Buddy Emmons

Aliases: Buddie Emmons
Real name: Buddie Gene Emmons
Born: January 27, 1937
Died: July 21, 2015
Country: United States
IPI: 00009284290 1 work
00009284388 2 works
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Steel guitar player, pianist and bassist

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	i	Blue Jade	Buddy Emmons	1975	(2 artists)
		I'll Never Always Love You	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	(3 artists)

Covers by Buddy Emmons

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
	Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Johnny Mercer and The Pied Pipers with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC,REL, Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts BRD
i	After You've Gone	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Campbell and Burr
	Anytime	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Emmett Miller
i	April's Fool	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Roy Clark
i	(Back Home Again in) Indiana	Buddy Emmons	1963	George J. Gaskin, Knickerbocker Male Quartette
i	Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i	Big Beaver	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
i	Blue Christmas	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Doye O'Dell
i	Blue Eyes	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Elton John
i	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys PRF, Elton Britt and The Skytoppers REL
i	Bonaparte's Retreat	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	(unknown)
i	Boot Hill Drag	Buddy Emmons	1976	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	Born to Lose	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Ted Daffan's Texans
i	Broadway	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Count Basie and His Orchestra
	Broken Down in Tiny Pieces	Buddy Spicher & Buddy Emmons	1977	Billy "Crash" Craddock
	Bubbles in My Beer	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Canadian Sunset	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Hugo Winterhalter and His Orchestra
i	Canon in D Major	Buddy Emmons	1975	(unknown)
i	Caravan	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Barney Bigard and His Jazzopaters
i	Careless Hands	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye - Vocal Refrain by Don Cornell and The Three Kaydets
i	Cherokee	Buddy Emmons	1963	Spud Murphy and His Orchestra
	Compared to What	Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau	1979	Les McCann
i	Crazy Arms	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
i	Danny Boy	Buddy Emmons	1975	(unknown)
i	Dardanella	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Selvin's Novelty Orchestra
	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Buddy Emmons	1976	Alvino Rey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bill Schallen and Skeets Herfurt
i	Deep Purple	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Paul Whiteman and His Concert Orchestra
	Deep Water	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	Deep Water	Buddy Emmons	1976	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Don't Be That Way	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Chick Webb and His Orchestra
i	Don't Get Around Much Anymore	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Down on the Corner	Buddy Emmons	1970	Creedence Clearwater Revival
	End of the Line	Buddy Emmons	1976	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	Faded Love	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	Fly Me to the Moon	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i	Footprints in the Snow	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Witty Watty Walton PRF, Dave Walker REC,REL
	Four, Five Times	Buddy Emmons	1976	Western Wanderers (Bob Haring)
	God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - It Came upon a Midnight Clear - O Come All Ye Faithful - Away in a Ma…	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	(unknown), (unknown), Joseph Mohr, Franz Gruber, (unknown), (unknown), Meister Glee Singers, Edison Male Quartette, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Haydn Quartet
i	Gonna Build a Mountain	Buddy Emmons	1963	Matt Monro REL, Anthony Newley PRF
i	Gravy Waltz	Buddy Emmons	1963	The Oscar Peterson Trio REC, Herb Ellis REL
i	Greensleeves	Buddy Emmons	1975	(unknown)
	Hang Your Head in Shame	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
	Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
	Heart of a Clown	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons featuring The Swing Shift Band	July 22, 1997	Wade Ray and The Ozark Mountain Boys
	Heart to Heart Talk	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Bob Wills with Tommy Duncan and The Texas Playboys
i	Here's That Rainy Day	Buddy Emmons	1977	Unverified
i	Home in San Antone	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Bing Crosby
i	I Love You So Much It Hurts	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Floyd Tillman
i	I'm So Lonesome	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i	In the Mood	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (Wingy Manone), Mills Blue Rhythm Band, Edgar Hayes and His Orchestra
	It Makes No Difference Now	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - Vocal Chorus by Dickie McBride
i	Jersey Bounce	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Earl Hines and His Orchestra
i	Joy Spring	Danny Gatton and Buddy Emmons	2008	The Clifford Brown Ensemble
i	Joy Spring	Buddy Spicher & Buddy Emmons	1977	The Clifford Brown Ensemble
	Keeper of My Heart	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
i	Killer Joe	Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau	1979	Art Farmer & Benny Golson
	Lazy River	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons featuring The Swing Shift Band	July 22, 1997	Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
	Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Vaughn Monroe and The Norton Sisters
i	Li'l Liza Jane	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Earl Fuller's Famous Jazz Band
i	Lily Dale	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Billy Jack Wills and His Western Swing Band
i	Little Brown Jug	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Steve Porter
i	Little Darlin'	Buddy Spicher & Buddy Emmons	1977	Count Basie and His Orchestra
i	Maiden's Prayer	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	(unknown), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Mansion on the Hill	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
	Marie	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	The Troubadours - Vocal Refrain by Lewis James
