Crazy Blues A post by oberlincollegelibraries https://oberlincollegelibraries.tumblr.com/post/673018668800770048/new-year-new-old-sounds-in-the-public-domain
New Year, New (Old) Sounds in the Public Domain! On January 1st, 2022, all sound recordings made before 1923 entered the public domain, an estimated 400,000 sound recordings that document the beginning of recording technologies and include a rich variety of musical styles, such as vaudeville, ragtime, and early jazz. Some notable examples highlighted by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections are “Crazy Blues,” performed by Mamie Smith and her Jazz Hounds in 1920, and a 1917 recording of “Dixieland Jass Band One-Step” by the Original Dixieland Jass Band.