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The Original Memphis Five
Band, 1917-1990 US
Jazz
A.k.a. Ladd's Black Aces Nubian Five T.N.T. Rhythm Boys
The Original Memphis Five was an early jazz quintet founded in 1917 by trumpeter Phil Napoleon and pianist Frank Signorelli. Jimmy Lytell was a member from 1922 to 1925. The group made many recordings between 1921 and 1931, sometimes under different names, including Ladd's Black Aces and The Cotton Pickers. Richard Cook and Brian Morton, writing for The Penguin Guide to Jazz, refer to the group as "one of the key small groups of the '20s."An example of two of their recordings for Columbia was "Mobile Blues" and "How Come You Do Me Like You Do" on Columbia # 260-D in 1924.
Members
 | Tommy Dorsey tb 1905-1956 US |
 | Jimmy Dorsey cl, as 1904-1957 US |
 | Frank Signorelli p 1901-1975 US |
 | Miff Mole tb 1898-1961 US |
 | Jimmy Lytell cl 1904-1972 US |
 | Phil Napoleon tr 1901-1990 US |
 | Jack Roth dr US |
| Charles Panelli tb |
| Ray Kitchingman bj |
Popular Tracks 
Jazz Me Blues on Nobody Knows What a Red-Head Mama Can Do by The Original Memphis Five Pickles on St. Louis Gal by The Original Memphis Five How Come You Do Me Like You Do on Nobody Knows What a Red-Head Mama Can Do by The Original Memphis Five Red Hot Momma on St. Louis Gal by The Original Memphis Five St. Louis Gal - 1931 Version on Nobody Knows What a Red-Head Mama Can Do by The Original Memphis Five Shufflin' Mose on St. Louis Gal by The Original Memphis Five Walk, Jenny, Walk! on St. Louis Gal by The Original Memphis Five Indiana Stomp on Nobody Knows What a Red-Head Mama Can Do by The Original Memphis Five Last Night On the Back Porch on St. Louis Gal by The Original Memphis Five Since Ma Is Playing Mah Jong on St. Louis Gal by The Original Memphis FiveTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Memphis Five | The Original Memphis Five | 2009 | Compil. |
| 1923 - 1931 | The Original Memphis Five | 2000 | Compil. |
| 1928-1929 | The Original Memphis Five / Napoleon's Emperors / The Cotton Pickers | 1998 | Compil. |
| The Original Memphis Five Collection, Vol. 1, 1922-23 | The Original Memphis Five | 1994 | Compil. |
| The Sounds Of New York Vol. 1 (1923-1926) | The Original Memphis Five | 1989 | Compil. |
| Phil Napoleon Featuring The Original Memphis Five | Phil Napoleon Featuring The The Original Memphis Five | 1977 | Compil. |
| The Original Memphis Five | The Original Memphis Five | 1975 | Compil. |
| Treasuary Of Jazz N°81 | The Original Memphis Five | 1967 | Compil. |
| Connee Boswell And The Original Memphis Five In Hi-Fi | Connie Boswell And The Original Memphis Five | 1957 | Album |
| Japanese Sandman | Connie Boswell And The Original Memphis Five | 1957 | Single |
| Anything / Jazz Me Blues | The Dorsey Brothers, The Original Memphis Five | 1947 | Album |
| St. Louis Gal / My Honey's Loving Arms | The Original Memphis Five | 1932 | Album |
| Jazz Me Blues / Anything | The Original Memphis Five | 1931 | Album |
| Jacksonville Gal / Nobody's Rose | The Original Memphis Five | 1929 | Album |
| Lovey Lee / How Come You Do Me Like You Do | The Original Memphis Five | 1927 | Album |
| Chinese Blues / 'Tain't Cold | The Original Memphis Five | 1926 | Album |
| Static Strut / Tampeekoe | The Original Memphis Five | 1926 | Album |
| Military Mike / Bass Ale Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1925 | Album |
| Thirty-First Street Blues / When June Comes Along With A Song | The Original Memphis Five | 1925 | Album |
| Doo Wacka Doo / Nobody Knows What A Red-Head Mama Can Do | The Original Memphis Five | 1925 | Album |
| Sob Sister Sadie / Throw Down Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1925 | Album |
| How Come You Do Me Like You Do / Mobile Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1925 | Album |
| House Of David Blues / Oh! Sister! Ain't That Hot? | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| Africa / Superstitious Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| Maybe / Hootin' De Hoot | Arthur Lange And His Orchestra ,/ The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| More / She Wouldn't Do (What I Asked Her To) | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| The Meanest Blues / Arkansas | The Original Memphis Five / Five Birmingham Babies | 1924 | Album |
