Jerry Byrd

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American lap steel guitarist and musician, born March 9, 1920 in Lima, Ohio, USA and died April 11, 2005 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1978)
2003: Winner of a Nā Hōkū Hanohano Lifetime Achievement Award under the auspices of the Hawaiʻi Academy of Recording Arts.

ALBUMS

Jerry Byrd & Various

Byrd's The Word

2023, CD, Comp, Atomicat Records,

Country/Rock & Roll

Byrd's Expedition

2017, CD, Comp, RWA (richard weize archives)

Master Of The Steel Guitar Vol.1

2005, CD, Comp, HanaOla Records,

Early Country & Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics

2004, CD, Comp, Mono, Cattle Compact,

Country/Hawaiian

Byrd Of Paradise

1996, CD, Album, Comp, Sony Music Special Products,

1996, CD, Album, The Mountain Apple Company

Hui Ohana & Jerry Byrd

Hawaiian Style Guitars

Christmas In Hawaii

1987, CD, Lehua,

Hawaiian/Holiday

Kaoru Minami* With Jerry Byrd

Kaoru Minami Sings With Jerry Byrd In Hawaii

Master Of Touch And Tone

1979, LP, Album, Mid-Land Records

Steel Guitar Hawaiian Style

Burning Sands, Pearly Shells And Steel Guitars / Polynesian Suite

Steel Guitar Golden Album

1969, LP, Comp, Monument

Träume Der Südsee - Polynesian Suite

1968, LP, Monument

Polynesian Suite

Burning Sands / Waltz Tropicale

Burning Sands, Pearly Shells And Steel Guitars

Theme For A D J / Surprise Waltz

1965, 7", Single, Mono, Promo, Monument

Country Steel Guitar Hits

Satin Strings Of Steel

Admirable Byrd - The Steel Guitar Magic Of Jerry Byrd

The Man of Steel

Sleepless Nights / Goodbye Kiss

Blue Hawaiian Steel Guitar

Memories Of Maria And Other Great Hits - The Music Of Jerry Byrd

The Music Of Jerry Byrd*

Valley Of Roses

Byrd Of Paradise

1961, 7", Promo, Monument

Byrd Of Paradise

Invitation (To Love)

Jerry Byrd & His Steel Guitar*

Dancing Under The Stars / Daydream

1960, 7", Single, Mono, Monument

Jerry Byrd And His Steel Guitar*

Indian Love Call /Theme From Adventure In Paradise

1960, 7", Single, Styrene, Mon, Monument,

Pacific/Instrumental

Jerry Byrd And His Steel Guitar*

Indian Love Call

Jerry Byrd And His Steel Guitar*

China Night = Shina No Yoru

1959, 7", Monument

Jerry Byrd And His Steel Guitar*

China Night = Shina No Yoru

Hawaiian Beach Party

Steel Guitar Favorites

Hawaiian Sunset

Country/Easy Listening

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

My Isle Of Golden Dreams / Turner's Turnpike

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Georgia Steel Guitar / Paradise Isle

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Sugar Blues / Texas Play Boy Rag

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Hawaiian Sunset

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Byrd's Expedition

Jerry Byrd And His String Dusters*

Jerry Byrd With Danny Kuaana And His Islanders

Jerry Byrd Guitar Magic*

Pagan Love Song

Hula Blues/This 'N' That

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Limehouse Blues / Kohalo March

Blues Boogie / Cocoanut Grove

1951, Shellac, 10", Single, Mercury,

Jerry Byrd With The String Dusters

Three String Swing / Kilima Waltz

1950, 10", Mercury

Red Kirk & Judy Perkins With Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

I Wonder Who We Think We're Fooling / Fairy Tales

1950, 10", Mercury

Rex Allen and The Arizona Wranglers / Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers With Jerry Byrd

Dixie Boogie / Put Your Arms Around Me

1950, 10", Mercury

Rex Allen & Patti Page With The Arizona Wranglers and Jerry Byrd

Tag Along / Broken Down Merry-Go-Round

1950, 10", Single, Mercury

Red Kirk "The Voice Of The Country"* With Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters / Red Kirk "The Voice Of The Country"* With Jerry Byrd

