Bluebird (3)

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The label was created in 1932. Bluebird records were issued in both Canada and the U.S.A., using several label types. The various types were not used at the same time in Canada and the U.S.A. The popular series began in August 1932 at serial number 1800, these were 8" records which changed to 10" at 1810 and continued to 1853 by May 1933. The colour of the label was dark blue and black. In May 1933 the numbering system changed to B-5000, and the labels changed to a new blue-on-beige style (often referred as the "Buff" Bluebird, used until 1937 in the US and 1939 in Canada). At this point, most 1800-series material was immediately reissued on the "Buff label". In November 1938 it jumped from B-7875 to B-10000. In September 1942 it reached B-11594 and then changed to 30-0801. It reached 30-0834 in March 1945, at which time the Bluebird label ended. From 1946 to 1950 some Bluebird recordings were re-released using the original Bluebird serial number on the RCA Victor label. The notation "Bluebird Series" appeared around the rim of the label. In July 1949 the Bluebird label was revived at 31-0001, and a handful were issued over the next few months. In the 1930s, Bluebird recorded popular dance music,country, blues and jazz, as well as reissuing jazz, gospel and blues items previously released on [l=Victor]. Some notable orchestras came to Bluebird from the regular-priced Victor label: [a=Ted Weems], [a=Rudy Vallee], [a=Bert Lown], and [a=Joe Haymes]. Bluebird also recorded country artists such as the [a=Monroe Brothers], [a=Delmore Brothers, The], [a=Bradley Kincaid], and reissued many titles by [a=Jimmie Rodgers] and [a=Carter Family, The]. Many blues artists were brought to the label by talent scout and record producer [a=Lester Melrose]. The records were recorded cheaply and quickly, musicians included [a=Big Bill Broonzy], [a=Roosevelt Sykes], [a=Tampa Red], [a=Washboard Sam] and [a=Sonny Boy Williamson]. They produced a characteristic small band style which became known as the "Bluebird sound" and which, when electric amplification was added, became hugely influential on R&B and early rock and roll records. However, Bluebird all but ceased making blues records in 1942. Two of the most popular swing bandleaders, [a=Artie Shaw] and [a=Glenn Miller], were Bluebird artists starting in 1938. [a=Shep Fields And His Rippling Rhythm] orchestra signed with the label as early as 1936. [a=Earl Hines] was also a Bluebird artist during the early 1940s. During the WWII years (and the recording ban), Victor reissued hundreds of previously rare hot jazz by artists like [a=Duke Ellington], [a=Jelly Roll Morton], [a=Bennie Moten], [a=McKinney's Cotton Pickers] and many others on Bluebird. After World War II, however, Bluebird was discontinued and any popular Bluebird artists were moved up to the [l=RCA Victor] label. The Bluebird imprint was later used for jazz releases and reissues, as well as children's records in the 1950s. In the mid-1970s it was reactivated by RCA for a series of 2-LP sets of big band and jazz reissues produced by [a=Frank Driggs]. Bluebird remains active as a jazz label in the CD era, releasing albums from jazzmen like [a=Roy Hargrove], [a=Marcus Roberts], and [a=Dave Douglas] and [a=Tom Harrell].