Rusty Draper

Farrell Haliday "Rusty" Draper (January 25, 1923 – March 28, 2003) was an American country and pop singer-songwriter and radio and TV host who achieved his greatest success in the 1950s.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 25, 1923 (Kirksville, Missouri), Died March 28, 2003 (Bellevue)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, songwriter

Notes: His composer attribution and performances are sometimes credited in Victor ledgers and on disc labels as his original name, Farrell Draper.

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

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	BS-044333	10-in.	12/8/1939	Drifting sands	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-044334	10-in.	12/8/1939	I'm from Missouri	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer
Victor	BS-044335	10-in.	12/8/1939	Ozark kitchen sweat	Sons of the Ozarks	String band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-044336	10-in.	12/8/1939	Lone star pony	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal trio	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, songwriter
Victor	BS-044337	10-in.	12/8/1939	The ghost song	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-044338	10-in.	12/8/1939	Mountain mother of mine	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer
Victor	BS-044339	10-in.	12/8/1939	Plantation blues	Sons of the Ozarks	String band	instrumentalist, guitar
Victor	BS-044340	10-in.	12/8/1939	Bluin' in E minor	Sons of the Ozarks	String band	instrumentalist, guitar, composer
Victor	BS-044341	10-in.	12/8/1939	The story of the Websters and the McGuires	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer
Victor	BS-044342	10-in.	12/8/1939	My sweet Irene from Illinois	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer
Victor	BS-044343	10-in.	12/8/1939	When Beulah did the hula in Missoula	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, songwriter
Victor	BS-044344	10-in.	12/8/1939	Little pony, travel on to Arizona	Sons of the Ozarks	String band, with male vocal solo	instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Draper, Rusty," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110871.

Draper, Rusty. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/110871.

"Draper, Rusty." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.