NAN
BLAKSTONE (NAOMI EWALD)
(1905 - September 24, 1951)
Major Engagements:
Club Argonaut, N.Y.C. (1931)
Monseigneur, London (1932)
Club Abbey, N.Y.C. (1933)
Caveau Basque (1934)
The Casino Town Club (1934)
Petit Palais (1934)
Clover Club, Los Angeles (1934-1935)
Colony Club, Chicago (1936)
18 Club, N.Y.C. (June - July 1937)
Little Eva (1939)
Moulin Rouge, New Orleans (1941)
Chase Hotel, St. Louis (1942)
Café Esquire, Montreal (1942)
Linday’s Sky-Bar, Cleveland (1942)
Onxy Club, N.Y.C. (1942)
Tommy Joy’s, Utica, NY (1942)
La Conga, N.Y.C. (1943)
Shangri-La, Boston (1943)
Café Esquire, Montreal (1943)
Club Carousel, N.Y.C. (1944)
Satire Room, Hotel Fengate, Boston (late 1944)
Midtown Café, N.Y.C. (1946)
Kelly’s Stable, N.Y.C. (1946)
Ruby Foo’s, Montreal (1947)
Satire Room, Hotel Fengate, Boston (1947)
Catalina Lounge, Houston (1949)
1927
78/Victor unissued BVE 40946-1,2,3 (Nan Blakstone with LeRoy Shield, piano, plus saxophone, tenor saxophone, and violin) (Maybe You’ll Be The One Who’ll Be The One To Care)
78/Victor unissued BVE 40947-1,2 (Nan Blakstone with LeRoy Shield, piano, plus saxophone, tenor saxophone, and violin) (That’s How I Know I Love You)
78/Victor unissued BE 40948-2 (Nan Blakstone, piano and voice, with violin) (Counting The Days)
78/Victor 21106-A (Nan Blakstone, piano and voice) (So Tired) (unreleased)
Note: The above were recorded on May 25, 1927, Chicago, IL. According to one source, the recordings with LeRoy Shields were recording on November 25, 1927.
1928
Snappy Coeds, 78/Columbia Victor Gems 50805 (Nan Blakstone) (soundtrack) [reissued on ’29-’30 Columbia Victor Gems Soundtracks, CD/Vitaphone Project]
1931
78/Brunswick test pressing TCL 1500/1501 (Nan Blakstone) (Queen Isabell; Hit Or Miss)
Note: Recorded on June 16, 1931, N.Y.C.
78/Oriole P.107 (Nan Blakstone with novelty orchestra included Nat Gonella, trumpet and scat vocal) (I’ll Putcha Pitcha In The Papers; All For The Sake Of Love) [reissued on Underneath The Harlem Moon, CD/Rex REXX 336]
Note: Recorded September 28, 1931, London.
1932
78/Oriole SP 492-5 (Nan Blakstone with piano) (You Are Too Beautiful; What Have We Got To Lose?)
Note: Recorded in late 1932, London.
1933
78/Parlophone R1536 (Nan Blakstone with Ginger Croom-Johnson, piano) (You’re Getting To Be A Habit With Me; I’ll Putcha Pitcha In The Paper)
Note: Recorded on May 11, 1933, London.
1934
78/Liberty Music Shop L-161 (Nan Blakstone, piano and voice) (I Can’t Find A Place To Do It; Modern Romeo)
Note: Recorded April 6, 1934, N.Y.C.
78/Liberty Music Shop/H. Brand BL-200 (Nan Blakstone with piano) (I’m Not In The Way Of My Family (I’m Just In The Family Way); I’ve Got It Again)
78/Liberty Music Shop BL-201/H. Brand (Nan Blakstone with piano) (Myrtle Isn’t Fertile Anymore (aka “The Story Of Myrtle”); Stardust)
78/Liberty Music Shop BL-202/H. Brand (Nan Blakstone with piano) (I’m The Laziest Gal In Town; Isabella The Queen)
Note: All of the above were recorded c. March 1936, Chicago, IL.
