Johnny Long
Johnny Long (September 12, 1914 (disputed) – October 31, 1972) was an American violinist and bandleader, known as "The Man Who's Long on Music". He was raised on a farm in Newell, North Carolina, currently a subdivision of Charlotte. He started practicing with the violin at the age of six, but injured two fingers on his left hand when he was bitten by a pig. He then learned to use his right hand to play the violin, and continued to do so until his death. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1916, Died October 31, 1972
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1940 - 1946
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 67532 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | When I take my sugar to tea-2 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 67533 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Louise-2 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 67534 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Looking at the world through rose-colored glasses-1, 3 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 67535 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Moonlight on the Ganges | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68083 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | In a shanty in old shanty town-2 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68084 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | You've got your mother's big blue eyes | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68085 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | Stars over the campus | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68086 | 10-in. | 9/12/1940 | Swing me Bach-1 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68270 | 10-in. | 10/18/1940 | I want to live | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68271 | 10-in. | 10/18/1940 | The same old story | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68272 | 10-in. | 10/18/1940 | Don't let it get you down | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68273 | 10-in. | 10/18/1940 | I give you my word | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68413 | 10-in. | 11/29/1940 | Yes, my darling daughter | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68414 | 10-in. | 11/29/1940 | When I grow too old to dream | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68415 | 10-in. | 11/29/1940 | Shadows on the sand | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68416 | 10-in. | 11/29/1940 | Johnny peddler | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68720 | 10-in. | 2/26/1941 | Walkin' by the river | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68721 | 10-in. | 2/26/1941 | Accidently on purpose | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68722 | 10-in. | 2/26/1941 | Boogie man-1 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 68723 | 10-in. | 2/26/1941 | The moon won't talk | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69119 | 10-in. | 5/2/1941 | Miss Johnson 'phoned again today | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69120 | 10-in. | 5/2/1941 | (Back home again in) Indiana | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69121 | 10-in. | 5/2/1941 | That's what I like about the South | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69122 | 10-in. | 5/2/1941 | Take it Jackson | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69200 | 10-in. | 5/15/1941 | Blue skies-1 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69201 | 10-in. | 5/15/1941 | Beau night in Hitchkiss corners-1 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69202 | 10-in. | 5/15/1941 | Where you are | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69203 | 10-in. | 5/15/1941 | I take to you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69463 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Chattanooga choo choo-1 | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69464 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | Don't take your love from me | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69465 | 10-in. | 7/2/1941 | The booglie wooglie piggy | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69535 | 10-in. | 7/21/1941 | Roll on, Tulane!-1 (Tulane University) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69536 | 10-in. | 7/21/1941 | Alma mater (Texas Christian University) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69537 | 10-in. | 7/21/1941 | The Aggie war hymn (Texas A&M College) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69538 | 10-in. | 7/21/1941 | Fight, vols, fight! ; Spirit of the hill (University of Tennessee) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69539 | 10-in. | 7/21/1941 | Kiss the boys goodbye | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69619 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Yea Alabama! ; Song of the Crimson Tide (University of Alabama) | Johnny Long Orchestra | Noneremoved -1 | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Decca | 69620 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Oklahoma, hail! (University of Oklahoma) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69621 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Cheer for L.S.U. ; The Bengal swing (Louisiana State University) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69622 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Ole Miss ; Alma mater (University of Mississippi) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69623 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Vanderbilt forever! (Vanderbilt University) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69624 | 10-in. | 8/8/1941 | Rice's honor (Rice Institute) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69778 | 10-in. | 10/3/1941 | Shepherd serenade | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69779 | 10-in. | 10/3/1941 | The time to sing | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69780 | 10-in. | 10/3/1941 | Panic in Panama | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69782 | 10-in. | 10/31/1941 | I wish I had a sweetheart | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 69783 | 10-in. | 10/31/1941 | The anniversary waltz | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70057 | 10-in. | 12/15/1941 | Dear Arabella | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70058 | 10-in. | 12/15/1941 | The night we called it a day | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70059 | 10-in. | 12/15/1941 | He's 1-A in the Army and he's A-1 in my heart | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70060 | 10-in. | 12/15/1941 | Russian rose | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70120 | 10-in. | 12/31/1941 | Pretty little busy-body | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70121 | 10-in. | 12/31/1941 | We're the couple in the castle | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70122 | 10-in. | 12/31/1941 | Chances are | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70123 | 10-in. | 12/31/1941 | Boy, oh boy! | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70211 | 10-in. | 