Over An Ocean Of Golden Dreams / Lose Your Blues

1950, 10", Mer, Mercury

Rex Allen & Patti Page With Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Softly And Tenderly / Farther Along

1950, 10", Mer, Mercury

Kaulaha O Hilo Hahakahi

1950, 7", Single, Mono, Mercury

Makalapua / Kaimana Hila

1950, 7", Mercury

Jerry Byrd With The String Dusters / Jerry Byrd

St. Louis Blues / South

Little Lani Jo / Hilo March

Jerry Byrd With Danny Kuaana And His Islanders

Nani Hawaii - Beautiful Hawaii

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Steel Guitar Rag / Panhandle Rag

Jerry Byrd With The String Dusters

Bandera Waltz / Steelin' Is His Business

Jerry Byrd & His Steel Guitar* & Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

Harbor Lights / At Sundown

Red Kirk "The Voice Of The Country"* With Jerry Byrd And The Stringdusters

Why Do You Care / It's Raining In My Heart

Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers With Jerry Byrd

A Petal From A Faded Rose / I Gotta Have My Baby Back

Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers With Jerry Byrd

Song Of The Hills / Tennessee Tears

1949, Shellac, 10", Single, Mercury

Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers With Jerry Byrd / Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers

Arizona Waltz / Tell Me Little Darlin'

1949, 10", Mercury

Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers With Jerry Byrd

Little Brown Shoes / Blues In My Mind

1949, 10", Mercury

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Moonland / Byrd's Boogie

1949, 10", Mercury

Red Kirk With Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

I Wasted A Nickel (Last Night) / Cry Baby Heart

1949, 10", Mercury

Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers / Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers With Jerry Byrd

I'm So Alone With The Crowd / Over Three Hills

1949, 10", Mercury

Jerry Byrd With The String Dusters

Wabash Wah-Wah Blues / Steelin’ The Chimes

1949, 10", Mercury

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Steelin' The Blues / Drowsy Waters

Jerry Byrd And The String Dusters

Steel Guitar Rag

7", EP, Mercury

7", Single, Mercury

Bill Lincoln* Featuring Jerry Byrd

Hula In Falsetto

LP, Album, Tradewinds Records

Jerry Byrd & The String Dusters

St. Louis Blues / Over The Waves

7", Single, Mono, Mercury

Little Lani Jo / Hilo March

Fantastic Steal Guitar Mood

LP, Comp, Monument,

Easy Listening/Pacific

Beyond The Reef / Pagan Love Song

魅惑のスチール・ギター / 白い蝶のサンバ Steel Guitar Romantic World

Nedward Ka‘apana*

Benny Kalama (He Is Hawaiian Music)

Why Is A Man Dis-Satisfied?

7", Single, Styrene, Dearborn

I Can't Keep From Loving Her

7", Single, C-BO (2), C-BO (2)

Hawaii's Own (The Supreme Genius Of The Steel Guitar)

