| LC control no. | n 00070009 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Original Memphis Five |
| Variant(s) | Memphis Five (Dixieland group) Memphis 5 (Dixieland group) OM 5 |
| See also | Member: Napoleon, Phil Ladd's Black Aces (Musical group) Cotton Pickers Jazz-Bo's Carolina Serenaders Southland Six |
| Beginning date | 1917 |
| Field of activity | Dixieland music |
| Found in | Dixieland jazz battle, 1950- : v. 1, container (Memphis Five) LC data base, Dec. 22, 2000 (hdg.: Memphis Five; usage: Original Memphis Five) Memphis 5 favorites, 195-?: container (Memphis 5) container spine (Memphis Five) Grove music online, Sept. 14, 2018 (Original Memphis Five; Dixieland quintet formed 1917 by either Phil Napoleon (later its leader) or Frank Signorelli) More, 1924: label (Original Memphis Five) Pseudonyms on American records, 1892-1942, 2nd ed.: index (Original Memphis Five: recorded under a number of pseudonyms, including: Ladd's Black Aces, Cotton Pickers, Jazz-Bo's Carolina Serenaders, and Southland Six) Original Memphis Five groups, 199-?: label (Original Memphis Five) insert (OM 5; co-founded by Phil Napoleon; recorded over 400 titles between 1922 and 1927 and was both the most significant and commercially most successful band in New York jazz of the day; broke up in 1927; revived in 1949 by Napoleon) Grove music online, October 15, 2018 (Original Memphis Five; Dixieland quintet; founded 1917 by Phil Napoleon or Frank Signorelli; disbanded temporarily around 1920, but then re-formed; repertory included much contemporary popular music, but consisted mainly of New Orleans and dixieland standards, blues, and original material; in the 1940s and 1950s the name Original Memphis Five was used again by both Napoleon and Signorelli for occasional performances and recordings) |
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