Mamie Smith's performance of Perry Bradford's "Crazy Blues" in 1920. Problems playing this file? See media help. Perry Bradford (February 14, 1893, Montgomery...

knocking lover has behaved badly. Early versions are sometimes credited to Perry Bradford and J. Mayo Williams. Variations were recorded by James "Boodle It"...

in New York City, after African-American songwriter and bandleader Perry Bradford persuaded Fred Hager to break the color barrier in black music recording...

from the originally titled "Harlem Blues" song of 1918, written by Perry Bradford. Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds recorded it on August 10, 1920, which...

Reissue bonus tracks No. Title Writer(s) Length 13. "Keep A-Knockin'" Perry Bradford 1:56 14. "Don't Believe in Christmas" (patterned after "Too Much Monkey...

music from the mid-1920s identifies the composers as Gus Horsley and Perry Bradford and claims the dance was introduced by the African-American dancer and...

Eight is an upcoming American war drama film written and directed by Tyler Perry, on the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, an all-black and all-female...

Advantage of Me" (Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers) "The Black Bottom" (Perry Bradford) "The Peanut Vendor" (Moisés Simons) "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett...

was chosen for the dance is not clear. The composer and entertainer Perry Bradford claimed to have seen the dance steps performed around 1909 and they...

screenwriter Perry Blake (born 1970), Irish singer and songwriter Perry Bradford (1893–1970), African-American composer and vaudeville performer Perry Brass...