Sara Martin

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Sara Martin / Sally Roberts

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Vaudeville blues singer, born 18 June 1884 in Louisville, Kentucky, died of a stroke in the same city, 24 May 1955. She recorded extensively for OKeh 1922-1927, with a handful sessions for QRS Records in 1928.

ALBUMS

The Famous Moanin' Mama 1922-1927

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Retrieval

In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1923-1924)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

In Chronological Order Volume 1 (1922-1923)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

In Chronological Order Volume 3 (1924-1925)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

In Chronological Order Volume 4 (1925-1928)

1995, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

King Oliver, Ida Cox, Sara Martin

Plays The Blues

Martin* - Weaver* - Withers*

Where Shall I Be? / I Am Happy In Jesus

1929, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Sara Martin With Clarence Williams & His Orchestra*

Hole In The Wall / Don't Turn Your Back On Me

1929, Shellac, 10", QRS Records

Mean Tight Mama / Kitchen Man Blues

1929, Shellac, 10", QRS Records

Death Sting Me Blues / Mistreating Man Blues

Sara Martin Accomp. By Clarence Williams' Blue Five

Take Your Black Bottom Outside / Cushion Foot Stomp

1927, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin With Clarence Williams' Blue Five

Cushion Foot Stomp / Take Your Black Bottom Outside

1927, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Loving Is What I Crave / Orn'ry Blues

1927, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Arizona Dranes, Sara Martin And Richard M. Jones / Arizona Dranes

John Said He Saw A Number / My Soul Is A Witness For The Lord

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Give Me Just A Little Of Your Time / Nobody Knows And Nobody Cares Blues

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin Accomp. By Clarence Williams' Blue Five

Careless Man Blues / Brother Ben

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Alabamy Bound / Yes, Sir, That's My Baby

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Sara Martin And Clarence Williams

I'm Gonna Hoodoo You / Your Going Ain't Giving Me The Blues

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Some Of These Mornings / Forget Me Not Blues

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin Accomp. By Clarence Williams' Blue Five

What's The Matter Now? / I Want Every Bit Of It

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

That Dance Called Messin' Around / The Last Time

1926, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Blues, Please Go Away / I Got The Crying Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh

What Kind'A Man Is You? / I'd Rather Be Blue Than Green

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Eagle Rock Me, Papa / Things Done Got Too Thick

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Poor Me Blues / Some Blues (No Name Blues)

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Don't You Quit Me Daddy / Jug Band Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Come Back Daddy And Ease My Aching Heart / Papa, Papa Blues

1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Good-Bye Blues / Longing For Daddy Blues

1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Roamin' Blues / I've Got To Go And Leave My Daddy Behind

1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Blue Gum Blues / Slow Down Sweet Papa Mama's Catching Up With You

1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin - Clarence Williams

Squabbling Blues / I'm Cert'ny Gonna See 'Bout That

1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

My Man Blues / Everybody's Got The Blues

1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Come Home Papa Blues / It Takes A Long Time To Get 'Em But You Can Lose 'Em Overnight

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin And Clarence Williams' Harmonizing Four

Graveyard Dream Blues / A Green Gal Can't Catch On

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Michigan Water Blues / Keeps On A-Rainin'

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Sara Martin - Shelton Brooks

Original Blues / I Got What It Takes To Bring You Back

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin - Clarence Williams / Sara Martin - Eva Taylor

Monkey Man Blues / Yodeling Blues

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin / Esther Bigeou

Leave My Sweet Daddy Alone / The Hesitating Blues

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Jelly's Blues / My Good Man's Blues

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Nobody In Town Can Bake Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine / If You Don't Like It, Leave

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin / Esther Bigeou

Joe Turner Blues / Beale Street Blues

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Sara Martin - Eva Taylor

Hesitation Blues / That Free And Easy Papa O' Mine

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Mistreated Mama Blues / Runnin' 'Round With The Blues

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Sara Martin / Cry Baby Godfrey

Laughin' Cryin' Blues / Sweet Baby, Good-Bye!

