 June

[Approx. Date; early]: Joe McCoy records I'm Wild About My Stuff, My Mary Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date; early]: Memphis Minnie records Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues, Plymouth Rock Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date; mid]: Joe McCoy records Cherry Ball Blues, Botherin' That Thing in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date; mid]: Charley Jordan records Stack O' Dollar Blues, Keep It Clean, Big Four Blues, Raidin' Squad Blues, Hunkie Tunkie Blues in Chicago, Illinois
05: Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson records Going Back To Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee
09: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Seen Better Days, Frost Texas Tornado Blues in San Antonio, Texas
12: Walter Davis records M. and O. Blues in Cincinnati, Ohio
12: Roosevelt Sykes records Kelly's 44 Blues in Cincinnati, Ohio
12: Walter Vinson records Yodeling Fiddling Blues in San Antonio, Texas
14: Little Hat Jones records Bye Bye Baby Blues, Cross The Water Blues, Cherry Street Blues in San Antonio, Texas

1930 July

01: Memphis Minnie records New Dirty Dozens, New Bumble Bee in Chicago, Illinois
02 [Approx. Date]: Arthur Petties records Good Boy Blues in Chicago, Illinois
14 [Approx. Date]: Memphis Minnie records I'm Talking About You-No. 2, I Called You This Morning in Chicago, Illinois
14 [Approx. Date]: Joe McCoy records Pile Drivin' Blues, I Called You This Morning in Chicago, Illinois
22: Bessie Smith records Black Mountain Blues in New York

1930 August

[Approx. Date]: Roosevelt Sykes records 3 6 And 9, We Can Sell That Thing in Grafton, Wisconsin
07 [Approx Date]: Joe Dean records I'm So Glad I'm Twenty-One Years Old Today in Chicago, Illinois
30: Irene Scruggs records My Back To The Wall in Richmond, Indiana

1930 September

09: Leroy Carr records Sloppy Drunk Blues, Four Day Rider, Alabama Woman Blues in Chicago, Illinois
09 [Approx. Date]: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon records She Can Love So Good in Chicago, Illinois
09: Memphis Minnie records Grandpa And Grandma Blues, Garage Fire Blues in Chicago, Illinois
15: Big Bill Broonzy records Pussy Cat Pussy Cat in New York
15: Jane Lukas (real name: Mozelle Alderson; Aka Hannah May, Kansas City Kitty) records Pussy Cat Pussy Cat in New York
17: Thomas A. Dorsey records Terrible Operation Blues in New York
19: Spider Carter records Don't Leave Me Blues in Chicago, Illinois
19: Bessie Mae Smith records Sugar Man Blues - Part 1, Sugar Man Blues - Part 2 in Chicago, Illinois
19: Funny Paper Smith records Howling Wolf Blues - No. 1, Howling Wolf Blues - No. 2 in Chicago, Illinois
20 [Approx. Date]: Funny Paper Smith records Good Coffee Blues in Chicago, Illinois
27: Tommie Bradley records Adam And Eve in Richmond, Indiana

1930 October

[Approx. Date]: George Hannah records Freakish Man Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: 15: Memphis Minnie records What's The Matter With The Mill, North Memphis Blues in Chicago, Illinois
27: Tommie Bradley records Pack Up Your Trunk Blues in Richmond, Indiana

1930 November

03: Roosevelt Sykes records No Good Woman Blues in Chicago, Illinois
04: Peetie Wheatstraw records Mama's Advice, Ain't It A Pity And A Shame, Don't Hang My Clothes On No Barbed Wire Line in Chicago, Illinois
19: Jane Lukas (real name: Mozelle Alderson; Aka Hannah May, Kansas City Kitty) records Where Did You Stay Last Night, Fix It, Double Trouble Blues, Leave My Man Alone in Richmond, Indiana
19: Big Bill Broonzy records The Banker's Blues in Richmond, Indiana
19: Thomas A. Dorsey records Terrible Operation Blues, Where Did You Stay Last Night, Fix It in Richmond, Indiana
19: Charley Jordan records Gasoline Blues in Chicago, Illinois
20: Thomas A. Dorsey records Been Mistreated Blues in Richmond, Indiana
24: Hosea Woods records Wolf River Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
26: Noah Lewis records Ticket Agent Blues, New Minglewood Blues, Bad Luck's My Buddy in Memphis, Tennessee
26: Blind Joe Reynolds records Married Man Blues, Third street Woman Blues in Memphis, Tennessee, for Victor Records
26: Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson records Got A Letter From My Darlin', You May Leave But This Will Bring You Back, Round And Round, You Got Me Rollin' in Memphis, Tennessee
28: Mrs. Van Zula Carter Hunt records Selling The Jelly in Memphis, Tennessee
28: Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson records Move That Thing in Memphis, Tennessee
28: Hosea Woods records Prison Wall Blues in Memphis, Tennessee

