Slim Bryant
Thomas Hoyt Bryant (December 7, 1908 – May 28, 2010) known professionally as Slim Bryant, was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist born in Atlanta, Georgia. He was one of the last country musician's who had started recording in the 1920s. He started playing guitar in his youth and he would become billed on radio as "The Boy With A Thousand Fingers" and by the 1930s became famous as member of The Georgia Wildcats, his crisp modern guitar-playing would be admired by virtuoso Les Paul. As a songwriter, he composed some 200 songs, but was best known for writing commercial radio jingles for large corporations, like US Steel, Alcoa, Westinghouse, Chevrolet and for Iron City Beer for the Pittsburgh Brewing Company. |
Birth and Death Data: Born December 7, 1908 (Atlanta), Died May 28, 2010 (Pennsylvania)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929 - 1946
Roles Represented in DAHR: guitar, vocalist, composer, songwriter, lyricist
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Recordings (Results 51-75 of 79 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 64387 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Put your arms around me, honey | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 64388 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Only a faded rose | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 64389 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Mary Lou | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 64390 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | I'm free a little bird as I can be | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 64391 | 10-in. | 8/3/1938 | Alexander's ragtime band | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65665 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | I wonder who's kissing her now | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65666 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Free a little bird as I can be No.2 | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65667 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | My gal's a Lulu | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65668 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Dream trail | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65669 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Misery on my mind | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65670 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | Old fashioned locket | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65671 | 10-in. | 5/29/1939 | The lily that bloomed for me | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65681 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | I cannot tell a lie | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65682 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | What good will it do | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65683 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Jesse James | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65684 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Just tell them that you saw me | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65685 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | All through the night | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65686 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Rose of Shenandoah Valley | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65687 | 10-in. | 5/31/1939 | Little darling, I'll be yours | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65704 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | I'm ridin' the trail back home | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65705 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | I could tell by the look on his face | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65706 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Don't trouble me | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65707 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Put on your old grey bonnet | Clayton McMichen's Georgia Wildcats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
Decca | 65708 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Turkey in the straw ; Old hen cackle ; Fiddler's dream | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
Decca | 65709 | 10-in. | 6/1/1939 | Old Joe Clark ; Pretty little widder ; Shortnin' bread | Clayton McMichen | instrumentalist, guitar |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bryant, Slim," accessed May 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
Bryant, Slim. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110743.
"Bryant, Slim." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 May 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Bryant, Slim - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no98018166
Wikidata: Slim Bryant - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2294195
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/53761492
MusicBrainz: Slim Bryant - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f743843d-9ae3-4725-b150-64f7cf0ab87b
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