Dick Thomas

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Aliases: Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers
Real name: Richard Thomas Goldhahn, Sr.
Born: September 4, 1915
Died: November 22, 2003
Country: United States
IPI: 00030533328 2 works
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Raised on a family farm in Philadelphia, Dick Thomas became an entertainer, composer and popular recording artist of the 1940s and 1950s
(The farm was sold and became Philadelphia International Airport)

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Originals

		Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
		Honestly	Dick Thomas	September 1945	Art Mooney and His Orchestra - Vocal by Cliff Ayers and The Cloverleafs
		Sioux City Sue	Dick Thomas	July 1945	(54 artists)
		Tennessee Local	Dick Thomas	November 1949	(3 artists)

Covers by Dick Thomas

		Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
		A Stolen Waltz	Dick Thomas	December 1952	Unverified
		Born to Lose	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	June 1948	Ted Daffan's Texans
		Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	Dick Thomas with Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	October 1944	Bentley Ball
		Cowboy Jack	Esmereldy and Dick Thomas with Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	October 1944	Marc Williams "The Cowboy Crooner"
		Foolish Tears	Dick Thomas	1949	Unverified
		Home on the Range	Dick Thomas with Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	October 1944	Vernon Dalhart
		Memories of France	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	November 1948	The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Irving Kaufman
		My Daddy Is Only a Picture	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	November 1948	Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
		Old Chisholm Trail	Dick Thomas with Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	October 1944	(unknown)
		Red River Valley	Dick Thomas with Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	October 1944	Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
		Seven Years with the Wrong Woman	Esmereldy and Dick Thomas - Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	May 1944	Cliff Carlisle
		Take Me Back to My Boots & Saddle	Dick Thomas with Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	October 1944	Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Cliff Weston
		The Last Round Up	Dick Thomas with Frank Novak and The Sourwood Mountain Boys	October 1944	George Olsen and His Music
		The Sister of Sioux City Sue	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	January 1949	Dick Thomas Covered by (2 artists)
		Tumblin' Tumbleweeds	Dick Thomas	July 1945	Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
		When the Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	June 1948	Wiley Walker and Gene Sullivan
		When Uncle Joe Plays the Rag on His Old Banjo	Dick Thomas	March 1954	Arthur Collins

Songs written by Dick Thomas

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Sioux City Sue	Max Freedman, Dick Thomas	Dick Thomas	February 1945	Covered by (54 artists)

Adapted songs

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
The Sister of Sioux City Sue	Max Freedman, Dick Thomas	Sioux City Sue	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	Covered by (2 artists)

Releases

Albums

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	American Cowboy Classics	Dick Thomas	October 1944	Musicraft [US1]

Singles

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Foolish Tears	Dick Thomas	November 1949	Decca
	Half-Way to Montana	Dick Thomas	September 1945	National Records [US1]
	Memories of France	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	November 1948	Decca
	The Sister of Sioux City Sue	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	January 1949	Decca
	Tumblin' Tumbleweeds	Dick Thomas	July 1945	National Records [US1]
	When the Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again	Dick Thomas and His Nashville Ramblers	June 1948	Decca
	When Uncle Joe Plays the Rag on His Old Banjo	Dick Thomas	March 1954	Jubilee

Performances also appear on

	Title	Performer	Release date	Label
	Authentic Hillbilly Ballads	various artists	May 1944	Musicraft [US1]