78 RPM - Georgia Tom And Jane Lucas - Terrible Operation Blues / Where Did You Stay Last Night? - Decca - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Georgia Tom And Jane Lucas
Label:	Decca
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	7259
Date:	Jan 1937
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	1 Owns
Price Guide:	$50
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Georgia Tom And Jane Lucas	Terrible Operation Blues	T. A. Dorsey	10.0 Rate
B	Georgia Tom And Jane Lucas	Where Did You Stay Last Night?	T. A. Dorsey	10.0 Rate

Notes

Blues singing with piano and guitar

Since Jane Lucas and Hannah May are both pseudonyms, the real identity of the singer has never been determined. It is believed to be Mozelle Alderson.

Jane Lucas (vocals); Thomas A. Dorsey (vocals and piano); Big Bill Broonzy (guitar).

A mx: 17276-B; B mx: 17277-A.
Recorded Richmond, IN, November 19, 1930.

Other issues A: Champion 16171, Champion 50015 (both credited to Jane Lucas and Georgia Tom); Gennett 5005; Superior 2630.
Other issues B: Champion same as A; Gennett 5007; Savoy 501; Superior 2730.
All above, except for Champion releases, issued as by Georgia Tom & Hannah May.

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xiphophilos 24th Jan 2019		Here's the 1936 issue on Melotone mentioned below: A side lyrics (as on the take linked to below, not the same as the Melotone recording): Bring in the next patient, nurse – (moaning) Get up on this table, pull off that gown, Raise up that right leg, let that left one down , Pull off them stockings, that silk underwear, The doctor's got to cut you, mama, don't know where. You got two or three tumors, shaped like a cube, Two or three leaks in your inner tube, Bring on that ether, bring on that gas, The doctor's got to cut you, mama, yas, yas, yas. The doctor knows to fix it, the doctor knows just what to do. – Oh doctor, can I have a glass of water? Oh, not now. – Oh doctor, I'm so sick! Sh, be quiet, doctor ain't gonna hurt you. – Oh, what you gonna do with that long knife? Oh, that's just the doctor's tools. – Oh doctor, what you gonna do with that saw? Oh, we take off legs with that, that's all. – Ooooh! Be quiet, now, just a moment. There you are, the doctor's through! – Oh doctor, what did you take out of me? Oh, just a minute, I'll tell you, dear. Four monkey wrenches, two horse-shay, Pair of old britches and a bale of hay. Your ribs were kinda loosened, they moved about, if I hadn't sewed you up, everything would fall out. I put in new tubes, tightened up the exhaust, Went into your hood and cleaned your spark plugs off. Your body's kinda weak, don't be hard. From now on you'll be careful with them there connection rods. – Alright, doctor! The doctor knows to fix it, the doctor knows just what to do. Gee, doctor, but I feel better. – That so? Yes, I feel kinda like I wanna do a little messin' 'round. – Fine, go ahead! Ooooh, my my my my. –That's the way patients do that come to this doctor, they don't die. Your body's kinda weak, don't be hard. From now on you'll be careful with them there connection rods. – Alright, doctor! The doctor knows to fix it, the doctor knows just what to do.



fixbutte 24th Jan 2019		Here's an old comment by Tom Ball from 1998 (ancient for the internet) about the singer: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/bit.listserv.blues-l/Y73PDTbH98E As I don't know how long we'll find it there, I repeat it here: Karen wrote: There's a similar song called "Operation Blues" done by Big Bill Broonzy, with Jane Lucas doing the same thing. I've heard (Harris says so, and I was told by someone else, also) that Lucas was Spivey (but using another name because of being under contract with another label), and then I've heard that they were two different people. Is there a definitive answer on this? _______________ Hi Karen, Actually the correct title for this is "Terrible Operation Blues." Was recorded in NYC, Sept 17, 1930 and issued as by "Georgia Tom & Jane Lucas" on 4 different labels. Big Bill played guitar. Here's a quote from Godrich & Dixon: "Jane Lucas and Hannah May: These two pseudonyms have caused much controversy over the past few years, and the truth has still not been discovered. The most recent statement is that both were pseudonyms for Mozelle Alderson, but aurally this appears to be incorrect. The only thing that seems to be certain is that the 1930 Jane Lucas and Hannah May, are not the same as the 1936 ones. It is alleged that Jane Lucas and Hannah May were the same singer in 1930, but who this actually was is not known for certain. ...there is also a possibility from aural evidence, that Kansas City Kitty was the same singer as the 1930 Jane Lucas. "The C.B.S. "Dead Talent" file states that the Jane Lucas who recorded in 1936 on the Vocalion label was Victoria Spivey...it also states that the Hannah May on Vocalion was "Victoria Spivey's sister." It might therefore be assumed that this is the late Addie 'Sweet Peas' Spivey...it must be pointed out however, that aurally she sounds like the Za Zu Girl ....and this is Elton Spivey, another of Victoria Spivey's sisters." To confuse matters further, Blues Who's Who claims Hannah May was Addie Spivey (personally, I don't think so;) Big Bill Broonzy seems to confirm that both the 1930 Hannah May & Jane Lucas were actually Mozelle Alderson. In a mid-'40s article in Jazz Record Magazine, Broonzy described these sessions as follows, "One day in 1930, we all piled into a Ford and drove to New York. There was Georgia Tom and I and a girl named Mozelle..." SO.....are you confused yet?!? I am! My own opinion on the matter? (and that's ALL it is, an opinion...could easily be wrong, but I think:) (1) The 1930 Jane Lucas and Hannah May (& possibly Kansas City Kitty) are all most likely Mozelle Alderson,(therefore that's probably her on "Terrible Operation Blues.") (2) The 1936 Jane Lucas is probably Victoria Spivey. (3) The 1936 Hannah May sounds like Elton Spivey (aka the Za Zu Girl,) but could be Addie Spivey. But we'll probably never know for sure.... Anyways, best wishes, Tom Ball



fixbutte 24th Jan 2019		Your comments on the notes about the Jane Lucas pseudonym for these 1930 recordings are quite right here, Mike Gann. Victoria Spivey used the same name much later, in 1936, see Vocalion 03314. Decca 7259 was definitely the last 78 rpm issue of these sides. The previous issues were not all credited to Georgia Tom & Hannah May though: - Champion 50015, released around August 1935 when Decca purchased the label, was credited to Jane Lucas and Georgia Tom, see label image on Popsike. - The original issue in 1931 on Champion 16171 was designated the same way, at least on the A-side, see the label image on YouTube (possibly Jane Lucas and Hokum Boys on the B-side, see 78discography.com). I haven't detected the Gennett issues although they may exist with different numbers (5005 and 5007 were originally used in 1922). There are other issues of the same songs by Georgia Tom & Hannah May and by Hokum Boys on Melotone, Perfect and Paramount that are probably different recordings of the time. [Notes adapted accordingly. Mod.]



Mike Gann 24th Jan 2019



Mike Gann 24th Jan 2019

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USA - Champion - 1931