Alfred Elkins

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Memphis Slim And The House Rockers

ex Lewis Bronzeville Five

American blues bassist.

Born : August 16, 1908 (circa).
Died : ?.

Played washtub bass and sang baritone vocals with the Lewis Bronzeville Five for Bluebird in Chicago in 1940.

ALBA

Aberdeen Mississippi Blues

2007, CD, Comp, Saga

Down The Dirt Road (The Essential Recordings Of Mississippi Blues)

1996, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings,

Country Blues/Delta Blues

Memphis Slim And The House Rockers

Slim's Blues / Havin' Fun

Jump Blues/Vocal

Lewis Bronzeville Five

It Can Happen To You / Oh, Mabel, Oh!

1940, Shellac, 10", Ind, Bluebird (3)

KOMPILACE +

Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 3 - The Special Stuff

2023, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Wienerworld Presentation,

Everyday I Have The Blues Original Blues Classics

2023, LP, Album, 180, Editorial Planeta DeAgostini, S.A.U.,

The Guitar Wizard - The Tampa Red Collection 1929-53

2022, 5xCDr, Comp, RM + Box, Acrobat Music,

Piano Blues/Chicago Blues

Back To Korea Blues - Black America And The Korean War - Classic Blues Songs From: John Lee Hooker, Sunnyland Slim, Jimmy Rogers, Lightnin Hopkins, Bobby Bland And More

2020, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,

Down Home Blues - Chicago Volume 2 - Sweet Home Chicago

2019, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Wienerworld Presentation,

Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie

2017, 5xCD, Comp, RM, Wienerworld Presentation,

Harlem Hamfats*

Masters Of Jazz & Blues 1936-1944

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

Dixieland/Swing/Country Blues

Keep On Goin' 1930-1953

An Easy Introduction To The Blues - Top-15 Albums

2014, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, CD, Box Set,

Piano Blues Supreme 1940-1961

2012, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Frémeaux & Associés

Big Maceo Merriweather*

Power Piano Player: The Complete Sides 1941-1950

2012, Box, Comp, RM, Jew + 2xCD, JSP Records,

Chicago Blues/Piano Blues/Acoustic

Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues The Definitive Collection! Part 1 1939-1954)

Moanin' In The Moonlight

Roosevelt Sykes

Boot That Thing 1929-1941

2008, 2xCD, Comp, Acrobat Music

Sonny Boy Williamson

The Later Years 1939 - 1947

2008, 4xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

When The Levee Breaks (Mississippi Blues)

2007, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, JSP Records,

Delta Blues/Country Blues

Folk Blues - Everyday I Have The Blues

2007, CD, Comp, Edel Records

Hear My Back Door Slam

2006, CD, Comp, Mono, Bakhåll,

Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Country Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Texas Blues/Gospel

The Original Guitar Wizard

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Proper Records (2)

Sonny Boy Williamson

Father Of Blues Harmonica

2006, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Golden Stars,

Harmonica Blues

Sleepy John Estes Also Featuring: Yank Rachell, Brownsville Son Bonds*, Charlie Pickett

Legendary Country Blues Artists

2006, 4xCD, Comp + Box, JSP Records,

The Chronological Leroy Foster 1948-1952

2005, CD, Comp, Classics (11),

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson*

Million Year Blues

2005, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Quadromania

John Lee Williamson*

Blues Archive- The Story Of The Blues - Chapter 12

2004, 2xCD, Comp, Lon, Membran Music Ltd.