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh

Troubled Blues / I'm Satisfied

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Ye Shall Reap Just What You Sow / You Just Can't Have No One Man By Yourself

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

I Ain’t Got No Man

1923, 10", Okeh,

Sugar Blues / Achin' Hearted Blues

You Got Ev'ry Thing A Sweet Mama Needs But Me / Tain't Nobody's Bus'ness If I Do

New Orleans Hop Skop Blues / Uncle Sam Blues

Last Go Round Blues / Mama's Got The Blues

Sara Martin And Clarence Williams' Blue Five

Atlanta Blues / Blind Man Blues

Sara Martin 1922-1928

LP, Comp, Mono, Best Of Blues, Wolf Records (2),

Sara Martin, Clarence Williams

Sarah Martin Accompanied By Clarence Williams

7", EP, Swaggie Records,

7", EP, Comp, Rarities Records (2)

Pleading Blues / If I Don't Find My Brown I Won't Be Back At All

Shellac, 10", Okeh

APPEARANCES +

Rhythm & Western Volume 8 Oh Lonesome Me

2023, CD, Comp, Koko Mojo Records,

Novelty/Country Blues/Country/Doo Wop/Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues

Laurie Jane & The 45s

Late Last Night - Elixir Of Sara Martin

Louis Armstrong

The Okeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - 1925-1933

2012, 10xCD, Album, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Music, Columbia, Legacy, Okeh, RCA Victor,

Louis Armstrong

The Real... Louis Armstrong (The Ultimate Collection)

2012, 3xCD, Comp, Columbia, Sony Music

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton

Play The Blues - Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center

ABC Of The Blues (The Ultimate Collection From The Delta To The Big Cities)

2010, 52xCD, Mono + Box, Comp, S/Edition, Documents,

Delta Blues/Electric Blues/Louisiana Blues/Memphis Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Harmonica Blues/Jump Blues/Piano Blues/Chicago Blues/Rock & Roll/Texas Blues

Louis Armstrong

The Best Of The Hot Fives And Sevens

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, RM, Primo (2)

Classic Blues - Trouble In Mind

2007, CD, Comp, Edel Records

The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 Messin' Around With The Blues

2007, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records

Goin' Mad Blues

2006, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Documents,

Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Piano Blues/Piedmont Blues

Louis Armstrong

The Man With The Trumpet

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Lon, Membran Music Ltd.,

Sittin' On Top Of The World

2004, CD, Comp, Jasmine Records

Clarence Williams

Clarence Williams' QRS Recordings, Volume 2

2003, CD, Comp, Frog (7),

Louis Armstrong

2002, CD, Album, Comp, Music Digital,

Bob Barnard & The Swedish Jazz Kings Featuring Roy Williams

A Tribute To Young Louis

Dixieland Band Kranj

Stare Dixie Melodije

2001, CD, Album, Not On Label (Dixieland Band Kranj Self-released),

Dixieland/Swing

Louis Armstrong

The Satchmo Era

2001, 20xCD, Comp + Box, Weton-Wesgram,

Swing/Dixieland

The Complete Recordings, Volume 1

2001, CD, Comp, RM, Frog (7)

Louis Armstrong

Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings

2001, 4xCD, Comp, Definitive Records (2),

Swing/Dixieland

Rare And Red Hot Gospel

2000, CD, Comp, Catfish Records,

Louis Armstrong

His Life, His Music, His Recordings

2000, 30xCD, Comp, + B + Box, History, Oreos Verlag,

"Pam" Pameijer's New Jazz Wizards

The Music Of Louis Armstrong - Hot 5 & 7, Vol. 2

2000, CD, Album, Stomp Off Records,

Louis Armstrong

The Hot Fives And Hot Sevens

1999, CD, Album, Comp, Jazztory,

Young Sidney Bechet 1923-1925

1998, CD, Comp, Timeless Records (3),

Great Original Performances 1923-1930

1998, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Louisiana Red Hot Records,

