Columbia matrix DAL1088. I'm smiling (just to hide a broken heart) / Alley Cats ; Shelly Lee Alley
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| I'm smiling (just to hide a broken heart) (Primary title) | Disc label |
| Singing by Shelly Lee Alley with string band acc. (Title descriptor) | Disc label |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Shelly Lee Alley (composer) | |
| Shelly Lee Alley (lyricist) | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Shelly Lee Alley (leader) | |
| Alley Cats (Musical group) | |
| Deacon Evans (instrumentalist : electric steel guitar) | |
| Chet Miller (instrumentalist : string bass) | |
| Howard Oliver (instrumentalist : banjo) | |
| Gus Plant (instrumentalist : guitar) | |
| Leon Selph (instrumentalist : violin) | |
| Ralph "Smitty" Smith (instrumentalist : piano) |
- Description: String band, with male vocal
- Instrumentation: Fiddle (violin), tenor banjo, guitar, electric steel guitar, piano, and string bass
- Category: Vocal
- Language: English
- Master Size: 10-in.
| Notes |
|---|
| Source(s): disc. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4/29/1940 Saginaw, Texas. Burrus Mills Studio | 1 | Master | OKeh 05667 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix DAL1088. I'm smiling (just to hide a broken heart) / Alley Cats ; Shelly Lee Alley," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000666313/DAL1088-Im_smiling_just_to_hide_a_broken_heart.
Columbia matrix DAL1088. I'm smiling (just to hide a broken heart) / Alley Cats ; Shelly Lee Alley. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000666313/DAL1088-Im_smiling_just_to_hide_a_broken_heart.
"Columbia matrix DAL1088. I'm smiling (just to hide a broken heart) / Alley Cats ; Shelly Lee Alley." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.
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