Country Music: The Pathfinders….
The 1920’s and 1930’s & the 1940’s – Before the Advent of the Record Charts – L thru Z Musicians
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Selected Original Country Discography – 1920’s/1930’s/1940’s (up to 1943) L thru Z Musicians
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Claude Lakey – 4-Star – 1946
Bela Lam & His Green County Singers – OKeh – 1930
Uncle Bud Landress – Victor – 1930
Lee Landon – Champion – 1929
Ray Langham & His Texas Pan Handlers – Coast – 1946
Fiddlin’ Bob Larkin & Family – Vocalion – 1929
Lasses & Honey – Bluebird – 1937
Jimmie Lawson – Western – 1946
Lazy Larry – Cameo – 1928
(This is Frank Luther)
The Leake County Revelers – Columbia – 1927
The Leatherman Sisters – Bluebird – 1936
Archie Lee – Brunswick – 1930
Mandy Lee – Conqueror – 1928
Iry LeJeune with the Oklahoma Tornadoes – 1948
Lem’s Down Home Boys – Decca – 1936
Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys – Champion – 1935
Howard Leroy – Starr – 1948
“Cousin” Ford Lewis – 4-Star – 1947
Lummie Lewis and His Merrymakers – Vocalion – 1937
Rodman Lewis – Conqueror – 1929
Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys – Exclusive – 1948
The Lewis Brothers – Victor – 1930
Add Lindsay – Victor – 1928
Merle Lindsey & The Oklahoma Nite Riders – Bullet – 1947
Red Lindsey – Talent – 1949
Elmo Linn – Red Barn – 1948
Big Bill Lister – Everstate – 1949
Bill Lister & Del Dunbar – Everstate – 1949
Tobe Little – OKeh – 1928
Tommy Little & His Sunrise Rangers – Tommy’s – 1947
Hank Locklin – Gold Star – 1948
Hank Locklin & His Rocky Mountain Playboys – 4-Star – 1949
The Log Cabin Boys – Decca – 1935
The Logan County Trio – Supertone – 1928
The Lone Star Playboys – Blue Bonnet – 1947
The Lone Star Ranger – Conqueror – 1930
The Lonesome Cowboy – Romeo – 1931
Beverly & Jimmy Long – Bluebird – 1933
Shorty Long & The Santa Fe Rangers – Cowboy – 1946
Wesley Long – Bluebird – 1937
Tex Looney and The Western Stars – Gold Star – 1946
The Louisiana Ramblers – Blue Bonnet – 1948
The Lucky Ten Entertainers – Domino – 1927
Lulu Belle & Scotty – Conqueror – 1935
Lulu Belle & Scotty & Their Farm Boys – FM Recording – 1948
Lundsford and Bascom – OKeh – 1924
Frank Luther – Domino – 1929
Lonnie Lyons – Freedom – 1949
Mac and Bob – Conqueror – 1932
Mac & His Haywire Orchestra – Victor – 1928
(Harry McClintock)
Bruce Mac & His Famous Five – Dude – 1948
Edward MacHugh – Montgomery Ward – 1936
Uncle Dave Macon – Vocalion – 1924
Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit-Jar Drinkers – Vocalion – 1927
Jap Magee – Brunswick – 1929
J.E. Mainer’s Mountaineers – Bluebird – 1936
Wade Mainer & Zeke Morris – Bluebird – 1936
Chester Maines – Challenge – 1930
Jack Major – Brunswick – 1929
Blind Joe Mangum & Fred Shriber – Victor – 1929
Winky Manone & His Go-Group – Kem – 1949
Zeke Manners – Bluebird – 1942
Bob Manning and His Riders of the Silver Sage – Bullet – 1948
The Maple City Four – Conqueror – 1933
Rusty Marion & The Ozark Champions – Town & Country – 1949
The Markham Brothers – Challenge – 1928
Asa Martin and Jason Roberts – Conqueror – 1932
Dude Martin & His Round-Up Gang – Eagle – 1946
Roy Martin – Homestead – 1930
Tem Martin – Bel-Tone – 1945
The Martin Melody Boys – Columbia – 1929
Frankie Marvin – Victor – 1931
Frankie Marvin with The Roy Smeck Trio – 1939
Guy Massey – Perfect – 1925
(This is Vernon Dalhart)
