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Riley Puckett

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Aliases
George Riley Puckett
Real name
George Riley Puckett
Born
May 7, 1894
Died
July 13, 1946
Country
United States
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Comments
Country music singer and guitar player.
Member of
Skillet Lickers [US]
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
1924 (74 artists)
i January 1931 (6 artists)
February 1925 (13 artists)
December 1926 (45 artists)
July 1931 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive March 1926 (4 artists)
i February 1929 (47 artists)
i March 1930 (4 artists)
(Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) February 1928 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) September 1926 (7 artists)
April 1929 (8 artists)
 REL March 1929 (4 artists)
Originally by Fiddling Bob Larkin & His Music Makers REC
May 1926 (6 artists)
1927 (55 artists)
i February 1929 (70 artists)
 REC 1927 (37 artists)
Originally by Henry Whitter REL
 REC October 1935 (8 artists)
Originally by Sid Peltyn and Orchestra (Dick Robertson) REL
i February 1930 (4 artists)
May 1926 (8 artists)
October 1928 Georgia Crackers [US3]
August 1930 (13 artists)
October 1924 (4 artists)
1927 (4 artists)
 REC July 1931 (26 artists)
Originally by Al Hopkins and His Buckle Busters (The Hill Billies [US]) REL
July 1925 (12 artists)
December 1925 (12 artists)
February 1925 (5 artists)

Covers by Riley Puckett

Title Performer Release date Originally by
November 1926 Collins and Harlan
November 1937 Vernon Dalhart
December 1939 Stuart Hamblen and His Covered Wagon Jubilee
November 1927 Billy Golden
January 1925 Uncle Dave Macon
April 1928 Uncle Dave Macon
i 1930 (unknown)
January 1925 George Reneau
June 1928 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
i December 1929 (unknown)
April 19, 1939 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Cliff Weston
April 1924 (unknown)
1928 (unknown)
  May 1926 May Irwin PRF,REC, Mr. J. W. Myers REL
March 1932 (unknown)
Covered by (10 artists)
January 19, 1938 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
April 1924 Billy Murray
1928 Billy Murray
August 1924 Covered by (38 artists)
April 1928 Tuskegee Institute Singers, (unknown)
December 1929 (unknown)
1925 Uncle "Am" Stuart
October 1928 Uncle "Am" Stuart
November 6, 1935 Callahan Brothers
August 1930 Roba Stanley - William Patterson
  June 1927 Geo J. Gaskin REC,REL, Bryant's Minstrels PRF
September 1929 Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
November 1926 Bill Chitwood and Bud Landress
(Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) January 1927 Louise Terrell and George Wilton Ballard
1926 Brunswick Quartette
April 1927 Myers and Hanford
Dream Train Riley Puckett September 29, 1939 Unverified
March 1932 George J. Gaskin
June 1926 Bob Roberts [US1]
  1930 The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
February 13, 1935 (unknown)
i October 1930 Uncle "Am" Stuart
October 1929 Norfolk Jazz Quartette
  January 4, 1938 Bessie Smith - Clarence Williams at the Piano REL, Monette Moore REC
September 1926 (unknown)
April 1926 Byron G. Harlan
i February 1930 Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers
October 1928 Fiddlin' John Carson
listen on Internet Archive September 1928 John Yorke Atlee
i June 1934 (unknown)
October 1926 Fiddlin' Powers and Family
1927 George Riley Puckett - Gid Tanner
January 1940 Carl Haworth
March 1927 Collins & Natus
listen on Internet Archive September 1926 Kaplan's Melodists
August 13, 1934 Carson Robison, Frank Luther and Phil Crow
listen on Internet Archive November 1942 Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by Tom Waring
March 11, 1936 Jan Garber and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lee Bennett
(Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) February 1928 Irving Gillette (Henry Burr)
October 1934 Stewart Hamony Singers
September 1929 Wendell Hall
December 1939 The Harmonizers
  April 1928 Harry Fay REC, Ted Yorke REL
July 1925 Kelly Harrell
June 1925 Bentley Ball
March 1925 Fiddlin' John Carson
August 1924 (unknown)
January 1925 Mr. J. W. Myers
July 1925 (unknown)
May 16, 1934 Henry Whitter
September 1925 Arthur C. Clough
(Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) 1927 Campbell and Burr
April 1928 Steve Porter
August 1928 Flora Noles
1924 Spencer & Ossman
September 29, 1939 (unknown), Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights
February 1925 Uncle "Am" Stuart - Vocal chorus by Gene Austin
1940 Furman and Nash
January 1931 Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
June 1928 Henry Burr
May 16, 1934 Riley Puckett and Bob Nichols (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett)
  (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) January 1927 The Dolly Sisters PRF, Charles Harrison [US] REC
  1928 Chauncey Olcott PRF, Mr. A. C. Campbell REC,REL
October 1935 Tennessee Ten (Original Memphis Five)
listen on Internet Archive October 1924 The Banda Rossa
April 1929 Harry C. Browne
June 1925 (unknown)
December 1926 (unknown)
October 1928 Fiddlin' Powers & Family
March 25, 1936 The Hill Billies [GB]
1934 The Bentley Boys
February 1925 (unknown)
January 1941 Sousa's Band, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by "The Smoothies"
November 1937 B.F. Shelton
August 13, 1934 Blue Harmony Boys
September 1925 (unknown)
May 22, 1942 Bud Billings—Carson Robison (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
  December 1939 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
  January 1928 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
listen on Internet Archive April 12, 1940 Lew Stone and His Band
listen on Internet Archive March 1928 (unknown), (unknown), Frederick H. Potter
September 1934 Renfro Valley Boys (Karl Davis, Harty Taylor)
January 19, 1938 Standard Quartette
1924 (unknown)
June 1927 Fiddlin' John Carson
i March 1930 Uncle "Am" Stuart
October 1926 A.C. (Eck) Robertson
i 1930 (unknown), A. C. (Eck) Robertson
1927 (unknown), Henry Whitter
1927 (unknown)
September 1925 Henry Burr
  October 1924 S.A. Emery PRF, George P. Watson REC,REL
April 1930 (unknown)
  January 1931 Ben Selvin & His Orchestra REL, Kentucky Mountain Boys [US2] REC
  1925 Uncle "Am" Stuart REC, Fiddlin' Powers and Family REL
listen on Internet Archive April 12, 1940 Billy Cotton and His Band
April 1924 Arthur Collins
October 1930 Fiddlin' John Carson and His Virginia Reelers
October 1924 Len Spencer
i February 1925 (unknown)
December 1925 (unknown)
  October 1937 Fiddlin' John Carson REC,REL, Eddie Foy PRF
October 1927 Six Brown Brothers
1927 (unknown)
May 1938 "Dock" Walsh
  April 1939 Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Refrain by Male Trio REC,REL, Peggy Singleton BRD
1927 Prince's Band
October 1931 Fiddlin' John Carson
October 1937 Crocker and Cannon (Leonard Rutherford, John D. Foster)
September 1929 Samantha Bumgarner
January 1940 Hollywood Dance Orchestra [Nathan Glantz]
listen on Internet Archive (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) August 1927 Burr and Campbell
listen on Internet Archive March 13, 1942 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive August 1929 (unknown)
i June 1926 Billy Golden
December 1931 Miller & Burnett
October 1930 Marion Harris
July 1929 Jimmie Rodgers [US1]
May 1926 Byron G. Harlan
1940 Broadway Syncopators
December 1939 Sons of the Pioneers
i September 1934 Leake County Revelers
  November 6, 1935 Pinky Tomlin BRD, Jimmie Grier and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Betty Roth & Pinky Tomlin REC,REL
  March 11, 1936 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by The King's Men REC, Ramon Novarro & Evelyn Laye BRD
1925 (unknown)
May 1939 Chauncey Olcott
listen on Internet Archive October 1924 Miss Morgan & Mr. Stanley
January 1928 American Quartet
listen on Internet Archive   September 1928 The Russell Brothers [US2] PRF, Harry Macdonough REL
May 22, 1942 Colonial Club Orch. – Vocal Chorus by Jack Parker
September 1925 (unknown)
June 1926 Byron G. Harlan
listen on Internet Archive March 1926 Jack Norworth
January 1925 (unknown)

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Alabama Jubilee Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett November 1926 Columbia [US]
All Bound 'Round with the Mason Dixon Line Riley Puckett June 1928 Columbia [US]
Back on the Texas Plains Riley Puckett December 1939 Bluebird
