Blue Sky Boys
The Blue Sky Boys were an American country music duo consisting of the brothers Earl Bolick (November 16, 1919 – April 19, 1998) and Bill Bolick (October 28, 1917 – March 13, 2008), whose careers spanned over forty years. |
Birth and Death Data: Died Ceased 1951
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group, Musical group
Notes: Earl and Bill Bolick. Also credited as "Bolick Brothers."
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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 | BS-102640 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | I'm just here to get my baby out of jail | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102641 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | Sunny side of life | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102642 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | There'll come a time | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102643 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | Where the soul never dies | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102644 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | Midnight on the stormy sea | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102645 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | Take up thy cross | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102646 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | Row us over the tide | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102647 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | Down on the banks of the Ohio | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102648 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | I'm troubled, I'm troubled | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-102649 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | The dying boy's prayer | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02569 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | No one to welcome me home | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02570 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | Short life of trouble | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02571 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | Didn't they crucify my Lord | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02572 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | Only let me walk with Thee | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02573 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | Can't you hear that night bird crying | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02574 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | An old account was settled | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02575 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | Sweet Allalee | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02576 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | You give me your love | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02577 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | I believe it | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Musical group, Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02578 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | When the ransomed get home | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02579 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | Fair-eyed Ellen | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-02580 | 10-in. | 10/13/1936 | Somebody makes me think of you | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011800 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | Sweet Evalina | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011801 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | No home | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011802 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | What have you done? | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011803 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | Sing a song for the blind | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011804 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | Within the circle | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011805 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | They're all home but one | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011806 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | Hymns my mother sang | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011807 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | Have no desire to roam | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011808 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | No disappointment in heaven | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011809 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | Story of the Knoxville girl | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011810 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | On the old plantation | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-011811 | 10-in. | 8/2/1937 | In my little home in Tennessee | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018671 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Beautiful, beautiful brown eyes | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018672 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | The prisoner's dream | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018673 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | The answer to "The prisoner's dream" | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018674 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | When the stars begin to fall | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018675 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | We buried her | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018676 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Heaven holds all to me | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018677 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Little Bessie | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018678 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | I need the prayers | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018679 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Old fashioned meeting | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018680 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Katie dear | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018681 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | Who wouldn't be lonely | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-018682 | 10-in. | 1/25/1938 | The life-line | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027739 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | When the valley moon was low | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027740 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | My last letter | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027741 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | Mother went her holiness way | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027742 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | Hang out the front door key | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027743 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | This is like heaven to me | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027744 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | I've found a friend | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027745 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | Asleep in the briny deep | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027746 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | Last night while standing by my window | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027747 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | There was a time | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-027748 | 10-in. | 9/27/1938 | Bring back my wandering boy | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041222 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | When the roses bloom in Dixieland | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041223 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | Are you from Dixie? | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041224 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | Give me my roses now | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041225 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | The house where we were wed | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041226 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | There's no other love for me | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041227 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | God sent my little girl | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041228 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | Someone's last day | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041229 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | She'll be there | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041230 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | The lightning express | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041231 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | The royal telephone | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041232 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | The convict and the rose | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-041233 | 10-in. | 8/21/1939 | Father, Dear Father, Come Home | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047500 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Will the angels play their harps for me | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047501 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | We parted by the riverside | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047502 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Only one step more | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047503 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | East bound train | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047504 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Since the angels took my mother far away | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047505 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | The last mile of the way | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047506 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | She's somebody's darling once more | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047507 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | I'm s-a-v-e-d | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047508 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Whispering hope | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047509 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Butcher's boy | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047510 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | This evening light | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-047511 | 10-in. | 2/5/1940 | Mary of the wild moor | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with mandolin and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054508 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Why not confess | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054509 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Turn your radio on | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054510 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Since the angels took my mother far away | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054511 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | In the hills of Roane County | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054512 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Kneel at the cross | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054513 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Brown eyes | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054514 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Short life of trouble | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054515 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | A picture on the wall | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054516 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Pictures from life's other side | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | BS-054517 | 10-in. | 10/7/1940 | Don't say goodbye, if you love me | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with guitar and mandolin | Vocal group | |
Victor | E0VB-4012 | 10-in. | 3/26/1950 | The unfinished rug | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | E0VB-4013 | 10-in. | 3/26/1950 | Tears on her bridal bouquet | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | E0VB-4014 | 10-in. | 3/26/1950 | Lord, be with us - amen | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | E0VB-4015 | 10-in. | 3/26/1950 | Drop your net | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | E0VB-4017 | 10-in. | 3/26/1950 | The new golden rule | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | E0VB-4019 | 10-in. | 3/26/1950 | Sunny side of life | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D6VB-2964 | 10-in. | 9/30/1946 | Speak to me, little darling | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet | Vocal group | |
Victor | D6VB-2965 | 10-in. | 9/30/1946 | Have you seen my daddy here? | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with violin, mandolin, and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | D6VB-2966 | 10-in. | 9/30/1946 | I love her more, now mother's old | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with violin, mandolin, and guitar | Vocal group | |
Victor | D6VB-2967 | 10-in. | 9/30/1946 | Dust on the bible | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0830 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | Kentucky | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0831 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | I'm glad (I'm glad he's gone and left you) | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0832 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | The chapel in the hills | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0833 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | Sold down the river | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0834 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | I'm going to write to heaven (for I know my daddy's there) | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0835 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | Come to the Saviour | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0836 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | Garden in the sky | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-0837 | 10-in. | 5/7/1947 | There's been a change | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2693 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | Romans 6:23 | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2694 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | I'll take my saviour by the hand | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2695 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | I cannot take you back now | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2696 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | Behind these prison walls of love | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2697 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | Angel mother | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2698 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | Let's not sleep again | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2699 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | Don't take the light (from my dark cell) | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D7VB-2800 | 10-in. | 12/16/1947 | The cross on the hill | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0812 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | The sweetest gift, a mother's smile | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0813 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | You've branded your name on my heart | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0814 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Little mother of the hills | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0815 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Alabama | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0816 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | One cold winter's eve | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0817 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Paper boy | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0818 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Shake hands with your mother today | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group | |
Victor | D9VB-0819 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | When heaven comes down | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | Vocal group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Blue Sky Boys," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103814.
Blue Sky Boys. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103814.
"Blue Sky Boys." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Blue Sky Boys - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82118595
Wikidata: The Blue Sky Boys - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q977373
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/121011024
MusicBrainz: The Blue Sky Boys - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a3f8fcbe-fbb4-4186-87ce-0f313ae2d0d0
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