Chicago Slide Guitar Masters - From Tampa Red To Elmore James

2004, CD, Comp, Saga,

Five Long Years (The Complete Recordings Vol. 2 1951-1953)

2004, CD, Comp, Blues Collection, EPM

Big Joe Williams

Baby Please Don't Go 1935-1951

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

Harmonica Blues Vol. 2 1946-1952

2003, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Harmonica Blues

Vintage Guitar Blues (1927 - 1944) (Trouble Hearted Blues)

2003, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams And The Stars Of Mississippi Blues

2003, 5xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records

Gimme Dat Harp Boy! (Roots Of The Captain)

Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues (A Musical Journey)

2003, 5x CD, Box Set,

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues/Electric Blues/Jump Blues/Modern Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues

That's Chicago's South Side

That's All Right

Country Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Blues Rock

The Real Folk Blues / More Real Folk Blues

Chicago Blues Vol. 2 Raisin' Sand

2001, CD, Comp, Indigo Recordings, Indigo Recordings

Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey

Big Joe Williams

Crawlin' King Snake

1999, CD, Comp, Catfish Records

Blind John Davis

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 -- 1938-1952

1999, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

The Blues: Swinging The Blues 1935-1947

1999, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Big Maceo Merriweather*

Chicago Breakdown

1999, CD, Comp, Blues Encore

His Best, Vol. 2

Chicago Blues/Delta Blues

Chicago Blues 1940 - 1947

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Chicago Slide Guitar Legend

1998, CD, Comp, Official (3)

The First Of The "Guitar Heroes" 1925-1947

1998, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Frémeaux & Associés,

Harmonica Chicago Blues

1998, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Frémeaux & Associés,

Harmonica Blues

The Queen Of The Blues 1929 - 1941

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

The Bluebird Recordings 1940-1941

1997, CD, Comp, RM, RCA,

Chess Blues Piano Greats

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Chess, MCA Records,

Too Late, Too Late (Newly Discovered Titles, Alternate Takes & Supplements Volume 8, 1895/96-1942)

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

Gospel/Country Blues

Tampa Red & Big Maceo

The Great Piano/Guitar Duo 1941-1946

1997, CD, Comp, Blues Collection, EPM

The Chess Blues-Rock Songbook: The Classic Originals

Chicago Blues/Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Rhythm & Blues

The Genuine Article

Delta Blues/Chicago Blues

The Bluebird Recordings 1941-1942

Sonny Boy Williamson

Chicago 1937 - 1945

1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés

John Lee Williamson*

Jazz & Blues Collection

1996, CD, Comp, RM, Editions Atlas

Tommy McClennan

A Guitar King 1939/1942

1996, CD, Comp, Blues Collection, EPM Musique

Big Joe Williams

The Giant Of 9-Strings Guitar 1935-1945

1996, CD, Comp, Blues Collection

Thirties' Blues

Let's Go To Town

Harmonica Blues - Mississippi - Memphis - Chicago 1927-1941

1995, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés,

Harmonica Blues/Delta Blues/Memphis Blues/Chicago Blues

Monkey Joe* & Roosevelt Scott

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 2 (31 March 1939 To 26 January 1940)

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

Jazz & Blues Collection

Roosevelt Sykes

John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson*

Broken Heart Blues

1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, History,

Harmonica Blues

John Lee Hooker / Big Joe Williams

Meet Me Around The Corner

1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, History

John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson*

1994, 2xCD, Comp, RM, History

St. Louis Jimmy Oden

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 1 -- 1932-1944

1994, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 4 (29 January 1941 To 19 May 1953)

1994, CD, Comp, Document Records (2)

T-Bone Walker / Peter Chatman

This Life I'm Living

Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog

Electric Blues/Chicago Blues

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 6 -- 26 June 1941 To 31 July 1942

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 2 -- 16 December 1938 To 4 July 1941

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 3 -- 4 July 1941 To 18 February 1946

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

Harmonica Blues

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 4 -- 18 February 1946 To 25 January 1949

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Complete Recorded Works 1935-1942 In Chronological Order

1993, CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2),

1993, CD, Comp, Chess,

Rhythm & Blues/Chicago Blues

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 13 (5 July 1945 To 31 October 1947)

1993, CD, Comp, Document Records (2),

Worried Life Blues

1993, CD, Comp, RM, DeAgostini

Worried Life Blues

The Blues (A Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers)

1993, Box Set, 4x CD,

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

Blues Masters, Volume 2: Postwar Chicago Blues

Chicago Blues/Rhythm & Blues

Big Joe Williams

Nine Strings Guitar Blues

The King Of Chicago Blues Piano (The Best Of Big Maceo)