Louise Massey & The Westerners – Vocalion – 1939
The Massey Brothers – Coast – 1948
Johnny Mathis – Talent – 1949
Jimmy Mattox – Gennett – 1930
Harold Maus – Bluebird – 1933
Billie Maxwell (The Cow Girl Singer) – Victor – 1929
Jimmy Mayo and His Mojave Mesquiteers – Crystal – 1949
Palmer McAbee – Victor – 1928
Dickie McBride & the Ranch Hands – 1949
David McCarn – Victor – 1930
The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell – Bluebird – 1937
Harry McClintock – Victor – 1929
Smiling Ed McConnell – Champion – 1931
The McCravy Brothers – Victor – 1929
(Frank and James)
Louis McDaniel & Gid Smith – Timely Tunes – 1931
John A. McDermott – Brunswick – 1926
William McElligott – Decca – 1938
Lester McFarland & Robert Gardner – Vocalion – 1930
McGee & Ardoin with Anda Antoin – Brunswick – 1932
Sam McGee – Vocalion – 1926
John McGhee – Perfect – 1935
Mac McGuire & His Harmony Rangers – Quaker – 1946
Kenny McKenzie with Chuck Mulkern & His Western Band – FM Recording – 1948
McLaughlin’s Old Time Melody Makers – Vocalion – 1929
Jack McLean – Coast – 1947
Harry McLintock – Victor – 1928
Clayton McMichen & the Home Town Boys – Columbia – 1927
Clayton McMichen & the Georgia Wildcats – Continental – 1944
The McNulty Family – Decca – 137
The McQuaig Twins – 4-Star – 1947
The Melody Sisters Trio – Acme – 1949
Tex Melton – Talent – 1949
The Original Memphis Five – Vocalion – 1923
Mert’s HOme Town Serenaders – Vocalion – 1929
Willis Meyers & His Bar X Ranch Boys – Cowboy – 1947
Arthur Miles – Victor – 1929
Paul Miles and His Red Fox Chasers – Gennett – 1926
The Bob Miller Trio – Montgomery Ward – 1933
Charlotte Miller with Bob Miller and His Hinky Dinkers – Brunswick – 1930
David Miller – Gennett – 1927
Emmett Miller and His Georgia Crackers – Bluebird – 1936
The Red Miller Trio – Bullet – 1948
Miller’s Bullfrog Entertainers – OKeh – 1930
Morris Mills & The Rithumakers – 4-Star – 1949
Billy Milton & His One Man Band – Gennett – 1928
Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers – Victor – 1928
The Mississippi ‘Possum Hunters – Victor – 1931
The Missouri Pacific Lines Booster Quarter – Victor – 1929
Charlie Mitchell and His Kentucky Ridge Runners – Melotone – 1936
The Mitchell Brothers & the Sunshine Ramblers – Melotone – 1937
The Mobile Trio – Gennett – 1923
The Modern Mountaineers – Bluebird – 1942
The Monroe Brothers (Charles and Bill) – Bluebird – 1936
Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers – Melotone – 1935
Montana Slim – Bluebird – 1936
Clyde Moody – Bullet – 1948
Oklahoma Ed Moody – Coast – 1945
Bill Mooney & His Cactus Twisters – Imperial Folk Music – 1949
Moonshine Dave – Champion – 1929
Moonshine Kate – OKeh – 1930
The Moonshiners – Victor – 1930
Alan Moore – Crystal – 1948
Byrd Moore – Gennett – 1928
Carl “Deacon” Moore – 4-Star – 1948
Oliver Moore – Challenge – 1930
Wally Moore & His Tennesseans – Savoy – 1949
William Moore & His Country Cousins – Acme – 1949
The Moore Sisters – Sonora – 1946
“Peg” Moreland – Victor – 1928
Shorty Morris – Rich-R-Tone – 1949
The Morris Family – Vocalion – 1930
The Mulkey Brothers – Rich-R-Tone – 1947
Peter Muller’s Band – Decca – 1939
Red Murrell & His Ozark Play Boys – Atlas – 1946
The Murray Sisters with the Sleepy Hollow Ranch Cowboys and Cowgirls – Cowboy – 1946
Murray and Scanian – Conqueror – 1930
Red Murrell & His Ozark Mountain Boys – Gold Seal – 1949
Charles Nabel – OKeh – 1925
Narmour and Smith – OKeh – 1930
