Meagan Hennessey
Producer, Author, and Historian

Meagan Hennessey is a Grammy-winning producer who has also contributed research and writing to a number of historical reissues.

ProductionsWriting and EditingAwards and Nominations
  • 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2021.
  • Anthology: America's Favorite Entertainers, Arthur Collins & Byron Harlan, Archeophone Records, 2021.
  • Celebrated, 1895-1896, Unique Quartette, Archeophone Records, 2020.
  • At the Minstrel Show: Minstrel Routines From the Studio, 1894-1926, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2020.
  • The Missing Link: How Gus Haenschen Got Us From Joplin to Jazz and Shaped the Music Business, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2020.
  • 1910: "Act Two, Scene New", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2019.
  • Anthology: Singer, Songwriter, Soldier, Arthur Fields, Archeophone Records, 2019.
  • The Mike and Meyer Files, Joe Weber and Lew Fields, Archeophone Records, 2019.
  • Alpine Dreaming: The Helvetia Records Story, 1920-1924, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2018.
  • The Product of Our Souls: The Sound and Sway of James Reese Europe’s Society Orchestra, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2018.
  • 4 Banjo Songs, 1891-1897, Charles Asbury, Archeophone Records, 2018.
  • Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Inventor of Sound Recording: A Bicentennial Tribute, Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Emile Berliner , Archeophone Records, 2017.
  • 1909: "Talk of Your Scand'lous Times", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2017.
  • Waxing the Gospel: Mass Evangelism and the Phonograph, 1890-1900, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2016.
  • Attractive Hebrews: The Lambert Yiddish Cylinders, 1901-1905, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2016.
  • Songs of the Night: Dance Recordings, 1916-1925, Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra, Archeophone Records, 2015.
  • Anthology: The King of Comic Singers, 1894-1917, Dan W. Quinn, Archeophone Records, 2015.
  • 1919: "Jazzin' Around and Paintin' the Town" , Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2014.
  • 1911: "Up, Up a Little Bit Higher", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2014.
  • Happy: The 1920 Rainbo Orchestra Sides, Isham Jones Rainbo Orchestra, Archeophone Records, 2014.
  • The Indestructible Uncle Josh, Cal Stewart, Archeophone Records, 2013.
  • 1918: "Like the Sunshine After Rain", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2013.
  • World-Famous Wizard of the Cornet, Bohumir Kryl, Archeophone Records, 2012.
  • 1917: "Yankees to the Ranks" , Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2012.
  • Ed. Morton's "Bit of Broadway" , Eddie Morton, Archeophone Records, 2012.
  • Pennant-Winning Battery of Songland, Van and Schenck, Archeophone Records, 2012.
  • The High Priestess of Jollity & The Southern Singer, May Irwin and Clarice Vance, Archeophone Records, 2011.
  • 1914: "Her Memory Haunts You", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2011.
  • The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 4, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2011.
  • Complete Recorded Works, Volume 4, Guido Deiro, Archeophone Records, 2010.
  • Complete Recorded Works, Volume 3, Guido Deiro, Archeophone Records, 2010.
  • There Breathes a Hope: The Legacy of John Work II and His Fisk Jubilee Quartet, 1909-1916, Fisk University Jubilee Quartet , Archeophone Records, 2010.
  • Broadway's Favorite Clowns, Six Brown Brothers, Archeophone Records, 2010.
  • Masters of the Clarinet, 1892-1920, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2010.
  • Origins of the Red Hot Mama, 1910-1922, Sophie Tucker, Archeophone Records, 2009.
  • Complete Recorded Works, Volume 2, Guido Deiro, Archeophone Records, 2009.
  • Sweetheart of the A.E.F., Elsie Janis, Archeophone Records, 2009.
  • 1906: "When Things Was Lookin' Bright", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2009.
  • Jubilee, Will Oakland, Archeophone Records, 2008.
  • Debate '08: Taft and Bryan Campaign on the Edison Phonograph, William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft, Archeophone Records, 2008.
  • "Ain't Gonna Settle Down": The Pioneering Blues of Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson, Mary Stafford and Edith Wilson, Archeophone Records, 2008.
