Roy Smeck

Roy Smeck

Leroy Smeck (6 February 1900 – 5 April 1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, and ukulele earned him the nickname "The Wizard of the Strings".

Birth and Death Data: Born February 6, 1900 (Reading), Died April 4, 1994 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1953

Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, guitar, banjo, steel guitar, octo-chorda, composer, jew's harp, harmonica, ukulele, performer

Notes: Sometimes billed as "The Wizard of the Strings."

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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
Victor	B-30546	10-in.	8/5/1924	Hayseed rag	The Dizzy Trio	Instrumental trio, with jew's harp and piano	instrumentalist, jew's harp, banjo
Victor	BVE-35305	10-in.	4/12/1926	Twilight echoes	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda and guitar duet	composer, instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Victor	BVE-35306	10-in.	4/12/1926	Tough pickin'	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda and guitar duet	composer, instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Victor	BVE-36092	10-in.	9/2/1926	There's a new star in heaven tonight	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-36093	10-in.	9/2/1926	An old-fashioned picture	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-36364	10-in.	9/29/1926	The Miami storm	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-36365	10-in.	9/29/1926	A handful of earth from Mother's grave	Vernon Dalhart	Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-36949	10-in.	11/19/1926	Far away in Hawaii	Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-39279	10-in.	6/21/1927	Itchin' fingers	Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck	Guitar and piano duet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-39281	10-in.	6/21/1927	Banjokes	Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck	Guitar and piano duet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-39282	10-in.	6/21/1927	The ghost of the banjo	Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck	Guitar and piano duet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-43505	10-in.	3/27/1928	Dream River	The Revelers	Male vocal quartet, with piano and octo-chorda	instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Victor	BVE-46397	10-in.	12/18/1928	Trundle bed	Frank McCravy ; James McCravy	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, jew's harp, guitar
Victor	BVE-46398	10-in.	12/18/1928	Hide away	Frank McCravy ; James McCravy	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, harmonica, jew's harp, guitar
Victor	BVE-46399	10-in.	12/18/1928	Sister Lucy	Frank McCravy ; James McCravy	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, harmonica, jew's harp, guitar
Victor	BVE-49299	10-in.	12/27/1928	Birmingham jail	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-49419	10-in.	12/28/1928	You're as welcome as the flowers in May	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio and whistling	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-49420	10-in.	12/28/1928	When the harvest moon is shining	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio and whistling	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-49421	10-in.	12/28/1928	How to make love	Bud Billings	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE-49422	10-in.	12/28/1928	Barnacle Bill, the sailor	Bud Billings	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-49600	10-in.	12/27/1928	Columbus stockade blues	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-49873	10-in.	2/19/1929	She just kept kissing on	Kelly Harrell	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, harmonica, jew's harp
Victor	BVE-49874	10-in.	2/19/1929	All my sins are taken away	Kelly Harrell	Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, jew's harp, harmonica
Victor	BVE-50885	10-in.	5/16/1929	Sittin' and whittlin'	Billy Hays and his Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet	instrumentalist, jew's harp
Victor	BVE-50886	10-in.	5/16/1929	Do you believe?	Billy Hays and his Orchestra	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-50887	10-in.	5/16/1929	When it's springtime in the Rockies	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-50888	10-in.	5/16/1929	Sleepy Rio Grande	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-50891	10-in.	5/16/1929	Barnacle Bill the sailor, no. 2	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-53424	10-in.	5/21/1929	Left my gal in the mountains	Bud Billings ; Joe Billings	Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	CVE-57765	12-in.	12/11/1929	Kyrie eleēson (Κυριε ελεησον)	Tetos Demetriades (Τετος Δημητριαδης)	Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, harmonica, jew's harp
Victor	CVE-57766	12-in.	12/11/1929	Ein' tēs modas (Ειν' της μοδας)	Tetos Demetriades (Τετος Δημητριαδης)	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, harmonica
Victor	BVE-58338	10-in.	12/30/1929	Everybody does it in Hawaii	King Oliver Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-58339	10-in.	12/30/1929	Frankie and Johnny	King Oliver Orchestra ; Roy Smeck	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, harmonica
Victor	BVE-58340	10-in.	12/30/1929	New Orleans shout	King Oliver Orchestra	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	BVE-58396	10-in.	1/20/1930	Calamity Jane	Vernon Dalhart ; Adelyne Hood	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE-58397	10-in.	1/20/1930	Hallelujah, there's a rainbow in the sky	Vernon Dalhart ; Adelyne Hood	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE-58399	10-in.	1/20/1930	Out in the great Northwest	Vernon Dalhart ; Adelyne Hood	Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quintet	instrumentalist, banjo