Len Nash & His Country Boys – Brunswick – 1930
The National Barn Dance Orchestra – Bluebird – 1933
The Nations Brothers (Shelton and Marshall) – Perfect – 1936
(Shelton Nations shown)
Fiddlin’ Dave Neal – Challenge – 1927
Frank Neal & His Boys – Challenge – 1927
Fiddlin’ Frank Nelson – Challenge – 1927
Bill Nettles and His Dixie Blue Boys – Vocalion – 1937
Jim New – Timely Tunes – 1931
Charlie Newman – OKeh – 1927
Elmer Newman with the Sleepy Hollow Ranch Cowboys and Cowgirls – Cowboy – 1946
Pancake Pete Newman – Cowboy – 1946
Roy Newman and His Boys – Vocalion – 1939
Ruby Newman with the Funny Boners – Victor – 1933
Slim Newman with Cactus Andy & the Texas Dandies – 1946
Bob Nichols & Riley Puckett – Columbia – 1928
(Bob Nichols shown)
Cowboy Sam Nichols & His Rangesters – Stanchel – 1946
W.A. Nichol’s Western Aces – S & G Records – 1947
The Nichols Brothers – Victor – 1931
The Nite Owls – Vocalion – 1938
Hoyle Nix & His West Texas Cowboys – Talent – 1949
Fate Norris and the Tanner Boys – Columbia – 1927
(Fate Norris shown)
Land Norris – OKeh – 1926
The North Carolina Cooper Boys – OKeh – 1928
The North Carolina Ridge Runners – Security – 1947
The Northlanders – Vocalion – 1929
Frank Novak and His Rootin’ Tootin’ Boys – Melotone – 1937
The Oakridge Quartet – Capitol Americana – 1947
Charlie Oaks – Vocalion – 1925
Lee O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys – Vocalion – 1936
Lee O’Daniel & His Light Crust Doughboys – Vocalion – 1934
Doreen O’Dare – Decca – 1934
Doye O’Dell – Exclusive – 1947
Chester Odum & His Western Rhythm Boys – Tri-State – 1948
The Oklahoma Sweethearts – Capitol Americana – 1947
Old Henry & His Musicians – Cameo – 1926
Gene O’Quin – Talent – 1949
Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio – Silvertone – 1926
The Ozark Rambler – Paramount – 1932
Jack Padgett the Texas Warngler – Talent – 1949
Butterball Paige & The Red River Boys – Bullet – 1949
Slick Palmer – Bluebird – 1930
The Palmer Sisters – Victor – 1929
Andy Parker & The Plainsmen – Capitol Americana – 1948
Chubby Parker – Conqueror – 1931
Duke Parks and His Boys – Supertone – 1930
Dick Parman – Gennett – 1929
“Happy” Jim Parsons & The Boys of Company B – Standard – 1942
(This is Vernon Dalhart)
Fiddlin’ Jim Pate – Victor – 1929
Patt Patterson and Lois Dexter – Melotone – 1932
Ray and Ina Patterson – Gold Star – 1949
Red Patterson’s Piedmont Log Rollers – Victor – 1927
Leon Payne – Bullet – 1948
Dusty Payton – Macy’s – 1949
The Peaceful Valley Folks – Decca – 1935
Ray Pearl – Bullet – 1947
Bess Pennington – Vocalion – 1930
Hank Penny and His Radio Cowboys – Vocalion – 1938
Jack Perkins – 4-Star – 1949
Owen Perry with the Happy Hillbillies – Bullet – 1947
Austin Pete & The Evangeline Playboys – Feature – 1948
Walter C. Peterson – Gennett – 1927
The Philyaw Brothers – Melotone – 1938
The Pickard Family – Coast – 1947
Dad Pickard – Regal – 1929
Pie Plant Pete – Conqueror – 1935
Pie Plant Pete & Bashful Harmonica Joe – Process – 1948
(Bashful Harmonica Joe shown)
Jack Pierce and the Oklahoma Cowboys – Bluebird – 1937
The Pine Mountain Boys – Victor 1931
The Pine Ridge Boys – Bluebird – 1939
The Pine Ridge Ramblers – Bluebird – 1938
The Pine State Playboys – Bluebird – 1938
The Pipers Gap Ramblers – OKeh – 1928
The Plainsmen – Coast – 1946
The Plantation Boys – Bluebird – 1936
The Plymouth Vermont Old Time Barn Dance Orchestra – OKeh – 1927
