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Duo Country humoristique US formé en 1932. Homer Haynes né Henry Doyle Haynes, le 27
Juillet 1920
à Knoxville (Tennessee), décédé le 7 Août 1971 et
Jethro Burns né Kenneth D.
Burns le 10 Mars 1920 à Conasauga (Tennessee), décédé le 4 Février 1989.
Known as "the
thinking man's hillbillies," Homer Haynes and
Jethro Burns got a lot of mileage
out of an act that shouldn't have lasted or gone as far as it did, at least on
the surface of things. Certainly there were other, far more established duos
mining similar turf on the country music circuit, with Lonzo & Oscar leading the
way. But Homer & Jethro were far more than just two hayseeds doing cornball send-ups
of pop tunes. Underneath the cornpone facade were two top-flight musicians with
a decidedly perverse sense of humor and a keen sense of satire.
Homer D. Haynes was the older of the two men, born in Knoxville, TN, on July 27,
1918. Jethro was born with the
decidedly non-show biz moniker of Kenneth D. Burns also in Knoxville on March
10, 1923. The duo met in their early teens and started playing music together
almost immediately, with Haynes on guitar and Burns alternating between mandolin
and banjo. In the mid-'30s they began working on local radio station WNOX as
part of a larger group, the String Dusters. One night, the boys heard a radio
broadcast of a pop singer doing a broad — and fairly denigrating — takeoff of a
hillbilly singer singing a country tune. Using exaggerated vowel and consonant
stressing (trademarks of bluegrass singing) and deliberately going off-key as
much as possible, the singer's performance irked the duo to no end. They decided
right then and there that payback was the only logical solution to this kind of
insult. From here on out, they would take current popular songs and send them up
as hillbilly renditions, performed in deadpan earnest by Haynes and Burns, who
now took the stage name of Jethro.
They started working in the act while the rest of the group took a break during
the broadcast. The new duo's "intermission" turn proved to be immensely popular
and within four years' time, their characters and their timing were fully honed
to a razor edge.
By 1938, they had broken off from the String Dusters and moved up to the more
prestigious Renfro Valley Barn Dance, later broadcasting on the Chicago-based
Plantation Party. World War II split the duo up, with Homer serving in Europe
and Jethro serving in the Pacific
theater. Getting back together after their respective discharges, they started
up their radio appearances again, this time working on the Cincinnati-based
Midwestern Hayride. Their recording careers also began during this time period,
signing with King Records out of Cincinnati, issuing several 78s between 1946
and 1948. By the end of the year, country producer legend Steve Sholes had
signed them to RCA Victor, where they would spend the rest of their recording
careers, cutting records — especially in the '60s — as if nothing could contain
them. The duo joined up briefly with Spike Jones & His City Slickers, appearing
in the stage show for a while, recording at least one session with him in 1950
("Pal-Yat-Chee"), and letting Jones' agency handle all their bookings.
It was in the late '40s into the 1950s, basing themselves out of the Windy City,
that the duo hit their true stride. Their first big hit was a takeoff on "Baby,
It's Cold Outside" with a quite young June
Carter contributing on Vocals. The success of this single brought them to
the attention of powerful radio station WLS, thus securing Homer & Jethro a
regular spot on the National Barn Dance. Joining in 1949, the duo would stay
faithful to the original version of the Grand Ole Opry, staying with the show
until 1958. The national hookup did wonders for their career, which got an added
boost when they started working double duty as regulars on Don McNeil's
Breakfast Club, one of the top-rated morning-radio chat shows of its time, also
based out of Chicago. The 1950s found them scoring big with numerous guest shots
on television. The beauty of Homer & Jethro (as opposed to another country
novelty act) was that they could work anywhere and be understood. They
could be on the bill with Roy Rogers
or trading cornball putdowns with Jimmy Dean
or slickly one-upping Johnny Carson, and they always held their own. As time
went on, their act became more deadpan and, if anything, even more polished, as
if to distance themselves from everything else that had existed before them in
their little corner of the country world. State-fair work was replaced with the
glitzier surroundings of Las Vegas and the like. RCA Victor Living Stereo album
covers aside, Homer & Jethro never had to dress up in bib overalls and play
hicks to get their act over. If anything, the straighter they dressed and the
straighter they acted, the funnier they were.
