1937
1938
history - Adolf Hitler abolishes the War Ministry and creates the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht - Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg of Austria meets Adolf Hitler and, under threat of invasion, is forced to yield to German demands for greater Nazi participation in the Austrian government - Anschluss: German troops occupy Austria, annexation is declared the following day, the Austrian electorate in a national referendum approved Anschluss by an overwhelming 99.73% - the Roma and Sinti peoples in Germany and Austria are rounded up, beaten up and jailed - the Mauthausen concentration camp is built in Austria - the Japanese Imperial Army largely overruns Canton - German troops march into the Sudetenland - Holocaust–Kristallnacht: In Germany, the "night of broken glass" begins as Nazi activists and sympathizers loot and burn Jewish businesses
culture - Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia - Konrad Zuse in Berlin completes his Z1 computer - Walt Disney: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - Thornton Wilder: Our Town - Henry Miller: Tropic of Capricorn - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (†)
music - Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Carl Orff: Carmina Burana - first time recordings with electric guitar? (George Barnes, Lonnie Johnson) - Pete Seeger begins his career as a folk singer- Robert Johnson (†) - Papa Charlie Jackson (†)
first released recordings - Sonny Terry, Rosetta Tharpe, Joe Turner
released recordings/songs - Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson: Roll 'Em Pete', Sonny Boy Williamson I: Sunnyland
- US: New York City? - recordings soundtrack for the movie Birthright - Trixie Smith...
- US: Washington DC - recordings for the Library of Congress (Alan Lomax) - Jelly Roll Morton
- 1938.01.00 -- US: Kentucky: Pineville - recordings for Library of Congress - Lead Belly, Sarah Garland, Jim Garland
- 1938.01.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Count Basie & His Orchestra (Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Karl George, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Claude Williams, Eddie Durham, Walter Page, Jo Jones), Jimmy Rushing
- 1938.01.05 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for ? - Jacotte Perrier, Quintette du Hot Club de France (Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly), Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Sigismond Beck)
- 1938.01.06 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Bluebird - Curtis Jones, Willie Bee (James)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Tommy Dorsey, Pee Wee Erwin, Lee Castaldo, Andy Ferretti, Les Jenkins, Earle Hagen, Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Skeets Herfurt, Bud Freeman, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia, Brunswick - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson and his orchestra (Buck Clayton, Benny Morton, Lester Young, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones)
- 1938.01.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jimmy Blake, Zeze Zarchey, Barney Zudecoff, Wes Hein, Hank D'Amico, Len Goldstein, Jerry Jerome, Charles Lamphere, Red Norvo, Bill Biller, Alan Hanion, Pete Peterson, George Wittling
- 1938.01.12 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Luis Russell, Louis Armstrong...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - The Red Devil (Red Nelson), Blind John Davis?, Big Bill Broonzy?...
- 1938.01.16 -- US: New York City - Carnegie Hall - Benny Goodman, Harry James, Ziggy Elman, Gordon Griffin, Red Ballard, Vernon Brown, Hymie Schertzer, George Koenig, Baby Russin, Arthur Rollini, Jess Stacy, Allan Reuss, Harry Goodman, Gene Krupa, Jimmy Mundy
- 1938.01.19 -- US: New York City - recordings for ARC/Vocalion - Mildred Bailey...
- 1938.01.24 -- US: North Carolina: Charlotte (Pope Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (Willie "Bill" Johnson, Henry Owens, William Langford, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)
- 1938.01.25 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Curtis Jones, Willie Bee (James), Washboard Sam / Red And His Washboard Band (Red Nelson, Arnett Nelson, Big Bill Broonzy, Washboard Sam...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Her Savoy Eight (Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Louis Jordan, Teddy McRae, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer, Chick Webb)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: North Carolina: Charlotte - recordings for Bluebird - Virgil Childers
- 1938.01.26 -- US: North Carolina: Charlotte - recordings for Bluebird - Heavenly Gospel Singers (Roosevelt Fenoy, Arthur Lee "Bob" Beatty, Henderson Massey, Jimmy Bryant) / Arthur Smith Trio
- 1938.01.27 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Odeon - Bernhard Etté mit seinem Tanz-Orchester (Wenzel Wollitzer, Karl Fally, Fred Hillmann, Seppel Hahn, Arthur Duscher, Pit Seypenstein, Willy Malitz, Willi Hammermann, Maxl Schmidt, Franz Buchow, Heinz Schmidt, Jupp "Schlauch" Junggeburth, Alfred Hoffbauer, Earl Mac Lane...), Fred Kassen
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Billie Holiday, Buck Clayton, Benny Morton, Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones
- 1938.01.31 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Decca - Quintette of The Hot Club of France (Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly), Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput, Eugène Vées, Louis Vola)
- 1938.02.01 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Decca - Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly)
- 1938.02.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Lil Hardin Armstrong, Ralph Muzillo, Johnny McGee, Al Philburn, Tony Zimmers, Frank Froeba, Dave Barbour, Haig Stephens, Sam Weiss
- 1938.02.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Tommy Dorsey, Pee Wee Erwin, Lee Castaldo, Andy Ferretti, Les Jenkins, Earle Hagen, Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Skeets Herfurt, Bud Freeman, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill
- 1938.02.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mary Lou Williams, Andy Kirk & His Clouds of Joy
- 1938.02.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Lorraine Walton, Blind John Davis?...