Charlie Poole – Columbia – 1925
Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers – 1930
Pope’s Arkansas Mountaineers – Victor – 28
The Poplin/Woods Tennessee String Band – Victor – 1929
Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee – Victor – 1931
Eddie Powers – Harmony – 1929
Fiddlin’ Powers and Family – Victor – 1924
The Prairie Ramblers – Bluebird – 1934
Charlie Prescott – Challenge – 1928
Long, Lean, Lanky, Lew Preston & His Men of the Range – Folke – 1949
Terry Preston – 4-Star – 1949
(This is Ferlin Husky)
Jesse Price – Capitol Americana – 1947
Melvin Price & the Santa Fe Rangers – Redal – 1949
Richard Prine & His Allstars – Ayo – 1949
Holland Puckett – Silvertone – 1927
Riley Puckett – Columbia – 1924
Pete Pyle – Bluebird – 1941
Louis E. Quinn – Melotone – 1934
The Radio Imps – Conqueror – 1930
Radio Mac – Victor – 1930
Railroad Bill – Melotone – 1933
The Rainbow Riders – Dixie – 1949
The Raley Brothers & Woody Carter – Macy’s – 1949
The Rambling Rangers – Vocalion – 1938
The Ranch House Boys – Gold Seal – 1947
Rand & Foster – Supertone – 1929
The Range Riders – Vocalion – 1937
The Range Wreckers – Vocalion – 1937
The Rangemen – Crystal – 1948
Ole Rasmussen & His Nebraska Cornhuskers – Crystal – 1949
Aulton Ray – Silvertone – 1927
The Ray Brothers – Bluebird – 1935
The Reaves White County Ramblers – Vocalion – 1929
Red River Dave – Continental – 1944
Red River Dave with Sula’s Texas Rangers – Continental – 1945
Red River Dave with The Texas Tophands – 1947
Blind Alfred Reed – Victor – 1928
L.K. Reeder – OKeh – 1926
Jack Reedy & His Walker Mountain String Band – Brunswick – 1928
Phil Reeve and Ernest Moody – Victor – 1927
Goebel Reeves The Texas Drifter – Panachoro – 1931
Jim Reeves – Macy’s – 1949
(Jim’s first released single)
Dick Reinhart and His Universal Cowboys – Conqueror – 1941
George Reneau – Vocalion – 1924
Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys – Everstate – 1949
William Rexroat’s Cedar Crest Singers – Vocalion – 1929
Dusty Rhodes – Brunswick – 1929
Rhubarb Red – Montgomery Ward – 1937
The Rhythm Rangers with Brit Wood – Highway – 1949
Hoke Rice & His Hoky Poky Boys – Brunswick – 1931
Ed Rice – Vocalion – 1928
Ralph Richardson – OKeh – 1928
The Ridge Rangers – Range – 1949
The Ridgels Fountain Citians – Vocalion – 1930
George Riley (The Yodeling Rustler) – Perfect – 1930
Skeet Ring & the Hillbilly Swingsters – Fortune – 1949
Jack Rivers & His Muddy Creek Cowboys – Trilon – 1946
Jack Rivers & His Texas Tornadoes – Trilon – 1946
The Riverside Ramblers – Bluebird – 1937
The Roane County Ramblers – Columbia – 1928
The Roanoke Jug Band – OKeh – 1930
Shortbuckle Roark & Family – Victor – 1928
Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts – Conqueror – 1933
Dan Roberts and His Home Towners – Perfect – 1932
Edith Roberts – Banner – 1930
Smokey Roberts 101 Ranch Boys – Security – 1947
The Roberts Brothers Trio – Bel-Tone – 1946
Roberts & Rose – Melotone – 1933
A.C. Eck Robertson – Victor – 1922
Robinson & Holman – Timely Tunes – 1931
Carson Robison – Victor – 1927
The Carson Robison Trio – Conqueror – 1930
Vin Roddie with the Country Gentlemen – Eagle – 1946
Homer Rodeheaver – Victor – 1921
Jesse Rodgers – Montgomery Ward – 1936
Jimmie Rodgers – Victor – 1927
Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers – Bluebird – 1936
The Rodeo Trio – Victor – 1929
The Roe Brothers & Morrell – Columbia – 1927
