Leake County Revelers
The Leake County Revelers were a country music string band popular in the U.S. South in the 1920s and 1930s. The members were from in and around Sebastopol, Mississippi, led by fiddler Will Gilmer, with R. O. Mosley on mandolin and banjo-mandolin, Jim Wolverton on five-string banjo, and Dallas Jones on guitar. The band was formed in 1926. They made a series of 40 recordings for Okeh Records and Columbia Records from 1927 through 1930, most recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi. Their biggest hit was "Wednesday Night Waltz" followed by "Goodnight Waltz", recorded in 1927. Over 195,000 copies of this records were sold by 1931 and the 78 rpm disc remained in print continuously into the 1950s. |
Birth and Death Data: Born Founded 1926
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1927 - 1930
Roles Represented in DAHR: Musical group
Notes: The Alabama Barnstormers was a pseudonym used for the Leake County Revelers on Regal Zonophone G-21139, issued for the Australian market.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 1-25 of 53 records)
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | W143967 | 10-in. | 4/13/1927 | Johnson gal | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W143968 | 10-in. | 4/13/1927 | Leather breeches | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W143969 | 10-in. | 4/13/1927 | Wednesday night waltz | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W143970 | 10-in. | 4/13/1927 | Good night waltz | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W145012 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | My wild Irish rose | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal trio | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W145013 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | My Bonnie lies over the ocean | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal trio | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W145014 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | In the good old summertime | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal trio | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W145015 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | Listen to the mocking bird | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo and whistling | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W145016 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | The old hat | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W145017 | 10-in. | 10/25/1927 | Monkey in the dog cart | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146208 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Been to the east—been to the west | Leake County Revelers | String band, with vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146209 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Crow black chicken | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146210 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Make me a bed on the floor | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146211 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Merry widow waltz | Leake County Revelers | String band, with vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146212 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Julia waltz | Leake County Revelers | String band, with vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146213 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | They go wild, simply wild over me | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146214 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Put me in my little bed | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W146215 | 10-in. | 4/27/1928 | Coon, coon, coon | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W147242 | 10-in. | 10/18/1928 | Green Valley waltz | McCartt Brothers & Patterson | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo and yodeling | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W147624 | 10-in. | 12/12/1928 | Bring me a bottle | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W147625 | 10-in. | 12/12/1928 | Birds in the brook | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W147626 | 10-in. | 12/13/1928 | Rockin' yodel | Leake County Revelers | String band, with male vocal solo and yodeling | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W147627 | 10-in. | 12/13/1928 | Memories | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W147628 | 10-in. | 12/13/1928 | Magnolia waltz | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group | |
| Columbia | W147629 | 10-in. | 12/13/1928 | Julia waltz | Leake County Revelers | String band | Musical group |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Leake County Revelers," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110807.
Leake County Revelers. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110807.
"Leake County Revelers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Leake County Revelers
Discogs: Leake County Revelers
Allmusic: Leake County Revelers
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Leake County Revelers - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98024627
Wikidata: Leake County Revelers - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1786525
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/153734594
MusicBrainz: Leake County Revelers - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0007bace-b079-4906-9555-b8dcd60a58bb
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