Texas Jim Robertson
Birth and Death Data: Born 1909, Died November 11, 1966
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter, composer
= 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-036935 | 10-in. | 5/12/1939 | What good is the sunshine? | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-036936 | 10-in. | 5/12/1939 | Things that might have been | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-036937 | 10-in. | 5/12/1939 | I'm gonna throw my lasso | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-036938 | 10-in. | 5/12/1939 | Bouncin' along | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-050104 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | 'Way down in Texas (Where the blue bonnets grew) | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-050105 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | Windy Ben | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | composer, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-050106 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | Purple night on the prairie | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | songwriter, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-050107 | 10-in. | 4/17/1940 | My pony's hair turned grey (When my darling ran away) | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057796 | 10-in. | 11/27/1940 | I'm gonna be long gone | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057797 | 10-in. | 11/27/1940 | I'll be back in a year, little darling | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057798 | 10-in. | 11/27/1940 | My ma, she told me so | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-057799 | 10-in. | 11/27/1940 | The cowboy isn't speaking to his horse | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-062737 | 10-in. | 3/7/1941 | There's a heart in the heart of the Rockies | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-062738 | 10-in. | 3/7/1941 | Too blue to cry | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-062739 | 10-in. | 3/7/1941 | Birmingham woman | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-062740 | 10-in. | 3/7/1941 | Brother Henry | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio | songwriter, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066151 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | Bury me not on the lone prairie | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066152 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | Home on the range | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066153 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | The cowboy's dream | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066154 | 10-in. | 6/27/1941 | Red River Valley | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066160 | 10-in. | 6/30/1941 | Ridin' old Paint (And leadin' old Dan) | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066161 | 10-in. | 6/30/1941 | In Texas for the round-up in the spring | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066162 | 10-in. | 6/30/1941 | The Texas song (A cowboy lament) | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-066163 | 10-in. | 6/30/1941 | The border affair | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-073627 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | (Darling, what I've thru) You'll never know | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-073628 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | (The moon and the water and) Miz O'Reilly's daughter | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-073629 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | When this war is over (The volunteer's farewell) | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-073630 | 10-in. | 3/20/1942 | Sweet baby (Come back where you belong) | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-3841 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | Rubber knuckle Sam | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-3842 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | Memories of wedding bells | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-3843 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | Jaw, jaw, yap, yap, yap! | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-3844 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | It hurts me to see you with somebody else | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-4220 | 10-in. | 4/19/1950 | One kind word | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-4221 | 10-in. | 4/19/1950 | Yesterday's kisses (are tear-drops today) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-4222 | 10-in. | 4/19/1950 | Don't you angel me (you little devil) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D5AB-137 | 10-in. | 3/14/1945 | You'll never be blue in a blue uniform | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist | |
| Victor | D5AB-138 | 10-in. | 3/14/1945 | Rodger Young | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist | |
| Victor | D5AB-139 | 10-in. | 3/14/1945 | Talk to the boss in the sky | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist | |
| Victor | D5AB-140 | 10-in. | 3/14/1945 | Last page of Mein Kampf | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quintet | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-5771 | 10-in. | 10/11/1950 | I don't want no more of army life (gee, mom I want to go home) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-5772 | 10-in. | 10/11/1950 | If you've got the money, I've got the time | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E0VB-5773 | 10-in. | 10/11/1950 | You can't do nothin' with a woman | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E1VB-1702 | 10-in. | 4/2/1951 | Deadly weapon | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E1VB-1703 | 10-in. | 4/2/1951 | Wildcat baby | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E1VB-1704 | 10-in. | 4/2/1951 | Bite your tongue and say you're sorry | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | E1VB-1705 | 10-in. | 4/2/1951 | Why don't you marry the girl | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2843 | 10-in. | 9/11/1946 | Filipino baby | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2844 | 10-in. | 9/11/1946 | Rainbow at night | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2845 | 10-in. | 9/11/1946 | Ida-Idaho | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2851 | 10-in. | 9/18/1946 | Land, sky and water | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2852 | 10-in. | 9/18/1946 | A home of my own | Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2853 | 10-in. | 9/18/1946 | Seven women in one | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | D6VB-2854 | 10-in. | 9/18/1946 | I sure got it from you | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-0915 | 10-in. | 5/23/1947 | It takes a long long train with a red caboose (to carry my blues away) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-0916 | 10-in. | 5/23/1947 | Don't make me sorry | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-0917 | 10-in. | 5/23/1947 | Don't look now (but your broken heart is showing) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-0918 | 10-in. | 5/23/1947 | Pal in Palo Alto | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-1533 | 10-in. | 8/14/1947 | Answer to rainbow at midnight | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-1946 | 10" | 10/29/1947 | The miners' song | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-1947 | 10" | 10/29/1947 | Headin' down the wrong highway | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-1948 | 10" | 10/29/1947 | Lost deep in the bottom of the sea | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-1949 | 10-in. | 10/29/1947 | In the pines (the longest train I ever saw) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-1950 | 10-in. | 10/29/1947 | The letter I'm mailing to you | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2249 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | Signed, sealed and delivered | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2250 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | When I was young and handsome | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2251 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | Tears today and blues tomorrow | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2252 | 10-in. | 11/21/1947 | Mountain Rosalie | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2862 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Sundown in my heart | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2863 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Our Anniversary | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2864 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Sad heart | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2865 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | Somebody loses, somebody wins | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | vocalist | |
| Victor | D7VB-2876 | 10-in. | 12/19/1947 | My dreamboat in sinking | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | String band, with male vocal solo and accordion | vocalist | |
| Victor | D8VB-3948 | 10-in. | 10/8/1948 | Bread and gravy | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with vocal group and string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D8VB-3949 | 10-in. | 10/8/1948 | Life gits tee-jus, don't it? | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Recitation, with whistling and string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-0237 | 10-in. | 3/2/1949 | I'm so low | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-0238 | 10-in. | 3/2/1949 | I'm saving up coupons (to get one of those) | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-0239 | 10-in. | 3/2/1949 | Daddy, when is mommy coming home | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-0240 | 10-in. | 3/2/1949 | I heard the angels weep | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1521 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Slipping around | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1522 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Wedding bells | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1523 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | I'm back to where I started | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1524 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | I'll walk this weary road alone | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2244 | 10-in. | 9/14/1949 | I'll never slip around again | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-2245 | 10-in. | 9/14/1949 | Revenge | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Robertson, Texas Jim," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110828.
Robertson, Texas Jim. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110828.
"Robertson, Texas Jim." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Robertson, Texas Jim - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98025657
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q55949834
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