John Hammond

 By Tony Russell, Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS
8 April 1925 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – John Hammond (John Hammond [vcl/banjo])
001 G12196  LITTLE BIRDIE  Gennett 5697 3022 Silvertone 3859 5697 Challenge 168
002 G12197-A PURTY POLLY Gennett 5697 3021 Silvertone 3859 5697 Challenge 168 Champion 15147
6 January 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – John Hammond (John Hammond [vcl/banjo])
003 G12589-A  JOHNNY'S GONE TO CUBA rejected
004 G12591-A I‘M AS PRETTY LITTLE GIRL AS I CAN BE  rejected
17 September 1927 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – John Hammond (John Hammond [vcl/banjo])
005 G13028-A PURTY POLLY Silvertone 5070 8149 Supertone 9249/ Yazoo 2013 TSO 1875 JSP 77130
006 G13029  LITTLE BIRDIE 6256 15356 Silvertone 5070 8149 Supertone 9249 Challenge 332 Champion 15356/Yazoo 2013 CO-CD-3533 JSP 77130
007 G13030  MY MOTHER ALWAYS TALKED TO ME  6256/LP 522 CO-CD-3504 Yazoo 2013    
008 G13031  AS FREE AS A LITTLE BIRD  Challenge 332/ JSP 77130
COUNTY LP 522 OLDTIME BALLADS FROM THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS (1971); YAZOO 2013 THE MUSIC OF KENTUCKY EARLY AMERICAN RURAL  CLASSICS 1927/1937 VOL.1/2 (1995, 2CD); COUNTY CO-CD-3504 OLDTIME MOUNTAIN BALLADS (1995); COUNTY CO-CD 3533 OLDTIME MOUNTAIN BANJO (2005)
TOMPKINS SQUARE TSO 1875 PEOPLE TAKE WARNING (2007, 3CD); JSP 77130 GENNETT OLDTIME MUSIC (UK, 2010, 4CD)

SINGLES
Gennett
5697 Little Birdie / Purty Polly
6256 Little Birdie / My Mother Always Talked To Me
3021 Purty Polly / [Homer Davenport]
3022 Little Birdie / [Homer Davenport]
Silvertone
3859/5697 Little Birdie / Purty Polly
8149/5070 Little Birdie / Purty Polly
Challenge
168 Little Birdie / Purty Polly – as by Levi Stanley
332 Little Birdie / As Free As A Little Bird – as by William Price
Supertone
9249 Little Birdie / Purty Polly
Champion
15147 Purty Polly / [Vernon Dalhart] – as by Abe Morris
15356 Little Birdie / [Holland Puckett]