Blue Sky Boys

Aliases: The Blue Sky Boys
The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)
The Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick)
Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)
The Blue Sky Boys (Bolick Bros.)
Years active: 1936 - 1976
Country: United States
Comments: Country music duo consisting of brothers Bill Bolick (vocal, mandoline) and Earl Bolick (vocal, guitar), from East Hickory, North Carolina
Member: Bill Bolick

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Behind These Prison Walls of Love	The Blue Sky Boys	December 1948	(11 artists)
Didn't They Crucify My Lord	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	January 1937	(6 artists)
I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	September 16, 1936	(12 artists)
In the Hills of Roane County	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	1941	(11 artists)
Mary of the Wild Moor	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	1940	(26 artists)
Someone's Last Day	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	December 1939	Beverly Smith & Carl Jones
Sunny Side of Life	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	July 31, 1936	(12 artists)

Covers by Blue Sky Boys

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	8th of January	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Arkansas Barefoot Boys
	A Beautiful Life	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Smith's Sacred Singers
	After the Ball	The Blue Sky Boys	1989	George J. Gaskin REL, Sam Doctor PRF
	Alabama	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	May 1949	Smilin' Eddie Hill & His Boys
	Amazing Grace	Blue Sky Boys	1994	(unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
	An Empty Mansion	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	J.B. Whitmire's Blue Sky Trio
	An Old Account Was Settled	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	April 14, 1937	Kentucky Trio
	A Picture on the Wall	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	February 1941	Georgia Yellow Hammers
	Are You from Dixie?	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1939	(unknown)
	Are You Tired of Me, My Darling	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Fred Walz PRF, L. K. Reeder REC,REL
i	Arkansas Traveler	Blue Sky Boys	1993	(unknown)
	A Satisfied Mind	The Blue Sky Boys	December 1963	Red Hays
	As Long as I Live	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	Bailes Brothers
	Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 17, 1938	Arthur Smith Trio
i	Black Mountain Blues	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	Curley Fox
	Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy to Me	Blue Sky Boys	1997	The Carter Family
	Bring Back My Wandering Boy	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	April 26, 1939	Frank Jenkins of Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters
	Buffalo Gal	Blue Sky Boys	1997	(unknown)
	Bury Me Beneath the Willow	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Henry Whitter
i	Cacklin' Hen	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Fiddlin' John Carson
i	Chicken Reel	Blue Sky Boys	1997	George Stehl
	Corina, Corina	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman, (unknown)
	Crying Holy Unto the Lord	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	Norfolk Jubilee Quartette
i	Cumberland Gap	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Uncle "Am" Stuart
	Curley Headed Baby	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Callahan Brothers
	Danced All Night with a Bottle in My Hand	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Gid Tanner and George Riley Puckett
	Death Is Only a Dream	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Simmons Sacred Singers
i	Devil's Dream	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Victor Dance Orchestra
	Don't Say Goodbye, If You Love Me	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 24, 1941	Jimmie Davis
	Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky?	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
i	Down Home Rag	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	Six Brown Brothers
	Down on the Banks of the Ohio	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 12, 1936	Piedmont Log Rollers - Vocal by Mr. Patterson
	Drifting Too Far from the Shore	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Carolina Gospel Singers
	Dust on the Bible	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1946	Bailes Brothers
i	East Tennessee Blues	Blue Sky Boys	1994	The Hill Billies [US]
	Farther Along	Blue Sky Boys	1997	J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies
i	Fire on the Mountain	Blue Sky Boys	1997	(unknown)
i	Fisher's Hornpipe	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	John J. Kimmel
	Gathering Buds	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Judie and Julie
	Get Along Home	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	Tuskegee Institute Singers, (unknown)
	Getting Ready to Leave This World	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	The Chuck Wagon Gang
	Going Round This World, Baby Mine	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Henry Whitter, Emry Arthur
i	Golden Slippers	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	(unknown)
	Golden Slippers	Blue Sky Boys	1994	(unknown)
	Goodbye Maggie	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Jack Mathis
