Billy Grammer
Billy Wayne Grammer (August 28, 1925 – August 10, 2011) was an American country music singer and accomplished guitar player. He recorded the million-selling "Gotta Travel On", which made it onto both the country and pop music charts in 1959. Grammer would become a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, eventually designing, and marketing his namesake guitar after co-founding a guitar company, in Nashville, Tennessee. |
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 70 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | NA 11407 | 1/13/1961 | (There's a) Rainbow 'round my shoulder | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11408 | 1/13/1961 | Columbus stockade blues | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11566 | 5/29/1961 | Have a drink on me | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11567 | 5/29/1961 | Finger | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11737 | 9/27/1961 | Save your tears | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11738 | 9/27/1961 | I'd like to know why | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11739 | 9/27/1961 | Living on love | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11744 | 10/3/1961 | Face to face | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11745 | 10/3/1961 | The uncloudy day | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11746 | 10/3/1961 | At Calvary | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11747 | 10/3/1961 | Beautiful isle of somewhere | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11748 | 10/3/1961 | The old rugged cross | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11749 | 10/3/1961 | Did you think to pray | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11750 | 10/3/1961 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11751 | 10/3/1961 | There is power in the blood | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11752 | 10/3/1961 | Whispering hope | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11753 | 10/3/1961 | God will take care of you | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11754 | 10/3/1961 | Drifting too far from the shore | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11755 | 10/8/1961 | Life's railway to heaven | Billy Grammer | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11956 | 3/19/1962 | I'm looking high and low | Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11957 | 3/19/1962 | Go on home | Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11958 | 3/19/1962 | Try me one more time | Ernest Tubb and his Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11986 | 3/29/1962 | He ain't my buddy no more | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11987 | 3/29/1962 | Blue roller rink | Billy Grammer | vocalist | |||
| Decca | NA 11988 | 3/29/1962 | Old foolish me | Billy Grammer | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Grammer, Billy," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/203941.
Grammer, Billy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/203941.
"Grammer, Billy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Grammer, Billy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98025060
Wikidata: Billy Grammer - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4912633
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/16837183
MusicBrainz: Billy Grammer - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bebda155-1e87-4b09-aacb-0de9ff69441a
ISNI: 0000 0000 5546 3134 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055463134
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