Bud Billings

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Bud Billings Trio

Pseudonym for American country artist Frank Luther.

Luther used this name while recording for Victor in the late 1920s - early 1930s.

ALBUMS

Bud* And Joe Billings

Singing Pals From Kansas

1998, CD, Comp, Mono, Cattle Compact

Bud* And Joe Billings

The Bum Song / Polly Wolly Doodle

1933, Shellac, 10", Regal Zonophone

Bud* And Joe Billings / Bud Billings

Cross-Eyed Sue / The Engineer's Child

1933, Shellac, 10", Regal Zonophone

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison / Carl T. Sprague

When The Bloom Is On The Sage / Oh Bury Me Out On The Prairie

Bud Billings (2) And Joe Billings / The Vagabonds

You'll Never Miss Your Mother Till She's Gone / Red River Valley

Bud* And Joe Billings

When The Sun Goes Down On A Little Prairie Town / Ma And Pa (Send Their Sweetest Love)

1932, Shellac, 10", Zonophone

Bud Billings (2) & Carson Robison / Jimmie Rodgers

Silvery Arizona Moon / Mississippi River Blues

1932, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice

Bud* And Joe Billings - Carson Robison / Bud* And Joe Billings

In The Cumberland Mountains / Missouri Valley

Bud Billings (2) Assisted By Phil Crow / Peg Moreland*

Cornpone In Pot Likker (Whether To Dunk Or Crumble) / In Berry Picking Time

1931, Shellac, 10", Victor

The Fate Of The Fleagle Gang / He Was Once Some Mother's Boy

1931, Shellac, 10", Victor

Rocky Mountain Lullaby / My Cradle Sweetheart

1931, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud* & Joe Billings / Bud Billings

My Heart Is Where The Mohawk Flows Tonight / Rocky Mountain Lullaby

1931, Shellac, 10", Zonophone

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Southern Moon / Silvery Arizona Moon

1931, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud* And Joe Billings

Down In The Hills / My Heart Is Where the Mohawk Flows To-Night

1931, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain / Sleepy Hollow

Bud* And Joe Billings

When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver (I Will Love You Just The Same) / I'm Alone Because I Love You

The Prison Fire / The Old Parlor Organ

1930, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Woman Down In Memphis / Railroad Boomer

1930, Shellac, 10", Victor,

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Beneath Montana Skies / You Made Me Want To Forget

1930, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Sweet Virginia In Old Virginia / Down On The Old Plantation

1930, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

His Old Cornet / Why Ain't I Got No Sweetheart?

1930, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Leave The Purty Gals Alone / Poor Man's Heaven

1930, Shellac, 10", Victor,

Bud* And Joe Billings / Bud Billings

Barnacle Bill The Sailor No.2 / Hello Young Lady

1930, Shellac, 10", Zonophone,

Bud* And Joe Billings / Bud Billings

Lonesome Melody / An Old-Fashioned Sweetheart Of Mine

1930, Shellac, 10", Zonophone

Bud* And Joe Billings / Lester McFarland

Left My Gal In The Mountains / Birmingham Jail

1930, Shellac, 10", Zonophone

Bud Billings (2) / Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Cross Eyed Sue / Smoky Mountain Bill

1930, Shellac, 10", Oak, Victor

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

You'll Get Pie In The Sky When You Die / Oh Jailer Bring Back That Key

Bud Billings (2) And Carson Robison

Open Up Dem Pearly Gates For Me / Old Kentucky Cabin

Bud Billings Trio With Carson Robison / Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Red River Valley / Little Cabin In The Cascade Mountains

Bud Billings (2) / Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Hello Young Lindy / It's The Same The Whole World Over

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

When The Bloom Is On The Sage / My Pretty Quadroon

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Somewhere In Old Wyoming / Drifting And Dreaming

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

By The Old Oak Tree / Moonlight On The Colorado

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Went To See My Gal Last Night / Barnacle Bill The Sailor, No. 3

1929, Shellac, 10", Victor

Sinking Of The Vestris / An Old Man's Story

1929, Shellac, 10", Victor,

Bud Billings (2) and Joe Billings

Old Fashioned Sweetheart Of Mine / Lonesome Melody

1929, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud* And Joe Billings

Birmingham Jail / Columbus Stockade Blues

The Wanderer's Warning / Will The Angels Play Their Harps For Me?

