The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Rare Fletcher Henderson Masterpieces


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - 31st Street Blues
Composer(s) : Hall Geise
2 - Old Black Joe's Blues
Composer(s) : Henderson; Latham
3 - Chicago Blues
Composer(s) : Williams
4 - Why Put The Blame On You?
Composer(s) : N/A
5 - Jiminy Gee
Composer(s) : Malie; Finch; Little
6 - Jealous
Composer(s) : Malie; Finch; Little
7 - I Can't Get The One I Want
Composer(s) : Rose; Ruby; Handman
8 - Wait'll You See My Gal
Composer(s) : Sullivan; Wilber
9 - Hard-Hearted Hannah
Composer(s) : Yellen; Bigelow; Batet
10 - Charley, My Boy
Composer(s) : Kahn; Florita
11 - One Of These Days
Composer(s) : N/A
12 - Then I'll Be Happy
Composer(s) : Friend
13 - Sleepy-Time Gal
Composer(s) : Larenzo; Whiting; Egan; Alden
14 - Sorry
Composer(s) : Quicksell; Klanges