Jerry Byrd
Gerald Lester Byrd (March 9, 1920 – April 11, 2005) was an American musician who played the lap steel guitar in country and Hawaiian music, as well as a singer-songwriter and the head of a music publishing firm. He appeared on numerous radio programs. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | D9VB-0856 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | My home is the dust of the road | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0857 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | You can't pick a rose in December | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0858 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | You're next door to heaven (when you're in Tennessee) | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0859 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Pray, pray, pray | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0860 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | I never see Maggie alone | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0861 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | The gods were angry with me | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0862 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Keep walkin' | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0863 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | One two three four five foot six | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0864 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'll do as much for you someday | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band and yodeling | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0865 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'll never pass this way again | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0866 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Please paint a rose on the garden wall | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0867 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Tears can never drown the flame (that's in my heart) | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0868 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'm casting my lasso towards the sky | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band and yodeling | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0869 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Wabash waltz | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0870 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'm crying for you | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-0871 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Birmingham jail | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47808 | 10-in. | 4/11/1952 | Every little thing rolled into one | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47809 | 10-in. | 4/11/1952 | Be sure you know | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47810 | 10-in. | 4/11/1952 | Whistle my love | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO48299 | 10-in. | 8/9/1952 | One-woman man | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Decca | 73678 | 9/17/1946 | Filipino baby | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 73679 | 9/17/1946 | Drivin' nails in my coffin | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 73680 | 9/17/1946 | Rainbow at midnight | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 73681 | 9/17/1946 | I don't blame you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 73682 | 9/18/1946 | The last goodbye | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 73683 | 9/18/1946 | Get in or get out of my heart | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 73684 | 9/18/1946 | How can I be sure | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 73685 | 9/18/1946 | Those tears in your eyes | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74337 | 12/15/1947 | It's a lonely world | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74338 | 12/15/1947 | Mississippi gal | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74339 | 12/15/1947 | The trouble with me is trouble | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74340 | 12/15/1947 | Heart, please be still | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74347 | 12/16/1947 | Waiting for a train | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74348 | 12/16/1947 | I hope I'm wrong | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74349 | 12/16/1947 | Forever is ending today | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 74350 | 12/16/1947 | Have you ever been lonely? | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | L 4383 | 3/24/1947 | You hit the nail right on the head | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | L 4384 | 3/24/1947 | Two wrongs don't make a right | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 108 | 8/11/1947 | That wild and wicked look in your eye | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 109 | 8/11/1947 | A lonely heart knows | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 110 | 8/11/1947 | Don't your face look red | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 111 | 8/11/1947 | Answer to Rainbow at midnight | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 120 | 8/13/1947 | Watching my past go by | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 121 | 8/13/1947 | A woman wrecked many a good | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 122 | 8/13/1947 | Headin' down the wrong highway | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 123 | 8/13/1947 | White Christmas | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9045 | 11/22/1954 | One golden curl | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9046 | 11/22/1954 | My mountain high yodel song | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9047 | 11/22/1954 | I'm gonna tear down the mailbox | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9048 | 11/22/1954 | Maple leaf waltz | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9049 | 11/23/1954 | There's a tree on every road | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9050 | 11/23/1954 | I bought a rock for a Rocky Mountain gal | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9051 | 11/23/1954 | Shoo shoo shoo sh' la la-1 | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9052 | 11/23/1954 | The sunshine bird | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9053 | 11/23/1954 | Kissin' on the sly | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9054 | 11/23/1954 | The Alpine milkman | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9074 | 3/24/1955 | It's the same world (wherever you go) | Wanda Jackson | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9075 | 3/24/1955 | Tears at the Grand Ole Opry | Wanda Jackson | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9076 | 3/24/1955 | Don't do the things he'd do | Wanda Jackson | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | BR 9077 | 3/25/1955 | Nobody's darlin' but mine | Wanda Jackson | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9144 | 6/6/1955 | Paradise waltz | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9145 | 6/6/1955 | Sweet corn | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9146 | 6/6/1955 | Come a little closer | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9220 | 11/5/1955 | La Golondrina | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9221 | 11/5/1955 | The one rose (that's left in my heart) | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9222 | 11/5/1955 | The moon of Manakoora | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9223 | 11/5/1955 | The teen-agers waltz | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9371 | 4/28/1956 | Strawberry roan | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9372 | 4/28/1956 | Silver bell yodel | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9373 | 4/28/1956 | My little lady | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9374 | 4/28/1956 | Away out on the mountain | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9638 | 1/20/1957 | La Rosita | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9639 | 1/20/1957 | Steelin' the blues | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9640 | 1/20/1957 | Remington ride | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9850 | 6/16/1957 | Dance of the golden rod | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9851 | 6/16/1957 | La Cumparsita | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9852 | 6/16/1957 | Slippery elm | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9853 | 6/16/1957 | Memphis blues | Jerry Byrd | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10505 | 11/23/1958 | A sinner's prayer | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10506 | 11/23/1958 | My prairie rose | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10507 | 11/23/1958 | Yodelin' my babies to sleep | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10508 | 11/23/1958 | Born to lose | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11099 | 4/15/1960 | Let me be the one | Bobby Helms | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11100 | 4/15/1960 | Someone for everyone | Bobby Helms | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12990 | 7/6/1964 | Pearly shells | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12991 | 7/6/1964 | What little tears are made of? | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 12992 | 7/6/1964 | Short on love | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13277 | 2/9/1965 | Drifting and dreaming | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13278 | 2/9/1965 | Beyond the reef | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13279 | 2/9/1965 | My isle of golden dreams | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13280 | 2/10/1965 | Now is the hour | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13281 | 2/10/1965 | Sweet Leilani | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13282 | 2/10/1965 | The moon of Manakoora | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13283 | 2/10/1965 | Song of the islands | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13284 | 2/11/1965 | Keep your eyes on the hands | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13285 | 2/11/1965 | Hawaiian bells | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13286 | 2/11/1965 | Little brown gal | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13287 | 2/11/1965 | On the beach at Waikiki | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13288 | 2/12/1965 | Aloha Oe | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13289 | 2/12/1965 | Thirty thousand feet over Denver | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13290 | 2/12/1965 | Betsy the cow | Burl Ives | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | CIN 6 | 8/10/1949 | I would send roses (but they cost too much) | Tennessee Border Boys, The ; Jimmy Work | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | CIN 7 | 8/10/1949 | Surrounded by water and bars | Tennessee Border Boys, The ; Jimmy Work | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | CIN 8 | 8/10/1949 | Smokey mountain moon | Tennessee Border Boys, The ; Jimmy Work | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | CIN 9 | 8/10/1949 | Who's been here since I been gone | Tennessee Border Boys, The ; Jimmy Work | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | N 513 | 12/14/1947 | Let's say goodbye like we said hello | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | N 514 | 12/14/1947 | Takin' it easy here | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | N 515 | 12/14/1947 | Seaman's blues | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | N 516 | 12/14/1947 | How can I forget you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | N 517 | 12/14/1947 | Yesterday's winner is a loser today | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | N 518 | 12/14/1947 | I'm with a crowd but so alone | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25509 | 2/10/1947 | So round, so firm, so fully packed | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25510 | 2/10/1947 | Don't look now | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25511 | 2/10/1947 | A hundred and sixty acres | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, steel guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Byrd, Jerry," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201356.
Byrd, Jerry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/201356.
"Byrd, Jerry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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