OKeh

~ Label

Annotation

TBC: Based on available releases it seems the text “Registered U. S. Patent Office” have disappeared from 1941 after cat. no. 6394. It it's confirmed it would help to review dates as part of the reissues are flagged with the original release date.
Be careful on color differences (pink vs. purple) it s not always just an effect of time/scan but real different releases as for instance those 2 differs also on text https://www.discogs.com/master/1355436-Count-Basie-His-Orchestra-Fiesta-In-Blue-Take-Me-Back-Baby or https://www.discogs.com/master/1673289-Benny-Goodman-And-His-Orch-The-Earl-Lets-Do-It
For vinyls, infos here https://books.google.fr/books?id=yLgYvg0F_34C&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=OKeh+label+pink+purple&source=bl&ots=8kVzGqMJCe&sig=ACfU3U1Usq74YH5NyOYzcUfYeZNwWQpW_A&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdqbfVqbzzAhWeumMGHZLvA44Q6AF6BAgkEAM#v=onepage&q=OKeh%20label%20pink%20purple&f=false

currently, Sony Masterworks' primary jazz imprint.

Started in 1918 by Otto K. E. Heinemann.
Beside a regular melting-pot novelty catalog, OkeH ("Otto K") focused as well on the immigrant community by issuing records in various languages, then opened its door to the African-American's music and early jazz. (the stylized capital H reverted to "OKeh" probably shortly after 1919)
Columbia (still under ARC at the time) took Okeh over in November 11, 1926, and discontinued the label operations in 1935.
They revived it in 1940 until 1946 (having lost Vocalion), and once more in 1951 till 1965.
Epic Records eventually took over Okeh in 1965. before it was retired once again in 1970.

Annotation last modified on 2021-10-09 05:42 UTC.