1930 December

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Playing Policy Blues, Righteous Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date; late]: Magnolia Harris records Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' - Part 1, Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' - Part 2 In Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date; late]: Funny Paper Smith records Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' - Part 1, Mama's Quittin' And Leavin' - Part 2 in Chicago, Illinois
Lucille Bogan records Black Angel Blues, Tricks Ain't Working No More in Chicago, Illinois
04: Ed Bell records Carry It Right Back Home, She's A Fool Gal in Atlanta, Georgia
04: Lil McClintock records Furniture Man in Atlanta, Georgia
05: Barbecue Bob records Atlanta Moan, Doin' The Scraunch in Atlanta, Georgia
06: Blind Willie Walker records South Carolina Rag in Atlanta, Georgia
11: King David records What's That Tastes Like Gravy, Rising Sun Blues, Sweet Potato Blues, I Can Deal Worry in Atlanta, Georgia
11: The Birmingham Jug Band with an unknown singer record German Blues, The Wild Cat Squawl, Gettin' Ready For Trial, Giving It Away in Atlanta, Georgia
15: Bo Chatmon records I'm An Old Bumble Bee in Jackson, Mississippi
15: "Papa" Charlie McCoy records That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away in Jackson, Mississippi
15: Walter Vinson records Your Good Man Caught The Train And Gone, Unhappy Blues in Jackson, Mississippi
17: Caldwell "Mississippi" Bracey records You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door, Cherry Ball, Stered Gal, I'll Overcome Some Day in Jackson, Mississippi
19: Walter Vinson records Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down, She Ain't No Good, Ramrod Blues, Stop And Listen Blues No. 2 in Jackson, Mississippi

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1931

1931 January

[Approx Date]: Thomas A. Dorsey records Come On In in Grafton, Wisconsin
06: Peetie Wheatstraw records C And A Blues in Chicago, Illinois
16: Leroy Carr records Low Down Dog Blues, New How Long How Long Blues, What More Can I Do, Papa Wants To Knock A Jug in Chicago, Illinois
19: Dessa Foster and Funny Paper Smith record Tell It To The Judge No. 1, Tell It To The Judge No. 2 in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date]: 30: Memphis Minnie records I Don't Want That Junk Outa You, Crazy Cryin' Blues in Chicago, Illinois
[Approx. Date] 31: Joe McCoy records Beat It Right, Preachers Blues in Chicago, Illinois
28 [Approx. Date]: Funny Paper Smith records Tell It To The Judge No. 1, Tell It To The Judge No. 2 in Chicago, Illinois

1931 February

[Approx. Date]: Skip James records Devil Got My Woman, Cypress Groove Blues, Cherry Ball Blues, Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues, Special Rider Blues, Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues, 22-20 Blues, If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get On Down The Road, in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Joe McCoy records Shake Mattie, My Wash Woman's Gone in Chicago, Illinois
19: Mamie Smith records Jenny's Ball in New York

1931 March

[Approx. Date]: Funny Paper Smith records Honey Blues, Corn Whiskey Blues, County Jail Blues in Chicago, Illinois
17: Charley Jordan records Keep It Clean - No. 2, You Run And Tell Your Daddy, Tight Haired Mama Blues in Chicago, Illinois
20: Victoria Spivey records Don't Trust Nobody Blues in Chicago, Illinois
25: Memphis Minnie records Soo Cow Soo, After While Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1931 April

[Approx. Date]: Funny Paper Smith records Hungry Wolf, Hoppin' Toad Frog, Fool's Blues, Seven Sisters Blues - Part 1, Seven Sisters Blues - Part 2, Before Long in Chicago, Illinois

1931 May

20: Joe Evans and Arthur McClain (the "Two Poor Boys") record New Huntsville Jail in New York
21: Joe Evans and Arthur McClain (the "Two Poor Boys") record Sitting On Top Of The World, Down In Black Bottom, Shook In This Morning Blues in New York

1931 June

04: Bo Chatmon records Ram Rod Daddy in New York
05: Bo Chatmon records The Law Gonna Step on You, Ants in My Pants in New York
09: Clifford Gibson records She Rolls It Slow in Louisville, Kentucky
09: Roosevelt Sykes records As True As I've Been To You, Hard Luck Man Blues in Louisville, Kentucky
10: Walter Davis records That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good in Louisville, Kentucky
11: Bessie Smith records Long Old Road, Shipwreck Blues in New York

1931 July

17: Tommie Bradley records Please Don't Act That Way, Four Day Blues in Richmond, Indiana

1931 September

28: Peetie Wheatstraw records Ice And Snow Blues in Chicago, Illinois
29: Teddy Darby records Deceiving Blues, Built Right On The Ground in Chicago, Illinois
29: Walter Davis records Howling Wind Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1931 October

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Rope Stretchin' Blues (part 1 and 2) in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Bumble Bee Slim records No Woman No Nickel in Grafton, Wisconsin
08: Sam Collins records Lonesome Road Blues, New Salty Dog, Slow Mama Slow, I'm Sitting On The Top Of The World, Toenail Flang Dang in New York
21: Death of Barbecue Bob (real name: Robert Hicks) in Atlanta, Georgia
23: Blind Willie McTell records Southern Can Is Mine, Broke Down Engine Blues, Stomp Down Rider, Scarey Day Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
23: Ruth Willis (a.k.a. Mary Willis) records Experience Blues, Painful Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
24: Walter Vinson records Please Baby, The World Is Going Wrong in Atlanta, Georgia
25: Bo Chatmon records I Want You To Know in Atlanta, Georgia
25: Walter Vinson records Shake Hands And Tell Me Goodbye, I've Got Blood In My Eyes For You in Atlanta, Georgia
31: Blind Willie McTell records Georgia Rag in Atlanta, Georgia

1931 November

14: Death of Eddie Mapp in Atlanta, Georgia
24: Scrapper Blackwell records Rambling Blues, Blue Day Blues, Down South Blues, Hard Time Blues, Back Door Blues in Richmond, Indiana

