Kenneth Pitts
Birth and Death Data: Born July 16, 1916, Died November 22, 2002
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, accordion, leader, harmony vocal, songwriter
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-022304 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Like you | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022305 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Annie Laurie | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with female vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022306 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | I'm jealous of the twinkle in your eye | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers ; Curly Perrin | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022307 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Someone in heaven is thinking of you | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022308 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Song of the waterfall | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022309 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Don't drop a slug in the slot | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022310 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | When my dreams come true | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022311 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Riding on the old ferris wheel | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022312 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | I'm in love with you, honey | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022313 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | You're just about right | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022314 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Broadway mama | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022315 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Blues when it rains | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022316 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Tableau clog dance | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022317 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Pedestal clog dance | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022318 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Boyd's tin roof blues | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022319 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Home in Indiana | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022320 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | I've got those Oklahoma blues | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-022321 | 10-in. | 4/9/1938 | Jig | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028801 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | My baby loves me, I know | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028802 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | New Spanish two-step | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028803 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Spanish fandango | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028804 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | I love my baby | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028805 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Singing and swinging for me | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028806 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Tom-cat rag | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028807 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Here comes Pappy | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028808 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | One thing at a time | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028809 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Weeping blues | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028810 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Boyd's Kelly waltz | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028811 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Never let you cry over me | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028812 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | La golondrina | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028813 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Troubles | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028814 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | I got the blues for mammy | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028815 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | I want to go back | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-028816 | 10-in. | 10/30/1938 | Mill blues | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063074 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | Flower of Texas | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063075 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | I'll be back in a year, little darlin' | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063076 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | Jitter bug jive | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063077 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | I can't forget (no matter how I try) | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063078 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | They go goo-goo-ga-ga goofy over gobs | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063079 | 10-in. | 4/9/1941 | I guess you don't care any more | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063084 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | Swing steel, swing | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063085 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | Sweethearts or strangers | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063086 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | Don't let the barrel go dry | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063087 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | Now I feel the way you do | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063088 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | No dice | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-063089 | 10-in. | 4/10/1941 | Hold on to that thing | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071180 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | Tell me why my daddy don't come home | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071181 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | Rollin' down the Great Divide | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071182 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | My Birmingham rose | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071183 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | The letter I never did mail | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071184 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | (When I had) My pony on the range | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071185 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | Jennie Lou | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071186 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | Tumble weed trail | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071187 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | Put your troubles down the hatch | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071188 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | Home coming waltz | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | BS-071189 | 10-in. | 10/12/1941 | Over the waves waltz | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, accordion, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3222 | 10-in. | 2/7/1950 | Letters have no arms | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3224 | 10-in. | 2/7/1950 | Red river rag | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3225 | 10-in. | 2/7/1950 | The Bandera waltz | Paul Blount ; Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3226 | 10-in. | 2/7/1950 | We were married | Jim Boyd ; Terry Lee ; Men of the West | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3227 | 10-in. | 2/7/1950 | The girl in the picture | Jim Boyd ; Men of the West | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3228 | 10-in. | 2/7/1950 | I got along without you before I met you (I can get along without you now) | Jim Boyd ; Men of the West | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3229 | 10-in. | 2/7/1950 | Mule boogie | Paul Blount ; Jim Boyd ; Men of the West | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-4724 | 10-in. | 5/28/1950 | Bill Boyd rag | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-4725 | 10-in. | 5/28/1950 | Cuckoo waltz | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-4726 | 10-in. | 5/28/1950 | Why don't you love me? | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | E0VB-4727 | 10-in. | 5/28/1950 | Yes I do, yes I do, yes I do | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Victor | D6VB-2988 | 10-in. | 10/3/1946 | Jim's polka | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
| Victor | D6VB-2989 | 10-in. | 10/3/1946 | Oklahoma bound | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, accordion | |
| Victor | D6VB-2990 | 10-in. | 10/3/1946 | New Fort Worth rag | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
| Victor | D6VB-2991 | 10-in. | 10/3/1946 | Out in the rain again | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | leader, instrumentalist, accordion | |
| Victor | D6VB-2992 | 10-in. | 10/3/1946 | Now or never | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and string band | leader, instrumentalist, accordion | |
| Victor | D6VB-2993 | 10-in. | 10/3/1946 | Palace in Dallas | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with male vocal trio and string band | instrumentalist, violin, leader | |
| Columbia | HCO1988 | 10-in. | 9/2/1946 | Can't shake the sands of Texas out of my shoes | Gene Autry | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter | |
| Brunswick | DAL538 | 10-in. | 5/14/1938 | Beautiful Ohio | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Brunswick | DAL540 | 10-in. | 5/14/1938 | The hills of old Wyomin' | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Brunswick | DAL107 | 10-in. | 9/20/1935 | Nobody's darling but mine | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Brunswick | DAL112 | 10-in. | 9/20/1935 | The waltz you saved for me | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Brunswick | DAL388 | 10-in. | 6/20/1937 | The eyes of Texas | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with group vocal | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Brunswick | DAL389 | 10-in. | 6/20/1937 | Washington and Lee swing | Light Crust Doughboys | String band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Brunswick | DAL830 | 10-in. | 6/15/1939 | Oh baby blues (you won't have no mama at all) | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Brunswick | DAL831 | 10-in. | 6/15/1939 | Beer drinkin' mama | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Vocalion | 25317 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | I'll keep on loving you | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Vocalion | 25318 | 10-in. | 9/11/1939 | Little rubber dolly | Light Crust Doughboys | String band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Decca | 93651 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | I'll be waiting for you darling | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93652 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | Gallopin' to Gallup | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93653 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | I'll keep on wishing for you | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93654 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | Blanket me with western skies | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93655 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | Rodeo queen | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93656 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | Shy Anne from Old Cheyenne | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93657 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | Sunny San Antone | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93658 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | I want to be a cowboy's sweetheart | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 93721 | 10-in. | 4/24/1941 | I'm gonna have a cowboy wedding | Light Crust Doughboys ; Patsy Montana and her Pardners | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pitts, Kenneth," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208003.
Pitts, Kenneth. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208003.
"Pitts, Kenneth." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Pitts, Kenneth, 1916-2002 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2012058839
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