Tex Ritter

Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a popular singer and actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s, and the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John, grandsons Jason and Tyler, and granddaughter Carly). He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 12, 1905 (Murvaul, Texas), Died January 2, 1974 (Nashville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1949

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 35 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	D9VB-0442	10-in.	3/11/1949	Dear John (I brought your saddle home)	Jim Boyd ; Men of the West	Male vocal solo, with string band	songwriter
Columbia	W152293	10-in.	9/2/1932	A-ridin' Old Paint	Tex Ritter	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Columbia	W152294	10-in.	9/2/1932	Rye whiskey	Tex Ritter	Male vocal solo, with guitar	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Vocalion	13157	10-in.	3/15/1933	Good-bye, old paint	Tex Ritter	Male vocal, with guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Vocalion	13158	10-in.	3/15/1933	Rye whiskey, rye whiskey	Tex Ritter	Male vocal, with guitar	vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar
Decca	39271	10-in.	1/21/1935	Sam Hall	Tex Ritter ; Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	39272	10-in.	1/21/1935	Get along little dogies	Tex Ritter ; Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	39328	10-in.	2/5/1935	Thirty years in prison	Tex Ritter ; Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	39329	10-in.	2/5/1935	The lady killing cowboy	Tex Ritter ; Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	39330	10-in.	2/5/1935	I'm a do right cowboy	Tex Ritter ; Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	39331	10-in.	2/5/1935	Bill the barfly	Tex Ritter ; Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	60067	10-in.	10/16/1935	Nobody's darling but mine	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	60068	10-in.	10/16/1935	My brown eyed Texas Rose	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	60069	10-in.	10/16/1935	Boots and saddles	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	60070	10-in.	10/16/1935	The Oregon Trail	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	61057	10-in.	4/17/1936	Answer to Nobody's darling but mine	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	61061	10-in.	4/17/1936	A melody from the sky	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	61062	10-in.	4/20/1936	The hills of Old Wyoming	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	61063	10-in.	4/20/1936	We'll rest at the end of the trail	Tex Ritter		instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist
Decca	DLA 645	10-in.	12/2/1936	High, wide and handsome	Tex Ritter		vocalist
Decca	DLA 646	10-in.	12/2/1936	Headin' for the Rio Grande	Tex Ritter		vocalist
Decca	DLA 647	10-in.	12/2/1936	Out on the lone prairie	Tex Ritter		vocalist
Decca	DLA 648	10-in.	12/2/1936	Arizona days	Tex Ritter		vocalist
Decca	DLA 649	10-in.	12/2/1936	My sweet Chiquita	Tex Ritter		vocalist
Decca	DLA 650	10-in.	12/2/1936	Jail house lament	Tex Ritter		vocalist

(Results 1-25 of 35 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ritter, Tex," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208537.

Ritter, Tex. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/208537.

"Ritter, Tex." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.