American country singer, vaudeville artist, songwriter, pioneer radio performer, Victor recording artist and ukulele player known popularly as The Red Headed Music Maker.
b. St. George, Kansas. 23 Aug. 1896 - d. 1969
ALBUMS
Wendell Hall "The Red-Headed Music Maker"*
In The Big Rock Candy Mountains / Who Said I Was A Bum?
1929, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall "The Red-Headed Music Maker"*
Ploddin' Along / There's A Four Leaf Clover In My Pocket
1929, 
,
, Vocal
Wendell Hall
Old Fashioned Locket / Headin' Home (Bound For Birmingham)
1928, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall
Oh! Lucindy / Hot Feet
1928, Shellac, 10", Brunswick, ,
, Vocal
Wendell Hall
Will You Remember (What I Can't Forget) / I Told You I'd Never Forget You
1928
Wendell Hall
Down Kentucky Way / Hot Feet
1927, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Wendell Hall "The Red Headed Music Maker"*
Yesterday / Down Kentucky Way
1927
Wendell Hall "The Red Headed Music Maker"*
Take In The Sun. Hang Out The Moon / I’m Tellin’ The Birds, Tellin’ The Bees, How I Love You
1927
Wendell Hall
Lulu Lou / I'm Gonna Let The Bumble Bee Be
1926, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall
Say Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister / Spanish Shawl
1926, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall "The Red Headed Music Maker"*
Meadow-Lark / Just A Bird's Eye View (Of My Old Kentucky Home)
1926, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall
Hokey Pokey Diddle Dee Rum / Paddlin' Madelin' Home
1926, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall
Kentucky's Way Of Sayin' Good Mornin' / Show Me The Way To Go Home
1926, Shellac, 10", 80 RPM, Brunswick
Wendell Hall
Meadow Lark / Just A Bird's Eye View (Of My Old Kentucky Home)
1926, Shellac, 10", 80 RPM, Brunswick
Wendell Hall "The Red Headed Music Maker"*
Kentucky's Way Of Sayin' Good Mornin' / Show Me The Way To Go Home
1926
Wendell Hall
Over The Rainbow Trail / Your Shining Eyes
1925, Shellac, 10", Victor
Wendell Hall
Angry / Whisp'ring Trees, Memories And You
1925, Shellac, 10", Victor
Billy Murray / Wendell Hall
Oh Mabel / I Couldn't Get To It In Time
1925, Shellac, 10", Victor
Wendell Hall
Sunshine / It Struck My Funny Bone
1925, Shellac, 10", Victor
Wendell Hall
Hokey Pokey Diddle Dee Rum / I Don't Think So
1925
Jim Miller - Charlie Farrell / Wendell Hall
The Farmer Took Another Load Away! Hay! Hay! / Little Lindy Lou
1925
Regent Orchestra / Wendell Hall
Oh You Little Sun-Uv-Er-Gun / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1924, Shellac, 10", Winner (2)
Wendell Hall - Carson Robison / Wendell Hall
Song Birds In Georgia / Whistling The Blues Away
1924, Shellac, 10", Victor
Wendell Hall With The Virginians
Blue Island Blues / Blue Bird Blues
1924, Shellac, 10", Victor
Wendell Hall
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - 2nd Installment / We're Gonna Have Weather (Whether Or Not)
1924, Shellac, 10", Victor
Wendell Hall
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - 2nd Installment / We're Gonna Have Weather (Whether Or Not)
1924, Shellac, 10", Zonophone
Wendell Hall / Wendell Hall - Carson Robison
Lonely Lane / Swanee River Dreams
1924
Henry Burr / Wendell Hall
Wonderful One / Land Of My Sunset Dreams
1924
Wendell Hall
Old Plantation Melody / Pickaninny Lullaby
1924
Wendell Hall And Shannon Quartet
Oh! Susanna / Gwine To Run All Night (De Camptown Races)
1924
Wendell Hall
It Looks Like Rain / Comfortin' Gal
1924
Wendell Hall / Al Bernard And Ernest Hare
It Ain't Gonna' Rain No Mo' / Samuel Johnson (Get Thee Gone From Here)
1923, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Wendell Hall
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Red Headed Music Maker
1923
Wendell Hall
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Red Headed Music Maker
1923
Wendell Hall "The Red Headed Music Maker"*
Easy Goin' / My Dream Sweetheart
Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall / Wendell Hall - Carson Robison
Lonely Lane / Swanee River Dreams
Shellac, 10", Zonophone Record
Vernon Dalhart / Wendell Hall
Mammy's Little Silver Lining / Land Of My Sunset Dreams
Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice, 
Wendell Hall
Old Fashioned Locket / Headin' Home (Bound For Birmingham)
Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Wendell Hall
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
Cyl, 2min, Edison Records
APPEARANCES +
Various
Classic Old-Time Fiddle (From Smithsonian Folkways)
2007, CD, Comp, Smithsonian Folkways
Various
Hits Of The 1920s Vol.2: 1921-1923
2006, CD, Comp, Naxos Nostalgia
Harmonica Frank Floyd
The Missing Link
2002, CD, Album, Memphis International Records
Rita Schneider
Dingbats!!
