Roy Smeck
Leroy Smeck (6 February 1900 – 5 April 1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, and ukulele earned him the nickname "The Wizard of the Strings". |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 6, 1900 (Reading), Died April 4, 1994 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1953
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, guitar, steel guitar, banjo, octo-chorda, composer, jew's harp, harmonica, ukulele, performer
Notes: Sometimes billed as the "Wizard of the Strings."
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | B-30546 | 10-in. | 8/5/1924 | Hayseed rag | The Dizzy Trio | Instrumental trio, with jew's harp and piano | instrumentalist, banjo, jew's harp | |
| Victor | BVE-35305 | 10-in. | 4/12/1926 | Twilight echoes | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-35306 | 10-in. | 4/12/1926 | Tough pickin' | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer | |
| Victor | BVE-36092 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | There's a new star in heaven tonight | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-36093 | 10-in. | 9/2/1926 | An old-fashioned picture | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-36364 | 10-in. | 9/29/1926 | The Miami storm | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-36365 | 10-in. | 9/29/1926 | A handful of earth from Mother's grave | Vernon Dalhart | Male vocal solo, with violin and guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-36949 | 10-in. | 11/19/1926 | Far away in Hawaii | Vernon Dalhart ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-39279 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Itchin' fingers | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and piano duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-39281 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | Banjokes | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and piano duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-39282 | 10-in. | 6/21/1927 | The ghost of the banjo | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and piano duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-43505 | 10-in. | 3/27/1928 | Dream River | The Revelers | Male vocal quartet, with piano and octo-chorda | instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Victor | BVE-46397 | 10-in. | 12/18/1928 | Trundle bed | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar, jew's harp | |
| Victor | BVE-46398 | 10-in. | 12/18/1928 | Hide away | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar, jew's harp, harmonica | |
| Victor | BVE-46399 | 10-in. | 12/18/1928 | Sister Lucy | Frank McCravy ; James McCravy | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar, jew's harp, harmonica | |
| Victor | BVE-49299 | 10-in. | 12/27/1928 | Birmingham jail | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-49419 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | You're as welcome as the flowers in May | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio and whistling | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-49420 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | When the harvest moon is shining | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with instrumental trio and whistling | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-49421 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | How to make love | Bud Billings | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| Victor | BVE-49422 | 10-in. | 12/28/1928 | Barnacle Bill, the sailor | Bud Billings | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-49600 | 10-in. | 12/27/1928 | Columbus stockade blues | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-49873 | 10-in. | 2/19/1929 | She just kept kissing on | Kelly Harrell | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, jew's harp, harmonica | |
| Victor | BVE-49874 | 10-in. | 2/19/1929 | All my sins are taken away | Kelly Harrell | Male vocal solo, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, harmonica, jew's harp | |
| Victor | BVE-50885 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | Sittin' and whittlin' | Billy Hays and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, jew's harp | |
| Victor | BVE-50886 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | Do you believe? | Billy Hays and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-50887 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | When it's springtime in the Rockies | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-50888 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | Sleepy Rio Grande | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-50891 | 10-in. | 5/16/1929 | Barnacle Bill the sailor, no. 2 | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with violin and 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-53424 | 10-in. | 5/21/1929 | Left my gal in the mountains | Bud Billings ; Joe Billings | Male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | CVE-57765 | 12-in. | 12/11/1929 | Kyrie eleēson (Κυριε ελεησον) | Tetos Demetriades (Τετος Δημητριαδης) | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus and instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, jew's harp, harmonica | |
| Victor | CVE-57766 | 12-in. | 12/11/1929 | Ein' tēs modas (Ειν' της μοδας) | Tetos Demetriades (Τετος Δημητριαδης) | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, harmonica | |
| Victor | BVE-58338 | 10-in. | 12/30/1929 | Everybody does it in Hawaii | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-58339 | 10-in. | 12/30/1929 | Frankie and Johnny | King Oliver Orchestra ; Roy Smeck | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, harmonica | |
