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1942

1943

history -

culture -

music -

first released recordings -

released songs -

• US: ? - recordings for Manor, Regis - Skoodle Dum Doo And Sheffield
• US: California: Hollywood - recordings for AFRS-Jubilee - Cee Pee Johnson Orchestra
• US: California: Hollywood - recordings for V Disc - Rosetta Tharpe, Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra (Joe Guy, Frank Humphries, Ludwig "Joe" Jordan, William Scott, Joe Britton, Gene Simon, George Stevenson, Billy Bowen, Tab Smith, Michael Hadley, Sma Taylor, Ernetst Purce, Ray Tunia, Trevor Bacon, George Duvivier, Panama Francis)
• US: California: Hollywood - recordings for War Department Jubilee - Ada Brown, Noble Sissle and His Orchestra? / Ada Brown, Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra (Harry Jackson, Paul Webster, Fredie Webster, Bob Mitchell, Fernando Arbello, Russell Bowles, Trummy Young, Jimmie Lunceford, Willie Smith, Dan Grissom, Earl Carruthers, Joe Thomas, Eddie Wilcox, Al Norris, Truck Parham, Jimmy Crawford) / Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson
• US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for AFRS-Jubilee - Saunders King And His Rhythm And Blues Band (Sammy Deane, Eddie Taylor, Johnny Cooper, Joe Holder, Bunny Peters, Barney Bigard) / Billie Holiday, Henry "Red" Allen Sextet (J.C. Higginbotham, Don Stovall, Alfred Williams, Benny Moten, Alvin Burroughs)
• US: Georgia: Darien area - recordings for the Library of Congress - Chochron Field Singers
• US: Georgia: Fort Valley - recordings for the Library of Congress - Davidson House Singers / Buster "Buzz" Ezell / The Four Brothers / Golden Jubilee Quartet / Bircho Hairston / Deacon Sam Jackson / Lincoln Park Singers / Middle Georgia Singers / New York, Georgia Singers / Silver Star Singers
• US: Illinois: Chicago - private recordings - June Davis, Floyd Bean / Cripple Clarence Lofton, Jimmy Yancey / Evie Westphal, Cripple Clarence Lofton / Alonzo Yancey / Jimmy Yancey, Estelle "Mama" Yancey, Cripple Clarence Lofton
• US: New Jersey: Newark - recordings for Regis - The Willing Four (Joseph Johnson, Walter Holden, George Thomas, Vincent Simpson)
• US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Gabriel Brown / Billie Hayes, "Peter Pan" / Beverley White, Her Blues Chasers (Willie "The Lion" Smith, Al Casey...)
• US: New York City - recordings for Gennett - Gabriel Brown / Billie Hayes, "Peter Pan" / Beverley White, Her Blues Chasers (Willie "The Lion" Smith, Al Casey...)
• US: New York City - recordings for King Solomon - Kings Of Harmony Quartette (Osburne E. Holloway, George W. Vereen, Ivey E. Floyd, Ralph Moore) / Original Kings Of Harmony (David Owen, George W. Vereen, Ivey E. Floyd, Elrye Crawford)

• 1943.01.00 -- US: New Jersey: Newark or New York City - recordings for Regis - The Silver Echo Quartette (Alton Bradley?, Jimmy Smith?, Douglas Ward?, Bill Reeves?)... / Sister Ernestine B. Washington...
• 1943.01.03 -- US: New York City - recordings by Asch - Lead Belly
• 1943.01.23 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for V Disc - Ada Brown, Fats Waller And His Rhythm (Benny Carter, Alton Moore, Gene Porter, Irving Ashby, Slam Stewart, Zutty Singleton)
• 1943.01.27 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Siemens-Polydor - Hans Georg Schütz Tanz-Orchester (Italo Scotti?, Rudi Krüger?, Ernst Zinner?, Willbald Winkler?, Lothar Häussler?, Karl Maria Keller?, Franz Chladek?, Meg Tevelian?, Erwin Gottschalk?, Otto Tittmann?, Herbert Kysielka?...)