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1932

Death of Laura Smith

1932 January

[Approx. Date]: Ben Curry (may be the same man as Ben Covington) records Fat Mouth Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: King Solomon Hill records Whoopee Blues, Down On My Bended Knees, The Gone Dead Train, Tell Me Baby in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Marshall Owens records Texas Blues, Try Me One More Time in Grafton, Wisconsin
05: Birth of Johnny Adams (real name: Lathan John Adams; a.k.a. "The Tan Canary") in New Orleans, Louisiana
16: Tommie Bradley records Window Pane Blues in Richmond, Indiana
16: James Cole records Mistreated The Only Friend You Had in Richmond, Indiana
16: Buster Johnson records Undertaker Blues in Richmond, Indiana

1932 February

03: Joe McCoy records Joliet Bound in New York
03: Memphis Minnie records Where Is My Good Man in New York
03: Tampa Red records No Matter How She Done It in New York
05: Thomas A. Dorsey records If You Want Me To Love You in New York
09: Big Bill Broonzy records Big Bill Blues, Mr. Conductor Man in Richmond, Indiana
09: Lonnie Johnson records Sam You're Just A Rat in New York
10: Walter Davis records M. And O. Blues No. 3 in Dallas, Texas
10: James "Stump" Johnson records Barrel Of Whiskey Blues in Dallas, Texas
22: Ruby Glaze (probably a pseudonym of Kate McTell, born Ruthy Kate Williams, wife of Blind Willie McTell) and Blind Willie McTell record Rollin' Mama Blues, Lonesome Day Blues in Atlanta, Georgia
22: Blind Willie McTell records Rollin' Mama Blues, Searching The Desert For The Blues in Atlanta, Georgia

1932 March

14: "Hi" Henry Brown records Titanic Blues, Preacher Blues in New York
14: Jaydee Short records Snake Doctor Blues, Barefoot Blues, Grand Daddy Blues in New York
15: Leroy Carr records I Keep The Blues in New York
16: Leroy Carr records Midnight Hour Blues in New York
16: Bumble Bee Slim records I'm Waitin' On You in New York
17: "Hi" Henry Brown records Nut Factory Blues, Skin Man in New York
17: Black Bottom McPhail records Down In Black Bottom, My Dream Blues, Whiskey Man Blues in New York
17: Peetie Wheatstraw records Sleepless Nights Blues in New York
22: Birth of Juke Joy Bonner (real name: Weldon H. Philip Bonner) in Bellville, Texas
29: Big Bill Broonzy records Worrying You Off My Mind, Bull Cow Blues, How You Want It Done in New York
30: Big Bill Broonzy records Long Tall Mama in New York

1932 May

[Approx. Date]: Jabo Williams (a.k.a. Jabbo Williams) records Polock Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin

1932 June

[Approx. Date]: Blind Blake records Depression's Gone From Me Blues in Grafton, Wisconsin

1932 July

[Approx. Date]: Lonnie Chatmon records It's A Pain To Me, New Sittin' On Top Of The World, Please Baby in Grafton, Wisconsin
[Approx. Date]: Walter Vinson records The New Stop And Listen Blues, Go Away Woman, New Shake That Thing, Don't Wake It Up, I'll Be Gone Long Gone in Grafton, Wisconsin

1932 August

03: Charlie Burse records Tappin' That Thing, I Got Good Taters in Richmond, Indiana
03: Poor Jab (real name: Jab Jones) records Come Along Little Children in Richmond, Indiana
12: Lonnie Johnson records I'm Nuts About That Gal, Racketeers Blues in New York
13: Joe McCoy records Someday I'll Be In The Clay in Chicago, Illinois

1932 September

22: "Signifying" Mary Johnson records Rattlesnake Blues, Mary Johnson Blues in Richmond, Indiana
22: Matthew McClure records Prisoner's Blues in Richmond, Indiana
22: St. Louis Jimmy Oden records I Have Made Up My Mind, Sitting Down Thinking Blues in Richmond, Indiana
22: Roosevelt Sykes records Mr. Sykes Blues, Highway 61 Blues in Richmond, Indiana

1932 October

01: Birth of Albert Collins (a.k.a. "The Master of the Telecaster," "The Iceman,"The Razor Blade") in Leona, Texas

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1933

[Uncertain Year] Death of Blind Blake (full name: Arthur Phelps or Arthur Blake) probably in Jacksonville, Florida. See 1940
Henry Townsend records Sick With The Blues possibly in Chicago, Illinois
Death of Blind Willie Walker

1933 January

16: Fred McMullen records Wait And Listen in New York
16: Buddy Moss records Daddy Don't Care in New York
17: Ruth Willis (a.k.a. Mary Willis) records Man Of My Own in New York
18: Fred McMullen records De Kalb Chain Blues in New York
19: Buddy Moss records Hard Road Blues in New York

1933 March

30: Archie Lewis records Miss Handy Hanks in Richmond, Indiana

1933 July

17: Lucille Bogan records T N And O Blues in New York
17: Walter Roland records T Model Blues in New York
18: Lucille Bogan records Backing Powder Blues in New York
18: Sonny Scott and Walter Roland record Red Cross Blues in New York

1933 August

01: Will Batts records Country Woman in New York
01: Jack Kelly records Highway No. 61 Blues, Highway No. 61 Blues No. 2, Red Ripe Tomatoes, Believe I'll Go Back Home, Ko-ko-mo Blues, Cold Iron Bed in New York
02: Georgia Boyd records Never Mind Blues in Chicago, Illinois
02: Walter Davis records L and N Blues in Chicago, Illinois
02: Joe Stone (probably the same as Jaydee Short, a.k.a. Jelly Jaw Short, J.D. Short) records It's Hard Time, Back Door Blues in Chicago, Illinois
03: Will Batts records Highway No. 61 Blues in New York

