Arnold Wiley

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Arnold Burke Wiley , called Doc Wiley, (born October 3, 1898 in New Madrid , Missouri , † October 1964 in Manhattan , New York ) was an American ragtime and blues musician ( piano , vocals ).

Live and act

Wiley lived at Arkansas State Penitentiary Farm, Lincoln County in 1920 , in Clarendon, Monroe County, Arkansas in 1925, and then moved to Chicago. He and his wife Bertha recorded for Okeh Records in 1926 and for Brunswick from 1927-29 , including the two ragtime numbers Arnold Wiley Rag / Windy City (# 7113). Other tracks that Wiley recorded during this period were Jumping Blues, Rootin 'Bo' Hog Blues and Irene's Bakershop Blues . He also accompanied the singer Margaret Whitmire (That Thing's Done Been Put On Me). In 1929 he recorded alone for Paramount Records , with his sister Irene for Columbia Records (Dear Old Compagnion (Come Back to Me), 1926) and in 1931 for Brunswick Records Jumpin 'Judy Blues. In the late 1940s he appeared in the Detroit blues scene; he led a band (piano, guitar or vibraphone, saxophone, bass) with which he wrote a number of more R&B-oriented songs like Barkin 'Dog Blues for labels like King Records , Apollo (Wiley's Boogie, # 391), Sensation , Bullet and Ace (It'll Be a Long Time with Johnny Letman , Sammy Price , Buster Bailey , Gene Ramey , 1959).

Discography

  • Blues and Jazz Obscurities (1923–1931) - The Complete Recorded Works of Sammie Lewis & Mandy Randolph, Jenkins & Jenkins, Margaret Whitmire, Wiley & Wiley, and William Walker ( Document Records )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arnold Doc Wiley at Google Books, accessed November 6, 2015
  2. ^ A b Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc Blues: A Regional Experience. 2013, p. 207
  3. ^ Brunswick 7000 Series Numerical Listing
  4. ↑ Sammy Price & Caroline Richmond: What Do They Want ?: A Jazz Autobiography. 1995, p. 130.
personal data
SURNAME Wiley, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wiley, Arnold Burke (full name); Wiley, Doc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ragtime and blues musician (piano, vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH New Madrid , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH October 1964
Place of death Manhattan , New York