Hawaiian/Pacific

The Rainbow Trio

Paul Page's Passport To Paradise

1972, LP, Album, Paradise Records (29),

Jerry Byrd And His Orchestra

On The Shores Of Waikiki

APPEARANCES +

Lloyd George (3) / Ken Marvin / Lonzo & Oscar

I'm My Own Grandpa And Other Country Classics, 1947-1962

2022, CD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records,

Country/Hillbilly/Novelty

Timeless Classic Albums

2018, Box, Comp + CD, Comp, RE + CD, Comp, RE + CD, Comp, DOL,

Paul Page And His Paradise Music

Pacific Paradise

The Complete US Hits 1941-62

2016, 3xCD, Comp, Acrobat Music,

Jimmie Driftwood*

Sings Newly Discovered Early American Folk Songs

2013, CD, Comp, RE, RM, The Omni Recording Corporation

The Monument Vinyl Box

Rock & Roll/Pop Rock/Country

Everybody's Grandpa

2012, CD, Comp, RM, The Omni Recording Corporation

Elvis Sings Guitar Man

I Saw The Light

Hank Williams And His Drifting Cowboys*

Sing Me A Blue Song

2008, CD, Comp, RM, Saga

The Essential Marty Robbins

Country/Rockabilly/Pacific

Lonely And Blue

Pop Rock/Ballad

Давид Голощекин

Избранное

2004, CD, Comp, Jazz Philharmonic Hall Of St. Petersburg,

Bop/Big Band/Swing

2001, CD, Album, The Mountain Apple Company

Dreams Of Hawaii - Smooth Steel Guitar

2001, CD, Comp, HanaOla Records, HanaOla Records,

History Of Hawaiian Steel Guitar

1999, CD, Comp, Cord International, HanaOla Records,

Auntie Irmgard* & Puamana

From Irmgard With Love

1998, CD, Album, The Mountain Apple Company

1998, CD, Comp, Prism Leisure Corporation,

Homer & Jethro*

America's Song Butchers: The Weird World Of Homer & Jethro

1997, CD, Comp, Razor & Tie, BMG Special Products,

Rockin' It Country Style (The Legendary Chuck Foreman Recordings 1953-55)

1997, CD, Album, RockStar Records (2),

Rock & Roll/Country Blues/Country/Country Rock

Nina Kealiiwahamana, Bill Kaiwa

Hula Hula Luau Style

Heroes Of Country Music Vol. Two (Legends Of Honky Tonk)

Country/Honky Tonk

Heroes Of Country Music Vol. Three (Legends Of Nashville)

The Osborne Brothers

The Osborne Brothers, 1956-1968

Jerry Lee Lewis

That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 1: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of RCA Records

1993, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records,

1992, CD, Album, PladeSelskabet

Ramblin' Tommy Scott*

Hillbilly And Rockabilly Rarities

1992, LP, Comp, Mono, Cattle Records

Just The Way I Am - Salute To Nat King Cole

1992, CD, Album, Alfa Jazz

Guitar Player Presents Legends Of Guitar - Country, Vol. 2

1991, CD, Comp, Rhino Records (2),

Country/Country Blues

The Essential Marty Robbins (1951-1982)

Country Rock/Rockabilly/Country

Nohelani Cypriano

Nohelani Around Again

Alan Akaka And The Islanders

Alan Akaka And The Islanders

1990, Cass, Album, AIS (3)

Alan Akaka And The Islanders

1990, CD, Album, Victor Musical Industries, Inc.

The Legendary Roy Orbison

1990, 4xCD, Album, Comp, CBS Special Products, CBS Special Products

Country All Stars*

Jazz From The Hills

Country/Western Swing/Rockabilly

1986, Cass, Album, Puamana Productions

Sixty Years Of Grand Ole Opry

Bluegrass/Honky Tonk

Karen Kaleolani Keawehawai'i

Have A Merry Karen Christmas

Escape To Paradise

Pacific/Hawaiian

Bill Rouse & The Uptown Grass Band Featuring Special Guest Akira Otsuka

Waiting For The Sunrise

1982, LP, Album, Webco Records,

The Bells Of St. Mary's

1982, LP, Album, Maple

Karen Kaleolani Keawehawai'i

Rhythm Of The Islands

1982, LP, Album, Kaleolani Records,

The Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Country Music

Country/Folk/Hillbilly

Karen Keawehawaii*

1979, LP, Album, First Break Records,

Hawaiian 30 Favorites

Nohelani Cypriano

Soul/Disco/Pacific

I Love You Hawaii

1978, LP, Lehua

Nohelani Cypriano

1978, 7", EP, HanaOla Records,

Hawaiian 20 Favorites

Christian Séguret With Bluegrass Friends : Bill Keith, Mike Lilly, Wendy Miller, J.M. Redon*, J.C. Druot*, D. Blanchard*

