Tommy Duncan

Tommy Duncan

Thomas Elmer Duncan (January 11, 1911 – July 25, 1967), was an American Western swing vocalist and songwriter who gained fame in the 1930s as a founding member of The Texas Playboys. He recorded and toured with bandleader Bob Wills on and off into the early 1960s.

Birth and Death Data: Born Hillsboro (city in and county seat of Hill County, Texas, United States), Died July 25, 1967 (San Diego (seat of San Diego County, California, United States; second-largest city in California) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1955

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter, composer, lyricist, speaker, arranger, harmony vocal, tenor saxophone, yodeling

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 82 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-070336	10-in.	10/29/1941	Time changes everything	Wayne King Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal trio	composer
Columbia	H372	10-in.	7/23/1941	Blue Bonnet Lane	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H374	10-in.	7/23/1941	Lil Liza Jane	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H375	10-in.	7/23/1941	Please don't leave me	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H377	10-in.	7/23/1941	Cherokee maiden	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H378	10-in.	7/24/1941	Ride on! (my prairie pinto)	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H379	10-in.	7/24/1941	Got a letter from my kid today	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	Male vocal with string band	vocalist
Columbia	H382	10-in.	7/24/1941	Dusty skies	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H844	10-in.	7/15/1942	Goodbye, Liza Jane	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal trio	composer, lyricist
Columbia	DAL978	10-in.	4/15/1940	Time changes everything	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	DAL979	10-in.	4/15/1940	Medley of Spanish waltzes	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, harmony vocal
Columbia	DAL981	10-in.	4/16/1940	New San Antonio Rose	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
Columbia	DAL1170	10-in.	2/24/1941	New worried mind	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	vocalist
Columbia	DAL1176	10-in.	2/24/1941	I knew the moment I lost you	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, songwriter
Columbia	DAL1180	10-in.	2/26/1941	Take me back to Tulsa	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist
Columbia	H1241	10-in.	1/26/1945	Hang your head in shame	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1242	10-in.	1/24/1945	Smoke on the water	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1245	10-in.	1/26/1945	Roly poly	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1246	10-in.	1/26/1945	You don't care what happens to me	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1247	10-in.	1/26/1945	Stay a little longer	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, composer, lyricist
Columbia	H1250	10-in.	1/28/1945	You should have thought of that before	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1251	10-in.	1/28/1945	I can't go on this way	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1366	10-in.	4/20/1945	Stars and stripes on Iwo Jima	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1367	10-in.	4/20/1945	Silver dew on the blue grass tonight	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist
Columbia	H1369	10-in.	4/20/1945	New Spanish two step	Texas Playboys ; Bob Wills	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, composer, lyricist

(Results 1-25 of 82 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Duncan, Tommy," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100089.

Duncan, Tommy. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/100089.

"Duncan, Tommy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.