| Victor | BVE-58340 | 10-in. | 12/30/1929 | New Orleans shout | King Oliver Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-58396 | 10-in. | 1/20/1930 | Calamity Jane | Vernon Dalhart ; Adelyne Hood | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental trio | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| Victor | BVE-58397 | 10-in. | 1/20/1930 | Hallelujah, there's a rainbow in the sky | Vernon Dalhart ; Adelyne Hood | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| Victor | BVE-58399 | 10-in. | 1/20/1930 | Out in the great Northwest | Vernon Dalhart ; Adelyne Hood | Female-male vocal duet, with instrumental quintet | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| Victor | BVE-59680 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Poor man's heaven | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-59681 | 10-in. | 4/8/1930 | Leave the purty gals alone | Bud Billings ; Carson Robison | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-64376 | 10-in. | 11/25/1930 | Au revoir, pleasant dreams | Roy Smeck Vita Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo (Hawaiian) | leader | |
| Victor | BVE-64377 | 10-in. | 11/25/1930 | Sing your way home | Roy Smeck Vita Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo (Hawaiian) | leader | |
| Victor | BRC-70110 | 10-in. | 7/1/1931 | Reflections of you | Band O’ Sunshine ; Sunny Clapp ; George Marks | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | 81823 | 10-in. | 6/12/1924 | Ukulele blues | Roy Smeck | Ukulele solo, unaccompanied | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | 81824 | 10-in. | 6/12/1924 | Go 'long, mule | Roy Smeck | Ukulele solo, unaccompanied | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Columbia | 81831 | 10-in. | 6/18/1924 | How come you do me like you do? | Alabama Joe ; Edith Wilson | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | 81832 | 10-in. | 6/18/1924 | Muscle Shoals blues | Alabama Joe ; Edith Wilson | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | 81861 | 10-in. | 7/3/1924 | How can I get it, when you keep on snatchin' it back? | Alabama Joe ; Bessie Brown | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | 81862 | 10-in. | 7/3/1924 | Hoodoo blues | Alabama Joe ; Bessie Brown | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W140489 | 10-in. | 4/1/1925 | Dangerous blues | Alabama Joe ; Maggie Jones | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W140490 | 10-in. | 4/1/1925 | Suicide blues | Alabama Joe ; Maggie Jones | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W141954 | 10-in. | 4/13/1926 | Tough pickin' | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda solo, with guitar | composer, instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Columbia | W141955 | 10-in. | 4/13/1926 | Twilight echoes | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Columbia | W142540 | 10-in. | 8/19/1926 | Downhearted blues | Virgina Childs | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W142541 | 10-in. | 8/19/1926 | St. Louis blues | Virginia Childs | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W142542 | 10-in. | 8/19/1926 | If you can't hold the man you love | Virgina Childs | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W142543 | 10-in. | 8/19/1926 | You're burnin' me up | Virgina Childs | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W144289 | 10-in. | 6/17/1927 | Banjokes | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Banjo and piano duet | instrumentalist, banjo, composer | |
| Columbia | W144290 | 10-in. | 6/17/1927 | The ghost of the banjo | Art Kahn ; Roy Smeck | Banjo and piano duet | instrumentalist, banjo, composer | |
| Columbia | W151215 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | The waltz you saved for me | Roy Smeck Hawaiian Trio | Jazz/dance trio (Hawaiian), with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W151216 | 10-in. | 1/15/1931 | Dreamy Rocky Mountain moon | Roy Smeck Hawaiian Trio | Jazz/dance trio (Hawaiian), with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W80100 | 10-in. | 9/9/1926 | Twilight echoes | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| OKeh | 80101 | 10-in. | 9/9/1926 | Tough pickin' | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer | |
| OKeh | W80212 | 10-in. | 11/16/1926 | Itchin' fingers | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| OKeh | W80213 | 10-in. | 11/16/1926 | Stretchin' the strings | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| OKeh | W402468 | 10-in. | 6/25/1929 | I'll always be in love with you | Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W402469 | 10-in. | 6/25/1929 | Honey | Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W402879 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | My song of the Nile | Smith Ballew ; Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W402880 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | Am I blue? | Smith Ballew ; Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| OKeh | W403234 | 10-in. | 11/6/1929 | By the way | Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio | leader | |
| OKeh | W403235 | 10-in. | 11/6/1929 | Missouri moon | Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio | leader | |
| OKeh | W404039 | 10-in. | 5/23/1930 | Telling it to the daisies | Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio, with vocal | leader | |
| OKeh | W404040 | 10-in. | 5/23/1930 | I never dreamt | Roy Smeck’s Trio | Instrumental trio, with vocal | leader | |
| Brunswick | E34906 | 10-in. | 10/21/1930 | I miss a little miss | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance trio, with vocal | leader | |
| Brunswick | E34907 | 10-in. | 10/21/1930 | In a window, in a house, in Caroline | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance trio, with vocal | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35638 | 10-in. | 12/4/1930 | Little Spanish dancer | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35639 | 10-in. | 12/4/1930 | Sing your way home | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35883 | 10-in. | 12/29/1930 | Blue Pacific moonlight | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35884 | 10-in. | 12/29/1930 | Little sweetheart of the prairie | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal duet | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35956 | 10-in. | 1/28/1931 | Just a gigolo | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E35957 | 10-in. | 1/28/1931 | Reaching for the moon | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36512 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | By the River Sainte Marie | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36513 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | Do el Rio “Sainte Marie” | Trio Vitafonico Hawaiano | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36514 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | The waltz you saved for me | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36515 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | Broken-hearted waltz | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36516 | 10-in. | 3/26/1931 | Vals del corazon partido | Trio Vitafonico Hawaiano | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36682 | 10-in. | 5/5/1931 | My cradle sweetheart | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36683 | 10-in. | 5/5/1931 | Rock me in a cradle of Kalua | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E36684 | 10-in. | 5/5/1931 | Rocky Mountain lullaby | Roy Smeck Vitaphone Trio | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Brunswick | E2903-E2904 | 10-in. | 4/24/1926 | Tough pickin’ | Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda, with guitar | composer, instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Brunswick | E2905-E2906 | 10-in. | 4/24/1926 | Twilight echoes | Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda, with guitar | composer, instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Brunswick | E3238-E3240 | 10-in. | 6/16/1926 | Twilight echoes | Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda solo, with guitar | instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Edison | 18297 | 10-in. | 3/10/1928 | Tough pickin' | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | instrumentalist, octo-chorda, composer | |
| Edison | 18298 | 10-in. | 3/10/1928 | Twilight echoes | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Edison | 18300 | 10-in. | 3/12/1928 | Itching fingers | F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck | Guitar solo, with piano | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Edison | 18301 | 10-in. | 3/12/1928 | 12th Street rag | F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck | Ukulele solo, with piano | instrumentalist, ukulele | |
| Edison | 19169 | 10-in. | 4/25/1929 | I wish I had died in my cradle (Before I grew up to love you) | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar | |
| Edison | 19170 | 10-in. | 4/25/1929 | Waiting for a train | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar | |
| Edison | 19230 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | Left my gal in the mountains | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| Edison | 19231 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | Goin' back to Texas | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Edison | 19250 | 10-in. | 6/13/1929 | I'd fall in love with me (If I were you) | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Edison | 19251 | 10-in. | 6/13/1929 | My dear | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Edison | N-135 | 10-in. | 3/10/1928 | Tough pickin' | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and octa-chorda duet | composer, instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Edison | N-136 | 10-in. | 3/10/1928 | Twilight echoes | Carson Robison ; Roy Smeck | Octo-chorda and guitar duet | instrumentalist, octo-chorda | |
| Edison | N-137 | 10-in. | 3/12/1928 | Itching fingers | F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck | Guitar solo, with piano | instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Edison | N-138 | 10-in. | 3/12/1928 | 12th Street rag | F. Henri Klickmann ; Roy Smeck | Ukulele solo, with piano | instrumentalist, ukulele | |
| Edison | N-871 | 10-in. | 4/25/1929 | I wish I had died in my cradle (before I grew up to love you) | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar | |
| Edison | N-872 | 10-in. | 4/25/1929 | Waiting for a train | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar | |
| Edison | N-934 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | Left my gal in the mountains | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, banjo | |
| Edison | N-935 | 10-in. | 6/3/1929 | Goin' back to Texas | Jimson Brothers | Male vocal duet, with instrumental ensemble | instrumentalist, steel guitar | |
| Edison | N-955 | 10-in. | 6/13/1929 | I'd fall in love with me (if I were you) | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Edison | N-956 | 10-in. | 6/13/1929 | My dear | Vaughn De Leath | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Edison | N-991 | 10-in. | 7/1/1929 | When we get together in the moonlight (We get along great) | Ermine Calloway | Female vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Decca | 60215 | 10-in. | 12/11/1935 | On Treasure Island | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 60216 | 10-in. | 12/11/1935 | Red sails in the sunset | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 60217 | 10-in. | 12/11/1935 | Moon over Miami | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 60218 | 10-in. | 12/11/1935 | Boots and saddle | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, banjo, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 60408 | 10-in. | 1/28/1936 | My blue heaven | Marc Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 60409 | 10-in. | 1/28/1936 | My melancholy baby-1 | Marc Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 60410 | 10-in. | 1/28/1936 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Marc Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 60411 | 10-in. | 1/28/1936 | When they changed my name to a number | Marc Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 60477 | 10-in. | 2/16/1936 | Honolulu stars and Hawaiian guitars | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 60478 | 10-in. | 2/16/1936 | A little rendezvous in Honolulu | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 60479 | 10-in. | 2/16/1936 | Alone | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 60480 | 10-in. | 2/16/1936 | But where are you? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 60566 | 10-in. | 2/24/1936 | My melancholy baby | Marc Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 60567 | 10-in. | 2/24/1936 | My blue heaven | Marc Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 60568 | 10-in. | 2/24/1936 | I'm waiting for ships that never come in | Marc Williams | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 61024 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Meditation (Guitaroso De.1089) | Roy Smeck | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 61025 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Slippery fingers | Roy Smeck | instrumentalist, steel guitar | ||