1992, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Folklyric, Arhoolie Folklyric

Complete 1937 To June 1947 Recordings In Chronological Order Volume 2 (22 May 1940 To 13 February 1942)

1992, CD, Comp, RST Records

Roosevelt Sykes

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 7 (27 February 1941 To 15 December 1944)

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

The RCA Records Label: The 1st Note In Black Music

Contemporary Jazz/Rhythm & Blues/Soul/Big Band/Swing/Gospel/Piano Blues/Delta Blues

Roots N' Blues - The Retrospective (1925-1950)

Country Blues/Country/Bluegrass/Sermon/Delta Blues/Piano Blues/Gospel/Folk

He's A Jelly Roll Baker

Chicago Blues/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues

The McCoy Brothers*, (Charlie* & Joe McCoy)*

Complete Recorded Works 1934-1944 In Chronological Order Volume 2 (1936-1944)

Country Blues/Memphis Blues

Complete 1937 To June 1947 Recordings In Chronological Order Volume 1 (8 November 1937 To 22 May 1940)

Walter Vincson*

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1941)

1991, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, RST Records

Otto Virgial, Robert Petway, Robert Lockwood*

Mississippi Blues (The Complete Recorded Works Of Otto Virgial, Robert Petway, Robert Lockwood 1935-1951)

1991, CD, Comp, RM, Wolf Records (2),

Country Blues/Chicago Blues/Delta Blues

The Blues, Volume 6 - '50s Rarities

Chicago Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues/Harmonica Blues/Jump Blues/Piano Blues

James "Yank" Rachel*

Vol. 2 (1938-41) Complete Recordings In Chronological Order

1991, 3x CD, Box Set,

Chicago Blues Harmonicas

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues

Big Joe Williams

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Vol.1 (1935-1941)

Sonny Boy Williamson

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order, Volume 4 -- 4 April 1941 To 2 July 1945

Complete Recorded Works 1935-1941 In Chronological Order Volume 5 (27 June 1940 To 12 December 1941)

Black & Blues Volume 2 - Blues Colors

The Blues Volume 5

Smokestack Lightning

Chicago Piano 1951-1958 From Cobra + JOB

Roosevelt Sykes

Dirty Mother For You

1989, LP, Comp, Swingtime

Me And My Buddy

1989, LP, Comp, Swingtime,

Country Blues/Chicago Blues

Merline Johnson

"The Yas Yas Girl" (1937-1940)

1989, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, Document Records (2)

Roosevelt Scott, George Jefferson (2), Lulu Scott

Chicago Blues Roots Vol.2 (1938-1940) Complete Recordings

1989, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Document Records (2)

1989, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, RST Records

I'm Not The Lad

1989, LP, Comp, Swingtime,

St. Louis Jimmy Oden

Sonny Boy Williamson And Big Joe Williams

Throw A Boogie Woogie

(1935-1947) (The Remaining Titles)

1988, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Document Records (2),

Harmonica Blues

Kansas Joe McCoy* - Joe Williams*

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

1988, LP, Comp, Mono, Old Tramp,

I Ain't No Bad Gal

1988, CD, Portrait Masters,

Country Blues/Chicago Blues

The Blues Volume 4

I Ain't No Bad Gal

The Best Of Chess Blues - Volume One

Electric Blues/Rhythm & Blues/Chicago Blues

"Delta Blues In Chicago" Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 2 (1938-1942)

1987, LP, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Document Records (2),

Delta Blues/Country Blues

Gotta Find My Baby

1987, LP, Comp, Swingtime,

The Best Of Chess Blues

"Delta Blues Goin' North" Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 1 (1935-1951)

The Real Folk Blues

1987, Vinyl Pinckneyville Pressing,

Going Back On The Farm (Blues In Chicago 1940-1942)

1985, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Travelin' Man,

Chicago Blues/Country Blues

The Human Orchestra (Rhythm Quartets In The Thirties)

