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Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner

Aliases
Bob Lester & Bud Green
Kentucky Mountain Boys [US2]
Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner
Mac and Bob
Mac and Bob (McFarland and Gardner)
McFarland and Gardner

Originals

Covers by Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner

Title Performer Release date Originally by
1929 George J. Gaskin
May 1927 Fred Walz
1928 Harold Jarvis
September 1929 (unknown)
  1927 May Irwin PRF,REC, Mr. J. W. Myers REL
March 1927 (unknown)
Carolina Moon Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1929 Unverified
March 1927 Louise Terrell and George Wilton Ballard
1927 Fisk University Jubilee Singers
August 1928 (unknown)
1927 (unknown)
(Lester McFarland, Robert A. Gardner) 1940 (unknown)
December 1927 Luther B. Clarke accomp. by Blue Ridge Highballers
  April 1928 Campbell and Burr REC, Nell Carrington PRF
1932 Byron G. Harlan
I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle (Before I Grew Up To Love You) Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1929 Unverified
1927 Arthur Tanner
April 1928 Campbell and Burr
1931 Carson Robison Trio
Many Happy Returns Of The Day Kentucky Mountain Boys [US2] 1931 Unverified
Many Happy Returns Of The Day McFarland and Gardner 1931 Unverified
1928 Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
March 1927 (unknown), Erich Schrader
Covered by (17 artists)
1927 Riley Puckett and Bob Nichols (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett)
listen on Internet Archive   1928 Chauncey Olcott PRF, Mr. A. C. Campbell REC,REL
  September 1929 The Troubadours [Nathaniel Shilkret] - Vocal Refrain by Frank Munn REC,REL, Ramon Novarro BRD
1927 John Hammond [US2]
  July 1929 Riley Puckett REC, Henry Whitter REL
Rock of Ages Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Unverified
Seeing Nellie Home (Quilting Party) Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Unverified
1931 Marguerite Newton
July 1929 (unknown)
(Lester McFarland, Robert A. Gardner) 1940 Asher and Rodeheaver
1931 Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees
  December 10, 1927 Carl T. Sprague REC, Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL
August 1928 (unknown)
1928 Riley Puckett
December 10, 1927 George J. Gaskin
1927 The Jenkins Family
1931 (unknown)
August 22, 1929 Charlie Oaks
The Old Rugged Cross Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Unverified
1927 Asher and Rodeheaver
August 22, 1929 The Tietge Sisters
April 1928 George Reneau
Weeping Willow Tree Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Unverified
1930 Mack Allen (Vernon Dalhart)
When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Unverified
(Lester McFarland, Robert A. Gardner) 1933 Hart Brothers
1930 Bud and Joe Billings (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
April 1927 Kelly Harrell
1931 King Nawahi's Hawaiians
When the Moon Comes over the Mountain Kentucky Mountain Boys [US2] 1931 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive 1927 Harry Macdonough
When You're Gone I Won't Forget Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive   1928 The Russell Brothers [US2] PRF, Harry Macdonough REL
1928 Beulah Gaylord Young and Clara Moister
April 1928 (unknown)

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
A Picture No Artist Can Paint Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner 1929 Brunswick
Are You Tired of Me, Darling Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner May 1927 Vocalion [US]
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Vocalion [US]
Bully of the Town Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1927 Vocalion [US]
Down by the Riverside Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1927 Vocalion [US]
Give My Love to Nell, O! Jack Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner August 1928 Vocalion [US]
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1927 Brunswick
Hold Fast to the Right Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner December 15, 1928 Vocalion [US]
I'll Be All Smiles To-Night Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner December 1927 Brunswick
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner April 1928 Brunswick
I Will Sing of My Redeemer Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner April 1927 Vocalion [US]
Keep a Light in Your Window Tonight Mac and Bob (McFarland and Gardner) October 1935 Conqueror
Knoxville Gal Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1927 Vocalion [US]
Many Happy Returns of the Day McFarland and Gardner 1931 Brunswick
Many Many Years Ago Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1927 Vocalion [US]
Midnight on the Stormy Deep Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner March 1927 Vocalion [US]
Pagan Love Song Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner September 1929 Brunswick
Put My Little Shoes Away Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner July 1929 Brunswick
She's More to Be Pitied than Censured Bob Lester & Bud Green 1931 Melotone
Take Up Thy Cross Mac and Bob (Lester McFarland, Robert A. Gardner) 1940 Vocalion [US]
Tears Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1931 Brunswick
The Blind Child's Prayer Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1927 Vocalion [US]
The Bright Sherman Valley Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner December 10, 1927 Vocalion [US]
The Drunkard's Dream Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Brunswick
The Old Cottage Home Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner August 22, 1929 Brunswick
The Two Orphans Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner April 1928 Brunswick
The Unmarked Grave Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1931 Brunswick
What Does the Deep Sea Say Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1930 Brunswick
When It's Lamp Lightin' Time in the Valley Mac and Bob (Lester McFarland, Robert A. Gardner) 1933 Banner [US1]
When It's Springtime in the Rockies Kentucky Mountain Boys [US2] 1930 Supertone [US]
When I Was Single Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner April 1927 Vocalion [US]
When the Roses Bloom Again Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1927 Brunswick
When You Know You're Not Forgotten by the Girl You Can't Forget Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1932 Brunswick
When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver (I Will Love You Just the Same) Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1931 Brunswick
Where the River Shannon Flows Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner 1928 Vocalion [US]

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