Black Patti Records

Black Patti Records was a short-lived record label in Chicago founded by Mayo Williams in 1927. It was named after the black opera singer Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, who was called Black Patti because some thought she resembled the Italian opera singer Adelina Patti. The label lasted seven months and produced 55 records.[1] The Black Patti peacock logo was used in the 1960s by Nick Perls for his Belzona and Yazoo labels.

Black Patti Records
Parent companyThe Chicago Record Company
Founded1927 (1927)
FounderMayo Williams
Defunct1927 (1927)
StatusDefunct
GenreJazz, blues, sermons, spirituals, vaudeville
Country of originU.S.
LocationChicago, Illinois
Official websitewww.blackpatti.com

At Paramount, Mayo Williams was a successful producer of race records, i.e., records made by black musicians to be sold to black customers. When he left Paramount to start Black Patti, he had no equipment, only his Chicago office. The records were pressed at Gennett Records in Richmond, Indiana. The catalog included jazz, blues, sermons, spirituals, and vaudeville skits, most but not all by black entertainers. Willie Hightower was among the musicians who recorded for the label. Williams closed the label before the end of 1927.

LIST OF KNOWN BLACK PATTI 78 RPM SINGLES

8001A Long "Cleve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull (The Down Home Boys) Hey! Lawdy Mama - The France Blues 4/8/1927
8001B Long "Cleve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull (The Down Home Boys) TWO LITTLE TOMMIE BLUES 4/8/1927
8002 HARVEY HULL & HIS ORCH. GANG OF BROWNSKIN WOMEN 4/8/1927
8002 HARVEY HULL & HIS ORCH. DONT YOU LEAVE ME HERE 4/8/1927
8003 MOZELLE ALDERSON STATE STREET SPEECIAL 4/22/1927
8003 MOZELLE ALDERSON MOZELLE BLUES 4/22/1927
8004 MOZELLE ALDERSON (J.Beck p) ROOM RENT BLUES 3/?/27
8004 MOZELLE ALDERSON (J.Beck p) SOBBIN' THE BLUES 3/?/27
8005 HATTIE GARLAND STRANGE WOMAN'S DREAM 3/24/1927
8005 HATTIE GARLAND YOU USED TO BE SUGAR BLUES 3/4/1927
8006A ELOISE BENNETT I CAN'T BE SATISFIED WITH ONE 3/25/1927
8006B ELOISE BENNETT STING ME MR. STRANGE MAN 3/25/1927
8007 LILLIAN BROWN MOANFUL MAMA 3/24/1927
8007 LILLIAN BROWN YOU HAD IT & DIDNT WANT IT 3/24/1927
8008 LILLIAN BROWN SAVE MY JELLY 4/2/1927
8008 LILLIAN BROWN THREE CARD MONTE BLUES 4/2/1927
8009 WILLIAMS JOHN NOW CUT LOOSE 3/7/1927
8009 WILLIAMS JOHN PEE WEE BLUES 3/7/1927
8010 DIXON SERENADE TWIN BLUES 3/30/1927
8010 DIXIE SERENADERS MONTE CARLO JOY (Beans and greens) 3/30/1927
8011A PACE JUBILEE SINGERS THERE Is ROOM ENOUGH IN HEAVEN FOR Us All -
8011B PACE JUBILEE SINGERS STEAL AWAY AND PRAY -
8012 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS HEAVEN'S DOOR GONNA CLOSE -
8012 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS WERE YOU THERE WH THEY CRU -
8013 REV HARRIS JUDGEMENT DAY 3/15/1927
8013 REV HARRIS JESUS IS COMING SOON 3/15/1927
8014 REV GATES I'M SO GLAD TROUBLE DONT 12/6/1926
8014 REV GATES I'M GONNA DIE w STAFF IN M 12/6/1926
8015A Rev. J.; M. Gates and Congregation AMAZING GRACE 12/?/26
8015B Rev. J.; M. Gates and Congregation I'll Be Satisfied When My Soul Is Resting In The Presence Of The Lord 12/6/1926
8016 REV GATES I'M GOING TO HEAVEN IF IT 12/6/1926
8016 REV GATES I KNOW I GOT RELIGION 12/6/1926
8017 NAZARENE CHOIR LIFE EVERY VOICE & SING -
8017 PROCTOR HENRY ADDRESS TO NEGROES -
8018 NAZARENE CHOIR JOSHUA FIT DE BATTLE OF JE -
8018 NAZARENE CHOIR BYE AND BYE -
8019 WADE JIMMY ALL THAT I HAD IS GONE 4/7/1927
8019 WADE JIMMY ORIG BLACK BOTTOM DANCE 4/7/1927
8020 STEAMBOAT JOE TEXAS SHUFFLE 4/9/1927
8020 STEAMBOAT JOE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BLUES 4/9/1927
8021 YATES RICHARD SORE BUNION BLUES 4/9/1927
