OKeh

~ Label

Annotation

TBC: Based on available releases it seems the text “Registered U. S. Patent Office” have disappeared from 1941 after cat. no. 6394. It it's confirmed it would help to review dates as part of the reissues are flagged with the original release date.
Be careful on color differences (pink vs. purple) it s not always just an effect of time/scan but real different releases as for instance those 2 differs also on text https://www.discogs.com/master/1355436-Count-Basie-His-Orchestra-Fiesta-In-Blue-Take-Me-Back-Baby or https://www.discogs.com/master/1673289-Benny-Goodman-And-His-Orch-The-Earl-Lets-Do-It
For vinyls, infos here https://books.google.fr/books?id=yLgYvg0F_34C&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=OKeh+label+pink+purple&source=bl&ots=8kVzGqMJCe&sig=ACfU3U1Usq74YH5NyOYzcUfYeZNwWQpW_A&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjdqbfVqbzzAhWeumMGHZLvA44Q6AF6BAgkEAM#v=onepage&q=OKeh%20label%20pink%20purple&f=false

currently, Sony Masterworks' primary jazz imprint.

Started in 1918 by Otto K. E. Heinemann.
Beside a regular melting-pot novelty catalog, OkeH ("Otto K") focused as well on the immigrant community by issuing records in various languages, then opened its door to the African-American's music and early jazz. (the stylized capital H reverted to "OKeh" probably shortly after 1919)
Columbia (still under ARC at the time) took Okeh over in November 11, 1926, and discontinued the label operations in 1935.
They revived it in 1940 until 1946 (having lost Vocalion), and once more in 1951 till 1965.
Epic Records eventually took over Okeh in 1965. before it was retired once again in 1970.

Annotation last modified on 2021-10-09 05:42 UTC.

