James "Hal" Smith
Birth and Death Data: Born 1925, Died October 30, 2008
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1947 - 1952
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, string bass
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | CO40685 | 10-in. | 4/11/1949 | Country boy | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO40686 | 10-in. | 4/11/1949 | I'm fading fast with the time | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO40687 | 10-in. | 4/11/1949 | I'll be back a-Sunday | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO40688 | 10-in. | 4/11/1949 | My heart's bouquet | Little Jimmy Dickens | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO40692 | 10-in. | 4/13/1949 | Room full of roses | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO41681 | 10-in. | 8/26/1949 | I love everything about you | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO41682 | 10-in. | 8/26/1949 | Ring on your finger | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO41683 | 10-in. | 8/26/1949 | Cry-baby heart | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO41684 | 10-in. | 8/26/1949 | Why in heaven's name | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO42813 | 10-in. | 2/3/1950 | Greedy fingers | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO42814 | 10-in. | 2/3/1950 | Angel mother | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO42819 | 10-in. | 2/3/1950 | Lucky seven | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO42820 | 10-in. | 2/3/1950 | You win the bride | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO42821 | 10-in. | 2/3/1950 | So far | George Morgan | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO42822 | 10-in. | 2/3/1950 | Warm hands, cold heart | George Morgan and Dolly Good | Mixed vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, violin | |
| Columbia | CO45224 | 10-in. | 1/30/1951 | Mr. moon | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO45225 | 10-in. | 1/30/1951 | If teardrops were pennies | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO45226 | 10-in. | 1/30/1951 | There's nothing as sweet as my baby | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO46367 | 10-in. | 6/8/1951 | Me and my broken heart | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO46368 | 10-in. | 6/8/1951 | (When you feel like you're in love) Don't just stand there | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO46810 | 10-in. | 8/4/1951 | Let old Mother Nature have her way | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO46811 | 10-in. | 8/4/1951 | The little girl in my home town | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO47662 | 10-in. | 2/5/1952 | Are you teasing me | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO47663 | 10-in. | 2/5/1952 | It's a lovely, lovely world | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO47805 | 10-in. | 4/11/1952 | Softly and tenderly | Carl Smith ; The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle | Mixed vocal quartet, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO47806 | 10-in. | 4/11/1952 | Amazing grace | Carl Smith ; The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle | Mixed vocal quartet, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO48212 | 10-in. | 7/8/1952 | Our honeymoon | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Columbia | CO48213 | 10-in. | 7/8/1952 | Sing her a love song | Carl Smith | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, string bass | |
| Decca | 74337 | 12/15/1947 | It's a lonely world | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 74338 | 12/15/1947 | Mississippi gal | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 74339 | 12/15/1947 | The trouble with me is trouble | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 74340 | 12/15/1947 | Heart, please be still | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 74347 | 12/16/1947 | Waiting for a train | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 74348 | 12/16/1947 | I hope I'm wrong | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 74349 | 12/16/1947 | Forever is ending today | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | 74350 | 12/16/1947 | Have you ever been lonely? | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 108 | 8/11/1947 | That wild and wicked look in your eye | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 109 | 8/11/1947 | A lonely heart knows | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 110 | 8/11/1947 | Don't your face look red | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 111 | 8/11/1947 | Answer to Rainbow at midnight | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 120 | 8/13/1947 | Watching my past go by | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 121 | 8/13/1947 | A woman wrecked many a good | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 122 | 8/13/1947 | Headin' down the wrong highway | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NT 123 | 8/13/1947 | White Christmas | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 1002 | 1/23/1949 | Till the end of the world | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 1003 | 1/24/1949 | Daddy, when is Mommy coming home? | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2371 | 3/29/1951 | Brake man's blues | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2372 | 3/29/1951 | Travelin' blues | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2373 | 3/29/1951 | When the cactus is in bloom | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2379 | 4/23/1951 | The sailor's plea | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2380 | 4/23/1951 | My Carolina sunshine girl | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2381 | 4/23/1952 | Ben Dewberry's final run | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2382 | 4/23/1951 | Peach pickin' time down in Georgia | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2383 | 4/23/1951 | Those gambler's blues | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | NA 2384 | 4/23/1951 | Highway of sorrow | Bill Monroe and his Blue Grass Boys | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 513 | 12/14/1947 | Let's say goodbye like we said hello | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 514 | 12/14/1947 | Takin' it easy here | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 515 | 12/14/1947 | Seaman's blues | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 516 | 12/14/1947 | How can I forget you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 517 | 12/14/1947 | Yesterday's winner is a loser today | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin | |||
| Decca | N 518 | 12/14/1947 | I'm with a crowd but so alone | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, violin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smith, James "Hal"," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/344306.
Smith, James "Hal". (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/344306.
"Smith, James "Hal"." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Smith, Hal, 1923-2008 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011088719
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