Rex Mitchell

Birth and Death Data: Born Pittsburgh (city and county seat in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States), Died March 5, 2011 (Franklin (city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, steel guitar, lead guitar, composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-0501 10-in. 9/9/1936 Spooning 'neath a Western sky Slim Mays ; Rex Mitchell ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal trio vocalist  
Victor BS-0502 10-in. 9/9/1936 Keep on shining, Colorado moon Rex Mitchell ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo vocalist  
Victor BS-0504 10-in. 9/9/1936 My home on the Western plains Rex Mitchell ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo vocalist, composer  
Victor BS-0517 10-in. 9/9/1936 Spanish waltz Los Fronterizos Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0518 10-in. 9/9/1936 La polka de Juanito Los Fronterizos Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0519 10-in. 9/9/1936 La polka de Jill Los Fronterizos Instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0522 10-in. 9/9/1936 Cabra Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental trio instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0523 10-in. 9/9/1936 Oklahoma medley Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental trio instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0524 10-in. 9/9/1936 Frontier breakdown Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental trio instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0525 10-in. 9/9/1936 Dust pan blues Rex Mitchell Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo vocalist, composer  
Victor BS-0528 10-in. 9/9/1936 Has anybody seen my gal Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo and talk instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BS-0529 10-in. 9/9/1936 If I had my way Slim Mays ; Oklahoma Cowboys ; Jack Pierce Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet instrumentalist, guitar  
ARC 19722 10-in. 8/20/1936 Oklahoma blues Jack Pierce and his Cowboys Harmonica solo, with novelty string band instrumentalist, lead guitar  
ARC 19723 10-in. 8/20/1936 Monday morning blues Jack Pierce and his Cowboys Novelty string band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, lead guitar  
ARC 19738 10-in. 8/24/1936 Mountain rhythm Jack Pierce and his Cowboys Novelty string band, with male vocal duet instrumentalist, lead guitar  
ARC 19739 10-in. 8/24/1936 South of the Mason Dixon Line Jack Pierce and his Cowboys Novelty string band, with male vocal trio vocalist, instrumentalist, steel guitar  
ARC 19740 10-in. 8/24/1936 Lookin' for a hill billy bride Jack Pierce and his Cowboys Novelty string band, with male vocal duet instrumentalist, steel guitar  
ARC 19741 10-in. 8/24/1936 Where the Western horizon begins Jack Pierce and his Cowboys Novelty string band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, steel guitar, vocalist  
ARC 19743 10-in. 8/24/1936 Sweet Georgia Brown Jack Pierce and his Cowboys Novelty string band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, lead guitar, steel guitar  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mitchell, Rex," accessed January 5, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104516.

Mitchell, Rex. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104516.

"Mitchell, Rex." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 5 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104516

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Mitchell, Rex - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84040766

Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2983898

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/92626280

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