- 1938.02.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Count Basie & His Orchestra (Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Claude Williams, Eddie Durham, Walter Page, Jo Jones), Jimmy Rushing
- 1938.02.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Edgar Hayes, Leonard Davis, Bernard Flood, Henry Goodwin, Robert Horton, Clyde Bernhardt, David James, Rudy Powell, Roger Boyd, William Mitchner, Joe Garland, Edgar Hayes, Eddie Gibbs, Frank Darling, Kenny Clarke
- 1938.02.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- 1938.02.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- 1938.03.01 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ARC/Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis, Bill Osborn or Austin, George Barnes [eg!], Oliver Hudson or Nelson / Curtis Jones, George Gant, Hobson "Hot Box" Johnson [eg!]...
- 1938.03.07 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for ? - Benny Carter, Fletcher Allen, Alix Combelle, Bertie King, York de Souza, Django Reinhardt, Len Harrison, Robert Montmarché
- 1938.03.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Tommy Dorsey, His Clambake Seven (Pee Wee Erwin, Johnny Mince, Bud Freeman, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill), Edythe Wright
- 1938.03.13 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Walter Davis, Yank Rachel / Elijah Jones, Sonny Boy Williamson, Yank Rachel / Yank Rachell, Elijah Jones, Sonny Boy Williamson / Sonny Boy Williamson, Yank Rachell, Joe Williams
- 1938.03.14 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Washboard Sam And His Washboard Band (Arnett Nelson, Black Bob, Big Bill Broonzy, George Barnes...) / Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, George Barnes, prob, Washboard Sam... / One Arm Slim (Lovell Alexander)... / Tampa Red And The Chicago Five (Blind John Davis...) / Tampa Red, Willie B. James / Lovin' Sam And Burns Campbell Orchestra (Sam Theard, Wustis Moore...) / Lorraine Walton, Blind John Davis?, George Barnes...
- 1938.03.23 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Louis Powell with the Jazz Wizards (Richard M. Jones, George Barnes [eg]...)
- 1938.03.30 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, Punch Miller, Joshua Altheimer, poss. Fred Williams... / Curtis Jones, Punch Miller?, Big Bill Broonzy?, Fred Williams
- 1938.03.31 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Lonnie Johnson, Roosevelt Sykes / Ollie Shepard, His Kentucky Boys (Lonnie Johnson...) / The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes)
- 1938.04.00? - US: Illinois: Chicago - Papa Charlie Jackson (†)
- 1938.04.00 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Telefunken - Teddy Stauffer, Bob E. Huber, Maurice Gigaz, Casimir "Casi" Bonjour, Walter Dobschinski, Albert Wollenhaupt, Erich Böhme, Ernst Höllerhagen, Omer de Cock, Benny de Weille, Bertalan Bujka, Jack Trommer, Hans "Buddy" Bertinat, Billy Toffel, André Schuster, Polly Guggisberg
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Franklin - recordings by William A. Owens - Benson Quartet
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Texas: Hearne - recordings by William A. Owens - Old Elam Church Choir / The Uplifted Four
- 1938.04.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Peetie Wheatstraw, Lonnie Johnson / Georgia White, Lonnie Johnson... / The Honey Dripper (Roosevelt Sykes)
- 1938.04.05 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, Joshua Altheimer... / Curtis Jones, Willie Bee (James)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Okeh, Vocalion - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry, Charlie Austin
- 1938.04.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Blind Boy Fuller
- 1938.04.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Blind John Davis, George Barnes, Alfred Elkins / The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson), Blind John Davis?, George Barnes [eg!]...
