Donald (Don) Helms
Donald Hugh Helms (February 28, 1927 – August 11, 2008) was a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys group. He was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1984). |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 28, 1927 (New Brockton), Died August 11, 2008 (Nashville)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1965
Roles Represented in DAHR: steel guitar
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 77 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | E0VB-5814 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | 'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Victor | E0VB-5815 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | Good morning to you | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Victor | E0VB-5816 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | I'm gonna sing, sing, sing | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Victor | E0VB-5817 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | Gold star mother | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
Decca | 76046 | 3/28/1950 | My tightwad Daddy | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | 76047 | 3/28/1950 | Model T love | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | 76048 | 3/28/1950 | Help me understand-1 | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | 76049 | 3/28/1950 | How can you refuse him now | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2041 | 11/8/1949 | Tennessee border No.2 | Red Foley ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2042 | 11/9/1949 | Letters have no arms | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2043 | 11/9/1949 | I'll take a back seat for you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2044 | 11/9/1949 | Throw your love my way | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2067 | 12/29/1949 | I love you because | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2068 | 12/29/1949 | Give me a little old fashioned love | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2069 | 12/29/1949 | Unfaithful one | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2089 | 4/1/1950 | What put the pep in Grandma | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2090 | 4/1/1950 | I like that kind of livin' | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2091 | 4/1/1950 | Honky-tonkin' | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3106 | 8/7/1953 | One way ticket to nowhere | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3107 | 8/7/1953 | Let's have a happy time | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3108 | 8/7/1953 | Where the old Red River flows | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3109 | 8/7/1953 | You ain't nothing but the blues | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3113 | 8/11/1953 | Ramblin' gal | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3114 | 8/11/1953 | I forgot more than you'll ever know | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3115 | 8/11/1953 | To my pal Bosephus | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Helms, Donald (Don)," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.
Helms, Donald (Don). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.
"Helms, Donald (Don)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Helms, Don (Guitarist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95067484
Wikidata: Don Helms - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5292769
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/26311806
MusicBrainz: Don Helms - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/064f81f7-ea4b-45a1-9b4a-eb1162d49e71
ISNI: 0000 0000 3530 6676 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000035306676
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