Floyd Tillman

Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 8, 1914 (Ryan), Died August 22, 2003 (Bacliff)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, composer, lyricist, songwriter, Musical group, leader, author

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 91 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-028729 10-in. 10/27/1938 It makes no difference now Tom Dickey Show Boys String band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-030371 10-in. 12/8/1938 It makes no difference now Montana Slim Male vocal solo, with guitar songwriter  
Victor BS-035757 10-in. 4/17/1939 What difference does it make? Montana Slim Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar composer  
Victor BS-035758 10-in. 4/17/1939 Answer to "It makes no difference now" Wilf Carter Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar songwriter  
Victor BS-037083 10-in. 7/18/1939 Two more years (And I'll be free) Elton Britt Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and string bass songwriter  
Victor BS-041314 10-in. 8/24/1939 I'll keep on loving you Tennessee Ramblers Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor BS-047697 10-in. 2/13/1940 I'm just an outcast Bar-X Cowboys String band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Victor BS-062741 10-in. 3/7/1941 It makes no difference now Dick Todd Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band songwriter  
Victor BS-063081 10-in. 4/10/1941 Until you went away Southern Playboys [Nolan Bush] String band, with male vocal solo composer  
Victor E0VB-4358 10-in. 5/9/1950 The last straw Elton Britt ; Skytoppers Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor E0VB-4791 10-in. 6/13/1950 Slippin' around with Jole Blon '49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor E0VB-5820 10-in. 10/20/1950 I've got the craziest feeling Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders Female vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D7VB-1527 10-in. 8/19/1947 It makes no difference now Eddy Arnold ; Tennessee Plowboys Male vocal solo, with string band songwriter  
Victor D8VB-3921 10-in. 9/27/1948 I love you so much it hurts Frontiersmen Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D9VB-1521 10-in. 5/17/1949 Slipping around Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D9VB-2225 10-in. 9/12/1949 This cold war with you Shorty Long ; Santa Fe Rangers (Shorty Long) Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D9VB-2244 10-in. 9/14/1949 I'll never slip around again Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D9VB-2459 10-in. 11/2/1949 I gotta have my baby back Dave Denney Male vocal solo, with string band composer  
Victor D9AB-2552 10-in. 11/23/1949 I'll never slip around again The Honeydreamers Vocal group, with Instrumental ensemble composer  
Columbia H316 10-in. 6/18/1941 It makes no difference now Gene Autry String band, with male vocal solo songwriter  
Columbia HCO1694 10-in. 2/8/1946 Drivin' nails in my coffin Floyd Tillman String band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia HCO1695 10-in. 2/11/1946 Go out and find somebody new Floyd Tillman Male vocal solo, with string band vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist  
Columbia HCO1696 10-in. 2/8/1946 Some other world Floyd Tillman String band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter  
Columbia HCO1697 10-in. 2/11/1946 Sign on the dotted line Floyd Tillman Male vocal solo, with string band vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Columbia HCO1700 10-in. 2/12/1946 I'm leaving this old world someday Floyd Tillman String band, with male vocal solo vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist  
(Results 1-25 of 91 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tillman, Floyd," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106450.

Tillman, Floyd. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106450.

"Tillman, Floyd." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106450

External Sources

Wikipedia: Floyd Tillman

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Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Tillman, Floyd - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91116491

Wikidata: Floyd Tillman - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1430397

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/5119194

MusicBrainz: Floyd Tillman - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/99eeb0bb-0591-4254-90db-bd62ee7e20fc

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/295073

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