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About The Artist In our research, we first find mention of Floyd Wilkins during World War II, the mid-1940s. We could not find much details about him other than he was often a co-writer for various tunes of the day. The songs would show up in the song folios of the era, such as Clyde & Slim (The Roving Hillbillies) Farm and Fireside Songs, Bud Messner and the Skyline Boys Song Folio, Milton Estes and His Musical Millers Song Folio Number 1, Blaine Smith Historic Album Favorite as well as magazines such as Cowboy Songs. In 1944, Cowboy Music World listed him in their Songwriters Honor Roll as one of those songwriters who had written over 100 tunes. We've tried to compile a summary of the tunes he was associated with during that era. You will see some are of a patriotic theme related to the war as well as other topics.
with Milton Estes with Milton Estes with Milton Estes with Milton Estes with Phil Kalar with Russ Hull and Phil Kalar with Ray Marcell and Russ Hull with Lew Mel with Wallace Fowler with Ray Marcell with Russ Hull Reportedly recorded by The Saddlemates on Dome Records and by Blaine Smith on Bullet Records with Wally Fowler with Wally Fowler with Russ Hull with Russ Hull with Wallace Fowler with Wallace Fowler In 1947, Matt Pelkonent wrote in his regular "Matt's Chats" feature in National Hillbilly News of perhaps some insight as to what else Floyd did. He mentions a Floyd Wilkins living in Albany, New York. Up to that time, Floyd had an undisclosed job with the government. He had taken on the distributorship for the Bullet Record label in New York. In another issue, we found a snippet that tells us Floyd had moved to Brooklyn, New York. He had just co-written two tunes with Wally Fowler, So Carelessly and When The Roses Bloom In Tennessee and were recorded by Wally on Capitol Records. In Matt Pelkonen's September 1947 column, he notes that he "was shocked" to learn of the sudden death of his friend, Floyd Wilkins, who he said at the time was in Albany, New York. He passed away at home and was the eastern manager for Wallace Fowler publications that was headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Mr. Pelkonen notes he was survived by his wife and two sons. Credits & Sources
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