Oct 9, 2023
Ralph Peer - Talks About The 1927 Recording of the Carter Family
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Ralph Peer - Talks About The 1927 Recording of the Carter Family
Ralph Peer (22 May 1892 – 19 January 1960) who recorded Mamie Smith (one of the first commercial blues records), Fiddlin’ John Carson (considered the first commercial country recording), as well as Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, the Carter Family, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmie Rodgers, and Fats Waller.
Ralph Peer (May 22, 1892 – January 19, 1960) who recorded Mamie Smith (one of the first commercial blues records), Fiddlin’ John Carson (considered the first commercial country recording), as well as Louis Armstrong, Hoagy Carmichael, the Carter Family, Jelly Roll Morton, Jimmie Rodgers, and Fats Waller.
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Ralph and Anita Peer (center top) with Jimmie Rodgers, along with Rodgers’ wife, Carrie (right), and their daughter Anita.
“Ralph Sylvester Peer was born in 1892 in Kansas City, Missouri. At 18 years old, Peer went to work for the Columbia Phonograph Company. In 1919, he was hired by OKeh Records in New York to assist OKeh's production director Fred Hagar. #MemberMonday”