Big Ball in Town Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen November 1927 Columbia [US]
Bile Them Cabbage Down Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen April 1928 Columbia [US]
Bill Johnson Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen March 1929 Columbia [US]
Black Eyed Susie Gid Tanner and George Riley Puckett 1924 Columbia [US]
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues Riley Puckett January 1925 Columbia [US]
Boneparte's Retreat Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen December 1929 Columbia [US]
Boots and Saddle Riley Puckett April 19, 1939 Bluebird
Bully of the Town Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett May 1926 Columbia [US]
Bully of the Town No. 2 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen January 1931 Columbia [US]
Carolina Sunshine Girl Riley Puckett January 19, 1938 Bluebird
Casey Jones Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen 1928 Columbia [US]
Casey Jones George Riley Puckett April 1924 Columbia [US]
Chain Gang Blues Riley Puckett February 13, 1935 Bluebird
Cindy Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen April 1928 Columbia [US]
Dance All Night Long with a Bottle in Your Hand Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett December 1926 Columbia [US]
Dixie Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen June 1927 Columbia [US]
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Riley Puckett September 1929 Columbia [US]
Don't You Remember the Time Bob Nichols and Riley Puckett (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) January 1927 Columbia [US]
Down by the Old Mill Stream Riley Puckett 1926 Columbia [US]
Drink 'Er Down Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen October 1927 Columbia [US]
East Bound Train Riley Puckett March 1932 Columbia [US]
Farmer's Daughter Clayton McMichen & Riley Puckett July 1931 Columbia [US]
Frankie and Johnny Riley Puckett 1930 Columbia [US]
Gonna Raise Ruckus Tonight Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett October 1929 Columbia [US]
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett September 1926 Columbia [US]
Hen Cackle Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen October 1928 Columbia [US]
Ida Red Riley Puckett October 1926 Columbia [US]
I Get the Blues When It Rains Riley Puckett January 1940 Bluebird
I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland Riley Puckett September 1926 Columbia [US]
I'm Getting Ready to Go Riley Puckett August 13, 1934 Bluebird
In a Little Garden Riley Puckett November 1942 Bluebird
I Only Want a Buddy (Not a Sweetheart) Riley Puckett October 1934 Bluebird
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen September 1929 Columbia [US]
I Wish I Was Single Again Riley Puckett July 1925 Columbia [US]
Jack and Joe Riley Puckett April 1927 Columbia [US]
Johnson's Old Grey Mule - Chicken Don't Roost Too High for Me - I Don't Love Nobody George Riley Puckett - Gid Tanner August 1924 Columbia [US]
Just as the Sun Went Down Riley Puckett January 1925 Columbia [US]
Just Break the News Riley Puckett July 1925 Columbia [US]
Kimball House Ted Hawkins - Riley Puckett June 1934 Bluebird
Let the Rest of the World Go By Bob Nichols and Riley Puckett (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) 1927 Columbia [US]
Liberty Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen February 1929 Columbia [US]
Little Maumee Riley Puckett August 1928 Columbia [US]
Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane George Riley Puckett 1924 Columbia [US]
Little Sir Echo Riley Puckett September 29, 1939 Bluebird
Liza Jane Riley Puckett February 1925 Columbia [US]
Ma (He's Making Eyes at Me) Riley Puckett 1940 Bluebird
Mama Won't Allow No Low Down Hanging Around Riley Puckett June 1928 Columbia [US]
McMichen's Reel Clayton McMichen and Riley Puckett March 1930 Columbia [US]
Moonlight on the Colorado Riley Puckett January 1931 Columbia [US]
My Blue Ridge Mountain Queen Bob Nichols and Riley Puckett (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) February 1928 Columbia [US]
My Carolina Home Riley Puckett May 16, 1934 Bluebird
Nancy Rollin Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen April 1929 Columbia [US]
Nobody's Business Riley Puckett January 1941 Bluebird
