W. C. Childers

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, kazoo, songwriter, yodeling

Notes: Often listed as Bill Childers.

= 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
Columbia W151908 10-in. 10/23/1931 Too late Wanner and Jenkins Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151909 10-in. 10/23/1931 Just a lonely cowboy Wanner and Jenkins Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151910 10-in. 10/23/1931 Cowboy's letter from home Wanner and Jenkins Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151911 10-in. 10/23/1931 My long stem pipe Wanner and Jenkins Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
Columbia W151922 10-in. 10/24/1931 A sweetheart's promise Wanner and Jenkins Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist, songwriter  
Columbia W151923 10-in. 10/24/1931 When the dew is on the rose Wanner and Jenkins Male vocal duet, with guitar vocalist  
OKeh W400398 10-in. 3/6/1928 When the work's all done this fall W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist  
OKeh W400416 10-in. 3/7/1928 Your mother always cares for you W. C. Childers ; Clyde White Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio vocalist  
OKeh W400417 10-in. 3/7/1928 Jesus is all to me W. C. Childers ; Clyde White Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio vocalist  
OKeh W400418 10-in. 3/7/1928 Red River Valley W. C. Childers ; Clyde White Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio vocalist  
OKeh W400419 10-in. 3/7/1928 Don't grieve your mother W. C. Childers ; Clyde White Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio vocalist  
OKeh W400420 10-in. 3/7/1928 When the work's all done this fall W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio vocalist  
OKeh W400421 10-in. 3/7/1928 Bury me not on the lone prairie W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio vocalist  
Gennett 15295 10-in. 7/2/1929 There's a mother always waiting W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Gennett 15299 10-in. 7/3/1929 That little old hut was a mansion to me W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15312 10-in. 7/9/1929 Workin' habits W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15313 10-in. 7/9/1929 I'm not as good as I appear W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15314 10-in. 7/9/1929 I'll smoke my long stemmed pipe W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15315 10-in. 7/9/1929 Flowers from mother's grave W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15316 10-in. 7/9/1929 Over the hills to the poorhouse W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15317 10-in. 7/9/1929 Don't grieve your mother W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15318 10-in. 7/9/1929 The grand roundup W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15319 10-in. 7/9/1929 Put me off at Buffalo W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15320 10-in. 7/10/1929 Your mother's always waiting W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15321 10-in. 7/10/1929 That little old hut was a mansion to me W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15943 10-in. 11/23/1929 The death of Little Joe W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15952 10-in. 11/23/1929 Blue yodel no. 5 W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15954 10-in. 11/25/1929 Blue yodel no. 6 W. C. Childers Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 15955 10-in. 11/25/1929 Too late you have come back to me W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin), banjo, and guitar vocalist  
Gennett 15957 10-in. 11/27/1929 Crepe on the little cabin door W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15960 10-in. 11/27/1929 The picture on the wall W. C. Childers ; Ed Showalter Male vocal duet, with banjo and guitar vocalist  
Gennett 15965 10-in. 11/27/1929 A picture from life's other side W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with banjo and guitar vocalist  
Gennett 16608 10-in. 5/15/1930 The fatal rose of red W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with organ vocalist  
Gennett 16611 10-in. 5/15/1930 A mother's plea W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16613 10-in. 5/15/1930 The prison warden's secret W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16614 10-in. 5/15/1930 The house at the end of the lane W. C. Childers and Mrs. W. C. Childers Female-male vocal duet, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Gennett 16617 10-in. 5/16/1930 Bring back my wandering boy W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with organ and guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16618 10-in. 5/16/1930 Two little girls in blue W. C. Childers Male vocal solo, with organ and guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Childers, W. C.," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114964.

Childers, W. C.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114964.

"Childers, W. C.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114964

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Childers, W. C. - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009102321

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/91118370

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