Lonzo and Oscar

Lonzo and Oscar were an American country music duo founded in 1945 originally consisting of Lloyd "Lonzo" George (1924–1991) and Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan (1919–2012), best known for being the first to perform the 1948 song "I'm My Own Grandpa". George departed in 1950, and Lonzo was later portrayed by Johnny Sullivan (1917–1967) from 1950 to 1967 and by David Hooten from 1967 to 1985, when the band retired (with some final shows performed by Sullivan and first Cleo C. Hogan, then Billy Henson, the latter of which eventually bought the rights to the name). Lonzo and Oscar owned a record label, a recording studio, and a music publishing company. The recording studio and the record label were called "Nugget". The music publishing company was called "Lonzo and Oscar (BMI)". Melba Montgomery's first recordings were released on Nugget Records in the late 1950s through the early 1960s. The songs which Starday Records released by Melba Montgomery in the 1960s came from Nugget Records. Harlan Howard recorded an album with Nugget Records. Danny Harrison, Melba Montgomery, and Darnell Miller wrote for Lonzo and Oscar's publishing company, Lonzo and Oscar (BMI).

Birth and Death Data: Born July 19, 1919, Died September 7, 2012

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1957

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 48 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D7VB-0737	10-in.	5/18/1947	Take them cold feet outa my back (before I kick you out)	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-0738	10-in.	5/18/1947	Old buttermilk sky	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-0739	10-in.	5/18/1947	Cornbread, 'lasses and sassafrass tea	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-0740	10-in.	5/18/1947	My adobe hacienda	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-1517	10-in.	8/18/1947	When you were sweet sixteen	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-1518	10-in.	8/18/1947	Poppin' bubble gum	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-1519	10-in.	8/18/1947	You blacked my blue eyes once too often	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-1521	10-in.	8/18/1947	There's a hole in the bottom of the sea	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-1522	10-in.	8/18/1947	Near you	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with comic dialogue and string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-1523	10-in.	8/18/1947	You won't do it no more	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-1524	10-in.	8/18/1947	Last ole dollar	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-2071	10-in.	11/14/1947	Ole mother nature	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-2072	10-in.	11/14/1947	Watching the girls go by	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Victor	D7VB-2073	10-in.	11/14/1947	Girls don't nag your husbands	Lonzo and Oscar ; Winston County Pea Pickers	Male vocal duet, with string band	Vocal group
Decca	NA 2328		1/20/1951	Metro polka	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2329		1/20/1951	Wild women from the South	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2330		1/20/1951	I lithp exthept when I thay	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2343		3/10/1951	Give me an RC Cola and a moon pie	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2344		3/10/1951	I'm moving on	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2345		3/10/1951	I ain't gonna take you	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2415		6/22/1951	Jezebel	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2416		6/22/1951	It must'a been something I et	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2417		6/22/1951	I courted the sunshine	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2418		6/22/1951	Extravagant baby	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group
Decca	NA 2419		6/22/1951	High cost of livin'	Lonzo and Oscar		Vocal group

(Results 1-25 of 48 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lonzo and Oscar," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327913.

Lonzo and Oscar. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/327913.

"Lonzo and Oscar." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.