James McCravy

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1925 - 1935

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, songwriter, guitar, arranger, composer, lyricist, violin

Notes: Victor ledgers note that Frank and James McCravy were known on the radio as the Sweet Singers of the South.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 172 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BVE-39638 10-in. 7/8/1927 Bye and bye Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble arranger, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor BVE-39639 10-in. 7/8/1927 These bones g'wina rise again Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble arranger, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor BVE-39640 10-in. 7/8/1927 Jacob's ladder Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor BVE-39641 10-in. 7/8/1927 Six feet of earth Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor BVE-39642 10-in. 7/8/1927 Only a rosebud Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Victor BVE-46395 10-in. 12/17/1928 Dip me in the golden sea Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with violin, harmonica, and banjo vocalist  
Victor BVE-46396 10-in. 12/17/1928 Ring them heavenly bells Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with violin, harmonica, and banjo vocalist  
Victor BVE-46397 10-in. 12/18/1928 Trundle bed Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-46398 10-in. 12/18/1928 Hide away Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble composer, vocalist  
Victor BVE-46399 10-in. 12/18/1928 Sister Lucy Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble composer, vocalist  
Victor BVE-49000 10-in. 12/18/1928 Old-fashioned photograph of mother Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with violin, clarinet, and banjo vocalist  
Victor BVE-53926 10-in. 7/17/1929 Sweet Marie Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53927 10-in. 7/17/1929 Prepare to meet your mother Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53928 10-in. 7/17/1929 Can a boy forget his mother? Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53931 10-in. 7/18/1929 She was bred in old Kentucky Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53932 10-in. 7/18/1929 Down where the cotton blossoms grow Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53933 10-in. 7/18/1929 My old rose Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53938 10-in. 7/19/1929 O think of the home over there Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53939 10-in. 7/19/1929 Till we meet again (God be with you) Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-53940 10-in. 7/19/1929 Tell it again Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-55610 10-in. 7/15/1929 The dollar and the devil Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-55611 10-in. 7/15/1929 Keep in the middle of the road Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
Victor BVE-55612 10-in. 7/15/1929 What are they doing in heaven? Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble arranger, vocalist  
Victor BVE-57778 10-in. 12/16/1929 I feel like going on Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist, composer  
Victor BVE-57779 10-in. 12/16/1929 My mother's old Bible is true Frank McCravy ; James McCravy Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble vocalist  
(Results 1-25 of 172 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "McCravy, James," accessed November 2, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/114573.

McCravy, James. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 2, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/114573.

"McCravy, James." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/114573

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: McCravy, James - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008181305

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/78609534

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