- 1938.04.12 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Parlophone - Mabel Scott, Bob Mosley
- 1938.04.15 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ARC - The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson)...
- 1938.04.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Harlem Hamfats (Herb Morand, Odell Rand, Horace Malcolm, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, John Lindsay, Fred Flynn
- 1938.04.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jimmy Blake, Zeze Zarchey, Barney Zudecoff, Wes Hein, Hank D'Amico, Len Goldstein, Jerry Jerome, Charles Lamphere, Red Norvo, Bill Biller, Alan Hanion, Pete Peterson, George Wittling
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Bea Foote... / Harlem Hamfats (Herb Morand, Odell Rand, Horace Malcolm, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, John Lindsay, Fred Flynn) / Rosetta Howard, Harlem Hamfats (Herb Morand, Buster Bailey, Horace Macolm, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, John Lindsay, Fred Flynn)
- 1938.04.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Sleepy John Estes, Son Bonds or Charlie Pickett / Harlem Hamfats (Herb Morand, Odell Rand, Horace Malcolm, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, John Lindsay, Fred Flynn) / Frankie (Half Pint) Jaxon, The Harlem Hamfats (Herb Morand, Odell Rand, Horace Malcolm, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, John Lindsay, Fred Flynn) / Johnnie Temple, Harlem Hamfats (Odell Rand, Horace Malcom, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, John Lindsay, Fred Flynn)
- 1938.05.00 -- US: Texas: Calvert - recordings by William A. Owens - Salvation Singers
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Washington DC - National Folk Festival, Constitution Hall (recordings for the Library of Congress) - Hampton Institute Choir / Piney Woods School (Bruce MacFarland...)
- 1938.05.02 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jack Owens, Jack Palmer, Barney Zudecoff, Al George, Andy Russo, Hank D'Amico, Frank Simeone, George Berg, Maurice Kogan, Red Norvo, Bill Miller, Pete Peterson, George Wettling, Terry Allen, The Three Ickeys
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Nat Story, Chauncey Haughton, Louis Jordan, Ted McRae, Wayman Carver, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer, George Matthews
- 1938.05.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Her Savoy Eight (Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Louis Jordan, Teddy McRae, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer, Chick Webb) / Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Nat Story, Chauncey Haughton, Louis Jordan, Ted McRae, Wayman Carver, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer, George Matthews
- 1938.05.05 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, prob. Joshua Altheimer, prob. Bill Owsley, prob. George Barnes
- 1938.05.06 -- US: Washington DC - National Folk Festival (Constitution Hall) - Zora Neale Hurston...
- 1938.05.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Papa Charlie Jackson (†)
- 1938.05.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Curtis Jones, Charlie McCoy?, Fred Williams? / Jesse "Monkey Joe" Coleman, Charlie McCoy?, Fred Williams
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Washington DC - recordings for the Library of Congress (Alan Lomax) - W.C. Handy
- 1938.05.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Kokomo Arnold...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Billie Holiday, Bernard Anderson or Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, Babe Russin, Claude Thornhill, John Kirby, Cozy Cole
- 1938.05.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Edythe Wright, Tommy Dorsey, Pee Wee Erwin, Lee Castaldo, Andy Ferretti, Les Jenkins, Earle Hagen, Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Hymie Schertzer, Skeets Herfurt, Dean Kincaide, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Kokomo Arnold... / Cow Cow Davenport, Joe Bishop, Sammy Price, Teddy Bunn, Richard Fullbright / Jimmie Gordon, Joe Bishop, Sam Price, Teddy Bunn, Richard Fullbright
- 1938.05.13 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Luis Russell, Louis Armstrong...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Washington DC - recordings for the Library of Congress - Gertrude Smartts, Minnie Swaringen, Johnnie Robertson
- 1938.05.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ollie Shepard, His Kentucky Boys ( Teddy Bunn?...)
- 1938.05.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Bluebird - Ruby Smith (Ruby Walker)...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Luis Russell, Louis Armstrong...
- 1938.05.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Hattie Bolten, George Barnes... / Blind John Davis, George Barnes, Alfred Elkins / The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson)... / One Arm Slim (Lovell Alexander), Blind John Davis?...
