Alton Delmore

Birth and Death Data: Born December 25, 1908, Died June 8, 1964

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1931 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, songwriter, lyricist

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Recordings (Results 151-175 of 193 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-032674 10-in. 2/5/1939 Goin' back to Georgia Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BS-032675 10-in. 2/5/1939 Home on the river Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BS-032676 10-in. 2/5/1939 Gambler's yodel Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BS-032677 10-in. 2/5/1939 Wabash blues Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BS-032678 10-in. 2/5/1939 Go easy, Mabel Delmore Brothers ; Smiley O'Brien Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BS-047551 10-in. 2/6/1940 The Wabash Cannon-Ball blues Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar, tenor guitar, and electric steel guitar composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-047552 10-in. 2/6/1940 Over the hills Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar, tenor guitar, and electric steel guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor BS-047553 10-in. 2/6/1940 The dying truckdriver Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar, tenor guitar, and electric steel guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor BS-047554 10-in. 2/6/1940 Scatterbrain mama Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar, tenor guitar, and electric steel guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-047555 10-in. 2/6/1940 Happy on the Mississippi shore Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor BS-047556 10-in. 2/6/1940 That's how I feel, so goodbye Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-047557 10-in. 2/6/1940 Rainin' on the mountain Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor BS-047558 10-in. 2/6/1940 See that coon in a hickory tree Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer  
Victor BS-047559 10-in. 2/6/1940 The storms are on the ocean Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-047560 10-in. 2/6/1940 Back to Birmingham Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-047561 10-in. 2/6/1940 The Eastern Gate Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor BS-047562 10-in. 2/6/1940 God put a rainbow in the clouds Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with guitar and tenor guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor E1VB-1353 10-in. 3/6/1951 Beautiful brown eyes '49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D7VB-0443 10-in. 1/29/1947 Freight train boogie Riders of the Rio Grande ; Johnny Tyler Male vocal solo, with string band songwriter  
Columbia W151976 10-in. 10/28/1931 Got the Kansas City blues Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, lyricist, composer  
Columbia W151977 10-in. 10/28/1931 Alabama lullaby Delmore Brothers Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia CO45242 10-in. 2/11/1951 Beautiful brown eyes Billy Walker Male vocal, with string band songwriter  
Decca 68069 10-in. 9/11/1940 There's trouble on my mind today Delmore Brothers vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 68070 10-in. 9/11/1940 Silver dollar Delmore Brothers vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca 68071 10-in. 9/11/1940 Old mountain dew Delmore Brothers vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
(Results 151-175 of 193 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Delmore, Alton," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106047.

Delmore, Alton. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106047.

"Delmore, Alton." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106047

External Sources

Discogs: Alton Delmore

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Delmore, Alton - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88672484

Wikidata: Alton Delmore - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q18091779

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/2661516

MusicBrainz: Alton Delmore - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/33444609-435c-4b53-b13e-048aeeb6bf5d

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/239896

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