Victor	BVE-59680	10-in.	4/8/1930	Poor man's heaven	Bud Billings ; Carson Robison	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-59681	10-in.	4/8/1930	Leave the purty gals alone	Bud Billings ; Carson Robison	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BVE-64376	10-in.	11/25/1930	Au revoir, pleasant dreams	Roy Smeck Vita Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo (Hawaiian)	leader
Victor	BVE-64377	10-in.	11/25/1930	Sing your way home	Roy Smeck Vita Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo (Hawaiian)	leader
Victor	BRC-70110	10-in.	7/1/1931	Reflections of you	Band O’ Sunshine ; Sunny Clapp ; George Marks	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	81823	10-in.	6/12/1924	Ukulele blues	Roy Smeck	Ukulele solo, unaccompanied	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	81824	10-in.	6/12/1924	Go 'long, mule	Roy Smeck	Ukulele solo, unaccompanied	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Columbia	81831	10-in.	6/18/1924	How come you do me like you do?	Alabama Joe ; Edith Wilson	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	81832	10-in.	6/18/1924	Muscle Shoals blues	Alabama Joe ; Edith Wilson	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	81861	10-in.	7/3/1924	How can I get it, when you keep on snatchin' it back?	Alabama Joe ; Bessie Brown	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	81862	10-in.	7/3/1924	Hoodoo blues	Alabama Joe ; Bessie Brown	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W140489	10-in.	4/1/1925	Dangerous blues	Alabama Joe ; Maggie Jones	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W140490	10-in.	4/1/1925	Suicide blues	Alabama Joe ; Maggie Jones	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W141954	10-in.	4/13/1926	Tough pickin'	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda solo, with guitar	composer, instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Columbia	W141955	10-in.	4/13/1926	Twilight echoes	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Columbia	W142540	10-in.	8/19/1926	Downhearted blues	Virgina Childs	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W142541	10-in.	8/19/1926	St. Louis blues	Virginia Childs	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W142542	10-in.	8/19/1926	If you can't hold the man you love	Virgina Childs	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W142543	10-in.	8/19/1926	You're burnin' me up	Virgina Childs	Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	W144289	10-in.	6/17/1927	Banjokes	Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck	Banjo and piano duet	instrumentalist, banjo, composer
Columbia	W144290	10-in.	6/17/1927	The ghost of the banjo	Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck	Banjo and piano duet	instrumentalist, banjo, composer
Columbia	W151215	10-in.	1/15/1931	The waltz you saved for me	Roy Smeck Hawaiian Trio	Jazz/dance trio (Hawaiian), with male vocal solo	leader
Columbia	W151216	10-in.	1/15/1931	Dreamy Rocky Mountain moon	Roy Smeck Hawaiian Trio	Jazz/dance trio (Hawaiian), with male vocal solo	leader
OKeh	W80100	10-in.	9/9/1926	Twilight echoes	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda and guitar duet	instrumentalist, octo-chorda
OKeh	80101	10-in.	9/9/1926	Tough pickin'	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda and guitar duet	instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer
OKeh	W80212	10-in.	11/16/1926	Itchin' fingers	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Guitar duet	instrumentalist, guitar, composer
OKeh	W80213	10-in.	11/16/1926	Stretchin' the strings	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Guitar duet	instrumentalist, guitar, composer
OKeh	W402468	10-in.	6/25/1929	I'll always be in love with you	Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
OKeh	W402469	10-in.	6/25/1929	Honey	Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
OKeh	W402879	10-in.	8/23/1929	My song of the Nile	Smith Ballew ; Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
OKeh	W402880	10-in.	8/23/1929	Am I blue?	Smith Ballew ; Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
OKeh	W403234	10-in.	11/6/1929	By the way	Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio	leader
OKeh	W403235	10-in.	11/6/1929	Missouri moon	Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio	leader
OKeh	W404039	10-in.	5/23/1930	Telling it to the daisies	Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio, with vocal	leader
OKeh	W404040	10-in.	5/23/1930	I never dreamt	Roy Smeck’s Trio	Instrumental trio, with vocal	leader
Brunswick	E34906	10-in.	10/21/1930	I miss a little miss	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Jazz/dance trio, with vocal	leader
Brunswick	E34907	10-in.	10/21/1930	In a window, in a house, in Caroline	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Jazz/dance trio, with vocal	leader
Brunswick	E35638	10-in.	12/4/1930	Little Spanish dancer	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Jazz/dance trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E35639	10-in.	12/4/1930	Sing your way home	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Jazz/dance trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E35883	10-in.	12/29/1930	Blue Pacific moonlight	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet	leader
Brunswick	E35884	10-in.	12/29/1930	Little sweetheart of the prairie	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet	leader