1933 September

14: Blind Willie McTell records Warm It Up To Me, It's A Good Little Thing in New York
18: Blind Willie McTell records Savannah Mama, Broke Down Engine, My Baby's Gone in New York
19: Blind Willie McTell records Death Cell Blues in New York
21: Blind Willie McTell records B And O Blues No. 2, Weary Hearted Blues, Southern Can Mama, Runnin' Me Crazy in New York

1933 October

27: Memphis Minnie records Ain't No Use Trying To Tell Me in New York

1933 November

24: Bessie Smith records Do Your Duty, Gimme A Pigfoot, Take Me For A Buggy Ride, I'm Down In The Dumps in New York

1933 December

11: Whistlin' Rufus (real name: Rufus Bridey) records Sweet Jelly Rollin' in Chicago, Illinois
18: Birth of Lonnie Brooks (real name: Lee Baker Junior) in Debuisson. Louisiana

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1934

1934 January

18: Louis Washington (a.k.a. Tallahassee Tight) records Tallahassee Woman in New York
24: Louis Washington (a.k.a. Tallahassee Tight) records Black Snake Blues in New York
30: Charley Patton records Jersey Bull Blues, High Sheriff Blues, Stone Pony Blues in New York
31: Bertha Lee records Mind Reader Blues in New York
31: Charley Patton records 34 Blues, Love My Stuff, Revenue Man Blues in New York

1934 February

01: Charley Patton records Poor Me in New York
06: Yank Rachel records Squeaky Work Bench Blues, Gravel Road Woman in New York
20: Leroy Carr records Mean Mistreater Mama, Hurry Down Sunshine in St. Louis, Missouri
21 Leroy Carr records Corn Licker Blues, Hold Them Puppies, Shady Lane Blues, Blues Before Sunrise in St. Louis, Missouri

1934 March

06: Josh White records Welfare Blues, Stormy Weather No. 1 in New York
22: Tampa Red records Kingfish Blues in Chicago, Illinois
23: Big Bill Broonzy records Mississippi River Blues in Chicago, Illinois
25: Memphis Minnie records Stinging Snake Blues, Drunken Barrelhouse Blues in Chicago, Illinois
26: Bo Chatmon records Bo Carter Special, Beans, Tellin' You 'Bout It in San Antonio, Texas
27: Bo Chatmon records Sales Tax, Howlin' Tom Cat Blues in San Antonio, Texas

1934 April

03: Joe Pullum records Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard ??? - No. 2
18: Peetie Wheatstraw records All Night Long Blues in Chicago, Illinois
24: Peetie Wheatstraw records Throw Me In The Alley in Chicago, Illinois
28: Death of Charley Patton (alt. spelling: Charlie Patton) in Indianola, Mississippi

1934 June

14: "Big Boy" Teddy Edwards records Louise in Chicago, Illinois
14: Tampa Red records Mean Mistreater Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1934 July

23: Blind Boy Fuller records I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy in New York
25: Blind Boy Fuller records Rag Mama Rag in New York
30: Lucille Bogan records You Got To Die Some Day, Lonesome Midnight Blues in New York
30: Bob Campbell records Dice's Blues, Shotgun Blues in New York
30: Walter Roland records Dices' Blues in New York
31: Lucille Bogan records My Man Is Boogan Me, Pig Iron Sally, I Hate That Train Called the M. And O. in New York
31: Walter Roland records Early In The Morning No. 2 in New York

1934 August

01: Lucille Bogan records Tired As I Can Be, Sweet Man Sweet Man, Reckless Woman, Down In Boogie Alley in New York
01: Bob Campbell records Starvation Farm Blues in New York
02: Walter Roland records Big Mama, Every Morning Blues in New York
14: Leroy Carr records Take A Walk Around The Corner, My Woman's Gone Wrong, Southbound Blues, Barrel House Woman in New York
15: Leroy Carr records Barrel House Woman No. 2 in New York
16: Leroy Carr records I Believe I'll Make A Change, Bo Bo Stomp in New York
16: Joe McCoy records Evil Devil Woman Blues, Going Back Home in Chicago, Illinois
18: Alice Moore records Black Evil Blues in Chicago, Illinois
20: "Barrel House Buck" MacFarland (real name: Thomas MacFarland) records I Got To Go Blues
24: Willie Lofton records Jake Leg Blues, My Mean Baby Blues in Chicago, Illinois
24: Joe McCoy records You Got To Move - Part 1 in Chicago, Illinois
24: Memphis Minnie records You Got To Move - Part 1, Chickasaw Train Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1934 September

03: Birth of Freddie King (real name: Billy Myles; a.k.a. The Texas Cannonball) in Gilmer, Texas
06: Son Bonds records Weary Worried Blues in Chicago, Illinois
10: Kokomo Arnold records Milk Cow Blues, Old Original Kokomo Blues in Chicago, Illinois
10: Memphis Minnie records Squat It in Chicago, Illinois
11: Peetie Wheatstraw records Doin' The Best I Can in Chicago, Illinois
13: Hattie Hart (probably the same singer as Hattie Bolten), Allen Shaw and probably "Memphis" Willie Borum record I Let My Daddy Do That, Coldest Stuff in Town in New York
14: Allen Shaw, Hattie Hart and Willie Borum record Coldest Stuff In Town in New York
17: Allen Shaw and Willie Borum record I Couldn't Help It in New York
18: Allen Shaw and Willie Borum record Moanin' The Blues in New York
30: Alger "Texas" Alexander records Easy Rider Blues in Fort Worth, Texas

1934 November

06: Will Shade records Mary Anna Cut Off in Chicago, Illinois
07: Charlie Burse records Boodie Bum Bum in Chicago, Illinois
07: Will Shade records Take Your Fingers Off It, She Done Sold It Out in Chicago, Illinois

