Bobby Osborne
Bobby Van Osborne (December 7, 1931 – June 27, 2023) was an American bluegrass musician. He was the co-founder (with his brother Sonny) of the Osborne Brothers, and a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. Osborne was a member of the United States Marine Corps who received a Purple Heart for his service and was honorably discharged in 1953. Osborne was an instructor of bluegrass music at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music in Hyden, Kentucky, and his primary instrument was the mandolin. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 7, 1931 (Hyden), Died June 27, 2023
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1963 - 1972
Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, mandolin
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | NA 12614 | 8/21/1963 | Take this hammer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12615 | 8/21/1963 | Don't ever look at me-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12616 | 8/21/1963 | The cuckoo bird | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12617 | 8/21/1963 | Bluegrass express | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12972 | 6/23/1964 | Me and my old banjo | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12973 | 6/23/1964 | Pathway of teardrops | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12974 | 6/23/1964 | Gotta travel on | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12975 | 6/23/1964 | Salty dog blues | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12976 | 6/23/1964 | Kentucky | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12977 | 6/23/1964 | Bugle on the banjo | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12981 | 6/24/1964 | Cotton fields | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12982 | 6/24/1964 | Faded love | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12983 | 6/24/1964 | This heart of mine (can never say goodbye) | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 12984 | 6/24/1964 | Charlie Cotton | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13226 | 1/15/1965 | I'll be alright tomorrow | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13227 | 1/15/1965 | Cut the cornbread, Mama | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13228 | 1/15/1965 | Hey, hey bartender | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13229 | 1/15/1965 | Lonesome day | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13746 | 10/7/1965 | Big spike hammer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13747 | 10/7/1965 | Memories | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13748 | 10/7/1965 | I know what it means to be lonesome | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13749 | 10/7/1965 | Up this hill and down | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13750 | 10/7/1965 | In the pines | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13798 | 11/22/1965 | One tear | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13799 | 11/22/1965 | Making plans-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13800 | 11/22/1965 | Yesterday's gone | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13801 | 11/22/1965 | Yesterday's gone | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 13802 | 11/22/1965 | Sure-fire | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14057 | 5/4/1966 | Lonesome feelin' | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14058 | 5/4/1966 | World of unwanted | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14059 | 5/4/1966 | Hard times | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14264 | 9/30/1966 | I'm leavin' | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14265 | 9/30/1966 | The kind of woman I got-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14266 | 9/30/1966 | One kiss away from loneliness | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14567 | 3/28/1967 | Let's say goodbye like we said hello-1,2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14568 | 3/28/1967 | Someone before me-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14569 | 3/28/1967 | Walking the floor over you | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14570 | 3/28/1967 | Roll muddy water | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14646 | 5/2/1967 | My favorite memory | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14647 | 5/2/1967 | Gal, you got a job to do | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14648 | 5/2/1967 | Ruby, are you mad? | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14848 | 11/16/1967 | My favorite memory | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14849 | 11/16/1967 | Rocky top | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14850 | 11/16/1967 | When you wind down | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14985 | 2/8/1968 | I'll never love another | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14986 | 2/8/1968 | I'll go stepping too | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14987 | 2/8/1968 | Will you be loving another man | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14988 | 2/8/1968 | I'll never shed another tear | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14989 | 2/8/1968 | My little girl in Tennessee | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14990 | 2/8/1968 | Molly and Tenbrooks | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14995 | 2/8/1968 | Drivin' nails in my coffin-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14996 | 2/8/1968 | World of forgotten people-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14997 | 2/8/1968 | Cut the cornbread, Mama | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 14998 | 2/8/1968 | If I could count on you | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15008 | 2/14/1968 | I bowed on my knees and cried | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15009 | 2/14/1968 | Steal away and pray | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15010 | 2/14/1968 | Will you meet me over yonder-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15011 | 2/14/1968 | Where we'll never grow old-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15015 | 2/19/1968 | Medals for mothers | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15016 | 2/19/1968 | Rock of ages | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15017 | 2/19/1968 | I pray my way out of trouble | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15018 | 2/19/1968 | How great Thou art-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15019 | 2/20/1968 | What a friend we have in Jesus | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15020 | 2/20/1968 | Jesus sure changed me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15021 | 2/20/1968 | Light at the river | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15168 | 6/19/1968 | That was yesterday-1,3 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15169 | 6/19/1968 | A working man-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15170 | 6/19/1968 | Banjo ringing Saturday night-3 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15173 | 6/20/1968 | Thanks for all the yesterdays-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15174 | 6/20/1968 | Midnight angel-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15175 | 6/20/1968 | Son of a sawmill man | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15176 | 6/20/1968 | No good son of a gun-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15566 | 4/21/1969 | There'll be no teardrops tonight | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15567 | 4/21/1969 | You win again | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15568 | 4/21/1969 | Blue moon of Kentucky | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15569 | 4/21/1969 | Where does the good times go-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15577 | 4/23/1969 | Put it off until tomorrow | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15578 | 4/23/1969 | Flying South | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15579 | 4/23/1969 | Will you visit me on Sunday-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15580 | 4/23/1969 | Nine pound hammer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15581 | 4/24/1969 | When the grass grows over | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15582 | 4/24/1969 | Tennessee hound dog | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15796 | 10/8/1969 | Somebody's back in town | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15797 | 10/8/1969 | Beneath still waters-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15798 | 10/8/1969 | Ruby, are you mad | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15799 | 10/8/1969 | Siempre | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15926 | 3/5/1970 | Searching for yesterday | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15927 | 3/5/1970 | Listening to the rain | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15928 | 3/5/1970 | Georgia piney woods-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15929 | 3/5/1970 | The fightin' side of me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15949 | 3/12/1970 | Let me be the first to know | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15950 | 3/12/1970 | Windy city-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 15951 | 3/12/1970 | Kaw-liga | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16092 | 5/26/1970 | My sweet love ain't around | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16093 | 5/26/1970 | You're running wild | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16094 | 5/26/1970 | My old Kentucky home (Turpentine & Dandelion wine) | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16095 | 5/28/1970 | Tennessee stud | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16096 | 5/28/1970 | My heart would know | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16097 | 5/28/1970 | Muddy bottom-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16522 | 8/10/1971 | Color me lonely | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16523 | 8/10/1971 | Take me home, country roads | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16524 | 8/10/1971 | Tears are no stranger-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16525 | 8/13/1971 | Oh, the pain of loving you | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16526 | 8/13/1971 | Unfaithful one | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16527 | 8/13/1971 | Ballad of forty dollars | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16578 | 9/28/1971 | Tomorrow never comes | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16579 | 9/28/1971 | Sometimes you just can't win-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16580 | 9/28/1971 | Shelly's Winter love | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16587 | 10/8/1971 | I wonder why you said goodbye | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16588 | 10/8/1971 | Tunnel of your mind-1 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16589 | 10/8/1971 | Eight more miles to Louisville | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16702 | 2/9/1972 | Love lifted me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16703 | 2/9/1972 | Stand beside me, behind me | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16704 | 2/9/1972 | Miss you Mississippi | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16723 | 2/23/1972 | Teardrops will kiss the morning dew | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16724 | 2/23/1972 | Long lanky woman | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16725 | 2/23/1972 | Knoxville girl | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16726 | 2/23/1972 | Wash my face in the morning dew | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16753 | 4/11/1972 | Love's gonna live here | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16754 | 4/11/1972 | Today I started loving you again | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16755 | 4/11/1972 | Arkansas | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16756 | 4/11/1972 | Fireball mail | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16781 | 5/10/1972 | Midnight flyer | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16782 | 5/10/1972 | How long does it take | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16783 | 5/10/1972 | Blue heartache | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16958 | 11/27/1972 | Wabash Cannonball | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16959 | 11/27/1972 | Try me one more time | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16960 | 11/27/1972 | It's gonna be raining till I die | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16966 | 12/4/1972 | Back to the country roads-2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16967 | 12/4/1972 | The condition of Samuel Wilder-1,2 | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16968 | 12/4/1972 | Tears | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16969 | 12/5/1972 | You're heavy on my mind | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16970 | 12/5/1972 | Checkin' er over | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin | |||
| Decca | NA 16971 | 12/5/1972 | Lizzie Lou | Osborne Brothers | vocalist, instrumentalist, mandolin |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Osborne, Bobby," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/207525.
Osborne, Bobby. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/207525.
"Osborne, Bobby." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
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