Johnny Gimble

Aliases: Jack Gimble
Johnny Gimble and The Texas Swing Pioneers
Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers
Real name: John Paul Gimble
Born: May 30, 1926
Died: May 9, 2015
Country: United States
IPI: 00011911526 4 works
00063600896 9 works
00139117971 1 work
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Western swing fiddler and sometime vocalist
Member of: Bob Wills' Original Texas Playboys
The Atkins String Co.
Family: Emily Gimble Granddaughter
Related: Bob Wills With a break of about two years, member of Bob Wills' Texas Playboys from the late-1940s into the early 1960s

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Under the "X" in Texas	Johnny Gimble	May 1976	(3 artists)

Covers by Johnny Gimble

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Alabama Jubilee	Johnny Gimble	1981	Collins and Harlan
	Amazing Grace	Johnny Gimble	1987	(unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
i	Am I Blue	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	Ethel Waters BRD,REC,REL
i	Beaumont Rag	Johnny Gimble	1974	Smith's Garage Fiddle Band
i	Big 'Taters in Sandy Land	Johnny Gimble	1981	Fiddlin' Sam Long of the Ozarks
i	Black and White Rag	Johnny Gimble	1981	American Symphony Orchestra
	Careless Love	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	(unknown)
i	Carroll County Blues	Johnny Gimble	1981	W.T. Narmour & S.W. Smith
	Chinatown, My Chinatown	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Grace Kerns and J. B. Wells
i	Darling Nellie Gray	Johnny Gimble	1981	William Tuson
	Deep Water	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Cindy Walker - Ray Sinatra's Orchestra
i	Don't Let the Deal Go Down	Johnny Gimble	1974	Charlie Poole accomp. by The North Carolina Ramblers
i	Down Yonder	Johnny Gimble	1981	The Peerless Quartet
i	Draggin' the Bow	Johnny Gimble	1981	Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers
i	Dueling Fiddles	Benny Martin with Johnny Gimble	October 1976	Arthur Smith & Don Reno
	End of the Line	Johnny Gimble	November 1976	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	Fiddlin' Around	Johnny Gimble	1974	(unknown)
	Fiddlin' Around	Mark O'Connor with Johnny Gimble	September 14, 1993	(unknown)
	Fiddlin' Around	Johnny Gimble featuring Jason Roberts	February 16, 2010	(unknown)
i	Gardenia Waltz	Johnny Gimble	1974	Texas Troubadours
i	Gardenia Waltz	Johnny Gimble featuring Jason Roberts	February 16, 2010	Texas Troubadours
i	Goodnight Waltz	Johnny Gimble	1981	Leake County Revelers
	If I Had You	Johnny Gimble featuring Emily Gimble	February 16, 2010	The Piccadilly Players [GB]
	If You Ain't Lovin	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	Faron Young
	I'll Keep on Loving You	Johnny Gimble	November 1976	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
	I'm Confessin' That I Love You	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
	I Needed You	Johnny Gimble featuring Dale Watson	February 16, 2010	Bob Wills with Tagg Lambert
	Just a Closer Walk with Thee	Johnny Gimble	1987	(unknown)
i	Just Because	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Nelstone's Hawaiians
	Lady Be Good!	Johnny Gimble featuring Willie Nelson	February 16, 2010	Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC, Walter Catlett PRF
i	Lime Rock	Johnny Gimble	1981	(unknown)
	My Mary	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Stuart Hamblen
i	On the Alamo	Johnny Gimble	1981	Isham Jones Orchestra REL, Emil Coleman & His Montmartre Orchestra REC
	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
	Precious Memories	Johnny Gimble	1987	Simmons Sacred Singers REL, Turkey Mountain Singers REC
i	Ragtime Annie	Johnny Gimble	1981	A.C. (Eck) Robertson
i	Red Wing	Johnny Gimble	1981	(unknown), (unknown)
i	Relaxin'	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	The Al Belletto Sextet
i	Right or Wrong	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Markel's Orchestra
	Rosetta	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Earl Hines and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Walter Fuller
i	Rubber Dolly	Johnny Gimble	1981	(unknown)
i	Sallie Goodin	Johnny Gimble	1981	A.C. (Eck) Robertson
i	Shine	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	California Ramblers REC, Aida Overton Walker PRF
i	Silver Bell	Johnny Gimble	1981	Stanley and Burr REL, Peerless Quartet REC
	Softly and Tenderly	Johnny Gimble	1987	Miss Hinkle and Mr. MacDonough
	Some of These Days	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Sophie Tucker
	Somewhere South of San Antone	Johnny Gimble featuring Vince Gill	February 16, 2010	Bob Wills with Tagg Lambert
	Song of the Wanderer	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Douglas Richardson
i	Sweet Georgia Brown	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
	Sweet Georgia Brown	Johnny Gimble featuring Merle Haggard	February 16, 2010	Ben Bernie and His Hotel Roosevelt Orchestra
	Sweet Jennie Lee	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Isham Jones' Orchestra
i	Texas Playboy Rag	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	Thanks, Bob (Wills Medley) [San Antonio Rose - Faded Love - A Maiden's Prayer]	Johnny Gimble	1974	(unknown), Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
i	The Bells of St. Mary's	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Mr. Herbert Payne (Ernest Pike)
	Truck Driver's Blues	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	Cliff Bruner and His Boys
i	Tuxedo Junction	Johnny Gimble	1981	Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra
i	Twinkle, Little Star	Johnny Gimble	1981	Earl Johnson and His Clodhoppers
i	Under the Double Eagle	Johnny Gimble	1981	(unknown)
	Under the X in Texas	Johnny Gimble featuring Ray Benson	February 16, 2010	Johnny Gimble
i	Washington & Lee Swing	Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	(unknown)
	Weary Blues	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	Ray Price
	What a Friend We Have in Jesus	Johnny Gimble	1974	J.J. Fisher

