The Cotton Pickers
The Cotton Pickers
Top Songs
| 1 | Walk, Jenny Walk | ||
| 2 | Hard Boiled Mama | ||
| 3 | What Did I Tell Ya | ||
| 4 | Down by the River | ||
| 5 | Down and Out Blues |
Albums
Jul 1998 • 22 songs
Feb 1927 • 1 song
Nov 1926 • 1 song
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Biography
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...