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Duo Country US comprenant Joe Callahan né Walter Tommie Callahan, le 27 Janvier 1910 à Madison County (Caroline du Nord) et Bill Callahan né Homer C. Callahan, le 27 Mars 1912 à Madison County (Caroline du Nord). Joe est décédé le 10 Septembre 1971 et Bill est décédé le 12 Septembre 2002.
The
Callahan Brothers were most popular during the 1930s and were known for their
yodeling. They were born Walter and Homer Callahan (they later changed their
names to Joe and Bill because they were shorter) in mountainous Madison County
in western North Carolina. Their childhood was filled with the traditional music
of the mountains and the recorded music of such singers as
Ernest Stoneman, Riley Puckett and
Jimmie Rodgers. After the Callahans
began performing, they integrated yodeling into their act and it was this talent
that called attention to them during a festival in 1933.
Joe and Bill made their recording debut the following year in New York for ARC;
they became the label's most popular duo during this era. That year, they also
began appearing on WWNC Asheville, North Carolina. During their recording career,
the Callahans moved to several different radio stations, including WHAS
Louisville, Kentucky and WWVA Wheeling, West Virginia. Some of the Callahans'
most popular tunes include "Little Poplar Log House" and country standard "She's
My Curly Headed Baby." In addition to performing their own songs, the two also
covered the songs of other performers.
In 1940 the Callahans moved to Oklahoma to briefly work at a radio station in
Tulsa. The following year they moved to KRLD Texas and spent the rest of the
decade there and at KWFT Wichita Falls, Texas. The duo signed to Decca but
didn't release many singles, instead recording transcriptions for the Dallas-based
Sellers Company which were usually played on the radio. In 1945, the brothers
went to Hollywood to make a movie, Springtime in Texas with Jimmy Wakely.
Afterward they did a nationwide promotional tour with the cowboy crooner. Later
Bill went on an Eastern tour with Ray Whitely and in 1947 recorded a solo for
Cowboy Records in Philadelphia. Four years later, the Callahans became
Lefty Frizzell's opening act and
recorded eight singles for Columbia.
Later, Joe went back to Asheville and became a grocer while Bill stayed in
Dallas to become a photographer; he occasionally returned to music as a bass
player or a comic. The brothers briefly reunited in Dallas during the mid-'60s
to do a few shows, but by this time Joe's health was failing and he soon
returned to North Carolina. He died in 1971. Bill retired and remained in
Dallas.
https://www.blueridgeheritage.com/artist/callahan-brothers/
Talents : Joe : Vocals, Yodeler, Guitar, String Bass, Comedy - Bill : Vocals, Yodeler, Guitar, Bass Fiddle, Mandolin
Style musical : Harmony Duos, Cowboy
ST. LOUIS BLUES (1934)
GONNA QUIT MY ROWDY WAYS (1934) LITTLE POPLAR LOG HOUSE ON THE HILL (1934) JOHN HENRY (1941) Blue Letters (1951) |
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t. & Singles
01/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M12897 (US) | St. Louis Blues / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name |
01/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 32954 (US) | St. Louis Blues / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name |
01/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5299 (US) | St. Louis Blues / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name |
01/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8299 (US) | St. Louis Blues / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name |
01/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 12972 (US) | St. Louis Blues / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name |
01/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M12898 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
01/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 32955 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
01/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5300 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
01/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8300 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
01/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 12973 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
01/1934 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8275 (US) | She's My Curly Headed Baby / Once I Had A Darling Mother |
04/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M12955 (US) | Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / She's Killing Me |
04/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 33004 (US) | Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / She's Killing Me |
04/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5316 (US) | Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / She's Killing Me |
04/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8316 (US) | Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / She's Killing Me |
04/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 12987 (US) | Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / She's Killing Me |
06/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13018 (US) | North Carolina Moon / True Lover |
06/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 33056 (US) | North Carolina Moon / True Lover |
06/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5335 (US) | North Carolina Moon / True Lover |
06/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8335 (US) | North Carolina Moon / True Lover |
