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The Osborne Brothers

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Aliases
The Osborne Bros.
Osborne Brothers
Years active
1953 - 2005
Country
United States
Comments
Bluegrass group from Hyden, KY, centered around brothers Bobby Osborne ("high lead" vocal, mandolin) and Bobby Osborne (baritone vocal, banjo). Their rich harmony blend usually included a third singer.
Member of
The Bluegrass Banjo Pickers
Members
Bobby Osborne
Sonny Osborne
Not to be confused with
Brothers Osborne
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
December 1975 Balsam Range
May 16, 2000 Longview [US]
June 1966 (4 artists)
February 1964 (4 artists)
April 18, 1974 (7 artists)
March 8, 1974 (6 artists)
i 1981 (4 artists)
December 1975 Bobby Smith & The Boys from Shiloh with Josh Graves
December 24, 1973 Paul Craft
May 1968 Plavci
March 1971 Zelenáči
February 1959 (4 artists)
 REC June 10, 2014 Ronnie Bowman
Originally by Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press REL
January 9, 1975 Charlie Sizemore
March 1965 (2 artists)
March 1980 (7 artists)
July 30, 1965 (2 artists)
March 1969 (7 artists)
July 1958 Laurel Canyon Ramblers
May 1970 (9 artists)
June 1967 (10 artists)
March 29, 1973 Constant Change
March 29, 1973 Mary Padgett
March 1965 (2 artists)
January 1, 1966 (2 artists)
April 13, 1982 Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press
May 1970 (3 artists)
October 30, 1972 (21 artists)
1979 Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press
May 1968 (4 artists)
June 1967 (4 artists)
November 1966 (2 artists)
December 1967 (104 artists)
i December 1969 Jay Armsworthy & Eastern Tradition
i December 24, 1973 (9 artists)
October 1968 The Grascals
June 5, 1972 Mel Tillis & Sherry Bryce and The Statesiders
November 1959 (2 artists)
December 1956 (16 artists)
October 30, 1972 (4 artists)
May 1955 (5 artists)
i March 8, 1974 Bobby Osborne and Jesse McReynolds
November 1966 (4 artists)
August 1964 (6 artists)
January 1959 Audie Blaylock and Redline
January 1, 1966 (6 artists)
March 8, 1974 Terry Eldredge
August 1957 Junior Sisk and Joe Mullins
March 1972 (5 artists)
June 1959 (2 artists)

Covers by The Osborne Brothers

Title Performer Release date Originally by
December 1954 Gene Autry
May 16, 2000 Smilin' Eddie Hill & His Boys
August 1977 The Everly Brothers - Orchestra conducted by Archie Bleyer
July 1, 1994 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
i July 1, 1994 (unknown)
1979 Mac Wiseman
April 26, 1995 Ernest Tubb
June 5, 1972 Wilburn Brothers
i July 1, 1994 Fiddle Fever
December 1960 Molly O'Day and The Cumberland Mountain Folks
1978 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
March 29, 1973 Charley Pride
June 5, 1972 Tom T. Hall
  December 1963 Jerry Scoggins BRD, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys REC,REL
i 1962 Sonny Osborne
i June 3, 2003 Rev. J.M. Gates, The Jenkins Family, (unknown)
  August 28, 1971 Carl Vaughn REL, George Jones REC
i June 3, 2003 Tommy Jackson
i 1962 (unknown)
July 1969 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
1978 Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
1991 Bill Monroe
May 16, 2000 Bill Chitwood and Bud Landress
1984 Sonny Throckmorton
i June 3, 2003 Tommy Jackson
1991 Bill Anderson [US1]
June 1965 Leadbelly
August 1977 "Little" Jimmy Dickens
i 1962 Uncle "Am" Stuart
1979 Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers
1978 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
June 3, 2003 (unknown), Grayson and Whitter
February 1957 (unknown), Grayson and Whitter
  June 3, 2003 Bill Clifton REC, Pete Goble - Billy Gill with The Kentucky Rebels REL
April 26, 1995 Elton Britt
May 1968 Jerry Irby
i 1981 (unknown)
November 1961 Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper with The Clinch Mt. Clan
June 5, 1972 Grandpa Jones
June 1966 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
1979 Claude Gray
June 5, 1972 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
July 1969 Hank Locklin
i June 3, 2003 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
  June 1966 Witty Watty Walton PRF, Dave Walker REC,REL
i 1981 Uncle "Am" Stuart
