Jethro Burns
Kenneth Charles "Jethro" Burns (March 10, 1920 – February 4, 1989) was an American mandolinist and one-half of the comedy duo Homer and Jethro with Henry D. "Homer" Haynes. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BS-056526 | 10-in. | 10/11/1940 | When it's tooth pickin' time in False Teeth Valley | The Pine Ridge Boys | Male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-3317 | 10-in. | 1/18/1950 | Second-hand heart | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3318 | 10-in. | 1/18/1950 | Headin' home to old Kentucky | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3319 | 10-in. | 1/18/1950 | I'm a lonesome man | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3320 | 10-in. | 1/18/1950 | Tormented | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3325 | 10-in. | 1/18/1950 | I said my nightshirt (and put on my pray'rs) | June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro | Female vocal solo, with male vocal duet, string band, and comic dialog | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3326 | 10-in. | 1/18/1950 | (Put another nickel in) Music! Music! Music! | June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro | Mixed vocal trio, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3833 | 10-in. | 3/2/1950 | Green as grass | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3834 | 10-in. | 3/2/1950 | Choc'late ice cream cone | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3835 | 10-in. | 3/2/1950 | My dolly has a broken heart | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3836 | 10-in. | 3/2/1950 | I wanna sit | Rosalie Allen ; Black River Riders | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3841 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | Rubber knuckle Sam | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3842 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | Memories of wedding bells | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3843 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | Jaw, jaw, yap, yap, yap! | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-3844 | 10-in. | 3/3/1950 | It hurts me to see you with somebody else | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-4550 | 10-in. | 10/19/1950 | Disc jockey's nightmare | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin, songwriter | |
| Victor | E0VB-4551 | 10-in. | 10/19/1950 | Oh babe! | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E0VB-4552 | 10-in. | 10/19/1950 | That Texas land | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E1VB-0374 | 10-in. | 1/28/1951 | So long no. 2 | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin, vocalist | |
| Victor | E1VB-0375 | 10-in. | 1/28/1951 | I'm movin' on no. 2 | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin, vocalist, songwriter | |
| Victor | E1VB-0484 | 10-in. | 3/19/1951 | Don't tell me goodbye | Dolph Hewitt | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | E1VB-0485 | 10-in. | 3/19/1951 | Tear drops on the roses | Dolph Hewitt | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0856 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | My home is the dust of the road | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0857 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | You can't pick a rose in December | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0858 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | You're next door to heaven (when you're in Tennessee) | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0859 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Pray, pray, pray | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0860 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | I never see Maggie alone | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0861 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | The gods were angry with me | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0862 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | Keep walkin' | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0863 | 10-in. | 2/2/1949 | One two three four five foot six | Ernie Lee ; Southerners (Ernie Lee) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0864 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'll do as much for you someday | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band and yodeling | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0865 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'll never pass this way again | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0866 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Please paint a rose on the garden wall | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0867 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Tears can never drown the flame (that's in my heart) | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0868 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'm casting my lasso towards the sky | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band and yodeling | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0869 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Wabash waltz | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0870 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | I'm crying for you | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0871 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Birmingham jail | Slim Whitman | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0872 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Money, marbles and chalk | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0873 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Wednesday night waltz | "Sister" Billie Rose Atkins ; Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0874 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Guitar waltz | "Sister" Billie Rose Atkins ; Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Female-male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0875 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Telling my troubles to my old guitar | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0876 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Dance of the goldenrod | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | String band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0877 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Galloping on the guitar | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | String band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0878 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Barber shop rag | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | String band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-0879 | 10-in. | 2/3/1949 | Centipede boogie | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | String band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-1504 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Pizen Pete | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-1505 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | King size baby | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-1506 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | You tell her, I stutter | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-1507 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Tennessee Border - No. 2 | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, lyricist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1514 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | I'm gettin' older every day | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-1520 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | She loves to cry | June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro | Female vocal solo, with male vocal duet with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1521 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Slipping around | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D9VB-1522 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Wedding bells | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D9VB-1523 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | I'm back to where I started | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D9VB-1524 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | I'll walk this weary road alone | Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D9VB-1525 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Baby, it's cold outside | June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro | Mixed vocal trio, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-1526 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Country girl | June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro | Female vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | D9VB-1529 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Roll along, Kentucky moon | Homer Haynes | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D9VB-1530 | 10-in. | 5/17/1949 | Come waltz with me | Homer Haynes | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | |
| Victor | D9VB-1960 | 10-in. | 10/12/1949 | The wedding of hillbilly Lilli Marlene | June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro | Mixed vocal trio, with string band comic dialogue | instrumentalist, mandolin, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1961 | 10-in. | 10/12/1949 | The huckle buck | June Carter Cash ; Homer and Jethro | Mixed vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1963 | 10-in. | 10/12/1949 | She made toothpicks of the timber of my heart | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1964 | 10-in. | 10/12/1949 | Under the hickory nut tree | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Male vocal solo, with female vocal duet and string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-1965 | 10-in. | 10/12/1949 | I was bitten by the same bug twice | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Male vocal solo, with female vocal duet and string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-1966 | 10-in. | 10/12/1949 | One more chance | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Female-male vocal duet | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-1967 | 10-in. | 10/12/1949 | The old buck dance | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Male vocal trio, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin, vocalist | |
| Victor | D9VB-1974 | 10-in. | 10/13/1949 | Put that knife away, Nellie | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin, leader, songwriter | |
| Victor | D9VB-1975 | 10-in. | 10/13/1949 | Does the spearmint lose its flavor | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin, leader | |
| Victor | D9VB-1976 | 10-in. | 10/13/1949 | Boogie man boogie | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | Male vocal solo, with string band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-1977 | 10-in. | 10/13/1949 | Main street breakdown | Chet Atkins ; Guitar Pickers (Chet Atkins) | String band | instrumentalist, mandolin | |
| Victor | D9VB-2035 | 10-in. | 12/12/1949 | I've got my tears in my ears (from lyin' on my back in my bed while I cry over you) | Homer and Jethro | Male vocal duet, with string band | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Burns, Jethro," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107023.
Burns, Jethro. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107023.
"Burns, Jethro." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Burns, Jethro - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94016633
Wikidata: Jethro Burns - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q126843
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/38599306
MusicBrainz: Jethro Burns - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9974444f-555e-4956-aca8-b3527fa67f24
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