Roland "Sonny" Osborne
Sonny Osborne (October 29, 1937 – October 24, 2021) was an American bluegrass musician and founding member of the Osborne Brothers. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 29, 1937 (Hyden), Died October 24, 2021
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1952 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: banjo, vocalist, Dobro
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | NA 2783 | 7/18/1952 | Walking in Jerusalem just like John-1, 2 | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 2784 | 7/18/1952 | Memories of Mother and Dad-1 | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 2785 | 7/18/1952 | The little girl and the dreadful snake-1 | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 2786 | 7/18/1952 | Country waltz | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 2787 | 7/18/1952 | Don't put off until tomorrow | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 2788 | 7/18/1952 | My dying bed-1 | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 2801 | 7/26/1952 | A mighty pretty waltz-1 | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 2802 | 7/26/1952 | Pike County breakdown (Instrumental) | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12614 | 8/21/1963 | Take this hammer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12615 | 8/21/1963 | Don't ever look at me-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12616 | 8/21/1963 | The cuckoo bird | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12617 | 8/21/1963 | Bluegrass express | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12972 | 6/23/1964 | Me and my old banjo | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12973 | 6/23/1964 | Pathway of teardrops | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12974 | 6/23/1964 | Gotta travel on | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12975 | 6/23/1964 | Salty dog blues | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12976 | 6/23/1964 | Kentucky | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12977 | 6/23/1964 | Bugle on the banjo | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12981 | 6/24/1964 | Cotton fields | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12982 | 6/24/1964 | Faded love | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12983 | 6/24/1964 | This heart of mine (can never say goodbye) | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 12984 | 6/24/1964 | Charlie Cotton | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13226 | 1/15/1965 | I'll be alright tomorrow | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13227 | 1/15/1965 | Cut the cornbread, Mama | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13228 | 1/15/1965 | Hey, hey bartender | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13229 | 1/15/1965 | Lonesome day | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13746 | 10/7/1965 | Big spike hammer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13747 | 10/7/1965 | Memories | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13748 | 10/7/1965 | I know what it means to be lonesome | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13749 | 10/7/1965 | Up this hill and down | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13750 | 10/7/1965 | In the pines | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13798 | 11/22/1965 | One tear | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13799 | 11/22/1965 | Making plans-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 13800 | 11/22/1965 | Yesterday's gone | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13801 | 11/22/1965 | Yesterday's gone | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 13802 | 11/22/1965 | Sure-fire | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14057 | 5/4/1966 | Lonesome feelin' | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14058 | 5/4/1966 | World of unwanted | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14059 | 5/4/1966 | Hard times | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14264 | 9/30/1966 | I'm leavin' | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14265 | 9/30/1966 | The kind of woman I got-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14266 | 9/30/1966 | One kiss away from loneliness | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14567 | 3/28/1967 | Let's say goodbye like we said hello-1,2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 14568 | 3/28/1967 | Someone before me-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 14569 | 3/28/1967 | Walking the floor over you | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14570 | 3/28/1967 | Roll muddy water | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14646 | 5/2/1967 | My favorite memory | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14647 | 5/2/1967 | Gal, you got a job to do | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14648 | 5/2/1967 | Ruby, are you mad? | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14848 | 11/16/1967 | My favorite memory | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14849 | 11/16/1967 | Rocky top | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14850 | 11/16/1967 | When you wind down | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14985 | 2/8/1968 | I'll never love another | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14986 | 2/8/1968 | I'll go stepping too | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14987 | 2/8/1968 | Will you be loving another man | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14988 | 2/8/1968 | I'll never shed another tear | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14989 | 2/8/1968 | My little girl in Tennessee | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14990 | 2/8/1968 | Molly and Tenbrooks | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14995 | 2/8/1968 | Drivin' nails in my coffin-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14996 | 2/8/1968 | World of forgotten people-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14997 | 2/8/1968 | Cut the cornbread, Mama | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 14998 | 2/8/1968 | If I could count on you | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15008 | 2/14/1968 | I bowed on my knees and cried | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15009 | 2/14/1968 | Steal away and pray | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15010 | 2/14/1968 | Will you meet me over yonder-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15011 | 2/14/1968 | Where we'll never grow old-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15015 | 2/19/1968 | Medals for mothers | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15016 | 2/19/1968 | Rock of ages | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15017 | 2/19/1968 | I pray my way out of trouble | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15018 | 2/19/1968 | How great Thou art-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15019 | 2/20/1968 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15020 | 2/20/1968 | Jesus sure changed me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15021 | 2/20/1968 | Light at the river | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15168 | 6/19/1968 | That was yesterday-1,3 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15169 | 6/19/1968 | A working man-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15170 | 6/19/1968 | Banjo ringing Saturday night-3 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15173 | 6/20/1968 | Thanks for all the yesterdays-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo, Dobro | |||
