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 151-175 of 303 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
OKeh W401415 10-in. 11/30/1928 Oklahoma blues George White and his Guitar Male vocal solo and yodeling, with fiddle (violin) and steel guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer, yodeling, instrumentalist, steel guitar  
OKeh W401416 10-in. 11/30/1928 Walkin' down the railroad track George White and his Guitar Male vocal solo and yodeling, with fiddle (violin), mandolin, and steel guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer, lyricist, yodeling, instrumentalist, steel guitar  
OKeh W401551 10-in. 1/22/1929 Riding on the elevated railroad Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling, instrumentalist, steel guitar  
OKeh W401552 10-in. 1/22/1929 My mammy's yodel song Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo and yodeling, with fiddle (violin) and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer, lyricist  
OKeh W401707 10-in. 3/11/1929 The two-gun cowboy Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, guitar  
OKeh W401708 10-in. 3/11/1929 Oklahoma blues no. 2 Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with steel guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer, instrumentalist, steel guitar  
OKeh W401990 10-in. 5/27/1929 My mammy's yodel song George White Male vocal solo and yodeling, with steel guitar vocalist, composer, lyricist, tenor vocal, yodeling, instrumentalist, steel guitar  
OKeh W401991 10-in. 5/27/1929 It's funny when you feel that way Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar composer, lyricist, vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, guitar  
OKeh W402990 10-in. 9/25/1929 Dust pan blues George White Male vocal solo and yodeling, with trumpet and steel guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling  
OKeh W402991 10-in. 9/25/1929 Miss Moonshine George White Male vocal solo and yodeling, with trumpet and steel guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, steel guitar, yodeling  
OKeh W403855 10-in. 3/17/1930 Livin' in the mountains Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio composer, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W403856 10-in. 3/17/1930 Oh! For the wild and woolly West Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio composer, lyricist, vocalist, tenor vocal  
OKeh W404564 10-in. 12/3/1930 Making little ones out of big ones Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, composer  
OKeh W404565 10-in. 12/3/1930 I am just a gambler Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar composer, lyricist, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27781 10-in. 6/27/1928 Blue yodel Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with steel guitar and yodeling instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist, yodeling, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27782 10-in. 6/27/1928 Away out on the mountain Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27783 10-in. 6/27/1928 Blue yodel number 2 Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27784 10-in. 6/27/1928 In the jail house now Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27854 10-in. 7/18/1928 Ben Dewberry’s final run Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E27855 10-in. 7/18/1928 The brakeman's blues Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with yodeling and guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, guitar  
Brunswick E28780 10-in. 11/28/1928 Oklahoma blues Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, yodeling, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E28781 10-in. 11/28/1928 Walkin’ down the railroad track Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo, with guitar and yodeling vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling, tenor vocal  
Brunswick E29371 10-in. Feb.1929 Riding on the elevated railroad Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, yodeling, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E29372 10-in. Feb.1929 Oklahoma blues no. 2 Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, tenor vocal, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist  
Brunswick E29612 10-in. Apr. 1929 My Lulu Frankie Marvin Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and whistling vocalist, tenor vocal, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
(Results 151-175 of 303 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Marvin, Frankie," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113098.

Marvin, Frankie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/113098.

"Marvin, Frankie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 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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