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James A. Bland
James A. Bland is credited on 454 releases across 129 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2019 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
454
Pressings credited
129
Albums
7
Decades active
21
In collections
Biography
James Alan Bland (October 22, 1854 – May 5, 1911) was an African American musician, songwriter, and minstrel performer. He is considered the first popular Black composer in the United States, and is best known for the song "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" which was the official state song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
454 releases · 129 albums · active 1950–2019
- Performance · 460
- Other credits · 10
Studios: Project Records, Inc. · Webster Hall · Maison Diabolique, Paris · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Genius Hits The Road
1960
Stars For A Summer Night
1961
Join Bing & Sing Along
1960
Sun Essentials
2006
The Mills Brothers & Louis Armstrong
1986
Gaslight Varieties, The Happy Music Of The Gay Nineties
1969
Blues And Soul
1969
Sweet And Low
1965
Have Guitar, Will Travel
1959
Songs Of The South
1956
The Golden Gate Quartet
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Ray Charles
- Kenneth Spencer
- Rudi Schuricke
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- The Golden Gate Quartet
- The Norman Luboff Choir
- Dutch Swing College Band
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