They were still singing with broad accents, but the satires were getting more
acerbic with each release, giving rise to their lasting sobriquet as "the
thinking man's hillbillies." Their satire of
Patti Page's "How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?" (Homer & Jethro'd into
"How Much Is That Hound Dog in the Winder?") became their first crossover hit in
1953. In 1959, the duo won their first — and only — Grammy award for "The Battle
of Kookamonga," their hilarious spoof of
Johnny Horton's "The Battle of New Orleans," a country crossover record that
cut a wide swath on the charts that year.
When Southern country humor became a small phenomenon of the 1960s with the
success of television shows like The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat
Junction, and Green Acres, Homer & Jethro's career went into
overdrive. They (and RCA Victor) released an avalanche of records like there was
no tomorrow, issuing eight albums of new material between 1966 and 1967 alone.
Their studio efforts were produced by Chet
Atkins with the cream of Nashville sidemen, and one album, Playing It
Straight, found them in an all-instrumental setting, showing there were
chops aplenty behind the cornball Vocals and broad satires. The duo also
participated in a wildly successful advertising campaign in the mid-'60s for
Kellogg's Corn Flakes, even issuing an album based on the ad's catch phrase,
Ooh, That's Corny!, to brisk sales.
The duo continued until Homer's death in 1971.
Jethro went into semiretirement for
a few years, being coaxed back into show business by folksinger Steve Goodman,
who brought him out on tour, spotlighting him to much recognition as a fine
jazz-influenced mandolinist. Homer & Jethro were inducted into the Country Music
Hall of Fame in 2001.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer_and_Jethro
Talents : Homer : Vocals, Guitar - Jethro : Vocals, Mandolin, Banjo
Style musical : Traditional Country, Country Comedy
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BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE (1949)
Poor Ol' Koo-Liger
(1953)
YALLER ROSE OF TEXAS
YOU ALL (1955)
SIXTEEN
TONS
(1956)
CIGARETTES, WHISKY AND WILD WOMEN (1957)
WATERLOO
(1959)
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
| 10/1946 | 78 t. KING 571 (US) | . | Five Minutes More / Rye Whiskey | ||
| 11/1946 | 78 t. KING 583 (US) | . | Boll Weevil / Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die | ||
| 01/1947 | 78 t. KING 596 (US) | . | Over The Rainbow / Ground Hog | ||
| 03/1947 | 78 t. KING 615 (US) | . | Cielito Linto / For Sentimental Reasons | ||
| 05/1947 | 78 t. KING 620 (US) | . | Bill Bailey Won't You Come Home / Managua Nicaragua | ||
| 06/1947 | 78 t. KING 623 (US) | . | I'll Close My Eyes / Symphony | ||
| 10/1947 | 78 t. KING 659 (US) | . | Donkey Serenade / Fly Birdie Fly | ||
| 02/1948 | 78 t. KING 682 (US) | . | Three Nights Experience / I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now | ||
| 03/1948 | 78 t. KING 695 (US) | . | Oh You Beautiful Gal / (Don't Telephone Don't Telegraph) Tell A Woman | ||
| 04/1948 | 78 t. KING 701 (US) | . | Gotta See My Mama Every Night / It Bruised Her Somewhat | ||
| 07/1948 | 78 t. KING 721 (US) | . | Glow Worm / It's Bloody War | ||
| 09/1948 | 78 t. KING 731 (US) | . | Blue Tailed Fly / All Night Long | ||
| 01/1949 | 78 t. KING 749 (US) | . | Goodbye Old Booze / I Feel That Old Age Creeping On | ||
| 05/1949 | 78 t. KING 773 (US) | . | Girl In Police Gazette / Poor Little Liza Poor Girl | ||
| 06/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0078 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO &
June CARTER -
Baby It's Cold
Outside
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Country Girl |
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| 06/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0075 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO &
June CARTER -
Baby It's Cold
Outside
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Country Girl |
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| 07/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0087 (US) | . | Waltz With Me / Roll Along Kentucky Moon (Homer HAYNES) | ||
