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78 RPM Record

Artist: Harlem Hamfats Label:   Decca Country: USA Catalogue: 8650 Date: Mar 1943 Format: 10" Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: $100 » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Harlem Hamfats	Why Don't You Do Now	McCoy, Moran	Rate
B	Harlem Hamfats	Sales Tax On It (But It's The Same Thing)	McCoy	Rate

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Blues dance, vocal chorus
Prewar Blues

Joe McCoy (as Hamfoot Ham) (vocals and guitar); Herb Morand (trumpet); Odell Rand (clarinet); Charlie McCoy (guitar); ? Harrison (stand-up bass); Pearlis Williams (drums)

Herb Morand's surname is misspelled in the A-side composer credits.

A-side matrix: 90915-A, recorded Chicago, IL, October 2, 1936.
B-side matrix: 90837-A, recorded Chicago, IL, August 14, 1936.

Original issue A: Decca 7234 titled "Weed Smoker's Dream" (November 1936)
Original issue B: Decca 7206 (September 1936)

Billboard, March 27, 1943, page 25: "Race and Hillbilly Releases" (released March 20 thru 27)

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