Cowboy Rogers – Continental – 1944
Ernest Rogers – Victor – 1927
Jesse Rogers & His 49ers – Cowboy – 1948
Judy Rogers – Victor – 1933
Roy Rogers – Decca – 1949
Smokey Buck Rogers & His Four Star Rangers – 4-Star – 1945
Jack Rose – OKeh – 1929
Vincent Rose – Conqueror – 1935
The Rose Trio – Montgomery Ward – 1933
Arthur Ross & His Westerners – Diva – 1929
Jack Ross – Trilon – 1947
The Ross Rhythm Rascals – Decca – 1937
The Rounders – Domino – 1928
Seven Rowe Brothers – Talent – 1949
The Roxy Male Quartet – Conqueror – 1931
Tommy Ryan – Vocalion – 1937
Rye’s Blue Yodelers (Rye Forrest) – Hot Wax – 1940
Rye’s Red River Blue Yoldelers – Universal – 1942
The Saddle Dusters – Crystal – 1948
The Saddle Sore Six – Folkraft – 1949
The Saddle Tramps – Vocalion – 1937
Joseph Samuels – Silvertone – 1921
Mack & Jeanie Sanders – Red Barn – 1948
The Dick Sanford Trio – Bluebird – 1933
J. P. Sauceman – Rich-R-Tone – 1948
Jimmy Saul – 4-Star – 1949
B. E. Scott – Silvertone – 1926
Ramblin’ Tommy Scott – Bullet – 1947
The Scottsdale String Band – OKeh – 1931
Jim Seaney – Challenge – 1928
Harold Selman – OKeh – 1928
Jilson Setters (J.W. Day) – Victor – 1929
The Sheffield Male Quartet – Victor – 1927
The Shelor Family – Victor – 1927
The Shelton Brothers – Decca – 1935
Riley Sheperd & Shorty Long – Hi-Tone – 1949
Arkie Shibley & His Mt. Dew Boys – The Mae-Mae – 1948
Uncle Joe Shippee – Pathe – 1926
The Short Brothers – OKeh – 1928
Carl Shrum & His Rhythm Rangers – 1948
Walt Shrum & His Colorado Hillbillies – Westernair – 1946
Bill Simmons & His California Cowboys – Victor – 1931
Matt Simmons & Frank Miller – OKeh – 1927
Singin’ Sam – Banner – 1932
The Singing Sentinels – Sonora – 1946
Sister Katty Marie with the D. B. Trio – Down Beat – 1946
The Six Westernaires – Black & White – 1945
Asher Sizemore & Little Jimmie – Bluebird – 1934
Jimmie Skinner – Red Barn – 1948
Skyland Scotty – Conqueror – 1935
Sunny Skylar & The Texas Townsmen – Bullet – 1949
Bob Skyles & The Skyrockets – Bluebird – 1937
Slim Jim & the Vagabond Kid (Ernest & Clarence Iverson) – FM Recording – 1948
Sloane & Threadgill – Brunswick – 1929
(Grandpa) Lester Smallwood – Victor – 1930
Bedrick Smeage & His Eight Aces – 1948
Roy Smeck and His Tropical Serenaders – Conqueror – 1935
Arthur Smith and His Dixie Liners – Bluebird – 1938
Blaine Smith – Bullet – 1947
Dr. Champion Smith’s Hoss Hair Pullers – RCA – 1929
Hank Smith – Vocalion – 1929
Harry Smith – OKeh – 1928
Jerry Smith with Jack Lester & His Trail Blazers – FM Recording – 1947
(Jack Lester shown)
Jim Smith & The Buccaneers – Varsity – 1948
Jimmy Smith – Victor – 1926
Joe Smith The Colorado Cowboy – Bluebird – 1934
Kid Smith & Family – Perfect – 1937
Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds – OKeh – 1920
Merritt Smith & Keith Pooser – OKeh – 1929
Ray Smith & His Pinetoppers – National – 1948
Slim Smith – Victor – 1931
(Bernard Smith)
Smitty Smith & His Lone Star Rangers – Macy’s – 1949
Smokey Smith & The Gold Coast Boys – Crystal – 1948
Thunder Smith – Gold Star – 1947
Smith & Woodlieff – Gennett – 1929
Smith’s Garage Fiddle Band – Vocalion – 1929
Smokey and Jean – Crystal – 1948
(Most likely Smokey Smith)
The Smokey Mt. Fiddler Trio – Bluebird – 1936
The Smoky Mountain Ramblers – Vocalion – 1930
The Smoky Mountain Twins – Regal – 1927
The Smyth County Ramblers – Victor – 1929
Solomon & Hughes – Victor – 1930
The Songcopators with Virgil Bingham – Bluebird – 1934