- 1938.05.25 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ebony Three, Buster Bailey, Sam Price, Richard Fullbright, O'Neil Spencer
- 1938.05.26 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - James Hall, Jack Newman, Charlie McCoy?... / Frankie Jones, Jack Newman, Charlie McCoy?... / Black Bottom McPhail, Jack Newman, Charlie McCoy? / Jack Newman, Robert McCoy?...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Trixie Smith, Charlie Shavers, Sidney Bechet, Sammy Price, Teddy Bunn, Richard Fullbright, O'Neil Spencer / Grant And Wilson (Leola B. Wilson, Wesley Wilson), Charlie Shavers, Sidney Bechet, Sam Price, Tedd Bunn, Wellman Braud, O'Neil Spencer
- 1938.05.31 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for ? - Larry Adler, Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly), Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Eugène Vées, Roger Grasset
- 1938.06.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vanguard - Helen Humes, Buck Clayton, Lester Young, Count Basie, Walter Page, Jo Jones
- 1938.06.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- 1938.06.05 -- US: North Carolina: Charlotte - recordings for Decca - Norfolk Jubilee Quartet (Norman "Crip" Harris, Raymond Smith, Melvin Coldten, Len Williams)
- 1938.06.06 -- US: South Carolina: Charlotte - recordings for Decca - Kid Prince Moore, Shorty Bob Parker? / Shorty Bob Parker, Kid Prince Moore... / Spartanburg Famous Four (Buster Porter, Willie Gladden, Gino Dillard, Richard Rice)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Count Basie & His Orchestra (Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Claude Williams, Eddie Durham, Walter Page, Jo Jones), Jimmy Rushing
- 1938.06.07 -- US: South Carolina: Charlotte - recordings for Decca - Shelby Gospel Four
- 1938.06.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - The Carter Family (A.P.Carter, Sara Carter, Maybelle Carter)
- 1938.06.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Nat Story, Chauncey Haughton, Hilton Jefferson, Ted McRae, Wayman Carver, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer
- 1938.06.10 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Decca - Mill Brothers (Harry Mills, Herbert Mills, Donald Mills, John Mills St.), Louis Armstrong
- 1938.06.13 -- US: ?: ? - recordings for Decca - Mill Brothers (Harry Mills, Herbert Mills, Donald Mills, John Mills St.), Louis Armstrong
- 1938.06.14 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Decca - Le Quintette du Hot Club de France (Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly), Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Eugène Vées, Roger Grasset
- 1938.06.16 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Washboard Sam And His Washboard Band (Punch Miller, poss. Bill Owsley, Black Bob, Big Bill Broonzy...) / Jazz Gillum, Big Bill Broonzy, prob. Washboard Sam... / St. Louis Red Mike (John MacBailey), Blind John Davis... / George Jefferson, Willie Bee (James), Ransom Knowling / Lula Scott, Willie Bee James?, George Jefferson... / Tampa Red And The Chicago Five (Blind John Davis...) / Tampa Red, Black Bob?...
- 1938.06.17 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Walter Davis, Yank Rachel? / Yank Rachell, Joe Williams? ("Jackson" Joe Williams?), Sonny Boy Williamson / Joe Williams, Yank Rachell, Sonny Boy Williamson / Sonny Boy Williamson, Walter Davis, Yank Rachel, Joe Williams
- 1938.06.18 -- US: Florida: Jacksonville - recordings for the Library of Congress - Zora Neale Hurston
- 1938.06.23 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Memphis Minnie, Charlie McCoy / Curtis Jones, Charlie McCoy...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Leroy's Buddy (Bill Gaither), Edgar Saucier?, Honey Hill
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Billie Holiday, Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, Ben Webster or Babe Russin, Claude Thornhill, Allan Reuss, John Kirby, Cozy Cole
- 1938.06.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Honey Hill
- 1938.06.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Maxine Sullivan, Claude Thornhill and Orchestra (Bobby Hackett, Jimmy Lytell, Paul Ricci, Bernie Kaufman, Babe Russin, Eddie Powell, Claude Thornhill, John Kirby, Buddy Rich)
- 1938.06.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jack Owens, Jack Palmer, Barney Zudecoff, Al George, Andy Russo, Hank D'Amico, Frank Simeone, George Berg, Maurice Kogan, Red Norvo, Bill Miller, Pete Peterson, George Wettling, Terry Allen, The Three Ickeys
- 1938.07.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Mitchell's Christian Singers (William Brown, Julius "Drake" Davis, Louis "Panella" Davis, Sam Bryant)
- 1938.07.07 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ARC - The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson), Her Rhythm Rascals... [eg!] / The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson) And The Louisiana Kid... [eg!] / The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson)... [eg!]