1934 December

09: Birth of Junior Wells (real name: Amos Blakemore) in Memphis, Tennessee
14: Leroy Carr records Big Four Blues, Hard Hearted Papa, You Left Me Crying, Broken-Hearted Man, Evil-Hearted Woman, Good Woman Blues, Hustler's Blues, Eleven Twenty-Nine Blues, You've Got Me Grieving in New York
17: Leroy Carr records Bread Baker, Tight Time Blues, Longing For My Sugar, Shinin' Pistol, It's Too Short, Suicide Blues in New York

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1935

Death of Mattie Hite

1935 January

08: Carl Martin records Farewell To You Baby, Badly Mistreated Man, Good Morning Judge in Chicago, Illinois
10: Big Bill Broonzy records Rustlin' Man in Chicago, Illinois
10: Memphis Minnie records Dirty Mother For You, You Can't Give It Away in Chicago, Illinois
15: Kokomo Arnold records Old Black Cat Blues, Sissy Man Blues, Front Door Blues, Back Door Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Kokomo Arnold records The Twelves in Chicago, Illinois
19: Bo Chatmon records Let Me Roll Your Lemon in New Orleans, Louisiana
23: Lead Belly records Roberta Part 1, Roberta Part 2, Packin' Trunk Blues, C. C. Rider, Honey I'm All Out And Down, New Black Snake Moan, Alberta in New York
24: Lead Belly records Baby Don't You Love Me No More, Death Letter Blues Part 1, Death Letter Blues Part 2, Kansas City Papa, Red River Blues in New York

1935 February

02: Death of Clara Smith in Detroit, Michigan
05: Lead Belly records My Friend Blind Lemon, Mr. Huge's Town, Shorty George, Match Box Blues in New York
05: Kokomo Arnold records Slop Jar Blues, Black Annie in Chicago, Illinois
11: George Noble records The Seminole Blues in Chicago, Illinois
25: Walter Davis records Sloppy Drunk Again, Travelin' This Lonesome Road, Sad And Lonesome Blues, Minute Man Blues - Part 1, Minute Man Blues - Part 2, Sweet Sixteen in Chicago, Illinois
25: Henry Townsend records She's Got A Mean Disposition in Chicago, Illinois
25: Big Joe Williams records Little Leg Woman, Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff, 49 Highway Blues, My Grey Pony, Stepfather Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1935 March

06: Lucille Bogan records Barbecue Bess in New York
07: Lucille Bogan records Jump Steady Daddy, Man Stealer Blues in New York
08: Lucille Bogan records Sweet Meat Blues, Skin Game Blues in New York
14: Walter Roland records 45 Pistol Blues in New York
20: Walter Roland records Penniless Blues in New York
25: Lead Belly records Yellow Jacket, TB Woman Blues, Pig Meat Papa, Bull Cow in New York
25: Peetie Wheatstraw records The Rising Sun Blues in Chicago, Illinois
26: Peetie Wheatstraw records Letter Writing Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1935 April

02: Louie Lasky (real name: Louis Leslie) records How You Want Your Rollin' Done, Teasin' Brown Blues in Chicago, Illinois
02: Cripple Clarence Lofton records Monkey Man Blues in Chicago, Illinois
12: Freddie Spruell records 4A Highway, Don't Cry Baby, Your Man Is Gone, Let's Go Riding, Mr. Freddie's Kokomo Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Kokomo Arnold records Southern Railroad Blues, Busy Bootin', Let Your Money Talk in Chicago, Illinois
23: Blind Willie McTell records Bell Street Blues in Chicago, Illinois
23: Curley Weaver records Sometime Mama, Oh Lawdy Mama, Two Faced Woman, Fred Pie Blues in Chicago, Illinois
25: Blind Willie McTell records Ticket Agent Blues, Cold Winter Day, Your Time To Worry in Chicago, Illinois
29: Death of Leroy Carr in Indianapolis, Indiana

1935 May

14: Johnnie "Geechie" Temple records Big Boat Whistle, The Evil Devil Blues in Chicago, Illinois
27: Memphis Minnie records Reachin' Pete in Chicago, Illinois

1935 June

20: Big Bill Broonzy records C And A Blues in Chicago, Illinois
20: Washboard Sam records Mama Don't Allow No. 1, Jesse James Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1935 July

01: Birth of James Cotton in Tunica, Mississippi
03: Washboard Sam records Mama Don't Allow No. 2 in Chicago, Illinois
07: Scrapper Blackwell records No Good Woman Blues in Chicago, Illinois
09: Sleepy John Estes records Down South Blues, Stop That Thing, Someday baby Blues, Who's Been Tellin' You Buddy Brown Blues in Chicago, Illinois
15: Kokomo Arnold records Policy Wheel Blues in Chicago, Illinois
17: Sleepy John Estes records Married Woman Blues, Drop Down Mama in Chicago, Illinois
17: Peetie Wheatstraw records Cocktail Man Blues, King Spider Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Cripple Clarence Lofton records Brown Skin Girls in Chicago, Illinois
20: Peetie Wheatstraw records Last Dime Blues, King Of Spades in Chicago, Illinois
22: Bill Wilber (who may be Joe McCoy, or more likely Joe Wilbur McCoy) and Willie Lofton record My Babe My Babe, Greyhound Blues in Chicago, Illinois
23: Kokomo Arnold records Stop Look And Listen in Chicago, Illinois
28: Walter Davis records Root Man Blues, I Can Tell By The Way You Smell, Santa Claus in Chicago, Illinois
28: Lane Hardin records California Desert Blues in Chicago, Illinois
28: Milton Sparks records Erie Train Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1935 August

