Butterbeans & Susie
Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and Susie Hawthorne were never household names -- at least not in many white households -- but from the early 1920s through the '50s, they were one of the top comedic music acts on the Black vaudeville circuit, from New York to Chicago to Detroit. Working as Butterbeans & Susie, they were masters of comic timing and the double-entendre in their interaction. In her stage and recorded persona, Hawthorne was the model for dozens of other dominant but frustrated wives throughout the history of stage and recorded entertainment in the 20th century, while Jodie Edwards made the role of the inadequate husband sing with laughter. The comic setup was a common one in entertainment, but they were considered too raunchy for white audiences. Despite this, they recorded extensively during the '20s, principally for the OKeh label. With the onset of the Great Depression, which crippled the recording industry, they kept busy mainly on the stage and made one last record at the end of the 1950s.
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6 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Butterbeans & Susie Vol. 2 (1926-1927)
Blues - Editado por Document Records el 13 sept. 2005
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Butterbeans & Susie
Jazz - Editado por Inner City Records el 21 feb. 2006
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Butterbeans & Susie
Blues - Editado por Classic Jazz el 21 feb. 2006
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Butterbeans & Susie Vol. 1 (1924-1925)
Blues - Editado por Document Records el 13 sept. 2005
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Pop - Editado por FACT Records el 20 abr. 2023
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King Oliver, Butterbeans & Susie
Pop - Editado por Acid Spirits Records el 28 mar. 2023
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