Billy Grammer
Billy Wayne Grammer (August 28, 1925 – August 10, 2011) was an American country music singer and accomplished guitar player. He recorded the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and pop music charts in 1959. Grammer would become a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, eventually designing, and marketing his namesake guitar after co-founding a guitar company, in Nashville, Tennessee. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | NA 11407 | 1/13/1961 | (There's a) Rainbow 'round my shoulder | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11408 | 1/13/1961 | Columbus stockade blues | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11566 | 5/29/1961 | Have a drink on me | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11567 | 5/29/1961 | Finger | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11737 | 9/27/1961 | Save your tears | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11738 | 9/27/1961 | I'd like to know why | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11739 | 9/27/1961 | Living on love | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11744 | 10/3/1961 | Face to face | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11745 | 10/3/1961 | The uncloudy day | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11746 | 10/3/1961 | At Calvary | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11747 | 10/3/1961 | Beautiful isle of somewhere | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11748 | 10/3/1961 | The old rugged cross | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11749 | 10/3/1961 | Did you think to pray | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11750 | 10/3/1961 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11751 | 10/3/1961 | There is power in the blood | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11752 | 10/3/1961 | Whispering hope | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11753 | 10/3/1961 | God will take care of you | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11754 | 10/3/1961 | Drifting too far from the shore | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11755 | 10/8/1961 | Life's railway to heaven | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11956 | 3/19/1962 | I'm looking high and low | Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11957 | 3/19/1962 | Go on home | Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11958 | 3/19/1962 | Try me one more time | Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11986 | 3/29/1962 | He ain't my buddy no more | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11987 | 3/29/1962 | Blue roller rink | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11988 | 3/29/1962 | Old foolish me | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12106 | 6/8/1962 | Trouble | The Kalin Twins | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12107 | 6/8/1962 | It's just terrible | The Kalin Twins | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12108 | 6/8/1962 | A picture of you | The Kalin Twins | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12205 | 9/12/1962 | Detroit City | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12206 | 9/12/1962 | I wanna go home | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12207 | 9/12/1962 | The bottom of the glass | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12528 | 6/11/1963 | I'll leave the porch lights a-burning | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12529 | 6/11/1963 | Lonesome life | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12530 | 6/11/1963 | Love gets better with time | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12535 | 6/24/1963 | (God be with you) Till we meet again | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12536 | 6/24/1963 | I am resolved | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12537 | 6/24/1963 | Mansion over the hilltop | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12538 | 6/24/1963 | A child of the King | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12539 | 6/24/1963 | The ninety and nine | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12540 | 6/24/1963 | A volunteer for Jesus | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12541 | 6/24/1963 | There'll be peace in the valley (for me) | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12542 | 6/24/1963 | When we all get to heaven | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12543 | 6/24/1963 | Onward Christian soldiers | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12544 | 6/24/1963 | Beyond the sunset | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12545 | 6/24/1963 | Where we'll never grow old | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12546 | 6/24/1963 | I saw the light | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12840 | 2/18/1964 | Brummin' around | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12841 | 2/18/1964 | Don't drop it | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12842 | 2/18/1964 | Gotta travel on | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12843 | 2/18/1964 | New river train | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 12844 | 2/19/1964 | I saw your face on the moon | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12845 | 2/19/1964 | Gonna lay down my old guitar | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12846 | 2/19/1964 | Wabash cannonball | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12847 | 2/19/1964 | I'm moving on | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13266 | 2/6/1965 | I'm letting you go | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13267 | 2/6/1965 | A little bit of happiness | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13268 | 2/6/1965 | Souvenirs of sorrow | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13269 | 2/6/1965 | Brown's ferry blues | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 13379 | 3/19/1965 | I fall to pieces | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13380 | 3/19/1965 | A wound time can't erase | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13381 | 3/19/1965 | Wednesday night waltz | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13382 | 3/19/1965 | Guitar polka | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13383 | 3/19/1965 | King of the road | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13384 | 3/19/1965 | Send me the pillow you dream on | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13385 | 3/22/1965 | Faded love | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13386 | 3/22/1965 | The three caballeros | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13387 | 3/22/1965 | Country guitar blues | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13388 | 3/22/1965 | Kentucky waltz | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13389 | 3/22/1965 | Little Joe's guitar | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13390 | 3/22/1965 | Born to lose | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grammer, Billy," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/203941.
Grammer, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/203941.
"Grammer, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Grammer, Billy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98025060
Wikidata: Billy Grammer - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4912633
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/16837183
MusicBrainz: Billy Grammer - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bebda155-1e87-4b09-aacb-0de9ff69441a
ISNI: 0000 0000 5546 3134 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055463134
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