| It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Red Hot Mamma | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| Sweet Papa Joe / You | The Original Memphis Five / Arthur Lange And His Orchestra | 1924 | Album |
| Why Should I Weep About One Sweetie / Since Ma Is Playing Man Jongg | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| Oh Baby / I Never Care 'Bout To-Morrow | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| Blue Grass Blues / Sioux City Sue | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| Take Me / Madrid Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| How Come You Do Me Like You Do / Meanest Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1924 | Album |
| Deedle-Deedle-Dum / Buzz Mirandy | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Memphis Glide / Shufflin' Mose | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Bad News Blues / Shufflin' Mose | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Loose Feet / The Great White Way Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Ivy / Aunt Hagar's Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Teasin' Squeezin' Man O' Mine / Sad News Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Farewell Blues / Liza | The Original Memphis Five / New Synco Jazz Band | 1923 | Album |
| Railroad Man / Great White Way Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Papa Blues / Keep It Under Your Hat | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Shufflin' Mose / The Great White Way Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Single |
| Pickles / Yes! We Have No Bananas | The Original Memphis Five / Lanin's Orchestra | 1923 | Album |
| Walk, Jenny, Walk! / Last Night On The Back Porch | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Yes! We Have No Bananas / Memphis Glide | Golden Gate Orchestra / The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| The Great White Way Blues / Papa Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| That Red Head Gal / I Never Miss The Sunshine | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| I've Got A Song For Sale / Tin Roof Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Aggravatin' Papa / Four O'Clock Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Who's Sorry Now? / Snakes Hips | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| Bees Knees / Stop Your Kiddin' | The Original Memphis Five | 1923 | Album |
| He May Be Your Man, But He Comes To See Me Sometimes / Stop Your Kiddin' | The Original Memphis Five | 1922 | Album |
| I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate / Got To Cool My Doggies Now | The Original Memphis Five | 1922 | Album |
| I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate / Chicago | The Original Memphis Five / Moulin Rouge Orchestra | 1922 | Album |
| Stop Your Kidding / That Barking Dog - Woof! Woof! | The Original Memphis Five | 1922 | Album |
| When All Your Castles Come Tumbling Down / I Wish I Could Shimmy Like Sister Kate | Joseph Samuels' Orchestra / The Original Memphis Five | 1922 | Album |
| I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate / Struttin' At The Strutters Ball | The Original Memphis Five | 1922 | Album |
| Ji-Ji-Boo / You Can Have Him, I Don't Want Him, Didn't Love Him Anyhow Blues | The Original Memphis Five | 1922 | Album |
| Struttin' At The Strutters' Ball / Way Down South | The Original Memphis Five / Continental Dance Orchestra | 1922 | Album |
| Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers / I'm Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind | Majestic Dance Orchestra / The Original Memphis Five | 1922 | Album |
| You Know Me, Alabam' / A Little Bit Of Jazz | The Original Memphis Five | Album | |
| You've Got To See Mamma Ev'ry Night / I Ain't Never Had Nobody Crazy Over Me | The Original Memphis Five | Album | |
| You've Got To See Mamma Every Night / Four O'clock Blues | The Original Memphis Five | Album | |
| Gee, But I Hate To Go Home Alone / Buzz Mirandy | The Original Memphis Five | Album | |
| Chinatown, My Chinatown / Jazz Me Blues | The Stokers Of Hades / The Original Memphis Five | Album |
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