Jerry Byrd

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 9, 1920 (Ohio), Died April 11, 2005 (Honolulu)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1946 - 1965

Roles Represented in DAHR: electric steel guitar, guitar

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Recordings (Results 76-100 of 114 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
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

(Results 76-100 of 114 records)

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.