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Buck Washington
Buck Washington is credited on 180 releases across 57 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2010 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
180
Pressings credited
57
Albums
7
Decades active
28
In collections
Biography
Ford Lee "Buck" Washington (October 16, 1903 – January 31, 1955) was an American vaudeville performer, pianist, and singer. He was best known as half of the duo Buck and Bubbles, who were the first black artists to appear on television, with John W. Bubbles, his performance partner for 40 years.
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Credited work
180 releases · 57 albums · active 1951–2010
- Performance · 224
- Other credits · 20
Studios: Savoy Ballroom · The Metropolitan Opera House · Paramount Recording Studios · The Meadowbrook
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Billie Holiday Story Volume I
1973
Mean Mothers: Independent Women's Blues, Volume 1
1980
The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2
1951
The Louis Armstrong Story, Volume IV: Louis Armstrong Favorites
1951
Lady Day (The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia) (1933-1944)
2001
The Essential Bessie Smith
1997
Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man: 1923-1934
1994
The Quintessential Billie Holiday Volume 1, 1933-1935
1987
Cotton Club Stars
1984
Stars Of The Apollo Theatre
1973
The World's Greatest Blues Singer
1970
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billie Holiday
- Bessie Smith
- Louis Armstrong
- Coleman Hawkins
- Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
- Lil Hardin Armstrong And Her Swing Orchestra
- John W. Bubbles
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