02: Sleepy John Estes records Government Money, I Wanta Tear It All The Time, Vernita Blues, I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More, Floating Bridge, Need More Blues in New York
03: Sleepy John Estes records Jack And Jill Blues, Poor Man's Friend, Hobo Jungle Blues, Airplane Blues in New York
10: Little Brother Montgomery records The Woman I Love Blues, Pleading Blues, Vicksburg Blues No. 2, Mama You Don't Mean Me No Good in New Orleans, Louisiana
21: Buddy Moss records Gravy Server in New York
22: Memphis Minnie records He's In The Ring in Chicago, Illinois

1935 September

04: Carl Martin records Joe Louis Blues, Let's Have A New Deal in Chicago, Illinois
11: Kokomo Arnold records Big Leg Mama, Milk Cow Blues-No. 4 in Chicago, Illinois
16: Birth of Billy Boy Arnold (real name: William Arnold) in Chicago, Illinois
20: Carl Davis records Elm Street Woman Blues in Dallas, Texas

1935 October

10: Robert Wilkins records Dirty Deal Blues, New Stock Yard Blues, Old Jim Canan's in Jackson, Mississippi
12: Minnie Wallace records The Cockeyed World, Field Mouse Stomp in Jackson, Mississippi
17: Kid Stormy Weather (real name: Edmond Joseph) records Short Hair Blues in Jackson, Mississippi
20: Mississippi Moaner (real name: Isaiah Nettles) records Mississippi Moan, It's Cold In China Blues in Jackson, Mississippi
31: Big Bill Broonzy records Keep Your Hands Off Her, Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down in Chicago, Illinois
31: Chasey Collins (a.k.a. Chasey Kokomo Collins) records Walking Blues, Atlanta Blues in Chicago, Illinois
31: Walter Davis records Moonlight Is My Spread, Ashes In My Whiskey in Chicago, Illinois
31: Otto Virgial records Little Girl In Rome, Bad Notion Blues in Chicago, Illinois
31: Big Joe Williams records Baby Please Don't Go, Wild Cow Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1935 November

01: Willie Lofton records Dark Road Blues in Chicago, Illinois
01: Joe McCoy records Something Gonna Happen To You in Chicago, Illinois

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1936

1936 February

04: Red Nelson records Crying Mother Blues in Chicago, Illinois
06: Red Nelson records Sweetest Thing Born in Chicago, Illinois
12: Casey Bill Weldon records W.P.A. Blues in Chicago, Illinois
13: Peetie Wheatstraw records First And Last Blues, True Blue Woman, Sweet Home Blues, Good Woman Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Kokomo Arnold records I'll Be Up Some Day in New York
18: Peetie Wheatstraw records Working Man, Low Down Rascal, When I Get My Bonus, Coon Can Shorty in New York
19: Peetie Wheatstraw records The First Shall Be The Last And The Last shall Be First in New York
20: Bo Chatmon records I Get The Blues, Rolling Blues, All Around Man, Dinner Blues, Cigarette Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana
20: Peetie Wheatstraw records Deep Sea Love in New York

1936 March

21: Buddy Woods records Evil Hearted Mama, Lone Wolf Blues, Don't Sell It - Don't Give It Away

1936 April

02: Casey Bill Weldon records Blues Everywhere I Go, Somebody's Got To Go in Chicago, Illinois
03: Walter Davis records Jacksonville - Part 2, Think You Need A Shot in Chicago, Illinois
08: Kid Prince Moore records Big Juice Blues in New York
08: Peetie Wheatstraw records Remember And Forget Blues, Don't Take A Chance in Chicago, Illinois
09: Peetie Wheatstraw records Block And Tackle, Cut Out Blues in Chicago, Illinois
10: Charley Jordan records I Couldn't Stay There, Got Your Water On, Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me in New York
11: Kid Prince Moore records Honey Dripping Papa in New York
18: Joe McCoy records Oh Red in Chicago, Illinois

1936 May

12: Georgia White records Pigmeat Blues in Chicago, Illinois
27: Memphis Minnie records Black Cat Blues, Man You Won't Give Me No Money in Chicago, Illinois

1936 June

03: Jesse James records Sweet Patuni, Southern Casey Jones, Lonesome Day Blues in Chicago, Illinois
26 [Uncertain Date; also see 1936 June 27]: Smith and Harper record Insurance Policy Blues in Augusta, Georgia
27 [Uncertain Date; also see 1936 June 26]: Smith and Harper record Insurance Policy Blues in Augusta, Georgia

1936 July

02: Joe McCoy records What You Gonna Do in Chicago, Illinois
07: Victoria Spivey records Black Snake Swing, I'll Never Fall In Love Again, TB's Got Me Blues in Chicago, Illinois
09: Kokomo Arnold records Shake That Thing in Chicago, Illinois
30: Birth of Buddy Guy (real name: George Guy) in Lettsworth, Louisiana

1936 August

12: Sweet Pease Spivey records Double Dozens in Chicago, Illinois
20: Victoria Spivey records I Can't Last Long in Chicago, Illinois
23: Bumble Bee Slim records Green Country Gal in New York