Brunswick	E35956	10-in.	1/28/1931	Just a gigolo	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E35957	10-in.	1/28/1931	Reaching for the moon	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36512	10-in.	3/26/1931	By the River Sainte Marie	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36513	10-in.	3/26/1931	Do el Rio “Sainte Marie”	Trio Vitafonico Hawaiano	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36514	10-in.	3/26/1931	The waltz you saved for me	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36515	10-in.	3/26/1931	Broken-hearted waltz	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36516	10-in.	3/26/1931	Vals del corazon partido	Trio Vitafonico Hawaiano	Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36682	10-in.	5/5/1931	My cradle sweetheart	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36683	10-in.	5/5/1931	Rock me in a cradle of Kalua	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E36684	10-in.	5/5/1931	Rocky Mountain lullaby	Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio	Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo	leader
Brunswick	E2903-E2904	10-in.	4/24/1926	Tough pickin’	Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda, with guitar	instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer
Brunswick	E2905-E2906	10-in.	4/24/1926	Twilight echoes	Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda, with guitar	instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer
Brunswick	E3238-E3240	10-in.	6/16/1926	Twilight echoes	Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Edison	18297	10-in.	3/10/1928	Tough pickin'	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda and guitar duet	instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer
Edison	18298	10-in.	3/10/1928	Twilight echoes	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda and guitar duet	instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Edison	18300	10-in.	3/12/1928	Itching fingers	F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck	Guitar solo, with piano	instrumentalist, guitar, composer
Edison	18301	10-in.	3/12/1928	12th Street rag	F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck	Ukulele solo, with piano	instrumentalist, ukulele
Edison	19169	10-in.	4/25/1929	I wish I had died in my cradle (Before I grew up to love you)	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo, guitar
Edison	19170	10-in.	4/25/1929	Waiting for a train	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo, guitar
Edison	19230	10-in.	6/3/1929	Left my gal in the mountains	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
Edison	19231	10-in.	6/3/1929	Goin' back to Texas	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Edison	19250	10-in.	6/13/1929	I'd fall in love with me (If I were you)	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Edison	19251	10-in.	6/13/1929	My dear	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Edison	N-135	10-in.	3/10/1928	Tough pickin'	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Guitar and octa-chorda duet	instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer
Edison	N-136	10-in.	3/10/1928	Twilight echoes	Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck	Octo-chorda and guitar duet	instrumentalist, octo-chorda
Edison	N-137	10-in.	3/12/1928	Itching fingers	F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck	Guitar solo, with piano	instrumentalist, guitar, composer
Edison	N-138	10-in.	3/12/1928	12th Street rag	F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck	Ukulele solo, with piano	instrumentalist, ukulele
Edison	N-871	10-in.	4/25/1929	I wish I had died in my cradle (before I grew up to love you)	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo, guitar
Edison	N-872	10-in.	4/25/1929	Waiting for a train	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo, guitar
Edison	N-934	10-in.	6/3/1929	Left my gal in the mountains	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, banjo
Edison	N-935	10-in.	6/3/1929	Goin' back to Texas	Jimson Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Edison	N-955	10-in.	6/13/1929	I'd fall in love with me (if I were you)	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Edison	N-956	10-in.	6/13/1929	My dear	Vaughn De Leath	Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Edison	N-991	10-in.	7/1/1929	When we get together in the moonlight (We get along great)	Ermine Calloway	Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano	instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	60215	10-in.	12/11/1935	On Treasure Island	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, banjo, leader
Decca	60216	10-in.	12/11/1935	Red sails in the sunset	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, banjo, leader
Decca	60217	10-in.	12/11/1935	Moon over Miami	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, banjo, leader
Decca	60218	10-in.	12/11/1935	Boots and saddle	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, banjo, leader
