Lonzo and Oscar
Lonzo and Oscar were an American country music duo founded in 1945 originally consisting of Lloyd George (1924–1991) as "Lonzo" and Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan (1919–2012), best known for being the first to perform the 1948 song "I'm My Own Grandpa". George departed in 1950, and Lonzo was later portrayed by Johnny Sullivan (1917–1967) from 1950 to 1967 and by David Hooten from 1967 to 1985, when the band retired (with some final shows performed by Sullivan and first Cleo C. Hogan, then Billy Henson, the latter of which eventually bought the rights to the name). Lonzo and Oscar owned a record label, a recording studio, and a music publishing company. The recording studio and the record label were called "Nugget". The music publishing company was called "Lonzo and Oscar (BMI)". Melba Montgomery's first recordings were released on Nugget Records in the late 1950s through the early 1960s. The songs which Starday Records released by Melba Montgomery in the 1960s came from Nugget Records. Harlan Howard recorded an album with Nugget Records. Danny Harrison, Melba Montgomery, and Darnell Miller wrote for Lonzo and Oscar's publishing company, Lonzo and Oscar (BMI). |
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Birth and Death Data: Born 1945, Died 1985
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1951 - 1957
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 34 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 2328 | 1/20/1951 | Metro polka | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2329 | 1/20/1951 | Wild women from the South | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2330 | 1/20/1951 | I lithp exthept when I thay | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2343 | 3/10/1951 | Give me an RC Cola and a moon pie | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2344 | 3/10/1951 | I'm moving on | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2345 | 3/10/1951 | I ain't gonna take you | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2415 | 6/22/1951 | Jezebel | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2416 | 6/22/1951 | It must'a been something I et | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2417 | 6/22/1951 | I courted the sunshine | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2418 | 6/22/1951 | Extravagant baby | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2419 | 6/22/1951 | High cost of livin' | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2497 | 9/26/1951 | Let's live a little No.2 | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2498 | 9/26/1951 | The strange little girl No.2 | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2499 | 9/26/1951 | Mona Lisa No.2 | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2500 | 9/26/1951 | Charming Betsy | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2584 | 1/12/1952 | Let old mother nature have her way No.2 | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2585 | 1/12/1952 | Music makin' Marna second hand | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2586 | 1/12/1952 | High heels | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2789 | 7/23/1952 | Honky tonk sweetheart | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2790 | 7/23/1952 | Goodbye little darlin' No. 2 | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2795 | 7/24/1952 | Baby me baby | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2796 | 7/24/1952 | Skunk skin britches | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2797 | 7/24/1952 | Knock kneed Suzy | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2798 | 7/24/1952 | Tell me was it worth it in the end | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group | |||
Decca | NA 2992 | 3/17/1953 | One love for me | Lonzo and Oscar | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lonzo and Oscar," accessed January 19, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327913.
Lonzo and Oscar. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 19, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327913.
"Lonzo and Oscar." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 19 January 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Lonzo and Oscar - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93032664
Wikidata: Lonzo and Oscar - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6674888
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/121029284/
MusicBrainz: Lonzo & Oscar - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9c89b75-76c3-49fd-9791-9c18a5ce7b0e
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