8021 YATES RICHARD GONNA MOAN MY BLUES AWAY 4/9/1927
8022A PACE JUBILEE SINGERS The OLD SHIP OF ZION -
8022B Ralph Waldo Emerson SILVER THREADS AMONG GOLD -
8023 EMERSON RALPH WHEN YOU & I WERE YOUNG -
8023 EMERSON RALPH WORLD IS WAITING FOR SUNRI -
8024 EMERSON RALPH SWANEE RIVER-OLD KENTUCKY -
8024 EMERSON RALPH AT END OF SUNSET TRAIL -
8025 COLLINS SAM RIVERSIDE BLUES 4/23/1927
8025 COLLINS SAM JAILHOUSE BLUES 4/23/1927
8026 COLLINS SAM YELLOW DOG BLUES -
8026 BIGBOY WOODS LOVING LADY BLUES 4/23/1927
8027 VERNON DALHART MISSISSIPPI FLOOD -
8027 VERNON DALHART SAD LOVER -
8028 V.DALHART & C.ROBISON MY BLUERIDGE MOUNTAIN HOME -
8028 VERNON DALHART BARBARA ALLEN -
8029 MOZELLE ALDERSON (J.Beck p) MOBILE CENTRAL BLUES 5/?/27
8029 MOZELLE ALDERSON (J.Beck p) TALL MAN BLUES 5/?/27
8030 REED CLIVE ORIG STACK O LEE BLUES 5/?/27
8030 REED CLIVE MAMA YOU DONT KNOW HOW 5/?/27
8031 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS I'M GOING THRU JESUS 5/?/27
8031 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS PRAYER MEETIN IN HELL 5/?/27
8032 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS SING SING ETHIOPIA SING 5/?/27
8032 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS MAMMY'S CHILD 5/?/27
8033A Elnora JOHNSON FREAKISH PAPA 5/?/27
8033B Elnora JOHNSON I Like That Thing (Called The Black Bottom) 5/?/27
8034 CLARA SMITH SAND RAISING BLUES 6/28/1927
8034 CLARA SMITH WANDERING BOY BLUES 6/28/1927
8035 SMITH CLARA AFTER YOU'VE GONE AWAY 6/28/1927
8035 SMITH CLARA CLARA BLUES 6/28/1927
8036 SOUTHERN QT LISTEN TO THE LAMBS 6/28/1927
8036 S.JUB SING COULDNT HEAR NOBODY PRAY 6/28/1927
8037 PERCY & HIS STOMP BAND ASH CAN STOMP 4/20/1927
8037 PERRY & HIS STOMP BAND MUDDY WATER 7/9/1927
8038 OSBORNE GEO BY WATERS OF MINNETONKA 6/18/1927
8038 PARHAM TINY UM TA DA DA DA 6/28/1927
8039 JOHNSON ELNORA BLUE BLACK BOTTOM BLUES 7/13/1927
8039 JOHNSON ELNORA RED CAP PORTER BLUES 7/13/1927
8040A FRANKIE HALF PINT JAXON Can't You Wait Tll You Get Home 7/13/1927
8040B FRANKIE HALF PINT JAXON I'M GONNA STEAL YOU 7/12/1927
8041 THORNTON MGT TEXAS BOUND BLUES 7/11/1927
8041 THORNTON MGT JOCKEY BLUES 7/11/1927
8042 McCONNELL ED HELL BOUND TRAIN -
8042 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS HARK FROM THE TOMB -
8043 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS HE'S GOT HIS EYE ON SPARROW -
8043 PACE JUBILEE SINGERS CERTAINLY LORD -
8044 WILLIAMS JUB COME DOWN JAILER w KEY 7/20/1927
8044 WILLIAMS BPS WHEN LOVE COMES TRICKLING 7/20/1927
8045 HIGHTOWER NIGHTHAWKS SQUEEZE ME 7/20/1927
8045 HIGHTOWER NIGHTHAWKS BOAR HOG BLUES 7/20/1927
8046 BRADY CLARINET EMBARRASSMENT BLUES 7/19/1927
8046 BRADY CLARINET LAZYBONE BLUES (TOLEDANO) 7/19/1927
8047 AL MILLER I FOUND A FOUR LEAF CLOVER 7/15/1927
8047 AL MILLER SOMEDAY SWEETHEART 7/15/1927
8048 FRANKIE HALF-PINT JAXON WILLIE THE WEEPER 7/22/1927
8048 FRANKIE HALF-PINT JAXON CORINNE 8/3/1927
8049 MILLER AL SATURDAY NIGHT HYMN 7/15/1927
8049 MILLER AL BOLITA -
8050A TAPP FERMAN and his Banjo GONNA FIND MYSELF A Brand NEW SWEETIE -
8050B Kid Brown and Snapps / Ginger Snaps TELL ME BABY -
8051 REV W.CLARK BLESSED IS HE WHO MOURNS -
8051 REV W.CLARK DAY OF JUDGEMENT -
8052 COLEMAN JAY MISTREATING MAMA 8/11/1927
8052 COLEMAN JAY SAVE YOUR MONEY 8/11/1927
8053 BLACKBIRDS OF PARADISE RAZOR EDGE 7/9/1927
8053 BLACKBIRDS OF PARADISE STOMPING FOOL 8/10/1927
8054 WASHINGTON E. DADDY THREW ME DOWN 5/27/1927
8054 ELIZABETH WASHINGTON MEXICO BLUES 5/27/1927
8055 COLEMAN BIRD BOLL WEEVIL 8/3/1927
8055 COLEMAN BIRD YOU HEARD ME WHISTLE -

See also

  • List of record labels

References

  1. Petrusich, Amanda (6 July 2014). "Black Patti 8030". Oxford American. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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