Releases

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateCatalog#Barcode
Good-Bye Alexander / Mammy's Chocolate SoldierCollins And Harlan / Harvey Hindermyer10" Shellac2
1076
Cheer Up Father, Cheer Up Mother / Hello Central Give Me No Man's LandPeerless Quartet / Irving Kaufman10" Shellac2
1075[none]
In Your Arms / Pretty Little RainbowJoseph Knecht's Waldorf Astoria Dance Orchestra10" Shellac2
4045
Lullaby Blues (In the Evening) / Just for Me and Mary ('Twas a Beautiful Wedding Day)Crescent Trio / Sterling Trio10" Shellac2
4076
Silver Threads Among the Gold / In the Valley of Sunshine and RosesCrescent Trio / Henry Burr10" Shellac2
4140
Crazy Blues / It’s Right Here for YouMamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds10" Shellac2
4169
Oh! What A Pal Was Mary / Bless My Swanee River HomeSam Ash10" Shellac2
4044[none]
Oh! What a Little Whopper / I Might Be Your Once-In-A-WhileBilly Murray / Harvey Hindermyer10" Shellac2
4054
That Thing Called Love / You Can’t Keep a Good Man DownMamie Smith10" Shellac2
4113[none]
Sleepy Hollow / The Hula BluesOkeh Marimba BandShellac2
4227-A, 4227-B
Humming / RosieRega Dance Orchestra / All Star Trio10" Shellac2
4234
Shim-Me King's Blues / Royal Garden BluesMamie Smith's Jazz Hounds10" Shellac2
4254[none]
Play ‘Em for Mama Sing ‘Em for Me / I Won’t Be Back ‘Till You Change Your WaysDaisy Martin and Her Jazz Bell Hops10" Shellac2
8001[none]
Everybody’s Man Is My Man / Won’t Someone Help Me Find My Lovin’ Man?Daisy Martin and Her Jazz Bell Hops10" Shellac2
8008[none]
Stingaree Blues (A Down Home Blues) / If That's What You Want Here It IsEsther BigeouShellac2
8025
The Memphis Blues / The St. Louis BluesEsther BigeouShellac2
8026
Nervous Blues / Dance They Call the Georgia HunchEsther Bigeou / Clarence WilliamsShellac2
8029
Keep Off the Grass / Carolina ShoutJames P. Johnson10" Shellac2
4495[none]
Lovesick Blues / Waikiki I Hear You CallingElsie Clark / Billy Jones10" Shellac2
4589
Call Me Back, Pal O' Mine / Three O'Clock in the MorningLewis James / Crescent Trio10" Shellac2
4681
Muscle Shoals Blues / Birmingham BluesThomas Waller10" Shellac2
4757
Casey Jones / Fare Thee Well Old Joe ClarkFiddlin’ John CarsonShellac2
40038
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate / Baby, Won't You Please Come HomeEva Taylor10" Shellac2
4740[none]
I'm Gonna Get You / You've Got to See Your Mama Every NightMamie SmithShellac2
4781
Corn on the Cob / SlipovaFrank Banta & Cliff Hess10" Shellac2
4825-A, 4825-B[none]
Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me) / Mean EyesEsther Bigeou / Kitty BrownShellac2
8053
Aggravatin' Papa / Mean EyesEsther Bigeou / Kitty Brown10" Shellac2
8053[none]
Aunt Hagar's Blues / Four O'Clock BluesTim Brymm's Black Devil 4 / Esther BigeouShellac2
8054
The Gulf Coast Blues / Outside of That, He's All Right With MeEsther BigeouShellac2
8056
Beale Street Mama / I'm Through With You (As I Can Be)Esther BigeouShellac2
8057
Joe Turner Blues / Beale St. BluesSara Martin / Esther BigeouShellac2
8058
Leave My Sweet Daddy Alone / The Hesitating BluesSara Martin / Esther BigeouShellac2
8065
Down on the Levee Blues / Lonesome Woman BluesRosetta Crawford10" Shellac2
8096[none]
West Indies Blues / That Twa-Twa TuneEsther BigeouShellac2
8118
You Ain't Treating Me Right / Panama Limited BluesEsther BigeouShellac2
8125
A Japanese Sunset / Sweet Old Chesapeake BayArmbruster’s Orchestra / Markel’s Orchestra10" Shellac2
Armbruster Record[none]
Dream Boat / Tripping AlongArcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis10" Shellac2
40044
She Wouldn't Do / Ain't You Ashamed!Arcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis10" Shellac2
40052
Get Yourself a Monkey Man, Make Him Strut His Stuff / When My Man ShimmiesButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8147
Jesse James / I Wish I Was A Mole In The GroundBascom Lamar Lunsford10" Shellac2
40155
Construction Gang / A to Z BluesButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8163
Mean Blues / Shreveport BluesClarence Williams’ Blue Five10" Shellac2
40006[none]
Dis Train / The TreeFlorida Normal & Industrial Institute Quartet10" Shellac2
40010
Bonaparte's Retreat / Merry Widow WaltzA.A. Gray10" Shellac2
40110
Go Emmaline / Hey! Hey! And Hee! Hee! (I'm Charleston Crazy)The Goofus Five10" Shellac2
40208
Pickanninies Paradise / AnytimeEmmett Miller10" Shellac2
40239
I Can't Use You / A Married Man's a FoolButterbeans & Susie / Butterbeans10" Shellac2
8180
Let Me Be the First to Kiss You Good Morning / Where's My Sweetie Hiding?Arcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis10" Shellac2
40254
Adam and Eve / Consolation BluesButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8192
Spring Has Come / Ah! Ah! ArchieArcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis10" Shellac2
40264
Me and My Wife / Freckled Face Mary JaneErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
40312[none]
Cake Walking Babies From Home / Banjo RagClarence Williams’ Blue Five / Chancey Lee10" Shellac2