1/23/1942 | Cocoanut grove | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70212 | 10-in. | 1/23/1942 | Papa Niccolini (The happy cobbler) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70213 | 10-in. | 1/23/1942 | Blue shadows and white gardenias | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70214 | 10-in. | 1/23/1942 | As we walk into the sunset | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70275 | 10-in. | 2/3/1942 | Wherever you are | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70276 | 10-in. | 2/3/1942 | Hoe down | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70277 | 10-in. | 2/3/1942 | I'm breathless | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70278 | 10-in. | 2/3/1942 | Sing me a song of the islands | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70622 | 10-in. | 4/3/1942 | Back the red, white and blue with gold | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70623 | 10-in. | 4/3/1942 | Do you miss your sweetheart? | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70624 | 10-in. | 4/3/1942 | After taps | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70625 | 10-in. | 4/3/1942 | For the flag, for the home, for the family | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70985 | 10-in. | 7/1/1942 | I heard it on the hit parade | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70986 | 10-in. | 7/1/1942 | Conchita, Marquita, Lolita, Pepita, Rosita, Juanita Lopez | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70987 | 10-in. | 7/1/1942 | Just like that | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 70988 | 10-in. | 7/1/1942 | The white star of Sigma Nu | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71085 | 10-in. | 7/15/1942 | Can't get out of this mood | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71086 | 10-in. | 7/15/1942 | Constantly | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71087 | 10-in. | 7/15/1942 | Moonlight becomes you | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71092 | 10-in. | 7/15/1942 | Soft hearted | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71183 | 10-in. | 7/24/1942 | Why don't you fall in love with me? | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71184 | 10-in. | 7/24/1942 | Massachusetts | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71185 | 10-in. | 7/24/1942 | Romance a la mode | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71186 | 10-in. | 7/24/1942 | Then you'll know you're in the Carolines | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71483 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | You better give me lots of lovin', honey | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71484 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | In a friendly little harbor | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71485 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | No love, no nothin' | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71486 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | Southbound track | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71487 | 10-in. | 11/4/1943 | I've had this feeling before | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 71793 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | San Fernando Valley | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 72483 | 10-in. | 11/6/1944 | And her tears flowed like wine | Ella Fitzgerald ; Johnny Long Orchestra ; The Song Spinners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 72484 | 10-in. | 11/6/1944 | I'm confessin' (that I love you) | Ella Fitzgerald ; Johnny Long Orchestra ; The Song Spinners | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 72611 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Angelina (The waitress at the pizzeria) | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 72612 | 10-in. | 12/10/1944 | Gonna build a big fence around Texas | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 72737 | 10-in. | 2/20/1945 | Candy | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 72738 | 10-in. | 2/20/1945 | My dreams are getting better all the time | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 73123 | 10-in. | 11/6/1945 | Between the desert and me | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 73124 | 10-in. | 11/6/1945 | I want to go to Texas when I die | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | 73341 | 2/4/1946 | In a shanty in old shanty town | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 73342 | 2/4/1946 | Blue skies | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 73379 | 2/18/1946 | When I grow too old to dream | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 73380 | 2/18/1946 | It's a sin to tell a lie | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 1725 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | Time waits for no one | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 1726 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | Some day I'll meet you again | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 1727 | 10-in. | 2/16/1944 | Featherhead | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3528 | 10-in. | It's a sin to tell a lie | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 3529 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Fishin' for the moon | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3530 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Junior | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3531 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | Waitin' for the train to come in | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3532 | 10-in. | 8/6/1945 | One of my dreams is missing | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3783 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | In the middle of May | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3784 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | If I had a dozen hearts | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3785 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | The desert and me | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3786 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | I want to go to Texas when I die | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin | ||
| Decca | N 3787 | 10-in. | 11/20/1945 | Live it up | Johnny Long Orchestra | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Long, Johnny," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/327887.
Long, Johnny. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/327887.
"Long, Johnny." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Long, Johnny, 1916-1972 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87858125
Wikidata: Johnny Long - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2672181
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/2656830
MusicBrainz: Johnny Long - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/830c4332-4c51-4af9-94b7-6b8e6034a14b
ISNI: 0000 0000 7100 7411 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000071007411
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