| Decca | NA 15174 | 6/20/1968 | Midnight angel-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15175 | 6/20/1968 | Son of a sawmill man | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15176 | 6/20/1968 | No good son of a gun-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15566 | 4/21/1969 | There'll be no teardrops tonight | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15567 | 4/21/1969 | You win again | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15568 | 4/21/1969 | Blue moon of Kentucky | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15569 | 4/21/1969 | Where does the good times go-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15577 | 4/23/1969 | Put it off until tomorrow | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15578 | 4/23/1969 | Flying South | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15579 | 4/23/1969 | Will you visit me on Sunday-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15580 | 4/23/1969 | Nine pound hammer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15581 | 4/24/1969 | When the grass grows over | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15582 | 4/24/1969 | Tennessee hound dog | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15796 | 10/8/1969 | Somebody's back in town | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15797 | 10/8/1969 | Beneath still waters-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15798 | 10/8/1969 | Ruby, are you mad | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15799 | 10/8/1969 | Siempre | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15926 | 3/5/1970 | Searching for yesterday | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15927 | 3/5/1970 | Listening to the rain | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15928 | 3/5/1970 | Georgia piney woods-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15929 | 3/5/1970 | The fightin' side of me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15949 | 3/12/1970 | Let me be the first to know | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15950 | 3/12/1970 | Windy city-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 15951 | 3/12/1970 | Kaw-liga | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16092 | 5/26/1970 | My sweet love ain't around | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16093 | 5/26/1970 | You're running wild | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16094 | 5/26/1970 | My old Kentucky home (Turpentine & Dandelion wine) | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16095 | 5/28/1970 | Tennessee stud | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16096 | 5/28/1970 | My heart would know | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16097 | 5/28/1970 | Muddy bottom-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16522 | 8/10/1971 | Color me lonely | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16523 | 8/10/1971 | Take me home, country roads | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16524 | 8/10/1971 | Tears are no stranger-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16525 | 8/13/1971 | Oh, the pain of loving you | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16526 | 8/13/1971 | Unfaithful one | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16527 | 8/13/1971 | Ballad of forty dollars | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16578 | 9/28/1971 | Tomorrow never comes | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16579 | 9/28/1971 | Sometimes you just can't win-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16580 | 9/28/1971 | Shelly's Winter love | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16587 | 10/8/1971 | I wonder why you said goodbye | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16588 | 10/8/1971 | Tunnel of your mind-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16589 | 10/8/1971 | Eight more miles to Louisville | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16702 | 2/9/1972 | Love lifted me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16703 | 2/9/1972 | Stand beside me, behind me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16704 | 2/9/1972 | Miss you Mississippi | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16723 | 2/23/1972 | Teardrops will kiss the morning dew | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16724 | 2/23/1972 | Long lanky woman | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16725 | 2/23/1972 | Knoxville girl | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16726 | 2/23/1972 | Wash my face in the morning dew | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16753 | 4/11/1972 | Love's gonna live here | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16754 | 4/11/1972 | Today I started loving you again | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16755 | 4/11/1972 | Arkansas | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16756 | 4/11/1972 | Fireball mail | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16781 | 5/10/1972 | Midnight flyer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16782 | 5/10/1972 | How long does it take | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16783 | 5/10/1972 | Blue heartache | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16958 | 11/27/1972 | Wabash cannonball-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16959 | 11/27/1972 | Try me one more time | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16960 | 11/27/1972 | It's gonna be raining till I die | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16966 | 12/4/1972 | Back to the country roads-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16967 | 12/4/1972 | The condition of Samuel Wilder-1,2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16968 | 12/4/1972 | Tears | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16969 | 12/5/1972 | You're heavy on my mind | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16970 | 12/5/1972 | Checkin' er over | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo | |||
| Decca | NA 16971 | 12/5/1972 | Lizzie Lou | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, banjo |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Osborne, Roland "Sonny"," accessed May 12, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207528.
Osborne, Roland "Sonny". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 12, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/207528.
"Osborne, Roland "Sonny"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 May 2024.
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Wikipedia: Sonny Osborne
Discogs: Roland "Sonny" Osborne
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LCNAR: Osborne, Sonny - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98047107
Wikidata: Sonny Osborne - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7562081
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MusicBrainz: Sonny Osborne - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a5cc5e36-4cf2-4644-ace0-6c656256b3d8
ISNI: 0000 0001 1441 8801 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000114418801
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