George
Washington Johnson
(1846
– 1914)
*1890
1890
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New York Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) New York Phonograph
(cyl)
New York Phonograph
1890
- Newark NJ
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New Jersey Phonograph
(cyl)
New Jersey Phonograph
*1891
Jun
1, October 1891 - Edison Laboratories West Orange NJ
Edward
Issler (p); George W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1)
The
Whistling Coon (Sam
Devere) - 1 (cyl) North American Phonograph 2:49
The
Laughing Song (Johnson) (cyl)
North American Phonograph
(cyl)
North American Phonograph
1891
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New York Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) New York Phonograph
(cyl)
New York Phonograph
1891
- Newark NJ
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New Jersey Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) New Jersey Phonograph
(cyl)
New Jersey Phonograph
*1892
1892
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New York Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) New York Phonograph
(cyl)
New York Phonograph
1892
- Newark NJ
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New Jersey Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) New Jersey Phonograph
The
Laughing Darkey New
Jersey Phonograph
Uncle
Ned's Dream New
Jersey Phonograph
(cyl)
New Jersey Phonograph
August
1892 - West Orange NJ
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon (Sam
Devere) - 1 (cyl) North American Phonograph
The
Laughing Song (Johnson) (cyl)
North American Phonograph
(cyl)
North American Phonograph
*1893
1893
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New York Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) New York Phonograph
(cyl)
New York Phonograph
1893
- Newark NJ
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 New Jersey Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) New Jersey Phonograph
(cyl)
New Jersey Phonograph
*1894
1894
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 United States Phonograph
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) United
States Phonograph 2:35
(cyl)
United States Phonograph
1894
- New York
George
W Johnson, Dan W Quinn, Len Spencer, Billy Williams (voc); orchestra
Minstrel
First Part, featuring "The Laughing Song" United States
Phonograph 3:10
(cyl)
United States [New Jersey] Phonograph Co (unnumbered) - Spencer,
Williams And Quinn's Imperial Minstrels
*1895
1895
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 Columbia
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) Columbia
(cyl)
Columbia
Oct
31 1895 - New York, Washington DC, or
Philadelphia
PA
George
W Johnson (voc)
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) (no tk) Berliner 404
additional
takes: - Z, Y, X, W, Nov 18 1896; - YY, ZZ, Sep 16 1897; - XX, Oct
1 1898 - John Yorke AtLee
Whistling
Coon
(Sam Devere) (- W) Berliner 196
additional
takes: no tk, Oct 8 1894 - A C Weaver; - Z[a], Mar 25 1895 - A C
Weaver; no tk, - Z[b], Nov 18 1896; - Z[c], X, Sep 16 1897; - ZZ,
Sep 21 1898
(7”
single side) Berliner 196
*1896
Nov
18 1896 - Philadelphia PA
George
W Johnson (voc - 1, whistling); unknown
(p)
The
Laughing Song
(Washington)
(- Z) Berliner 404
(- Y) Berliner 404
(- X) Berliner 404
(- W) Berliner 404
additional
takes: no tk, Oct 31 1895; - YY, ZZ, Sep 16 1897; - XX, Oct 1
1898 - John Yorke AtLee
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere)
(- no tk) Berliner 196
(-
Z[b]) - 1 Berliner 196 2:00
additional
takes: Oct 8 1894 - A C Weaver; - Z[a], Mar 25 1895 - A C Weaver; -
W, Oct 31 1895; - Z[c], X, Sep 16 1897; - ZZ, Sep 21 1898 - John
York AtLee
The
Mocking Bird
(Richard Milburn)
(- Z) Berliner
403 1:45
additional
takes: - ZZ, Feb 17 1897 - Billy Golden; - V, WW, VV, Mar 5 1898 -
