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Paramount Records was an American record label known for its recordings of jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey, Tommy Johnson, Blind Blake and Blind Lemon
1926 disc label
Paramount Records ad, 1919
Blind Lemon Jefferson
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Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular and successful blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "F
Paramount Records
…label known for its recordings of jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey, Tommy Johnson, Blind Blake and Blind Lemon Jefferson. Paramount Records was founded in 1918 by United Phonographs, a subsidiary of the Wisconsin Chair Company, which trademarked its record brand from Port…
The only known photograph of Jefferson, c.1926
Jefferson's grave in Wortham, Texas