| 07/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0086 (US) | . | Waltz With Me / Roll Along Kentucky Moon (Homer HAYNES) | ||
| 10/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0110 (US) | . | Tennessee Border No 2 / I'm Gettin' Older Every Day | ||
| 10/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0144 (US) | . | Tennessee Border No 2 / I'm Gettin' Older Every Day | ||
| 10/1949 | 78 t. KING 809 (US) | . | Always / Poor Little Liza Poor Girl | ||
| 12/1949 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0140 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO & June CARTER - Wedding Of Hillbilly Lily Marlene / Huckle Buck | ||
| 12/1949 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0144 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO & June CARTER - Wedding Of Hillbilly Lily Marlene / Huckle Buck | ||
| 01/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0162 (US) | . | I've Got Tears In My Ears / She Made Toothpicks Of The Timber Of My Heart | ||
| 01/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0170 (US) | . | I've Got Tears In My Ears / She Made Toothpicks Of The Timber Of My Heart | ||
| 01/1950 | 78 t. RCA VICTOR 21-0169 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO & June CARTER - I Said My Nightshirt (And Put On My Pray'rs) / (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music! | ||
| 01/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0181 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO & June CARTER - I Said My Nightshirt (And Put On My Pray'rs) / (Put Another Nickel In) Music! Music! Music! | ||
| 06/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0349 (US) | . | Poison Pete / ? | ||
| 12/1950 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0404 (US) | . | Oh Babe / ? | ||
| 03/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0446 (US) | . | I'm Movin' On No 2 / So Long No 2 | ||
| 06/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0468 (US) | . | King-Sized Baby / That Texas Land | ||
| 07/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 48-0484 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO & June CARTER - Knock Neel Suzie / She Loves To Cry | ||
| 07/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4239 (US) | . | Sound Off No 3 / I Love You A Thousand Ways | ||
| 09/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4290 (US) | . | Too Young / Too Old To Cut The Mustard | ||
| 11/1951 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4397 (US) | . | Alabama Jubilee / Cold Cold Heart No 2 | ||
| 1951 | SP KING / FEDERAL 10004 (US) | . | Night And Day / When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee | ||
| 1951 | SP KING / FEDERAL 10019 (US) | . | I'm Glad I Waited For You / Margie | ||
| 02/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4557 (US) | . | Slow Poke No 2 / When It's Tooth Pickin' Time In False Teeth Valley | ||
| 05/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4770 (US) | . | I'm Yorn / Li'l Ole Kiss Of Fire | ||
| 08/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-4936 (US) | . | Billboard Song / Child Psychology | ||
| 10/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5043 (US) | . | Jam-Bowl-Liar / You Belong To Me No 2 | ||
| 11/1952 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5099 (US) | . | Screwball's Love Song / Settin' The Woods On Fire No 2 | ||
| 1952 | EP KING EP 226 (US) |
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HOMER & JETHRO MURDER THE STANDARDS - Always / Night And Day / Over The Rainbow / Glow Worm | ||
| 02/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5214 (US) | . | Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs / Unhappy Day | ||
| 03/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5280 (US) | . | (How Much Is)
That Hound Dog In The Window /
Poor Ol' Koo-Liger
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| 03/1953 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA 424 (US) |
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KID THE TOP POPS - Jam-Bowl-Liar / Settin The Woods On Fire no 2 / Li'l Ole Kiss Of Fire / Hey Good Lookin Vol. 2 | ||
| 06/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5372 (US) | . | Mexican Joe No 67-8 / I'm Walking Behind You | ||
