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.

The Great Muggsy Spanier


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 - Buddy's Habits
Composer(s) : Straight; Nelson
2 - Chicago Blues
Composer(s) : Biese; Altiere; Williams
3 - Mobile Blues
Composer(s) : Short; Rosen
4 - Steady Roll Blues
Composer(s) : Bates; Stitzel
5 - Really A Pain
Composer(s) : Kassell; Sturr; Spanier
6 - Hot Mittens
Composer(s) : Saxbe; DeFaut; Stitzel
7 - China Boy
Composer(s) : Winfree; Boutelje
8 - Bull Frog Blues
Composer(s) : Billy Pierce
9 - Friars Point Shuffle
Composer(s) : McKenzie; Condon
10 - Darktown Strutters Ball
Composer(s) : Shelton Brooks
11 - Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me?
Composer(s) : Kahn Jones
12 - Everybody Loves My Baby
Composer(s) : Palmer; Williams