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - The Rudy Vallee Show - Slim + Slam (Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Mitchell's Christian Singers (William Brown, Julius "Drake" Davis, Louis "Panella" Davis, Sam Bryant)
- 1938.07.09 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for ? - Edythe Wright, Tommy Dorsey, His Clambake Sencen (Pee Wee Erwin, Johnny Mince, Skeets Herfurt, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Graham Stevenson)
- 1938.07.11 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for ? - Edythe Wright, Tommy Dorsey, His Clambake Sencen (Pee Wee Erwin, Johnny Mince, Skeets Herfurt, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill)
- 1938.07.15 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for ? - Edythe Wright, Tommy Dorsey, Pee Wee Erwin, Lee Castaldo, Andy Ferretti, Les Jenkins, Earle Hagen, Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Hymie Schertzer, Skeets Herfurt, Dean Kincaide, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill
- 1938.07.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Tiny Mayberry, Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, Lil Armstrong, Wellman Braud, Sid Catlett
- 1938.07.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for the Library of Congress - Thomas Anderson
- 1938.07.24 -- US: New York City - radio broadcast - Billie Holiday, Artie Shaw and his orchestra (Chuck Peterson, John Best, Claude Bowen, George Arus, Ted Vesely, Harry Rogers, Leslie Robinson, Hank Freeman, Ron Perry, Tony Pastor, Lester Burness, Al Avola, Sid Weiss, Cliff Leeman)
- 1938.07.25 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for ? - Edythe Wright, Tommy Dorsey, His Clambake Sencen (Pee Wee Erwin, Johnny Mince, Skeets Herfurt, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Graham Stevenson)
- 1938.07.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jack Owens, Jack Palmer, Barney Zudecoff, Al George, Andy Russo, Hank D'Amico, Frank Simeone, George Berg, Maurice Kogan, Red Norvo, Bill Miller, Pete Peterson, George Wettling, Terry Allen, The Three Ickeys
- 1938.07.27 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra
- 1938.07.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jack Owens, Jack Palmer, Barney Zudecoff, Al George, Andy Russo, Hank D'Amico, Frank Simeone, George Berg, Maurice Kogan, Red Norvo, Bill Miller, Pete Peterson, George Wettling, Terry Allen, The Three Ickeys
- 1938.08.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Rev. J.C. Burnett And His Congregation
- 1938.08.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- 1938.08.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for Bluebird - Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (Willie "Bill" Johnson, Henry Owens, William Langford, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)
- 1938.08.11 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker's Fly Cats (Henry Allen, Buster Bailey, Sam Price, Wellman Braud, Paul Barbarin)
- 1938.08.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Fanfare - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Saturday Night Swing Club Band (prob. Nat Natoli, Russ Case, Willis Kelly, Robert Johnston, Joe Vargos, Wilbur Schwichtenburg, Rolnd Dupont, Artie Manners, Toots Mondello, Hank Ross, George Tudor, Walter Gross, Frank Worrell, Lou Shoobe or Ward Lay)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - The Hipp Cats (Norris The Troubadour...) / Norris The Troubadour...
- 1938.08.16 -- US: Mississippi: Greenwood - Robert Johnson (†)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Alphabetical Four (prob. - Emory Johnson, Curtis Brown, Asher Short, Johnny Pierce, Lockwood)
- 1938.08.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Mario Bauza, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Nat Story, Chauncey Haughton, Hilton Jefferson, Ted McRae, Wayman Carver, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Slim & Slam (Slim Gaillard, Slam Stewart, Kennth Hollon, Sam Allen, Pompey "Guts" Dobson)
- 1938.08.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Her Savoy Eight (Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Hilton Jefferson, Teddy McRae, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer, Chick Webb)
- 1938.08.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Count Basie & His Orchestra (Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Claude Williams, Dicky Wells, Walter Page, Jo Jones), Jimmy Rushing
- 1938.08.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Norfolk Jubilee Quartet (or as Virginia Four or as Norfolk Jubilee Singers) (Norman "Crip" Harris, Raymond Smith, Melvin Coldten, Len Williams)
- 1938.08.24 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Johnny Hodges, Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown, Harry Carney, Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer
- 1938.08.28 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for ? - Adelaide Hall, Fats Waller
- 1938.08.30 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Decca - Le Quintette du Hot Club de France (Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly), Django Reinhardt, Joseph Reinhardt, Eugène Vées, Roger Grasset
- 1938.09.01 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Decca - Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly), Django Reinhardt
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Teddy Grace, Jack Teagarden, Billy Kyle, Dave Barbour, Delmar Kaplan, O'Neill Spencer
- 1938.09.08 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - John Henry Barbee (William George Tucker), Willie Bee James... / Jesse "Monkey Joe" Coleman, Buster Bennett, Charlie McCoy
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
- 1938.09.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Lil Hardin Armstrong, Reunald Jones, C. Higginbotham, Buster Bailey, Wellman Braud, O'Neil Spencer / Jack Sneed And His Sneezers (Joe Guy, John Kirby, O'Neill Spencer...)