• 1943.02.17 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Swing - Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du hot Club de France (Gérard Lévéque, André Lluis, Eugène Vées, Jean Storne, Gaston Léonard)
• 1943.02.26 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Swing - Django Reinhardt et le Quintette du hot Club de France (Gérard Lévéque, Eugène Vées, Jean Storne, Gaston Léonard)

• 1943.03.00 -- Europe: Germany: Berlin - recordings for Tempo - Horst Winter mit seinem großen Tanzorchester (Rinus van den Broek?, Louis de Haes?, Eberhard Schmidt-Schulz?, André Smit?, Jan Loulmann?, Benny de Eille?, Detlef Lais?, Lou Logist?, Kurt Bartsch?, Helmuth Wernicke?, Meg Tevelian?, Karl Schult?, Harry van Dyk?)
• 1943.03.05? - US: Georgia: Fort Valley - recordings for the Library of Congress (by Willis James, Lewis Jones) - Buster Brown / Buster "Buzz" Ezell / Gus Gibson / James Sneed, J.F. Duffey, Alvin Sanders
• 1943.03.05 -- US: New York City - OKeh - Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)
• 1943.03.07? - US: Georgia: Fort Valley - recordings for the Library of Congress - First Baptist Church of Byron Georgia (Deacon Albert Johnson...) / Deacon Sam Jackson, Leading Choir of Oak Grove Baptist Church of Peach County / Middle Georgia Four
• 1943.03.07 -- US: Georgia: Fort Valley - recordings for the Library of Congress - Davies Hill School Chorus of Houston County (Mattie Williams...)
• 1943.03.12 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Swing - Django Reinhardt et son orchestre, Fud Candrix et son orchestre (Maurice Giegas, Janot Morales, Lucien Devroye, Nick Frérar, Louis Melon, Bobby Naret, Guy Plum, Benny Pauweis, Eufène Vées, Emmanuel Soudleux, Pierre Fouad)

• 1943.04.00? - US: California: Hollywood - recordings for War Department Jubilee - Ada Brown, Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra (Shelton Hemphill, Frank Galbreath, Bernard Flood, George Washington, Henderson Chambers, James Whitney, Rupert Cole, Carl Frye, Prince Robinson, Joe Garland, Luis Russell, Lawrence Lucie, John Simmons?, Chick Morrison) / Saunders King And His Blues Band (Sammy Deane, Barney Bigard, Eddie Taylor, Johnny Cooper, Joe Holder, Bunny Peters)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - radio broadcast on WNYC - Lead Belly

• 1943.05.19 -- US: New York City - recordings for OKeh - Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)

• 1943.06.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Thesaurus - Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)
• 1943.06.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Richmond's Harmonizing Four (Thomas Johnson, Lonnie Smith, Joseph WIlliams, Levi Hansley)
• 1943.06.07 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alec Wilder and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers
• 1943.06.09 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Selah Jubilee Singers (Thermon Ruth, Nathaniel Townsley, Melvin Coldten, J.B. Nelson)
• 1943.06.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Deryck Sampson
• 1943.06.22 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alec Wilder and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers

• 1943.07.00? - US: California: Hollywood - recordings for War Department Jubilee, AFRS Jubilee - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Lucky Millinder And His Orchestra (Joe Guy, Frank Humphries, Ludwig "Joe" Jordan, William Scott, Joe Britton, Gene Simon, George Stevenson, Billy Bowen, Tab Smith, Michael Hadley, Sma Taylor, Ernetst Purce, Ray Tunia, Trevor Bacon, George Duvivier, Panama Francis)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Deryck Sampson
• 1943.07.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Thesaurus - Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)
• 1943.07.07 -- Europe: France: Paris - recordings for Swing - Django Reinhardt et son orchestre (Alex Renard, Alex Caturegli, Maurice Mouflard, Maurice Gladieu, Pierre Rémy, Max Blanc, Robert Merchez, Robert Macounzy, André Lluis, Charles Hary, Jean Storne, Michel Warlop, Eugène Vées, Jean Storne, Pierre Fouad, Nelly Kay)