06/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 13004 (US) | North Carolina Moon / True Lover |
1934 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8299 (US) | St. Louis Blues / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name |
07/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13057 (US) | Ashville Blues / Mean Mama |
07/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 33093 (US) | Ashville Blues / Mean Mama |
07/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5348 (US) | Ashville Blues / Mean Mama |
07/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8348 (US) | Ashville Blues / Mean Mama |
07/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 13013 (US) | Ashville Blues / Mean Mama |
07/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13071 (US) | Don't You Remember The Time? / Katie Dear |
07/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 33103 (US) | Don't You Remember The Time? / Katie Dear |
07/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5353 (US) | Don't You Remember The Time? / Katie Dear |
07/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8353 (US) | Don't You Remember The Time? / Katie Dear |
07/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 13017 (US) | Don't You Remember The Time? / Katie Dear |
10/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13071 (US) | New Birmingham Jail No.3 / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill |
10/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 33180 (US) | New Birmingham Jail No.3 / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill |
10/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5376 (US) | New Birmingham Jail No.3 / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill |
10/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8376 (US) | New Birmingham Jail No.3 / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill |
10/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 13045 (US) | New Birmingham Jail No.3 / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill |
12/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13207 (US) | Mother, Pal And Sweetheart / I'm Alone Because I Love You |
12/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 33240 (US) | Mother, Pal And Sweetheart / I'm Alone Because I Love You |
12/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5390 (US) | Mother, Pal And Sweetheart / I'm Alone Because I Love You |
12/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8390 (US) | Mother, Pal And Sweetheart / I'm Alone Because I Love You |
12/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 13071 (US) | Mother, Pal And Sweetheart / I'm Alone Because I Love You |
12/1934 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13210 (US) | If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again / Lord I'm Coming Home |
12/1934 | 78 t. BANNER 33243 (US) | If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again / Lord I'm Coming Home |
12/1934 | 78 t. ROMEO 5393 (US) | If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again / Lord I'm Coming Home |
12/1934 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8393 (US) | If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again / Lord I'm Coming Home |
12/1934 | 78 t. PERFECT 13074 (US) | If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again / Lord I'm Coming Home |
02/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13275 (US) | My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down / Mama, Why You Treat Me That Way? |
02/1935 | 78 t. BANNER 33308 (US) | My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down / Mama, Why You Treat Me That Way? |
02/1935 | 78 t. ROMEO 5414 (US) | My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down / Mama, Why You Treat Me That Way? |
02/1935 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8414 (US) | My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down / Mama, Why You Treat Me That Way? |
02/1935 | 78 t. PERFECT 13098 (US) | My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down / Mama, Why You Treat Me That Way? |
03/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13340 (US) | Would If I Could (But I Can't) / Corn Likker Rag |
03/1935 | 78 t. BANNER 33373 (US) | Would If I Could (But I Can't) / Corn Likker Rag |
03/1935 | 78 t. ROMEO 5443 (US) | Would If I Could (But I Can't) / Corn Likker Rag |
03/1935 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8443 (US) | Would If I Could (But I Can't) / Corn Likker Rag |
03/1935 | 78 t. PERFECT 13121 (US) | Would If I Could (But I Can't) / Corn Likker Rag |
04/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13381 (US) | T.B. Blues No.2 / Rattle Snake Daddy |
04/1935 | 78 t. BANNER 33414 (US) | T.B. Blues No.2 / Rattle Snake Daddy |
04/1935 | 78 t. ROMEO 5458 (US) | T.B. Blues No.2 / Rattle Snake Daddy |
04/1935 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8458 (US) | T.B. Blues No.2 / Rattle Snake Daddy |
04/1935 | 78 t. PERFECT 13135 (US) | T.B. Blues No.2 / Rattle Snake Daddy |
1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8334 (US) | Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / She's Killing Me |
1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8335 (US) | Corn Likker Rag / North Carolina Moon |
1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8336 (US) | Don't You Remember The Time / True Lover |
05/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8384 (US) | New Birmingham Jail No. 3 / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill |
06/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8404 (US) | If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again / Lord I'm Coming Home |
