Arthur Smith

Arthur Smith

Fiddlin' Arthur Smith (April 10, 1898 – February 28, 1971) was an American old time fiddler and a major influence on the old time and bluegrass music genres.

Birth and Death Data: Born April 10, 1898 (Humphreys County), Died February 28, 1971 (Louisville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1951

Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, vocalist, leader, composer, banjo, arranger, songwriter

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BVE-87676	10-in.	1/22/1935	Lost train blues	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BVE-87677	10-in.	1/22/1935	Fiddler's dream	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BVE-87678	10-in.	1/22/1935	Spring Street waltz	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BVE-87679	10-in.	1/22/1935	Smith's waltz	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BVE-87680	10-in.	1/22/1935	Blackberry blossom	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BVE-87681	10-in.	1/22/1935	Mocking bird	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BVE-87682	10-in.	1/22/1935	Doin' the goofus	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BVE-87683	10-in.	1/22/1935	Red apple rag	Arthur Smith	Fiddle (violin), with guitar and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-99183	10-in.	2/17/1936	Put me on the trail to Carolina	Delmore Brothers	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-99184	10-in.	2/17/1936	Carry me back to Alabama	Delmore Brothers	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-99185	10-in.	2/17/1936	My Smokey Mountain gal	Delmore Brothers	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-99186	10-in.	2/17/1936	Take me back to the range	Delmore Brothers	Male vocal duet, with fiddle (violin), guitar, and tenor guitar	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-99187	10-in.	2/17/1936	Cheatham County breakdown	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-99188	10-in.	2/17/1936	Dixon County blues	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, leader
Victor	BS-99189	10-in.	2/17/1936	There's more pretty girls than one	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader
Victor	BS-99190	10-in.	2/17/1936	Sugar tree stomp	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, leader
Victor	BS-99191	10-in.	2/17/1936	Chittlin' cookin' time in Cheatham County	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	vocalist, instrumentalist, violin, leader
Victor	BS-99192	10-in.	2/17/1936	Fiddler's blues	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, leader
Victor	BS-99203	10-in.	2/17/1936	Little darling they have taken you away from me	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader
Victor	BS-99204	10-in.	2/17/1936	Bonaparte's retreat	Smoky Mountain Fiddler Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, leader
Victor	BS-99205	10-in.	2/17/1936	Take me back to Tennessee	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist, leader
Victor	BS-07090	10-in.	2/17/1937	The budded rose	Delmore Brothers	Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-07095	10-in.	2/17/1937	Straw breakdown	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-07096	10-in.	2/17/1937	Cheatham County breakdown no. 2	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-07097	10-in.	2/17/1937	Little darling	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	vocalist, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-07098	10-in.	2/17/1937	The girl I love don't pay me no mind	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07099	10-in.	2/17/1937	There's more pretty girls than one, part 2	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07118	10-in.	2/17/1937	Dickson County blues No. 2	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-07119	10-in.	2/17/1937	It's hard to please your mind	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07120	10-in.	2/17/1937	Love letters	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07121	10-in.	2/17/1937	Singing those House of David blues	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07122	10-in.	2/17/1937	Walking in my sleep	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07123	10-in.	2/17/1937	Never alone	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07124	10-in.	2/17/1937	Pig at home in the pen	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-07125	10-in.	2/17/1937	Florida blues	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-07126	10-in.	2/17/1937	Smith's breakdown	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-011896	10-in.	8/3/1937	Hi-de-ho baby mine	Delmore Brothers	Male vocal duet, with string band	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-011897	10-in.	8/3/1937	Look up, look down the lonesome road	Delmore Brothers	Male vocal duet, with string band	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-011898	10-in.	8/3/1937	Beautiful brown eyes	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal trio, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011899	10-in.	8/3/1937	Beautiful memories	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011900	10-in.	8/3/1937	Beautiful Mabel Clare	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011901	10-in.	8/3/1937	Nellie's blue eyes	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011902	10-in.	8/3/1937	Lonesome for you	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011903	10-in.	8/3/1937	Sweet heaven	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011904	10-in.	8/3/1937	Across the Blue Ridge Mountains	Arthur Smith Trio	Vocal and instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011905	10-in.	8/3/1937	Lonesome ramblers blues	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio and yodeling	instrumentalist, violin, vocalist
Victor	BS-011906	10-in.	8/3/1937	Indian Creek	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-011907	10-in.	8/3/1937	Freight train moan	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-011908	10-in.	8/3/1937	Goin' to town	Arthur Smith Trio	Instrumental trio	instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-011909	10-in.	8/3/1937	I'm bound to ride	Arthur Smith Trio	Male vocal solo, with instrumental trio	instrumentalist, banjo, vocalist, composer
Victor	BS-027749	10-in.	9/27/1938	I've had a big time today	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band and vocal ensemble	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027750	10-in.	9/27/1938	The farmer's daughter	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027751	10-in.	9/27/1938	Gypsy's warning	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027752	10-in.	9/27/1938	In the pines	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027753	10-in.	9/27/1938	Why should I wonder?	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027754	10-in.	9/27/1938	When the roses grow around the cabin door	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band and vocal ensemble	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027755	10-in.	9/27/1938	I'm lonesome, I guess	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027756	10-in.	9/27/1938	Hesitating blues	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027757	10-in.	9/27/1938	Girl of my dreams	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-027758	10-in.	9/27/1938	Give me old-time music	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	Male vocal solo, with string band and vocal ensemble	vocalist, leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054526	10-in.	10/7/1940	K.C.Stamp	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band	leader, composer, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054527	10-in.	10/7/1940	Smith's rag	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band	leader, composer, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054528	10-in.	10/7/1940	It's a weary world	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054529	10-in.	10/7/1940	The crazy blues	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band, with male vocal solo	composer, leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054530	10-in.	10/7/1940	That's the love I have for you	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054531	10-in.	10/7/1940	I wish you'd never learned to love	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band, with male vocal solo	leader, vocalist, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054532	10-in.	10/7/1940	Peacock rag	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band	leader, composer, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	BS-054533	10-in.	10/7/1940	Bill Cheatham	Dixieliners ; Arthur Smith	String band	leader, instrumentalist, violin
Victor	E1VB-1353	10-in.	3/6/1951	Beautiful brown eyes	'49ers [Jesse Rogers] ; Jesse Rogers	Male vocal solo, with string band	arranger
Columbia	CO45242	10-in.	2/11/1951	Beautiful brown eyes	Billy Walker	Male vocal, with string band	songwriter

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smith, Arthur," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102907.

Smith, Arthur. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102907.

"Smith, Arthur." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.