	Great Granddad	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	Jimmie Price
	Green Grow the Lilacs	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	(unknown)
	Hang Out the Front Door Key	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	April 12, 1939	George Lashwood
i	Hop Light Ladies	Blue Sky Boys	1994	(unknown)
	Ida Red	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Fiddlin' Powers and Family
	I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	Davis and Nelson
	I Dreamed I Searched Heaven for You	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Taylor and Davis - Acc. by Cumberland Ridge Runners.
	If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	The Jenkins Family
	If We Never Meet Again	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	Brown's Ferry Four
	I Have Found the Way	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	Monroe Brothers
	I'll Be Listening	Blue Sky Boys	1993	J.B. Whitmire's Blue Sky Trio
	I'll Be No Stranger There	Blue Sky Boys	1994	The Chuck Wagon Gang
	I'll Meet You in the Morning	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	J. B. Whitmire Blue Sky Trio
	I'm Just Here to Get My Baby out of Jail	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1936	Taylor and Davis - Acc. by Cumberland Ridge Runners.
	I'm S-A-V-E-D	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	February 1940	Gid Tanner and Faith Norris
	In My Little Home in Tennessee	Blue Sky Boys	January 1938	Al Craver (Vernon Dalhart)
	I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Jimmie Davis
	Jack o' Diamonds	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	Fiddlin' John Carson
	Just a Little Talk with Jesus	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Stamps Quartet
	Just a Strand from a Yellow Curl	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Mac Wiseman
	Just Because	The Blue Sky Boys	December 1963	Nelstone's Hawaiians
	Just Tell Them That You Saw Me	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Geo J. Gaskin
	Katie Dear	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	June 29, 1938	(unknown), (unknown)
i	Katy Hill	Blue Sky Boys	1993	(unknown)
	Kentucky	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	June 1947	Karl & Harty
	Kickin' Mule	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	(unknown)
	Kneel at the Cross	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 1941	Fortner Family Mixed Quartette
i	Leather Britches	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Uncle "Am" Stuart
	Let Me Be Your Salty Dog	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Charlie Jackson, Morris Brothers
	Let the Lower Lights Be Burning	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Macdonough and Stanley
	Life's Railway to Heaven	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Edward Allen and Charles Hart
	Listen to the Mocking Bird	Blue Sky Boys	1994	John Yorke Atlee
	Little Joe	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	(unknown)
	Little Mother of the Hills	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	September 1949	The Vagabonds [US1]
	Lonesome Road Blues	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Henry Whitter
	Lorena	Blue Sky Boys	1997	(unknown)
i	Lost Train Blues	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Henry Whitter
	Midnight on the Stormy Sea	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 12, 1936	(unknown), Erich Schrader, Lester McFarland and Robert A. Gardner
	Midnight Special	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
i	Mississippi Sawyer	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	The Hill Billies [US]
	Mountain Dew	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Bascom Lamar Lunsford, Lulu Belle and Scotty
	My Last Letter	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 19, 1938	Rex Griffin
	My Main Trial	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Hank Williams
	Nine Pound Hammer	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US])
	No Disappointment in Heaven	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 18, 1937	Asher and Rodeheaver
	No One to Welcome Me Home	The Blue Sky Boys (Bolick Bros.)	November 25, 1936	Georgia Yellow Hammers
	Oh, Sister Mary, Don't You Weep	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Fisk University Male Quartette
	Oh Those Tombs	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	Wade Mainer and Sons of the Mountaineers
	Old Joe Clark	Blue Sky Boys	1993	(unknown)
	Old-Time Camp Meeting	Blue Sky Boys	1994	(unknown)
	Pictures from Life's Other Side	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	February 1941	Smith's Sacred Singers
	Poor Boy	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	B.F. Shelton
	Precious Memories	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
i	Ragtime Annie	Blue Sky Boys	1997	A.C. (Eck) Robertson
	Roll On Buddy	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US]), (unknown), (unknown)
	Row Us over the Tide	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 1936	Bela Lam and His Greene County Singers
i	Rubber Dolly	Blue Sky Boys	1994	(unknown)
i	Sally Goodin'	Blue Sky Boys	1997	A.C. (Eck) Robertson
	Searching for a Soldier's Grave	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Bailes Brothers
	Shake My Mother's Hand for Me	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
	Short Life of Trouble	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 24, 1941	Burnett and Rutherford
