Hillbilly releases on Gennett and associated labels
Old-time country and western and country gospel records issued on Gennett, Champion, Silvertone and Supertone, with the occasional Challenge, Herwin and Superior. 1922-1931.
List of 68 Gramophones by Mike Gann 1 | | The Barnstormers
A: Party Quadrille B: Circle Waltz
Russell deems this out of scope for his C & W discography, but I've included it for musical content | | Challenge [Sears] USA | 108 | 1926 | 10" | |
2 | | Billy Bishop
A: Medley Of Old Favorites Part I B: Medley Of Old Favorites Part II
| | Challenge [Sears] USA | 308 | 1927 | 10" | |
3 | | Jim Seaney
A: The Poor Tramp Has To Live
Logan County Trio
B: Hand Me Down My Walking Cane
| | Challenge [Sears] USA | 398 | 1928 | 10" | $50 |
4 | | David Foley
A: You'll Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone
James Ragan
B: Poor Little Joe
| | Challenge [Sears] USA | 394 | 1928 | 10" | $35 |
5 | | Stanley Miller
A: Be Kind To A Man When He Is Down
The Clinch Valley Boys
B: Little Red Caboose Behind The Train
| | Champion USA | 15297 | 1927 | 10" | $50 |
6 | | Abner Burkhardt
A: After The Ball, Peek A Boo, In The Good Old Summertime, The Kentucky Bean With His Double Barreled Shotgun B: Red Wing, My Little Girl, Turkey In The Straw
| | Champion USA | 15261 | May 1927 | 10" | |
7 | | George Thomas And His Music
A: Haste To The Wedding B: Campbells Are Coming
| | Champion USA | 15354 | Oct 1927 | 10" | |
8 | | Fiddlin' Jim Burke
A: Black Eyed Susie B: Cripple Creek
| | Champion USA | 15396 | Feb 1928 | 10" | $30 |
9 | | Ezra Hill And Henry Johnson
A: Birmingham Jail
Marlow And Young
B: Six Months Ain't Long
| | Champion USA | 15750 | 1929 | 10" | $33 |
10 | | Jesse Coat
A: When The Roses Bloom Again For The Bootlegger B: The Virginia Moonshiner
| | Champion USA | 15854 | 1929 | 10" | |
11 | | The Boys From Wildcat Hollow
A: The Fiddlin' Boot Leggers - Part I B: The Fiddlin' Boot Leggers - Part II
| | Champion USA | 15633 | 1929 | 10" | $36 |
12 | | Kendall And Kelly
A: Red Wing
Clarence Young
B: Yodelin'-Daddy Blues
A-side is popular | | Champion USA | 15582 | 1929 | 10" | $44 |
13 | | Carolina Ladies Quartette
A: Don't Put Off Salvation Too Long B: My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me
| | Champion USA | 15879 | 1930 | 10" | $20 |
14 | | Fiddlin' Jim Burke
A: Rocky Mountain Goat B: Johnny Inchin' Along
| | Champion USA | 15873 | 1930 | 10" | $63 |
15 | | Luke Baldwin
A: Guitar Blues B: Alabama Blues
| | Champion USA | 15877 | 1930 | 10" | $18 |
16 | | Goodman Sacred Singers
A: Right Will Always Win B: I Am Happy With My Savior
| | Champion USA | 15878 | 1930 | 10" | |
17 | | The Yellow Jackets {I, Country}
A: Massa's In De Cold, Cold Ground - Little Log Cabin, Etc. B: Heel Toe Polka - Can't Catch A N____r
| | Champion USA | 16070 | 1930 | 10" | $112 |
18 | | Nicholson's Players
A: Muskakatuck Waltz B: Irish Washerwoman-My Bonnie-Oh Susanna
| | Champion USA | 15942 | 1930 | 10" | $47 |
19 | | Hutchens Brothers
A: No Never Alone B: When We All Get To Heaven
| | Champion USA | 15900 | Jan 1930 | 10" | $30 |
20 | | The Oak Mountain Four
A: Sailin' Away On The Henry Gray B: Down South Everybody's Happy
| | Champion USA | 15966 | May 1930 | 10" | |
21 | | Hutchens Brothers
A: There's A Vacant Chair At Home Sweet Home
Hutchens Family Trio
B: Picture On The Wall
| | Champion USA | 16032 | Jul 1930 | 10" | |
22 | | Smoky Mountain Boys
A: The Black Mountain Gang At Their Still Part I B: The Black Mountain Gang At Their Still Part II
| | Conqueror USA | 7274 | 1929 | 10" | |
23 | | Joe Reeves
A: May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? B: Frail Wildwood Flower
| | Conqueror USA | 7254 | 1929 | 10" | |
24 | | Charley Vaughn
