Sleepy Johnson
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor guitar, violin, tenor banjo, string bass, guitar, composer, lyricist, vocalist
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-70670 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Sunbonnet Sue | Light Crust Doughboys | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Victor | BVE-70671 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Nancy Jane | Light Crust Doughboys | Male vocal ensemble, with fiddle (violin) and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Victor | BS-071042 | 10-in. | 9/30/1941 | I'm sorry now | Carlisle Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and Hawaiian steel guitar | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | C1475 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | She's killing me | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1477 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | No matter how she done it (she's just a dirty dame) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1479 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Steel guitar rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1480 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Get along home Cindy | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1481 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Trouble in mind | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1482 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | What's the matter with the mill? | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solos | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1483 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Sugar blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1484 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Basin Street blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1485 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Red hot gal of mine | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1487 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Too busy! | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1493 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Fan it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1495 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Mean mama blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1500 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Bring it on down to my house | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solos | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1503 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Right or wrong | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1504 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Swing blues no.1 | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL146 | 10-in. | 9-25-1935 | Smith's reel | Sleepy Johnson ; Bob Wills | Violin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL147 | 10-in. | 9-23-1935 | Harmony | Sleepy Johnson ; Bob Wills | Violin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL572 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | Keep knocking (but you can't come in) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL126 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Osage stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL127 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Get with it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
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 guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL130 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Spanish two step | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL131 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Maiden's prayer | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL133 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | St Louis blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL134 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Good old Oklahoma | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL136 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Mexicali Rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL138 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Never no more blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL140 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Old fashioned love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL141 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Oklahoma rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL142 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Black and blue rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL143 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Sitting on top of the world | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL144 | 10-in. | 9/24/1935 | Four or five times | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL216 | 10-in. | 6/7/1937 | Steel guitar stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
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 | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL230 | 10-in. | 6/7/1937 | Sunbonnet Sue | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL235 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | The new St. Louis blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL239 | 10-in. | 6/9/1937 | Oozlin' daddy blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL574 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Oh, lady be good | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL577 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Oh you beautiful doll | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL578 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Moonlight and roses (bring mem'ries of you) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, tenor banjo, vocalist | |
Brunswick | DAL580 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL582 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Tulsa stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL583 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Empty bed blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL585 | 10-in. | 5/17/1938 | Little red head | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys ; Joe Ferguson | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL615 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | San Antonio rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL616 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Little girl, go ask your mama | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL617 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Carolina in the morning | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL618 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | The convict and the rose | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL619 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Silver bells | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL621 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Beaumont rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL623 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | Ida Red | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL626 | 10-in. | 11/28/1938 | Whoa babe | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
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 | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL628 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | That's what I like 'bout the south | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
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 | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL634 | 10-in. | 11/30/1938 | You're okay | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL635 | 10-in. | 11/29/1938 | Liza pull down the shades | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL1014 | 10-in. | 4/21/1940 | Ruck tuckin' baby | Dick Reinhart ; Universal Cowboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Brunswick | DAL1019 | 10-in. | 4/21/1940 | I trusted you once too often | Dick Reinhart ; Universal Cowboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Brunswick | DAL1021 | 10-in. | 4/22/1940 | The honky tonk jump | The Hi-Flyers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
Brunswick | DAL1024 | 10-in. | 4/22/1940 | Roadside rag | The Hi-Flyers | String band | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Johnson, Sleepy," accessed September 19, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100929.
Johnson, Sleepy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/100929.
"Johnson, Sleepy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Johnson, Sleepy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005022665
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