Jimmy Day
Jimmy Day (born James Clayton Day; 1934–1999) was an American steel guitarist active in the 1950s and 1960s whose career in country music blossomed about the time the pedal steel guitar was invented after pedals were added to the lap steel guitar. He was a pioneer on pedal steel in the genres of Western swing and Honky tonk and his modifications of the instrument's design have become a standard on the modern pedal steel. Day's first job after high school was performing on the Louisiana Hayride as a sideman accompanying developing country artists including Hank Williams, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson, Jim Reeves, Ray Price and Elvis Presley. He recorded and toured with all these artists and was featured on hit records by of many of them, including Ray Price's, "Crazy Arms" and "Heartaches by the Number". He was a member of Elvis Presley's band for about a year, but, along with fellow bandmate Floyd Cramer, resigned after Presley requested them to re-locate to Hollywood; instead, Day moved to Nashville to work as a session player and Grand Ole Opry musician. He was a member of the Western Swing Hall of Fame (1994) and the International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1999). Day died of cancer in 1999. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 9, 1934 (Tuscaloosa), Died January 22, 1999 (Austin)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1952 - 1960
Roles Represented in DAHR: steel guitar
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | NA 2656 | 2/29/1952 | That heart belongs to me | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2657 | 2/29/1952 | I just can't be true | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2658 | 2/29/1952 | So used to loving you | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2659 | 2/29/1952 | I haven't got the heart | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2702 | 4/21/1952 | Slowly | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2703 | 4/21/1952 | The last waltz | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2704 | 4/21/1952 | Bow Thy head | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2705 | 4/21/1952 | Country church | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2768 | 7/15/1952 | Just how long | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2769 | 7/15/1952 | I haven't got the heart | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2770 | 7/15/1952 | Slowly | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 2771 | 7/15/1952 | I'll always take care of you | Webb Pierce | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10964 | 1/27/1960 | Lovesick blues | Patsy Cline | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10965 | 1/27/1960 | How can I face tomorrow | Patsy Cline | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10966 | 1/27/1960 | There he goes again | Patsy Cline | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |||
Decca | NA 10967 | 1/27/1960 | Crazy dreams-1 | Patsy Cline | instrumentalist, steel guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Day, Jimmy," accessed August 20, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311181.
Day, Jimmy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved August 20, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/311181.
"Day, Jimmy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 20 August 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Day, Jimmy, 1934-1999 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009028433
Wikidata: Jimmy Day - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q105763233
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/78996605
MusicBrainz: Jimmy Day - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ba75e10e-120e-4a65-a26e-e19a4ab98874
ISNI: 0000 0000 5504 1783 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000055041783
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