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Top Bands of 1920s

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1	Coleman Hawkins	2.9909	Blues, Folk, Jazz	04/1927	115	1.Body & Soul 2.Rainbow Mist 3.Desafinado: Bossa Nova & Jazz Samba 4.In a Mellow Tone See all Coleman Hawkins album rankings
2	Fats Waller	2.9554	Blues, Classical, Classical: Instrumental	10/1922	102	1.Turn on the Heat: The Fats Waller Piano Solos 2.Fats Waller and His Buddies 3.If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It! 4.The Very Best of Fats Waller See all Fats Waller album rankings
3	Jabbo Smith	2.8064	Jazz, Misc., Pop	01/1929	6	1.1929-1938 2.Complete 1929-1938 Sessions 3.Hot Jazz in the Twenties, Vol. 1 4.Hot Jazz in the Twenties, Vol. 2 See all Jabbo Smith album rankings
4	Eddie Lang	2.8064	Blues, Jazz, Pop	04/1927	5	1.Jazz Guitar 2.Blue Guitars I & Ii 3.Quintessential Eddie Lang 1925-32 4.A Handful of Riffs See all Eddie Lang album rankings
5	Ruth Etting	2.8064	Jazz, Misc., Opera & Vocal Music	04/1926	4	1.Ten Cents a Dance 2.Glorifier of American Song 3.Love Me or Leave Me 4.America's Sweetheart of Song See all Ruth Etting album rankings
6	New Orleans Owls	2.8064	Jazz, Pop	03/1925	1	1.The Owls' Hoot! See all New Orleans Owls album rankings
7	Jelly Roll Morton	2.8064	Blues, Jazz, Misc.	06/1923	68	1.1923-1924 2.Jelly Roll Morton, Vol. 2: The Red Hot Peppers 3.Piano Rolls 4.Birth of the Hot See all Jelly Roll Morton album rankings
8	Fletcher Henderson	2.8064	Jazz, Misc., Pop	06/1921	48	1.A Study in Frustration/Thesaurus of Classic Jazz 2.Tidal Wave 3.The Crown King of Swing 4.1924-25 See all Fletcher Henderson album rankings
9	Johnny Dodds	2.6550	Blues, Jazz, Pop	04/1923	17	1.Wild Man Blues: 24 Clarinet Classics 2.Blue Clarinet Stomp 3.Great Original Performances 1923-1929 4.South Side Chicago Jazz See all Johnny Dodds album rankings
10	Trixie Smith	2.5060	Blues, Jazz, Pop	09/1921	2	1.Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 2.Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 See all Trixie Smith album rankings
11	Wingy Manone	2.5060	Jazz, Pop	04/1927	13	1.The Wingy Manone Collection, Vol. 1 2.Wingy Sings, Manone Plays: Great Hits 3.The Wingy Manone Collection, Vol. 3 4.Swingin' at the Hickory House: His 24 Greatest See all Wingy Manone album rankings
12	Hoagy Carmichael	2.5060	Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz, Opera & Vocal Music	11/1927	21	1.Stardust, and Much More 2.Hoagy Sings Carmichael 3.The First of the Singer Songwriters: Key Cuts 1924-1946 4.Old Music Master See all Hoagy Carmichael album rankings
13	Clarence Williams	2.5060	Jazz, Pop, Blues	10/1921	36	1.1924-1926 2.New Orleans Pioneer: Great Original Performances 1923-1941 3.Clarence Williams Vol. 1 1933-34 4.Clarence Williams Vol. 2 1933-37 See all Clarence Williams album rankings
14	Johnny Dunn	2.5060	Blues, Jazz, Pop	12/1922	2	1.Johnny Dunn, Vol. 2 2.Cornet Blues See all Johnny Dunn album rankings
15	Josephine Baker	2.5060	Blues, Broadway & Vocalists, Jazz	12/1926	22	1.Josephine Baker 2.Complete Recorded Works: 1926-27 3.Chansons Eternelles 4.Gold Collection See all Josephine Baker album rankings
16	Jack Teagarden	2.4920	Blues, Jazz, Misc.	03/1928	44	1.The Indispensable 1928-1957 2.That's a Serious Thing 3.I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 4.It's Time for Tea See all Jack Teagarden album rankings
17	Jimmy O'bryant	2.2056	Blues, Folk, Jazz	10/1923	3	1.Jimmy O'Bryant's Washboard Band, Vol. 1 2.Jimmy O'Bryant, Vol. 2 & Vance Dixon 3.Mystery Man of Jazz See all Jimmy O'bryant album rankings
18	Joe Venuti	2.2056	Jazz, Pop, Blues	06/1927	10	1.Violin Jazz 1927-1934 2.Pretty Trix 3.1926-1928 4.Four String Joe 1926/1946 See all Joe Venuti album rankings
19	Louis Armstrong	1.2345	Alt. Rock, Blues, Broadway & Vocalists	04/1923	379	1.Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy 2.Satch Plays Fats: The Music of Fats Waller 3.I've Got the World on a String/Louis Under the Stars 4.Ambassador Satch See all Louis Armstrong album rankings

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