Rudy Sooter & His Californias – Black & White – 1946
Eddie Sosby & the Radio Rangers – Melody Trail – 1949
The South Georgia Highballers – OKeh – 1927
The Southern Melody Boys – Bluebird – 1937
The Southern Moonlight Entertainers – Vocalion – 1930
The Southland Six – Vocalion – 1923
Smith Spadachene – Gold Star – 1949
The Irene Spain Family – OKeh – 1929
The Buddy Spencer Trio – Melody – 1934
Elizabeth Spencer – Banner – 1930
The Spooney Five – Columbia – 1927
Carl T. Sprague – Victor – 1927
Deuce Spriggens – Coast – 1947
Joe St. Clair The Cowboy of the Air – Bullet – 1948
The Stamps Quartet – Montgomery Ward – 1933
Roba Stanley and William Patterson – OKeh – 1925
The Stanley Brothers – Rich-R-Tone – 1947
The Stanley Trio – OKeh – 1925
The Stapleton Brothers – Victor – 1931
Buddy Starcher & The All Star Round Up – 4-Star – 1946
Billy Starr & The Ozark Champions – Town & Country – 1948
The Steelman Sisters – Melotone – 1937
Steve & His Hot Shots – Victor – 1930
Freddy Stewart & The Sweet Swingsters – Bel-Tone – 1946
Joe Stewart – Talent – 1949
Charles Lewis Stine – Columbia – 1925
Ocie Stockard & The Wanderers – Bluebird – 1938
Lowe Stokes – Columbia – 1928
The Stone Mountain Boys – Supertone – 1930
Cliffie Stonehead & His Band – Bel-Tone – 1945
Ernest Stoneman – Gennett – 1927
Ernest Stoneman & The Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers – Victor – 1928
Ernest Stoneman’s Dixie Mountaineers – Victor – 1929
The Ernest V. Stoneman’s Trio – OKeh – 1927
The Stoneman Family – Victor – 1930
Willie Stoneman – Gennett – 1928
Stoney & Buster with the Buckaroos – Dude – 1948
Carl Story (The Palomino Kid) – Blue Bonnet – 1948
Stove Pipe No. 1 – Columbia – 1928
(Sam Jones)
George Strange & His Memory Ranch Boys – Crystal – 1949
Texas Bill Strength & His Saddlepals – 4-Star – 1949
Billy Strickland – Sylvan – 1949
Uncle “Am” Stuart – Vocalion – 1924
Uncle John Stuart (The One Man Band) – Challenge – 1928
The Stubble Jumpers – Enterprise – 1948
Judge Sturdy’s Orchestra – Victor – 1926
Sunshine Sue & Her Rangers – Astra – 1947
The Sweet Violet Boys – Vocalion – 1935
(Chuck Hurt Shown)
The Jewel Swift Cowboys – Vocalion – 1939
Milt Taggart’s Eleven Vagabonds – Victor – 1930
Arthur Tanner & His Corn-Shuckers – Columbia – 1927
Gid Tanner – Columbia – 1925
Tin Ear Tanner & His Back Room Boys – Bel-Tone – 1946
(This is Merle Travis)
Jimmy Tarlton & Tom Darby – Melotone – 1933
Taylor and Davis with the Cumberland Ridge Runners – Perfect – 1934
Dusty Taylor – Westernair – 1947
Jim Taylor & Bill Shelby – Gannett – 1929
Joe Taylor (The Cowboy Auctioneer) & His Tailormades, The Indiana Red Birds – Red Bird – 1949
John Taylor – Victor – 1921
Taylor’s Kentucky Boys – Gennett – 1927
Taylor’s Louisiana Melody Makers – Victor – 1930
The Tennessee Happy Boys – Jewel – 1927
he Tennessee Mountaineers – Victor 1927
The Tennessee Ramblers – Brunswick – 1928
The Tennessee Tooters – Vocalion – 1925
Tennessee Van & the Cumberland River Boys – Gold Star – 1948
Georgia Boy Terry – Southern – 1945
Norwood Tew (The Old Left Hander) – Bluebird – 1937
Tex Dunn & His Arizona Cowboys – Bluebird – 1938
Tex Slim – Continental – 1944
(Also recorded as “Slim Tex”)
The Texas Night Hawks – OKeh – 1929
The Texas Rhythm Boys – Royalty – 1948
The Texas Round-Up Gang – Blue Bonnet – 1947
The Texas Top Hands – Savoy – 1946
The Texas Troubadours – Bullet – 1946
