Jimmie Tarlton

Birth and Death Data: Born 1892 (Cheraw), Died 1979 (Phenix City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1932

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

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= 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
Victor	BVE-71627	10-in.	2/28/1932	Thirteen years in Kilbie prison	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars	songwriter, instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Victor	BVE-71628	10-in.	2/29/1932	Once I had a fortune	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-71629	10-in.	2/29/1932	Dixie mail	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer
Victor	BVE-71630	10-in.	2/29/1932	The weaver's blues	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer
Victor	BVE-71631	10-in.	2/29/1932	Sweetheart of my dreams	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar	vocalist, lyricist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer
Victor	BVE-71632	10-in.	2/29/1932	Ooze up to me	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	W143902	10-in.	4/5/1927	Down in Florida on a hog	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W143903	10-in.	4/5/1927	Birmingham town	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W145202	10-in.	11/10/1927	Birmingham Jail	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W145203	10-in.	11/10/1927	Columbus stockade blues	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W145204	10-in.	11/10/1927	Gamblin' Jim	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W145205	10-in.	11/10/1927	Lonesome in the pines	Darby & Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146042	10-in.	4/12/1928	After the ball	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146043	10-in.	4/12/1928	I can't tell why I love you	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146044	10-in.	4/12/1928	Irish police	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146045	10-in.	4/12/1928	Hobo tramp	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146046	10-in.	4/12/1928	Alto waltz	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146047	10-in.	4/12/1928	Sleeping in the manger	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146048	10-in.	4/12/1928	Daddy won't have no easy rider here	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W146049	10-in.	4/12/1928	Mexican rag	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W147358	10-in.	10/31/1928	Birmingham Jail no. 2	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W147359	10-in.	10/31/1928	The Rainbow Division	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W147360	10-in.	10/31/1928	Country girl valley	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W147361	10-in.	10/31/1928	Lonesome railroad	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and humming	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W147366	10-in.	10/31/1928	If you ever learn to love me	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W147367	10-in.	10/31/1928	If I had listened to my mother	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W147368	10-in.	10/31/1928	Travelling yodel blues	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W147369	10-in.	10/31/1928	Heavy hearted blues	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W148293	10-in.	4/15/1929	New York hobo	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148294	10-in.	4/15/1929	All bound down in Texas	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W148295	10-in.	4/15/1929	Touring yodel blues	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W148296	10-in.	4/15/1929	Slow wicked blues	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling
Columbia	W148297	10-in.	4/15/1929	Black Jack moonshine	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W148298	10-in.	4/15/1929	Ain't gonna marry no more	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W148303	10-in.	4/15/1929	Down in the old cherry orchard	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W148304	10-in.	4/15/1929	When the bluebirds nest again	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W148305	10-in.	4/15/1929	Beggar Joe	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling
Columbia	W148306	10-in.	4/15/1929	When you're far away from home	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling
Columbia	W148307	10-in.	4/15/1929	Birmingham rag	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W148308	10-in.	4/15/1929	Sweet Sarah blues	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling
Columbia	W149308	10-in.	10/31/1929	Where the River Shannon flows	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149309	10-in.	10/31/1929	Little Bessie	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149310	10-in.	10/31/1929	I left her at the river	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149311	10-in.	10/31/1929	Jack and May	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149312	10-in.	10/31/1929	Captain won't you let me go home	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149313	10-in.	10/31/1929	The blue and the gray	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149322	10-in.	10/31/1929	Going back to my Texas home	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149323	10-in.	10/31/1929	The whistling songbird	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149324	10-in.	10/31/1929	Freight train ramble	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149325	10-in.	10/31/1929	Lonesome Frisco line	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149326	10-in.	10/31/1929	Down among the sugar cane	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W149327	10-in.	10/31/1929	What is home without love?	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarleton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150247	10-in.	4/16/1930	Black sheep	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150248	10-in.	4/16/1930	Little Ola	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150249	10-in.	4/16/1930	Once I had a sweetheart	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150250	10-in.	4/16/1930	The maple on the hill	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150251	10-in.	4/16/1930	My father died a drunkard	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, yodeling
Columbia	W150252	10-in.	4/16/1930	Frankie Dean	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150263	10-in.	4/17/1930	Pork chops	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150264	10-in.	4/17/1930	On the banks of a lonely river	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150265	10-in.	4/17/1930	Faithless husband	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling
Columbia	W150266	10-in.	4/17/1930	Hard time blues	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W150267	10-in.	4/17/1930	Rising sun blues	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and yodeling	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling
Columbia	W150268	10-in.	4/17/1930	My little blue heaven	Tom Darby ; Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W151000	10-in.	12/3/1930	Careless love	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W151001	10-in.	12/3/1930	By the old oaken bucket, Louise	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W151002	10-in.	12/3/1930	Lowe Bonnie	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W151003	10-in.	12/3/1930	After the sinking of the Titanic	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W151004	10-in.	12/3/1930	New Birmingham Jail	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W151005	10-in.	12/3/1930	Roy Dixon	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W151010	10-in.	12/4/1930	Moonshine blues	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	W151011	10-in.	12/4/1930	Over the hills, Maggie	Jimmie Tarlton	Male vocal solo, with steel guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tarlton, Jimmie," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111458.

Tarlton, Jimmie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/111458.

"Tarlton, Jimmie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.