2002, CD, Album, Coo-Ee Music
Various
The Newton Boys - Music From The Motion Picture
1998, CD, 
,
, Soundtrack/Ragtime/Dixieland
Various
Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions
1997, 12x CD, Box Set, ,
, Swing/Jump Blues/Ragtime
Erskine Hawkins And His Orchestra
1936-1938
1992, CD, ,
, Big Band/Swing
Charquet & Co
Crazy Quilt
1981, LP, Album, Blu, Stomp Off Records, Stomp Off Records
Various
Western Swing Vol. 4 (The 1930s)
1980, LP, Comp, Mono, Old Timey Records, ,
, Western Swing
Fred Penner
The Cat Came Back
1980
Reg Lindsay
Versatile Reg Lindsay
1976
Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra
1923-1925
1975, LP, Comp, Fountain Records (5), 
The Webb Brothers
Call Of The Bellbird
1974, 2xLP, Album, Festival Records, Festival Records, Festival Records
Oliver Naylor's Seven Aces*
The Complete 1924 - 1925 Recordings
1971, LP, Comp, Fountain Records (5),
Bud Flanagan
Who Do You Think You Are Kidding Mr. Hitler?
1969
Clara Smith
Volume Two (1923-1924 Recordings In Chronological Order)
1968, LP, Comp, VJM
The Browns (3) Featuring Jim Edward Brown*
Three Shades Of Brown
1965
Big Ben Banjo Band* With The Minstrel Singers
Big Ben's Minstrel Show
1965
Jimmie James
It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
1964, 7", Princess Records (5)
The Osborne Brothers
Five Days Of Heaven / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1962
The Big Ben Banjo Band With The Minstrel Singers
Big Ben's Minstrel Show (No. 3)
1961
Nappy Lamare's Strawhat Seven
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / This Is The Life
1950, Shellac, 10", Capitol Records
The Airport Boys
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / You Belong To Me
1941, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)
Hank Penny And His Radio Cowboys
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Yankee Doodle
1939
Green Brothers Marimba Orchestra*
That Little Boy Of Mine / Land Of My Sunset Dreams
1938, Shellac, 10", Decca
Green Brothers Marimba Orchestra*
Beautiful Ohio / Underneath The Mellow Moon
1938
The Rhythm Wreckers
Red-Headed Music Maker / Blue Yodel No. 3
1937, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
The Girls Of The Golden West (Mildred And Dorothy Good)*
Sing Me A Song Of The Mountains / My Little Old Nevada Home
1935
Will Osborne And His Orchestra
For All We Know / Let Me Call You Mine
1934, Shellac, 10", Melotone,
Red Nichols And His World Famous Pennies*
The Prize Waltz / Let Me Call You Mine
1934,
Vernon Dalhart
I'll Get Along Somehow / A Tale Of A Ticker
1929, Shellac, 10", Velvet Tone
Dupree's Rome Boys
Wedding Bells Waltz / Underneath The Mellow Moon
1929, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Vernon Dalhart / Dalhart* - Robison* - Hood*
The Miner's Prayer / Old Plantation Melody
1928, Shellac, 10", Pathé Actuelle
Vernon Dalhart - Carson Robison
Old Plantation Melody / When The Sun Goes Down Again
1928, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Buddy Kelly
My Dream Sweetheart / Paloma
1928, Shellac, 10", Kelly (5)
Dalhart And Robison* / Dalhart*, Robison* And Hood*
That Good Old Country Town / Old Plantation Melody
1928, Shellac, 10", Banner
Vernon Dalhart
Just An Old Spanish Custom / In 1992
1928, Shellac, 10", Velvet Tone
Vernon Dalhart And Carson Robison
Old Plantation Melody / When The Moon Shines Down Upon The Mountain
1928, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
James Melton / Franklyn Baur
My Angel / Whispering Trees
1928, Shellac, 10", Columbia, 
,
, Vocal
Mayfair Trio
Whispering Trees / I Wish I Had My Old Gal Back Again
1926, Shellac, 10", Vocalion (2)
Diplomat Orch.*
Tonight's My Night With Baby / Lulu Lou
1926, Shellac, 10", Edison Bell Winner
Seven Little Polar Bears
Lulu Lou / Hooray For The Irish!