• 1943.08.00? - US: ? - recordings for Beacon - Jubileers (dir Richard Huey)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for AFRS-Jubilee - Louis Jordan (Louis Thomas Jordan) & His Tympany Five (Eddie Roane, Arnold Thomas, Jesse "Po" Simpkins, Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for War Department Jubilee - Meade Lux Lewis, Shadow Wilson / Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five (Eddie Roane, Arnold Thomas, Jesse "Po" Simpkins, Shadow Wilson / Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra (Sammy Lowe, Charlie Jones, Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb, William "Cat" Anderson?, Edward Sims, Raymond Hogan, Matthew Gee, Bobby Smith?, Jimmy Mitchell, Julian Dash, Paul Bascomb, Heywood Henry, Gene Rodgers, Bill Johnson, Leemie Stansfield, Ed McConney)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Asch - Lead Belly, Sonny Terry
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Five Red Caps (Jimmy Springs, David Patillo, Romaine Brown, Steve Gibson, Doles Dickens)
• 1943.08.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Thesaurus - Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for V Disc - Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson), Conrad Frederick
• 1943.08.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alec Wilder and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers
• 1943.08.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Deryck Sampson
• 1943.08.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Cripple Clarence Lofton
• 1943.08.24 -- US: ? - recordings for ? - Frank Sinatra, The RKO Radio Studio Orchestra, Marcy McGuire, Dooley Wilson, Mel Tormé, Michéle Morgan, Victor Borge
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Five Red Caps (Jimmy Springs, David Patillo, Romaine Brown, Steve Gibson, Doles Dickens)
• 1943.08.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Gennett - Gabriel Brown

• 1943.09.00? - US: California: Hollywood - recordings for AFRS-Jubilee - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (Eddie Roane, Arnold Thomas, Jesse "Po" Simpkins, Rossiere "Shadow" Wilson)
• 1943.09.00 -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Five Red Caps (Jimmy Springs, David Patillo, Romaine Brown, Steve Gibson, Doles Dickens)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for V Disc - Joshua White (Joshua Daniel White)...
• 1943.09.01 -- US: ? - recordings for ? - Frank Sinatra, The RKO Radio Studio Orchestra, Marcy McGuire, Barbara Hale
• 1943.09.06 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for AFRS-Jubilee - Meade Lux Lewis (Meade Anderson Lewis), Shadow Wilson
• 1943.09.08 -- US: ? - recordings for ? - Frank Sinatra, The RKO Radio Studio Orchestra, Marcy McGuire, Barbara Hale
• 1943.09.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Deryck Sampson
• 1943.09.15 -- US: New York City - recordings for Beacon - Five Red Caps (Jimmy Springs, David Patillo, Romaine Brown, Steve Gibson, Doles Dickens)
• 1943.09.27 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
• 1943.09.29 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Vic Schoen and his orchestra

• 1943.10.00? - US: California: Hollywood - recordings for AFRS-Jubilee - Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Joe Turner...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for War Department Jubilee - Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Joe Turner...
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New Jersey: Newark - recordings for Manor - Coleman Brothers (Russell, Lander, Everette, Wallace, Melvin Coleman, Danny Owens)
• 1943.10.00 -- US: New Jersey: Newark? - recordings for King Solomon - Johnson Jubilee Singers
• ---- --- -- - -- US: New York City - recordings for Asch - Lead Belly
• 1943.10.05 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for Decca - Andrews Sisters, Vic Schoen and his orchestra
• 1943.10.07 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for ? - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra (Shorty Solomson, Ray Linn, Bob Alexy, Phil Napoleon, Marky Markowitz, Sonny Lee, Andy Russo, Billy Pritchard, Nick DiMaio, Bill Covey, Frank Langone, Charles Frazier, Babe Russin, Bob Lawson, Dave Mann, Tommy Kay, Bill Miller, Buddy Schutz)
• 1943.10.09 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Cripple Clarence Lofton, Evie Westphal
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Lucky Millinder (Lucius Millinder), Trevor Bacon, Judy Carol, Milton Fletcher, Joe Guy, Ludwig "Joe" Jordan, Frank Humphries, George Stevenson, Gene Simon, Joe Britton, Billy Bowen, Tab Smith, Sam Taylor, Mike Hedley, Ernest Purce, Raymond Tunia, George Duvivier, Panama Francis
• 1943.10.12 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - Beulah's - Jimmy Yancey
• 1943.10.17 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia V-Disc - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers
• 1943.10.19 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for ? - Jimmy Yancey, Clarence Lofton
• 1943.10.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Jubilaires (J. Caleb Ginyard, John Jennings, Theodore Brooks, Elijah Wright or George McFadden)...

