Black Patti label

Belzona Records label

Yazoo Records is a record label setup in the late 1960s by Nick Perls. It specializes in early American blues, bluegrass, jazz, and other rural American genres (collectively called "roots" music). Image File history File links BlackPattiLabel. ... Image File history File links BlackPattiLabel. ... Image File history File links BelzonaLabel. ... Image File history File links BelzonaLabel. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... J. Nicholas Perls (4/4/1942 - 7/22/1987) Founder and owner of Yazoo Records and Blue Goose Records Nick Perls was one of a handful of serious east coast collectors of 78-rpm country blues recordings during the 1960s. ... The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on the use of the blue notes and a repetitive pattern that typically follows a twelve-bar structure. ... Bluegrass music is considered a form of American roots music with its own roots in English, Irish and Scottish traditional music. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans at around the start of the 20th century. ... American folk music, also known as Americana, is a broad category of music including Native American music, Bluegrass, country music, gospel, old time music, jug bands, Appalachian folk, blues, Tejano and Cajun. ...

The first five releases (L 1001 up to L 1005) were issued under the label name of Belzona Records. The label then was renamed to Yazoo Records, the first five releases being reissued under that new name.

The Belzona/Yazoo label (an art deco peacock) has been adapted from the 1927 Black Patti label. Asheville City Hall. ... Peacock re-directs here; for alternate uses see Peacock (disambiguation). ... Black Patti Records was a short-lived (less than a year in 1927) record label. ...

On Yazoo Records Nick Perls compiled rare 78 rpm recordings made in the 1920s by such singers and guitarists as Charlie Patton, Blind Willie McTell, the Memphis Jug Band, Blind Blake and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Charlie Patton (May 1, 1891 - April 28, 1934) is best known as an American Delta blues musician. ... Blind Willie McTell Blind Willie McTell (May 5, 1901 (Thomson, Georgia) – August 15, 1959 (Milledgeville, Georgia), probably born William Samuel McTear, was an influential American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... This music article needs to be wikified. ... Blind Blake Blind Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

On the sister label Blue Goose Records founded in 1970 Perls recorded 'rediscovered' black blues artists and younger blues and jazz performers. Blue Goose Records inner sleeve Blue Goose Records is a record label setup in the early 1970s by Nick Perls. ...

In 1989 Yazoo was acquired by Shanachie Records. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Shanchie Records was founded in 1975 by Richard Nevins and Dan Collins. ...

Yazoo Records is currently receiving a profit from the sales of music that is not owned by them. The company is known to steal an artists works and distribute the product as if it were their own without any intention of sharing the profits from sales to the original artist whom the works belong to. Legal action is currently being planned out by a particular artist and their legitimate record label to cease this company from selling anymore copy written material.

Artists

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Barbecue Bob
Scrapper Blackwell
Blind Blake
Big Bill Broonzy
Cannon's Jug Stompers
Bo Carter
Rev. Gary Davis
Sleepy John Estes
Blind Boy Fuller
Blind Uncle Gaspard
Mississippi John Hurt
Skip James
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Willie Johnson
Furry Lewis
Los Jardineros
Dennis McGee
Memphis Jug Band
Mississippi Sheiks
Charlie Patton
Washington Phillips
Ma Rainey
Leo Soileau
Charlie Spand
Frank Stokes
Roosevelt Sykes
Tampa Red
Henry Thomas
Peetie Wheatstraw
Casey Bill Weldon
Robert Wilkins
Tommy Johnson
Image File history File links YazooLabel1. ... Image File history File links YazooLabel1. ... Image File history File links YazooLabel2. ... Image File history File links YazooLabel2. ... Image File history File links YazooLabel3. ... Image File history File links YazooLabel3. ... Barbecue Bob (born Robert Hicks, Walnut Grove, Georgia, September 11, 1902; d. ... Francis Scrapper Blackwell Scrapper Blackwell (21 February 1903—7 October 1962) was an American blues guitarist and singer. ... Blind Blake Blind Blake (born Arthur Blake, circa 1893, Jacksonville, Florida; died: circa 1933) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Big Bill Broonzy (1893 or 1898-1958) was a prolific United States composer, recorder and performer of blues songs. ... Gus Cannon (September 12, 1883 - October 15, 1979) was an American blues musician who helped to popularize jug bands (such as his own Cannons Jug Stompers) in the 1920s and 1930s. ... Armenter Bo Carter Chatmon Armenter Bo Carter Chatmon was born March 21, 1893 in Bolton, Mississippi & died in Memphis, Tennessee on September 21, 1964. ... Reverend Gary Davis (Blind Gary Davis, April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972) was an African American blues and gospel singer and guitarist. ... John Adam Estes, commonly known as Sleepy John Estes or Sleepy John, was a blues guitarist and vocalist born January 25, 1904 in Ripley, Tennessee. ... Blind Boy Fuller (born Fulton Allen) was an American blues guitarist and vocalist. ... A blind vocalist and guitarist from Louisiana, Alcide Blind Uncle Gaspard alternated between string_band music (in a band with his brothers) and traditional Cajun balladry on his recordings for Vocalion. ... Mississippi John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1892 , Teoc, Carroll County, Mississippi - November 2, 1966, Grenada, Mississippi) was an influential blues singer and guitarist. ... Nehemiah Curtis Skip James (June 21, 1902 – October 3, 1969) was an American blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Blind Willie Johnson Blind Willie Johnson (c. ... Furry Lewis (March 6, 1899- September 14, 1981) was a blues guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee. ... This music article needs to be wikified. ... Cover to Stop and Listen by the Mississippi Sheiks The Mississippi Sheiks were a popular guitar and fiddle group of the 1930s. ... Charlie Patton (May 1, 1891 - April 28, 1934) is best known as an American Delta blues musician. ... Washington Phillips (born 1880 in Texas) was a pioneering gospel performer in the 1920s. ... Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (September, 1882 – December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known professional blues singers3 and one of the first generation of such singers to record. ... Frank stokes played blues!! ... Roosevelt Sykes Roosevelt Sykes (January 31, 1906 in Elmar, Arkansas – July 17, 1983 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was an American blues musician also known as Honeydripper. Sykes grew up near Helena, Arkansas but at age 15, began playing piano with a barrelhouse style of blues at various places until ending... Tampa Red (1904-1981), born Hudson Woodbridge, was an influential American musician. ... Henry Thomas (1874-1950s?). Henry (Ragtime Texas) Thomas was a major pre-war country blues singer and musician. ... Peetie Wheatstraw Peetie Wheatstraw (December 21, 1902 - December 21, 1941) was the name adopted by singer William Bunch, a greatly influential figure among 1930s Delta Blues singers. ... Casey Bill Weldon (July 10, 1909 - 196?) was an African-American blues musician best known for his slide guitar skill. ... Robert Wilkins is a seminal blues guitarist and vocalist. ... Tommy Johnson (1896 – November 1, 1956) was an influential delta blues musician. ...

See also

• List of record labels

This is a list of record labels. ...

External links

• Official site
• Shanachie Entertainment
• Illustrated Yazoo Records discography