1926, Shellac, 10", Cameo (3)
Phil Hughes And His High Hatters / Stillman's Orioles
Lulu Lou / Talking To The Moon
1926
Harry Snodgrass
The Prisoner's Song / Land Of My Sunset Dream
1926
Bud Birmingham And His Uke*
Who Takes Care Of The Caretaker's Daughter / We're Gonna Have Weather
1925, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Cliff Edwards (Ukulele Ike)*
If You'll Come Back / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo
1925, Shellac, 10", Bell (4)
The Happiness Boys
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1925, Cyl, 4min, Edison Blue Amberol Record
Harold Ortli And His Ohio State Collegians
My Daddy Rocks Me / I Couldn't Get To It
1925, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Billy Jones And Ernest Hare*
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / So This Is Venice!
1924, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Blanche Klaise / Bernard* And Ferera*
Daddy—Change Your Mind / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1924, Shellac, 10", Cameo (3), ,
, Vocal
Al Bernard And Ernest Hare / Al. Bernard* And Frank M. Kamplain*
Cindy (It Am Wedding Time) / 31st. Street Blues
1924, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Fiddlin' John Carson And His Virginia Reelers*
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Alabama Gal (Won't You Come Out Tonight?)
1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Helen Clark And Charles Hart
Land Of My Sunset Dreams / Whispering Palms
1924, Edison Disc, Edison Records
Billy Jones (4) / Ernest Hare
(What Has Become Of) Hinky Dinky Parlay Voo / It Looks Like Rain
1924, Shellac, 10", Bro, Vocalion (2)
The Original Memphis Five
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Red Hot Mamma
1924, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Rialto Dance Orchestra / The Music Masters
The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1924, Shellac, 10", Silvertone
Ethel Waters And Her Ebony Four
Brother, You've Got Me Wrong / Sympathetic Dan
1924, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Jos. C. Smith And His Mount Royal Orchestra*
Paradise Alley / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo!
1924, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice
Jack Hylton And His Orchestra
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Darlingest
1924, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice
The Melodians
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Bringing Home The Bacon
1924, Shellac, 10", Supertone (5)
James Sheridan, Emily Earle
Land Of My Sunset Dreams / Any Old Time At All
1924, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Billy Jones (4), Ernest Hare
Jump Fritz (I Feed You Liver) / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1924, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Künstler-Kapelle Dajos Béla
Mellow Moon / Miss Blue Eyes
1924, Shellac, 12", Odeon, Odeon
Harry Frankel And His Uke*
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (Second Edition - More Laughs)
1924, Shellac, 10", Gennett
The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra
Shine / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1924, Shellac, 10", Red, Vocalion (2)
Billy Jones & Ernest Hare / Ernest Hare
Down Where The South Begins / It Looks Like Rain
1924, Edison Disc, Edison Records,
Arthur Hall (2) / Craig And Bronson
You'll Never Get To Heaven With Those Eyes / Land Of My Sunset Dreams
1924, Shellac, 10", Regal (3),
Vernon Dalhart / Ed Clifford
It's A Man Everytime It's A Man / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo
1924, Shellac, 10", Bell (4)
Six Black Diamonds / The Original Memphis Five
Waitin' Around / 31st Street Blues
1924, Shellac, 10", Regal (3),
Radio Joe
On A Windy Day, 'Way Down In Waikiki / It Looks Like Rain
1924
Carl Fenton's Orchestra
Whose Izzy Is He (Is He Yours Or Is He Mine) / It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
1924,
W. R. Rhinehart
Klucker And The Rain / Long Klucker
1924
Al Bernard
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Me No Speaks Good English
1924
Billy Jones (4) / Charles Warren (8) And Frank Sterling
Land Of My Sunset Dreams / Memory Lane
1924
