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Grandpa Jones

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Aliases
"Grandpa" Jones
Grandpa Jones and His Grandchildren
Real name
Louis Marshall Jones
Born
October 20, 1913
Died
February 19, 1998
Country
United States
IPI
00015477194 5 works
00015486389 6 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Country music singer, comedian, banjo player and songwriter. He began on radio as “the young singer of old songs” at a very early age, but received his famous nickname in 1935 while touring with Bradley Kincaid, who maintained that he sounded like a grumpy old man; hence he became “Grandpa” at age 22. Jones was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978.
Member of
Brown's Ferry Four
The Hee Haw Gospel Quartet
Family
Ramona Jones Spouse
Alisa Jones Daughter
Marsha Jones Daughter
Mark Jones [US] Son
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Covers by Grandpa Jones

Title Performer Release date Originally by
June 12, 1978 Cowboy Copas
  April 1961 Stoneman Family REC, Weaver Brothers REL
listen on Internet Archive March 1950 (unknown)
May 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1979 Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart)
May 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1979 (unknown)
i 1981 (unknown)
October 1950 The Happy Four
1981 Stringbean and His 5-String Banjo
i 1981 (unknown)
1981 (unknown)
May 24, 1948 (unknown)
October 1950 Merle Travis
1993 Merle Travis
December 1952 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
July 1964 Roba Stanley - William Patterson
June 12, 1978 Uncle Dave Macon - Guitar by Sam McGee
June 12, 1978 Elton Britt
1966 J.B. Whitmire's Blue Sky Trio
May 23, 1985 (unknown)
November 1969 Uncle Dave Macon
1979 The Carter Family
1966 Carl Story and His Ramblin' Mountaineers
June 12, 1978 Edison Male Quartette
i 1981 (unknown)
May 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
October 1948 Dr. Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters
June 12, 1978 Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
1979 (unknown)
1966 J. B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio
  March 1948 The Jesters [US1] REL, Lonzo and Oscar with The Winston County Pea Pickers REC
May 1952 Lulu Belle and Scotty
July 1964 Byron G. Harlan
listen on Internet Archive March 1950 Bentley Ball
November 1949 Uncle Dave Macon and Sid Harkreader
1966 (unknown)
1966 Howard Haney
November 1969 Porter Wagoner
April 1949 Wm. B. Houchens
May 23, 1985 Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band
May 1954 Jim Edward Brown - Maxine Brown
May 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
July 1964 Bradley Kincaid
1947 Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Lulu Belle and Scotty
September 1947 Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
1979 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
November 1949 Buz Butler and Cass County Boys
March 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
May 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
1981 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
  1979 The Beverly Hill Billies REC, Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther) REL
1979 Victor Mixed Chorus
March 1963 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
1966 The Chuck Wagon Gang
July 1964 Vernon Dalhart
1966 (unknown)
1955 Harry C. Browne
May 23, 1985 (unknown)
October 1947 George Reneau
1966 Propes Quartet
June 12, 1978 Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
i 1979 (unknown)
October 1954 Johnnie Ray
May 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
January 1959 Johnny Cash
1981 Smith's Sacred Singers
1979 Arthur Smith Trio
i 1979 Paddy Doran
  April 1956 Rock Island Colored Booster Quartet PRF, Kelly Pace and Group REC, Lead Belly REL
1981 "Uncle Bunt" Stephens
June 12, 1978 Uncle Dave Macon
July 1964 Frank C. Stanley
December 1950 "Peg" Moreland
October 1962 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
January 1959 Bill Parsons and His Orchestra
June 12, 1978 Uncle Dave Macon
1979 Piedmont Log Rollers - Vocal by Mr. Patterson
i 1979 Don Messer and His Islanders
1966 Jenkins' Sacred Singers
April 1951 Hank Snow (The Singing Ranger) and His Rainbow Ranch Boys
i 1979 Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
1981 The Carter Family
June 12, 1978 Vernon Dalhart, Carter Family
1964 Cowboy Copas
October 1962 (unknown)
November 1969 Thelma La Vizzo
1966 Lulu Belle & Scotty and Five String Banjo
June 1950 Dunham Jubilee Singers
April 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
listen on Internet Archive   October 1949 Merle Travis REC, Jimmy Walker and His Western Stars REL
May 23, 1985 Frank and James McCravy
June 12, 1978 Delmore Brothers
June 12, 1978 Macdonough & Bieling & Hayden Quartet with Orchestra
i 1981 (unknown)
May 23, 1985 Beulah Gaylord Young and Clara Moister
1979 The Stanley Brothers
May 1963 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]