  • The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 3, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2007.
  • Complete Recorded Works, Volume 1, Guido Deiro, Archeophone Records, 2007.
  • The Famous Tramp Comedian, Nat M. Wills, Archeophone Records, 2007.
  • Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonograph Recordings from the 1890s, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2007.
  • The Great War: An American Musical Fantasy, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2007.
  • 1915: "They'd Sooner Sleep on Thistles", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2005.
  • Monarchs of Minstrelsy: Historic Recordings by the Stars of the Minstrel Stage, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2006.
  • Echoes from Asbury Park, Arthur Pryor and His Band, Archeophone Records, 2006.
  • The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 2, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2005.
  • Anthology: The Last Recording Pioneer, Irving Kaufman, Archeophone Records, 2005.
  • Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1891-1922, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2005.
  • The San Francisco Sound, Volume 2, Art Hickman's Orchestra, Archeophone Records, 2005.
  • 1916: "The Country Found Them Ready", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2005.
  • Anthology: The Original King of Pop, Henry Burr, Archeophone Records, 2005.
  • The Complete Hit of the Week Recordings, Volume 1, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2004.
  • Jazzin' Straight Thru' Paradise, Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band, Archeophone Records, 2004.
  • Together and Alone, Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, Archeophone Records, 2004.
  • The San Francisco Sound, Volume 1, Art Hickman's Orchestra, Archeophone Records, 2004.
  • The Early Years, 1901-1909, Bert Williams, Archeophone Records, 2004.
  • 1908: "Take Me Out with the Crowd", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2004.
  • Those Moaning Saxophones, Six Brown Brothers, Archeophone Records, 2004.
  • The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, 1920-1921, The Benson Orchestra of Chicago, Archeophone Records, 2003.
  • Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2003.
  • The Sound of Vaudeville, Vol. 1, Eddie Morton, Archeophone Records, 2003.
  • Floating Down the River, The Heidelberg Quintet featuring Billy Murray, Archeophone Records, 2003.
  • 1907: "Dear Old Golden Rule Days", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2003.
  • 1922: "An Angel's Voice I Hear", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2002.
  • Anthology: The Denver Nightingale, Billy Murray, Archeophone Records, 2002.
  • The Middle Years, 1910-1918, Bert Williams, Archeophone Records, August 15, 2002.
  • The 1890s, Vol. 2: "Wear Yer Bran' New Gown", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2002.
  • 1913: "Come and See the Big Parade", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2001.
  • His Final Releases, 1919-1922, Bert Williams, Archeophone Records, 2001.
  • The 1890s, Vol. 1: "Wipe Him Off the Land", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2001.
  • 1912: "Waitin' on the Levee", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2001.
  • The Complete Victor Releases, Marion Harris, Archeophone Records, 2000.
  • 1921: "Make Believe and Smile", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2000.
  • Before Radio: Comedy, Drama & Sound Sketches, 1897-1923, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2000.
  • 1920: "Even Water's Getting Weaker", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 1999.
  • The Pink Lambert: A Collection of the First Celluloid Cylinders, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 1999.
  • Real Ragtime: Disc Recordings From Its Heyday, Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 1999.
    • Select Publications
  • 1923: "Gonna Play the Villain Part", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2021.
  • 1910: "Act Two, Scene New", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2019.
  • Anthology: The King of Comic Singers, 1894-1917, Dan W. Quinn, Archeophone Records, 2015.
  • 1909: "Talk of Your Scand'lous Times", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2017.
  • 1919: "Jazzin' Around and Paintin' the Town" , Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2014.
  • 1911: "Up, Up a Little Bit Higher", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2014.
  • 1918: "Like the Sunshine After Rain", Various Artists, Archeophone Records, 2013.
    • Grammy Awards & Nominations
  • Grammy Nominee, Best Historical Album, 2020
  • Grammy Nominee, Best Historical Album, 2016
  • Grammy Nominee, Best Historical Album, 2014
  • Grammy Nominee, Best Historical Album, 2009
  • Grammy Nominee, Best Historical Album, 2008
  • Grammy Nominee, Best Historical Album, 2007
  • Grammy Winner, Best Historical Album, 2006
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