07/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8429 (US) | My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down / Mama, Why You Treat Me That Way? |
08/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M13453 (US) | When A Man's Lonesome / Just One Little Kiss |
08/1935 | 78 t. BANNER 33486 (US) | When A Man's Lonesome / Just One Little Kiss |
08/1935 | 78 t. ROMEO 5490 (US) | When A Man's Lonesome / Just One Little Kiss |
08/1935 | 78 t. ORIOLE 8490 (US) | When A Man's Lonesome / Just One Little Kiss |
08/1935 | 78 t. PERFECT 13160 (US) | When A Man's Lonesome / Just One Little Kiss |
09/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8501 (US) | Rattlsnake Daddy / T.B. Blues No. 2 |
10/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M351011 (US) | I Rode The Southern And The L & N / Drove My Blues Away |
10/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M3551028 (US) | I'll Be Thinking Of The Days Gone By / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
11/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M5-11-62 (US) | Seventeen Years Ago / Days Are Blue |
12/1935 | 78 t. MELOTONE M5-12-60 (US) | On The Banks Of The Ohio / Going To Heaven On My Own Expense |
12/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8584 (US) | I'll Be Thinking Of The Days Gone By / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
12/1935 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8588 (US) | On The Banks Of The Ohio / Going To Heaven On My Own Expense |
02/1936 | 78 t. MELOTONE M6-02-59 (US) | Homer CALLAHAN - Rounder's Luck / I've Just Been A Brakeman |
04/1936 | 78 t. MELOTONE M6-04-59 (US) | Brown's Ferry Blues / Lonesome And Weary Blues (Walter CALLAHAN) |
04/1936 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8627 (US) | Browns' Ferry Blues No. 2 / Lonesome And Weary Blues |
06/1936 | 78 t. MELOTONE M6-06-57 (US) | Maple On The Hill / Take The News To Mother |
06/1936 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8682 (US) | Sweet Violets / Green Back Dollar |
06/1936 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8689 (US) | Take The News To Mother / Maple On The Hill |
06/1936 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8690 (US) |
Carolina Sweethart (Jack SHILKRET) / When It's Lamp Lighting Time Up In Heaven |
07/1936 | 78 t. MELOTONE M6-07-51 (US) | Gonna Quit Drinkin' When I Die / Sweet Violets |
07/1936 | 78 t. MELOTONE M6-07-52 (US) | Just One Year / Greenback Dollar |
09/1936 | 78 t. MELOTONE M6-09-53 (US) | Freight Train Blues / Cowboy Jack |
11/1936 | 78 t. MELOTONE M6-11-51 (US) | When It's Lamplightning Time Up In Heaven / Carolina Sweetheart |
12/1936 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8731 (US) | Freight Train Blues / Gonna Quit Drinking When I Die |
03/1937 | 78 t. MELOTONE M7-03-64 (US) | She's Always On My Mind / Somebody's Been Using That Thing |
04/1937 | 78 t. MELOTONE M7-04-63 (US) | I Don't Want To Hear Your Name No.2 / Ninety-Nine's My Name |
05/1937 | 78 t. MELOTONE M7-05-59 (US) | I Want To Be Where You Are / Always Away Out There |
05/1937 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8790 (US) | Somebody's Been Using That Thing / She's Always On My Mind |
06/1937 | 78 t. MELOTONE M7-06-69 (US) | Freight Train Whistle Blues No.2 / End Of Memory Lane |
07/1937 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8825 (US) | Ninety-Nine's My Name / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name No.2 |
08/1937 | 78 t. MELOTONE M7-08-61 (US) | She's Just That Kind No.2 / Mama Don't Be So Mean To Me |
09/1937 | 78 t. MELOTONE M7-09-59 (US) | Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye / She's My Curly Headed Baby No. 3 |
10/1937 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8854 (US) | I Want To Be Where You Are / Away Out There |
11/1937 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8881 (US) | She's Just That Kind No. 2 / Mama Don't Be So Mean To Me |
02/1938 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 8948 (US) | She's My Curly Headed Baby No. 3 / Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye |
09/1938 | 78 t. VOCALION 4358 (US) |
St Louis Blues / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name |
09/1938 | 78 t. VOCALION 4359 (US) |
Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
09/1938 | 78 t. VOCALION 4360 (US) |
Little Poplar Log House On The Hill / New Birmingham Jail No.3 |
09/1938 | 78 t. VOCALION 4361 (US) |
If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray / Lord I'm Coming Home |
09/1938 | 78 t. VOCALION 4362 (US) | T.B. Blues No.2 / Rattle Snake Daddy |
09/1938 | 78 t. VOCALION 4363 (US) |
Sweet Violets / Gonna Quit Drinking When I Die |
12/1938 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 9144 (US) | The Price I Had To Pay / The Dying Girl's Farewell |
12/1938 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 9145 (US) | Asheville Blues / Katie Dear (Silver Dagger) |
12/1938 | 78 t. VOCALION 4483 (US) |
The Dying Girl's Farewell / The Price I Had To Pay |
02/1939 | 78 t. VOCALION 4716 (US) |
I Want To Ask The Stars / The Best Pal I Had Is Gone |
05/1939 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 9222 (US) | Best Pal I Had Is Gone / I Want To Ask The Stars |
05/1939 | 78 t. CONQUEROR 9223 (US) | Lonesome Freight Train Blues / My Blue Eyed Jane |
05/1939 | 78 t. VOCALION 4779 (US) |
My Blue Eyed Jane / Lonesome Freight Train Blues |
07/1939 | 78 t. VOCALION 4883 (US) |
Dovie Darling / Oh Lord Show Me The Light |
05/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 5952 (US) | Sweet Thing / They're At Rest Together |
