Wilber Ball

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1931

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-69432 10-in. 6/13/1931 When the cactus is in bloom Jimmie Rodgers Male vocal solo, with steel guitar, guitar, and yodeling instrumentalist, guitar  
Victor BVE-69443 10-in. 6/15/1931 Looking for a new mama Jimmie Rodgers Male vocal solo, with guitar, steel guitar, and ukulele instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16316 10-in. 2/25/1930 T for Texas Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16318 10-in. 2/25/1930 The streets of that city Lullaby Larkers Vocal and instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Gennett 16319 10-in. 2/25/1930 Down in the jail house on my knees Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16320 10-in. 2/25/1930 Memphis yodel Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16321 10-in. 2/25/1930 My Carolina sunshine girl Wilbur Ball Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars vocalist  
Gennett 16464 10-in. 4/9/1930 Blue yodel no. 6 Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitars instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16465 10-in. 4/9/1930 Desert blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16466 10-in. 4/9/1930 Just a lonely hobo Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16467 10-in. 4/9/1930 Virginia blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16840 10-in. 7/21/1930 On my way to Lonesome Valley Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16841 10-in. 7/21/1930 I'm lonely and blue Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16842 10-in. 7/21/1930 Never no mo blues Amos Greene Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16843 10-in. 7/21/1930 Hobo Bill's last ride Wilbur Ball ; Cliff Carlisle Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16844 10-in. 7/21/1930 Train whistle blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16845 10-in. 7/21/1930 Texas blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17066 10-in. 9/22/1930 That's why I'm blue Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17067 10-in. 9/22/1930 Hobo blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17068 10-in. 9/22/1930 Crazy blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and male vocal duet, with yodeling, guitar, and steel guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17069 10-in. 9/22/1930 Brakeman's blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17072 10-in. 9/22/1930 My dear old happy valley home Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17307 10-in. 11/24/1930 Box car blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17309 10-in. 11/24/1930 No daddy blues Cliff Carlisle Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17536 10-in. 2/14/1931 When you wore a tulip Lullaby Larkers Male vocal duet, with guitar and steel guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Ball, Wilber," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108393.

Ball, Wilber. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108393.

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

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/108393

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Ball, Wilber - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00030899

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/19222353

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/447328

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