Jimmie Rodgers Discography
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Jimmie Rodgers Discography
| Title | Label number | Release date[1] | Recording location[2] | Recording[3][4] | Credit on the label, Notes[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Soldier's Sweetheart" | Victor 20864 | October 7, 1927 | Bristol, Tennessee | August 4, 1927 | First recording session; Vocals, guitar |
| "Sleep, Baby, Sleep" | |||||
| "Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)" | Victor 21142 | February 3, 1928 | Camden, New Jersey | November 30, 1927 | Rodgers' most popular recording, sold over a million copies.[6] Vocals, guitar. |
| "Away out on the Mountain" | |||||
| "Ben Dewberry's Final Run" | Victor 21245 | April 6, 1928 | Vocals, guitar; written by Andy Jenkins | ||
| "In the Jailhouse Now" | February 15, 1928 | Vocals, guitar, banjo | |||
| "Blue Yodel No. 2 (Lovin' Gal Lucille)" | Victor 21291 | May 4, 1928 | Vocals, guitars | ||
| "The Brakeman's Blues" | February 14, 1928 | Vocals, guitar, ukulele | |||
| "Treasures Untold" | Victor 21433 | August 3, 1928 | Vocals, guitar; co-written with E.T Cozzens | ||
| "Mother Was a Lady" (first released as: "If Brother Jack Were Here") |
November 30, 1927 | Vocals, guitar. The record had to be re-issued after a lawsuit by Joseph Stern and Edward B. Marks for the title, and crediting authorship to Rodgers. | |||
| "Blue Yodel No. 3" | Victor 21531 | September 7, 1928 | February 15, 1928 | Vocals, guitar | |
| "Never No Mo' Blues" | June 12, 1928 | Vocals, guitar. co-written with McWilliams | |||
| "My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans" | Victor 21574 | October 5, 1928 | Vocals, guitar | ||
| "Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea" | February 14, 1928 | ||||
| "Memphis Yodel" | Victor 21636 | November 2, 1928 | February 15, 1928 | Singing and yodeling with guitar | |
| "Lullaby Yodel" | June 12, 1928 | co-written with McWilliams | |||
| "My Old Pal" | Victor 21757 | December 2, 1928 | June 12, 1928 | Singing with guitar, co-written with McWilliams | |
| "Daddy and Home" | |||||
| "Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)" | Victor 40014 | February 8, 1929 | Atlanta, Georgia | October 20, 1928 | Singing with orchestra |
| "Waiting for a Train" | October 22, 1928 | Singing with orchestra. Second best-selling song by Rodgers, with 365,0000 copies sold. | |||
| "I'm Lonely and Blue" | Victor 40054 | April 19, 1929 | Singing with orchestra, co-written with McWilliams | ||
| "The Sailor's Plea" | Camden, New Jersey | February 14, 1928 | With the Three Southerners; co-written McWilliams | ||
| "My Little Lady" | Victor 40072 | June 7, 1929 | June 12, 1928 | Co-written with McWilliams, singing and yodeling with guitar | |
| "You and My Old Guitar" | |||||
| "My Carolina Sunshine Girl" | Victor 40096 | August 2, 1929 | Atlanta, Georgia | October 20, 1928 | Singing and yodeling with orchestra |
| "Desert Blues" | New York City | February 21, 1929 | |||
| "Blue Yodel No. 5" | Victor 22072 | September 29, 1929 | February 23, 1929 | Singing with yodeling and guitar | |
| "I'm Sorry We Met" | |||||
| "Frankie and Johnnie" | Victor 22143 | November 22, 1929 | Dallas, Texas | August 10, 1929 | Singing with guitar |
| "Everybody Does It in Hawaii" | August 8, 1929 | Singing with guitar. Co-written with McWilliams | |||
| "Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues" | Victor 22220 | January 3, 1930 | Co-written with McWilliams and Joe Kaipo. Singing with guitar, whistling by Bob MacGimsey | ||