i	Medley: Wabash Cannonball / Bouquet of Roses / That's the Hawaiian in Me / Steel Guitar Rag / Remin…	Buddy Emmons	1975	(unknown), Sylvester Weaver, Hugh Cross, Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar, Lani McIntire and His Hawaiians, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, Hank Penny featuring Herb Remington on Steel Guitar, Bud Isaacs and His Cryin' Steel Guitar
i	Midnight in Old Amarillo	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Billy Bowman
i	Moonglow	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Joe Venuti and His Orchestra REC,REL, Valaida & Dee Lloyd McKaye PRF
i	Moonlight Serenade	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
	New Road Under My Wheels	Buddy Emmons	1976	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Night Life	Buddy Emmons	1975	Paul Buskirk and His Little Men featuring Hugh Nelson
i	No One Will Ever Know	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
	Nothing's Changed, Nothing's New	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Ray Pennington
i	Nothing Was Delivered	Buddy Emmons	1975	The Byrds REL, Bob Dylan & The Band REC
	O Holy Night	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Emily Laurey, (unknown)
i	Oleo	Buddy Emmons	1963	Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
	On the Street Where You Live	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	John Michael King REL,PRF
i	On the Sunny Side of the Street	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Harry Richman PRF, Ted Lewis and His Band REC
i	Orange Blossom Special	Buddy Emmons	1975	Russel Wise and Mr. White, Walter Hurdt and His Singing Cowboys REL, Roy Hall and His Blue Ridge Entertainers REC
i	Out of Nowhere	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Smith Ballew & His Orchestra
i	Panhandle Rag	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Leon McAuliffe and His Western Swing Band
i	Peter Gunn	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Ray Anthony and His Orchestra REL, Henry Mancini REC
i	Raisin' the Dickens	Buddy Emmons	1975	The Country Boys
	Right or Wrong	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Markel's Orchestra
	Roly Poly	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
i	Rose City Chimes	Buddy Emmons	1961	Bobby Garrett and The Comanches
i	Rose in Spanish Harlem	Buddy Emmons	1975	Ben E. King - Orch. arr. & Cond. by Stan Applebaum
i	Same Ole Me	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	George Jones
i	San Antonio Rose	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Satin Doll	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
i	Scrapple from the Apple	Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau	1979	Charlie Parker Quintet
i	Secret Love	Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau	1979	Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
	Sentimental Journey	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Doris Day
i	Silver Bell	Buddie Emmons	April 1957	Stanley and Burr REL, Peerless Quartet REC
	Silver Bells	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Bing Crosby and Carol Richards REL, Bob Hope & Marilyn Maxwell REC
i	Sleigh Ride	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Boston Pops Orchestra
i	Song for My Father	Danny Gatton and Buddy Emmons	2008	The Horace Silver Quintet
i	Steel Guitar Rag	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Sylvester Weaver, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Stompin' at the Savoy	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Chick Webb's Savoy Orchestra
i	String of Pearls	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i	Sugar Moon	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Sunrise Serenade	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra
	'S Wonderful	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons featuring The Swing Shift Band	July 22, 1997	Adele Astaire & Allen Kearns PRF, Frank Crumit REC,REL
i	Take Me Out to the Ballgame	Buddy Emmons	1982	Harvey Hindermeyer
i	Take the "A" Train	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
	The Christmas Song	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
	The Day You Left Me	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons featuring The Swing Shift Band	July 22, 1997	Tommy Duncan with Smokey Rogers and his Band
i	The Kind of Love I Can't Forget	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	The Maiden's Prayer	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	(unknown), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	There's a New Moon over My Shoulder	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Tex Ritter and His Texans
i	There Will Never Be Another You	Buddy Emmons	1963	John Payne & Joan Merrill
	Time Changes Everything	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
	Time Changes Everything	Buddy Emmons	1976	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Vocal by Tommy Duncan
i	Together Again	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	Buck Owens
i	Tuxedo Junction	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i	Uncle Pen	Buddy Spicher & Buddy Emmons	1977	Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
i	Undecided	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
	Walking on New Grass	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Kenny Price
	Walkin' My Baby Back Home	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons featuring The Swing Shift Band	July 22, 1997	Broadway Syncopators
i	Watch What Happens	Buddy Spicher & Buddy Emmons	1977	Marc Michel [dubbed by Georges Blaness]
i	When Sunny Gets Blue	Danny Gatton and Buddy Emmons	2008	Johnny Mathis with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra
i	Where or When	Buddy Emmons	1963	Ruby Newman & His Rainbow Room Orch. featuring Ray Heatherton REC, Ray Heatherton & Mitzi Green PRF
	White Christmas	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Bing Crosby & Marjorie Reynolds [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Wichita Lineman	Buddy Emmons	1970	Glen Campbell - Conducted by Al De Lory
i	Wild Mountain Thyme	Buddy Emmons	1975	(unknown), Frank McPeake and Son
	Winter Wonderland	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash
i	Witchcraft	Buddy Emmons	1963	Frank Sinatra
i	Woodchopper's Ball	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Woody Herman and His Orchestra
i	Yesterday	Buddy Emmons and Sneaky Pete	1970	The Beatles
i	You and Me	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Tammy Wynette
	You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Moon Mullican

