Les Anderson

Birth and Death Data: Born February 20, 1921 (Siloam Springs), Died October 4, 2001

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, steel guitar, square dance caller

Notes: Les "Carrot Top" Anderson.

= 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 E0VB-3605 10-in. 4/11/1950 Hillbilly fever Les Anderson ; Spade Cooley ; Ginny Jackson ; Spade Cooley Orchestra Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor D9VB-0784 10-in. 11/17/1949 Texas star Les Anderson ; Spade Cooley ; Bob "Tex" Cromer Male vocal solo, with dance calls and instrumental ensemble vocalist, square dance caller  
Decca L 5612 5/25/1950 New panhandle rag Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 5613 5/25/1950 Teardrops on the roses Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 5626 6/2/1950 New panhandle rag Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 5627 6/2/1950 Teardrops on the roses Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 5628 6/2/1950 Trouble then satisfaction Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 5629 6/2/1950 Blue light boogie Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 6074 2/14/1951 Just like two drops of water Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6075 2/14/1951 I was sorta wonderin' Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6076 2/14/1951 T-U-Tucky-Ty Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6077 2/14/1951 Las Vegas, Nevada Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6078 2/14/1951 Hoein' cotton Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6365 7/24/1951 Dimples or dumplin' Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 6366 7/24/1951 My baby buckaroo Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6367 10-in. 7/24/1936 Tennessee moon Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6368 7/24/1951 She's dynamite in blue dungarees Les Anderson instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
Decca L 6370 7/27/1951 And so to sleep again Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 6371 7/27/1951 Long ago Les Anderson vocalist  
Decca L 6372 7/27/1951 Just one of those things Les Anderson vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Anderson, Les," accessed March 22, 2023, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114688.

Anderson, Les. (2023). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 22, 2023, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114688.

"Anderson, Les." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2023. Web. 22 March 2023.

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URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114688

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