Decca	60408	10-in.	1/28/1936	My blue heaven	Marc Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	60409	10-in.	1/28/1936	My melancholy baby-1	Marc Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	60410	10-in.	1/28/1936	I'm waiting for ships that never come in	Marc Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	60411	10-in.	1/28/1936	When they changed my name to a number	Marc Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	60477	10-in.	2/16/1936	Honolulu stars and Hawaiian guitars	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	60478	10-in.	2/16/1936	A little rendezvous in Honolulu	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	60479	10-in.	2/16/1936	Alone	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	60480	10-in.	2/16/1936	But where are you?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	60566	10-in.	2/24/1936	My melancholy baby	Marc Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	60567	10-in.	2/24/1936	My blue heaven	Marc Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	60568	10-in.	2/24/1936	I'm waiting for ships that never come in	Marc Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	61024	10-in.	4/9/1936	Guitarese	Roy Smeck		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	61025	10-in.	4/9/1936	Slippery fingers	Roy Smeck		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	61176	10-in.	6/16/1936	On the beach at Bali Bali	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader
Decca	61177	10-in.	6/16/1936	Would you?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader
Decca	61178	10-in.	6/16/1936	It's a sin to tell a lie	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader
Decca	61179	10-in.	6/16/1936	We'll rest at the end of the trail	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader
Decca	61263	10-in.	9/15/1936	If we never meet again	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61264	10-in.	9/15/1936	Midnight blue	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61265	10-in.	9/15/1936	Sweetheart, let's grow old together	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61266	10-in.	9/15/1936	I wasn't lying when I said ..	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61357	10-in.	10/29/1936	Wintertime dreams	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61358	10-in.	10/29/1936	In the chapel in the moonlight	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61359	10-in.	10/29/1936	I can't pretend	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61360	10-in.	10/29/1936	Let me sing in Echo Valley	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61509	10-in.	1/12/1937	Trust in me	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61510	10-in.	1/12/1937	This year's kisses	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61511	10-in.	1/12/1937	On a little bamboo bridge	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61512	10-in.	1/12/1937	You're laughing at me	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61570	10-in.	2/3/1937	Serenade in the night	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61571	10-in.	2/3/1937	Wanted	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61572	10-in.	2/3/1937	What will I tell my heart ?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	61573	10-in.	2/3/1937	When the poppies bloom again	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62457	10-in.	7/30/1937	Moonlight on the highway	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62458	10-in.	7/30/1937	The moon got in my eyes	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62459	10-in.	7/30/1937	Remember me?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62460	10-in.	7/30/1937	On with the dance	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62597	10-in.	9/16/1937	Better luck next time	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62598	10-in.	9/16/1937	Bugle call rag	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62599	10-in.	9/16/1937	I still love to kiss you goodnight	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62600	10-in.	9/16/1937	Limehouse blues	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62774	10-in.	11/16/1937	You took the words right out of my heart	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62775	10-in.	11/16/1937	You're a sweetheart	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	62776	10-in.	11/16/1937	When the organ played O promise me	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63143	10-in.	1/13/1938	Sweet as a song	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63144	10-in.	1/13/1938	More than ever	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63145	10-in.	1/13/1938	On the sentimental side	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63146	10-in.	1/13/1938	Smoke from a chimney	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63478	10-in.	3/24/1938	Ti-pi-tin	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63483	10-in.	3/24/1938	A gypsy told me	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63484	10-in.	3/24/1938	Love walked in	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63485	10-in.	3/24/1938	There's a new moon over the old mill	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63676	10-in.	4/25/1938	Little lady make believe	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63677	10-in.	4/25/1938	Let me whisper	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63678	10-in.	4/25/1938	There's a village in the valley	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	63679	10-in.	4/25/1938	Cathedral in the pines	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64250	10-in.	6/30/1938	Beside a moonlight stream	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64251	10-in.	6/30/1938	Now it can be told	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64252	10-in.	6/30/1938	Will you remember tonight tomorrow?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64253	10-in.	6/30/1938	The same sweet you	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64476	10-in.	8/23/1938	I used to be color blind	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64477	10-in.	8/23/1938	Tu-li-tulip time	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64478	10-in.	8/23/1938	Is that the way to treat a sweetheart?