Songs written by Buddy Emmons

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Are You Sure	Willie Nelson, Buddy Emmons	Ray Price	February 25, 1963	Covered by (9 artists)
Blue Jade	Buddy Emmons	Buddy Emmons	1975	Covered by (2 artists)
Raisin' the Dickens	Buddy Emmons	The Country Boys	January 9, 1956	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Buddies	Buddy Spicher & Buddy Emmons	1977	Flying Fish
Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills	Buddy Emmons	1976	Flying Fish
Christmas Sounds of the Steel Guitar	Buddy Emmons	November 1987	Step One Records
Emmons Guitar Inc.	Buddy Emmons	1975	Emmons
Goin' Out Swingin'	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons featuring The Swing Shift Band	July 22, 1997	Step One Records
In the Mood for Swinging with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	Swing Shift Band with Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	1986	Step One Records
It's All in the Swing	Buddy Emmons & Ray Pennington	October 1994	Step One Records
Minors Aloud	Buddy Emmons with Lenny Breau	1979	Flying Fish
One for the Road	Buddy Emmons	1982	(self-released)
Picks the Famous Sho-Bud Guitars	Shot Jackson and Buddy Emmons	1971	K-Ark Records
Steel Guitar	Buddy Emmons	1975	Flying Fish
Steel Guitar Jazz	Buddy Emmons	1963	Mercury
Suite Steel - The Pedal Steel Guitar Album	Buddy Emmons with Jay Dee Maness and Red Rhodes and Sneaky Pete and Rusty Young	1970	Elektra
Swingin' by Request	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	January 1992	Step One Records
Swingin' from the 40's Thru the 80's	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons	1984	Step One Records
Swingin' Our Way	Ray Pennington & Buddy Emmons & The Swing Shift Band	1990	Step One Records
Swing & Other Things - We're Steel Swingin'	Buddy Emmons - Ray Pennington - The Swing Shift Band	1988	Step One Records