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. |
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 80 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | DAL1176 | 10-in. | 2/24/1941 | I knew the moment I lost you | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, songwriter | |
Columbia | DAL1180 | 10-in. | 2/26/1941 | Take me back to Tulsa | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL127 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Get with it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, songwriter | |
Brunswick | DAL129 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | I can't give you anything but love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor saxophone | |
Brunswick | DAL133 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | St Louis blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal duet | speaker | |
Brunswick | DAL134 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Good old Oklahoma | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, songwriter | |
Brunswick | DAL138 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Never no more blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL229 | 10-in. | 6/8/1937 | Never no more hard times blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, yodeling | |
Brunswick | DAL230 | 10-in. | 6/7/1937 | Sunbonnet Sue | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL235 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | The new St. Louis blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | speaker | |
Brunswick | DAL239 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | Oozlin' daddy blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL577 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Oh you beautiful doll | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL583 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Empty bed blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL618 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | The convict and the rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL623 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | Ida Red | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL627 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | I wonder if you feel the way I do | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL630 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | The waltz you saved for me | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL633 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | Drunkard blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
Decca | L 7579 | 2/26/1954 | The parting of the ways | Tommy Duncan and his Playboys | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 7580 | 2/26/1954 | Wastin' your life away | Tommy Duncan and his Playboys | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 7581 | 2/26/1954 | I just can't take it anymore | Tommy Duncan and his Playboys | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 7582 | 2/26/1954 | Walkin' in the shadow of the blues | Tommy Duncan and his Playboys | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 7963 | 11/1/1954 | Leavin' today | Tommy Duncan | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 7964 | 11/1/1954 | My son, my son | Tommy Duncan | vocalist | |||
Decca | L 7965 | 11/1/1954 | San Antonio rose | Tommy Duncan | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Duncan, Tommy," accessed November 6, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100089.
Duncan, Tommy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 6, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100089.
"Duncan, Tommy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 6 November 2024.
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External Sources
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LCNAR: Duncan, Tommy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94048804
Wikidata: Tommy Duncan - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2440976
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/79592372
MusicBrainz: Tommy Duncan - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4c1b1929-01a0-42ea-82bc-727af13f96aa
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