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Merle Travis

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Aliases
Merle Travis and His Guitar
Merle Travis with Cowboy Band
Real name
Merle Robert Travis
Born
November 29, 1917
Died
October 20, 1983
Country
United States
IPI
00030988962 43 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Country and western singer, songwriter and guitarist. Travis is particularly regarded for his guitar style, a form of fingerpicking, which is widely called "Travis picking" after him. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970, into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1977 and in 2002 into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame.
Member of
Brown's Ferry Four
Tin Ear Tanner and His Back Room Boys
The Westernaires
Family
Tex Ann Wife
Thom Bresh Son
Judy Hayden Wife
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Covers by Merle Travis

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i October 31, 1980 Perry Como and The Fontane Sisters with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra
i October 31, 1980 Campbell and Burr
i August 1, 1979 Collins and Harlan
i   August 1, 1979 Ray Whitley and His 6 Bar Cowboys REC,REL, Ray Whitley [US1] BRD
i May 1964 Merle Travis
May 1969 Arthur Smith Trio
i August 1, 1979 Benešova dechová hudba
i May 1964 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
i August 1, 1979 Curley Fox
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
i March 1956 (unknown)
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
November 1949 Delmore Brothers
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
i August 1, 1981 Ted Daffan's Texans
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
May 23, 1985 Delmore Brothers
i March 1956 Friars Society Orchestra
i August 1, 1979 Henry Whitter
i October 31, 1980 Fred Hamm and His Orchestra
June 1950 Ray McKinley and His Orchestra
i August 1, 1979 Merle Travis
i April 30, 1982 W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith
May 1946 Tin Ear Tanner and His Back Room Boys
June 30, 1986 "Buddy" Baker, (unknown)
i August 1, 1979 Darby and Tarlton
i May 1964 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
December 1948 Frank Crumit
i October 31, 1980 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i May 1964 Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
May 20, 1980 Tex Williams and His Western Caravan
i August 1, 1979 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
April 30, 1982 Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats
i August 1, 1981 Jim and Jesse & The Virginia Boys
i August 1, 1979 Grandpa Jones
i   October 31, 1980 Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra REC, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
i April 30, 1982 Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy
i April 30, 1982 (unknown)
i June 1968 John J. Kimmel
i October 31, 1980 M.J. O'Connell
i   August 1, 1979 The Seegers REL, Peggy Seeger, Isla Cameron and Guy Carawan REC
July 1953 Jim Lowe [US1]
i October 31, 1980 Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats
April 30, 1982 Gid Tanner and George Riley Puckett
May 23, 1985 Uncle Dave Macon
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
i May 1964 Delmore Brothers
i June 1968 Jimmie Davis
i May 1964 Sylvester Weaver
i August 1, 1979 Brilliant Quartette
i April 30, 1982 Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers
i   August 1, 1979 Tex Ritter BRD,REC,REL
June 30, 1986 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers, Leadbelly
i October 31, 1980 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
i October 31, 1980 Chicago Blues Dance Orchestra
June 9, 1947 Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
i October 31, 1980 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i 1974 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
i August 1, 1979 Merle Travis
i June 1968 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
i 1974 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
June 30, 1986 Casey Bill
April 30, 1982 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Billy Jones
November 1993 "Dock" Walsh
April 30, 1982 "Dock" Walsh
i   August 1, 1979 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys REC, Clyde Grubb and His Tennessee Valley Boys - Vocal refrain by Leonard Dabney and Clarence Harrell REL
i October 31, 1980 Ethel Merman & Bob Hope