1991 Gene Watson
June 3, 2003 Carl Story and His Ramblin' Mountaineers
October 27, 1998 David Parmley
i April 13, 1982 Uncle "Am" Stuart
1976 Mel Tillis
June 10, 2014 Ernest Tubb
1978 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
June 3, 2003 Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with The Foggy Mountain Boys
June 3, 2003 J.D. Crowe and The Kentucky Mountain Boys
  January 9, 1975 Jim Edward and Maxine Brown with Bonnie REL, Wally Fowler and His Georgia Clodhoppers REC
August 1977 Carl Smith
March 8, 1974 Tommy Collins
1991 Kenny Roberts [US]
March 1969 (unknown), Bill Carle with Ralph Carmichael Orchestra and Chorus
May 16, 2000 Jim Eanes
April 1958 Jimmy Lee & Johnny Mathis
1984 Vern Gosdin
1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
June 1966 (unknown)
i August 1, 1979 Rev. J.M. Gates
April 26, 1995 Ernest Tubb
May 1968 (unknown)
May 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
1979 Buddy Starcher
1979 Mac Wiseman
1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
May 16, 2000 Johnnie & Jack and Their Tennessee Mountain Boys
January 9, 1975 Lynn Anderson
June 3, 2003 Charlie Monroe
May 16, 2000 Vernon Dalhart, Carter Family
May 16, 2000 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
January 9, 1975 Bill Anderson [US1]
June 1966 "Dock" Walsh
April 1958 The Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' The Osborne Brothers 1962 Unverified
1978 Jim & Jesse
1979 Lone Pine and His Mountaineers - Vocal Refrain by Betty Cody
September 1996 Grandpa Jones
1979 Paul Reimers
May 16, 2000 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
June 5, 1972 Ernest Tubb
i 1962 Bentley Ball
i 1962 Fiddlin' John Carson
March 1971 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1980 The Seldom Scene
2003 Carter Family
June 1965 Karl & Harty
1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
June 5, 1972 Arthur Tanner
1976 Sherry Bryce
June 1970 Wilburn Brothers
June 1967 Ernest Tubb
April 26, 1995 Ernest Tubb
i 1981 (unknown)
1978 Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys
May 16, 2000 Ernest Thompson
1979 (unknown)
June 1966 Carter Family
June 3, 2003 Wayne Raney
July 1, 1994 (unknown)
January 1959 Leon Payne
i 1962 (unknown)
June 3, 2003 Carl Story & The Rambling Mountaineers
April 13, 1982 Johnny Bond and His Red River Valley Boys
August 1977 The Everly Brothers
June 3, 2003 The Carter Family
June 5, 1972 Buck Owens
June 1966 Wilburn Brothers
June 3, 2003 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
December 1963 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
March 1969 The Wilburn Brothers
July 13, 2018 The Osborne Brothers
1979 Osborne Brothers
i 1981 (unknown)
May 1968 Carver Boys, Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
1979 Joe Maphis with Rose Lee & Dale
June 10, 2014 The Seldom Scene
June 10, 2014 The Louvin Brothers
1978 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
July 13, 2018 Merle Haggard, Carl Vaughn REL, George Jones REC, Osborne Brothers
March 1971 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 1968 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
March 1971 The Beau Brummels [US1]
1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
March 1971 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
May 16, 2000 Don Gibson
i December 1963 The Louvin Brothers
September 1996 Mel Tillis
December 1963 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
July 1969 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
November 29, 1986 Jimmie Davis
1978 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
December 1971 Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
1979 George Jones
April 13, 1982 Joe Sun
i 1962 (unknown)
November 29, 1986 Dusty Owens and Donna Darlene with The Rodeo Boys
November 1957 Dusty Owens and Donna Darlene with The Rodeo Boys
i   1991 Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
1991 "Little" Jimmy Dickens
1978 Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
1991 Dallas Harms
June 1965 Webb Pierce
1979 Bob Atcher & Bonnie Blue Eyes
1979 Johnnie and Jack and Their Tennessee Mountain Boys
i June 3, 2003 The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