The Texas Wanderers – Decca – 1939
The Texas Wranglers – Texstar – 1949
The Texstar Playboys – Texstar – 1948
Dick Thomas – National – 1945
Dick Thomas with the Santa Fe Rangers – National – 1947
Ernest Thompson – Columbia – 1924
Floyd Thompson & His Home Towners with Jack Tilson – Vocalion – 1929
Glen Thompson & His Dixie Playboys – Glen Thompson – 1946
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys – Capitol American
Uncle Jimmie Thompson – Columbia – 1927
Tommy Thompson & All the Boys – 4-Star – 1949
Fred Thornton & The Sons of the Golden West – Melody Trail – 1949
The Three Little Maids – Conqueror – 1933
The Three Old Cronies – Vocalion – 1926
The Three Tobacco Tags (Crazy Tobacco Tags) – Bluebird – 1938
The Tietge Sisters – Victor – 1927
Tom and Chuck – Victor – 1931
Tom and Don – Bluebird – 1934
Tom & Jerry – Champion – 1930
Tom and Roy – Bluebird – 1934
Pinky Tomlin – Exclusive – 1949
Tommie and Willie – Champion – 1938
Jed Tompkins – Velvet Tone – 1930
Welby Toomey – Gennett – 1927
The Travelers – Decca – 1935
Tex Travers with Cliffie Stone Orchestra and the Sunshine Girls – Gold Seal – 1947
The Trenton Melody Makers – 1926
Barney Trimble & His Oklahomans – Velvet Tone – 1928
Tumblewee Ludy – Quaker – 1948
The Tune Wranglers – Bluebird – 1936
The Turkey Mountain Singers – Victor – 1931
Buck Turner – Melotone – 1937
Cowboy Dallas Turner “The Roving Ranger” – Continental – 1949
“Hobo” Jack Turner (Thomas Ernest Hare) – Diva – 1928
Lemmuel Turner – Victor – 1929
Rex Turner & The Westerners – Varsity – 1948
Sid Turner – Perfect – 1924
(This is Vernon Dalhart)
Zeb Turner – Bullet – 1947
Zeke Turner – Savoy – 1946
The Turney Brothers – Victor – 1929
Bill Tutt – 4-Star – 1948
Wesley Tuttle & His Texas Stars – Capitol Americana – 1947
The Tweedy Brothers – Silverton – 1926
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The Twilight Riders – Varsity – 1949
Johnny Tyler & The Riders of the Rio Grande – Stanchel – 1946
Uncle Buck The Singing D.J. & The Ridge Riders – Range – 1949
Uncle Henry’s Original Kentucky Mountaineers – Capitol Americana – 1947
Jack Urban The Rovin’ Miner – Melotone – 1935
Deacon Utley & the Smile A While Quartet – Columbia – 1948
The Vagabonds – Montgomery Ward – 1933
Val & Pete – OKeh – 1928
Vance’s Tennessee Breakdowners – OKeh – 1927
Barney Vardeman & His Drifting Texans – Macy’s – 1949
The Vass Family – Decca – 1937
Vaughan’s Tex Quartet – Victor – 1930
Al Vaughn – 4-Star – 1948
Douglas Venable & His Bar-X Ranch Hand – Western – 1946
Woody Vernon and the Southern Stars – Gold Star – 1947
John Vincent’s Californians – Conqueror – 1929
The Virginia Mountain Boomers – Gennett – 1928
The Virginia Ramblers – Timely Tunes – 1931
Ray Wade & His Rhythm Rangers – Coast – 1945
Hub Wagoner – 4-Star – 1949
George Walburn & Emmett Hethcox – OKeh – 1927
Buddy Walker – 4-Star – 1948
Jimmy Walker & His Western Stars – Coast – 1946
Rembert Wall & His Green Valley Boys – 1949
Frank (Frankie) Wallace – Conqueror – 1928
Ted Wallace – Conqueror – 1928
Doc Walsh – Victor – 1930
Hank Warner – Conqueror – 1935
Yodelin’ Jimmy Warner – Champion – 1928
Louis Warfield – Paramount – 1928
Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers – Victor – 1929
Cliff Warren – Everstate – 1949
Shorty Warren & His Western Rangers – Cowboy – 1948
The Washboard Wonders – Bluebird – 1936
Ozie Waters & The Colorado Hillbillies – Coast – 1945
The Watkin’s Band – Victor – 1929