i August 1, 1979 Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
June 30, 1986 Fred (Jelly Roll) Morton
June 9, 1947 Fiddlin' John Carson
i August 1, 1979 Fiddlin' John Carson
May 14, 1966 Jack Triplett
May 1960 Uncle Dave Macon and His Fruit-Jar Drinkers
i May 1964 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
June 30, 1986 Charles Segar
i June 1968 Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i August 1, 1979 Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band
i April 30, 1982 Gertrude Lawrence and Jack Buchanan
May 1960 Fisk University Male Quartette
May 23, 1985 Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band
i August 1, 1979 Ernest Thompson
i   October 31, 1980 Sammy Fain REC, Nick Lucas and Ruby Keeler BRD
July 1951 Henry Whitter
i August 1, 1981 Majestic Dance Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Helen Rowland
i August 1, 1979 Jeanette MacDonald
i   October 31, 1980 Harald Paulsen mit Orchesterbegleitung REL, Kurt Gerron PRF
i June 1968 Furman and Nash
i May 1964 Chet Atkins and His Guitar Pickers
i   October 31, 1980 Howard Marsh and Norma Terris PRF, Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Scrappy Lambert REC
i April 30, 1982 Clayton McMichen and Riley Puckett
i August 1, 1979 Victor Military Band
1974 Merle Travis
June 30, 1986 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
i August 1, 1981 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
September 1946 Hank Penny
1974 Hank Penny
i 1974 Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
i August 1, 1979 Louise Massey and The Westerners
i May 1960 (unknown)
June 9, 1947 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
May 23, 1985 (unknown)
i   March 1956 Katie Lawrence PRF, Dan Quinn REL
i October 31, 1980 Propes Quartet
April 30, 1982 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
i May 1964 Georgia Yellow Hammers
i October 31, 1980 John Laurenz with Orchestral Accompaniment
i August 1, 1979 Markel's Orchestra, (unknown)
i October 31, 1980 Gene Austin, Rega Dance Orchestra (Fred Hager), Sam Lanin and His Orchestra, Byron G. Harlan, Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
i August 1, 1979 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i August 1, 1979 Xavier Cugat and His Waldorf-Astoria Orch. – Vocal Refrain by Pedro Berrios & Chorus
July 1953 Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters
listen on Internet Archive August 1947 Dick Thomas
November 1, 1979 Tex Williams and His Western Caravan
i August 1, 1979 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
June 30, 1986 Waring's Pennsylvanians
March 1947 Sylvester Weaver, Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys
June 30, 1986 Papa Charlie Jackson, Picaninny Jug Band, Blind Boy Fuller
i August 1, 1981 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i October 31, 1980 Jos. Samuels Dance Orchestra
i October 31, 1980 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
i   August 1, 1979 Mc Michen's Melody Men REC, Mc Michen's Home Town Band REL
1974 Merle Travis
May 1960 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
i   October 31, 1980 Phyllis Cleveland and Jack Barker PRF, Helen Clark–Lewis James REC
i   1976 Jimmy Wakely REC, Rex Allen and The Arizona Wranglers REL
September 1948 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
  1994 Fiddlin' John Carson REC,REL, Eddie Foy PRF
April 30, 1982 Vernon Dalhart
April 30, 1982 Ashley and Foster
i August 1, 1981 Ethel Waters and The Jazz Masters
May 1969 Crocker and Cannon (Leonard Rutherford, John D. Foster)
i March 1956 Joseph Knecht's Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra
i March 1956 Wayne King and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ernie Birchill
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
i August 1, 1981 Edward Allen
i August 1, 1981 (unknown)
i October 31, 1980 Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone) with Piano, Ted Lewis Jazz Band
April 30, 1982 Thelma La Vizzo
i March 1956 (unknown)
April 1949 (unknown), Hugh Cross
i June 1968 Margaret Young
May 23, 1985 Frank and James McCravy
i May 1964 Wes Montgomery
i October 31, 1980 Lone Star Playboys
May 1969 Delmore Brothers
i May 1964 Delmore Brothers
May 23, 1985 Beulah Gaylord Young and Clara Moister
i 1974 Bob Thompson [US1]
i April 1955 (unknown)
i August 1, 1979 (unknown), Carter Family
i   August 1, 1981 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL
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