Nobody's Business Riley Puckett October 1935 Bluebird
Old Black Joe Riley Puckett October 1924 Columbia [US]
Old Joe Clark Riley Puckett June 1925 Columbia [US]
Ole Faithful Riley Puckett March 25, 1936 Bluebird
Polly Woddle Doo Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen 1927 Columbia [US]
Poor Boy - Altoona Freight Wreck Riley Puckett and Red Jones - Riley Puckett November 1937 Decca
Put My Little Shoes Away Riley Puckett 1927 Columbia [US]
Railroad Bill Riley Puckett September 1925 Columbia [US]
Red River Valley Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett January 1928 Columbia [US]
Red River Valley Riley Puckett December 1939 Bluebird
Red Wing Riley Puckett March 1928 Columbia [US]
Rocky Pallet Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen February 1930 Columbia [US]
Sally Johnson Lowe Stokes and Riley Puckett 1930 Columbia [US]
Shortening Bread Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett 1927 Columbia [US]
Short Life of Trouble Riley Puckett October 1937 Decca
Silver Threads Among the Gold Riley Puckett September 1925 Columbia [US]
Sleep Baby Sleep Riley Puckett October 1924 Columbia [US]
Slim Gal Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen October 1928 Columbia [US]
Soldiers Joy Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen April 1930 Columbia [US]
Soldier, Will You Marry Me Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen August 1930 Columbia [US]
Somebody's Waiting for You Riley Puckett May 1938 Decca
Sourwood Mountain Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett 1925 Columbia [US]
South of the Border Riley Puckett April 12, 1940 Bluebird
Sugar in the Gourd Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen October 1930 Columbia [US]
Swanee River Riley Puckett October 1924 Columbia [US]
Take Me Back to My Carolina Home Riley Puckett January 4, 1938 Decca
Tanner's Boarding House Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett 1934 Bluebird
That Old Irish Mother of Mine Riley Puckett May 1939 Montgomery Ward
The Arkansaw Traveler Gid Tanner and Riley Puckett February 1925 Columbia [US]
The Boston Burglar Riley Puckett December 1925 Columbia [US]
The Girl I Left Behind Me Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen 1927 Columbia [US]
The Longest Train I Ever Saw Riley Puckett April 1939 Bluebird
There's a Hard Time Coming Riley Puckett October 1931 Columbia [US]
There's More Pretty Girls Than One Riley Puckett and Red Jones October 1937 Decca
Till We Meet Again Bob Nichols and Riley Puckett (Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett) August 1927 Columbia [US]
To Wed You in the Golden Summertime Riley Puckett April 1926 Columbia [US]
Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old Kentucky Home Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett August 1929 Columbia [US]
Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old Kentucky Home Riley Puckett March 13, 1942 Bluebird
Twenty-One Years Riley Puckett December 1931 Columbia [US]
Uncle Bud Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett March 1927 Columbia [US]
Waitin' for the Evening Mail Riley Puckett October 1930 Columbia [US]
Waiting for a Train Riley Puckett July 1929 Columbia [US]
Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie Riley Puckett May 1926 Columbia [US]
Wal I Swan Riley Puckett June 1926 Columbia [US]
Wednesday Night Waltz Riley Puckett September 1934 Bluebird
What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) Riley Puckett November 6, 1935 Bluebird
When I Grow Too Old to Dream Riley Puckett March 11, 1936 Bluebird
When I Had but Fifty Cents Riley Puckett February 1925 Columbia [US]
When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget Riley Puckett 1925 Columbia [US]
When the Morning Glories Grow Hugh Cross and Riley Puckett 1928 Columbia [US]
Where the River Shannon Flows McMichen's Melody Men with Riley Puckett September 1928 Columbia [US]
Where the Shy Little Violets Grow Riley Puckett May 22, 1942 Bluebird
Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun' Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett June 1926 Columbia [US]
You'd Be Surprised Riley Puckett March 1926 Columbia [US]

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