| 08/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5429 (US) | . | Gambler's Gift Box / Your Clobbered Heart | ||
| 10/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5456 (US) |
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I Saw Mommy Smoochin' Santa Claus / All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate | ||
| 10/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5472 (US) | . | Pal-Yat-Chee / Dragnet (with Spike JONES) | ||
| 11/1953 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5555 (US) | . | You-Ewe-You / Hay Shmo | ||
| 1953 | SP KING 45-1216 (US) | . | Long Handle Line / Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die | ||
| 1953 | 2 EP RCA VICTOR EPB 3112 (US) |
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HOMER & JETHRO FRACTURE FRANK LOESSER :
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| 11/1953 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA 499 (US) |
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HOMER & JETHRO ASSAULT THE TOP POPS - (How Much Is) That Hound Dog In The Window / Pore Ol' Koo-Liger / I'll Never Waltz Again With You / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs | ||
| 12/1953 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA 534 (US) |
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SEASONED GREETINGS - (All I Want For Christmas Is) My Upper Plate / I Saw Mommy Smoochin' Santy Claus / Randolph The Flat-Nosed Reindeer / Frosty The De-Frosted Snow Man | ||
| 1953 | 2 EP RCA VICTOR EPB 3167 (US) |
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The
Country All-Stars - String Dustin' :
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| 02/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5633 (US) | . | Oh My Poppy / Swappin' Partners | ||
| 04/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5708 (US) | . | That Tired Run Down Feeling / Crazy Mixed-Up Song | ||
| 07/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5788 (US) | . | Hernando's Hideaway / Wanted | ||
| 10/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5867 (US) | . | Hey There / They Were Doin' The Mambo | ||
| 11/1954 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-5903 (US) | . | Santy Baby / Night After Christmas | ||
| 02/1955 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6029 (US) | . | Mr Sandman / Nutty Lady Of Shady Lane | ||
| 03/1955 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6053 (US) | . | Let Me Go Blubber / Over The Rainbow 707 | ||
| 07/1955 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6178 (US) | . | Ballad Of Davy Crew-Cut / Homer And Jethro's Pickin' And Singin' Medley No 1 | ||
| 09/1955 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6241 (US) | . |
Yaller Rose Of
Texas You All
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| 11/1955 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6322 (US) | . | Nuttin' For Christmas / Santy's Movin' On | ||
| 12/1955 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6342 (US) | . | Sifting Whimpering Sands / They Laid Him In The Ground | ||
| 1955 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA 580 (US) |
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Hernando's Hideaway - Hernando's Hideaway / Secret Love / I Really Don't Want To Know / Wanted | ||
| 1955 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA 595 (US) |
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Let Me Go Blubber - Let Me Go Blubber / Over The Rainbow / Mister Sandman / Nutty Lady Shady Lane | ||
| 01/1956 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6374 (US) | . | Love And Marriage / This Is A Wife | ||
| 05/1956 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6542 (US) | . |
Heart Brake
Motel
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Two Tone Shoes
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| 09/1956 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6651 (US) | . | Where Is The Doggone Girl Of Mine / Just Be Here | ||
| 10/1956 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6706 (US) | . |
Hound Dawg
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Screen Door |
