We know that some of these songs have been done by others at different times, but these are some of the best recordings of each. Enjoy your Halloween...
Hallowe'en Dance - American Symphony Orchestra (1909) - Edison Standard Record: 10132
The Skeleton Rag - The American Quartet (1911) - Edison Standard Record: 10575
That Syncopated Boogie-Boo - The Premier Quartet (1913) - Edison Blue Amberol: 1646
Spookville Chimes Fox Trot - The Victory Military Band (1914) - Victor 35419
The Ghost of the Terrible Blue - The Peerless Quartet (1915) - Victor 17944
Spooky Spooks - One Step - The Victory Military Band (1917) - Victor18252
Graveyard Blues - Earl Fuller's Rector Novelty Orchestra (1918) - Columbia A2523
Skeleton Jangle - Original Dixieland Five (1918) - Victor 18472
I'm a Jazz Vampire - Marion Harris (1921) - Columbia A3328
Haunted House Blues - Bessie Smith (1924) - Columbia 81466
Dead Man Blues - Jelly Roll Morton (1926) - Victor BVE-36284
White Shivers - New Orleans Owls (1926) - Columbia W143112
Heebie Jeebies - Louis Armstrong (1926) - OKeh 9534
Ghost Dance - Truett and George (1927) - Columbia W144744
Dancing the Devil Away - Vaughn De Leath (1927) - Edison 11640
Devil's Gonna Git You - Bessie Smith (1928/9) - Columbia W146888
Bogey Wail - Jack Hylton and His Orchestra (1929) - His Master's Voice B 5607
Shoo Shoo Boogie Boo - Ethel Waters (1929) - Columbia W148673
Blue Spirit Blues - Bessie Smith (1929) - Columbia W149134
The Ghost of the St Louis Blues - Emmett Miller (1929) - OKeh W402934
The Boogy Man Is Here - Tom Gerun Orchestra (1929) - Brunswick 4430
The Spell Of The Blues - Frederick Vettel (1929) - Victor BVE-49633
Shivery Stomp - Frank Trumbauer’s Orchestra (1929) - OKeh W401961
Tain't No Sin, (To Take Off Your Skin And Dance Around In Your Bones) - Fred Hall (1929) OKeh W403611Haunted Nights - Duke Ellington (1929) - Victor BVE-55847