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.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
External Sources
Discogs: Les Anderson
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Anderson, Les, 1921-2001 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009010228
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1820421
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/73689272
ISNI: 0000 0000 4752 673X - http://www.isni.org/isni/000000004752673X
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