Frank Luther

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1922 - 1959

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, speaker, composer, songwriter, lyricist, celeste, jew's harp, vocalist, vibraphone, yodeling, whistling, xylophone, bells, leader, ocarina

Notes: Born Francis Luther Crow, he was known as Frank Luther after 1926. Also used the names Bud Billings, Fred Larabee, and Eddie Bell.

See Also: Billings, Bud

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Recordings (Results 476-500 of 1197 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
OKeh W402930 10-in. 9/5/1929 Sleepy Rio Grande waltz Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet and whistling vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W402931 10-in. 9/5/1929 Lonesome melody Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W402988 10-in. 9/24/1929 The medicine show Fiddlin' John Carson ; Emmett Miller Descriptive scene, with vocal and instrumental ensemble speaker, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W402989 10-in. 9/24/1929 The medicine show Fiddlin' John Carson ; Emmett Miller Descriptive scene, with vocal and instrumental ensemble speaker, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W402992 10-in. 9/25/1929 The medicine show Fiddlin' John Carson ; Emmett Miller Descriptive scene, with vocal and instrumental ensemble speaker, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W402997 10-in. 9/25/1929 The medicine show Fiddlin' John Carson ; Emmett Miller Descriptive scene, with vocal and instrumental ensemble speaker, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W402998 10-in. 9/25/1929 The medicine show Fiddlin' John Carson ; Emmett Miller Descriptive scene, with vocal and instrumental ensemble speaker, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W402999 10-in. 9/25/1929 The medicine show Fiddlin' John Carson ; Emmett Miller Descriptive scene, with vocal and instrumental ensemble speaker, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W403604 10-in. 1/10/1930 I don't work for a living Pete Wiggins Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling  
OKeh W403605 10-in. 1/10/1930 Everybody does it in Hawaii Pete Wiggins Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling  
OKeh W404441 10-in. 9/15/1930 Moonlight on the Colorado Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404442 10-in. 9/15/1930 When the bloom is on the sage Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with violin and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404491 10-in. 10/20/1930 Oklahoma Charley Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404492 10-in. 10/20/1930 Never leave your gal too long Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble and train whistle effect vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404493 10-in. 10/20/1930 Carry me back to the mountains Frank Luther ; Carson Robison Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404494 10-in. 10/20/1930 I'll never see my darling any more Frank Luther ; Carson Robison Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, celeste, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404529 10-in. 11/7/1930 Come back tonight in my dreams Frank Luther ; Carson Robison Male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404530 10-in. 11/7/1930 Sleepy Hollow Frank Luther ; Carson Robison Male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404539 10-in. 11/7/1930 Where will you be on next New Year's Day? Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404540 10-in. 11/7/1930 No Christmas times for poor Little Nell Black Brothers Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W405138 10-in. Feb. 1932 When it's springtime in the Blue Ridge Mountains Black Brothers Male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W405139 10-in. Feb. 1932 Pals of the little red school Black Brothers Male vocal duet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E7404 10-in. 6/20/1928 The song of the prune Frank Luther Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E7405 10-in. 6/20/1928 Down in de cane break Frank Luther Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27778 10-in. 6/26/1928 In the hills of old Kentucky Frank Luther ; Carson Robison Male vocal duet, with whistling, violins, and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
(Results 476-500 of 1197 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Luther, Frank," accessed May 4, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109184.

Luther, Frank. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 4, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109184.

"Luther, Frank." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109184

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Luther, Frank, 1905-1980 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91024711

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/37107060

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1501984

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