Vernon Dalhart

Vernon Dalhart

Marion Try Slaughter (April 6, 1883 – September 14, 1948), better known by his stage name Vernon Dalhart, was an American country music singer and songwriter. His recording of the classic ballad "Wreck of the Old 97" was the first country song reputed to have sold one million copies, although sales figures for pre-World War Two recordings are difficult to verify.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 6, 1883 (Jefferson), Died September 14, 1948 (Bridgeport)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, harmonica, jew's harp, whistling, leader, kazoo, songwriter, Vocal group, vocalist, composer, speaker, guitar, violin

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Recordings (Results 226-250 of 964 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	W141018	10-in.	9/19/1925	Little birdie	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141019	10-in.	9/19/1925	When I'm with you	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141099	10-in.	10/9/1925	Sinking of the submarine S-51	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, harmonica
Columbia	W141149	10-in.	10/17/1925	The fatal wedding	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141150	10-in.	10/17/1925	The dying girl's message	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, harmonica
Columbia	W141151	10-in.	10/17/1925	The convict and the rose	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, harmonica
Columbia	W141152	10-in.	10/17/1925	The dream of the miner's child	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141239	10-in.	11/4/1925	The letter edged in black	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, harmonica
Columbia	W141240	10-in.	11/4/1925	Zeb Turney's gal	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and harmonica	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, harmonica
Columbia	141278	10-in.	11/17/1925	Let me call you sweetheart	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	141279	10-in.	11/18/1925	Meet me to-night in Dreamland	Selvin’s Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141311	10-in.	11/24/1925	Sentenced to life behind these gray walls	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, harmonica
Columbia	W141312	10-in.	11/24/1925	My little home in Tennessee	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141313	10-in.	11/24/1925	Naomi Wise	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141314	10-in.	11/24/1925	Thomas E. Watson	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, harmonica
Columbia	W141363	10-in.	12/8/1925	The unknown soldier's grave	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and guitar	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141364	10-in.	12/8/1925	Mollie darling	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin, cornet, and guitar	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141365	10-in.	12/8/1925	I'll be with you when the roses bloom again	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141454	10-in.	1/4/1926	The prisoner's song	Vernon Dalhart ; Ross Gorman Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141495	10-in.	1/15/1926	The engineer's dying child	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141496	10-in.	1/15/1926	The freight wreck at Altoona	Al Craver	Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, harmonica, and jew's harp	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141497	10-in.	1/15/1926	Down on the farm	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141498	10-in.	1/15/1926	My mother's old red shawl	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	vocalist, tenor vocal
Columbia	W141636	10-in.	2/16/1926	Better get out of my way	Dalhart’s Texas Panhandlers	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and whistling	vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, jew's harp, whistling, harmonica
Columbia	W141637	10-in.	2/16/1926	The death of Floyd Collins	Dalhart’s Texas Panhandlers	Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and whistling	vocalist, tenor vocal, whistling, instrumentalist, harmonica

(Results 226-250 of 964 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Dalhart, Vernon," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109089.

Dalhart, Vernon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109089.

"Dalhart, Vernon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.