Releases

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateCatalog#Barcode
Singin' the Blues / Clarinet MarmaladeFrankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
40772
Yes, I've Been Cheatin' / Hard Luck BluesButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8432
The Fatal Wedding / The Fate of Talmadge OsborneErnest Stoneman10" Shellac2
45084[none]
Black Snake Moan / Match Box BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson10" Shellac2
8455[none]
After You've Gone / I Ain't Got NobodySophie Tucker with Miff Mole's Molers ; Ted Shapiro10" Shellac2
  • US1927-07-15
40837
Crawley Blues / Irony Daddy BluesWilton Crawley10" Shellac2
  • US1927-07-25
8479
Willie the Weeper / Alligator CrawlLouis Armstrong and His Hot Seven10" Shellac2
8482[none]
T-B Blues / No. 12 Let Me RoamVictoria Spivey10" Shellac2
8494[none]
Melancholy Blues / Keyhole BluesLouis Armstrong & His Hot Seven10" Shellac2
  • US1927-09-15
8496[none]
She's Forty With Me / Geechie River BluesWilton Crawley10" Shellac2
  • US1927-10-01
8492
Oh Yeah! / You're No Count Triflin' ManButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8502
Potato Head Blues / Put ’em Down BluesLouis Armstrong and His Hot Seven / Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8503[none]
Imagination / Feelin' No PainMiff Mole And His Little Molers10" Shellac2
  • US1927-11-05
40890
Sweet Woman You Can't Go Wrong / St. Louis Cyclone BluesLonnie Johnson10" Shellac2
8512[none]
Devil in a Flying Machine / God’s Wrath in the St. Louis CycloneRev. J.M. Gates assisted by Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman10" Shellac2
8515[none]
Weary Blues / That’s When I’ll Come Back to YouLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five / Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven10" Shellac2
  • US1927-12-05
8519[none]
Black and Tan Fantasy / What Can a Poor Fellow Do?Duke Ellington And His Orchestra10" Shellac2
  • US1927-12-05
8521
Wringin' an' Twistin' / In a MistTram, Bix & Lang10" Shellac2
40916[none]
Where Will You Be Christmas Day? / Will the Coffin Be Your Santa Claus?Rev. J.M. Gates assisted by Deacon Leon Davis & Sisters Jordan & Norman10" Shellac2
8508[none]
The Coming King / Let Not Your Heart Be TroubledRev. Johnny Blakey And Congregation10" Shellac2
8523
A Hot Time in the Old Town / The Darktown Strutters' BallMiff Mole's Molers10" Shellac2
40784
One Sweet Letter From You / Fifty Million Frenchmen Can't Be WrongSophie Tucker With Miff Mole's Molers And Ted Shapiro10" Shellac2
40813
Arkansas Blues / The Wang Wang BluesThe Goofus Five10" Shellac2
40817
Ostrich Walk / Riverboat ShuffleFrankie Trumbauer and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
40822
Doin’ Things / Goin’ PlacesJoe Venuti & Eddie LangShellac2
40825
Vo-Do-Do-De-O Blues / Lazy WeatherThe Goofus Five10" Shellac2
40841
Kickin’ the Cat / Beatin’ the DogJoe Venuti’s Blue Four10" Shellac2
40853
My Gal Sal / Original Dixieland One StepMiff Mole And His Little Molers10" Shellac2
40932
How Long Has This Been Goin' On? / The BeggarThe Okeh MelodiansShellac2
40941
The New Twister / Honolulu BluesMiff Mole And His Little Molers10" Shellac2
40984
Round Town Girl / Lonesome Road BluesErnest V. Stoneman's Trio10" Shellac2
45094[none]
The Road to Washington / The Mountaineer's CourtshipErnest V. Stoneman / Mr. And Mrs. Ernest V. Stoneman10" Shellac2
45125[none]
Skid‐Dat‐De‐Dat / Jazz LipsLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8436[none]
The Great Day of His Wrath / She Touched the Hem of His GarmentRev. Sundown Jesse and Congregation10" Shellac2
8441[none]
You Made Me Love You / Irish Black BottomLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8447[none]
Wild Man Blues / Gully Low BluesLouis Armstrong and His Hot Seven10" Shellac2
8474[none]
Levee Camp Moan Blues / Section Gang BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8498[none]
Corn‐Bread Blues / Long Lonesome Day BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8511[none]
Farm Hand Blues / Range in My Kitchen BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8526[none]
Mama, I Heard You Brought It Right Back Home / Sabine River BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8542[none]
Hotter Than That / Savoy BluesLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
  • US1928-01-25
8535[none]
Dope Head Blues / Bloody Thirsty BluesVictoria Spivey10" Shellac2
8531[none]
Hotter Than That / Savoy BluesLouis ArmstrongShellac2
8535
Mississippi Mud / There’ll Come a Time (Wait and See)Frankie Trumbauer & His Orchestra10" Shellac2
  • US1928-02-25
40979[none]
Deal Yourself Another Hand / Jelly Roll QueenButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8520
Crawley Clarinet Moan / Love Will Drive Me CrazyWilton Crawley10" Shellac2
8539
Life Saver Blues / Blue Ghost BluesLonnie Johnson10" Shellac2
8557[none]