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| 1956 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA 716 (US) |
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THIS IS A WIFE
AND SIXTEEN TONS - This Is A Wife / This Is A Husband / Love And Marriage /
Sixteen Tons
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| 02/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6765 (US) | . | I'm My Own Grandpa / ? | ||
| 06/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-6954 (US) | . | Gone / Ramblin' Rose | ||
| 10/1957 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7030 (US) | . | My Dog Likes Your Dog / Kentucky | ||
| 1957 | EP RCA VICTOR EPB1-1 1412 (US) |
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Barefoot Ballads - Cigarettes, Whisky And Wild, Wild Women / The West Virginny Hills / Keep Them Icy Cold Fingers Off Of Me / Ground Hog | ||
| 1957 | EP RCA VICTOR EPB1-2 1412 (US |
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Barefoot Ballads VOL. II - I'll Go Chasin Women / Boll Weevil / High Geared Daddy / The Frozen Logger | ||
| 1957 | EP RCA VICTOR EPA 1-1560 (US) |
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THE WORST OF HOMER & JETHRO - Hey There / Baby It's Cold Outside / I'm Movin' On No. 2 / The Hucklebuck | ||
| 02/1958 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7162 (US) | . |
At The Flop (At
The Hop)
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My Special Angel
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| 06/1958 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7277 (US) | . | Rock Boogie / ? | ||
| 08/1958 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7342 (US) | . | I Guess Things Happen That Way / Lullaby Of Bird Dog | ||
| 1958 | EP KING KEP-317 (US) |
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HOMER & JETHRO - I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now / Cielito Lindo / Sympathy (Symphony) / Donkey Serenade | ||
| 03/1959 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7493 (US) | . | Don't Sing-Along
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Middle-Aged Teenager
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| 07/1959 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7585 (US) | . | Battle Of
Kookamanga /
Waterloo
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| 1959 | EP AUDIO LAB EP-4 (US) | . | HOMER & JETHRO - Boll Weevil / Bill Bailey, Won’t You Please Come Home / Blue Tail Fly / I Feel That Old Age Creeping On | ||
| 02/1960 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7704 (US) | . | That's Good That's Bad / El-Paso Numero Dos | ||
| 06/1960 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7744 (US) | . | He'll Have To Go / Sink The Bismarck | ||
| 09/1960 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7790 (US) | . | Please Help Me I'm Fallin' / Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie | ||
| 02/1961 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-7852 (US) | . | Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Love Your Pizza | ||
| 1961 | SP 33 t. RCA VICTOR 37-7852 (US) | . | Are You Lonesome Tonight / I Love Your Pizza | ||
| 08/1962 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8075 (US) | . | She Thinks I Don't Care / Are You Kissing More Now (But Enjoying It Less) | ||
| 05/1963 | SP KING 45-5747 (réédition) (US) | . | Five Minutes More / (Don't Telephone Don't Telegraph) Tell A Woman | ||
| 02/1964 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8305 (US) | . | Joe Bean / Freda On The Freeway | ||
| 03/1964 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8345 (US) |
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I Want To Hold Your Hand / She Loves You | ||
| 05/1965 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8604 (US) | . | Tenderly / Misty | ||
| 08/1965 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8664 (US) | . | King Of The Camp / Camp Runaway | ||
| 07/1966 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-8874 (US) | . | Finished Musicians / Act Naturally | ||
| 02/1967 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9130 (US) | . | Nashville Cats / Winchester Cathedral | ||
