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An exciting and expressive jazz-influenced blues vocalist, Arbee Stidham also plays alto sax, guitar and harmonica. His father Luddie Stidham worked in Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra, while his uncle was a leader of the Memphis Jug Band. Stidham formed the Southern Syncopators and played various clubs in his native Arkansas in the '30s. He appeared on Little Rock radio station KARK and his band backed Bessie Smith on a Southern tour in 1930 and 1931. Stidham frequently performed in Little Rock and Memphis until he moved to Chicago in the '40s. Stidham recorded with Lucky Millender’s Orchestra for Victor in the '40s for Victor. He did his own sessions for Victor, Sittin' In, Checker, Abco, Prestige/Bluesville, Mainstream, and Folkways in the '50s and '60s, and appeared in the film The Bluesman in 1973. Stidham also made many festival and club appearances nationwide and internationally. He did occasional blues lectures at Cleveland State University in the '70s. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide 







Arbee Stidham The Complete Recordings Vol 1[1947-1951]



1> In Love With You 
2> I Found Out for Myself
3> I Don’t Know How to Cry
4> My Heart Belongs to You
5> Your Heart Belongs to Me
6> Stidham Jumps
7> What The Blues Will Do
8> A Heart Full of Misery
9> Falling Blues
10> You’ll Be Sorry
11> I’ve Got So Many Worries
12> So Tired of Dreaming
13> I Send My Regrets
14> Barbecue Lounge
15> Feel Like I’m Loosing You
16> Let My Dreams Come True
17> Squeeze Me Baby
18> Any Time You Ring My Bell
18> Nothing Seems Right
20> Sixty Minutes to Wait

Tracks 1-6 Arbee  Stidham with Lucky Millender’s Orchestra