June 1970 Bill Phillips
April 26, 1995 Carlisle Brothers
i 1962 (unknown), (unknown)
March 1969 (unknown)
1984 Charlie Walker
December 1963 Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolk
August 1956 Cousin Emmy and Her Kinfolk
i 1981 Uncle "Am" Stuart
i 1981 The Hill Billies [US]
June 1965 Charlie Jackson, Morris Brothers
October 27, 1998 Ricky Skaggs
i 1962 Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])
December 1963 Hank Locklin and His Rocky Mountain Playboys
May 16, 2000 Louvin Brothers
1979 Jimmie Davis
December 1971 Dottie West
1979 Clyde Moody
November 1957 Kitty Wells
July 1, 1994 (unknown)
i June 3, 2003 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
1984 Johnny Cash and The Tennessee Two
April 26, 1995 Ernest Tubb
June 1970 Wilburn Brothers
1984 Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
1978 Rouse Brothers
1984 Mel McDaniel
December 1971 George Jones
  December 1963 Uncle "Am" Stuart REC, Fiddlin' Powers and Family REL
March 1969 Stamps Quartet
January 9, 1975 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
1978 Hank, "The Singing Ranger"
July 1, 1994 Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
December 1963 Callahan Brothers
August 1977 "Little" Jimmy Dickens
1979 Linda Parker - Acc. by Cumberland Ridge Runners
December 1971 John Denver
May 16, 2000 Johnnie & Jack and Their Tennessee Mountain Boys
June 3, 2003 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
October 5, 1963 Lead Belly
March 1971 Jimmie Driftwood
November 1961 Molly O'Day and The Cumberland Mountain Folks
1979 The Country Gentlemen
February 1964 Clarence Ashley
i June 3, 2003 Jimmie Davis
June 1970 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
June 3, 2003 Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)
1991 Rex Griffin
1991 Vernon Dalhart
July 1969 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
April 26, 1995 Ernest Tubb
October 27, 1998 Elton Britt
i August 1, 1979 (unknown)
July 1, 1994 Wayne King and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ernie Birchill
June 3, 2003 Lilly Brothers
1978 Flatt & Scruggs
1979 Bob Lester & Bud Green
June 5, 1972 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
December 1971 Ernest Tubb
1984 Terri Gibbs
1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys with Lester Flatt
1991 Cowboy Copas
1979 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
March 29, 1973 Ernest Tubb
December 1971 Cliff Bruner and His Texas Wanderers
i 1962 (unknown)
June 1967 Ernest Tubb
March 8, 1974 Tammy Wynette
April 26, 1995 Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
June 5, 1972 Tom T. Hall
August 1977 "Little" Jimmy Dickens
June 3, 2003 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
March 1969 J.J. Fisher
June 10, 2014 The Louvin Brothers
September 1996 Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
March 1971 George Jones
July 1, 1994 The Carter Family
1978 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
March 1969 The Jenkins Family
1978 The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys
December 1963 Big Bopper
May 1968 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
March 1969 The Chuck Wagon Gang
1991 Merle Haggard and The Strangers
June 1970 Loretta Lynn
December 1963 (unknown), The Carter Family
1984 Charles Lewis Stine, Henry Whitter
June 1966 Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde
1991 The Carter Family
June 3, 2003 (unknown)
March 1971 The Louvin Brothers
1979 The Carter Family
1978 Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
July 1969 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
Bluegrass Collection Osborne Brothers 1978 CMH Records
Bluegrass Concerto The Osborne Brothers August 1, 1979 CMH Records
Bluegrass Instrumentals The Osborne Brothers 1962 MGM
Blue Grass Music The Osborne Brothers July 1962 MGM
Bluegrass Spectacular The Osborne Brothers April 13, 1982 RCA Victor
Bobby and Sonny The Osborne Brothers June 5, 1972 Decca
Bobby & His Mandolin The Osborne Brothers 1981 CMH Records
Class of '96 The Osborne Brothers September 1996 Pinecastle Records
Country Pickin' and Hillside Singin' The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen January 1959 MGM