1936 October

02: Joe McCoy records Southern Blues, The Garbage Man in Chicago, Illinois
15: Bo Chatmon records Pussy Cat Blues, The Ins And Outs Of My Girl, Bo Carter's Advice, Double Up In A Knot, Your Biscuits Are Big Enough For Me, Sue Cow in New Orleans, Louisiana
15: Robert Hill records I Had A Gal For The Last Fifteen Years in New Orleans, Louisiana
15: Sonny Boy Nelson records Street Walkin' in New Orleans, Louisiana
15: Victoria Spivey records Detroit Moan in Chicago, Illinois
16: Little Brother Montgomery records The First Time I Met You, Vicksburg Blues - Part 3, Out West Blues, Leaving Town Blues, West Texas Blues, Never Go Wrong Blues, Mistreatin' Woman Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana
22: Joe McCoy records My Daddy Was A Movin' Man in Chicago, Illinois
24: Kokomo Arnold records Mister Charlie in Chicago, Illinois
26: Peetie Wheatstraw records When A Man Gets Down, False Hearted Woman in Chicago, Illinois

1936 November

12: Memphis Minnie records Moonshine, It's Hard To Be Mistreated in Chicago, Illinois
12: Johnnie "Geechie" Temple records Louise Louise Blues in Chicago, Illinois
13: Joe McCoy records We Gonna Pitch A Boogie Woogie in Chicago, Illinois
20: Black Boy Shine records Sugarland Blues in San Antonio, Texas
23: Robert Johnson records Come On In My Kitchen, I Believe I'll Dust My Broom, Kind Hearted Woman Blues, Phonograph Blues, Ramblin' On My Mind, Sweet Home Chicago, Terraplane Blues, When You Got A Good Friend, in San Antonio, Texas
26: Robert Johnson records 32-20 Blues in San Antonio, Texas
27: Robert Johnson records Cross Road Blues, Dead Shrimp Blues, If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day, Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped The Devil), They're Red Hot, Walkin' Blues, in San Antonio, Texas

1936 December

21: Frank James (probably the same as Springback James; probable real name: Frank Hairston or James Hairston) records Poor Coal Passer in Chicago, Illinois
21: Washboard Sam records Out With The Wrong Woman, Come On In, Big Woman, in Chicago, Illinois

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1937

[Approx. Date]: Death of Richard Rabbit Brown
Death of Jim Jackson in Hernando, Mississippi

1937 January

12: Kokomo Arnold records Long And Tall, Salty Dog in Chicago, Illinois
14: Joe McCoy records Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More in Chicago, Illinois
28: Georgia White records Walking The Street in Chicago, Illinois

1937 February

14: Birth of Magic Sam (real name: Samuel Gene Maghett) in Grenada, Mississippi
15: Black Ivory King (full name: Dave Alexander) records The Flying Crow in Dallas, Texas
15: Black Ace records Black Ace, Christmas Time Blues in Chicago, Illinois
18: Blind Norris (full name: Norris McHenry) records Sundown Blues in Dallas, Texas
18: Smokey Hogg records Family Trouble Blues in Dallas, Texas

1937 March

12: Kokomo Arnold records Wild Water Blues, Laugh And Grin Blues in Chicago, Illinois
25: Charlie Campbell records Goin' Away Blues in Birmingham, Alabama
26: Peetie Wheatstraw records Crazy With The Blues, Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp, Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp No. 2, Crapshooter's Blues in Chicago, Illinois
27: Birth of Johnny Copeland in Haynesville, Louisiana
30: Kokomo Arnold records Mean Old Twister, Red Beans And Rice, Set Down Gal, Big Ship Blues in Chicago, Illinois
30: Peetie Wheatstraw records Working On The Project in Chicago, Illinois

1937 April

02: George Torey records Married Woman Blues, Lonesome Man Blues in Birmingham, Alabama

1937 May

04: Washboard Sam records Back Door, We Gonna Move, Low Down Woman, Lowland Blues, I'm On My Way Blues in Aurora, Illinois
05: Robert Nighthawk records Tough Luck in Aurora, Illinois
05: Big Joe Williams records I Know You'll Gonna Miss Me, Rootin' Ground Hog, Brother James, I Won't Be In Hard Luck No More in Aurora, Illinois
05: Sonny Boy Williamson I records Skinny Woman in Aurora, Illinois
14: Johnnie "Geechie" Temple records So Lonely And Blues, New Louise Louise Blues in Chicago, Illinois

1937 June

17: Memphis Minnie records My Baby Don't Want Me No More in Chicago, Illinois
19: Robert Johnson records From Four Until Late, I'm A Steady Rollin' Man, Stones In My Passway, in Dallas, Texas
20: Robert Johnson records Drunken Hearted Man, Hell Hound On My Trail, Honeymoon Blues, Little Queen Of Spades, Love In Vain, Malted Milk, Me And The Devil Blues, Milkcow's Calf Blues, Stop Breakin' Down Blues, Traveling Riverside Blues, in Dallas, Texas

1937 August

02: Charlie Pickett records Crazy 'Bout My Black Gal in New York
03: Charlie Pickett records Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon, Down The Highway in New York
06: Eddie Kelly records Poole County Blues, Shim Shamming in Charlotte, North Carolina

1937 September

02: Bukka White records Pine Bluff Arkansas, Shake 'Em On Down in Chicago, Illinois
07: Blind Boy Fuller records Stealing Bo-Hog in New York
26: Death of Bessie Smith in Clarksdale, Mississippi

1937 October

06: Herb Morand records Root Hog Or Die in New York
11: Tampa Red records Seminole Blues in Aurora, Illinois
21: Casey Bill Weldon records Red Hot Blues, Worried About That Woman in Chicago, Illinois
23: Kokomo Arnold records Buddie Brown Blues, Rocky Road Blues in Chicago, Illinois
30: Buddy Woods records Don't Sell It in San Antonio, Texas

