Bill Simmons
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1935
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, songwriter, composer, lyricist, leader, arranger
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | PBVE-54653 | 10-in. | 3/4/1930 | Tail of Haley's Comet | Happy Hayseeds | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | PBVE-54654 | 10-in. | 3/4/1930 | Mills' waltz | Happy Hayseeds | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | PBVE-54655 | 10-in. | 3/4/1930 | The yodeling cowboy | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, composer, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | PBVE-54662 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | The night herder | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo | vocalist, composer | |
Victor | PBVE-54663 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | Take me back to old Montana | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, arranger | |
Victor | PBVE-54664 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | Ladies quadrille | Happy Hayseeds | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | PBVE-54665 | 10-in. | 3/5/1930 | Cottonwood reel | Happy Hayseeds | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | PBVE-54674 | 10-in. | 3/6/1930 | Wild roses | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar | vocalist, songwriter | |
Victor | PBVE-61035 | 10-in. | 10/16/1930 | The cowboy's plea | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, composer, leader | |
Victor | PBVE-61036 | 10-in. | 10/16/1930 | Rocky Mountain sweetheart | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter, vocalist, leader | |
Victor | PBVE-61037 | 10-in. | 10/16/1930 | My sweetheart of yesterday | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | songwriter, vocalist, leader | |
Victor | PBVE-61040 | 10-in. | 10/17/1930 | My California home | California Cowboys ; Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, songwriter, leader | |
Victor | PBVE-61041 | 10-in. | 10/17/1930 | Rocky Mountain blues | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling | composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, lyricist | |
Victor | PBVE-61042 | 10-in. | 10/17/1930 | The lonesome cowboy | Bill Simmons | Male vocal solo, with guitar | songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
Victor | PBVE-61043 | 10-in. | 10/17/1930 | Harmonica rag | Chuck Darling | Harmonica solo, with guitar | composer | |
Victor | PBVE-61044 | 10-in. | 10/17/1930 | Blowin' the blues | Chuck Darling | Harmonica solo, with guitar | composer | |
Victor | BVE-63381 | 10-in. | 10/8/1930 | Rocky Mountain sweetheart | Tivoli Novelty Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | songwriter | |
Victor | BRC-69631 | 10-in. | 5/20/1931 | Silvery Arizona moon | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Vocal and instrumental ensemble, with whistling | lyricist | |
Victor | ABRC-69903 | 10-in. | 6/9/1931 | Silvery Arizona moon | Sonny Green Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | lyricist | |
Columbia | W151819 | 10-in. | 9/30/1931 | Silvery Arizona moon | Frank Luther ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars and whistling duet | lyricist | |
Brunswick | E37273 | 10-in. | 10/23/1931 | Silvery Arizona moon | Frank Luther ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with clarinet, guitar, and piano | lyricist | |
Decca | DLA 289 | 10-in. | 12/28/1935 | Red skin lady | Bill Simmons | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | DLA 290 | 10-in. | 12/28/1935 | Ozark mountain moon | Bill Simmons | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Simmons, Bill," accessed May 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113138.
Simmons, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113138.
"Simmons, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 May 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Simmons, Bill (Vocalist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006084016
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