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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.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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
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  
(Results 26-50 of 183 records)

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

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110911

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