Jack Chapman And His Drake Hotel Orchestra / The Troubadours
The Land Of My Sunset Dreams / Georgia Lullaby
1924
Westchester Biltmore Country Club Orchestra / Casino Dance Orchestra
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Japanette
1924
International Novelty Orchestra / The Dizzy Trio*
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Hayseed Rag
1924
Bob White
Maybe She'll Phone Me (Maybe She'll Write Me) / It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
1924
Jack Linx And His Society Serenaders
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / Doodle Doo Doo
1924
Guido Deiro
Underneath The Mellow Moon / Sahara Moon
1923, Shellac, 10", Columbia
Frisco Syncopators
Mellow Moon / Faded Love Letters
1923, Shellac, 10", Puritan
Markel's Orchestra / Rega Dance Orchestra
My Buddy / Mellow Moon
1923, Shellac, 10", Okeh
Alice Green (2) - Edna Brown / Charles Hart (2) - Lewis James
Underneath The Mellow Moon / River Shannon Moon
1923, Shellac, 10", Victor
Jos. Knecht's Dance Orchestra*
Red Moon / Mellow Moon
1923, Shellac, 10", Regal (3)
Bostonian Dance Orchestra / Frisco Syncopators
Who Cares / Mellow Moon
1923, Shellac, 10", Grey Gull
Arthur Lange's Orchestra* / Ernest Carle's Society Players
Sweet One / Underneath The Mellow Moon
1923, Shellac, 10", Cameo (3),
Carl Fenton's Orchestra
One Little Smile / Mellow Moon
1923
Selvin's Dance Orchestra*
Wonderful One / Mellow Moon
1923
Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra
Underneath The Mellow Moon / Wonderful One
1923
Kaplan's Melodists
On A Moonlight Night / Underneath The Mellow Moon
1923
Shannon Four
Swingin' Down The Lane / Underneath The Mellow Moon
1923
Castlewood Marimba Band
Thrills / My Carolina Rose
1922, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Savoy Orpheans*, Savoy Havana Band
The Savoy Bands
2xLP, Comp, Mono, World Records (6), ,
, Big Band
Bob Nichols (5) And Riley Puckett
Ring Waltz / Underneath The Mellow Moon
Shellac, 10", Columbia
Gid Tanner And His Skillet-Lickers* With Riley Puckett And Clayton McMichen
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / The Rovin' Gambler
Shellac, 10", Columbia
Hot Shots
Live - Cotton Club Hamburg
LP, Summer
The Webb Brothers
It Ain't Gonna Rain No More
LP, Album, Mono, Calendar Records (2)
George Berry
It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' / When The Clock Strikes
Shellac, 10", Imperial (3)
Al Bernard And Frank Kamplain
Hokey Pokey / Yeedle-Deedle-Lena
Shellac, 10", Columbia
Various
Country Gold
2008, 3xCD, Comp, White Puma Records,
Various
That Devilin' Tune - A Jazz History, Vol. 1 (1895-1927)
2006, 9xCD, Comp, West Hill Radio Archives, ,
, Ragtime
Various
Hits Of '24 It Had To Be You
2006, CD, Comp, Living Era,
Various
Let's Misbehave (Music From The Roaring 20s)
2005, CD, Comp, Quality Audio
Various
The Antique Phonograph Music Program Presents... Fiddlers, Hillbillies, Pickers And Mountaineers: Pre-electric Country-ish Recordings
2002, CDr, Comp, WFMU
Various
Gennett Records Greatest Hits Collection
2001, 3xCD, Comp, Not On Label,
Various
Gennett Records Greatest Hits - Volume II
2001, CD, Comp, Star-Gennett Foundation
Various
Legendary Voices Of Vaudeville
2000, 2xCD, Comp, Take Two Records
Various
Country Québec Les Pionniers Et Les Origines 1925 À 1955
2000
Various
American Pop: An Audio History - From Minstrel To Mojo: On Record, 1893-1946
1998, 9xCD, Comp + Box, West Hill Audio Archives,
Various
The Greatest Hits Of The 20's 30's 40's
1998, 3xCD, Comp, Mono, Past Times, ,
, Vocal
Various
They Sold A Million - The Vintage Years
1996, CD, Comp, Camden, BMG
Various
Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
1995, CD, Comp, Mono, ASV, Living Era, ,
, Country/Hillbilly
Various
The Best Of The Roaring Twenties
1993, 2xCD, Comp, Disky,
Vocal
Various
The Roaring Twenties
1991
Various
Legendary Entertainers
1989
Various
Minstrels & Tunesmiths (The Commercial Roots Of Early Country Music Illustrated With Early Recordings From 1902-1923)
1981, LP, Album, Comp, John Edwards Memorial Foundation
Various
Hoboes And Brakemen
LP, Comp, Country Music History
Various
Chart-Toppers of the Twenties
CD, Album, Comp, Mono, ASV Ltd., Living Era, 
Various
Play It Again, Mr. Edison
LP, Comp, Edison Institute