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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Isaac Guzman](https://time.com/author/isaac-guzman/) Dec 16, 2013 5:00 AM UTC by [Isaac Guzman](https://time.com/author/isaac-guzman/) Dec 16, 2013 5:00 AM UTC In 1922, Port Washington, Wis., was hardly a hotbed of the blues. Yet that was the year the so-situated Wisconsin Chair Co. made a canny decision that came to have a defining impact on the history of the blues and jazz. A decade earlier, the furniture maker had set out to goose sales of its phonograph cabinets by manufacturing its own records. When its Paramount label failed to produce any hits, the imprint changed course and began marketing “race records.” For the next 10 years, Paramount would preserve the electrifying performances of an amazing array of blues and jazz legends, including Blind Lemon Jefferson, Louis Armstrong, King Oliver, Ma Rainey, Jelly Roll Morton and Blind Blake. The label’s 78-r.p.m. recordings are getting an unusually elaborate tribute from Jack White’s Third Man Records in partnership with Revenant Records (co-founded by the late bluesman and music historian John Fahey). The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records, 1917–1932, Vol. 1 collects 800 tracks that have been remastered and restored for the digital age on a USB stick made to look like the needle housing of an old Victrola. A deluxe version comes packaged in a “wonder cabinet,” with tortoiseshell vinyl and amply illustrated books about Paramount and the musicians. White sees the recordings as the fortuitous result of an unlikely business enterprise. “That they captured this beautiful moment in culture was completely accidental,” he said at a recent event celebrating the release. “They didn’t use good-quality acetates for their 78s. They tried to record just about anyone who crossed their path until they hired a guy named Mayo Williams, a bootlegger whose connections brought in great artists. His nickname was Ink because he was good at getting people to sign contracts.” Here are six of those artists, and why they still matter some 90 years after recording for Paramount. Alberta Hunter Already a top club act in Chicago, Hunter co-wrote and performed the first of Paramount’s blues-oriented releases, “Downhearted Blues,” in 1922\. The tune went on to sell 2 million copies as the debut recording of Bessie Smith and was named one of the Recording Industry Association of America’s greatest songs of the 20th century. Hunter stopped singing to become a nurse in the ’50s, but in 1978 she began recording again. Must-hear track: “Downhearted Blues” Blind Lemon Jefferson The world’s first blues superstar, Lemon Henry Jefferson, sold so many records for Paramount that some of his metal masters wore out and had to be rerecorded. His fiery guitar work and sharp vocals made him a standout at a time when solo guitar acts were rare. His tune “See That My Grave Is Kept Clean” was covered by Bob Dylan, Lightnin’ Hopkins, B.B. King and Lou Reed. Must-hear track: “Matchbox Blues” Blind Blake Famed for being able to make his guitar sound like a ragtime piano, Arthur Blake went on to influence generations of guitarists, including Leon Redbone, the Rev. Gary Davis, Ry Cooder and Jorma Kaukonen. Despite his lack of sight, Blake was legendary among his fellow musicians for drinking and brawling. He died of tuberculosis just two years after recording his last sides for Paramount in 1932. Must-hear track: “Dry Bone Shuffle” Ma Rainey Born Gertrude Pridgett, Ma Rainey was touted by Paramount as “the mother of the blues” and “the Paramount wildcat.” She was the first to record “See See Rider Blues,” accompanied by a young Louis Armstrong, a tune covered by Lead Belly, Ray Charles, Janis Joplin and Old Crow Medicine Show. She also inspired August Wilson’s 1984 Tony-nominated play Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Must-hear track: “Stack O’ Lee Blues” Ethel Waters Once known as Sweet Mama Stringbean, Waters had a talent for delivering a saucy line with sophistication. She was one of the first to record the future standard “There’ll Be Some Changes Made” and went on to sing the definitive version of “Stormy Weather” for Brunswick Records. Later she became a mainstay of film and TV and was nominated for an Oscar and an Emmy. Must-hear track: “One Man Nan” Jelly Roll Morton A tireless self-promoter, Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe reinvented himself with a randy nickname and a boastful title: inventor of jazz. He wasn’t that by a long shot, but he knew how to write a swingin’ tune. When he joined the Paramount roster in 1923, he was a legendary arranger and bandleader who had never recorded a side. The label preserved his versions of “Frog-I-More Rag” and “Big Fat Ham.” Must-hear track: “Mr. Jelly Lord” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6644473/jack-whites-blues-explosion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/6644473/jack-whites-blues-explosion/"},"headline":"Jack White's Blues Explosion","datePublished":"2013-12-16T05:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-22T05:58:56.049Z","description":"The rocker reissues classic Paramount recordings","url":"https://time.com/archive/6644473/jack-whites-blues-explosion/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Isaac Guzman","url":"https://time.com/author/isaac-guzman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/6644473/jack-whites-blues-explosion/","name":"Jack White's Blues Explosion"}}]}] ```