Rudy Sooter

Birth and Death Data: Died June 9, 1991

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, composer, songwriter, leader

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 27 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor PBS-072052 10-in. 1/22/1942 Deep in the heart of Texas John "Dusty" King ; Range Busters Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
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 instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Victor PBS-072054 10-in. 1/22/1942 Promise to be true while I'm away John "Dusty" King ; Range Busters Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Victor PBS-072055 10-in. 1/22/1942 Someday you'll know you did wrong John "Dusty" King ; Range Busters Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet instrumentalist, guitar, leader  
Victor E0VB-4573 10-in. 11/8/1950 You gave me back my ring (give me back my heart) Dolph Hewitt Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor E0VB-4735 10-in. 5/28/1950 Dixieland boogie Jim Boyd ; Men of the West Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D7VB-0451 10-in. 1/31/1947 It's dark outside Spade Cooley Band Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor D7VB-0452 10-in. 1/31/1947 Who dug this hole I'm in Spade Cooley ; Spade Cooley Band Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Victor D7VB-1824 10-in. 10/27/1947 Lord Nottingham's war dance Spade Cooley ; Spade Cooley Band String band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor D7VB-2669 10-in. 12/12/1947 Easy payment blues Zeke Manners ; Singing Lariateers ; Zeke Manners Band Male vocal solo, with vocal group and instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor D8VB-3924 10-in. 9/27/1948 Dear Okie Frontiersmen Male vocal solo, with string band songwriter  
Columbia HCO3367 10-in. approximately 1948 Dear Oakie Slim Duncan String band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Exclusive EXC-1104 10-in. 12/31/1949 Wearing my heart on my sleeve Doye O'Dell composer  
Exclusive EXC-1188 10-in. 12/31/1949 Dear okie Doye O'Dell songwriter  
Exclusive EXC-1211 10-in. 12/31/1949 Who do you spend your dreams with? Doye O'Dell composer  
Exclusive EXC-1212 10-in. 1946-1949 Old boy Doye O'Dell composer  
Exclusive EXC-1305 10-in. 12/31/1949 Please my little darlin' Doye O'Dell composer  
Decca DLA 645 10-in. 12/2/1936 High, wide and handsome Tex Ritter instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca DLA 646 10-in. 12/2/1936 Headin' for the Rio Grande Tex Ritter instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca DLA 647 10-in. 12/2/1936 Out on the lone prairie Tex Ritter instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca DLA 648 10-in. 12/2/1936 Arizona days Tex Ritter instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca DLA 649 10-in. 12/2/1936 My sweet Chiquita Tex Ritter instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca DLA 650 10-in. 12/2/1936 Jail house lament Tex Ritter instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca DLA 1551 10-in. 11/6/1938 It makes no difference now Jimmie Davis instrumentalist, guitar  
Decca DLA 1552 10-in. 11/6/1938 The curse of an aching heart Jimmie Davis instrumentalist, guitar  
(Results 1-25 of 27 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sooter, Rudy," accessed January 7, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/344617.

Sooter, Rudy. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 7, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/344617.

"Sooter, Rudy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 7 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/344617

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Sooter, Rudy - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008049888

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/66276379

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