Milton M Clark; - XX, Oct 6 1898 - Harry Taft
(7"
single side) Berliner 196
(7"
single side) Berliner 403
*1897
1897
- New York
Len
Spencer
George
W Johnson, Len Spencer, Billy Williams; orchestra
Minstrel
Routine, featuring The Laughing Song Columbia
13004 2:55
(cyl)
Columbia 13004 - Imperial Minstrels
1897
- 1898 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p)
Negro
Laughing Song [The Laughing Song]
(Johnson) Edison 4004
additional
takes: 1902, 1904 - 1908
Laughing
Coon Edison
4005 2:25
additional
takes: 1902, 1904 - 1908
Whistling
Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 Edison 4012
additional
take: 1902
Whistling
Girl
(Johnson) Edison 4013
(cyl)
Edison 4004
(cyl)
Edison 4005
(cyl)
Edison 4012
(cyl)
Edison 4013
Sep
16 1897 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling)
The
Laughing Song (Johnson)
(- YY) Berliner 404
(- ZZ) Berliner 404
additional
takes: no tk, Oct 31 1895; - Z, Y, X, W, Nov 18 1896; - XX, Oct 1
1898 - John Yorke AtLee
Whistling
Coon (Sam Devere)
(- Z[c]) Berliner 196
(- X) Berliner 196
additional
takes: Oct 8 1894 - A C Weaver; - Z[a], Mar 25 1895 - A C Weaver; -
W, Oct 31 1895; no tk, - Z[b], Nov 18 1896; - ZZ, Sep 21 1898 -
John York
AtLee
(7”
single side) Berliner 196
*1898
1898
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown (p)
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) Columbia
7601 2:13
The
Laughing Coon Columbia
7603 2:26
The
Whistling Girl Columbia
7604 2:33
(cyl)
Columbia 7601
(cyl)
Columbia 7603
(cyl)
Columbia 7604
*1900
Dec
31 1900 - Camden NJ
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p)
The
Laughing Coon
(- 2) Berliner 79
(- 4) Victor A-584
additional
takes: - V-6, Sep 11 1902; - V-12, no tk, May 5 1903
Laughing
Song (Johnson)
(- 1) Victor A-583
(- 3) Victor A-583
additional
takes: - V-5, Sep 11 1902; - no tk, M-12, May 5 1903
The
Whistling Girl (Johnson) (-
3) - 1 Victor A-581
additional
takes: - V-12, M-12, M-13, May 5 1903
The
Whistling Coon (Sam Devere) -
1
(- 1) Victor A-582
(- 2) Victor A-582
(- 3) Victor A-582
(- no tk) Victor A-582
additional
takes: - 5, Sep 11 1902; - 12, May 5 1903
(7”
disc) Canada / Berliner 79
(7"
disc) Victor A-581
(7”
disc) Victor A-582
(7”
disc) Victor A-583
(7”
disc) Victor A-584
*1901
1901
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling); unknown (p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere)
(- 1) Harvard 211
(- 2) Columbia 211, Peerless 211
additional
takes: - 3, 1901 - 1904; - 4, 5, 7, 1901 - October 1905
(7”
disc) Columbia 211
(7”
disc) Harvard 211
(7”
disc) Peerless 211
1901
- 1904 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p
- 2); orchestra - 3
Negro
Laughing Song [The Laughing Song] (Johnson)
- 3
(- 4) Columbia 210
(- 6) Columbia 210
(- no tk) Columbia 7601 2:11
additional
takes: - 2, 13, no tk, 1901 - October 1905; - 8, 10, 1901 - 1908;
no tk, 1901 - 1910; -12, 1908 - 1910
The
Whistling Coon (Sam Devere) -
1, 2
(- 2) Columbia 211
(- 3) Columbia 211
(- 4) Columbia 211
(- 5) Columbia 211
(- 6) Columbia 211
additional
takes: - 1, 2, 1901; - 9, 1901 - 1904 - Billy Murray; - 4, 5, 7,
1901 - October 1905
(cyl)
Columbia 7601
(7”
disc) Columbia 211
(10”
disc) Columbia 210
(10”
disc) Columbia 211
1901
- October 1905 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown (p)
Negro
Laughing Song [The Laughing Song]
(Johnson)
(- 2) Columbia 210, Peerless 210
(-13) Oxford 210
(- no tk) Columbia 210, Harvard 210
additional
takes: - 4, 6, 1901 - 1904; - 8, 10, 1901 - 1908; no tk, 1901 -
1910; - 12, 1908 - 1910
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere)
(- 4) (vocal may be Billy Murray) Oxford 211
(- 5) (vocal may be Billy Murray) Columbia 211
(- 7) Oxford 211
additional
takes: - 1, 2, 1901; - 3, 1901 - 1904
(7”
disc) Columbia 210
(7”
disc) Columbia 211
(7”
disc) Harvard 210
(7”
disc) Oxford 210
(7”
disc) Oxford 211
(7”
disc) Peerless 210
1901