Old Fashioned Love

1977, LP, Album, Cezame,

Kekua Fernandes

Kekua Straight From Hawaii To You

1977, LP, Album, South Seas

Melveen (The Hawaiian Country Girl)

My Hawaiian Country

Country/Hawaiian

100 Proof Steel, Aged 15 Years

1975, LP, Album, Emmons,

Hawaii's Golden Voice

The Kilima Hawaiians*

Onder Wuivende Palmen

Melveen Leed's Hawaiian Country

Capitol Of The State I'm In

Strictly Arnold

1974, LP, Album, Rebel Records (3)

Back In The Country

The Supercountrylegendary Tex Ritter

The Nashville String Band

The World's Greatest Melodies

1972, LP, RCA Victor,

Country/Instrumental

Stompin' At The Savoy / Steelin' The Blues

1971, 7", Stoneway Records

Gentle On My Mind

1970, LP, Album, Birchmount

Paul Page And His Paradise Music

The Big Island Says Aloha

1969, LP, Album, Paradise Records (29),

The Nashville Guitars

The Nashville Guitars At Home

1968, LP, Album, Monument

Orange Blossom Special

1967, 7", Single, Dearborn

John D. Loudermilk

Suburban Attitudes In Country Verse

Blueberry Hill And Other Favorites

Demand Performances

The Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame

1963, LP, Comp, Mono, Starday Records

The Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame

1963, LP, Comp, Mono, 1st, Starday Records, Starday Records

Hawaii's Calling Me

René And His Alligators / Die Cubanitos

Heißer Sand / Invitation

Caribbean Guitar

The Royal Hawaiian Guitars With The Merry Melody Singers

Hawaiian Golden Hits

Pacific/Hawaiian

Everybody's Hits But Mine

The Bill Wolfgramm Group* Featuring The Voices of Litia Daveta And Millie Bradfield

The Musical Moods Of Bill Wolfgramm

1960, 10", Album, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice

Song Of The Islands

Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys

Moanin' The Blues

Chet Atkins In Three Dimensions

The Country Cats

Sun Shadows / Hop-Scotch

The Country Cats

Mountain Mambo / Hot Strings

Bridge Of Love / Don't You Know, Can't You See, Haven't You Heard

What's A Little Pride / If You Tell Me One More Lie

1953, 10", Promo, RCA

Eddie Smith And His Ragtime Piano

Homer And Jethro

Homer And Jethro Fracture Frank Loesser

Hot Shot Rag / When You And I Were Young Maggie

Grandpa Jones And His Grandchildren

That Memphis Train / You Done Me Mean And Hateful

Too Old To Cut The Mustard / I Carry Your Picture In My Heart

Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers

Who Shot The Hole In My Sombrero / Afraid

1950, 7", Single, Mercury

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Back To The Dog House / Pardon Me For Loving You

Jerry Murad's Harmonicats

Harbor Lights / At Sundown

Don't Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing) / So Round, So Firm, So Full Packed

The Happy Valley Boys

You Don't Love Me / Weeping Willow Valley

1941, Shellac, 10", Bluebird (3)

Guitar Legend: The RCA Years

2xCD, Comp, RE, Buddha Records, RCA,

Bop/Country/Bluegrass/Folk

The 1950's Speedy West Transcriptions

LP, Comp, Mono, Danny

Everly Brothers

Classic Everly Brothers

3xCD, Comp, Bear Family Records,

Hawaiian Favorites

LP, Bee Bee Records

Charles K.L. Davis

Hawaii's Yesterday

The King Of The Steelguitar

LP, Comp, Mono, Cowgirlboy Records

LP, Album, Rodeo (4)

