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Delmore Brothers

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Delmore Bros.
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United States
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The Delmore siblings, Alton and Rabon, were an influential country music duo from northern Alabama. They joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1933 and by 1936 were the most popular act on the show. In the 1940s they formed the "Brown's Ferry Four" with Merle Travis and Grandpa Jones. They where inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
Members
Alton Delmore
Rabon Delmore
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
July 1938 (11 artists)
May 1938 Jim & Jesse
September 1938 (4 artists)
October 27, 1937 (65 artists)
May 1935 (5 artists)
July 1934 (20 artists)
August 31, 1949 (111 artists)
November 13, 1950 The Honky Tonk Playboys
December 1940 (8 artists)
April 1934 (25 artists)
April 1938 (3 artists)
i May 6, 1936 (3 artists)
April 1936 (10 artists)
i May 6, 1936 (9 artists)
September 9, 1936 (2 artists)
April 1937 (2 artists)
February 9, 1946 Kimmel Rosenstein & Co
April 1951 (2 artists)
February 1939 (2 artists)
i March 10, 1937 (27 artists)
1946 (17 artists)
August 28, 1939 (2 artists)
August 31, 1949 (3 artists)
January 1934 (23 artists)
January 1941 (7 artists)
December 29, 1937 (7 artists)
February 1946 (2 artists)
April 27, 1947 (4 artists)
March 1937 (3 artists)
March 1934 (8 artists)
May 28, 1946 Hazeldine
February 1946 Lawson & Williams
i April 1938 (6 artists)
July 1934 (12 artists)
November 12, 1951 James Reams - Walter Hensley and The Barons of Bluegrass
November 1938 (2 artists)
November 13, 1950 Hot Rize
December 1945 The Virginia Drifters
January 1935 (2 artists)
November 1940 The Wilders
December 31, 1949 (2 artists)
July 8, 1937 (23 artists)
June 3, 1936 (6 artists)
October 1940 (7 artists)
1950 (7 artists)
April 19, 1940 The Hunger Mountain Boys
May 28, 1946 (11 artists)
1937 (2 artists)
1938 (2 artists)
March 1937 (9 artists)
i April 22, 1937 (16 artists)
January 26, 1938 (2 artists)
July 31, 1935 (6 artists)
April 21, 1937 (9 artists)
August 13, 1934 (2 artists)
1945 (6 artists)
March 25, 1936 (10 artists)
January 5, 1953 (3 artists)
1937 (15 artists)
 REL November 1937 Heidi Talbot
Originally by The Carter Family REC
December 31, 1949 (3 artists)
March 1941 (16 artists)
March 1941 (14 artists)

Covers by Delmore Brothers

Title Performer Release date Originally by
May 1938 Billy Golden
February 1934 Travis B. Hale
March 1938 (unknown), Riley Puckett
May 24, 1948 (unknown)
June 1937 David Miller
November 1940 Carter Family
March 1938 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
August 1941 (unknown), Hugh Cross, Karl & Harty
January 1938 (unknown)
1984 Wayne Raney
January 26, 1938 Gene Austin
1945 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
August 1939 Carolina Tar Heels
January 1938 (unknown)
November 1940 Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Lulu Belle and Scotty
August 1941 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
November 1960 Henry Burr
April 22, 1937 Chicago Blues Dance Orchestra
November 1937 Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
February 1934 Riley Puckett
April 1936 Crocker and Cannon (Leonard Rutherford, John D. Foster)
January 1941 The Carter Family
October 1937 Ernest V. Stoneman
July 24, 1939 Isham Jones Orchestra
July 8, 1937 (unknown)
1938 Mack Allen (Vernon Dalhart)

