Street Walkin’ Blues
25 Plaintive Paeans to the World’s Oldest Profession, 1924–1956
1990: Jass Records J-CD-626
Memphis Minnie (1935)
Maggie Jones (1924)
Virginia Liston (1929)
Lil Johnson (1936)
Sam Theard (1929)
Billie Pierce (1956)
C Williams (1935)
Lonnie Johnson (1941)
Georgia White (1937)
Ma Rainey (1928)
Clara Smith (1925)
Irene Scruggs (1930)
Bertha “Chippie” Hill (1926)
Lucille Bogan (1935)
George Williams & Bessie Brown (2 April 1926)
Ethel Waters (22 January 1925)
Palooka Washboard Band (The Harlem Hamfats) (27 October 1937)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (23 December 1930)
Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (23 December 1930)
(late ’20s)
Lovin’ Sam (Sam Theard) (1 May 1929)
Lovin’ Sam (Sam Theard) (13 April 1929)
Al Miller (10 July 1929)
Clara Smith (25 September 1931)
Lonnie Johnson (c. 1931)
Comments © 2006 Mark Ellis Walker, except as noted, and no claim is made to the images and quoted lyrics.