- 1938.09.10 -- Europe: UK: London - recordings for Decca - Stéphane Grappelli (Grappelly), Django Reinhardt
- 1938.09.12 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ersine Hawkins, Sam Lowe, Wilber Bascombe, Marcellus Green, Edward Sims, Bob Range, William Johnson, Jimmy Mitchelle, Julian Dash, Heywood Henry, Avery Parrish, William McLemore, Leemie Stanfield, James Morrison
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jack Owens, Jack Palmer, Barney Zudecoff, Al George, Andy Russo, Hank D'Amico, Frank Simeone, George Berg, Maurice Kogan, Red Norvo, Bill Miller, Pete Peterson, George Wettling, Terry Allen, The Three Ickeys
- 1938.09.13 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Bea Foote, Charlie Shavers, J.C. Higginbotham, Buster Bailey, Sammy Price...
- 1938.09.15 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis, prob. Mr. Sheiks (Alfred Bell?), prob. Buster Bennett, prob. Wilbur Ware
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Billie Holiday, Buck Clayton, Dickie Wells, Lester Young, Margaret Queenie Johnson, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones
- 1938.09.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Tommy Dorsey, Charlie Spivak, Lee Castaldo, Yank Lawson, Les Jenkins, Buddy Morrow, Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Hymie Schertzer, Skeets Herfurt, Dean Kincaide, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill
- 1938.09.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Curtis Jones, Willie Bee (James), Ransom Knowling... / Jimmy McLain, Edgar Saucier, Charlie McCoy?, Willie Bee James, Ransom Knowling / Minnie Mathes, Buster Bennett?, Charlie McCoy?, Willie Bee James, Ransom Knowling
- 1938.09.26 -- US: South Carolina: Rock Hill - recordings for Bluebird - Heavenly Gospel Singers (Roosevelt Fenoy, Arthur Lee "Bob" Beatty, Henderson Massey, Jimmy Bryant)
- 1938.09.27 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Telefunken - Heinz Wehner mit seinem Tanzorchester (Charlie Powlic, Hermann Scholz, Willi Staffelt, Robby Zillner, Heinz Bock, Herbert Müller, Kurt Schieke, Christian "Charlie" Schmahl, Berthold Schramme, Bert Rüding, Arthur Rüdiger, Herbert Wilke, Ewald Meyer)
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Decca - Greta Keller, Chitison et son orchestre (Bill Coleman, Willie Lewis, Herman Chitison...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Columbia, Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, prob. Mr. Sheiks (Alfred Bell?), prob. Buster Bennett, Joshua Altheimer / The Yas Yas Girl, Alfred Bell?, Fred Williams?... / Curtis Jones...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: South Carolina: Rock Hill - recordings for Bluebird - Carolinas (William "Highpockets" Langford, Robert "Peg" Ford?...)
- 1938.09.29 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Grammophon - Erhard Bauschke, Hans Wieczorek, Willi Lipka, Rudi Ahlers, Kurt Masnick, Arno Stobbe, Otto Sill, Eugen Wrobel, Alfred Prellwitz, Herbert Gabriel, Hans Belle, Dick Buismann, Herbert Zöllner, Schuricke-Terzett (Rudi Schuricke, Horst Rosenberg, Karl Golgowsky)
- ---- --- -- -- -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Telefunken - Albert Vossen mit seinen Solisten, vom Ciro, Berlin (Ernst Höllerhagen, Eugen Henkel?, Hans Korseck?, Rudi Wegener?, Hans Klagemann?)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Mildred Bailey, Jack Owens, Jack Palmer, Barney Zudecoff, Al George, Andy Russo, Hank D'Amico, Frank Simeone, George Berg, Maurice Kogan, Red Norvo, Bill Miller, Pete Peterson, George Wettling, Terry Allen, The Three Ickeys
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: South Carolina: Rock Hill - recordings for Bluebird - Capitol City Four (Fred Spigner, William Bell, Charles Brinson, Isaiah Pelzer)
- 1938.10.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, Lawrence "Bud" Freeman, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Al Casey, George Wettling
- 1938.10.04 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - The Yas Yas Girl (Merline Johnson), Buster Bennett, Blind John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy?...