| 08/1967 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9299 (US) | . | Somethin' Stupid / Ballad Of Roger Miller | ||
| 07/1968 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9581 (US) | . | Hill Billy Hippie / ? | ||
| 11/1968 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9674 (US) | . | Gal From Possum Holler / There Ain't A Chicken' Safe In Tennessee | ||
| 06/1970 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9866 (US) | . | You Smell Like Turtles / Daddy Played First Bass | ||
| 10/1970 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9922 (US) | . | Punny Farm / Hello Darlin' No 2 | ||
| 09/1971 | SP RCA VICTOR 74-0566 (US) | . | We Didn't Make It Through The Night / For The Good Times | ||
| 19?? | SP RCA VICTOR 547-0248 (réédition)(US) | . | My Darling My Darling / Bushel And A Peck | ||
| 19?? | SP RCA VICTOR 547-0249 (réédition)(US) | . | Moon Of Manakoora / Baby It's Cold Outside |
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Albums
| 1953 | LP 10" RCA VICTOR LPM-3112 (US) |
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HOMER AND JETHRO FRACTURE FRANK LOESSER - My Darling My Darling / Goshel And A Peck / Moon Of Manakoora / Baby It's Cold Outside / Have I Stayed Away Too Long / On A Slow Boat To China / If I Were A Bell, Once In Love With Amy | |||
| 09/1953 | LP 10" RCA VICTOR LPM-3167 (US) |
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String Dustin' - The Country All-Stars - Marie; In A Little Spanish Town / When It's Darkness On The Delta /Sweet Georgia Brown /The Lady In Red;Stompin' At The Savoy / Midnight Train |
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| 05/1957 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-1412 (US) |
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BAREFOOT BALLADS - Cigarettes Whisky And Wild Wild Women / West Virginia Hills / Sweet Fern / I'll Go Chasin' Women / Frozen Logger / Ground Hog / Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers / Boll Weevil No 2 / High Geared Daddy / Dig Me A Grave In Missouri / Tennessee Tennessee / Down Where The Watermelons Grow | |||
| 01/1958 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-1560 (US) |
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THE WORST OF HOMER AND JETHRO - Hey There / Baby It's Cold Outside / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs / Pal-Yat-Chee / Huckle Buck / Billboard Song / I'm Movin' On No 2 / Love And Marriage / Hart Brake Motel / How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Window / Jam-Bowl-Liar (Jambalaya) / You Belong To Me No 2 | |||
| 01/1959 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-1880 (mono) / LPS-1880 (stereo) (US) |
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LIFE CAN BE MISERABLE - Oh Lonesome Me / Life Can Be Miserable / There's An Empty Hanger In My Closet Tonight / Drafted Volunteer / Don't Monkey Around My Widder / She's Went And Gone Away / Love Is The Craziest Thing / Have I Told You Lately That I Love You / Oh That's Terrible / I Don't Think My Hal Loves Me Anymore / I'll Go On A Diet Tomorrow / Monkey And The Baboon | |||
| 1959 | LP 12" AUDIO LAB AL-1513 (US) |
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MUSICAL MADNESS - Boll Weevil / Blue Tail Fly / I Feel That Old Age Creeping On / Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home / It Bruised Her Somewhat / Goodbye Old Booze / Rye Whiskey / Cieltto Lindo / Poor Little Liza Poor Girl / All Night Long / Three Night Experience | |||
| 1959 | LP 12" KING 639 (US) |
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THEY SURE ARE CORNY - Five Minutes More / Always / Donkey Serenade / Glow Worm / I'm Glad I / Waited For You / For Sentimental Reasons / Night And Day / Symphony / I Wonder / Who's Kissing Her Now / Margie / I'll Close My Eyes / Managua Nicaragua | |||
| 01/1960 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2181 (mono) / LSP-2181 (stereo) (US) |
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HOMER & JETHRO AT THE COUNTRY CLUB - Introduction / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs / Let Me Go Blubber / Fascination / Sixteen Tons / Lullaby Of Bird Dog / C-Jam Blues / Billboard Song / Yaller Rose Of Texas / San Antonio Rose / Battle Of Kookamonga / How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Window / Skater's Waltz / Hart Brake Motel | |||