| "My Rough and Rowdy Ways" | October 22, 1929 | Co-written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar | |||
| "Blue Yodel No. 6" | Victor 22271 | February 21, 1930 | Singing with guitar | ||
| "Yodelling Cowboy" | Co-written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar. | ||||
| "Whisper Your Mother's Name" | Victor 22319 | April 4, 1930 | Singing with guitar | ||
| "A Drunkard's Child" | Atlanta, Georgia | November 28, 1929 | Singing with guitar, co-written with Andrew Jenkins | ||
| "Train Whistle Blues" | Victor 22379 | June 6, 1930 | Dallas, Texas | August 8, 1929 | Singing with guitars |
| "Jimmie's Texas Blues" | August 10, 1929 | ||||
| "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" | Victor 22421 | August 1, 1930 | New Orleans, Louisiana | November 13, 1929 | Written by Waldo Lafayette O'Neal. Singing with yodeling and guitar |
| "That's Why I'm Blue" | Atlanta, Georgia | November 28, 1929 | Co-written with McWilliams. Singing with yodeling and guitar | ||
| "Anniversary Blue Yodel" | Victor 22488 | September 5, 1930 | November 26, 1929 | Co-written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar. | |
| "Any Old Time" | New York City | February 21, 1929 | Singing with guitar and orchestra. | ||
| "High Powered Mama" | Victor 22523 | November 1930 | February 23, 1929 | Singing with guitar | |
| "In the Jailhouse Now, No. 2" | Los Angeles | July 12, 1930 | With the Rainbow Ranch Boys | ||
| "Those Gambler's Blues" | Victor 22554 | December 5, 1930 | July 5, 1930 | Singing with guitar | |
| "Pistol Packin' Papa" | July 1, 1930 | Co-written with Waldo O'neal. Singing with guitar | |||
| "Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues" | Victor 23503 | February 6, 1931 | July 10, 1930 | Singing with orchestra. Written by Walter O'Neal, Bob Sawyer | |
| "Blue Yodel No. 8 (aka Mule Skinner Blues)" | July 11, 1930 | Singing with guitar | |||
| "In the Hills of Tennessee" | Victor 23736 | December 22, 1932 | New York City | August 29, 1932 | Sam M. Hills, Ira Schuster. Singing with orchestra |
| "Miss the Mississippi and You" | Written by Bill Halley. Singing with orchestra | ||||
| "The Mystery of Number Five" | Victor 23518 | March 13, 1931 | Los Angeles | July 11, 1930 | Singing with guitar |
| "Nobody Knows But Me" | Atlanta, Georgia | November 25, 1929 | Singing with guitar. Co-written with McWilliams | ||
| "T.B. Blues" | Victor 23535 | April 5, 1931 | San Antonio, Texas | January 31, 1931 | Singuing with guitar. Co-written by R. Hall |
| "Mississippi River Blues" | Atlanta, Georgia | November 25, 1929 | Singing with guitar | ||
| "Jimmie the Kid" | Victor 23549 | June 5, 1931 | San Antonio, Texas | January 31, 1931 | Singing with guitars and string bass. Co-written with Neville |
| "My Blue-Eyed Jane" | Los Angeles | June 30, 1930 | Singing with orchestra. Co-written with Mrs. Lulu Belle White | ||
| "Travellin' Blues" | Victor 23564 | July 17, 1931 | San Antonio, Texas | January 31, 1931 | Singing with orchestra. Co-written with Shelly Lee Alley |
| "I'm Lonesome Too" | Los Angeles | July 7, 1930 | Singing with Hawaiian orchestra | ||
| "Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family" | Victor 23574 | August 14, 1931 | Louisville, Kentucky | June 12, 1931 | Assisted by the Carter Family. Singing with Mandolin and guitar |
| "Moonlight and Skies" | Los Angeles | June 30, 1930 | Co-written with Raymond E. Hill. Singing with orchestra | ||