• 1943.11.00? - US: New York City - recordings for War Department Jubilee - Golden Gate Quartet (Willie Johnson, Henry Owens, Clyde Riddick, Orlandus "Dad" Wilson) / - Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Noble Sissle And His Orchestra
• 1943.11.03 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alec Wilder and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Ella Fitzgerald, John McGee, Bill Doggett, Bernie McKay, Bob Haggart, Johnny Blowers, The ink Spots (prob. Bill Kenny, Charles Fuqua, Ivory Watson, Happy Jones)
• 1943.11.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for V-Disc - Mildred Bailey, Teddy Wilson
• 1943.11.08 -- US: ? - recordings for ? - Frank Sinatra, Harry James and his orchestra
• 1943.11.10 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia - Frank Sinatra, Alec Wilder and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers
• 1943.11.14 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia V-Disc - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers
• 1943.11.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Alphabetical Four (prob. Emory Johnson, Curtis Brown, Asher Short, Johnny Pierce, Lockwood)
• 1943.11.19 -- US: California: Hollywood - recordings for V Disc - Meade Lux Lewis
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Richard Huey And His Sundown Singers, "Bahamian"
• 1943.11.21 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia V-Disc - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra
• 1943.11.22 -- US: California: Los Angeles - recordings for V-Disc - Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five (Eddie Roane, Arnold Thomas, Po' Simpkins, Shadow Wilson)
• 1943.11.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Sister Rosetta Tharpe

• 1943.12.00? - US: California: Hollywood - recordings for AFRS-Jubilee - Cee Pee Johnson Orchestra (Teddy Buckner?, Karl George, Edward Hale, Chuck Walker, Buddy Banks, W. Woodman Jr., Joe Liggins, Red Shirley, Rabon Tarrant)
• 1943.12.00 -- US: Illinois: Chicago - recordings for Session - Jimmy Yancey, Estelle "Mama" Yancey / Cripple Clarence Lofton / Alonzo Yancey
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for V Disc - Southern Sons (Kissler James Baxter, William Langford, Wesley Hill, Clifford Givens)
• 1943.12.01 -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Jay McShann (James Columbus McShann) & His Orchestra (Walter Brown, Bob Merrill, Jesse Jones, Dave Mitchell, Willie Cook, Alonzo Pettiford, Alfonso Fook, Rudy Morrison, John Jackson, Rudolph Dennis, Bill Gooson, Paul Quinichette, Rae Brodely, Gene Ramey, James Skinner)
• 1943.12.04 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins, Leonard Feather's All Stars (Cootie Williams, Edmond Hall, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Sid Catlett)
• 1943.12.05 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia V-Disc - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra
• 1943.12.08 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins, Bill Coleman, Andy Fitzgerald, Ellis Larkins, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, Shelly Manne
• 1943.12.15 -- US: Missouri: Kansas City - Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller (†)
• ---- --- -- -- -- US: New York City - recordings for Decca - Perline Ellison, Harold Boyce Orchestra / Sister Rosetta Tharpe
• 1943.12.18 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins Quintet (Ellis Larkins, Jimmy Shirley, Oscar Pettiford, Max Roach)
• 1943.12.23 -- US: New York City - recordings for ? - Coleman Hawkins' Swing Four (or Coleman Hawkins Quartet) (Eddie Heywood, Oscar Pettiford, Shelly Manne)
• 1943.12.26 -- US: New York City - recordings for Columbia V-Disc - Frank Sinatra, Alex Stordahl and his orchestra, The Bobby Tucker Singers
• 1943.12.29 -- US: New York City - recordings for Key - Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones), Joe Morris, Rudy Rutherford, Arnett Cobb, Milt Buckner, lionel Hampton, Vernon King, Fred Radcliff

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