Songs written by Johnny Gimble

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
All Night Long	Bob Wills, Johnny Gimble	Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys - Vocal by Joe Andrews	March 1964	Covered by (2 artists)
Fiddlin' Around	Johnny Gimble			Covered by (8 artists)
Gardenia Waltz	Johnny Gimble	Texas Troubadours	1966	Covered by (9 artists)
Guide Me, Lord	Johnny Gimble	Merle Haggard & The Strangers	November 8, 1971	Covered by BirGitta Edström
I Needed You	Bob Wills, Johnny Gimble	Bob Wills with Tagg Lambert	March 22, 1967	Covered by (3 artists)
Somewhere South of San Antone	Bob Wills, Johnny Gimble	Bob Wills with Tagg Lambert	March 22, 1967	Covered by (2 artists)
The End of the Line	Bob Wills, Johnny Gimble	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	April 27, 1950	Covered by (10 artists)
Under the "X" in Texas	Johnny Gimble	Johnny Gimble	August 29, 1975	Covered by (3 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Celebrating with Friends	Johnny Gimble	February 16, 2010	CMH Records
Fiddlin' Around	Johnny Gimble	1974	Capitol Records
Glorybound	Johnny Gimble	1987	Word Nashville
Johnny Gimble's Texas Dance Party	Johnny Gimble	November 1976	Columbia [US]
Lucky Steels the Wheel	Lucky Oceans, The Asleep at the Wheel Review and Special Guest Johnny Gimble	1982	Blind Pig
Still Swingin'	Johnny Gimble and The Texas Swing Pioneers	1980	CMH Records
The Texas Fiddle Collection	Johnny Gimble	1981	CMH Records

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Under the "X" in Texas	Johnny Gimble	May 1976	Columbia [US]

Performances also appear on

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Heroes	Mark O'Connor	September 14, 1993	Warner Bros. Records
Music from "Mackintosh & T.J."	various artists	1976	RCA Victor
The Fiddle Collection	Benny Martin	October 1976	CMH Records

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