| Decca | 61176 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | On the beach at Bali Bali | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 61177 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | Would you? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 61178 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | It's a sin to tell a lie | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 61179 | 10-in. | 6/16/1936 | We'll rest at the end of the trail | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, steel guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 61263 | 10-in. | 9/15/1936 | If we never meet again | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61264 | 10-in. | 9/15/1936 | Midnight blue | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61265 | 10-in. | 9/15/1936 | Sweetheart, let's grow old together | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61266 | 10-in. | 9/15/1936 | I wasn't lying when I said .. | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61357 | 10-in. | 10/29/1936 | Wintertime dreams | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61358 | 10-in. | 10/29/1936 | In the chapel in the moonlight | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61359 | 10-in. | 10/29/1936 | I can't pretend | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61360 | 10-in. | 10/29/1936 | Let me sing in Echo Valley | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61509 | 10-in. | 1/12/1937 | Trust in me | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61510 | 10-in. | 1/12/1937 | This year's kisses | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61511 | 10-in. | 1/12/1937 | On a little bamboo bridge | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61512 | 10-in. | 1/12/1937 | You're laughing at me | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61570 | 10-in. | 2/3/1937 | Serenade in the night | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61571 | 10-in. | 2/3/1937 | Wanted | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61572 | 10-in. | 2/3/1937 | What will I tell my heart ? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 61573 | 10-in. | 2/3/1937 | When the poppies bloom again | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62457 | 10-in. | 7/30/1937 | Moonlight on the highway | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62458 | 10-in. | 7/30/1937 | The moon got in my eyes | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62459 | 10-in. | 7/30/1937 | Remember me? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62460 | 10-in. | 7/30/1937 | On with the dance | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62597 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | Better luck next time | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62598 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | Bugle call rag | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62599 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | I still love to kiss you goodnight | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62600 | 10-in. | 9/16/1937 | Limehouse blues | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62774 | 10-in. | 11/16/1937 | You took the words right out of my heart | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62775 | 10-in. | 11/16/1937 | You're a sweetheart | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 62776 | 10-in. | 11/16/1937 | When the organ played O promise me | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63143 | 10-in. | 1/13/1938 | Sweet as a song | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63144 | 10-in. | 1/13/1938 | More than ever | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63145 | 10-in. | 1/13/1938 | On the sentimental side | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63146 | 10-in. | 1/13/1938 | Smoke from a chimney | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63478 | 10-in. | 3/24/1938 | Ti-pi-tin | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63483 | 10-in. | 3/24/1938 | A gypsy told me | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63484 | 10-in. | 3/24/1938 | Love walked in | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63485 | 10-in. | 3/24/1938 | There's a new moon over the old mill | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63676 | 10-in. | 4/25/1938 | Little lady make believe | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63677 | 10-in. | 4/25/1938 | Let me whisper | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63678 | 10-in. | 4/25/1938 | There's a village in the valley | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 63679 | 10-in. | 4/25/1938 | Cathedral in the pines | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64250 | 10-in. | 6/30/1938 | Beside a moonlight stream | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64251 | 10-in. | 6/30/1938 | Now it can be told | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64252 | 10-in. | 6/30/1938 | Will you remember tonight tomorrow? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64253 | 10-in. | 6/30/1938 | The same sweet you | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64476 | 10-in. | 8/23/1938 | I used to be color blind | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64477 | 10-in. | 8/23/1938 | Tu-li-tulip time | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64478 | 10-in. | 8/23/1938 | Is that the way to treat a sweetheart? