Ray Whitley
Raymond Otis Whitley (December 5, 1901 – February 21, 1979) was a country and western singer and actor. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-053015 | 10-in. | 5/24/1940 | Back in the saddle again | Kassels-in-the-Air Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-060661 | 10-in. | 2/19/1941 | You waited too long | Meredith Blake ; Gray Gordon Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Victor | D7VB-1450 | 10-in. | 7/28/1947 | I've lived a lifetime for you | Elton Britt ; Skytoppers | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | H401 | 10-in. | 8/1/1941 | Lonely river | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | H600 | 10-in. | 12/13/1941 | I hang my head and cry | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | HCO1707 | 10-in. | 2/13/1946 | Back in the saddle again (theme song) | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | HCO1790 | 10-in. | 4/8/1946 | You laughed and I cried | Gene Autry | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | HCO2892 | 10-in. | 12/6/1947 | Play fair | Gene Autry | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | C3401 | 10-in. | 10/9/1940 | You waited too long | Bob Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes | String band, with female vocal solo | songwriter | |
Columbia | CO40545 | 10-in. | 3/22/1949 | Between the lines | 101 Ranch Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Brunswick | LA1865 | 10-in. | 4/18/1939 | Back in the saddle again (theme song) | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Brunswick | LA2319 | 10-in. | 8/22/1940 | You waited too long | Gene Autry | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Decca | 39254 | 10-in. | 1/17/1935 | End of memory lane-1 | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39255 | 10-in. | 1/17/1935 | Ramshackled shack on the hill | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39262 | 10-in. | 1/18/1935 | By the old oaken bucket | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39263 | 10-in. | 1/18/1935 | Bruno Hauptmann's fate | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39273 | 10-in. | 1/22/1935 | The kidnapper's story | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39274 | 10-in. | 1/22/1935 | The ill fated narrow castle | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39275 | 10-in. | 1/23/1935 | Blue ridge mountain sweetheart | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39276 | 10-in. | 1/23/1935 | The church bells toll | Buck Nation ; Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39351 | 10-in. | 2/11/1935 | Twelve cent cotton rollin' in wealth | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39352 | 10-in. | 2/11/1935 | Granddad's cuspidor | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39362 | 10-in. | 2/15/1935 | That green back dollar bill | Ray Whitley ; Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39363 | 10-in. | 2/15/1935 | Big bad blues | Ray Whitley ; Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39364 | 10-in. | 2/15/1935 | Sweet little lonesome | Ray Whitley ; Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39365 | 10-in. | 2/15/1935 | My prairie bride | Ray Whitley ; Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39366 | 10-in. | 2/15/1935 | Vine covered church | Buck Nation | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39367 | 10-in. | 2/15/1935 | Newly mouldered mound | Buck Nation | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39372 | 10-in. | 2/19/1935 | The encl of public enemy number one | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39373 | 10-in. | 2/19/1935 | Bruno Hauptmann's fate | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39382 | 10-in. | 2/21/1935 | Rocking chair lullaby | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39383 | 10-in. | 2/21/1935 | The old mill wheel | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39384 | 10-in. | 2/21/1935 | Sunset trail | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39385 | 10-in. | 2/21/1935 | Trail's end | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39386 | 10-in. | 2/21/1935 | Take my back to my home on the plains | Buck Nation | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39873 | 10-in. | 8/22/1935 | Will Rogers (Your friend and my friend) | Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 39874 | 10-in. | 8/22/1935 | Wiley Post (The last flight) | Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 60582 | 10-in. | 2/27/1936 | Saddle your blues to a wild mustang | Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 60583 | 10-in. | 2/27/1936 | Wah-hoo! | Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 60599 | 10-in. | 3/2/1936 | My Alabamy home | Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 60851 | 10-in. | 3/2/1936 | Blue yodel blues | Ray Whitley | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 61349 | 10-in. | 10/27/1936 | Trailin' | Ray Whitley's Range Ramblers | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 61350 | 10-in. | 10/27/1936 | I saw your face in the moon | Ray Whitley's Range Ramblers | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 61351 | 10-in. | 10/27/1936 | You took my candy | Ray Whitley's Range Ramblers | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 61352 | 10-in. | 10/27/1936 | Just a little cough drop | Ray Whitley's Range Ramblers | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64700 | 10-in. | 10/26/1938 | The cowboy and the lady | Ray Whitley and his 6-Bar Cowboys | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64701 | 10-in. | 10/26/1938 | Back in the saddle again | Ray Whitley and his 6-Bar Cowboys | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64702 | 10-in. | 10/26/1938 | Come on boys, we're ridin' into town | Ray Whitley and his 6-Bar Cowboys | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 64703 | 10-in. | 10/26/1938 | On the painted desert | Ray Whitley and his 6-Bar Cowboys | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Whitley, Ray," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/210979.
Whitley, Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/210979.
"Whitley, Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Whitley, Ray, 1901-1979 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88051194
Wikidata: Ray Whitley (singer-songwriter) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7298284
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