Prior to the creation of  Amos and Andy, Charles Correll and Freeman Gosden developed and performed the characters "Sam 'n' Henry"  between January 12, 1926 and August 19, 1929.  Because of prior contractual arrangements, WGN in Chicago would not let Correll & Gosden use the names "Sam 'n' Henry" when Correll & Gosden began broadcasting nationally.  The solution? The characters "Sam 'n' Henry" changed their names to "Amos 'n' Andy", changed their original homes from Birmingham, Alabama to Atlanta, Georgia, and transferred membership from the "Jewels of the Crown" lodge to the "Mystic Knights of the Sea".  Both duos went to Chicago, but Amos and Andy eventually came to reside in New York.  And by the way, the Fresh Air Taxicab company was first formed in Chicago as well.  Very little of Correll & Gosden's work prior to Amos 'n' Andy exists today.  However, they did record some performances as Sam 'n' Henry for Victor Records as well as some musical arrangements.  Two books were also published, "Sam 'n' Henry" and "Here they are = Amos 'n' Andy" which relate adventurous accounts of the lives of both duos.

 
The source for this info is a long out of print copy of Brian Rust's "The Victor Master Book - Vol. 2", 1969.

Note that the take numbers show only the highest take made at a session, not necessarily the take chosen for issue. The take number may be determined by holding the record as you would when reading the label and looking for a small one or two digit number in the "wax" between the label and the grooves at the 9 o'clock position.

The master numbers for Apr 20 1926 may seem out of order from the rest but that is because that session took place in New York and that studio was using a different log book than was being used in Chicago.

Concerning the mention to the Webster Hotel in a couple of these sessions: It was common in those days for record companies to use Hotel ballrooms or other similiar locations for recording as these generally had good acoustics and in these early days of electrical recording the record companies had not yet built their own studios in many locations. These are not "live" recordings.

Unissued means that that selection has not been issued by Victor although sometimes these things show up on a pirate issue. And of course they may no longer exist or  they may be sitting in Victors vaults. The titles may differ also. Titles sometines get changed between recording and production.

"AMOS 'N' ANDY" / Radio's Sensational Song Hit / Lyrics by Wm. Tracey / Music by Jack Stanley

Verse 1.
There's a very fu-nny pair
Ev-'ry night they're on the air,
And fans are gath-ered ev-'ry where
A ra-di-o is han-dy
In homes or at the groc-'ry store
People listen in and roar,
They laugh un-til their sides are sore
At Am-os 'n' Andy.

Verse 2.
In the res-trant where you eat
In the cars or on the street,
Now ev-'ry-bo-dy that you meet
Has just one con-ver-sa-tion
Go east or west or north or south
They're in ev-'ry-bo-dy's mouth,
There's just one sub-ject talked a-bout
Through-out all the nation.

Chorus:
1.
Am-os 'n' An-dy,
They're al-ways in a stew
Bad luck seems to fol-low them,
No mat-ter what they do.
The boys are al-ways try-ing
     but they nev-er save a bean
If King-fish does-n't get it
     then it's spent on Mad-ame Queen.
We laugh at all their trou-bles
But we hope they'll end all right
We won-der what Am-os 'n' An-dy
will do to-mor-row night.
2.
Am-os 'n' An-dy,
What will their fin-ish be
This sus-pense is kill-ing us,
Such ner-vous wrecks are we.
Why ev-en old grand-mothers
     sit around in chairs and rock
As soon as din-ner's ov-er
     ev-'ry eye is on the clock.
This one important question
Has the na-tion sit-ting tight
We won-der what Am-os 'n' An-dy
will do to-mor-row night.
3.
Am-os 'n' An-dy,
Al-tho' they're nev-er seen
They've be-come more fa-mous than
The team of Pork and Beans.
When you step on the gas or
     at a light you fail to stop
You hear that cer-tain whis-tle
     and up jumps a traf-fic cop.
His mind ain't on his bus'-ness
On the ticket he will write
I won-der what Am-os 'n' An-dy
will do to-mor-row night.