Columbia matrix 30920. Why did I cry / Hank Penny ; Radio Cowboys

Title	Source
Why did I cry (Primary title)	Disc label
Vocal by Hank Penny with hot string band accomp. (Title descriptor)	Disc label
Authors and Composers	Notes
Hank Penny (composer)
Hank Penny (lyricist)
Personnel	Notes
Hank Penny (leader)
Radio Cowboys (Musical group)
Hank Penny (instrumentalist : guitar)
Hank Penny (vocalist)
Kelland Clark (instrumentalist : accordion)
Jimmy Colvard (instrumentalist : electric steel guitar)
Carl Stewart (instrumentalist : violin)
Art Satherley (producer)

Additional Information

Description: String band, with male vocal solo
Instrumentation: Fiddle (violin), electric steel guitar, guitar, accordion, and string bass.
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 10-in.

Notes
Unknown string bass

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format
6/29/1941 Charlotte, North Carolina. Hotel Charlotte	1	Master	OKeh 06522	10-in.
6/29/1941 Charlotte, North Carolina. Hotel Charlotte	1	Master	Conqueror 9844	10-in.
6/29/1941 Charlotte, North Carolina. Hotel Charlotte	1	Master	Columbia 37666	10-in.
6/29/1941 Charlotte, North Carolina. Hotel Charlotte	1	Master	Columbia 20265	10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix 30920. Why did I cry / Hank Penny ; Radio Cowboys," accessed January 21, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000443067/30920-Why_did_I_cry.

Columbia matrix 30920. Why did I cry / Hank Penny ; Radio Cowboys. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 21, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000443067/30920-Why_did_I_cry.

"Columbia matrix 30920. Why did I cry / Hank Penny ; Radio Cowboys." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 21 January 2026.

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