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Ernest V. Stoneman
Ernest Van "Pop" Stoneman (May 25, 1893 – June 14, 1968) was an American musician, ranked among the prominent recording artists of country music's first commercial decade. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 25, 1893 (Virginia), Died June 14, 1968
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: baritone vocal, guitar, harmonica, leader, autoharp, composer, author, banjo, vocalist, arranger, lyricist, Vocal group
Notes: Sometimes sub-credited as "The Blue Ridge Mountaineer."
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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 |
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Edison | 11053 | 10-in. | 6/21/1926 | Bad companions | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11054 | 10-in. | 6/21/1926 | When the work's all done this fall | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11055 | 10-in. | 6/21/1926 | Wreck of the C. & O. | The Blue Ridge Mountaineer | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | composer, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11056 | 10-in. | 6/21/1926 | Wild Bill Jones | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11057 | 10-in. | 6/21/1926 | John Henry | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11058 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | Sinking of the Titanic | The Blue Ridge Mountaineer | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | composer, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11059 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | Watermelon hanging on the vine | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11060 | 10-in. | 6/22/1926 | The old hickory cane | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | composer, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11063 | 10-in. | 6/23/1926 | My little German home across the sea | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11064 | 10-in. | 6/23/1926 | Bury me beneath the weeping willow tree | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11460 | 10-in. | 1/24/1927 | The bright Sherman Valley | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11461 | 10-in. | 1/24/1927 | Once I had a fortune | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11464 | 10-in. | 1/25/1927 | Two little orphans (Our mamma's in heaven) | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11465 | 10-in. | 1/25/1927 | Kitty Wells | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11481 | 10-in. | 1/28/1927 | Hand me down my walking cane | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11482 | 10-in. | 1/28/1927 | Tell Mother I will meet her | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11483 | 10-in. | 1/29/1927 | We courted in the rain | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11484 | 10-in. | 1/29/1927 | The bully of the town | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11690 | 10-in. | 5/10/1927 | The fate of Talmadge Osborne | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, composer, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11691 | 10-in. | 5/10/1927 | The orphan girl | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica | instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11692 | 10-in. | 5/10/1927 | Pass around the bottle | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, autoharp, leader, vocalist, baritone vocal, guitar | |
Edison | 11693 | 10-in. | 5/10/1927 | The fatal wedding | Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 11882 | 10-in. | 9/12/1927 | The little black mustache | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 11883 | 10-in. | 9/12/1927 | Putting on the style | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 11884 | 10-in. | 9/12/1927 | All go hungry hash house | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 11885 | 10-in. | 9/12/1927 | Sally Goodwin | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 11886 | 10-in. | 9/13/1927 | When the redeemed are gathered in | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 11887 | 10-in. | 9/13/1927 | He was nailed to the cross for me | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 18433 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | He was nailed to the cross for me | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18434 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | When the redeemed are gathering in | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18435 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | All go hungry hash house | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18436 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | There'll come a time | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18437 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Sally Goodwin | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18438 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Careless love | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18440 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | The east bound train | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18441 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | The unlucky road to Washington | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18442 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | The old maid and the burglar | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18443 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | Down on the banks of the Ohio | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18444 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | We parted by the riverside | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18445 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | It's sinful to flirt | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18881 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | Goodbye, dear old step stone | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18882 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | Fallen by the wayside | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), 2 guitars, and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18883 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | All I've got's gone | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18884 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | My mother and my sweetheart | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 18885 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | Remember the poor tramp has to live | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18886 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | The prisoner's lament | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, guitar, and harmonica | instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 18887 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | Midnight on the stormy deep | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18888 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | The pretty Mohea | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18891 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | I remember Calvary | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18892 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | He is coming after me | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | 18893 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | West Virginia Highway | Rail Splitters ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | 18894 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | Watchman ring the bell | Rail Splitters ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-210 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | He was nailed to the cross for me | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-211 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | When the redeemed are gathering in | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-212 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | All go hungry hash house | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-213 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | There'll come a time | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-214 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Sally Goodwin | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-215 | 10-in. | 4/24/1928 | Careless love | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-217 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | The east bound train | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-218 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | The unlucky road to Washington | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-219 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | The old maid and the burglar | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-220 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | Down on the banks of the Ohio | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-221 | 10-in. | 4/25/1928 | We parted by the riverside | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-222 | 10-in. | 4/26/1928 | It's sinful to flirt | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-576 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | Goodbye, dear old step stone | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-577 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | Fallen by the wayside | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), 2 guitars, and harmonica | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar | |
Edison | N-578 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | All I've got's gone | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-579 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | My mother and my sweetheart | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-580 | 10-in. | 11/21/1928 | Remember the poor tramp has to live | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-581 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | The prisoner's lament | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, guitar, and harmonica | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar | |
Edison | N-582 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | Midnight on the stormy deep | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-583 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | The pretty Mohea | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-586 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | I remember Calvary | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-587 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | He is coming after me | Dixie Mountaineers ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist, baritone vocal, leader | |
Edison | N-588 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | West Virginia highway | Rail Splitters ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Edison | N-589 | 10-in. | 11/22/1928 | Watchman ring the bell | Rail Splitters ; Ernest V. Stoneman | Vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, baritone vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Stoneman, Ernest V.," accessed June 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103335.
Stoneman, Ernest V.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103335.
"Stoneman, Ernest V.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 June 2024.
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