Barnacle Bill, The Sailor / How To Make Love

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Goin' Back To Texas / Dance At Jones' Place

Bud* And Joe Billings

Sailor Jack / Why Did I Get Married

Bud* And Joe Billings

You’re As Welcome As The Flowers In May / When The Harvest Moon Is Shining (Mollie Dear)

Bud Billings (2) And Joe Billings

Birmingham Jail No. 2 / Lonesome Railroad

Bud* And Joe Billings

When It's Springtime In The Rockies / Sleepy Rio Grande

Bud* And Joe Billings

The Utah Trail / Wednesday Night Waltz

Bud* And Joe Billings

Left My Gal In The Mountains / Barnacle Bill The Sailor-No. 2

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Will The Circle Be Unbroken? / You'll Never Miss Your Mother Till She's Gone

1928, Shellac, 10", Victor

Who Said I Was A Bum? / Jack Of All Trades

1928, Shellac, 10", Victor

A Mother's Plea / Since Mother's Gone

1928, Shellac, 10", Victor

Bud Billings (2) And Carson Robison / Frank Stamps And His All Star Quartet

Will The Circle Be Unbroken / I Will Walk With My Saviour

1928, Shellac, 10", Montgomery Ward

Bud Billings (2) / Bud Billings (2) & Carson Robison

I Tore Up Your Picture When You Said Good-Bye / Do You Still Remember?

The Heroes Of The Vestris / The Wreck Of Number Nine

Bud* & Joe Billings

I Am Alone Because I Love You / Oh Mama

Shellac, 12", Disco "Grammofono"

Gene And Glenn / Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree / When the Bloom is on the Sage (Round-Up Time In Texas)

Shellac, 10", Montgomery Ward

Bud Billings (2) / McCravy Brothers (Frank And James)*

I Wonder If He's Singing To The Angels To-Night / Can A Boy Forget His Mother?

Shellac, 10", Montgomery Ward,

Columbus Prison Fire / The Prisoner's Child

Shellac, 10", Montgomery Ward

Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison / Ernest V. Stoneman And His Dixie Mountaineers*

Down On The Old Plantation / The Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane

Shellac, 10", Montgomery Ward

Bud* And Joe Billings / The Carter Family

Left My Gal In The Mountains / Lulu Wall

Shellac, 10", Zonophone

Nelstone's Hawaiians / Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

North-Bound Train / Dance At Jones' Place

Shellac, 10", Zonophone

Bud Billings (2) / Dick Robertson

Will The Angels Play Their Harps For Me / Let Me Call You Sweetheart (I'm In Love With You)

Shellac, 10", Montgomery Ward

Frank Crumit / Bud Billings

A Gay Caballero / Barnacle Bill, The Sailor

Shellac, 10", RE, Montgomery Ward,

Bud* And Joe Billings / Frank Crumit

When It's Springtime In The Rockies / Around The Corner

Shellac, 10", RE, Montgomery Ward

Bud* And Joe Billings / Stuart Hamblen

The Utah Trail / My Brown-Eyed Texas Rose

Shellac, 10", Montgomery Ward

Vernon Dalhart - Carson Robison / Bud Billings (2) - Carson Robison

Golden Slippers / Will The Circle Be Unbroken?

Shellac, 10", RE, Bluebird (3)

A Mother's Plea / Since Mother's Gone

Shellac, 10", Zonophone

Georgia Yellow Hammers / Bud Billings

Pass Around The Bottle / The Wreck Of Number Nine

APPEARANCES +

Wait Till The Clouds Roll By

2020, 3xCD, Comp, Musical Traditions Records

78Man Favourites Vol 3

2017, CDr, Comp, Mono, 78Man Records

Just Plain Folks

2007, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,

Country/Bluegrass

Blue River Train & Other Cowboy And Country Songs

2007, CD, Comp, Jasmine Records

Serenade In The Mountains

2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records,

When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll (Vol. 10 East Virginia Blues)

2004, CD, Comp, Bluebird (3), BMG,

When The Sun Goes Down: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll (Vol. 10 East Virginia Blues)

2004, CDr, Comp, Bluebird (3)

Poor Man's Heaven

Country Blues/Harmonica Blues/Piano Blues/Hillbilly/Vocal

The Greatest Country Music Recordings Of All Time Volumes 91 & 92 - Hits Of The 1930s And 1940s

1985, 2xLP, Comp, Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society

Bud Billings Trio With Carson Robison

Red River Valley / Little Cabin In The Cascade Mountains