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64479 | 10-in. | 8/23/1938 | You're the only star | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64740 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | After looking at you | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64741 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | Have you forgotten so soon? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64742 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | I won't tell a soul | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 64743 | 10-in. | 11/16/1938 | Mexicali rose | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 65047 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | Heaven can wait | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 65048 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | I promise you | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 65049 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | Red skies in the night | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 65050 | 10-in. | 2/21/1939 | I won't believe it | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | instrumentalist, guitar, leader | ||
| Decca | 65820 | 10-in. | June 1939 | Somebody nobody knows | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 65821 | 10-in. | June 1939 | Prairie boy | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 65822 | 10-in. | June 1939 | Begone | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 65823 | 10-in. | June 1939 | Moon love | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66110 | 10-in. | 8/16/1939 | For tonight | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66111 | 10-in. | 8/16/1939 | I'll remember | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66112 | 10-in. | 8/16/1939 | South of the border | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66113 | 10-in. | 8/16/1939 | Out of port | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66703 | 10-in. | 10/3/1939 | If what you say is true | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66704 | 10-in. | 10/3/1939 | Seventeen | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66705 | 10-in. | 10/3/1939 | Who told you I cared? | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66706 | 10-in. | 10/3/1939 | Chimes of Notre Dame | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66935 | 10-in. | 12/6/1939 | This changing world | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66936 | 10-in. | 12/6/1939 | Faithful forever | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66937 | 10-in. | 12/6/1939 | Careless | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 66938 | 10-in. | 12/6/1939 | On a little street in Singapore | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67168 | 10-in. | 2/6/1940 | On the isle of May | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67169 | 10-in. | 2/6/1940 | Leanin' on the old top rail | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67170 | 10-in. | 2/6/1940 | When you wish upon a star | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67171 | 10-in. | 2/6/1940 | The gaucho serenade | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67525 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Angel in disguise | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67526 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | The sky fell down | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67527 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Yours is my heart alone | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 67528 | 10-in. | 4/11/1940 | Hear my song, Violetta | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69054 | 10-in. | 4/25/1941 | Wabash blues | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69055 | 10-in. | 4/25/1941 | Drifting and dreaming | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69056 | 10-in. | 4/25/1941 | Maria Elena | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69057 | 10-in. | 4/25/1941 | Yours | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69629 | 10-in. | 8/12/1941 | Lament to love | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69630 | 10-in. | 8/12/1941 | Below the Equator | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69631 | 10-in. | 8/12/1941 | The cowboy serenade | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 69632 | 10-in. | 8/12/1941 | Hawaiian sunset | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 70365 | 10-in. | 2/20/1942 | How do I know it's real | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 70366 | 10-in. | 2/20/1942 | The angelus rings again | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 70367 | 10-in. | 2/20/1942 | Always in my heart | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 70368 | 10-in. | 2/20/1942 | Blue Tahitian moon | Roy Smeck and his Serenaders | leader | ||
| Decca | 80949 | 4/30/1951 | Sweet Leilani | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 80950 | 4/30/1951 | Blue Hawaii | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 80951 | 4/30/1951 | Sing me a song of the islands | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 80960 | 5/2/1951 | My little grass shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 80961 | 5/2/1951 | Hawaiian war chant | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 80962 | 5/2/1951 | Song of the islands | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 80963 | 5/2/1951 | To you sweetheart Aloha | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 80964 | 5/2/1951 | The moon of Manakoora | The Ames Brothers | leader | |||
| Decca | 83879 | 1/30/1953 | Memories | Roy Smeck | performer | |||
| Decca | 83880 | 1/30/1953 | Memory Lane | Roy Smeck | performer | |||
| Vocalion | [Vo cat 5133-a] | 10-in. | approximately Oct. 1923 | Dear old pal of mine | Sam Moore ; Roy Smeck | Guitar and handsaw | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Smeck, Roy," accessed May 1, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104764.
Smeck, Roy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 1, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104764.
"Smeck, Roy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024.
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