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The Harlem Hamfats were a crack studio band formed in 1936 by black talent scout Mayo "Ink" Williams. Its main function was backing jazz and blues singers such as Johnny Temple, Rosetta Howard, and {$Frankie "Half Pint" Jackson...
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Another oddity from my archives. Despite their name, the Harlem Hamfats were a Chicago band in the 1930 s whos...

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Flashbacks 1920 s - 1940 s Novelty Songs Of An Era Long Gone Bye. Drug Songs. Rosetta Howard (1914 - 1974) was...

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Flashbacks 1920 s - 1940 s Novelty Songs Of An Era Long Gone Bye. Drug Songs. The Harlem Hamfats was a Chicago...

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Little girl by The Harlem Hamfats. Flip is Weedsmoker s dream. Decca 78rpm US 1940 s...

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This selection is taken from a Stash Records compilation entitled Weed: A Rare Batch (ST-107, 1977). This part...


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Flashbacks 1920 s - 1940 s Geil & Sexy Copulation Songs....

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This sound file is made by playing the original SP record at most probable speed, not at 78 rpm. Playback spee...

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A great example of late 1930s blues on Vocalion S 202....


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The Harlem Hamfats was a Chicago jazz band formed in 1936. Initially, they mainly provided backup music for ja...



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With Mark Fenichel at the Smoking Pig BBQ, San Jose. Really good pulled pork, peanut-butter pie, excellent bee...


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Weed Smoker s Dream__Harlem Hamfats__No Copyright Infringements Intended The Harlem Hamfats was a Chicago jazz...

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My Garbage Man by the Harlem Hamfats, another part of the mysterious bloodline of the Cramps song Garbage Man ...

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You had plenty money, 1922 You let other women make a fool of you Why don t you do right, like some other men ...


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Valuable advice from a great entertainer, who was an important influence on later vocalists like Cab Calloway....

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Charlie Mccoy was the elder brother of Kansas Joe Mccoy and one of the great blues accompianists of his era.He...

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This is the flip side of my previous posting of The Harlem Hamfats, this time with Rosetta Howard singing a du...

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I donot own the copyright to this recording so if it needs to be removed, I will remove it. This video is for ...


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The Harlem Hamfats We Gonna Pitch A Boogie Woogie 1937 - Erzeugt mit AquaSoft DiaShow für YouTube: www.aquasof...

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