Frankie Marvin

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal, guitar, electric steel guitar, composer, yodeling, lyricist, steel guitar, songwriter, vocalist, ukulele, harmonica, jew's harp, speaker, violin

Notes: Also known by the pseudonyms Frank Wallace and Oklahoma's Blue Yodeler. Sometimes billed as "Frankie Marvin and his Uke."

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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 304 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia LA1531 10-in. 11/24/1937 Sail along, silv'ry moon Gene Autry String band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, electric steel guitar  
Columbia W144930 10-in. 10/30/1927 My New York Mal Hallett Orchestra ; Frankie Marvin Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia W144931 10-in. 10/30/1927 Oh, gee! Jennie Mal Hallett Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 146763 10-in. 7/21/1928 Drowsy moonlight Frank Wallace Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 146764 10-in. 7/21/1928 Swanee blue jay Frank Wallace Male vocal solo, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia W148000 10-in. 2/27/1929 The Big Rock Candy Mountains Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia W148001 10-in. 2/27/1929 Riding on the elevated railroad Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with steel guitar and yodeling lyricist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, composer, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia W148603 10-in. 5/21/1929 My mammy's yodel song Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with steel guitar and yodeling composer, lyricist, vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, steel guitar, tenor vocal  
Columbia W148604 10-in. 5/21/1929 It's funny when you feel that way Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia W148605 10-in. 5/21/1929 Life on the ocean wave The Marvin Family Violin and steel guitar, with talking and calls instrumentalist, steel guitar, speaker  
Columbia W148703 10-in. 6/14/1929 Yodeling them blues away Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with steel guitar and yodeling instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal, composer, lyricist  
Columbia W148838 10-in. 7/23/1929 Happy-go-lucky boy Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia W148839 10-in. 7/23/1929 Oklahoma, land of the sunny west Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar lyricist, vocalist, tenor vocal, composer  
Columbia W149070 10-in. 9/27/1929 Dust pan blues Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with cornet and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer  
Columbia W149071 10-in. 9/27/1929 Miss Moonshine Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with cornet and guitar lyricist, vocalist, tenor vocal, composer  
Columbia [W]149663 10-in. 12/3/1929 Dust pan blues Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling composer  
Columbia W149667 10-in. 12/3/1929 Yodeling them blues away Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling lyricist, composer  
Columbia W149678 10-in. 12/5/1929 My dreaming of you Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar composer  
Columbia [W]149686 10-in. 12/5/1929 Slue-foot Lou Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar songwriter  
Columbia [W]149687 10-in. 12/5/1929 Stay away from my chicken house Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar, vocal effects, and yodeling vocalist, tenor vocal, composer  
Columbia W149744 10-in. 1/8/1930 I don't work for a living Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia W149745 10-in. 1/8/1930 Slue-foot Lou Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with clarinet, trumpet, guitar, and yodeling songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia [W]150048 10-in. 3/3/1930 That's why I left the mountains Gene Autry Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, steel guitar  
Columbia [W]150049 10-in. 3/3/1930 Cowboy yodel Gene Autry Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia W150090 10-in. 3/18/1930 Oh, for the wild and woolly West Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and yodeling composer, vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar, tenor vocal  
(Results 51-75 of 304 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Marvin, Frankie," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113098.

Marvin, Frankie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113098.

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

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113098

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Marvin, Frankie - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2006070349

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/7332162985515486300008

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1695712

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