Country Roads The Osborne Brothers December 1971 Decca
Cuttin' Grass Osborne Brothers Style The Osborne Brothers December 1963 MGM
Dayton to Knoxville The Osborne Brothers May 16, 2000 Pinecastle Records
Detroit to Wheeling The Osborne Brothers June 3, 2003 Pinecastle Records
Fastest Grass Alive Osborne Brothers March 8, 1974 MCA Records
Favorite Hymns The Osborne Brothers March 1969 Decca
From Rocky Top to Muddy Bottom - The Songs of Boudleaux & Felice Bryant The Osborne Brothers August 1977 CMH Records
Hillbilly Fever The Osborne Brothers 1991 CMH Records
Hyden The Osborne Brothers October 27, 1998 Pinecastle Records
I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me The Osborne Brothers 1980 CMH Records
Midnight Flyer Osborne Brothers March 29, 1973 MCA Records
Modern Sounds of Bluegrass Music The Osborne Brothers June 1967 Decca
Nashville The Osborne Brothers June 10, 2014 Pinecastle Records
Number 1 The Osborne Brothers 1976 CMH Records
Once More, Volume 1 The Osborne Brothers November 29, 1986 Sugar Hill
Pickin' Grass and Singin' Country Osborne Brothers January 9, 1975 MCA Records
Ru-Be Eeee The Osborne Brothers June 1970 Decca
Some Things I Want to Sing About The Osborne Brothers 1984 Sugar Hill
The Ernest Tubb Song Folio - Volume 1 The Osborne Brothers April 26, 1995 Pinecastle Records
The Essential Bluegrass Album Osborne Bros. & Mac Wiseman 1979 CMH Records
The Osborne Brothers The Osborne Brothers March 1971 Decca
Up This Hill and Down The Osborne Brothers June 1966 Decca
Up to Date and Down to Earth The Osborne Brothers July 1969 Decca
Voices in Bluegrass The Osborne Brothers June 1965 Decca
When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland The Osborne Brothers July 1, 1994 Pinecastle Records
Yesterday, Today, and The Osborne Brothers The Osborne Brothers May 1968 Decca

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Born Ramblin' Man Osborne Brothers December 1975 MCA Records
Bluegrass Melodies The Osborne Brothers April 18, 1974 MCA Records
Down in the Willow Garden The Osborne Brothers & Red Allen February 1957 MGM
Each Season Changes You The Osborne Brothers November 1961 MGM
Fair and Tender Ladies The Osborne Brothers December 1960 MGM
Fastest Grass Alive Osborne Brothers December 24, 1973 MCA Records
Give This Message to Your Heart The Osborne Brothers February 1959 MGM
Hey, Hey, Bartender Osborne Brothers March 1965 Decca
I Can Hear Kentucky Calling Me Osborne Brothers March 1980 CMH Records
If You Don't Somebody Else Will The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen April 1958 MGM
Leavin's Heavy on My Mind Osborne Brothers 1976 CMH Records
Listening to the Rain The Osborne Brothers May 1970 Decca
Lonesome Day The Osborne Brothers July 30, 1965 Decca
Lost Highway The Osborne Bros. June 1959 MGM
Love Pains The Osborne Bros. and Red Allen July 1958 MGM
Midnight Flyer Osborne Brothers October 30, 1972 Decca
Muddy Bottom The Osborne Brothers August 28, 1971 Decca
Rocky Top Osborne Brothers December 1967 Decca
Ruby, Are You Mad The Osborne Brothers December 1969 Decca
Ruby, Are You Mad? The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen August 1956 MGM
Save It! Save It! Jimmy Martin and The Osborne Brothers December 1954 RCA Victor
Shelly's Winter Love Osborne Brothers March 1972 Decca
She's No Angel The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen November 1957 MGM
Son of a Sawmill Man Osborne Brothers October 1968 Decca
Sweethearts Again The Osborne Brothers November 1959 MGM
Take This Hammer The Osborne Brothers October 5, 1963 Decca
The Cuckoo Bird The Osborne Brothers February 1964 Decca
The Kind of Woman I Got Osborne Brothers November 1966 Decca
They Didn't Know the Difference (But I Did) Jimmy Martin and The Osborne Brothers with The Sunny Mountain Boys May 1955 RCA Victor
This Heart of Mine (Can Never Say Goodbye) The Osborne Brothers August 1964 Decca
Up This Hill and Down Osborne Brothers January 1, 1966 Decca
Who Done It The Osborne Brothers and Red Allen December 1956 MGM
Wild Mountain Honey The Osborne Brothers & Red Allen August 1957 MGM

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