| 02/1961 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2286 (mono) / LSP-2286 (stereo) (US) |
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SONGS MY MOTHER NEVER SANG - Among My Souvenirs / Sweet Violets / Come Here Little Wifey / Tatooed Lady / Please Help Me I'm Falling / How Come There's No Dog Day / I Love Your Pizza / Don't Jump Off The Roof Dad / Will You Love Me When / She Was Bitten On The Udder By An Adder / In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree | |||
| 01/1962 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2455 (mono) / LSP-2455 (stereo) (US) |
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ZANY SONGS OF THE 30'S - Flat Foot Floogee / Three Little Fishies / Friendship / Hold Tight Hold Tight (Want Some Sea Food Mama) / Hut Sut Song / Dipsy Doodle / I'm An Old Cowhand / Mairzy Doats / Rhythm In My Nursery Rhymes / Bei Mir Bist Du Schon / Your Feet Too Big / Music Goes Round And Round | |||
| 03/1962 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2492 (mono) / LSP-2492 (stereo) (US) |
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HOMER AND JETHRO AT THE CONVENTION - Big Bad John / San Antonio Rose / Tennessee Waltz / He'll Have To Go / Sink The Bismarck / Malaguena / Nola / National Ember March / I Fall To Pieces / Flower Of The Wildwood / Sad Movies (Make Me Cry) / Ellie Mae | |||
| 04/1962 | LP 12" CAMDEN CAL-707 (mono) / CAS-707 (stereo) (US) |
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STRIKE BACK - Mr Sandman / Let Me Go Blubber / Oh My Pappy / Gone / Oh Babe / Sound Off No 2 / Battle Of Kookamonga / Li'l Ole Kiss Of Fire / Unhappy Day / Too Young / I Really Don't Want To Know / Does The Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor | |||
| 11/1962 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2459 (mono) / LSP-2459 (stereo) (US) |
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PLAYING IT STRAIGHT - If Dreams Come True / I Want To Be Happy / Melody From Raymond / Don't Be That Way / It's All Right With Me / Autumn Leaves / I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover / Around The World / Homer And Jethro Boogie / Tico Tico / Nanner Puddin' / I've Found A New Baby | |||
| 04/1963 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2674 (mono) / LSP-2674 (stereo) (US) |
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GO WEST - Joe Bean / That Darling Still Of Mine / Ol' Paint / Roll On Deadorant Roll On / Oh Give Me A Home / Whoopie Ti Yi Yo / El Paso / Freda On The Freeway / Streets Of Weehawken / Down In The Alley / Oh Top Forty / I've Got No Use For The Women | |||
| 06/1963 | LP 12" CAMDEN CAL 768 (US) |
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THE HUMOROUS SIDE OF COUNTRY MUSIC - Pore Ol' Koo-Liger / Yaller Rose Of Texas You-All / Cold Cold Heart No 2 / Sixteen Tons / Ballad Of Davy Crew-Cut / He'll Have To Go / Your Clobbered Heart / Slowpoke No 2 / Tennessee Border No 2 / Screen Door / Unhappy Day / Pickin' And Singin' Medley No 1 | |||
| 07/1963 | LP 12" KING 848 (US) |
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CORNIER THAN CORN - Five Minutes More / It Bruised Her Somewhat / Goodbye Old Booze / Groundhog / It's A Bloody War / Fly Birdie Fly / Tell A Woman / Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home / When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee / Poor Little Liza Poor Girl / Rye Whiskey / I Feel That Old Age Creeping On | |||
| 09/1963 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2743 (mono) / LSP-2743 (stereo) (US) |
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OOH, THAT'S CORNY - Ooh That's Corny / Does Anybody Here Play The Piano / Bread 'n Gravy / Charms Of The City Ain't For Me / She Made Toothpicks Of The Timber Of My Heart / I Can't Tell My Heart / Don't Go In The Lion's Cage Tonight / When Babana Skins Are Failing / I've Got Tears In My Eyes From Lying On My Back In Bed While I Cry Over You / I'll Never See Maggie Alone / I'm The Guy / Mama Get The Hammer | |||
| 1963 | LP 12" GUEST STAR G-1428 (mono) / GS-1428 (stereo) (US) |