1985, LP, Album, Comp, Mono, Clanka Lanka, Clanka Lanka

The Human Orchestra (Rhythm Quartets In The Thirties)

Masters Of Jazz Vol. 15 - Blues Giants

Otis Rush And Buddy Guy

The Final Takes (And Others)

1984, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records, Flyright Records

Jazz 5: Meet The Family Of Blues

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

The King Of Chicago Blues Piano Volume One

Baby Face Leroy* & Floyd Jones

Classic Early 1950s Chicago Blues

1983, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records, Flyright Records,

Various - Memphis Minnie

And Others - World Of Trouble - Classic Early 1950s Chicago Blues

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records

Let's Get Loose (Folk And Popular Blues Styles From The Beginnings To The Early 1940s)

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, New World Records,

Country Blues/Folk

Okeh Chicago Blues

The Story Of The Blues

Country Blues/Texas Blues/Chicago Blues/Piedmont Blues/Delta Blues/Piano Blues

Snooky Pryor & Moody Jones*

Real Fine Boogie

1980, LP, Comp, Mono, RM, Flyright Records, Flyright Records

Roosevelt Sykes

The Honeydripper

1980, LP, Comp, Mono, Queen-disc, Queen-disc

Johnny Shines & Robert Lockwood*

Blues And Trouble

Heart Like Railroad Steel (Memphis & Chicago Blues 1951-57)

Chicago Blues/Memphis Blues

1978, 3xLP, Comp + Box, RCA Victor,

Blues Is Killing Me

1978, LP, Comp, Juke Joint,

Rats Been On My Cheese

1977, LP, Comp, RCA,

Piano Blues/Country Blues

1932 - 1953 "You Can't Get That Stuff No More"

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Electric Blues/Boogie Woogie/Swing

Big Joe Williams

Big Joe Williams

1976, LP, Comp, RE, RCA

Blues From The Windy City (Chicago In Transition 1946-1952)

1976, LP, Comp, Flyright Records, Flyright Records,

Chicago Blues/Piano Blues/Harmonica Blues

"Jazz" Gillum Vol.1

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, RCA,

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues

Washboard Sam Vol. 1

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, RE, RCA,

Roosevelt Sykes

From Willie Kelly (1930) To The Honeydripper (1948)

1976, LP, Comp, Mono, RCA,

1975, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, Bluebird (3)

Various / Paul Oliver

La Historia Del Blues, Vol. 2

Chicago Breakdown

The Guitar Wizard (1935-1953)

Chicago Blues/Piano Blues

Washboard Sam With Big Bill Broonzy And Memphis Slim

Feeling Low Down

The Story Of The Blues, Vol. 2

1970, 2xLP, Comp, Mono, Gat, CBS,

Boogie Woogie/Country Blues/Delta Blues/Harmonica Blues/Jump Blues/Memphis Blues/Piano Blues/Piedmont Blues/Modern Electric Blues

Doctor Clayton & His Buddy*

Pearl Harbour Blues

Big Joe Williams

Crawlin' King Snake

Country Blues/Chicago Blues

Got To Reap What You Sow

Harmonica Blues/Chicago Blues

1969, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Chess,

Sonny Boy Williamson, Elijah Jones (2), Yank Rachel*, Joe Williams*

Sonny Boy And His Pals

1969, LP, Comp, Mono, Saydisc Matchbox

Big Joe Williams And Sonny Boy Williamson

Big Joe Williams And Sonny Boy Williamson

Down With The Game (Volume 1 Vintage Country Blues)

1967, LP, Comp, Mono, Down With The Game,

Jazz Gillum 1938-1947

Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues Classics By Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues Classics By Memphis Minnie

