Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933

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The first comprehensive guide to pre-1934 female popular vocal recordings sung in Englishfrom around the world and including all stylesthis discographical study includes solos, duets, trios, and quartets composed by the great songwriters of the early 1900s (from Irving Berlin to Victor Young). The majority of the listings includes material that has not been previously published, and a large number of entries profile such prolific artists as Helen Clark and Gladys Rice, who are not in previous discographies. A special feature includes data on sound-on-disc recording made for early talking-picture musical shorts (especially by Vitaphone) that is not documented elsewhere. A comprehensive title index includes composer credits for the majority of the titles listed. The first comprehensive guide to pre-1934 female popular vocal recordings sung in Englishfrom around the world and including all stylesthis discographical study includes solos, duets, trios, and quartets composed by the great songwriters of the early 1900s (from Irving Berlin to Victor Young). The majority of the listings includes material that has not been previously published, and a large number of entries profile such prolific artists as Helen Clark and Gladys Rice, who are not in previous discographies. A special feature includes data on sound-on-disc recording made for early talking-picture musical shorts (especially by Vitaphone) that is not documented elsewhere. A comprehensive title index includes composer credits for the majority of the titles listed. Many of the records documented in this volume are by the artists who introduced these songs at this time or who performed them in the original productions of the shows or movies for which they were written. The singing styles include those of cabaret performers, music-hall and vaudeville acts. Songs for the stage, screen, and radio are also included.

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Moanin' Low is a comprehensive catalog of recordings in English by female vocalists between January 1920 and December, 1933, a time of rapid evolution in American popular music....this compilation represents the first discography to treat the great number of vocalists who have become obscure with the passage of time....this volume will prove of great value to historians of popular music...-Choice
"Moanin' Low is a comprehensive catalog of recordings in English by female vocalists between January 1920 and December, 1933, a time of rapid evolution in American popular music....this compilation represents the first discography to treat the great number of vocalists who have become obscure with the passage of time....this volume will prove of great value to historians of popular music..."-Choice

Author Bio

ROSS LAIRD is a Senior Librarian for a major international company as well as a discographer and archivist. He has published more than 30 volumes of discographical research including Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934 (Greenwood, 1995) and is working on a multi-volume discography of the Brunswick label.