Jerry Wallace

Jerry Leon Wallace (December 15, 1928 – May 5, 2008) was an American country and pop singer. Between 1958 and 1964, Wallace charted nine hits on the Billboard Hot 100, including the No. 8 "Primrose Lane" that was later used as the theme song for the television series The Smith Family. He made his debut on the country music charts in 1965, entering it thirty-five times between then and 1980. In that timespan, Wallace charted within the country Top Ten four times. His only number one song was "If You Leave Me Tonight I'll Cry," a song which gained popularity after it was used in an episode of the 1970s TV series Night Gallery.

Birth and Death Data: Born December 15, 1928 (Guilford), Died May 5, 2008 (Corona)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1972

Roles Represented in DAHR: banjo, vocalist, mandolin

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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
Gennett	16525	10-in.	4/24/1930	Put on your old gray bonnet	Asa Martin and James Roberts	Male vocal duet, with guitar and 2 mandolins	instrumentalist, mandolin
Decca	62422	10-in.	7/22/1937	Farewell blues	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62429	10-in.	7/22/1937	In the pines	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62430	10-in.	7/22/1937	Chicken don't roost too high	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62431	10-in.	7/22/1937	I want my rib	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62432	10-in.	7/22/1937	Georgiana moon	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62433	10-in.	7/22/1937	Bill dem cabbage down	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62434	10-in.	7/22/1937	Sweet bunch of daisies	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62435	10-in.	7/22/1937	Frankie and Johnnie	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62436	10-in.	7/22/1937	Under the old Kentucky moon	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	62437	10-in.	7/22/1937	Yum yum blues	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64376	10-in.	8/2/1938	Please don't sell my Pappy no more rum	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64377	10-in.	8/2/1938	The wang wang blues	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64378	10-in.	8/2/1938	St. Louis woman	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64379	10-in.	8/2/1938	Anna from Indiana	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64380	10-in.	8/2/1938	Is there still room for me	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64381	10-in.	8/2/1938	The trail of the lonesome pine	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64382	10-in.	8/3/1938	I'm gonna learn to swing	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64383	10-in.	8/3/1938	Downhearted blues	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64384	10-in.	8/2/1938	Whispering	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64385	10-in.	8/2/1938	Just an old chimney scack	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64386	10-in.	8/3/1938	I gotta ketch up with my settin'	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64387	10-in.	8/3/1938	Put your arms around me, honey	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64388	10-in.	8/3/1938	Only a faded rose	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64389	10-in.	8/3/1938	Mary Lou	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64390	10-in.	8/3/1938	I'm free a little bird as I can be	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	64391	10-in.	8/3/1938	Alexander's ragtime band	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65665	10-in.	5/29/1939	I wonder who's kissing her now	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65666	10-in.	5/29/1939	Free a little bird as I can be No.2	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65667	10-in.	5/29/1939	My gal's a Lulu	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65668	10-in.	5/29/1939	Dream trail	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65669	10-in.	5/29/1939	Misery on my mind	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65670	10-in.	5/29/1939	Old fashioned locket	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65671	10-in.	5/29/1939	The lily that bloomed for me	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65681	10-in.	5/31/1939	I cannot tell a lie	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65682	10-in.	5/31/1939	What good will it do	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65683	10-in.	5/31/1939	Jesse James	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65684	10-in.	5/31/1939	Just tell them that you saw me	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65685	10-in.	5/31/1939	All through the night	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65686	10-in.	5/31/1939	Rose of Shenandoah Valley	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65687	10-in.	5/31/1939	Little darling, I'll be yours	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65704	10-in.	6/1/1939	I'm ridin' the trail back home	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65705	10-in.	6/1/1939	I could tell by the look on his face	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65706	10-in.	6/1/1939	Don't trouble me	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65707	10-in.	6/1/1939	Put on your old grey bonnet	Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65708	10-in.	6/1/1939	Turkey in the straw ; Old hen cackle ; Fiddler's dream	Clayton McMichen		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65709	10-in.	6/1/1939	Old Joe Clark ; Pretty little widder ; Shortnin' bread	Clayton McMichen		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65710	10-in.	6/1/1939	Fire in the mountain ; Ida Red/Sally Goodin	Clayton McMichen		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65711	10-in.	6/1/1939	Soldier's joy ; Arkansas traveler ; Mississippi sawyer	Clayton McMichen		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65712	10-in.	6/1/1939	Sourwood mountain ; Peter went a-fishin' ; Sugar in the gourd ..	Clayton McMichen		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	65713	10-in.	6/1/1939	Devil's dream ; Rickett's hornpipe ; Fisher's hornpipe	Clayton McMichen		instrumentalist, banjo
Decca	123299		12/10/1970	After you	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	123300		12/10/1970	She'll remember	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15707		5/20/1971	The morning after	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15708		5/20/1971	I can't take it any more	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15720		12/10/1970	After you	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15721		12/10/1970	She'll remember	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15722		5/20/1971	The greatest love	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15723		7/14/1971	In the misty moonlight	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15724		6/1/1971	New Orleans in the rain	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15725		5/20/1971	Time	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15726		5/20/1971	The morning after	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15727		5/20/1971	I can't take it any more	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15728		6/1/1971	The hands of the man	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15729		6/1/1971	To get to you	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 15730		6/1/1971	There she goes	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16049		approximately early 1972	Go get to you	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16050		3/22/1972	Because you live to love me	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16051		3/27/1972	small enough to crawl	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16052		3/27/1972	You look like forever	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16053		approximately early 1972	Love after love	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16054		4/25/1972	What's he doin' in my world	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16055		3/22/1972	Lovin' me blind	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16056		3/27/1972	Surprise, surprise	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16057		3/27/1972	The bottle, the glass and me	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16058		3/22/1972	Love will come again	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16059		4/25/1972	If you leave me tonight I'll cry	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16060		4/25/1972	Wine me up	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16065		4/25/1972	I still need you	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16239		10/19/1972	Do you know what it's like to be lonesome?	Jerry Wallace		vocalist
Decca	L 16240		10/19/1972	Where did he come from?	Jerry Wallace		vocalist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wallace, Jerry," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/210721.

Wallace, Jerry. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/210721.

"Wallace, Jerry." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.