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Across the Blue Ridge Mountains Arthur Smith Trio October 27, 1937 Bluebird
Adieu False Heart Arthur Smith Trio July 1938 Bluebird
Ain't It Hard to Love Delmore Brothers May 1938 Bluebird
Alcatraz Island Blues Delmore Brothers September 1938 Bluebird
Are You Marching with the Saviour? Delmore Brothers June 1937 Bluebird
Be My Little Pet Delmore Brothers December 1945 King [US]
Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train Delmore Brothers May 1935 Bluebird
Blues Stay Away from Me Delmore Brothers August 31, 1949 King [US]
Blues You Never Lose Delmore Brothers November 13, 1950 King [US]
Brown's Ferry Blues - A New Salty Dog Delmore Brothers - Allen Brothers April 1934 Bluebird
Cheatham County Breakdown Arthur Smith Trio May 6, 1936 Bluebird
Chittlin' Cookin' Time in Cheatham County Arthur Smith Trio April 1936 Bluebird
Darby's Ram Grandpa Jones and Delmore Brothers May 24, 1948 King [US]
Don't You See That Train Delmore Brothers September 9, 1936 Bluebird
False Hearted Girl Delmore Brothers April 1937 Bluebird
Fast Express Delmore Bros. February 9, 1946 King [US]
Fifteen Miles from Birmingham Delmore Brothers February 1939 Bluebird
Freight Train Boogie Delmore Brothers 1946 King [US]
Gambler's Yodel Delmore Brothers August 28, 1939 Bluebird
Goodbye Booze Delmore Brothers March 1938 Bluebird
Gotta Have Some Lovin' Delmore Brothers April 1951 King [US]
Heartbreak Ridge Delmore Brothers November 12, 1951 King [US]
Heavenly Light Is Shining on Me Delmore Brothers December 29, 1937 Bluebird
Hi-De-Ho Baby Mine Delmore Brothers 1937 Bluebird
Hillbilly Boogie Delmore Brothers February 1946 King [US]
I'm Leaving You Delmore Brothers March 1934 Bluebird
I'm Leavin' You Delmore Brothers April 27, 1947 Decca
Indian Creek Arthur Smith Trio April 1938 Bluebird
In That Vine Covered Chapel in the Valley Delmore Brothers April 1938 Bluebird
It's Takin' Me Down Delmore Brothers March 25, 1936 Bluebird
I've Got the Big River Blues Delmore Brothers July 1934 Bluebird
Keep the Camp Fires Burning Delmore Brothers July 31, 1935 Bluebird
Leavin' on That Train Delmore Brothers November 1938 Bluebird
Lonesome Jailhouse Blues Delmore Brothers January 1935 Bluebird
Lonesome Yodel Blues Delmore Brothers January 1934 Bluebird
Make Room in the Lifeboat for Me Delmore Brothers November 1940 Decca
Midnite Special Delmore Bros. 1945 King [US]
My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains Delmore Brothers August 1939 Bluebird
Nellie's Blue Eyes Arthur Smith Trio January 1938 Bluebird
Old Mountain Dew Delmore Brothers November 1940 Decca
Pan American Boogie Delmore Brothers December 31, 1949 King [US]
Pig at Home in the Pen Arthur Smith Trio July 8, 1937 Bluebird
Precious Jewel Delmore Brothers August 1941 Decca
Put me on the Trail to Carolina Delmore Brothers June 3, 1936 Bluebird
Sand Mountain Blues Delmore Brothers 1950 King [US]
She Left Me Standing on the Mountain Delmore Brothers May 28, 1946 King [US]
She Won't Be My Little Darling Delmore Brothers December 1940 Decca
Silver Threads Among the Gold Delmore Brothers November 1960 King [US]
Singing Those House of David Blues Arthur Smith Trio April 22, 1937 Bluebird
Some of These Days You're Gonna Be Sad Delmore Brothers 1938 Bluebird
Southern Moon Delmore Brothers March 1937 Bluebird
Straw Breakdown Arthur Smith Trio March 10, 1937 Bluebird
That's How I Feel, So Goodbye Delmore Brothers October 1940 Bluebird
The Farmer's Girl Delmore Brothers January 26, 1938 Bluebird
The Frozen Girl Delmore Brothers February 1934 Bluebird
The Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind Arthur Smith Trio April 21, 1937 Bluebird
The Girls Don't Worry My Mind Delmore Brothers August 13, 1934 Bluebird
The Last Old Shovel Delmore Bros. 1945 King [US]
The Storms Are on the Ocean Delmore Brothers January 1941 Bluebird
The Wabash Cannon-Ball Blues Delmore Brothers April 19, 1940 Bluebird
The Weary Lonesome Blues Delmore Brothers 1937 Bluebird
Till the Roses Bloom Again Delmore Brothers November 1937 Bluebird
Wabash Blues Delmore Brothers July 24, 1939 Bluebird
Whatcha Gonna Gimme Delmore Brothers January 5, 1953 King [US]
When It's Time for the Whip-Poor-Will to Sing Delmore Brothers March 1941 Decca
When We Held Our Hymn Books Together Delmore Brothers October 1937 Bluebird

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