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Yea Alabama

Memphis Stompers

Bob Cooke, Elly Bellare, Estes Monasco, James Migliore, Ken Herlin, Rupe Biggadike, Snooks Friedman, Walter Ashby

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Recorded in Memphis, Tennessee on September 6th 1928 featuring James Migliore or Estes Monasco cornet, Ken Herlin trombone, Elly Bellare alto sax, Walter Ashby clarinet, alto, & baritone sax, Rupe Biggadike piano, Bob Cooke banjo, and "Snooks" Friedman drums & director.

*"Yea Alabama" was composed by Ethelred Lundy Sykes.

Beginning his professional career as a percussionist in Memphis during the Summer of 1923, Herman "Snooks" Friedman organized his "Memphis Stompers" in 1926. In 1928 the band relocated to New York City and once there expanded to ten pieces.

The group recorded between 1928 and 1931 releasing discs under various pseudonyms, and would also provide music for the first cartoon shorts with sound including those produced by Dave and Max Fleischer.