Claxtonola was a jazz
record label
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founded in 1918 by the Brenard Manufacturing Company in Iowa City, Iowa.
It reissued
Paramount
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Black Swan
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, and
Gennett Records
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masters on the Claxtonola and
National
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labels. The label closed in 1925.
The company also sold phonographs.
Discography
The company's recordings include:
:
*Oh Baby
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Copenhagen
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*Susie
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Riverboat Shuffle
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First recorded by Bix Beiderbecke and The Wolverines (jazz band), The Wolverines in 19 ...
*Sensation
*Lazy Daddy
The Bucktown Five
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*Hot Mittens
Hitch's Happy Harmonists
Hitch's Happy Harmonists (a.k.a. The Happy Harmonists, active 1922–27) was an early jazz band from Evansville, Indiana which played on the first recordings by Hoagy Carmichael: "Bone Yard Shuffle" and "Washboard Blues".
The band was led by the ...
:
*Steady Steppin' Papa
Midway Gardens Orchestra
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:
*Tin Roof Blues
*Black Sheep Blues
*Lots 0' Mama
*Sobbin' Blues
Fletcher Henderson
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, on National:
*Aunt Hagar's Children
*My Sweetie Went Away
Jelly Roll Morton
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, on National:
*Muddy Water Blues
Sam Ash
*When Shall We Meet Again (4007-A)
Charles Harrison
*That's How I Believe in You(4007-B)
Eddie Peabody
* Tell Me Dreamy Eyes (40440-A)
* Indian Dawn - Minnetonka (40440-B)
The Seven Syncopaters
* Take Me (40415-A)
* Susquenna Home (40415-B)
References
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Companies based in Iowa
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