Dr. Claude Watson & L. W. McCreigton – OKeh – 1926
Harvey Watson – Challenge – 1927
Larry Wayne & The Sun Valley Pioneers – Cowboy – 1949
Weary Willie – Perfect – 1929
Cowboy Pal Lloyd Weaver – Bullet – 1948
J. D. Weaver – OKeh – 1925
Lloyd Weaver & His Pals of the Saddle – Blue Bonnet – 1947
Weaver & Wiggins – Broadway – 1927
Jack Web the 101 Ranch Cowboy – Victor – 1930
The Weems String Band – Columbia – 1928
Frank Welling and The Red Brush Rowdies – Paramount – 1929
The Wenatchee Mountaineers – Conqueror – 1934
Billy West & Bob Thomas – Silvertone – 1926
Ed (Jake) West – Challenge – 1929
Kelly West & His Friendly Country Boys – 1947
Otis West & His All Star Cowboys – Dude – 1948
Ted West – Red Barn – 1948
Wayne West with the Frontiersmen – Velvet – 1949
The West Virginia Coon Hunters – Victor – 1927
The West Virginia Snake Hunters – Brunswick – 1927
The West Virginia Night Owls – Victor – 1928
The Western Aces – Lamb – 1947
The Westernaires with the Cliffie Stonehead Band – Bel-Tone – 1945
The Westerners (Massey Family) – Conqueror – 1937
Paul Westmoreland & His Peco River Boys – San Antonio – 1946
Don Weston with Cal Shrum & His Rhythm Rangers – Westernaire – 1945
Kim Weston & The Barn Dance Gang – FM Recording – 1948
Frank Wheeler & Monroe Lamb – Montgomery Ward – 1934
Bob White – Domino – 1928
George White – OKeh – 1929
Harold White – Conqueror – 1933
John White – Conqueror – 1939
Zeb White – Vocalion – 1928
The Reaves White County Ramblers – Vocalion – 1928
Whitey & Hogan – Cowboy – 1948
Smokey Joe Whitfield – Gilt-Edge – 1945
Ray Whitley – Conqueror – 1935
Smiley Whitley & the Texans – Everstate – 1949
The J.B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio – Bluebird – 1939
Henry Whitter – OKeh – 1924
Henry Whitter’s Virginia Breakdowners – OKeh – 1925
The Wiggins Brothers – Brunswick – 1928
Pee Wee Wiley – Gilt-Edge – 1945
Billy Williams and The Pecos River Rogues – RCA Victor – 1945
Jack (Tex) Williams & The Hired Hands – Tops – 1949
Marc Williams – Decca – 1934
Slim Williams with The Sons of the Pioneers – Fortune – 1949
Tex Williams & His Western Caravan – Capitol Americana – 1947
Zeke Williams and His Rambling Cowboys – Vocalion – 1937
The Williamson Brothers – OKeh – 1927
Foy Willing & His Riders of the Purple Sage – Capitol Americana – 1948
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Vocalion – 1935
Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys – Bullet – 1949
Billy Wilson & The Blue Rangers – Cowboy – 1947
Buck Wilson & His Rangers – Harmony – 1930
(Member Arthur Fields shown)
Charlie Wilson and His Hayloft Boys – Montgomery Ward – 1939
Jimmy Wilson’s Catfish String Band – Victor – 1929
Happy Wilson & His Golden River Boys – Vulcan – 1948
Tommy Wilson with the Sammy Incardona Orchestra – Gold Star – 1947
The Wisdom Sisters – Columbia – 1927
J.B. Wise – 4-Star – 1949
Austin Wood & The Missouri Swingsters – Town & Country – 1949
Brit Wood with Cal Shrum & His Rhythm Rangers – Westernair – 1945
Smokey Wood & His Wood Chips – Bluebird – 1937
Ephram Woodie & The Henpecked Husbands – Columbia – 1929
Sheb Wooley & His Calumet Indians – Blue Bonnet – 1947
Jimmy Work – Trophy – 1945
Arlene Wright with Shorty Warren – Trope – 1949
The Wright Family – Melotone – 1937
Skeets Yaney & The Ozark Champions – Town & Country – 1947
Jimmy Yate’s Boll Weevils – Victor – 1929
Yorgi Yorgesson – S & G Records – 1949
(Harry Stuart)