1942
The World’s Greatest Interpreter Of Sophisticated Song, 78/Gala unnumbered album (Nan Blakstone), containing:
78/Gala 1013 B-1/1015 B (“….” Reared Its Ugly Head; Little Richard’s Getting Bigger)
Note: Alternate takes denominated B-2 and B-3 of both songs exist.
78/Gala 1014 B-1/1017 B-1 (A Lady’s A Lady No Matter What Cooks; Riding Academy)
Note: Alternate takes denominated B-2 of both songs exist and a take B of “Riding Academy” also exists.
78/Gala 1016 B-1/1018 B-1 (Who Brought Me Home; Cobwebs)
Note: Alternate takes denominated B-2 of both songs exist and a take B of “Cobwebs” also exists.
Note: Recorded c. January 1946, N.Y.C.
78/Gala 1019 (Nan Blakstone) (Horse With A Buggy Behind; Lady Godiva (And The Peeping Tom))
Note: Recorded in 1946, Detroit, MI. “Horse With A Buggy Behind” can also be found on An Evening With Nan Blackstone, 10”/Gala 1000.
78/Gala 1020 A1/B1 (Nan Blakstone with Artie Fields and His Orchestra) (I’m The Laziest Gal In Town; Elevator Song)
Note: Recorded 1946, N.Y.C. Alternate takes denominated A-2, and A-3 of the former exist, while an alternate take denominated B-2 of the latter exist. “Elevator Song” can also be found on An Evening With Nan Blakstone, 10”/Gala 1000.
The World’s Greatest Interpreter Of Sophisticated Song, 78/Gala unnumbered album (Nan Blakstone), containing:
78/Gala 1021A/B (Nan Blakstone with Artie Fields and His Orchestra (Ragged But Right; Get Yourself A Past)
Note: Alternate takes denominated A1 and B1 exist.
78/Gala 1022 A-1/B-1 (Nan Blakstone with piano accompaniment) (Isabella The Queen; Emmoine Looks Back At His Army Days)
78/Gala 1023 A-1/B-1 (Nan Blakstone with piano accompaniment) (Blakstone’s Admission Of Being A Good Girl; Catherine Madcap, Empress Of Russia)
Note: All of the above were recorded 1946, N.Y.C. All of these selection can also be found on An Evening With Nan Blakstone, 10”/Gala 1000.]
1947
Private Collection: Gems of Sophistication, Private Collection Of Nan Blakstone (Nan Blakstone, piano and voice, with Raymond Ladouceur, piano), containing:
78/Private Collection Of Nan Blakstone 070 A/B (The Throttle Murder Mystery (Authentic Report); The End Of The Honeymoon (Factual))
78/Private Collection Of Nan Blakstone 071 A/B (Mrs. Studdiford Van Pelt (The Diplomatic Dinner); The Horse With The Buggy Behind)
78/Private Collection of Nan Blakstone 072 A/B (Blakstone’s Frustration (Can’t Find A Place To Do It); A Gentleman Of The Press (aka I’ll Putcha Pitcha In The Paper))
Note: Recorded late November 1947.
Private Collection of Nan Blakstone, Random album II (Nan Blakstone, piano and voice, with Raymond Ladouceur, piano), containing:
78/Random 1017 (Little Richard’s Getting Bigger; “….” Rear Its Ugly Head)
78/Random 1018 (Cobwebs; Who Brought Me Home)
78/Random 1019 (A Lady’s A Lady (No Matter What Cooks); Riding Academy)
Note: Recorded December 1947.
1949
The New Hush Hush Album, Hush-Hush album 1 (Nan Blakstone, piano and voice, with Raymond Ladouceu , piano), containing:
78/Hush-Hush HH 1 A/B (Let’s Fall In Love; Life On Donkey Island)
Note: The latter was also reissued as 78/Jubilee HH 1.
78/Hush-Hush HH 2 A/B (My Boyfriend Elmer; Blakstone’s Secret Passion)
Note: The latter was also reissued as 78/Jubilee HH 2.
78/Hush-Hush HH 3 A/B (Blackstone’s Torch Song; He Should Have Been A WAC)
Note: Recorded late December 1947. The entire album was reissued on one side of Tongue With Cheek, Jubilee (M) 2026. The remaining tracks on that lp are performed by Dwight Fiske.