George Williams and Bessie Brown explained

George W. Williams was a vaudeville performer and recording artist in the United States. He recorded several songs with Bessie Brown^{[1] [2]} his wife.^[3] They were one of the comedy duos on the TOBA circuit.^[4]

At a 1924 performance at the Strand Theater in Jacksonville, Florida, they sang inside a prop graphophone.^[5]

Discography

• "Double Crossin' Daddy"
• "She's My Sheba, I'm Her Sheik"
• "No Second-Handed Lovin' For Mine"
• "If You Hit My Dog I'll Kick Your Cat"
• "If Mama Quits Papa, What Will Papa Do?"
• "The Gal Ain't Born Who Can Treat Me Like You Do"
• "He's Never Gonna Throw Me Down"
• "Hoodoo Blues"
• "When You Go Huntin', I'm Goin' Fishin'"
• "I Can Do What You Do"
• "Hard Headed Gal"
• "A Woman Gets Tired Of One Man All The Time"
• "I'm Goin' Out Tonight And Strut My Stuff"
• "I'm Tired Of Begging You To Treat Me Right"
• "Mississippi Delta Blues"
• "Papa, Don't You Mean Your Mama No Good?"
• "Pork Chop Blues"
• "It Takes A Brownskin Man To Make A High"
• "Yellow Blue"
• "Scat! Mr. Sweetback"
• "You Need Some Lovin'"
• "How Can I Get It (When You Keep On Snatchin' It Back)"
• "I Won't Stand No Leavin' Now"
• "You Ain't Quittin' Me Without Two Weeks' Notice"
• "Chain Gang Blues"
• "Satisfied Blues"
• "I'm Gonna Kill Myself"
• "West Virginia Blues"
• "Sweet Mandy"
• "That Same Cat"
• "I'm Done"
• "I Don't Care What You Say"
• "Bootlegger's Ball"
• "When I Get The Devil In Me"
• "What Makes Papa Hate Mama So?"
• "You Can't Proposition Me"
• "Yodelin' The Blues Away"
• "Oh! Dark Gal"
• "Bald-Headed Mamma Blues"
• "Hit Me But Don't Quit Me"
• "Who Calls You Sweet Mama Now"
• "Some Baby, My Gal"
• "Levee Blues"
• "It Ain't A Doggone Thing But The Blues"
• "Cheatin' Blues"
• "Toodle-Oodle-Ooo"
• "Hymn Singing Bill"
• "He's Tight Like That"
• "Just Too Bad"
• George Williams and Bessie Brown Volume I: 1923-1925^[6] compilation album
• George Williams and Bessie Brown Volume II: 1925-1930

Notes and References

1. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. October 12, 1992. New England Pub. Associates. 9781882267002. Google Books.
2. Web site: George Williams (16). Discogs.com.
3. Web site: Bessie Brown. Pandora.com.
4. Book: Oliver, Paul. Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era. February 4, 2014. Routledge. 9781135467234. Google Books.
5. Book: The Original Blues: The Emergence of the Blues in African American Vaudeville. Lynn. Abbott. Doug. Seroff. February 27, 2017. Univ. Press of Mississippi. 9781496810052. Google Books.
6. Book: Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: A-J. Cary D.. Wintz. Paul. Finkelman. October 12, 2004. Taylor & Francis. 9781579584573. Google Books.