Ragtime/Dixieland

Vocal Blues & Jazz (Alternate Takes & Remaining Titles Vol. 2 1921-1938)

1998, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Clarence Williams

1998, CD, Comp, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),

Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys*

'The King Of Western Swing' 25 Hits 1935-1945

New Orleans Giants 1922/1928

Female Blues (The Remaining Titles 1921-1928)

1997, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

The Bluebird Recordings 1941-1942

Cyrus St. Clair

Little Big Horn (20 Tunes From Okeh, Columbia, Vocalion, Victor, QRS, Van Dyke)

1996, CD, Comp, Verve Records

Clifford Hayes & The Louisville Jug Bands Volume 1 (1924-1926)

1994, CD, Comp, RM, RST Records

Lady Luck Blues

Dutch Swing College Band*

Live In Concert

Clarence Williams

The Clarence Williams Collection Vol. 1, 1927-28

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Collector's Classics,

Joseph "King" Oliver*

The Complete Joseph "King" Oliver 1923/31 Heritage Vol. 5 1928/29

1993, CD, Comp, King Jazz,

The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)

Delta Blues/Jump Blues/Texas Blues/Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Louisiana Blues/Country Blues

Bobby Leecan* & Robert Cooksey

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol. 1 1924-1927

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Sylvester Weaver

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (2 November 1923 To 31 August 1927)

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Valerie Wellington

Life In The Big City

1992, CD, Album, GBW,

Chicago Blues/Electric Blues

1992, CD, Comp, Classics (11)

Clarence Williams

The 1923-1931 Recordings: The Complete Sidney Bechet & Louis Armstrong Sessions (1923-1926)

1991, 3xCD, Comp + Box, EPM Musique,

The Complete Recordings Vol. 1

Louis Armstrong And His Hot 5* And Hot 7*

Dixieland/Ragtime

The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel

Louis Armstrong

The Hot Fives & Hot Sevens, Volume III

1988, LP, Comp, Musica Jazz,

Big Band/Swing/Dixieland

Sylvester Weaver

The Accompanist (1923-1927)

1988, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, RST Records

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five*

The Louis Armstrong Story Vol. 1

Sidney Bechet And The Blues Singers – Volume I - 1923 Classics

1986, LP, Comp, RP, Fat Cat's Jazz,

Louisiana Blues/Big Band/Dixieland

Sylvester Weaver

The Remaining Titles Of Sylvester Weaver (1924-1927)

1985, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Earl Archives

Rod Mason's Hot Five

Come Back Sweet Papa

1985, LP, Black Lion Records

Jazz 5: Meet The Family Of Blues

1984, 5xLP, Comp + Box, CBS, Zeitmagazin,

Trouble Done Bore Me Down (Unreissued Tracks)

1983, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Agram Blues,

OJL's GA. (The Black Country Music Of Georgia, 1927-1936)

1982, LP, Comp, Origin Jazz Library,

Country Blues/Gospel

Sylvester Weaver

Smoketown Strut

1982, LP, Comp, Agram Blues

1979, LP, Album, Cat Records (7),

Dixieland/Swing

Louisiana Blues/Memphis Blues/Piedmont Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Harry Cooper, R.Q. Dickerson & The Cotton Club Orchestra

Harry Cooper, R.Q.Dickerson & The Cotton Club Orchestra

1978, LP, Comp, Collectors Items

P.S. Corporation

1976, LP, Comp, Herwin Records, Herwin Records

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five*

Savoy Blues 1927 ~ 1928

Louis Armstrong

Integrale V.S.O.P.

