About The 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'
Top Tracks
Weed Smoker's Dream
The Weed Smoker's Dream
Weed Smokers Dream
When The Sun Goes Down In Harlem
Let's Get Drunk and Truck
The garbage man
Oh red
Oh Red!
Oh! Red
The Weed Smoker's Dream (Why Don't You do Right?)
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