MARTHA COPELAND Victor 20769 / Stole My Man blues / E
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MARTHA COPELAND
1927 Victor blues
THE BASICS
ARTIST : MARTHA COPELAND
LABEL : Victor 20769
SELECTIONS : Stole My Man
I Don’t Care Who Ain’t Got Nobody
RECORD DATE : February 3, 1927
CONDITION : E
Martha Copeland had a prolific recording career during the '20s as a classic blues singer. Although she had lots of competition, her manager, Joe Davis, helped her make more money than many of her competitors, and his thick involvement with the publishing and songwriting business also ensured that a steady stream of material would come her way.
She had begun recording for Okeh in 1923, from there expanding her reputation by touring with a vaudeville revue entitled Shuffle Along. When Joe Davis signed Copeland he was working with the Triangle music publishers; having secured a contract for her with Columbia, he began handing off a selection of the publishing firm's top blues titles to Copeland for interpretation, including the powerful "On Decoration Day," the witty "Fortune Teller Blues," and two ditties that might lead a naïve listener into thinking the singer had an obsession with reptiles, "That Black Snake Moan" and "Black Snake Blues."
While Davis manipulated better contracts, royalty rates, and performance fees for his client, Copeland's actual popularity with audiences seems to put her in a category of so-called "second-string" blues mamas. She released nearly three dozen sides by 1928, but nothing achieved the popularity of Bessie Smith. [Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide ]
This one’s from a session in Camden, New Jersey, recorded on February 3, 1927. The songs are “I Don’t Care Who Ain’t Got Nobody” and “Stole My Man Blues.” She’s accompanied by Phil Worde on piano, and Bert Howell on violin.
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CONDITION: E with original company sleeve.
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