1958, 7", EP, Mono, RCA,

Eddie Boyd Trio*

It's Miserable To Be Alone / I'm Pleading

1951, Shellac, 10", J.O.B. Records

Baby Face Leroy And His Trio*

My Head Can't Rest Anymore / Take A Little Walk With Me

Let's Try It Again / She's A Solid Killer Diller

1948, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor

Doctor Clayton Blues / Cheating And Lying Blues

1948, Shellac, 10", RE, RCA Victor

Worried Life Blues / Tuff Luck Blues

1947, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor

Can't Trust Myself / All In All Blues

1947, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor

I'm Not The Lad / Long Razor Blues

Yas Yas Girl And Her Jazz Boys

You Can't Have None Of That / I'd Rather Be Drunk

Roosevelt Sykes And His Original Honeydrippers

Bobby Sox Blues / Peeping Tom

Play Proof Woman / Please Be Careful

Reckless Rider Blues / Look On Yonder Wall

1946, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor

Crying Won't Help You / Maybe Some Day

1946, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor

Keep On Sailing / Fast Woman Blues

1946, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor

I Need My Baby / Hold That Train, Conductor

1946, Shellac, 10", RCA Victor

Memphis Jimmy / Tampa Red

Drifting / I Can't Get Along With You

1946, Shellac, 10", RE, RCA Victor

Sonny Boy Williamson

Decoration Day Blues No. 2 / Love Me, Baby

1944, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Harmonica Blues

Deep Water Blues / I Couldn't Help It

Doctor Clayton Blues / Gotta Find My Baby

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

It's All Up To You / Tuff Luck Blues

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Boogie Woogie Woman / Hollow Log Blues

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

No Friend Blues / From Now On

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

I Got The Blues / Why Should I Hang Around?

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

War Time Blues / One Letter Home

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Pearl Harbor Blues / My Own Blues

1942, Shellac, 10", Ind, Bluebird (3)

Break 'Em On Down / Please Don't Go

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

My Baby Left Me / Cotton Pickin' Blues

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

In The Evening / Bertha Lee Blues

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Lend Me Your Love / Don't Think That You're Smart

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

This Life I'm Living / Caught The Old Coon At Last

1942, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Honey Stealin' Blues / On The Killin' Floor

Bye, Bye, Baby / Poor Kelly Blues

I Got Somebody Else / It Looks Bad For You

1941, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3),

Walter Vincson*

You Know What You Promised Me / Every Dog Must Have His Day

1941, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Be Careful / I'm Just Dumb

1940, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

She Belongs To Me / Key To The Highway

"Sonny Boy" Williamson*

"Sonny Boy" Williamson Vol.2

LP, Comp, Mono, RCA,

Country Blues/Harmonica Blues

Big Joe Williams

Baby Please Don't Go

LP, Comp, Swingtime

Mississippi Blues Volume 3 1939~1940

CDr, Comp, Document Records (2),

St. Louis Jimmy*

Dog House Blues

LP, Comp, Mono, AGB Records (2)

Eddie Boyd And His Chess Men*

Rattin' And Running Around

LP, Comp, Crown Prince Records,

Big Maceo With Tampa Red

Big Maceo With Tampa Red In Chicago 1941 - 1946

LP, Comp, Ltd, Not On Label

Carl Martin / Willie "61" Blackwell

Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order

CD, Comp, RM, Document Records (2)

Big Maceo Vol. 1

LP, Comp, Mono, RCA, Bluebird (3)

The Complete Recordings 1940 - 1941

CD, Comp, RM, Blues Collection, EPM

Big Maceo Worried Life Blues Chicago Piano Volume 1

CD, Album, Comp, Fabulous (3),

It Looks Bad For You

10", S/Sided, TP, Bluebird (3)

Plantation Blues - Cotton Patch & Tobacco Belt Blues

Delta Blues/Louisiana Blues/Chicago Blues/Country Blues

Slide Guitar Wizard, Chicago 1931-1946

Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues Classics By Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 2

Sonny Boy Williamson

Blues Classics By Sonny Boy Williamson Volume 3

The Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll (26 Original Recordings That Inspired Elvis)

Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues/Western Swing/Jump Blues

1998, 2xCD, Comp, Super Doubles

1998, 4xCD, Comp, Disky,

Gimme Dat Harp Boy! (Roots Of The Captain)

Country Blues/Acoustic/Harmonica Blues/Folk