| "Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standing on the Corner)" | Victor 23580 | September 11, 1931 | July 16, 1930 | Singing with orchestra. Uncredited appearances by Louis Armstrong (trumpet) and Lil Hardin Armstrong (piano). | |
| "Looking for a New Mama" | Louisville, Kentucky | June 15, 1931 | Singing with guitars | ||
| "What's It?" | Victor 23609 | December 4, 1931 | June 16, 1931 | Co-written with J. Neville. Singing with piano | |
| "Why Should I Be Lonely?" | Los Angeles | June 30, 1930 | Co-written with Estelle Lovell. Singing with Hawaiian guitars | ||
| "Let Me Be Your Sidetrack" | Victor 23621 | December 31, 1931 | Louisville, Kentucky | June 11, 1931 | Singing with guitar |
| "Rodgers' Puzzle Record" | Camden, New Jersey | November 11, 1931 | Contains three songs. Studio edit joining "Train Whistle Blues", "Blue Yodel" and "Everybody Does it in Hawaii" | ||
| "Gambling Polka Dot Blues" | Victor 23636 | February 23, 1932 | Louisville, Kentucky | June 15, 1931 | Co-written with R. Hall. Singing with piano |
| "When the Cactus is in Bloom" | June 13, 1931 | Singing with guitar | |||
| "Roll Along, Kentucky Moon" | Victor 23651 | April 1, 1932 | Dallas, Texas | February 2, 1932 | Written by Halley. Singing with Hawaiian guitars |
| "For the Sake of Days Gone By" | Los Angeles | July 9, 1930 | Co-written with Jack White. Singing with Hawaiian guitar | ||
| "Ninety-Nine Years Blues" | Victor 23669 | May 13, 1932 | Dallas, Texas | February 4, 1932 | Co-written with Hall. Singing with guitars and string bass |
| "My Time Ain't Long" | Co-written with Waldo O'Neal. Singing with guitars, ukulele and string bass | ||||
| "Home Call" | Victor 23681 | July 1932 | Atlanta, Georgia | November 26, 1929 | Co-Written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar |
| "She Was Happy Till She Met You" | Dallas, Texas | February 6, 1932 | |||
| "Blue Yodel No. 10" | Victor 23696 | August 12, 1932 | February 6, 1932 | Singing with guitar | |
| "Mississippi Moon" | February 4, 1932 | Co-written with McWilliams, singing with guitars | |||
| "Down the Old Road to Home" | Victor 23711 | September 23, 1932 | February 5, 1932 | Co-written with Carey D. Harvey. Singing with guitars | |
| "Hobo's Meditation" | February 3, 1932 | Singing with guitars and string bass | |||
| "Rock All Our Babies to Sleep" | Victor 23721 | October 21, 1932 | Camden, New Jersey | August 11, 1932 | Arranged by Rodgers. Singing with violin, banjo and guitar |
| "Mother, the Queen of My Heart" | Co-written with Hoyt Bryant. Singing with violin, banjo and guitar | ||||
| "Prohibiton Has Done Me Wrong" | Victor Unissued | August 11, 1932 | August 11, 1932 | ||
| "Whippin' That Old T.B." | Victor 23751 | January 13, 1933 | August 11, 1932 | Singing with violin, banjo and guitars | |
| "No Hard Times" | August 15, 1932 | ||||
| "Long Tall Mama Blues" | Victor 23766 | February 24, 1933 | August 15, 1932 | Singing with banjo and guitars | |
| "Gambling Barroom Blues" | Co-written with Shelly Lee Alley. Singing with fiddle, banjo and guitar. | ||||
| "Peach-Pickin' Time Down in Georgia" | Victor 23781 | April 7, 1933 | August 15, 1932 | Co-written with C. McMichen. Singing with banjo and guitar | |
| "Prairie Lullaby" | New York City | August 29, 1932 | Co-written with George Brown. Singing with violins, guitar, clarinet and piano | ||
| "The Land of My Boyhood Dreams" | Victor 23811 | June 14, 1933 | Dallas, Texas | October 22, 1929 | Singing with guitar |
