Bill Emerson
William Hundley Emerson, Jr. (January 22, 1938 – August 21, 2021) was an American five-string banjo player known for being one of the founding members of the original The Country Gentlemen and Emerson & Waldron and considered one of the finest bluegrass banjo players in music history. The bluegrass musician named Bill Emerson written about on this biography page is often confused with another country musician named Bill Emerson (known as "Wild Bill Emerson") who was also born in 1938. As a result, bluegrass musician Bill Emerson is frequently incorrectly attributed to songs on various music databases (such as Discogs, AllMusic and Wiki) written by Wild Bill Emerson and/or his wife, Martha Jo "Jody" Emerson (who's often miscredited as "Jodie"). Wild Bill and Jody have written for many country artists such as George Jones, Hank Williams, Jr. and John Anderson. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 22, 1938, Died August 21, 2021
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1962 - 1966
Roles Represented in DAHR: banjo, vocalist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 12167 | 8/29/1962 | Lord, I'm coming home | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12168 | 8/29/1962 | Goodbye | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12169 | 8/29/1962 | Pray the clouds away | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12170 | 8/29/1962 | Give me the roses now | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12171 | 8/29/1962 | Prayer bells of heaven | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12172 | 8/30/1962 | Give me your hand | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12173 | 8/30/1962 | Stormy waters | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12174 | 8/30/1962 | What would you give in exchange | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12175 | 8/30/1962 | Shut-in's prayer | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12176 | 8/30/1962 | A beautiful life | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12177 | 8/30/1962 | Little white church | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12180 | 8/31/1962 | The old man's drunk again | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12181 | 8/31/1962 | Moonshine hollow | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12182 | 8/31/1962 | Hey lonesome | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 12183 | 8/31/1962 | Tennessee | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13663 | 7/8/1965 | The last song | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13664 | 7/8/1965 | Sweet Dixie | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13665 | 7/8/1965 | Wild Indian | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13666 | 7/8/1965 | Run boy run | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13667 | 7/8/1965 | Theme time | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13668 | 7/8/1965 | Orange blossom specia | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13848 | 12/22/1965 | I can't quit cigarettes | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13849 | 12/22/1965 | Lost highway | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13850 | 12/22/1965 | The good things outweigh the sad | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo | |||
Decca | NA 13866 | 1/10/1966 | The summer's come and gone | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13867 | 1/10/1966 | Fraulein | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13868 | 1/10/1966 | You're gonna change (or I'm gonna leave) | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13869 | 1/10/1966 | Tennessee waltz | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist | |||
Decca | NA 13870 | 1/10/1966 | Little Maggie, she's so sweet | Jimmy "Timmy" Martin, Jr. | instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Emerson, Bill," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/202945.
Emerson, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/202945.
"Emerson, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Emerson, Bill - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87103260
Wikidata: Bill Emerson - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4908896
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/131533632
MusicBrainz: Bill Emerson - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/14f95cd1-08f3-41e5-8b3b-c45727ae0390
ISNI: 0000 0000 9011 1601 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000090111601
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