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Alton Delmore

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Aliases
Jim Scott
Personal name
Will Alton Delmore
Born
December 25, 1908
Died
June 8, 1964
Country
United States
IPI
00007862874 19 works
00028180691 5 works
00816572624 40 works
Affiliation
ASCAP, BMI
Comments
Country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. Inducted in the 'Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame' in 1971. Alton used the Jim Scott pseudonym for many of his songwriting credits.
Member of
Delmore Brothers
Brown's Ferry Four
Hallelujah Trio
Harlan County Four
Family
Rabon Delmore Brother
Lionel Delmore Son
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Songs written by Alton Delmore

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Ain't It Hard to Love Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Arthur Smith [US2] Delmore Brothers January 25, 1938 Covered by Jim & Jesse
Alcatraz Island Blues Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers January 25, 1938 Covered by (4 artists)
Beautiful Brown Eyes Alton Delmore, Arthur Smith [US2] Arthur Smith Trio August 3, 1937 Covered by (66 artists)
Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers January 22, 1935 Covered by (5 artists)
Blue Railroad Train Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers December 7, 1933 Covered by (20 artists)
Blues Stay Away from Me Henry Glover, Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney Delmore Brothers May 6, 1949 Covered by (111 artists)
Blues You Never Lose Henry Glover, Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers October 5, 1950 Covered by The Honky Tonk Playboys
Broken Hearted Lover Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers September 11, 1940 Covered by (8 artists)
Brown's Ferry Blues Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers December 6, 1933 Covered by (25 artists)
Cast Iron Arm Roy Orbison, Norman Petty, Alton Delmore Peanuts Wilson November 1957 Covered by (9 artists)
Cause I Don't Mean to Cry When You're Gone Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 1938 Covered by (3 artists)
Don't You See That Train Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers February 17, 1936 Covered by (2 artists)
False Hearted Girl Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 17, 1937 Covered by (3 artists)
Fast Express Alton Delmore Delmore Bros. August 1945 Covered by Kimmel Rosenstein & Co
Field Hand Man Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Syd Nathan Delmore Brothers October 5, 1950 Covered by (2 artists)
Fifteen Miles from Birmingham Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers September 29, 1938 Covered by (2 artists)
Freight Train Boogie Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers 1946 Covered by (17 artists)
Gambler's Yodel Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 5, 1939 Covered by (2 artists)
Goin' Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers October 2, 1946 Covered by (3 artists)
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers December 6, 1933 Covered by (26 artists)
Happy on the Mississippi Shore Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 6, 1940 Covered by (7 artists)
Hillbilly Boogie Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers January 1946 Covered by (2 artists)
Honey I'm Ramblin' Away Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers July 16, 1941 Covered by (4 artists)
I Am a Weary Pilgrim Alton Delmore Brown's Ferry Four October 28, 1951 Covered by Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
I Don't Blame You Ernest Tubb, Alton Delmore Cowboy (pappy) Copas July 1945 Covered by (2 artists)
I Don't Know Why I Love Her Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 17, 1937 Covered by (3 artists)
I'm Leaving You [This Lonesome Song] Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers December 6, 1933 Covered by (8 artists)
I'm Lonesome Without You Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers January 1946 Covered by Hazeldine
I'm Sorry I Caused You to Cry Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers January 1946 Covered by Lawson & Williams
I've Got the Big River Blues Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers December 6, 1933 Covered by (13 artists)
Kentucky Mountain Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers January 1946 Covered by James Reams - Walter Hensley and The Barons of Bluegrass
Leavin' on That Train Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers September 29, 1938 Covered by (2 artists)
Life's Too Short Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers October 5, 1950 Covered by Hot Rize
Lonely Moon Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers August 1945 Covered by The Virginia Drifters
Lonesome Jailhouse Blues Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers December 7, 1933 Covered by (2 artists)
Pan American Boogie Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers May 6, 1949 Covered by (2 artists)
Put Me on the Trail to Carolina Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 17, 1936 Covered by (6 artists)
Raining on the Mountain Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers February 6, 1940 Covered by (7 artists)
Sand Mountain Blues Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers May 6, 1949 Covered by (7 artists)
Scatterbrain Mama Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 6, 1940 Covered by The Hunger Mountain Boys
She Left Me Standing on the Mountain Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers January 1946 Covered by (12 artists)
Singing My Troubles Away Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers August 3, 1937 Covered by (2 artists)
Some of These Days You're Gonna Be Sad Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers September 29, 1938 Covered by (2 artists)
Sophronie Alton Delmore, D.C. Mullins Jimmy Martin February 19, 1958 Covered by (3 artists)
Southern Moon Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 17, 1937 Covered by (9 artists)
The Arm of God Alton Delmore Brown's Ferry Four May 23, 1952 Covered by (3 artists)
The Farmer's Girl Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers August 3, 1937 Covered by (2 artists)
The Fugitive's Lament Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers January 22, 1935 Covered by (6 artists)
The Girls Don't Worry My Mind Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers December 6, 1933 Covered by (2 artists)
The Last Old Shovel Alton Delmore Delmore Bros. August 1945 Covered by (6 artists)
The Nashville Blues Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers February 17, 1936 Covered by (10 artists)
The Trail of Time Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers August 29, 1952 Covered by (3 artists)
Troubles Ain't Nothin' but the Blues Henry Glover, Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney Delmore Brothers October 14, 1949 Covered by (3 artists)
Weary Lonesome Blues Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore Delmore Brothers August 3, 1937 Covered by (16 artists)
When It's Time for the Whip-Poor-Will to Sing Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers September 11, 1940 Covered by (16 artists)
Will You Be Lonesome Too? Alton Delmore Delmore Brothers September 11, 1940 Covered by (14 artists)
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