Dixieland/Swing

The Dutch Swing College Band

The Dutch Swing College Story

Louis Armstrong

His Greatest Years 1925-1928

The Gospel Sound

Freddie Keppard

17 Rare Selections Of The Finest Jazz Cornetist Of The 1920's

1971, LP, Comp, Herwin Records,

Ma Rainey & The Classic Blues Singers

1970, LP, Comp, Mono, CBS, CBS

The World's Greatest Blues Singer

Thomas "Fats" Waller*

1923-1924 Parlor Piano Solos From Rare Piano Rolls

1969, 7", EP, Fratelli Fabbri Editori,

The Immortal King Oliver

Reunion Jazz Band*

1967, LP, Album, CBS Entré,

Dixieland/Swing

The Jim Kweskin Jug Band*

Reunion Jazz Band*

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong 1923 - 1927

Blues Singers (Jazz Sounds Of The Twenties)

Rediscovered Fats Waller Solos

Rediscovered Solos

Plays The Blues

Louis Armstrong's Hot 5*

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five Vol. 2

1947, 4xShellac, 10", Album, Comp, Bri, Columbia, Columbia,

Dixieland/Swing

Watch Out, Mama

1944, 12", V Disc,

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven*

Ory's Creole Trombone / The Last Time

Sylvester Weaver

Damfino Stump / Guitar Rag

1928, Shellac, 10", RP, Okeh

South Street Trio

Whiskey And Gin Blues / Need More Blues

1927, Shellac, 10", Victor,

Sylvester Weaver

Guitar Blues / Guitar Rag

1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Country Blues/Instrumental

I Don't Love Nobody / Don't You Quit Me Daddy

1924, Shellac, 10", Ajax (6),

Handy's Orchestra*

Mama's Got The Blues / My Pillow And Me

1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh,

Baby Won't You Please Come Home / Mama's Got The Blues

1923, Shellac, 10", Regal (3),

Mama's Got The Blues / Outside Of That

Louis Armstrong

Blow Satchmo Blow

CD, Comp, Newsound 2000,

The Jazz Wizards Vol. 2 1925

LP, Comp, Herwin Records

The Dutch Swing College Band

The Dutch Swing College At The "Sportpalast" Berlin

10", Mono, Philips

Clarence Williams

The Complete 1923-1926 Clarence Williams Sessions, Volume 1 -- 1923

CD, Comp, Hot'N Sweet, EPM Musique,

Kenny Baker Plays Armstrong

10xCD, Comp + Box, Membran, Documents,

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five*

7", Single, Columbia,

Fats Waller And The Blues

LP, Comp, RI-DISC,

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong - 3

LP, Comp, Odeon,

Reunion Jazz Band*

2xLP, Album, Comp, Box, Artone, Artone, Artone

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Seven*

The Last Time / Ory's Creole Trombone

Shellac, 10", Parlophone

Chicago Style / Harlem

Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five

Louis Armstrong And His Hot Five No. 3

V.S.O.P. (Very Special Old Phonography) Vol. 3

Louis Armstrong

V.S.O.P. Vol. 3/4

Dixieland/Swing

New York To Chicago 1923-28

The Dutch Swing College Band

The Dutch Swing College At The "Sport Palast", Berlin

Dixieland/Swing

This Is… New Orleans Jazz

2019, 3xCD, Comp, Not Now Music

The Rough Guide To Blues Divas (Reborn And Remastered)

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues

I've Got The Blues But I'm Too Damn Mean To Cry: Protest In Early Blues & Gospel

2016, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Box, JSP Records,

The Rough Guide To Blues Women (Reborn And Remastered)

Country Blues/East Coast Blues/Delta Blues

The Okeh Blues Story

2013, 2xCD, Comp, Dig, One Day Music,

Vaudeville Blues (Blues Links - Vaudeville & Rural Blues 1919-1941)

2012, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records

... I Listen To The Wind That Obliterates My Traces - Music In Vernacular Photographs, 1880-1955

2011, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Dust-to-Digital, Dust-to-Digital