A: The Boys Faithful Friend B: Come Home Father
| | Conqueror USA | 7272 | 1929 | 10" | $31 |
25 | | Wm. B. Houchens
A: (A) Dance Wid' A Gal, Hole In 'Er Stocking (B) Leather Breeches (C) Big Eared Mule B: (A) Irish Washerwoman (B) Kitty Clyde
| | Gennett USA | 5070 | May 1923 | 10" | |
26 | | Tweedy Brothers
A: Chicken Reel
Charles W. Tweedy
B: Repaz Band
| | Gennett USA | 5488 | Aug 1924 | 10" | $73 |
27 | | Ernest Stoneman
A: May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister B: The Girl I Left Behind In Sunny Tennessee
| | Gennett USA | 3368 | Oct 1926 | 10" | |
28 | | Vernon Dalhart And Carson Robison
A: Just A Melody B: When You're Far Away
| | Gennett USA | 6012 | Jan 1927 | 10" | |
29 | | Ernest Stoneman
A: The Poor Tramp Has To Live B: Kenney Wagner's Surrender
| | Gennett USA | 6044 | Mar 1927 | 10" | $60 |
30 | | Walter C. Peterson
A: Red Wing; My Little Girl; Turkey In The Straw B: Over The Waves
| | Gennett USA | 6102 | May 1927 | 10" | |
31 | | Chubby Parker
A: My Little Old Sod Shanty On The Claim B: His Parents Haven't Seen Him Since
| | Gennett USA | 6319 | 1 Jan 1928 | 10" | |
32 | | David Miller
A: You'll Find Her With The Angels B: A Little Child Shall Lead Them
| | Gennett USA | 6349 | Feb 1928 | 10" | |
33 | | John McGhee
A: The Sinking Of The Submarine S-4 B: The Marian Parker Murder
| | Gennett USA | 6362 | Mar 1928 | 10" | $42 |
34 | | Otto Gray's Oklahoma Cowboy Band
A: Your Mother Still Prays For You, Jack B: In The Baggage Coach Ahead
| | Gennett USA | 6387 | 1 Apr 1928 | 10" | $167 |
35 | | Tweedy Brothers
A: Sugar In The Gourd B: Birdie
| | Gennett USA | 6483 | Jul 1928 | 10" | $104 |
36 | | Thompson, Cranford And Miles
A: Tell Mother I'll Meet Her
Cranford And Thompson
B: The Blind Man And His Child
| | Gennett USA | 6602 | Nov 1928 | 10" | |
37 | | Jack Golding
A: When Polly Walks Thru The Hollyhocks B: Wondering
This is the first recording of "Wondering", covered by the Cajun group Riverside Ramblers in the late 30's, and a big hit for country singer Webb Pierce in the 50's. | | Gennett USA | 6682 | Jan 1929 | 10" | $27 |
38 | | Green Bailey
A: The Santa Barbara Earthquake B: The Fate Of Ellen Smith
| | Gennett USA | 6702 | Feb 1929 | 10" | |
39 | | Aulton Ray
A: True And Trembling Brakeman B: The Dixie Cowboy
| | Herwin USA | 75552 | 1927 | 10" | $40 |
40 | | Farman And Smith
A: I Love You Best Of All B: If I Only Had A Home, Sweet Home
| | Melotone Canada | 45189 | 1936 | 10" | |
41 | | W. C. Childers
A: Crepe On The Little Cabin Door B: Your Mother's Always Waiting
| | Montgomery Ward USA | 4965 | Jan 1936 | 10" | |
42 | | Wm. B. Houchens
A: Wagner B: Cincinnati Hornpipe And Devine's Hornpipe
Only issued on Silvertone | | Silvertone USA | 4015 | 1925 | 10" | |
43 | | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio
A: Hell On The Wabash B: McLeod's Reel
| | Silvertone USA | 3107 | 1926 | 10" | |
44 | | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio
A: Buckwheat Batter B: The Irish Washerwoman
| | Silvertone USA | 3106 | 1926 | 10" | |
45 | | Vernon Dalhart
A: The Wreck Of The Shenandoah B: The Wreck Of The "1256"
| | Silvertone USA | 3812 | 1926 | 10" | |
46 | | Vernon Dalhart
A: Behind Those Gray Walls B: Life Of Tom Watson
| | Silvertone USA | 3856 | 1926 | 10" | |
47 | | Holland Puckett
A: The Dying Cowboy B: Come And Kiss Me Baby Darling
| | Silvertone USA | 25065 | 1927 | 10" | |
48 | | John Hammond
A: Little Birdie B: Purty Polly
| | Silvertone USA | 5697 | 1927 | 10" | $44 |
49 | | Welby Toomey
A: Roving Gambler
Dock Roberts
B: In The Shadow Of The Pine
| | Silvertone USA | 5006 | 1927 | 10" | $20 |
50 | | Stanton's Joy Boys
A: Huskin' Bee B: Polly Wolly Doodle
| | Superior [Gennett] USA | 2671 | 1931 | 10" | $31 |