The Cotton Pickers

The Cotton Pickers

The Cotton Pickers

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Top Songs

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Walk, Jenny Walk
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Hard Boiled Mama
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What Did I Tell Ya
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Down by the River
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Down and Out Blues

Albums

  • The Cotton Pickers 1922-1925

    Jul 1998 • 22 songs

  • Hard Boiled Mama

    Feb 1927 • 1 song

  • What Did I Tell Ya

    Nov 1926 • 1 song

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The Cotton Pickers

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Cotton Pickers was the generic band name that Brunswick Records used on its small jazz band recordings made in 1922-1923, 1924-1925, and again in 1929. These were intended to compete with popular dance records issued on other labels by groups such as Ladd's Black Aces, Bailey's Lucky Seven, and the Memphis Five. The earliest incarnation of Cotton Pickers was led by clarinetist Bennie Krueger and included trumpeter Phil Napoleon, trombonist Miff Mole, and pianist Frank Signorelli, all of who also appeared in the Memphis Five. In time practically the whole personel of the Memphi...
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