Cliff Bruner
Clifton Lafayette Bruner (April 25, 1915 – August 25, 2000), known professionally as Cliff Bruner, was a fiddler and bandleader of the Western Swing era of the 1930s and 1940s. Bruner's music combined elements of traditional string band music, improvisation, blues, folk, and popular melodies of the times. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born April 25th, 1915 (Texas City), Died August 25th, 2000
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1944
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, vocalist, songwriter
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 200 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-063090 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Jersey side jive | Charles Mitchell Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
Victor | BS-063091 | 10-in. | 4/11/1941 | Rainbow Island | Charles Mitchell Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin, vocalist | |
Victor | BS-071162 | 10-in. | 10/10/1941 | Monita | Charles Mitchell Orchestra | String band | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-071167 | 10-in. | 10/10/1941 | Where an angel waits for me | Charles Mitchell Orchestra | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | PBS-072053 | 10-in. | 1/22/1942 | I hung my head and cried | John "Dusty" King ; Range Busters | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-073624 | 10-in. | 3/19/1942 | I hung my head and cried | Elton Britt | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Decca | 60610 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Somebody's been using that thing | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60611 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | The Sheik of Araby | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60612 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Beale Street Mama | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60613 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Mama don't allow it | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60614 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Our baby boy | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60615 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Mexicali rose | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60616 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Stay on the right side sister | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60617 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | If you can't get five, take two | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60618 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Cielito lindo (Beautiful heaven) | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60619 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | The waltz you saved for me | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60620 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | The eyes of Texas | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60621 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | I had someone else before I had you | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60622 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | I've got the blues for Mammy | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60623 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Texas hambone blues | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60624 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Easy ridin' Papa | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60625 | 10-in. | 3/3/1936 | Am I blue | Milton Brown | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60626 | 10-in. | 3/4/1936 | The wheel of the wagon is broken | Brownies [Milton Brown] | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60627 | 10-in. | 3/4/1936 | Memphis blues | Brownies [Milton Brown] | instrumentalist, violin | ||
Decca | 60628 | 10-in. | 3/4/1936 | Somebody stole my gal | Brownies [Milton Brown] | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bruner, Cliff," accessed March 7, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/201223.
Bruner, Cliff. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 7, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/201223.
"Bruner, Cliff." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 7 March 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bruner, Cliff, 1915-2000 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002107276
Wikidata: Cliff Bruner - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1101089
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/74036909/
MusicBrainz: Bruner, Cliff, 1915-2000 - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2505117d-2929-4da8-96b1-c1cdcd06fe85
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