	Silver Threads Among the Gold	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Henry Burr
	Skip to My Lou	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	(unknown)
i	Soldier's Joy	Blue Sky Boys	1997	(unknown)
i	Sourwood Mountain	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Uncle "Am" Stuart REC, Fiddlin' Powers and Family REL
	Speak to Me Little Darling	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1946	York Brothers
	Story of the Knoxville Girl	Blue Sky Boys	January 1938	Arthur Tanner
	Sweet Allalee	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	March 17, 1937	Carroll C. Clark
	Sweetest Mother	Blue Sky Boys	1994	H.E. Barnett
	Sweet Evalina	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	January 1938	(unknown)
	Take Me Back to Renfro Valley	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Linda Parker - Acc. by Cumberland Ridge Runners
	Take Up Thy Cross	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 1936	Asher and Rodeheaver
	That Beautiful Home	Blue Sky Boys	1993	The Carter Family
	The Butcher's Boy	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	June 1940	Kelly Harrell
	The Dying Boy's Prayer	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1936	(unknown)
	The East Bound Train	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick)	October 1940	George J. Gaskin
	The Fox	The Blue Sky Boys	1989	(unknown)
	The Girl I Left Behind Me	Blue Sky Boys	1994	(unknown)
	The Lawson Family Tragedy	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	(unknown)
	The Lightning Express	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	January 1940	Byron G. Harlan
	The Longest Train I Ever Saw	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	"Dock" Walsh
	There'll Come a Time	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	September 16, 1936	Steve Porter
	The Royal Telephone	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	January 1940	Rev. Sister Mary Nelson
	The Sweetest Gift, a Mother's Smile	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	April 1949	James and Martha
	The Unquiet Grave	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	(unknown)
i	The Wednesday Night Waltz	The Blue Sky Boys	December 1963	Leake County Revelers
	This Train	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Florida Normal Industrial Institute Quartet
	Trail to Mexico	Blue Sky Boys	1993	(unknown)
	Tramp on the Street	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Grady & Hazel Cole
i	Tugboat	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	Kessinger Brothers
i	Turkey in the Straw	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Billy Golden
	Turn Your Radio On	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 1941	Lulu Belle & Scotty and Five String Banjo
	Two Little Rose Buds	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Dixon Brothers
	Uncle Josh and the Big Bossum / The Sinking of the Titanic	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	(unknown)
	We Parted by the Riverside	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	June 1940	Ernest V. Stoneman and His Dixie Mountaineers
	Were You There?	Blue Sky Boys	1993	(unknown)
	What Does the Deep Sea Say?	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Mack Allen (Vernon Dalhart)
	What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Monroe Brothers
	When I Reach That City on the Hill	Blue Sky Boys	1993	(unknown)
	When I Take My Vacation in Heaven	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Ruth Donaldson & Helen Jepsen
	When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
	When the Roses Bloom Again	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Harry Macdonough
	When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1939	The Carter Family
	Where Shall I Be?	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	(unknown)
	Where the Soul Never Dies	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	July 31, 1936	Rev. M. L. Thrasher and His Gospel Singers
	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Blue Sky Boys	1993	The Jenkins Family
	Whispering Hope	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	February 1940	Beulah Gaylord Young and Clara Moister
i	Whistlin' Rufus	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Vess L. Ossman
	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	(unknown), Mc Cartt Brothers and Patterson
	Why Not Confess	Blue Sky Boys	1941	Bill Cox and Cliff Hobbs
	Wild and Reckless Hobo	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	George Reneau
	Will My Mother Know Me There	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Blind Connie Rosemond
	Will the Circle Be Unbroken?	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	William McEwan
	Will You Meet Me over Yonder?	Blue Sky Boys	1993	The Chuck Wagon Gang
	Will You Miss Me?	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Carter Family
	Within the Circle [I'm Going Home This Evening]	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 18, 1937	Carl and Harty
	Won't It Be Wonderful There	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Knippers Bros. and Parker
i	Worried Man Blues	The Blue Sky Boys	1989	(unknown), The Carter Family
	Worried Mind	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	Ted Daffan's Texans
	Yellow Rose of Texas	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters
	You Can Be a Millionaire with Me	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Grady & Hazel Cole

