Bert Layne

Birth and Death Data: Born December 14, 1889 (Arkansas), Died October 22, 1982 (Kentucky)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1926 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, songwriter, speaker, composer, vocalist, lyricist

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 112 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia W147297 10-in. 10/26/1928 Bill Johnson Riley Puckett Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar songwriter  
Columbia W147308 10-in. 10/26/1928 Blind child's prayer McMichen-Layne String Orchestra String band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W147309 10-in. 10/26/1928 Blind child's prayer McMichen-Layne String Orchestra String band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W147310 10-in. 10/26/1928 Daisies won't tell McMichen-Layne String Orchestra String band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W147311 10-in. 10/26/1928 Ramblin' boy McMichen-Layne String Orchestra String band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148220 10-in. 4/9/1929 We were pals together Claude Davis ; Bob Nichols Male vocal duet, with 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar instrumentalist, violin, songwriter  
Columbia W148221 10-in. 4/9/1929 Down in a Southern town Claude Davis ; Bob Nichols Male vocal duet and yodeling, with 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar instrumentalist, violin, songwriter  
Columbia W148222 10-in. 4/9/1929 Back up and push Georgia Organ Grinders String band, with organ instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148223 10-in. 4/9/1929 Smoke behind the clouds Georgia Organ Grinders String band and organ, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148224 10-in. 4/9/1929 Sweet sixteen next Sunday Georgia Organ Grinders String band, with organ instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148227 10-in. 4/10/1929 Four thousand years ago Georgia Organ Grinders String band and organ, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148228 10-in. 4/10/1929 Georgia man Georgia Organ Grinders String band, with male vocal duet instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148231 10-in. 4/10/1929 Skip to my Lou my darling Georgia Organ Grinders String band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148232 10-in. 4/10/1929 Charming Betsy Georgia Organ Grinders String band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148238 10-in. 4/11/1929 Back in Tennessee McMichen's Melody Men Instrumental trio songwriter  
Columbia W148239 10-in. 4/11/1929 Last night broken-hearted McMichen's Melody Men Instrumental trio songwriter  
Columbia W148249 10-in. 4/11/1929 Underneath the southern moon Claude Davis ; Bob Nichols Male vocal duet, with 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar songwriter, instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W148250 10-in. 4/11/1929 Meet me to-night in dreamland Claude Davis ; Bob Nichols Male vocal duet, with 2 fiddles (violins) and guitar instrumentalist, violin, songwriter  
Columbia 148451 10-in. 4/18/1929 My Carolina home Ned Cobben Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and guitar songwriter  
Columbia W149330 10-in. 11/1/1929 Sailin' down the Chesapeake Bay North Georgians ; Lowe Stokes Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W149331 10-in. 11/1/1929 Everybody's doing it North Georgians ; Lowe Stokes Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W149332 10-in. 11/1/1929 Left all alone again blues North Georgians ; Lowe Stokes Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W149333 10-in. 11/1/1929 Wish I had stayed in the wagon yard North Georgians ; Lowe Stokes Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet instrumentalist, violin  
Columbia W149340 10-in. 11/2/1929 A night in a blind tiger Tom Dorsey ; Bert Layne ; Clayton McMichen ; Fate Norris ; Riley Puckett ; Lowe Stokes ; Uncle Fuzz Descriptive scene, with string band instrumentalist, violin, speaker  
Columbia W149341 10-in. 11/2/1929 A night in a blind tiger Tom Dorsey ; Bert Layne ; Clayton McMichen ; Fate Norris ; Riley Puckett ; Lowe Stokes ; Uncle Fuzz Descriptive scene, with string band instrumentalist, violin, speaker  
(Results 26-50 of 112 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Layne, Bert," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/205709.

Layne, Bert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/205709.

"Layne, Bert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/205709

External Sources

Allmusic: Bert Layne

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Layne, Bert - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019031954

Wikidata: Bert Layne - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q827404

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/35155224481484371697

MusicBrainz: Bert Layne - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/91128ebf-b76d-4867-9d30-1d241c325760

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