Leon Short
Birth and Death Data: Born 1919, Died 1988
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1944 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decca | 73417 | 2/13/1946 | There's gonna be some changes made around here | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73418 | 2/13/1946 | You were only teasing me | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73419 | 2/13/1946 | I'm free at last | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73420 | 2/13/1946 | Heart of stone | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73421 | 2/14/1946 | As long as I live | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73422 | 2/14/1946 | Could you take me back | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73423 | 2/14/1946 | Dissatisfied | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73424 | 2/14/1946 | No forgiveness | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73425 | 2/14/1946 | Those simple things are worth a million vows | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73678 | 9/17/1946 | Filipino baby | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73679 | 9/17/1946 | Drivin' nails in my coffin | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73680 | 9/17/1946 | Rainbow at midnight | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73681 | 9/17/1946 | I don't blame you | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73682 | 9/18/1946 | The last goodbye | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73683 | 9/18/1946 | Get in or get out of my heart | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73684 | 9/18/1946 | How can I be sure | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73685 | 9/18/1946 | Those tears in your eyes | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | 73686 | 9/18/1946 | Love me now | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 73687 | 9/18/1946 | I wonder | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74354 | 12/17/1947 | Long gone Daddy | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74355 | 12/17/1947 | Whistle bait | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74356 | 12/17/1947 | Tennessee waltz | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | 74357 | 12/17/1947 | Now it's your turn to cry | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | L 4383 | 3/24/1947 | You hit the nail right on the head | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 4384 | 3/24/1947 | Two wrongs don't make a right | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 4385 | 3/24/1947 | Old Indians never do | Short Brothers | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | NT 108 | 8/11/1947 | That wild and wicked look in your eye | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 109 | 8/11/1947 | A lonely heart knows | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 110 | 8/11/1947 | Don't your face look red | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 111 | 8/11/1947 | Answer to Rainbow at midnight | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 116 | 8/12/1947 | Old Indians never die | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 117 | 8/12/1947 | Move it on over | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 118 | 8/12/1947 | Alla en el rancho grande | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 119 | 8/12/1947 | La Virgencita | Jimmie Short ; Leon Short | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 120 | 8/13/1947 | Watching my past go by | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 121 | 8/13/1947 | A woman wrecked many a good | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 122 | 8/13/1947 | Headin' down the wrong highway | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | NT 123 | 8/13/1947 | White Christmas | The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25280 | 10-in. | 5/24/1945 | My hillbilly baby | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 25321 | 5/24/1945 | Jealous heart | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25322 | 5/24/1945 | Crying myself to sleep | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25323 | 5/24/1945 | Fort Worth jail | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25324 | 5/24/1945 | You're breaking my heart | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25325 | 5/24/1945 | Farther and farther apart | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25326 | 5/24/1945 | I loved you once | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25327 | 5/24/1945 | I'll step aside | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25328 | 5/24/1945 | Worried mind | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25329 | 5/24/1945 | A year ago tonight | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25330 | 5/24/1945 | Time changes everything | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25331 | 5/24/1945 | What good will it do | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25332 | 5/24/1945 | My time will come someday | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25333 | 5/24/1945 | Grey-eyed darling | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25334 | 5/24/1945 | I never cross your mind | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25335 | 5/24/1945 | I told you so | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25336 | 5/24/1945 | I'm beginning to forget you | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25337 | 5/24/1945 | I'm gonna be long gone when I go away | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25338 | 5/24/1945 | I walk alone | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25424 | 9/11/1945 | It's been so long darling | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25425 | 9/11/1945 | Should I come back home to you | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25426 | 9/11/1945 | There's a little bit of everything in Texas | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25427 | 9/11/1945 | Darling, what more can I do | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25428 | 9/11/1945 | It just don't matter now | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25429 | 9/11/1945 | I'm beginning to forget you | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25430 | 9/11/1945 | When love turns to hate | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25431 | 9/11/1945 | You'll want me back | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25509 | 2/10/1947 | So round, so firm, so fully packed | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25510 | 2/10/1947 | Don't look now | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | C 25511 | 2/10/1947 | A hundred and sixty acres | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50148 | 1/13/1944 | Tomorrow never comes | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50149 | 1/13/1944 | Soldier's last letter | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50150 | 1/13/1944 | Careless darlin' | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50151 | 1/13/1944 | Yesterday's tears | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50152 | 1/14/1944 | I'm still in love with you | The Texas Troubadours | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | L 50153 | 1/14/1944 | That's all she wrote | The Texas Troubadours | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | L 50154 | 1/14/1944 | Two different worlds | The Texas Troubadours | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | L 50155 | 1/14/1944 | Sundown and sorrow | The Texas Troubadours | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |||
| Decca | L 50156 | 1/15/1944 | Those simple things are worth a million vows | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50157 | 1/15/1944 | Answer to Walking the floor over you | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50158 | 1/15/1944 | You won't ever forget me | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50159 | 1/15/1944 | Keep my memory in your heart | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50160 | 1/15/1944 | I lost my ace of hearts | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50161 | 1/15/1944 | Though the days were only seven | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50162 | 1/15/1944 | With tears in my eyes | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar | |||
| Decca | L 50163 | 1/15/1944 | Are you waiting just for me | Ernest Tubb | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Short, Leon," accessed November 14, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/209384.
Short, Leon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 14, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/209384.
"Short, Leon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Short, Leon - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97008193
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