Country — 30s & 40s, Western Swing, Hollywood, transition period before Nashville
17 songs — 53 minutes
| Artist | Song | Label & Cat # | Year | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartman’s Heartbreakers | Feels Good | Bluebird B-6481 | 1936 | August |
| The Tune Wranglers | Texas Sand | Bluebird B-6513 | 1936 | August |
| Rex Griffin | Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby | Decca 05294 | 1936 | March |
| Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies | You’re Tired of Me | Decca 05080 | 1935 | March |
| Roy Newman and His Boys | Takin’ Off | Vocalion 04025 | 1938 | April |
| Leon Selph & His Blue Ridge Playboys | Some Day | Decca 05663 | 1939 | March |
| Bill Mounce & The Sons Of The South | I Don’t Get It | Bluebird B-8745 | 1941 | April |
| Bill Monroe | Honky Tonk Swing | Bluebird B-8988 | 1941 | October |
| Gene Autry | Back In The Saddle Again | Vocalion 05080 | 1939 | September |
| Johnny Mercer | San Fernando Valley | Capitol 0150 | 1944 | March |
| Dinah Shore | Buttons and Bows | Columbia 38284 | 1948 | August |
| Red Ingle and The Natural Seven | Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) | Capitol 0412 | 1947 | May |
| Ernest Tubb | Drivin’ Nails In My Coffin | Decca 46019 | 1946 | October |
| Merle Travis | Cincinnati Lou | Capitol 0258 | 1946 | June |
| Tex Williams & His Western Caravan | Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) | Capitol 4413 | 1947 | April |
| Jimmie Widener | Come A Little Bit Closer | DeLuxe 5055 | 1949 | January |
| Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters | Texas Special | RCA Victor 20-3081 | 1948 | August |
Notes / Credits / Personnel
- Hartman’s Heartbreakers – “Feels Good”: Betty Lou Demorrow (aka Tommy Riggs) [vocal]; Dick Hartman, Harry Blair, ? [guitar]; Cecil Campbell [banjo]; Fred Morris [bass]; Kenneth Wolfe [traps]; Elmer Warren [fiddle]; recorded 6/22/36 Southern Radio Building, Charlotte, NC
- The Tune Wranglers – “Texas Sand”: Buster Coward [vocal, guitar]; Red Brown [vocal, banjo]; Curley Williams [vocal, bass]; Tom Dickey [fiddle]; Eddie Whitley [piano]; recorded 2/28/36 in San Antonio
- Rex Griffin – “Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”: recorded 3/2/36 at Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans
- Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies – “You’re Tired of Me”: Bob Dunn [steel]
- Roy Newman and His Boys – “Takin’ Off”: Bob Dunn [steel]; Randall Neal [guitar]; Earl Brown [guitar]; Walker Kirkes [banjo]; Ish Erwin [bass], Cecil Brower [fiddle], Roy Newman [piano]; Holly Horton [clarinet]
- Leon Selph & His Blue Ridge Playboys – “Some Day”: Leon Selph [vocal]; Dickie McBride [guitar]; Joe Thames [tenor banjo]; Bob Dunn [steel]; Hezzie Bryant [bass]; Cliff Bruner [fiddle]; Mancel Tierney [piano]; recorded 3/6/39 in Houston
- Bill Mounce & The Sons of the South – “I Don’t Get It”: Bob Dunn [steel]
- Bill Monroe – “Honky Tonk Swing”: Bill Monroe [vocal, mandolin]; Pete Pyle [vocal, guitar]; Cousin Wilbur [vocal, bass]; Art Wooten [fiddle]; recorded 10/2/41 in Atlanta
- Gene Autry – “Back in the Saddle Again”: Frank Marvin [steel]; Carl Cotner [fiddle]; recorded 4/18/39 at CBS Studio (Radio Station KNX), 6121 Gower & Sunset Blvd., Hollywood
- Johnny Mercer – “San Fernando Valley”: Paul Weston and Orchestra; The Barries [backing vocals]
- Dinah Shore – “Buttons and Bows”: and Her Happy Valley Boys
- Red INgle and The Natural Seven – “Temptation (Tim-Tayshun)”: Cinderella G Stump aka Jo Stafford [vocal]; Ingle [vocal, fiddle]; Luke “Red” Roundtree [guitar]; Herman Snyder [banjo]; Noel Boggs [steel]; Russell Hall [bass]; Art Wenzel [accordian]; “Country” Washburne [suitcase]; recorded 3/14/47
- Ernest Tubb – “Drivin’ Nails in My Coffin”: Ernest Tubb [vocal, guitar]; Jimmie Short, Leon Short [guitar]; Jerry Byrd [steel]; Jack Drake [bass]; Red Heron [fiddle]; recorded 9/17/46 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., NY
- Merle Travis – “Cincinnati Lou”: Merle Travis [vocal, guitar]; Eddie Kirk [guitar]; Joaquin Murphey [steel]; Cliffie Stone [bass]; Pedro DePaul [accordion]; Jack Taggart [trumpet]; Tex Atchinson? [fiddle]; Lee Gillette [producer]
- Tex Williams & His Western Caravan – “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”: John Weis [lead guitar]; Smokey Rogers, Paul Featherstone [guitar]; Eddie Mitchell [steel]
- Jimmie Widener – “Come a Little Bit Closer”: Jimmy Wyble [electric guitar]; Noel Boggs [steel]; Jimmy Pruett [piano]; Harold Hensley, Woody Applewhite, Buddy Ray [fiddle]; Truman Quigley [trumpet]; recorded 9/23/46
- Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters – “Texas Special”: Billy Hughes [vocal]; Curt Dunn, Tommy Doss, Richard Morgan [guitar]; J.L.Jenkins [steel]; Darrell Jones [bass]; Johnny Edrwards [drums]; Robert M. Berg [fiddle]; Sidney Barnes [piano]
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