Jazz trumpeter Bunny Berigan made over 20 recordings for ARC and Brunswick as a bandleader in 1936 and 1937 leading the Bunny Berigan Orchestra and Bunny Berigan and his Boys. Session data now online.
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07.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Victor recorded Charles E. King's "Imi au ia oe," conducted by Nathaniel Shilkret and performed by Victor Salon Orchestra, on May 15, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below.
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06.02.2026 16:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Farmer Sisters (The Tennessee Harmony Girls) recorded 17 tracks for ARC in Jackson MS in Oct 1935. Only 2 discs were issued on Vocalion. Session data now online.
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04.02.2026 16:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rev. F. B. Meyer of Christ Church, Westminster Bridge Road in London made three recording of sermons for British Columbia in 1904. Data at the link below.
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02.02.2026 16:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Blues vocal group the Blue Chips led by Norridge Mayhams recorded 22 selections for ARC in 1935 in NYC. Session data now online.
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31.01.2026 16:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Belle Baker, who performed in Yiddish theater, vaudeville, and the Ziegfeld Follies, recorded “My Yiddishe momme” for Victor on October 13, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below.
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30.01.2026 16:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We just deployed new code that should speed up many searches. Please comment and let us know if you notice a difference. And let us know if you are still getting errors. We are NOT blocking traffic based on region, only suspected bots.
28.01.2026 21:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Blind Mack recorded 10 sides for Brunswick in Jackson, Mississippi in October 1935. The JAX matrix series was reserved for Jackson. Only two songs were issued on Vocalion 03167. Session data now online.
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28.01.2026 16:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We are aggressively blocking AI bots and site performance has returned to normal. The tightening up may inadvertently block users in some jurisdictions (e.g. China). If you are a legitimate user being blocked, please contact us so that we can work to allow access.
27.01.2026 16:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
English music hall singer and comedian Vesta Victoria is known for her 1907 U.S. Victor recordings, but she recorded for six selections for Columbia ion London in 1903. Data now online.
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26.01.2026 15:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Blues singer and guitarist Bob Campbell recorded 10 masters for ARC in 1934. Four of his seven solo recordings were issued, as were his three recordings accompanying Bessie Jackson. Session data now online.
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24.01.2026 16:07 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Columbia recorded Alexandre Luigini's Ballet égyptien, conducted by Robert Hood Bowers and performed by Columbia Concert Orchestra, on November 30, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below.
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23.01.2026 16:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mississippi fiddle and guitar duo the Nations Brothers (Shelton on fiddle, and Marshall on guitar) recorded 10 songs for ARC in Jackson, MS in October 1935. Session data now online.
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21.01.2026 15:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We appreciate your patience and sympathize with your frustration. We use the database too, and the last couple of days have been particularly bad.
Please don't hesitate to contact us with any concerns.
21.01.2026 04:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We have also recently deployed AWS Cloudfront and a WAF (Web application firewall) to block bots, which initially helped but not so much lately.
21.01.2026 04:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A bunch of changes to the underlying database have been deployed recently (which sometimes breaks things we don't catch in testing) and there are more coming in the next couple of weeks. Our hope is that the next batch will fix the problem.
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-And finally, AI bots are crawling the website for data to feed their LLMs. (This isn't confirmed, but analytics data suggests this.) This is what's killing the site right now.
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-The size of the database has more than doubled since 2020 to more than 450K masters and 85,000 digitized recordings.
-The amount of traffic has increased substantially over the past 18 months.
21.01.2026 04:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Just an update on DAHR (pic for dramatic effect). There are several things going on in a bit of a perfect storm:
-DAHR was migrated to AWS hardware about a year ago. This change in architecture resulted in worse overall performance, and we've been working on it ever since.
21.01.2026 04:13 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Bass Sydney Clifford recorded 6 selections for Columbia in London in 1904. Data now online.
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19.01.2026 15:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Lucille Bogan, one of the most important female blues singers of the 1930s, recorded over 60 cuts for ARC between 1933 and 1935. Many were released under the name Bessie Jackson. Many songs were also sexual in nature. Session data now online.
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17.01.2026 16:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Traffic from AI bots has dramatically increased again, impacting DAHR searches. We will be rolling out substantial changes to the code in the next two weeks to mitigate this and we appreciate your patience. Please hit reload if you get errors. We apologize for the inconvenience.
17.01.2026 01:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
American evangelist Homer Alvan Rodeheaver was a pioneer in the recording of sacred music. He recorded "Tell Mother I'll be there" by Charles M. Fillmore for Brunswick/Vocalion on June 16, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Data and audio at the link below.
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16.01.2026 16:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
American rhythm & blues singer Dolores Hawkins made 9 recordings for Columbia Records in New York in 1951 and 1952. Session data now online.
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15.01.2026 16:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sacred vocal group the Coats Sacred Quartette led by James B. Coats recorded 8 songs for ARC in Jackson, MS in 1935. Session data now online.
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14.01.2026 15:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Bass Robert Radford recorded 6 selections for British Columbia in 1903 or 1904. He later went on to record the Mikado with the Gramophone Co. in 1917. Data now online.
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12.01.2026 15:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Columbia recorded singer and songwriter Vernon Dalhart’s "The sinking of the Titanic" on June 4, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below.
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09.01.2026 16:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sound recordings in the "Class of 1925" entering the Public Domain this year are a diverse bunch and include the first electrical recordings to enter the PD. Over 10,000 recordings entered the PD and we will be featuring a different recording every Friday. #publicdomain
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