Floyd Tillman

Floyd Tillman (December 8, 1914 – August 22, 2003) was an American country musician who, in the 1930s and 1940s, helped create the Western swing and honky tonk genres. Tillman was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1984.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 8, 1914 (Ryan), Died August 22, 2003 (Bacliff)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1952

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, composer, lyricist, songwriter, Musical group, leader, author

= 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	BS-028729	10-in.	10/27/1938	It makes no difference now	Tom Dickey Show Boys	String band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-030371	10-in.	12/8/1938	It makes no difference now	Montana Slim	Male vocal solo, with guitar	songwriter
Victor	BS-035757	10-in.	4/17/1939	What difference does it make?	Montana Slim	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	composer
Victor	BS-035758	10-in.	4/17/1939	Answer to "It makes no difference now"	Wilf Carter	Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar	songwriter
Victor	BS-037083	10-in.	7/18/1939	Two more years (And I'll be free)	Elton Britt	Male vocal solo, with violin, guitar, and string bass	songwriter
Victor	BS-041314	10-in.	8/24/1939	I'll keep on loving you	Tennessee Ramblers	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	BS-047697	10-in.	2/13/1940	I'm just an outcast	Bar-X Cowboys	String band, with male vocal solo	songwriter
Victor	BS-062741	10-in.	3/7/1941	It makes no difference now	Dick Todd	Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band	songwriter
Victor	BS-063081	10-in.	4/10/1941	Until you went away	Southern Playboys [Nolan Bush]	String band, with male vocal solo	composer
Victor	E0VB-4358	10-in.	5/9/1950	The last straw	Elton Britt ; Skytoppers	Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble	composer
Victor	E0VB-4791	10-in.	6/13/1950	Slippin' around with Jole Blon	'49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	E0VB-5820	10-in.	10/20/1950	I've got the craziest feeling	Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders	Female vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D7VB-1527	10-in.	8/19/1947	It makes no difference now	Eddy Arnold ; Tennessee Plowboys	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Victor	D8VB-3921	10-in.	9/27/1948	I love you so much it hurts	Frontiersmen	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D9VB-1521	10-in.	5/17/1949	Slipping around	Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D9VB-2225	10-in.	9/12/1949	This cold war with you	Shorty Long ; Santa Fe Rangers (Shorty Long)	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D9VB-2244	10-in.	9/14/1949	I'll never slip around again	Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D9VB-2459	10-in.	11/2/1949	I gotta have my baby back	Dave Denney	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer
Victor	D9AB-2552	10-in.	11/23/1949	I'll never slip around again	The Honeydreamers	Vocal group, with Instrumental ensemble	composer
Columbia	H316	10-in.	6/18/1941	It makes no difference now	Gene Autry	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Columbia	HCO1694	10-in.	2/8/1946	Drivin' nails in my coffin	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	HCO1695	10-in.	2/11/1946	Go out and find somebody new	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO1696	10-in.	2/8/1946	Some other world	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter
Columbia	HCO1697	10-in.	2/11/1946	Sign on the dotted line	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	HCO1700	10-in.	2/12/1946	I'm leaving this old world someday	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO1701	10-in.	2/12/1946	The same old blues	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO1702	10-in.	2/12/1946	It's a cruel, cruel world for me	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	HCO4050	10-in.	4/24/1950	The last straw	Gene Autry	Male vocal solo, with string band	composer, lyricist
Columbia	RHCO4175	10-in.	7/18/1950	The grandest prize	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	RHCO4176	10-in.	7/18/1950	I've got the craziest feeling	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	RHCO4334	10-in.	11/14/1950	Rose of old Monterey	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist
Columbia	RHCO4335	10-in.	11/14/1950	I don't care any more	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist
Columbia	RHCO4336	10-in.	11/14/1950	Why are you blue	Margie Collie ; Biff Collie	Mixed vocal duet, with string band	songwriter
Columbia	RHCO4338	10-in.	11/14/1950	I'm falling for you	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist
Columbia	RHCO4339	10-in.	11/14/1950	You're that to me	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist
Columbia	RHCO4340	10-in.	11/14/1950	Each night at nine	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist
Columbia	RHCO4341	10-in.	11/14/1950	I love you just as you are	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CCO4758	10-in.	3/25/1947	Gotta have somethin'	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CCO4760	10-in.	3/25/1947	You made me live, love and die	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CCO4765	10-in.	3/25/1947	It's got me down	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO38739	10-in.	12/29/1947	Houston waltz	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO38740	10-in.	12/29/1947	Westphalia waltz	Floyd Tillman	String band	leader, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO38771	10-in.	12/29/1947	Please don't pass me by	Floyd Tillman	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO38772	10-in.	12/29/1947	Cold cold woman	Floyd Tillman	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO38773	10-in.	12/29/1947	I'll take what I can get	Floyd Tillman	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO38774	10-in.	12/29/1947	I love you so much, it hurts	Floyd Tillman	String band, with male vocal solo	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO38775	10-in.	12/29/1947	Drinking and thinking	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO38776	10-in.	12/29/1947	Gals are funny that way	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter
Columbia	CO40616	10-in.	April 1949	Slipping around	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO41611	10-in.	8/2/1949	This cold war with you	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO41612	10-in.	8/2/1949	I'll never slip around again	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO41613	10-in.	8/2/1949	Darling, don't go	Floyd's Boys ; Marge Tillman	Female vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, guitar, Musical group
Columbia	CO41789	10-in.	October 1949	Mama what'll I do	Floyd's Boys ; Marge Tillman	Female vocal solo, with string band	Musical group, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO41790	10-in.	October 1949	I gotta have my baby back	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO41799	10-in.	October 1949	It had to be that way	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO42692	10-in.	January 1950	I almost lost my mind	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO42693	10-in.	January 1950	Precious memory	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO43041	10-in.	March 1950	I gotta stop	Floyd's Boys ; Marge Tillman	Female vocal solo, with string band	Musical group, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO43042	10-in.	3/24/1950	The little miracle	Marge Tillman	Female vocal recitation, with organ	author
Columbia	CO43043	10-in.	3/24/1950	The last straw	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO43044	10-in.	3/24/1950	Just as long as I have you	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO46863	10-in.	8/8/1951	I'll be playing the field from now on	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO46864	10-in.	8/8/1951	Don't say you love me, just show it	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO46865	10-in.	8/8/1951	Why do I drink	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO46866	10-in.	8/8/1951	I'll still be loving you	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist, instrumentalist, guitar
Columbia	CO47880	10-in.	4/16/1952	Goodbye tomorrow, hello yesterday	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO47881	10-in.	4/16/1952	Take my love with you too	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO47882	10-in.	4/16/1952	I finally saw the light	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, composer, lyricist
Columbia	CO47883	10-in.	4/16/1952	It's over, all over	Floyd Tillman	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist
Edison	9782	10-in.	10/10/1924	It makes no difference now	Brownies [Wilbur Sweatman]	Jazz/dance band	songwriter
Vocalion	25317	10-in.	9/11/1939	I'll keep on loving you	Light Crust Doughboys	String band, with male vocal solo	composer, lyricist
Decca	65156	10-in.	3/6/1939	What difference does it make	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	65157	10-in.	3/6/1939	Two more years	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	65158	10-in.	3/6/1939	Precious memory	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	65159	10-in.	3/6/1939	Why do I love you	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	65160	10-in.	3/6/1939	Some day	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	65161	10-in.	3/6/1939	If you should go away I'd cry	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66325	10-in.	8/29/1939	I didn't know	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66326	10-in.	8/29/1939	There must be someone for me	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66327	10-in.	8/29/1939	I'm always dreaming of you	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66328	10-in.	8/29/1939	Don't be blue	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66329	10-in.	8/29/1939	I never felt this way before	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66330	10-in.	8/29/1939	Maybe I'll get by without you	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66331	10-in.	8/29/1939	I'd settle down for you	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	66332	10-in.	8/29/1939	It had to be that way	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	72003	10-in.	4/20/1944	There's no use to try it anymore	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	72004	10-in.	4/20/1944	Each night at nine	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	72005	10-in.	4/20/1944	G. I. blues	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	72006	10-in.	4/20/1944	Dreams won't let me forget you	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	92088	10-in.	4/11/1940	I'll come back to you-1, 2	The Village Boys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	92090	10-in.	4/11/1940	Daisy May-2	The Village Boys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	92092	10-in.	4/11/1940	I'm gonna change all my ways-2	The Village Boys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	92094	10-in.	4/11/1940	The mountains will see her face no more-2	The Village Boys		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	93736	10-in.	4/30/1941	It's been a long, long time	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	93737	10-in.	4/30/1941	All because of you	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	93738	10-in.	4/30/1941	I've learned my lesson now	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	93739	10-in.	4/30/1941	They took the stars out of heaven	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	93740	10-in.	4/30/1941	Rio Grande	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	93741	10-in.	4/30/1941	Why do you treat me this way	Floyd Tillman		vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Tillman, Floyd," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106450.

Tillman, Floyd. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106450.

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