Al Hopkins
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, leader, piano, arranger, yodeling, violin, composer
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OKeh | S-73117 | 10-in. | Jan. 1925 | Old Joe Clark | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| OKeh | S-73118 | 10-in. | Jan. 1925 | Lily Bell | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | S-73119 | 10-in. | Jan. 1925 | Cripple Creek | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | S-73120 | 10-in. | Jan. 1925 | Whoa, mule | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | S-73121 | 10-in. | 1/15/1925 | Sally Ann | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| OKeh | S-73122 | 10-in. | Jan. 1925 | Old time Cinda | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E28916 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | Lynchburg Town | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal and instrumental ensemble | arranger, composer, leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E28917 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | Oh didn’t he ramble | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal and instrumental ensemble | arranger, leader | |
| Brunswick | E28918 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | Gideon’s band | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal and instrumental ensemble | arranger, leader | |
| Brunswick | E28919 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | Old Dan Tucker | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal and instrumental ensemble | arranger, vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E28920 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | Old Uncle Ned | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with instrumental ensemble | arranger, vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E28921 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | West Virginia gals | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with violin (fiddle) and guitar | arranger, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E28922 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | Blue Bell | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with instrumental and vocal ensemble | arranger, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E28923 | 10-in. | 12/20/1928 | Carolina moonshiner | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | arranger, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E28924 | 10-in. | 12/21/1928 | Polka medley | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Instrumental ensemble, with fiddle (violin), guitars, and ukulele | leader | |
| Brunswick | E28925 | 10-in. | 12/21/1928 | Marosovia waltz | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Instrumental ensemble, with fiddle (violin), guitars, and ukulele | leader | |
| Brunswick | E28926 | 10-in. | 12/22/1928 | Wild hoss | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E28927 | 10-in. | 12/22/1928 | Medley of old time dance tunes | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Instrumental ensemble, with calls | leader | |
| Brunswick | E2938-E2939 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Mountaineer’s love song | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E2940-E2941 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Goin’ down the road | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2942-E2943 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Old Joe Clark | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E2944-E2945 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Silly Bill | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E2946-E2947 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Goin’ to the wedding, Sally Ann | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E2948-E2949 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Long-eared mule | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E2950-E2951 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Cripple Creek | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E2952-E2953 | 10-in. | 4/30/1926 | Mississippi sawyer | Hill Billies | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E2968-E2969 | 10-in. | 5/1/1926 | Possum up a gum-stump, cooney in the hollow | Charlie Bowman ; Al Hopkins | Fiddle (violin) solo, with guitar and male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3972-E3973 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Fisher’s hornpipe | Elvis Alderman ; Hill Billies | Fiddle (violin) solo, with string band | instrumentalist, piano, violin | |
| Brunswick | E3974-E3975 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Cackling hen | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo and vocal effects | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano, violin | |
| Brunswick | E3976-E3977 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | East Tennessee blues | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo and vocal effects | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E3978-E3979 | 10-in. | 10/21/1926 | Governor Alf Taylor’s fox chase | Charlie Bowman ; Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo and vocal effects | vocalist, instrumentalist, piano | |
| Brunswick | E3980-E3981 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | Walking in the parlor | Elvis Alderman ; Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with fiddle (violin) solo and male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3982-E3983 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | Blue eyed girl | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3984-E3985 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | Cinda | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3988-E3989 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | Round town gals | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins ; Roe Brothers | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3990-E3991 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | Buck-eyed rabbits | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3992-E3993 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | Cumberland Gap | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E3994-E3995 | 10-in. | 10/22/1926 | Sourwood Mountain | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4004-E4005 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Betsy Brown | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E4006-E4007 | 10-in. | 10/23/1926 | Kitty Wells | Hill Billies ; Al Hopkins | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23110-E23111 | 10-in. | 5/12/1927 | Blue Ridge Mountain blues | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet and vocal quartet | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23116-E23117 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Sweet bunch of daisies | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble and yodeling | leader, vocalist, yodeling | |
| Brunswick | E23118-E23119 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Daisies won’t tell | Elbert Bowman ; Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble and yodeling | leader, vocalist, yodeling | |
| Brunswick | E23120-E23121 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Down to the club (Drunken hiccoughs) | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble and vocal quartet | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23122-E23123 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Sleep, baby, sleep | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal trio, with instrumental ensemble and yodeling | leader, vocalist, yodeling | |
| Brunswick | E23124-E23125 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Black eyed Susie | Elvis Alderman ; Charlie Bowman ; Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23126-E23127 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Cluck old hen | Elvis Alderman ; Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo and yodeling, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist, yodeling | |
| Brunswick | E23128-E23129 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | The nine pound hammer | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23130-E23131 | 10-in. | 5/13/1927 | Whoa, mule | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23145-E23147 | 10-in. | 5/14/1927 | Echoes of the chimes | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental quartet | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23148-E23149 | 10-in. | 5/14/1927 | Boatin’ up Sandy | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental quartet | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23150-E23151 | 10-in. | 5/14/1927 | Johnson Boys | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental quartet | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23169-E23170 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Hear dem bells | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23171-E23172 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Georgie Buck | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23173-E23174 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | The feller that looked like me | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | E23175-E23176 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | C.C.&O. No. 558 | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | E23177-E23178 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Darling Nellie Gray | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23179-E23180 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | She’ll be comin’ ‘round the mountain | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23181-E23182 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Ride that mule | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | E23183-E23184 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Bug in the 'taters | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | E23185-E23186 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Baby, your time ain’t long | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23187-E23188 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Oh! Where is my little dog gone? | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental quintet | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23189-E23190 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Wasn’t she a dandy? | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and instrumental quintet | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23191-E23192 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Roll on the ground | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | E23193-E23194 | 10-in. | 5/16/1927 | Daisies won’t tell | Buckle Busters ; Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with vocal and instrumental ensemble | leader | |
| Brunswick | E23286-E23287 | 10-in. | 5/21/1927 | When you were sweet sixteen | Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E23288-E23289 | 10-in. | 5/21/1927 | Down the old meadow lane | Al Hopkins | Male vocal solo, with whistling and guitar | vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hopkins, Al," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111562.
Hopkins, Al. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111562.
"Hopkins, Al." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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