- 1908 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); orchestra
Negro
Laughing Song
[The Laughing
Song]
(Johnson)
(- 8) Columbia 210
(-10) Columbia 210, Columbia A297, Standard A297
additional
takes: additional takes: - 4, 6, 1901 - 1904; - 2, 13, no tk, 1901
- October 1905; no tk, 1901 - 1910; -12, 1908 - 1910
(10”
disc) Columbia 210
(10”
disc) Columbia A297
(10”
disc) Standard A297
1901
- 1910 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); orchestra
Negro
Laughing Song [The Laughing Song]
(- no tk) Diamond A297, Standard 210
additional
takes: - 4, 6, 1901 - 1904; - 2, 13, no tk, 1901 - October 1905;
-8, 10, 1901 - 1908; -12, 1908 - 1910
(10”
disc) Diamond A297
(10”
disc) Standard 210
*1902
April
1902 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere)
Zonophone
900
Zonophone
1896
The
Whistling Girl
(Johnson)
Zonophone
901
Zonophone
1897
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson)
Zonophone
902
Zonophone
1898
The
Laughing Coon
(Johnson)
Zonophone
903
Zonophone
1899
Carving
The Duck
(Johnson) Zonophone 2030
(7”
disc) Zonophone 1896
(7”
disc) Zonophone 1897
(7”
disc) Zonophone 1898
(7”
disc) Zonophone 1899
(7”
disc) Zonophone 2030
(9”
disc) Zonophone 900
(9”
disc) Zonophone 901
(9”
disc) Zonophone 902
(9”
disc) Zonophone 903
1902
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc); Frank Banta (p)
Laughing
Coon
Edison 4005
additional
takes: 1897 - 1898; 1904 - 1908
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) Edison 4004 2:17
additional
takes: 1897 - 1898; 1904 - 1908
Whistling
Coon
(Sam Devere) Edison 4012
additional
take: 1897 - 1898
(cyl)
Edison 4004
(cyl)
Edison 4005
(cyl)
Edison 4012
1902
- 1903 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown
(p)
Minstrels
- Laughing Song
Zonophone
5081, Zonophone C 5473
Zonophone
5081, Zonophone P 5473
(7”
disc) Zonophone 5081
(7”
disc) Zonophone P 5473
(9”
disc) Zonophone 5081
(9”
disc) Zonophone C 5473
1902
- 1904 - New York
George
W Johnson, Harry Spencer, Len Spencer (voc); orchestra
The
Laughing Song (Johnson)
(- 2) Columbia 644, Columbia A461
(- no tk) Columbia 13004 2:41
(cyl)
Columbia 13004 - Imperial Minstrels
(10”
disc) Columbia 644 - Imperial Minstrels
(10”
disc) Columbia A461 - Imperial Minstrels
1902
- October 1905 - New York
George
W Johnson, Harry Spencer, Len Spencer (voc); orchestra
The
Laughing Song (Johnson)
(- 2) Columbia 644
(- 4) Columbia 644, Standard 644
(- 8) Standard 644
additional
takes: - 2, 1902 - 1904; - 3, 6, no tk, 1902 - October 1905 - no
Johnson
(7”
disc) Columbia 644 - Imperial Minstrels
(7”
disc) Standard 644 - Imperial Minstrels
Sep
11 1902 - Philadelphia PA
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling); unknown
(p)
The
Laughing Coon
(- V-6) Victor A-584
(- M-2) Victor 584
additional
takes: - 2, 4, Dec 31 1900; - V-12, no tk, M-12, May 5 1903
Laughing
Song
(Johnson)
(- V-5) Victor 583
(- M-1) Victor 583
additional
takes: - 1, 3, Dec 31 1900; - no tk, M-12, May 5 1903
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere)
(- 5) Victor A-582
(- M-1) Victor 582
additional
takes: - 1, 2, 3, no tk, Dec 31 1900; - 12, M-12, May 5 1903
The
Whistling Girl
(Johnson) (- M-1) Victor 581
additional
takes: - M-12, M-13, May 5 1903
(7”
disc) Victor A-582
(7”
disc) Victor 583
(7”
disc) Victor 584
(10”
disc) Victor 581
(10”
disc) Victor 582
(10”
disc) Victor 583
(10”
disc) Victor 584
*1903
April
1903 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling); unknown (p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) Zonophone C 5432
(9”
disc) Zonophone C 5432
May
5 1903 - Philadelphia PA
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p)
The
Laughing Coon
(-
V-12) Victor 584
(- no tk) Victor A-584
(- M-12) Victor 584
additional
takes: 2, 4, Dec 31 1900; - V-6, M-2, Sep 11 1902
Laughing
Song
(Johnson)
(- no tk) Victor A-583
(- M-12) Victor 583 2:22
additional