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
1939-1949 Radio Broadcasts	The Blue Sky Boys	April 21, 2018	Patuxent Music
A Treasury of Rare Song Gems from the Past	The Blue Sky Boys	1962	Starday Records
Farm & Fun Time Favorites - Volume One	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Copper Creek Records
Farm & Fun Time Favorites - Volume Two	Blue Sky Boys	1994	Copper Creek Records
On Radio - Volume Four	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Copper Creek Records
On Radio - Volume One	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Copper Creek Records
On Radio - Volume Three	Blue Sky Boys	1997	Copper Creek Records
On Radio - Volume Two	Blue Sky Boys	1993	Copper Creek Records
Presenting The Blue Sky Boys	The Blue Sky Boys	April 1966	Capitol Records
The Blue Sky Boys	The Blue Sky Boys	1976	Rounder
The Blue Sky Boys in Concert 1964	The Blue Sky Boys	1989	Rounder
Together Again	The Blue Sky Boys	December 1963	Starday Records

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Alabama	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	May 1949	RCA Victor
An Old Account Was Settled - Not Turning Back	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick) - Dixon Brothers	April 14, 1937	Bluebird
A Picture on the Wall	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	February 1941	Bluebird
Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 17, 1938	Bluebird
Bring Back My Wandering Boy	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	April 26, 1939	Bluebird
Can't You Hear That Night Bird Crying	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	March 17, 1937	Bluebird
Didn't They Crucify My Lord	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	January 1937	Bluebird
Don't Say Goodbye, If You Love Me	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 24, 1941	Bluebird
Down on the Banks of the Ohio	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 12, 1936	Bluebird
Hang Out the Front Door Key	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	April 12, 1939	Bluebird
Have No Desire to Roam	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	January 1938	Bluebird
I'm S-A-V-E-D	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	February 1940	Bluebird
In My Little Home in Tennessee	Blue Sky Boys	January 1938	Montgomery Ward
In the Hills of Roane County	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	1941	Bluebird
Kentucky	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	June 1947	RCA Victor
Kneel at the Cross	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 1941	Bluebird
Little Mother of the Hills	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	September 1949	RCA Victor
Mary of the Wild Moor	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	1940	Bluebird
My Last Letter	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 19, 1938	Bluebird
No One to Welcome Me Home	The Blue Sky Boys (Bolick Bros.)	November 25, 1936	Bluebird
Someone's Last Day	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	December 1939	Bluebird
Speak to Me Little Darling	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1946	RCA Victor
Sunny Side of Life	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	July 31, 1936	Bluebird
Take Up Thy Cross	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	October 1936	Bluebird
The Butcher's Boy	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	June 1940	Bluebird
The Cross on the Hill	The Blue Sky Boys	December 1948	RCA Victor
The Dying Boy's Prayer	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1936	Bluebird
The East Bound Train	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill & Earl Bolick)	October 1940	Bluebird
The Lightning Express	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	January 1940	Bluebird
There'll Come a Time	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	September 16, 1936	Bluebird
The Sweetest Gift, a Mother's Smile	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	April 1949	RCA Victor
When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland	The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	November 1939	Bluebird
Who Wouldn't Be Lonely?	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	June 29, 1938	Bluebird
Why Not Confess	Blue Sky Boys	1941	Montgomery Ward
Within the Circle	Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick)	August 18, 1937	Bluebird

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