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Tex Ritter
Born:  January 12, 1906
Died:  January 2, 1974
Academy of Country Music Pioneer (1970)
Country Music Hall of Fame (1964)
Hollywood Walk of Fame (1960)
Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1971)
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame (1998)
Western Music Association Hall of Fame (1989)
KWKH Louisiana Hayride
Town Hall Party


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Christmas Carols By The Old Corral

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Tex Ritter Story
By Johnny Bond
Chappell Music Company
1976
397 Pages
 



Buy this Book
Tex Ritter: America's Most Beloved Cowboy
By Bill O'Neal
Eakin Publications
1998
157 Pages
ISBN:  1-57168-249-X
 

Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)

 
Capitol
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  1058 A Blood On The Saddle
  1058 B Bad Brahma Bull
  1071 A Boiled Crawfish
  1071 B I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night
  1098 A A Beautiful Life
  1098 B Thief On The Cross
  110 A Goodbye, My Little Cherokee
  110 B Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
  1141 A The Pledge Of Allegiance
  1141 B The Fiery Bear
  1188 A Coal Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam
  1188 B Nobody's Fool
  1264 A Christmas Carols By The Old Corral
  1264 B Merry Christmas Polka
  1267 A Daddy's Last Letter
  1267 B Onward Christian Soldiers
  132 A I've Done The Best I Could
  132 B Someone
  1334 A Stay Away From My Heart
  1334 B Big Blue Diamond
  1338 A The Great American Eagle (W/Leon Payne)
  1338 B Other Side By Leon Payne
  1388 A You're Always Brand New
  1388 B My Bucket's Been Fixed
  1453 A There's No One To Cry Over Me
  1453 B If I Could Steal You
  147 A There's A Gold Star In Her Window
  147 B Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
  15119 A Rock And Rye
  15119 B My Hearts As Cold As An Empty Jug
  15215 A There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder
  15215 B Jingle, Jangle, Jingle
  1581 A Coffee Pot
  1581 B Wearin' Out Your Walkin' Shoes
  1629 A Green Grow The Lilacs
  1629 B Jealous Heart
  1631 A Rye Whiskey
  1631 B Blood On The Saddle
  1665 A Deck Of Cards
  1665 B Ol' Shorty
  1698 A The Long Black Rifle
  1698 B Let Me Go, Devil
  174 A There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder
  174 B I'm Wastin' My Tears On You
  1783 A Rock All The Babies To Sleep
  1783 B Tennessee Blues
  179 A Jealous Heart
  179 B We Live In Two Different Worlds
  1977 A When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
  1977 B As Long As The River Flows On
  20039 A The Wreck Of Number Nine
  20039 B The Phantom White Stallion Of Skull Valley
  20068 A Bad Brahma Bull
  20068 B Rye Whisky
  2034 A The Letter Edged In Black (W/Oklahoma Sweethearts)
  2034 B There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings (W/Oklahoma Sweethearts)
  206 A You Two Timed Me Once Too Often
  206 B Green Grow The Lilacs
  2120 A High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
  2120 B Go On! Get Out!
  2174 A Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
  2174 B Boll Weevil
  223 A Christmas Carols By The Old Corral
  223 B You Will Have To Pay
  2368 A My Woman Ain't Pretty
  2368 B Buffalo Dream
  2475 A The Marshall's Daughter
  2475 B San Antonio Story
  253 A I'm Gonna Leave You Like I Found You
  253 B Long Time Gone
  2541 A A Letter To My Son
  2541 B Growin' Up
  2594 A Let Me Go, Devil
  2594 B Long Black Rifle
  2677 A Chuckwagon Son Of A Gun
  2677 B Wand'Rin Star
  2686 A Lord, Send An Angel
  2686 B Red Deck Of Cards
  2756 A Brave Man
  2756 B Turn Around Boy
  2836 A The Best Time Of All
  2836 B Lovely Veil Of White
  2916 A Prairie Home
  2916 B The Bandit
  2957 A Is There A Santa Claus?
  2957 B Old Tex Kringle
  296 A When You Leave, Don't Slam The Door
  296 B Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
  32118 A Muskrat
  32118 B One Misty, Moisty Morning
  327 A From Now On
  327 B Love Me Now
  3357 A Keeper Of The Key
  3357 B Lorena
  3457 A Comin' After Jinny
  3457 B You Will Have To Pay For Yesterday
  366 A One Little Teardrop Too Late
  366 B Ninety Nine Years Is A Long Time
  3705 A Willie, The Wandering Gypsy and Me
  3705 B Wind Of Oklahoma
  3814 A The Americans
  3814 B He Who Is Without sin
  40000 A Last Mile
  40000 B Bats In Your Belfry
  40020 A Teach Me To Forget
  40020 B Toodle-Loo, My Darlin'
  40036 A Don't Make Me Sorry
  40036 B I Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail
  40084 A Boll Weevil
  40084 B Rye Whiskey
  40090 A Dallas Darlin'
  40090 B I've Had Enough Of Your Two-Timin' (You've Ha
  40106 A Pecos Bill
  40106 B Egg-A-Bread
  40114 A Deck Of Cards
  40114 B Rounded Up In Glory
  40143 A Fort Worth Jail
  40155 A Careless Hands
  40155 B Ol' Shorty
  40179 A Chisholm Trail
  40179 B San Antonio Rose
  40180 A Try Me One More Time
  40180 B Boll Weevil Song
  40181 A Rounded Up In Glory
  40181 B Blood On The Saddle
  40182 A Bad Brahma Bull
  40182 B Rye Whiskey
  40217 A Cool Water (w/The Dinning Sisters)
  40217 B You Are My Sunshine (w/The Dinning Sisters)
  40248 A Some Sweet Day
  40248 B Never Mind My Tears
  4567 A (I Dreamed Of A)Hillbilly Heaven
  4567 B The Wind and The Tree
  5697 A Remember Me
  5839 A Just Beyond the Moon
  5839 B Greedy Old Dog
  885 A Rye Whiskey
  885 B Deck Of Cards
  928 A Boogie Woogie Cowboy
  928 B He's A Cowboy Auctioneer
 
