Sleepy Johnson
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1941
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor guitar, violin, tenor banjo, string bass, guitar, composer, lyricist, vocalist
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 64 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-70670 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Sunbonnet Sue | Light Crust Doughboys | Male vocal solo, with fiddle (violin) and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Victor | BVE-70671 | 10-in. | 2/9/1932 | Nancy Jane | Light Crust Doughboys | Male vocal ensemble, with fiddle (violin) and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Victor | BS-071042 | 10-in. | 9/30/1941 | I'm sorry now | Carlisle Brothers | Male vocal duet, with guitar and Hawaiian steel guitar | composer, lyricist | |
Columbia | C1475 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | She's killing me | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1477 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | No matter how she done it (she's just a dirty dame) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1479 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Steel guitar rag | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1480 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Get along home Cindy | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1481 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Trouble in mind | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1482 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | What's the matter with the mill? | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solos | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1483 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Sugar blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1484 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Basin Street blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1485 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Red hot gal of mine | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1487 | 10-in. | 9/29/1936 | Too busy! | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1493 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Fan it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1495 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Mean mama blues | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1500 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Bring it on down to my house | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solos | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1503 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Right or wrong | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Columbia | C1504 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | Swing blues no.1 | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL146 | 10-in. | 9-25-1935 | Smith's reel | Sleepy Johnson ; Bob Wills | Violin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL147 | 10-in. | 9-23-1935 | Harmony | Sleepy Johnson ; Bob Wills | Violin and guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL572 | 10-in. | 5/16/1938 | Keep knocking (but you can't come in) | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor banjo | |
Brunswick | DAL126 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Osage stomp | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL127 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Get with it | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL129 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | I can't give you anything but love | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tenor guitar | |
Brunswick | DAL130 | 10-in. | 9/23/1935 | Spanish two step | Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys | String band | instrumentalist, tenor guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Johnson, Sleepy," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100929.
Johnson, Sleepy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100929.
"Johnson, Sleepy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Johnson, Sleepy - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005022665
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