1937 November

02: Peetie Wheatstraw records Sick Bed Blues, I'm Gonna Cut Out Everything, Devilment Blues in Chicago, Illinois
03: Kokomo Arnold records Head Cuttin' Blues, Broke Man Blues, Back On The Job in Chicago, Illinois
08: Lonnie Johnson records Man Killing Broad, Hard Time Ain't Gone No Where, Flood Water Blues, I Ain't What You Usta Be, Something Fishy, I'm Nuts Over You in New York
11: Sonny Boy Williamson I records Collector Man Blues, Early In The Morning, Project Highway in Aurora, Illinois

1937 December

15: Blind Boy Fuller records Bye Bye Baby Blues in New York

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1938

[Unknown day and month]: Death of Papa Charlie Jackson (full name: Charlie Carter) in Chicago, Illinois
[Uncertain Date]: Cripple Clarence Lofton records I Don't Know, Mistaken Blues, Streamline Train probably in Chicago, Illinois. See 1939.

1938 January

25: Birth of Etta James (real name: Jamesetta Hawkins) in Los Angeles, California

1938 March

13: Elijah Jones records Katy Fly, Mean Actin' Mama Aurora, Illinois
13: Sonny Boy Williamson I records Moonshine, Miss Louisa Blues, Down South, Until My Love Come Down in Aurora, Illinois
31: Lonnie Johnson records Devil's Got The Blues, I Ain't Gonna Be Your Fool, Mr. Johnson Swing, New Falling Rain Blues, Laplegged Drunk Again, Blue Ghost Blues, South Bound Backwater in New York

1938 April

01: Peetie Wheatstraw records Shack Bully Stomp, Road Tramp Blues in New York
05: Blind Boy Fuller records Pistol Snapper Blues, Piccolo Rag in New York
22: Sleepy John Estes records Everybody Oughta Make A Change, Liquor Store Blues, Easin' Back To Tennessee, Fire Department Blues, Clean Up At Home, New Someday Blues, Brownsville Blues, Special Agent in New York

1938 May

11: Kokomo Arnold records Your Ways And Actions, Tired Of Runnin' From Door To Door, My Well Is Dry, Midnight Blues in New York
12: Kokomo Arnold records Bad Luck Blues, Kid Man Blues in New York
12: Charles Cow Cow Davenport records I Ain't No Ice Man in New York
26: Trixie Smith records Freight Train Blues in New York

1938 June

16: Jazz Gillum records You're Laughing Now, I'm Gonna Get It in Aurora, Illinois
16: Washboard Sam records Bucket's Got A Hole In It, Save It For Me, Sophisticated Mama in Aurora, Illinois
17: "Jackson" Joe Williams records Get Your Head Trimmed Down, Peach Orchard Mama in Aurora, Illinois
17: Sonny Boy Williamson I records Honey Bee Blues, Whiskey Headed Blues, Lord Oh Lord Blues, You Give An Account, Shannon Street Blues, You've Been Foolin' Round Town, Deep Down In The Ground, in Aurora, Illinois

1938 August

16: Death of Robert Johnson in Greenwood, Mississippi

1938 October

18: Peetie Wheatstraw records Truckin' Thru' Traffic, Sugar Mama in Chicago, Illinois
21: Georgia White records The Blues Ain't Nothin' But...??? in Chicago, Illinois
22: Bo Chatmon records Shake 'Em On Down, Who's Been Here, Let's Get Drunk Again, Some Day, Old Devil, Country Fool in San Antonio, Texas
29: Blind Boy Fuller records Big House Bound in Columbia, South Carolina

1938 December

16: Jazz Gillum records Let Her Go, She Won't Treat Me Kind, I'll Get Along Somehow in Aurora, Illinois
17: Sonny Boy Williamson I records Number Five Blues, Christmas Morning Blues, Susie-Q, Blue Bird Blues - Part 1, Little Girl Blues, Low Down Ways, Goodbye Red, The Right Kind Of Life, Insurance Man Blues, Rainy Day Blues in Aurora, Illinois

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1939

[Uncertain Date]: Cripple Clarence Lofton records I Don't Know, Mistaken Blues, Streamline Train probably in Chicago, Illinois. See 1938.

1939 February

01: Rosetta Crawford records My Man Jumped Salty On Me in New York

1939 May

15: Washboard Sam records Diggin' My Potatoes in Chicago, Illinois
17: Jazz Gillum records Got To Reap What You Show, Keyhole Blues in Chicago, Illinois
19: Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon records Callin' Corrine in New York

1939 June

14: Trixie Smith records No Good Man in New York

1939 July

01: Charlie "Little Buddy" Doyle records Hard Scufflin' Blues, Grief Will Kill You in Memphis, Tennessee
14: Charlie "Little Buddy" Doyle records Renewed Love Blues, Bad in Mind Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
14: Jack Kelly records Betty Sue Blues, Flower Blues, Men Fooler Blues in Memphis, Tennessee
12: Blind Boy Fuller records You've Got Something There in Memphis, Tennessee
21: Walter Davis records Let Me In Your Saddle, Call Your Name in Chicago, Illinois
22: Sonny Boy Williamson I records Bad Luck Blues, TB Blues, Joe Louis And John Henry in Chicago, Illinois

1939 August

17: Birth of Luther Allison in Widener, Arkansas

1939 November

22: Tommy McClennan records Brown Skin Girl, Baby Don't You Want To Go in Chicago, Illinois

1939 December

17: Birth of James Booker (real name: James Carroll Booker III) in New Orleans, Louisiana
22: Death of Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (real name: Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett) in Columbus, Georgia

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