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Blind Willie McTell - Don't Forget It

(Photo from signs and wonders' collection.)

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Joseph Cherniavsky and his Yiddish-American Jazz Band - The Bridal Serenade and Congratulations

(Photo of Russian ballet dancer (she danced with the Ballets Russes!) and silent film star Vera Karalli from Truus, Bob & Jan Too!'s collection. I highly recommend looking through her Wikipedia page and watching her in the brilliant films After Death and The Dying Swan by Yevgeni Bauer!)

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Jorge Ben - Chove Chuva

(Photo of Ricky Babbit and Lucy Simms dancing the Lindy at the Savoy Ballroom in New York from Kicha's collection.)

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Hank Williams - Cool Water

(Photo from the George Eastman House's collection.)

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#those who feel nothing when they watch this are cold within

Marie Laforet - A Demain My Darling (1966)

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Maria Tanase - Ciuleandra

I'm still obsessed with this woman. Her voice is the kind that knocks you back a few feet and keeps you off balance.

(Photo from mrwaterslide's collection.)

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Brigitte Helm - Fidèle  via

Song for L’étoile de Valencia (Serge de Poligny, 1933)

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Luiz Gonzaga - Baiao

(Photo from WonderfullyStrange's collection.)

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Maria Tanase - Bu Ii Vinul Ghiurghiuliu (Good Rosy Wine)

The way she rolls these words around in her mouth kills me. What a voice!

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The Boban Marković Orchestra - Szasz

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Cousins & DeMoss - Poor Mourner

This song comes to you, through the crackle and hiss, from 1898. Some more information on Cousins and DeMoss--two performers on the early black vaudeville circuit--is available here.

(Photo from lulubryan's collection.)

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Jim Jackson - Old Dog Blue

(Photo from signs and wonders' collection.)

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Mississippi Fred McDowell - Red Cross Store

McDowell's guitar playing is so hypnotic.

(Photo from lulubryan's collection.)

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Trixie Smith - Jack, I'm Mellow

(Postcard from wackystuff's collection.)

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Amelita Galli-Curci - Russian Nightingale Song

(Photo from robertbonnin's collection--I used another picture of this trio in a post I made in July.)

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Machtenberg's Male Choir - Arashas S'fosenu

(Photo from WonderfullyStrange's collection.)

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Clarence Williams & his Orchestra - Jungle Crawl

(Photo from smokey lace's collection.)