- 1938.10.06 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Dick Vance, Bobby Stark, Taft Jordan, Sandy Williams, Nat Story, George Matthews, Hilton Jefferson, Garvin Bushell, Ted McRae, Wayman Carver, Tommy Fulford, Bobby Johnson, Beverly Peer
- 1938.10.10 -- US: New York City? - recordings for BBC - Lead Belly
- 1938.10.14 -- US: ? - recordings for ? - Bob Crosby and His Orchestra (Bob Haggart, Ray Bauduc)
- 1938.10.15 -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for the Library of Congress - The Frazier Family (Calvin Frazier, Lonnie Frazier, Clara (Mae) Frazier, Belle Marx od Frazier, Viola Frazier), Sampson Pittman / Sampson Pittman, Calvin Frazier
- 1938.10.16 -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for the Library of Congress - Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman
- 1938.10.17 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Decca - Johnnie Temple, Odell Rand, Joshua Altheimer?...
- 1938.10.18 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Decca - Peetie Wheatstraw, Lonnie Johnson / Jimmie Gordon, Peetie Wheatstraw?, Lonnie Johnson [eg!]
- 1938.10.21 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Decca - Georgia White, Lonnie Johnson, John Lindsay... / Jimmie Gordon, Odell Rand, Horace Malcolm?, John Lindsay?, Fred Flynn? / Rosetta Howard, Harlem Hamfats (Herb Morand, Odell Rand, Horace Malcolm, Joe McCoy, Charlie McCoy, John Lindsay, Fred Flynn)
- 1938.10.22 -- US: Texas: San Antonio - recordings for Bluebird - Bo Carter
- 1938.10.24? - US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, Joshua Altheimer, Ransom Knowling
- 1938.10.27 -- US: South Carolina: Columbia - recordigns for Vocalion - Silvertone Jubilee Quartette
- 1938.10.28 -- US: South Carolina: Columbia - recordigns for Vocalion - Silvertone Jubilee Quartette
- 1938.10.29 -- US: South Carolina: Columbia - recordings for Vocalion - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry, Bull City Red...
- 1938.10.30 -- US: Texas: San Antonio (Blue Bonnet Hotel) - Frank Tannehill...
- 1938.10.31 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Leonard, Jack, Tommy Dorsey, Sam Shapiro, Lee Castaldo, Yank Lawson, Elmer Smithers, Les Jenkins, Buddy Morrow, Johnny Mince, Fred Stulce, Hymie Schertzer, Babe Russin, Dean Kincaide, Howard Smith, Carmen Mastren, Gene Traxler, Maurice Purtill
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Brunswick - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson and his orchestra (Harry James, Benny Morton, Edgar Sampson, Benny Carter, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Albert Casey, Walter Page, Jo Jones)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Rosetta Tharpe
- 1938.11.01 -- US: Michigan: Detroit - recordings for the Library of Congress - Calvin Frazier, Sampson Pittman / Sampson Pittman...
- 1938.11.02 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - George Curry, Hobson "Hob" Johnson... / Mattie Hardy, Blind John Davis?, Charlie McCoy?... / One Arm Slim (Lovell Alexander), Blind John Davis?... / Joe Williams And His Chicago Swingers, Mattie Hardy
- 1938.11.04 -- US: South Carolina: Columbia - recordings for Vocalion - Eagle Jubilee Four
- 1938.11.08 -- US: South Carolina: Columbia - recordings for Vocalion - Rev. Benny Campbell... / Seven Stars Quartette
- 1938.11.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Brunswick - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson and his orchestra (Harry James, Benny Morton, Edgar Sampson, Benny Carter, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Albert Casey, Walter Page, Jo Jones)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Count Basie, Freddie Green, Walter Page, Jo Jones), Jimmy Rushing
- 1938.11.10 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Big Bill Broonzy, Joshua Altheimer, Ransom Knowling / Blind John Davis, George Barnes, Alfred Elkins
- 1938.11.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Bluebird - Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet (Willie "Bill" Johnson, Henry Owens, William Langford, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)
- 1938.11.16 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Sidney Bechet, Ernie Caceres, Dave Bowman, Leonard Ware, Henry Turner, Zutty Singleton
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Count Basie & His Orchestra (Buck Clayton, Ed Lewis, Harry Edison, Benny Morton, Dan Minor, Lester Young, Herschel Evans, Earl Warren, Jack Washington, Claude Williams, Dicky Wells, Walter Page, Jo Jones), Helen Humes, Jimmy Rushing
- 1938.11.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Jimmy Dorsey's Orchestra
- 1938.11.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Blue Lu Barker, Danny Barker's Fly Cats (Benny Carter, Buster Bailey, Sam Price, Wellman Braud, Paul Barbarin)...