Capitol Americana
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  40036 A I Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail
  40036 B Don't Make Me Sorry
  40084 A Boll Weevil
  40084 B Rye Whiskey
  40114 A Deck Of Cards
  40114 B Rounded Up In Glory
  48004 A Fort Worth Jail
 
Capitol Stories for Children
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  20038 A I Love My Rooster
  20038 B Texas Rangers
 
Champion
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  45197 A Answer To Nobody’s Darling But Mine
  45197 B We’ll Rest AT The End Of The Trail
 
Columbia
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  20239 A Rye Whiskey
  20239 B Goodbye Old Paint
  37640 A Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey
  37640 B Goodbye, Old Paint
 
Decca
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  5076 A Sam Hall
  5076 B Lady Killing Cowboy
  5112 A Thirty Three Years In Prison
  5112 B I'm A Do Right Cowboy
  5305 A Bill The Bar Fly
  5305 B Out On The Lone Prairie
  5306 A Headin' For The Rio Grande
  5306 B Jailhouse Lament
  5315 A High Wide And Handsome
  5315 B Arizona Days
  5389 A I'm A Natural Born Cowboy
  5389 B Down A Colorado Trail
  5405 A Hitting The Trail
  5405 B Ridin Down Trail To Albuqu
  5639 A Singing In The Saddle
  5639 B Viva Tequila
  5648 A When It's Lamp Lighting Time In The Valley
  5648 B Sundown On The Prairie
  5922 A Melody From The Sky
  5922 B Hills Of Old Wyoming (w/Blueridge Mountaineers)
 
Montgomery Ward
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  4967 A The Oregon Trail
  4967 B Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle
  8020 A We'll Rest At The End Of The Trail
  8020 B Answer To Nobody's Darling But Mine
  8031 A Out On The Lone Prairie
  8031 B Bill The Bar Fly
  8032 A Jailhouse Lament
  8032 B Headin' For The Rio Grande
 
Romeo
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  5222 A Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey
  5222 B Good-bye, Old Paint
 
Vocalion
Rec. No. Side Song Title
  04911 A Rye Whiskey
  04911 B Goodbye, Old Paint
  05493 A Goodbye Old Paint
  05493 B Rye Whiskey, Rye Whiskey


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