takes: - 1, 3, Dec 31 1900; - V-5, Sep 11 1902
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1
(- 12) Victor A-582, Oxford 5432
(- M-12) Victor 582 2:22
additional
takes: - 1, 2, 3, no tk, Dec 31 1900; - 5, M-1, Sep 11 1902
The
Whistling Girl (Johnson)
- 1
(-
V-12) Victor 581
(- M-12) Victor 581
(- M-13) Victor 581 2:43
additional
takes: - 3, Dec 31 1900; - M-12, M-13, Sep 11 1902
(7”
disc) Oxford 5432
(7”
disc) Victor 581
(7”
disc) Victor A-582
(7”
disc) Victor A-583
(7”
disc) Victor 584
(7”
disc) Victor A-584
(10”
disc) Victor 582
(10”
disc) Victor 583
(10”
disc) Victor 584
May
1903 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown (p)
Carving
The Duck
(Johnson)
Zonophone
C 5290 2:43
Zonophone
P 5290
(7”
disc) Zonophone P 5290
(9”
disc) Zonophone C 5290
1903
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown
(p)
Laughing
Song
(Johnson) (625) Zonophone C 5631
(9”
disc) Zonophone C 5631
September
1903 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown (p)
The
Laughing Coon
(657) Zonophone P 5697
Laughing
Song
(Johnson) (690) Zonophone P 5631
(7”
disc) Zonophone P 5631
(7”
disc) Zonophone P 5697
November
1903 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown (p)
The
Laughing Coon
(Johnson) Zonophone C 5697
(9”
disc) Zonophone C 5697
*1904
February
1904 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown (p)
The
Laughing Coon
(1711) Zonophone C 5697
(9”
disc) Zonophone C 5697
March
1904 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling); unknown
(p)
The
Whistling Girl
(Johnson)
Zonophone
C 5852
Zonophone
P 5852
(7”
disc) Zonophone P 5852
(9”
disc) Zonophone C 5852
1904
- New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p)
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) American
30448
(10”
disc) American 30448
1904
- 1905 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown
(p)
Carving
The Duck
(Johnson) Oxford 5290
Laughing
Song
(Johnson) Oxford 5631
The
Laughing Coon
(Johnson) Oxford 5697
The
Whistlng Girl
(Johnson) - 1 Oxford 5852
(7”
disc) Oxford 5290
(7”
disc) Oxford 5631
(7”
disc) Oxford 5697
(7”
disc) Oxford 5852
1904
- 1908 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); orchestra
The
Laughing Song (Johnson) Edison
4004 2:20
Laughing
Coon Edison
4005
(cyl)
Edison 4004
(cyl)
Edison 4005
*1905
January
1905 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); unknown (p)
Laughing
Song
(Johnson) Zonophone 71, Zonophone 5141, Oxford 5141
(10”
disc) Oxford 5141
(10”
disc) Zonophone 71
(10”
disc) Zonophone 5141
1905
- April 1906 - New York
George
W Johnson, Len Spencer (voc); orchestra
The
Merry Mail Man
(Spencer) (- 1) Columbia 3374, Star 3704, The New Improved Silver
Tongued 332 3:04
additional
take: - no tk, 1906 - 1909
(10”
disc) Columbia 3374 - Len Spencer and George Johnson
(10”
disc) Star 3704 - Len Spencer and George Johnson
(10”
disc) The New Improved Silver Tongued 332 - Len Spencer and George
Johnson
1905
- 1906 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling); unknown (p)
Whistling
Song [The Whistling Coon]
(Sam Devere) Imperial 44701, Busy Bee A-35
The
Whistling Girl
(Johnson) Imperial 44702
(10”
disc) Busy Bee A-35
(10”
disc) Imperial 44701
(10”
disc) Imperial 44702
*1908
1908
- 1910 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc); orchestra
Negro
Laughing Song [The Laughing Song]
(Johnson) (-12) Columbia A297, Oxford 210, Silvertone 210 2:57
additional
takes: -
4, 6, 1901 - 1904; - 2, 13, no tk, 1901 - October 1905; - 8, 10,
1901 - 1908; no tk, 1901 - 1910
(10”
disc) Columbia A297
(10”
disc) Oxford 210
(10”
disc) Silvertone 210
*1909
1909
- 1910 - New York
George
W Johnson (voc, whistling - 1); unknown (p)
The
Whistling Coon
(Sam Devere) - 1 US Everlasting 358
The
Laughing Song
(Johnson) US
Everlasting 324
(cyl)
US Everlasting 324 - George Johnson
(cyl)
US Everlasting 358 - George Johnson