- 1938.11.23 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Electrola - Das Meistersextett (früher: Comedian Harmonists) (Ari Leschnikoff, Alfred Grunert, Fred Kassen, Herbert Imlau, Robert Biberti, Rudolf Zeller)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Vocalion - Curtis Jones, Joe McCoy or Willie Bee (James)?, Fred Williams?
- 1938.11.28 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Odeon - Billy Batholomew mit seinem Tanzorchester (Carl Hohenberger?, Heinz Hanhausen?, Herbert Steneberg?, Walter Krug?, Helmut "Helle" Schramm?, Eugen Weigele?, Edmund Kölsche?, Adolf Steimel?, Mike Danzi?, Werner "Köbes" Jacobs?...)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: Alabama: Dothan - recordings for the Library of Congress - Alabama Sacred Harp Singers
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Brunswick - Billie Holiday, Teddy Wilson and his orchestra (Bobby Hackett, Trummy Young, Toots Mondello, Ted Buckner, Chu Berry, Bud Freeman, Albert Casey, Milt Hinton, Cozy Cole)
- 1938.12.00 -- US: Texas: Hearne - recordings by William A. Owens - The Uplifted Four
- 1938.12.04 -- US: Texas: Dallas - recordings for Vocalion - Kitty Gray, Oscar Woods...
- 1938.12.16 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Washboard Sam And His Washboard Band (Herb Morand, Joshua Altheimer, Big Bill Broonzy, prob. Bill Settles) / Jazz Gillum, prob. Joshua Altheimer, prob. Big Bill Broonzy, Ransom Knowling? / Tampa Red And The Chicago Five (Charlie Idsen, Bill Owsley, Blind John Davis, Bill Settles) / Tampa Red, Blind John Davis, Bill Settles / Casey Bill (Bill Weldon), Bill Settles...
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for the Library of Congress - Thomas Anderson
- 1938.12.17 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Willie Hatcher, Speckled Red, Robert Lee McCoy, Sonny Boy Williamson / Speckled Red (or as Speckled Red Trio), Robert Lee McCoy, Willie Hatcher, Sonny Boy Williamson / Sonny Boy Williamson, Speckled Red, Willie Hatcher?, Robert Lee McCoy?
- 1938.12.18 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Rambing Bob (Robert Lee McCoy), Speckled Red?, Sonny Boy Williamson
- 1938.12.19 -- US: Illinois: Aurora (Leland Hotel) - recordings for Bluebird - Walter Davis, Henry Townsend?
- 1938.12.20 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Louis Jordan's Elks Rendezvous Band (Courtney Williams, Louis Jordan, Stafford Simon, Clarence Johnson, Charlie Drayton, Walter Martin
- 1938.12.23 -- US: New York City - Carnegie Hall (From Spiritual To Swing) - Count Basie Orchestra / Mitchell's Christian Singers (William Brown, Julius "Drake" Davis, Louis "Panella" Davis, Sam Bryant) / Sister Rosetta Tharpe / Sonny Terrry, Bull City Red / Joe Turner, Pete Johnson / Jimmy Rushing / Helen Humes / Ruby Smith / James P. Johnson / Big Bill Broonzy, Albert Ammons, Walter Page, Jo Jones? / Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis / Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Walter Page, Jo Jones / Meade Lux Lewis
- 1938.12.24 -- US: New York City (Havers Studio) - recordings for Library of Congress (Alan Lomax) – Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson / Sonny Terry, Bull City Red / James P. Johnson / Pete Johnson / Meade Lux Lewis, Charley Smith, Bill Russell
- 1938.12.26 -- US: New York City (Havers Studio) - recordings for Library of Congress – Lead Belly, Martha Ledbetter
- 1938.12.28 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Sanders Terry (Sonny Terry)
- ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Mitchell's Christian Singers (William Brown, Julius "Drake" Davis, Louis "Panella" Davis, Sam Bryant)
- 1938.12.30 -- US: New York City - recordings for Vocalion - Joe Turner, Pete Johnson / Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson / Meade Lux Lewis