None of the musicians in Ladd's Black Aces were Black even though Gennett records advertised them as such, going so far as to show a picture of an African-American band in their ads. In reality the name was a pseudonym for the Original Memphis Five.
Jimmy Durante plays piano on the 1921 sides. This is singer Cliff Edwards first record and he does his interesting "Effin", which is what he called his half scat, half kazoo-sounding vocals towards the end of the song Virginia Blues.
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| Title | Recording Date | Recording Location | Company |
| Aggravatin' Papa
(Roy Turk / J. Russel Robinson) |
12-12-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 5023-A |
| Aggravatin' Papa
(Roy Turk / J. Russel Robinson) |
2-16-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5060-B |
| All Wrong
(Martin / Kahn / Jones) |
10-3-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5272-B |
| Any Way The Wind Blows
(Creamer / Hanley) |
8-7-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5521 |
| Aunt Hager's Children Blues
(W.C. Handy) | 8-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4762-A |
| Bad News Blues
(Akst / Davis) |
6-22-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5187-A |
| Beale Street Mama Shufflin' Phil Sings Chorus (Roy Turk / J. Russel Robinson) | 3-2-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5075-B |
| Black-Eyed Blues
(Jaxore / Kendall) | 4-14-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4869-A |
| Broken Hearted Blues
(Ringle / Elickmann) |
6-22-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5187-B |
| Brother Low Down (a)
(Barnard / Briers) | 10-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4806-A |
| Brother Low Down (b)
(Barnard / Briers) | 10-1921 | New York, New York | Connerized |
| Brother Low Down (c)
(Barnard / Briers) | 10-1921 | New York, New York | Starr |
| Great White Way Blues
(Phil Napoleon / Frank Signorelli) |
12-8-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 5018-A |
| Gypsy Blues
(Noble Sissle / Eubie Blake) | 10-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4794-A |
| Hopeless Blues
(Roy Turk / J. Russel Robinson) |
5-25-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4886 |
| I Ain't Never Had Nobody Crazy Over Me
(Jimmy Durante / Johnny Stein / Jack Roth) |
5-19-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5164-B |
| If Your Man Is Like My Man Vocal by Mandy Lee (A. J. Piron) |
4-5-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5125-B |
| I've Got A Song For Sale
(Nelson) |
10-3-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5272-A |
| I'm A Harmony Baby Vocal by Mandy Lee (Merrill / Da Costa / Jerome) |
4-5-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5125-A |
| I'm Just To Mean To Cry
(Squires) |
10-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4794-B |
| I've Got A Song For Sale
(Nelson) |
11-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 5272-A |
| I've Got It, You'll Get It Vocal by Billy De Rex (Pollack / Brown) |
11-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4809-B |
| I've Got To Have My Daddy Blues
(Erdman / Cohn / Jones) |
10-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4806-B |
| I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
(A. J. Piron) |
8-21-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4938-A |
| Lonesome Mama Blues
(Billie Brown) |
5-25-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4886 |
| Long Lost Mama (Daddy Misses You) (Woods) |
4-17-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5150-A |
| Lots Of Mama
(Elmer Schoebel) |
1-29-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5366-B |
| Louisville Lou (The Vampin' Lady)
(Milton Ager / Jack Yellen) | 4-9-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5127-B |
| Morning Won't You Ever Come 'Round?
(Turk / Silver) |
8-7-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5521 |
| Muscle Shoals Blues
(Thomas) |
4-14-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4869-B |
| My Honey's Lovin' Arms
(Ruby Meyer) | 3-19-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4856-A |
| Nine O'Clock Sal Vocal Chorus, Vernon Dalhart (Leroy / Hayes / Leary / Ingham) |
1-29-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5366-A |
| Nobodys Sweetheart
(Billy Meyers / Gus Kahn / Ernie Erdman / Elmer Schoebel) |
3-19-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5422 |
| Papa Better Watch Your Step
(Wells / Cooper) |
4-9-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5127-A |
| Railroad Men
(Elmer Schoebel / Ernie Erdman / Billy Meyers) |
12-8-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 5018-B |
| Runnin' Wild
(Joe Grey / Leo Wood / A. Harrington Gibbs) | 1-16-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5035-B |
| Satanic Blues
(Shields / Christian) |
3-19-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4856-B |
| Shake It And Break It
(Chiha / Clark) |
8-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4762-B |
| She's A Mean Job Vocal by Billy De Rex (Jimmy Selby) |
11-1921 | New York, New York | Gennett 4809-A |
| Sittin' On The Inside Lookin' At The Outside (Waiting For The Evenin' Mail) (Billy Baskette) |
5-19-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5164-A |
| Stop You're Kidding
(Irving Mills / Ferd Groffe / Jimmy McHugh) |
11-6-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4995-B |
| Sugar Blues Shufflin' Phil Sings Chorus (Lucy Fletcher / Clarence Williams) | 3-2-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5075-A |
| Sweet Lovin' Mama (Please Come Back To Me)
(Wagner / Lockard) |
12-12-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 5023-B |
| 'Taint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
(Porter Grainger / Robbins) |
4-17-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5142-A |
| Two Time Dan
(Roy Turk / J. Russel Robinson) |
4-17-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5150-B |
| Unfortunate Blues
(Winston / Hamm) |
3-19-1924 | New York, New York | Gennett 5422 |
| Virginia Blues Featuring Cliff Edwards (Fred Meinken) |
2-25-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4843-B |
| Yankee Doodle Blues
(George Gershwin) |
11-6-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4995-A |
| You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him
(Tracy / Dougherty) |
8-21-1922 | New York, New York | Gennett 4938-B |
| You've Got To See Your Mama Everynight
(Rose / Conrad) |
1-16-1923 | New York, New York | Gennett 5035-A |
Artist |
Instrument |
| Doc Behrendson | Clarinet |
| Benny Bloom | Cornet |
| John Cali | Banjo |
| Billy de Rex | Vocals |
| Jimmy Durante | Piano |
| Cliff Edwards | Vocals |
| Arthur Fields | Vocals |
| Moe Gappell | Trombone |
| Ernest | Vocals |
| Sam Lanin | Vocals |
| Mandy Lee | Vocals |
| Jimmy Lytell | Clarinet |
| Loring McMurray | Banjo |
| Miff Mole | Trombone |
| Phil Napoleon | Trumpet |
| Charles Panelli | Trombone |
| Jack Roth | Drums |
| Frank Signorelli | Piano |