40321[none]
(If It Wasn’t for You) I Wouldn’t Be Crying Now / Waitin' for the MoonArcadia Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis10" Shellac2
  • -1925-04
40372
How Do You Expect to Get My Lovin'? / That Same DogButterbeans & Susie10" Shellac2
8199
Sue, I Don't Want You No More / I've Had Those Lonesome Journey Blues All DayButterbeans & Susie10" Shellac2
8209
The Long Eared Mule / Piney Woods GirlErnest V. Stoneman And Emmet Lundy10" Shellac2
40405
Cold Storage Papa (Mama's a Little Too Warm for You) / Bow Legged PapaButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8241
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / All I've Got's GoneErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
45009[none]
The Sailor's Song / The Fancy BallErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
45015[none]
Squeeze Me / Santa Claus BluesClarence Williams’ Blue Five / Clarence Williams’ Trio10" Shellac2
8254
Blue Grass Blues / Sailing on Lake PontchartrainSeminole Syncopators10" Shellac2
40228
Dog on the Piano / Fidgety FeetArcadia Peacock Orchestra Of St. Louis / Arcadian Serenaders10" Shellac2
40272
The Face That Never Returned / The TitanicErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
40288[none]
Cast Away / Pickin' on Your BabyClarence Williams’ Blue Five10" Shellac2
40330
The Dying Girl's Farewell / Sinful to FlirtErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
40384[none]
The Lightning Express / Jack and JoeErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
40408[none]
Leaving Blues / Do Right PapaButterbeans & Susie10" Shellac2
8202
Don't Start Nothin' Here Tonight / You Ain't Talkin' to MeButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8233
Santa Claus Blues / Coal Cart BluesClarence Williams’ Blue Five10" Shellac2
8245
Gut Bucket Blues / Yes! I’m in the BarrelLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8261[none]
Heebie Jeebies / Muskrat RambleLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8300[none]
Trouble in Mind / Georgia ManBertha “Chippie” Hill10" Shellac2
8312[none]
Your Folks Will Start Wearing Black / Let the Doorknob Hit You in the BackButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8303
Not Until ThenButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8307
Cornet Chop Suey / My HeartLouis Armstrong and His Hot FiveShellac2
8320[none]
Love Me and the World Is Mine / Deacon Bite 'em in the BackButterbeans And Susie / Butterbeans and Grasshopper10" Shellac2
8323
Black Snake Blues / No More Jelly Bean BluesVictoria Spivey10" Shellac2
8338[none]
Don’t Forget to Mess Around / I’m Gonna GitchaLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8343[none]
John Said He Saw a Number / My Soul Is a Witness for the LordArizona Dranes, Sara Martin and Richard M. Jones10" Shellac2
8352[none]
I Can’t Do That / He Likes It SlowButterbeans and Susie10" Shellac2
8355[none]
Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa / Sweet Little PapaLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8379[none]
The King of the Zulu’s / Lonesome BluesLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8396[none]
In That Day / CrucifixionArizona Dranes10" Shellac2
8380[none]
Old Maid Blues / The Kicking MuleRoba Stanley / Ernest V. Stoneman10" Shellac2
45036[none]
The Orphan Girl / Asleep at the SwitchErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
45044[none]
Kitty Wells / In the Shadow of the PineErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
45048[none]
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / The Texas RangerErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
45054[none]
May I Sleep in Your Barn, Mister? / The Old Hickory CaneErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
45059[none]
My Pretty Snow Dear / Silver BellErnest V. Stoneman and Fiddler Joe10" Shellac2
45060[none]
You’re Next / Oriental StrutLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8299[none]
Georgia Grind / Come Back Sweet PapaLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8318[none]
You Can’t Shush Katie / Sugar House StompEva Taylor Accomp. by Clarence Williams’ Blue Five / Buddy Christian’s Creole Five10" Shellac2
8342
Kin to Kant Blues / Mush Mouth BluesRichard M. Jones' Jazz Wizards10" Shellac2
8349[none]
Dropping Shucks / Who’s ItLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8357[none]
Bedroom Blues / I'm a Mighty Tight WomanSippie WallaceShellac2
8439
What a Man! / Reaching for the MoonTrimp’s Ambassador Bell Hops Orchestra10" Shellac2
Ambassador Record 1[none]
Katie Kline / Are You Angry With Me, Darling?Ernest V. Stoneman / Ernest V. Stoneman and Fiddler Joe10" Shellac2
45065[none]
Big Butter and Egg Man From the West / Sunset Cafe StompLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8423[none]
Paul and Silas in Jail / Judgement Day Is ComingRev. J.M. Gates10" Shellac2
8430[none]
Alexander's Ragtime Band / Some Sweet DayMiff Mole's Molers10" Shellac2
  • US1927-02-25
40758