| "Southern Cannon-Ball" | Louisville, Kentucky | June 17, 1931 | Co-written with guitar. Singing with guitar | ||
| "Blue Yodel No. 11" | Victor 23796 | June 30, 1933 | Atlanta, Georgia | November 27, 1929 | Singing with guitars |
| "Sweet Mama Hurry Home" | New York City | August 29, 1932 | Singing with guitar, violin, clarinet and piano | ||
| "Mississippi Delta Blues" | Victor 23816 | July 28, 1933 | May 24, 1933 | Co-written with Jack Neville | |
| "Old Pal of My Heart" | May 20, 1933 | Co-written with Joe B. Mason. Singing with guitar | |||
| "I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now" | Victor 23830 | September 8, 1933 | May 17, 1933 | Written by Lou Herscher. Singing with guitar | |
| "The Yodelling Ranger" | May 20, 1933 | Co-written with Raymond Hall, singing with guitar | |||
| "Old Love Letters" | Victor 23840 | October 20, 1933 | May 24, 1933 | Co-written with Herscher and Butcher. Singing with guitars | |
| "Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line" | Co-written with Ryan. Singing with guitar | ||||
| "Blue Yodel No. 12" | Victor 24456 | October 6, 1933 | May 17, 1933 | Singing with guitar | |
| "The Cowhand's Last Ride" | Camden, New Jersey | August 10, 1932 | Co-written with Arza Hitt Singing with guitar | ||
| "Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel" | Bluebird 5281 | December 20, 1933 | New York City | May 18, 1933 | Singing with guitar. |
| "Years Ago" | May 24, 1933 | Singing with guitar. Co-written with Herscher, Richards | |||
| "I've Ranged, I've Roamed and I've Traveled" | Bluebird 5892 | April 10, 1935 | Dallas, Texas | October 22, 1929 | Co-written with McWilliams. Singing with guitar |
| "Why Did You Give Me Your Love?" | Atlanta, Georgia | November 28, 1929 | Singing with guitar | ||
| "My Good Gal's Gone" | Bluebird 5942 | May 22, 1935 | Louisville, Kentucky | June 16, 1931 | Singing with Louisville Jug Band. |
| "Leave Me Alone Sweet Mama" (recorded by Jesse Rodgers) |
San Antonio, Texas | January 29, 1935 | Recorded by Rodgers cousin, Jesse Singing with yodeling and guitar | ||
| "We Miss Him When the Evening Shadows Fall" (recorded by Carrie Rodgers) | Bluebird 6698 | November 1936 | October 26, 1936 | Recorded by Rodgers' wife | |
| "Why There's a Tear in My Eye" | Louisville, Kentucky | June 10, 1931 | Recorded with Sara Carter. Singing with guitar | ||
| "The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas" | Bluebird 6762 | January 20, 1937 | June 12, 1931 | With the Carter Family. Singing with guitars | |
| "Where is My Sailor Boy" (recorded by Bill Monroe and Charlie Monroe) |
Charlotte, North Carolina | October 12, 1936 | Recording did not feature Rodgers. Singing with mandolin and guitar | ||
| "The Wonderful City" | Bluebird 6810 | February 17, 1937 | Louisville, Kentucky | June 10, 1931 | Co-written with McWilliams. With Sara Carter, singing with guitars |
| "I've Only Loved Three Women" | Camden, New Jersey | August 15, 1932 | Co-written with Harvey. With violin, banjo and guitar | ||
| "The One Rose" | Bluebird 7280 | December 1, 1937 | Los Angeles | July 7, 1930 | Written by Del Lyon, McIntire. Singing with McIntire's Hawaiians |
| "Yodeling My Way Back Home" | New York City | May 18, 1933 | Singing with guitars | ||
| "Take Me Back Again" | Bluebird 7600 | May 25, 1938 | Los Angeles | July 2, 1930 | Co-written with Raymond E. Hill. Singing with the Lani McIntire's Hawaiians |
| "Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes" | New York City | May 17, 1933 | Co-written with Waldo O'Neal. Singing with guitar. |