Nostalgic Hawaiiana

LP, Album, North Shore

Hawkshaw Hawkins

Radio Memories Of The Late Hawkshaw Hawkins

CD, Comp, Mono, Bronco Buster

Steel Guitar Express

LP, Album, Pedal Steel Guitar Products

The Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame

Johnny Allen (8) With The Sons Of The Saddle

Steelin' Guitars

Golden Steel Guitar Hits

The New Hawaiian Band

Hawaii's Greatest Instrumentalists

Couriers Quartet*

You Will Never Have To Journey Alone

The Nashville Guitars

The Nashville Guitars In Tijuana

The Arizona Cowboy - Selected Singles 1946-62

2021, 2xCDr, Comp, Acrobat,

Hulaland: The Golden Age Of Hawaiian Music

2015, 4xCD, Comp, RockBeat Records,

Hawaiian/Novelty/Spoken Word/Exotica

Running Scared - The Monument Records Story

2014, 2xCD, Comp, One Day Music,

Country/Rock & Roll

The Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame

2013, CD, Comp, Nashville

Complete Pop Instrumental Hits Of The Sixties, Vol. 3 – 1962

2013, 3xCD, Comp, Mono, Complete 60s,

Complete Pop Instrumental Hits Of The Sixties, Vol. 1 – 1960

2011, 3xCD, Comp, Complete 60s,

Rock & Roll/Surf/Easy Listening

Memories Of Hawaii, Volume 4

2007, CD, Comp, Lehua

Legends Of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar: Past, Present & Future

2006, CD, Album, Comp, HanaOla Records,

Hawaiian/Pacific

Hillbilly Bop, Boogie & The Honky Tonk Blues Volume One 1948-1950

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Jasmine Records

Coffee And Cigarettes

Singing Cowboys Of The Silver Screen

2003, CD, Comp, Cotton Town Jubilee,

Country/Hillbilly

Paradise Found Vol.1 - Rare Exotic Sounds

TV Themes Of The '60s

Pop Rock/Rock & Roll

Fifty Years Of Country Music From Mercury (1945-1995)

The Monument Story

1994, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Music Special Products,

Your Hit Parade - '60s Instrumentals: Take Two

Movin' Country Instrumentals

1992, CD, Comp, Sony Music Special Products

Country Instrumental

Merriest Hawaiian Christmas

1988, CD, Album, Lehua

The Best Of The Instrumentals: Guitar

1985, Cass, Comp, Starday King

The Music Of Hawaii

1985, LP, Comp, RCA

Memories Of Hawaii (An All-Star Salute)

The Greatest Country Music Recordings Of All Time Volumes 11 & 12 - Country Guitar

1981, 2xLP, Comp, Box, The Franklin Mint Record Society

Instrumental Country Vol. II

1980, LP, Comp, CBS, CBS

The History Of Mercury Country

1980, 3xLP, Comp + Box, Mercury,

Country/Country Rock/Bluegrass

Steel Guitars Of Australia - Live!

1980, LP, Album, Country Records (5)

Hawaii's First Nani Awards

1976, LP, Paradise Records (29)

Hawaiian Steel Guitar 1920's To 1950's

Steel Guitar Jamboree Deluxe

1969, LP, Comp, Mercury

Grand Ole Country Stars Play Grand Ole Country Hits

1968, LP, RCA Camden, RCA Camden

Stars Of The Steel Guitar

The Country Music Hall Of Fame Volume 4

Steel Guitar & Dobro Spectacular

1964, LP, Comp, Mono, Starday Records

Golden Instrumentals Country Style

Bluegrass/Instrumental

Demand Performances

More Golden Goodies

Red Kirk "The Voice Of The Country"*

Church Bells Chimed / Never Been So Lonesome

Rex Allen And The Arizona Wranglers

Cottage In The Clouds / Afraid

Golden Classics Volume 3

LP, Comp, Country Music Record Club Of America

Country Strings

Box + 4xLP, Comp, Dar, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society,

30 Nostalgic Steel Guitar Instrumentals By Various Artists

CD, Comp, Mono, Bronco Buster

An Instrumental Thing. Instrumental Instrumentals From The Polygram Publishing Archives

CD, Album, Comp, Promo, Car, Polygram Music Publishing,

AOR/Country Rock/Classic Rock/Funk/Southern Rock

Steel Guitar Rag

8-Trk, Comp, Country Road

Country Strings

Box + 4xCass, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society, The Franklin Mint Record Society

The Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame