Osborne Brothers
| The Osborne Brothers, Sonny (October 29, 1937 – October 24, 2021) and Bobby (December 7, 1931 – June 27, 2023), were an influential and popular bluegrass act during the 1960s and 1970s and until Sonny retired in 2005. They are probably best known for their No. 33 1967 country hit song, "Rocky Top", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and named after a Tennessee location. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1956, Died Ceased 2005
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1963 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group
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= 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | NA 12614 | 8/21/1963 | Take this hammer | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12615 | 8/21/1963 | Don't ever look at me-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12616 | 8/21/1963 | The cuckoo bird | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12617 | 8/21/1963 | Bluegrass express | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12972 | 6/23/1964 | Me and my old banjo | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12973 | 6/23/1964 | Pathway of teardrops | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12974 | 6/23/1964 | Gotta travel on | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12975 | 6/23/1964 | Salty dog blues | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12976 | 6/23/1964 | Kentucky | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12977 | 6/23/1964 | Bugle on the banjo | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12981 | 6/24/1964 | Cotton fields | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12982 | 6/24/1964 | Faded love | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12983 | 6/24/1964 | This heart of mine (can never say goodbye) | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 12984 | 6/24/1964 | Charlie Cotton | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13226 | 1/15/1965 | I'll be alright tomorrow | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13227 | 1/15/1965 | Cut the cornbread, Mama | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13228 | 1/15/1965 | Hey, hey bartender | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13229 | 1/15/1965 | Lonesome day | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13746 | 10/7/1965 | Big spike hammer | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13747 | 10/7/1965 | Memories | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13748 | 10/7/1965 | I know what it means to be lonesome | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13749 | 10/7/1965 | Up this hill and down | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13750 | 10/7/1965 | In the pines | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13798 | 11/22/1965 | One tear | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13799 | 11/22/1965 | Making plans-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13800 | 11/22/1965 | Yesterday's gone | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13801 | 11/22/1965 | Yesterday's gone | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 13802 | 11/22/1965 | Sure-fire | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14057 | 5/4/1966 | Lonesome feelin' | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14058 | 5/4/1966 | World of unwanted | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14059 | 5/4/1966 | Hard times | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14264 | 9/30/1966 | I'm leavin' | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14265 | 9/30/1966 | The kind of woman I got-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14266 | 9/30/1966 | One kiss away from loneliness | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14567 | 3/28/1967 | Let's say goodbye like we said hello-1,2 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14568 | 3/28/1967 | Someone before me-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14569 | 3/28/1967 | Walking the floor over you | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14570 | 3/28/1967 | Roll muddy water | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14646 | 5/2/1967 | My favorite memory | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14647 | 5/2/1967 | Gal, you got a job to do | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14648 | 5/2/1967 | Ruby, are you mad? | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14848 | 11/16/1967 | My favorite memory | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14849 | 11/16/1967 | Rocky top | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14850 | 11/16/1967 | When you wind down | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14985 | 2/8/1968 | I'll never love another | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14986 | 2/8/1968 | I'll go stepping too | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14987 | 2/8/1968 | Will you be loving another man | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14988 | 2/8/1968 | I'll never shed another tear | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14989 | 2/8/1968 | My little girl in Tennessee | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14990 | 2/8/1968 | Molly and Tenbrooks | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14995 | 2/8/1968 | Drivin' nails in my coffin-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14996 | 2/8/1968 | World of forgotten people-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14997 | 2/8/1968 | Cut the cornbread, Mama | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 14998 | 2/8/1968 | If I could count on you | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15008 | 2/14/1968 | I bowed on my knees and cried | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15009 | 2/14/1968 | Steal away and pray | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15010 | 2/14/1968 | Will you meet me over yonder-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15011 | 2/14/1968 | Where we'll never grow old-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15015 | 2/19/1968 | Medals for mothers | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15016 | 2/19/1968 | Rock of ages | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15017 | 2/19/1968 | I pray my way out of trouble | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15018 | 2/19/1968 | How great Thou art-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15019 | 2/20/1968 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15020 | 2/20/1968 | Jesus sure changed me | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15021 | 2/20/1968 | Light at the river | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15168 | 6/19/1968 | That was yesterday-1,3 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15169 | 6/19/1968 | A working man-2 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15170 | 6/19/1968 | Banjo ringing Saturday night-3 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15173 | 6/20/1968 | Thanks for all the yesterdays-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15174 | 6/20/1968 | Midnight angel-2 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15175 | 6/20/1968 | Son of a sawmill man | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15176 | 6/20/1968 | No good son of a gun-2 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15566 | 4/21/1969 | There'll be no teardrops tonight | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15567 | 4/21/1969 | You win again | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15568 | 4/21/1969 | Blue moon of Kentucky | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15569 | 4/21/1969 | Where does the good times go-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15577 | 4/23/1969 | Put it off until tomorrow | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15578 | 4/23/1969 | Flying South | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15579 | 4/23/1969 | Will you visit me on Sunday-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15580 | 4/23/1969 | Nine pound hammer | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15581 | 4/24/1969 | When the grass grows over | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15582 | 4/24/1969 | Tennessee hound dog | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15796 | 10/8/1969 | Somebody's back in town | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15797 | 10/8/1969 | Beneath still waters-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15798 | 10/8/1969 | Ruby, are you mad | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15799 | 10/8/1969 | Siempre | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15926 | 3/5/1970 | Searching for yesterday | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15927 | 3/5/1970 | Listening to the rain | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15928 | 3/5/1970 | Georgia piney woods-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15929 | 3/5/1970 | The fightin' side of me | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15949 | 3/12/1970 | Let me be the first to know | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15950 | 3/12/1970 | Windy city-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 15951 | 3/12/1970 | Kaw-liga | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16092 | 5/26/1970 | My sweet love ain't around | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16093 | 5/26/1970 | You're running wild | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16094 | 5/26/1970 | My old Kentucky home (Turpentine & Dandelion wine) | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16095 | 5/28/1970 | Tennessee stud | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16096 | 5/28/1970 | My heart would know | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16097 | 5/28/1970 | Muddy bottom-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16522 | 8/10/1971 | Color me lonely | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16523 | 8/10/1971 | Take me home, country roads | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16524 | 8/10/1971 | Tears are no stranger-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16525 | 8/13/1971 | Oh, the pain of loving you | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16526 | 8/13/1971 | Unfaithful one | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16527 | 8/13/1971 | Ballad of forty dollars | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16578 | 9/28/1971 | Tomorrow never comes | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16579 | 9/28/1971 | Sometimes you just can't win-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16580 | 9/28/1971 | Shelly's Winter love | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16587 | 10/8/1971 | I wonder why you said goodbye | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16588 | 10/8/1971 | Tunnel of your mind-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16589 | 10/8/1971 | Eight more miles to Louisville | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16702 | 2/9/1972 | Love lifted me | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16703 | 2/9/1972 | Stand beside me, behind me | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16704 | 2/9/1972 | Miss you Mississippi | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16723 | 2/23/1972 | Teardrops will kiss the morning dew | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16724 | 2/23/1972 | Long lanky woman | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16725 | 2/23/1972 | Knoxville girl | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16726 | 2/23/1972 | Wash my face in the morning dew | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16753 | 4/11/1972 | Love's gonna live here | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16754 | 4/11/1972 | Today I started loving you again | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16755 | 4/11/1972 | Arkansas | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16756 | 4/11/1972 | Fireball mail | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16781 | 5/10/1972 | Midnight flyer | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16782 | 5/10/1972 | How long does it take | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16783 | 5/10/1972 | Blue heartache | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16958 | 11/27/1972 | Wabash cannonball-1 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16959 | 11/27/1972 | Try me one more time | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16960 | 11/27/1972 | It's gonna be raining till I die | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16966 | 12/4/1972 | Back to the country roads-2 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16967 | 12/4/1972 | The condition of Samuel Wilder-1,2 | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16968 | 12/4/1972 | Tears | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16969 | 12/5/1972 | You're heavy on my mind | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16970 | 12/5/1972 | Checkin' er over | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group | |||
| Decca | NA 16971 | 12/5/1972 | Lizzie Lou | Osborne Brothers | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Osborne Brothers," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/335779.
Osborne Brothers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/335779.
"Osborne Brothers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Osborne Brothers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92011116
Wikidata: The Osborne Brothers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3522116
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/151428539
MusicBrainz: The Osborne Brothers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc8f68a3-9f43-491f-93a0-b8c19d801a27
ISNI: 0000 0001 0163 3633 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000101633633
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