Bill Boyd
William Lemuel Boyd (September 29, 1910 – December 7, 1977) was an American Western-style singer and guitarist. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 29, 1910, Died December 7, 1977
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1951
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, guitar, vocalist, songwriter, composer, director, arranger, yodeling, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 231 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-70645 | 10-in. | 2/2/1932 | Roll along Kentucky moon | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BVE-70646 | 10-in. | 2/3/1932 | Hobo's meditation | Jimmie Rodgers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BVE-83822 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | I'm gonna hop off the train | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83823 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | The ramblers' rag | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83824 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | The lost wagon | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83825 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | 'Way down in Missouri | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BVE-83826 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | Ridin' on a humpback mule | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83827 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | The broken man | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83828 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | The strawberry roan | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83829 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | When I find my dear daddy is waiting | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | composer, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83830 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | On the Texas plains | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-83831 | 10-in. | 8/7/1934 | Ridin' Old Paint and leadin' Old Ball | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
Victor | BVE-87718 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | St. Louis blues | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | director, vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
Victor | BVE-87719 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | Thousand mile blues | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87720 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | The wind swept desert | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87721 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | Song bird yodel | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87722 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | Watching the world go by | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87723 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | Going back to my Texas home | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87724 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | Mama don't like no music | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal solo, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87725 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | The train song | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87726 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | Harvest time | Bill Boyd ; Jim Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BVE-87727 | 10-in. | 1/27/1935 | Under the double eagle | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | instrumentalist, guitar, director | |
Victor | BS-94436 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | By a window | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, leader | |
Victor | BS-94437 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | Evil in you children | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band, with male vocal duet | vocalist, leader | |
Victor | BS-94438 | 10-in. | 8/12/1935 | Barn dance rag | Bill Boyd ; Cowboy Ramblers | String band | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Boyd, Bill," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107284.
Boyd, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107284.
"Boyd, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Boyd, Bill, 1910-1977 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95074081
Wikidata: Bill Boyd - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4908222
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/42024643
MusicBrainz: Bill Boyd - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3cee7459-b9df-4658-a862-2cfb8614c89c
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