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64479	10-in.	8/23/1938	You're the only star	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64740	10-in.	11/16/1938	After looking at you	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64741	10-in.	11/16/1938	Have you forgotten so soon?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64742	10-in.	11/16/1938	I won't tell a soul	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	64743	10-in.	11/16/1938	Mexicali rose	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	65047	10-in.	2/21/1939	Heaven can wait	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Decca	65048	10-in.	2/21/1939	I promise you	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Decca	65049	10-in.	2/21/1939	Red skies in the night	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Decca	65050	10-in.	2/21/1939	I won't believe it	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		instrumentalist, guitar, leader
Decca	65820	10-in.	June 1939	Somebody nobody knows	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	65821	10-in.	June 1939	Prairie boy	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	65822	10-in.	June 1939	Begone	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	65823	10-in.	June 1939	Moon love	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66110	10-in.	8/16/1939	For tonight	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66111	10-in.	8/16/1939	I'll remember	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66112	10-in.	8/16/1939	South of the border	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66113	10-in.	8/16/1939	Out of port	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66703	10-in.	10/3/1939	If what you say is true	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66704	10-in.	10/3/1939	Seventeen	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66705	10-in.	10/3/1939	Who told you I cared?	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66706	10-in.	10/3/1939	Chimes of Notre Dame	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66935	10-in.	12/6/1939	This changing world	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66936	10-in.	12/6/1939	Faithful forever	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66937	10-in.	12/6/1939	Careless	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	66938	10-in.	12/6/1939	On a little street in Singapore	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67168	10-in.	2/6/1940	On the isle of May	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67169	10-in.	2/6/1940	Leanin' on the old top rail	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67170	10-in.	2/6/1940	When you wish upon a star	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67171	10-in.	2/6/1940	The gaucho serenade	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67525	10-in.	4/11/1940	Angel in disguise	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67526	10-in.	4/11/1940	The sky fell down	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67527	10-in.	4/11/1940	Yours is my heart alone	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	67528	10-in.	4/11/1940	Hear my song, Violetta	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69054	10-in.	4/25/1941	Wabash blues	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69055	10-in.	4/25/1941	Drifting and dreaming	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69056	10-in.	4/25/1941	Maria Elena	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69057	10-in.	4/25/1941	Yours	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69629	10-in.	8/12/1941	Lament to love	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69630	10-in.	8/12/1941	Below the Equator	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69631	10-in.	8/12/1941	The cowboy serenade	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	69632	10-in.	8/12/1941	Hawaiian sunset	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	70365	10-in.	2/20/1942	How do I know it's real	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	70366	10-in.	2/20/1942	The angelus rings again	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	70367	10-in.	2/20/1942	Always in my heart	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	70368	10-in.	2/20/1942	Blue Tahitian moon	Roy Smeck and his Serenaders		leader
Decca	80949		4/30/1951	Sweet Leilani	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	80950		4/30/1951	Blue Hawaii	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	80951		4/30/1951	Sing me a song of the islands	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	80960		5/2/1951	My little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	80961		5/2/1951	Hawaiian war chant	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	80962		5/2/1951	Song of the islands	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	80963		5/2/1951	To you sweetheart Aloha	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	80964		5/2/1951	The moon of Manakoora	The Ames Brothers		leader
Decca	83879		1/30/1953	Memories	Roy Smeck		performer
Decca	83880		1/30/1953	Memory Lane	Roy Smeck		performer
Vocalion	[Vo cat 5133-a]	10-in.	approximately Oct. 1923	Dear old pal of mine	Sam Moore ; Roy Smeck	Guitar and handsaw	instrumentalist, guitar

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smeck, Roy," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104764.

Smeck, Roy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104764.

"Smeck, Roy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.