Donald (Don) Helms
Donald Hugh Helms (February 28, 1927 – August 11, 2008) was a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys group. He was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1984). |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 28, 1927 (New Brockton), Died August 11, 2008 (Nashville)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1965
Roles Represented in DAHR: electric steel guitar, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | E0VB-5814 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | 'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-5815 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | Good morning to you | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-5816 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | I'm gonna sing, sing, sing | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Victor | E0VB-5817 | 10-in. | 10/20/1950 | Gold star mother | Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47673 | 10-in. | 2/8/1952 | Talk to your heart | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47674 | 10-in. | 2/8/1952 | I know I'll never win your love again | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | songwriter, instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47675 | 10-in. | 2/8/1952 | I lost the only love I knew | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar, songwriter | |
| Columbia | CO47676 | 10-in. | 2/14/1952 | The road of no return | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47677 | 10-in. | 2/14/1952 | I've got to hurry, hurry, hurry | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47738 | 10-in. | 3/14/1952 | Cotton lisle stockings and a two dollar dress | Daisy Mae and Old Brother Charlie | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47739 | 10-in. | 3/14/1952 | The boy across the street | Daisy Mae and Old Brother Charlie | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47741 | 10-in. | 3/11/1952 | Thank God I'll be no stranger | Daisy Mae and Old Brother Charlie | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47742 | 10-in. | 3/14/1952 | God laid his hand on my heart | Daisy Mae and Old Brother Charlie | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47745 | 10-in. | 3/15/1952 | Tight wad | Billy Brown | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO47748 | 10-in. | 3/15/1952 | I'm sending back everything but memories | Billy Brown | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO48218 | 10-in. | 7/8/1952 | I can't escape from you | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO48219 | 10-in. | 7/8/1952 | Won't you please be mine (just for today) | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO48221 | 10-in. | 7/9/1952 | I'm just in time to be too late | Tommy Warren | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO48223 | 10-in. | 7/9/1952 | Do you care for me | Tommy Warren | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Columbia | CO48382 | 10-in. | 9/16/1952 | Don't let the stars get in your eyes | Ray Price | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |
| Decca | 76046 | 3/28/1950 | My tightwad Daddy | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 76047 | 3/28/1950 | Model T love | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 76048 | 3/28/1950 | Help me understand-1 | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | 76049 | 3/28/1950 | How can you refuse him now | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2041 | 11/8/1949 | Tennessee border No.2 | Red Foley ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2042 | 11/9/1949 | Letters have no arms | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2043 | 11/9/1949 | I'll take a back seat for you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2044 | 11/9/1949 | Throw your love my way | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2067 | 12/29/1949 | I love you because | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2068 | 12/29/1949 | Give me a little old fashioned love | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2069 | 12/29/1949 | Unfaithful one | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2089 | 4/1/1950 | What put the pep in Grandma | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2090 | 4/1/1950 | I like that kind of livin' | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 2091 | 4/1/1950 | Honky-tonkin' | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3106 | 8/7/1953 | One way ticket to nowhere | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3107 | 8/7/1953 | Let's have a happy time | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3108 | 8/7/1953 | Where the old Red River flows | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3109 | 8/7/1953 | You ain't nothing but the blues | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3113 | 8/11/1953 | Ramblin' gal | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3114 | 8/11/1953 | I forgot more than you'll ever know | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3115 | 8/11/1953 | To my pal Bosephus | Audrey Williams | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3149 | 10/2/1953 | Pa-paya Mama-1 | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3150 | 10/2/1953 | In the garden of st. Augustine-2 | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3187 | 12/1/1953 | Somebody ughed on you | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3188 | 12/1/1953 | Something called the blues | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3256 | 2/24/1954 | Good deal Lucille | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3257 | 2/24/1954 | My sweet French baby | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3258 | 2/24/1954 | Midnight boogie | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3259 | 2/24/1954 | These lonesome blues | Jimmie Logsdon | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3283 | 4/27/1954 | I'm lookin' for a date tonight | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3284 | 4/27/1954 | You're the prettiest thing | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3285 | 4/27/1954 | Who will it be | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3286 | 4/27/1954 | Sufferin' heart | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3291 | 4/29/1954 | Looking back to see | Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3292 | 4/29/1954 | I miss you so | Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3383 | 10/25/1954 | Sure fire kisses | Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3384 | 10/25/1954 | Fickle heart | Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3385 | 10/25/1954 | Waterloo | Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3410 | 12/18/1954 | I gotta go get my baby | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3411 | 12/18/1954 | Chuga-chuga, chica manga | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 3412 | 12/18/1954 | I'm a darn good man | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9306 | 3/2/1956 | Your nearly lose your mind | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9307 | 3/2/1956 | Oh how I miss you | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9308 | 3/2/1956 | Desert blues | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9309 | 3/2/1956 | Miss the Mississippi and you | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9363 | 4/27/1956 | I'm ragged but I'm right-1 | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9364 | 4/27/1956 | There's a padlock on your heart | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9365 | 4/27/1956 | The yodelin' song | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9366 | 4/27/1956 | On a little two acre farm-1 | Montana Slim | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9489 | 8/6/1956 | It takes a lot o' heart | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9490 | 8/6/1956 | I'm just fool enough-1 | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9629 | 1/8/1957 | I'm a big boy now | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9630 | 1/8/1957 | The life I have to live | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9840 | 6/5/1957 | Bachelor man | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9841 | 6/5/1957 | The party is over (for me) | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 9842 | 6/5/1957 | Tears of angels | Justin Tubb | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10526 | 12/15/1958 | Crazy arms-1 | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10527 | 12/15/1958 | Pick me up on your way down | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10528 | 12/15/1958 | Life to go | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10529 | 12/15/1958 | My shoes keep walking back to you-1 | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10683 | 4/15/1959 | She wanna rock | Arnie Derksen | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10684 | 4/15/1959 | The party was over | Arnie Derksen | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 10685 | 4/15/1959 | My dancing shoes | Arnie Derksen | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11224 | 8/13/1960 | Lonely River Rhine | Bobby Helms | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 11225 | 8/13/1960 | Guess we thought the world would end | Bobby Helms | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13830 | 12/17/1965 | It's another world | The Wilburn Brothers | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13831 | 12/17/1965 | The Knoxville girl | The Wilburn Brothers | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13832 | 12/17/1965 | Hunt the coon tonight | Harold Morrison | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13833 | 12/17/1965 | The home you're tearin' down | Loretta Lynn | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13835 | 12/17/1965 | The legend of the big river train | The Wilburn Brothers | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13836 | 12/17/1965 | Bring me back my heart | The Wilburn Brothers | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13837 | 12/17/1965 | Look who's lonely | Loretta Lynn | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar | |||
| Decca | NA 13838 | 12/17/1965 | All I have for you, Mom | The Wilburn Brothers | instrumentalist, electric steel guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Helms, Donald (Don)," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.
Helms, Donald (Don). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.
"Helms, Donald (Don)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Helms, Don (Guitarist) - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95067484
Wikidata: Don Helms - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5292769
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/26311806
MusicBrainz: Don Helms - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/064f81f7-ea4b-45a1-9b4a-eb1162d49e71
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