About Harlem Hamfats
The Harlem Hamfats was a Chicago jazz band formed in 1936. Initially, they mainly provided backup music for jazz and blues singers, such as Johnny Temple, Rosetta Howard, and Frankie Jaxon for Decca Records, but when their first record "Oh Red" became a hit, it secured them a Decca contract for fifty titles. They launched a successful recording career performing danceable music. The group was not from Harlem nor were they "hamfats". The name 'hamfat'
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Weed Smoker's Dream
When the Sun Goes Down in Harlem
Root Hog or Die
Let's Get Drunk and Truck
Oh Red!
Hallelujah Joe Ain't Preachin' No More
She's Gone Again
Lake Providence Blues
Live and Die for You
Weed Smokers' Dream
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