11/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 5998 (US) |
A Jealous Woman Wont Do / John Henry |
05/1942 | 78 t. DECCA 6045 (US) |
Sad Memories / My Darling Little Girl |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37601 (US) | Maple On The Hill / Take The News To Mother |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37608 (US) | Just One Year / Greenback Dollar |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37613 (US) | Cowboy Jack / Freight Train Blues |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37617 (US) | Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye / She's My Curly Headed Baby No. 3 |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37633 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37634 (US) | T.B. Blues No.2 / Rattlesnake Daddy |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37638 (US) | My Blue Eyed Jane / Lonesome Freight Train Blues |
07/1947 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 37673 (US) | If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray / Lord I'm Coming Home |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20200 (US) | Maple On The Hill / Take News To Mother |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20207 (US) | Greenback Dollar / Just One Year |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20212 (US) | Cowboy Jack / Freight Train Blues |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20216 (US) | Goodbye Sweetheart Goodbye / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20232 (US) | Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20233 (US) | Homer CALLAHAN - Rattle Snake Daddy / T.B. Blues #2 |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20237 (US) | Lonesome Freight Train Blues / My Blue Eyed Jane |
04/1948 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20272 (US) | Lord I'm Coming Home / If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray |
11/1951 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20881 (US) | Blue Letters / This Crazy Feeling |
11/1951 | SP COLUMBIA 4-20881 (US) | Blue Letters / This Crazy Feeling |
05/1952 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 20946 (US) | I've Had My Share Of Sorrow / All Over You |
05/1952 | SP COLUMBIA 4-20946 (US) | I've Had My Share Of Sorrow / All Over You |
08/1952 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 21001 (US) | Bluest Blues On My Mind / I Have Shifted Gears |
08/1952 | SP COLUMBIA 4-21001 (US) | Bluest Blues On My Mind / I Have Shifted Gears |
11/1952 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 21047 (US) | You Have Used My Heart / Lips That Tell A Lie |
11/1952 | SP COLUMBIA 4-21047 (US) | You Have Used My Heart / Lips That Tell A Lie |
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Albums
1974 | LP 12" OLD HOMESTEAD OHM-90031 (US) | THE CALLAHAN BROTHERS EARLY RECORDINGS - Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / St.Louis Blues / Corn Licker Rag / She's Killing Me / On The Banks Of The Ohio / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill / Take The News To Mother / Rounders Luck / Maple On The Hill / Way Out There / The Dying Girl's Farewell / I Want To Be Where You Are / She's My Curly Headed Baby / She Came Rollin' Down The Mountain / I Got Her Boozy / John Henry / Brown's Ferry Blues #2 / A Jealous Woman Won't Do / Just One Year / Goodbye,Sweetheart,Goodbye | |
2000 | CD OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-4031 (US) | THE CALLAHAN BROTHERS - T.B. Blues / Rattlesnake Daddy / Sweet Thing / They're At Rest Together / Jealous Woman Won't Do / My Darling Little Girl / Freight Train Blues / I'm Alone Because I Love You / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Lord, I'm Coming Home / Gonna Quit My Rowdy Ways / St. Louis Blues /. Corn Licker Rag / She's Killing Me /. On The Banks Of The Ohio / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill / Take The News To Mother / Maple On The Hill / Rounder's Luck /. Away Out There / Dying Girl's Farewell /. I Want To Be Where You Are / She's My Curly Headed Baby No. 3 /. She Came Rolling Down The Mountain / John Henry | |
12/2005 | CD CATTLE CCD 267 (GER) | IN MEMORIES OF THE CALLAHAN BROTHERS - HOMER & WALTER - Somebody's Been Using That Thing / Sweet Thing / This Crazy Crazy Feeling / Blue Letters / They're At Rest Together / My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down / Cowboy Jack / When It's Lamp Lightning Time Up In Heaven / Carolina Sweetheart / She's Always On My Mind / St. Louis Blues / Limb From The Old Apple Tree / Lonesome Freight Train Blues / Sweet Violets / Gonna Quit Drinkin' When I Die / Freight Train Blues / Brown's Ferry Blues No. 2 / Lord I'm Coming Home / I'm Alone Because I Love You / New Birmingham Jail No. 3 / I'll Be Thinking Of The Days Gone By / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Little Poplar Log House On The Hill / Lonesome And Weary Blues / Mother, Pal And Sweetheart | |
2006 | CD CATTLE CCD 277 (GER) | MORE MEMORIES OF THE CALLAHAN BROTHERS - (BILL (HOMER) AND JOE (WALTER) - Once I Had A Darling Mother / She's My Curly Headed Baby / Ashville Blues / Mean Mama / I Don't Want To Hear Your Name / Katie Dear / Don't You Remember The Time / Seventeen Years Ago / Would If I Could (But I Can't) / She's My Curly Headed Baby No. 2 / I've Just Been A Brakeman / Drive My Blues Away / True Lover / When A Man's Lonesome / Just One Little Kiss / The Price I Had To Pay / The Best Pal I Had Is Gone / I Want To Ask The Stars / My Blue-Eyed Jane / North Carolina Moon |
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