Johnnie Wright
Johnnie Robert Wright Jr. (May 13, 1914 – September 27, 2011) was an American country music singer-songwriter, who spent much of his career working with Jack Anglin as the popular duo Johnnie & Jack, and was also the husband of country music star Kitty Wells. |
Birth and Death Data: Born May 13, 1914 (Mt. Juliet), Died September 27, 2011 (Madison)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, leader, songwriter, string bass
Notes: Sometimes listed as Johnny Wright.
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 26-50 of 183 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | D9VB-0805 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Buried alive | Johnnie and Jack ; Tennessee Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band and male vocal harmony | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader, songwriter | |
Victor | D9VB-0806 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | I heard my savior call | Johnnie and Jack ; Tennessee Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band and male vocal harmony | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | D9VB-0807 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Pray together and we'll stay together | Johnnie and Jack ; Tennessee Mountain Boys | Male vocal solo, with string band and male vocal harmony | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | D9VB-0808 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Death at the bar | Tennessee Mountain Boys ; Kitty Wells | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
Victor | D9VB-0809 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Love or hate | Tennessee Mountain Boys ; Kitty Wells | Female vocal solo, with string band and male vocal duet | instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter, vocalist | |
Victor | D9VB-0810 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Gathering flowers for the master's bouquet | Tennessee Mountain Boys ; Kitty Wells | Female vocal solo, with string band and male vocal harmony | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0811 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Don't wait the last minute to pray | Tennessee Mountain Boys ; Kitty Wells | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | D9VB-0817 | 10-in. | 1/31/1949 | Paper boy | Blue Sky Boys | Male vocal duet, with string band | songwriter | |
Victor | D9VB-0848 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | My darling's home at last | Carter Sisters ; Maybelle Carter | Female vocal solo, with vocal harmonies and string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | CO40679 | 10-in. | 4/8/1949 | What's the matter with this world | Clinch Mountain Clan ; Stoney Cooper ; Wilma Lee Cooper | String band, with mixed vocal duet | songwriter | |
Columbia | CO43281 | 10-in. | 5/10/1950 | Just when I needed you | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | CO45523 | 10-in. | 3/1/1951 | What about you | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
Columbia | CO46931 | 10-in. | 9/24/1951 | Just a friend | Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys | String band, with male vocal solo | songwriter | |
Decca | 117671 | 1970 or 1971 | South in New Orleans | Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | vocalist | |||
Decca | 118778 | 3/28/1967 | Why | Johnnie (Johnny) Wright | vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 2717 | 5/3/1952 | It wasn't God who made honky tonk angels | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | NA 2718 | 5/3/1952 | I don't want your money, I want your time | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | NA 2719 | 5/3/1952 | Searching for a soldier's grave | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | NA 2720 | 5/3/1952 | I'm too lonely to smile | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, string bass | |||
Decca | NA 3146 | 10/1/1953 | You're not so easy to forget | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3147 | 10/1/1953 | Satisfied, so satisfied | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 3148 | 10/1/1953 | One by one-1 | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9260 | 12/17/1955 | Searching (for someone like you) | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9261 | 12/17/1955 | How far is heaven | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
Decca | NA 9262 | 12/17/1955 | Dust on the Bible | Kitty Wells | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wright, Johnnie," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110911.
Wright, Johnnie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110911.
"Wright, Johnnie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Wright, Johnnie, 1914-2011 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98046947
Wikidata: Johnnie Wright - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2128071
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/34072127
MusicBrainz: Johnnie Wright - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17b76bb5-55e6-4e50-a4f5-7615936adc60
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