The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol.1

2011, 14xCD, Comp + Box, Transparency,

Doo Wop/Big Band/Rhythm & Blues/Avant-garde Jazz

Meaning In The Blues

2011, 4xCD, Comp, Box, JSP Records,

Louis Armstrong

The Rough Guide To Jazz Legends: Louis Armstrong (Reborn And Remastered)

2011, CD, Comp, RM, S/Edition, Music Rough Guides, World Music Network,

Really The Blues? A Blues History 1893-1959 Volume1 (of 4) (1893-1929)

2010, 9xCD, Comp + CD-ROM, West Hill Radio Archives,

Boogie Woogie/Country Blues/Gospel/Ragtime/Piano Blues/Cajun/Country/Hillbilly

The Roots Of The Doors

2009, CD, Comp, Complete Roots,

2009, 4xCD, Comp, JSP Records,

Classic Jazz - From New Orleans To Harlem

2008, Box, Comp + 100xCD, Comp, Mono, Membran International GmbH,

She's Your Cook... But She Burns My Bread Sometimes

2004, CD, Comp, Saga

Now That's Chicago

2003, CD, Comp, Legacy

Now That's Chicago!

2003, CD, Comp, Legacy,

The Great Women Blues Singers

2001, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Recording Arts SA

The Gospel Truth

2000, CD, Comp, Mono, Castle Pulse,

Gold Collection: Women Sing The Blues

1999, CD, Comp, Fine Tune,

The Great Women Blues Singers

1998, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Retro (2),

1997, CD, Comp, RM, Marshall Cavendish,

Dixieland/Ragtime

Ladies Of Blues

1997, Box + 3xCD, Comp, Columbia River Entertainment Group,

I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers - Town & Country, Vol. 2 - Town

The Ultimate Encylopedia Of American Blues Classics

Full Spectrum Blues

1996, 4xCD, Comp, Starsounds

Blue Ladies - Classic Blues Performances 1922-1925

1995, CD, Comp, Memphis Archives

Richard M. Jones

Volume 1 1923-1927

The History Of Jazz - At The Darktown Strutter's Ball Early Jazz 1917-1922

1994, 2xCD, Comp, Disky

Women In Blues (New York - Chicago - Memphis - Dallas 1920-1943)

Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues/Texas Blues

Freddie Keppard • Kid Ory • Johnny Dodds • Mutt Carey • Willie Hightower (2) • Ernest Coycault

Freddie Keppard•Kid Ory•Johnny Dodds•Mutt Carey•Willie Hightower•Ernest Coycault... 1922-1928

Volume 1 - 1923 - Complete Edition

1991, CD, Comp, Média 7

Super Sisters: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 3

Jazz History 10 LPs Vol. II

Big Band/Dixieland/Swing

Jazz Some Beginnings 1913-1926

1977, LP, Album, Comp, RBF Records, Folkways Records

Joe "King" Oliver*

Riverside Blues

1971, LP, Comp, BYG Records

Pioniere Des Jazz

Dixieland/Texas Blues

Blues Singers (Jazz Sounds Of The Twenties)

The Great Blues Singers

Those Cake Walking Babies From Home: Vol. 1

LP, Comp, Saydisc Matchbox

Visages Du Jazz ● Faces Of Jazz Volume I Blues & Gospels

5xLP, Comp, Box, Concert Hall, Concert Hall, Concert Hall, Concert Hall, Concert Hall,

Chicago Blues/Gospel

Early Female Blues Singers Vol. 25

2xLP, Comp, Monkey Records (4),

Gospel Songs 1920-40, III

Cass, Comp, Wayhi Tapes

Ladies Master The Jazz

2xCD, Comp, RE, Jazzbix,

The Great Women Blues Singers

CD, Comp, Fine Tune

Blues Singers (Jazz Sounds Of The Twenties)

LP, Comp, Swaggie Records,

Archive Of Jazz

Wynton Marsalis & Eric Clapton

Play The Blues - Live From Jazz At Lincoln Center

Acetate, LP, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label