Take It Easy / Jubilee StompDuke Ellington And His Orchestra10" Shellac2
  • US1928-04-25
41013
Frankie / Nobody’s Dirty BusinessMississippi John HurtShellac2
8560
Thou SwellBix Beiderbecke and His Gang10" Shellac2
  • US1928-05-25
41030
Struttin’ With Some Barbecue / Once in a WhileLouis Armstrong and His Hot FiveShellac2
8566[none]
Way Down That Lonesome Road / Crowing Rooster BluesLonnie Johnson10" Shellac2
8574[none]
Nightmare Blues / Murder in the First DegreeVictoria Spivey10" Shellac2
8581[none]
From the Parlor to the Pig Pen / The Horse Paweth in the ValleyRev. Johnny Blakey And Congregation10" Shellac2
  • US1928-07-14
8580
Boa Constrictor Blues / Sneakin' Lizard BluesBlue Belle10" Shellac2
8538[none]
Ghost Creeping Blues / My Daddy's Coffin BluesBlue Belle10" Shellac2
8588[none]
West End Blues / FireworksLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8597[none]
Been Some Changes Made / Watch Your StepButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
  • US1928-08-15
8598
Crying' for Daddy Blues / High Water BluesBlue Belle10" Shellac2
8483
Old Broke Up Shoes / I'm Forever Changing SweetheartsWilton Crawley10" Shellac2
8589
I Can Tell the World / I Am a PilgrimSilver Leaf Quartette10" Shellac2
8594
Lame Duck Blues / Nothin' but BluesThree Blues Chasers10" Shellac2
8595
Sugar Foot Strut / A Monday DateLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
  • US1928-09-25
8609[none]
Diga Diga Doo / Doin' the New Low DownDuke Ellington And His Orchestra10" Shellac2
8602
Crazy Rhythm / You Took Advantage of MeMiff Mole And His Little Molers10" Shellac2
  • US1928-10-05
41098
Uncle Jo Gimme Mo / Sweet Like Sugar CaneWilmoth Houdini10" Shellac2
8605
My Handy Man / Organ Grinder BluesVictoria Spivey10" Shellac2
8615[none]
The God That Did Not Answer / Christ Conquered the DevilRev. Johnny Blakey And Congregation10" Shellac2
8616
Out of the Dawn / ’Round EveningDorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra10" Shellac2
  • US1928-11-05
41124[none]
I Ain't Scared of You / Fast Fadin' PapaButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
  • US1928-11-05
8614
Tall Tillie's Too Tight / Shadow of the BluesWilton Crawley10" Shellac2
8619
Song No. 99 / Sweet Like a Honey-BeeWilmoth Houdini10" Shellac2
8621
The Mooche / Hot and BotheredDuke Ellington & His Orchestra10" Shellac2
8623
Skip the Gutter / Knee DropsLouis Armstrong and His Hot Five10" Shellac2
  • US1928-12-05
8631[none]
I'm Trying to Make Heaven My Home / I'm on My Way to HeavenRev. Johnny Blakey And Congregation10" Shellac2
  • US1928-12-25
8639
Careless Love / When You Feel for Someone That's Not Your OwnLonnie JohnsonShellac2
8635
Tight Like This / Heah Me Talkin’ to Ya?Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five10" Shellac2
8649[none]
Coqueta / Yel BluesLos Hermanos Dorsey10" Shellac2
16311
Mary Ann / Persian RugDorsey Brothers and Their Orchestra10" Shellac2
40995
Sorry for Me / Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed MeWilliam Dutton with Justin Ring's Trio10" Shellac2
41052[none]
Lovesick Blues / I Ain't Got NobodyEmmett Miller10" Shellac2
41062
Take Your To-Morrow (And I'll Give You To-Day) / Dusky StevedoreEmmett Miller (Acc. By His Georgia Crackers)10" Shellac2
41135
I'm Sorry I Made You Cry / Makin' FriendsEddie Condon and His Footwarmers10" Shellac2
41142
I’m Sorry, Sally / If You Would Say “I Love You”Joe Davis (The Melody Man) with Justin Ring’s Trio10" Shellac2
41148[none]
Rhythm King / LouisianaBix Beiderbecke and His Gang7" Shellac2
  • -1928
41173
Kansas City Railroad Blues / Polecat BluesGeorge Walburn and Emmett Hethcox10" Shellac2
45178
Sugar Hill / Deadheads and SuckersCrockett Ward & His Boys10" Shellac2
45179
Got No Blues / I’m Not RoughLouis Armstrong & His Hot Five10" Shellac2
8551[none]
Creepin' Eel Blues / Dead Sea BluesBlue Belle10" Shellac2
8553
She's Nothing but Nice / Let's Pretend to Be SweetheartsWilton Crawley10" Shellac2
8555
Gonna Make You Sorry / 'Tain't None O'Your BusinessButterbeans And Susie10" Shellac2
8556
Death Bed Blues / Mama’s Bad Luck ChildAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8578
Shake It Down / Red River BluesClarence Williams' Washboard Five10" Shellac2
8584[none]
Bantam Rooster BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8591
Don’t You Wish Your Baby Was Built Up Like Mine? / Bell Cow BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8603
No More Women Blues / Sittin’ on a LogAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8624
I'm Going Through With Jesus / Hope I'll Join the BandSilver Leaf Quartette of Norfolk10" Shellac2
8628
Blue Devil Blues / Penitentiary Moan BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8640[none]
Frisco Train Blues / Work Ox BluesAlger “Texas” Alexander10" Shellac2
8658
Sweet Black Woman / Good Feelin' BluesBlue Belle10" Shellac2
8659[none]