Maggie Jones, billed as the "Texas Nightingale" was an earthy blues-vaudeville singer with a stentorian voice. She had a brief recording window, from 1923-1929, recording first on black-owned Black Swan records, then for several other labels.
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| Maggie Jones |
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| Original Indiana Five |
Columbia Records teams her up with the white group the St Louis Rhythm Kings (the Original Indiana Five) for this track, "He's Just A Horn-Tooting Fool," a Davis-Busse-Gorman tune. Tip o' the hat to Dan Weinstein for hipping me to this.
Maggie Smith acc. by the St. Louis Rhythm Kings: Mickey Bloom, t / Pete Pellezzi, tb / Louis Maesto, cl / Nick Moleri, p / Christian Maesto, d. New York, June 12, 1925.
- 140662-3 He's Just A Horn-Tooting Fool- Col 14081-D
- 140663-1 Go Get 'Em Caroline- Col 14081-D
All entries are from my book “As Long as They Can Blow. Interracial Jazz Recording and Other Jive Before 1935.”