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DON'T BE CORNFUSED - Boll Weevil / Ground Hog / Sharp Shooting Gal / Chip Off Your Shoulder / Turkey In The Straw / Cielito Lindo / Rye Whiskey / Chicken In The Pan / They're Laughing At Me / On Top Of Old Smokey | |||
| 1964 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2928 (mono) / LSP-2928 (stereo) (US) |
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CORNFUCIUS SAY - Cornfucius Say / Doin' My Homework / Cousin John And Cousin Mabel / Dr Foo Man Choo / Mother Goose Is Chicken / Slowboat To China / Gonna Send 'em Home / Oh Golly Cornfucius / Darlin' You Look So Good To Me / Chow Hound's Lament / My Boss / Monsters Of The World Unite | |||
| 10/1964 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-2954 (mono) / LSP-2954 (stereo) (US) |
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FRACTURED FOLK SONGS - Little Maggie / Mama Don't Whip Little Buford / Playboy Song / I Don't Give A Hoot (For The Nanny) / So Long (It's Been Good To Know Yuh) / Goodnight Irene / Why Don't You Wash Your Feet / After The Hangover's Over / Rye Whiskey / Fractured Folk Song / Jimmy Drinks Corn / Funny Farm | |||
| 03/1965 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3357 (mono) / LSP-3357 (stereo) (US) |
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TENDERLY AND OTHER GREAT LOVE BALLADS - Tenderly / I Got Rhythm / Fly Me To The Moon / Moon River / Arrivederci Roma / Baubles Bangles And Beads / Misty / Laura / I'm In The Mood For Love / You Made Me Love You / Donkey Serenade / Very Thought Of You | |||
| 1965 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3462 (mono) / LSP-3462 (stereo) (US) |
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THE OLD CRUSTY MINSTRELS - King Of The Camp / Red Roses For A Blue Lady / Cotton Fields / She Broke My Heart At Walgreens / Old Potato Peel Booze / Chase Is On / I'm Gonna Live In The Great Society / Charlie Cheated On His Income Tax / One On The Right Was On The Left / Egg Eatin' Dog / People Who Like People / Camp Runamuck | |||
| 01/1966 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3474 (mono) / LSP-3474 (stereo) (US) |
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THE BEST OF HOMER AND JETHRO - Battle Of Kookamonga / Let Me Go Blubber / Pore Ol' Koo-Liger / Cold Cold Heart No 2 / Baby It's Cold Outside / I'm Movin' On No 2 / Sixteen Tons / He'll Have To Go / Mr Sandman / How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Window / Hart Brake Motel / Jam-Bowl-Liar (Jambalaya) | |||
| 05/1966 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3538 (mono) / LSP-3538 (stereo) (US) |
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ANY NEWS FROM NASHVILLE - Act Naturally No 2 / No 1 Fan / Sweet Words / Folk Singer Song / Hallelujah I'm A Bum / It Makes No Difference Now / Finished Musicians / Loveliest Record / Dear Don Bowman / Any News From Nashville / I Can't Afford To Be A Star / I Can Do Without Nashville | |||
| 10/1966 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3673 (mono) / LSP-3673 (stereo) (US) |
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WANTED FOR MURDER - I Love You Drops / No Hair Sam (Mohair Sam) / He Loves Me / I Want To Go With You / Wanted For Murder / Great Men Repeat Themselves / I Don't Flirt Anymore (I Don't Hurt Anymore) / Drop Dead Little Darlin' / Laying Time (Crying Time) / I've Got A Tiger By The Tail / Good Little Boys / What A Lousy Day Was Yesterday | |||
| 03/1966 | LP 12" CAMDEN CL-948 (mono) / CAS-948 (stereo) (US) |
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SONGS TO TICKLE YOUR FUNNY BONE - You Tell Her I Stutter / Nutty Lady Of Shady Lane / Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini / Melody Of Love / Listen To The Gooney Bird / Mama From The Train (A Kiss A Kiss) / They Were Doin' The Mambo / Hay Shmo / Don't Sing Along (On Top Of Old Smokey) / Houn' Dawg | |||
| 1966 | LP 12" KING KSD-1005 (US) |
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24 GREAT SONGS - Five Mintues More / Night And Day / Always / Donkey Serenade / I'll Close My Eyes / Managua Nicaragua / Margie / For Sentimental Reasons / I'm Glad I Waited For You / I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now / Glow Worm / Symphony / Blue Tail Fly / Rye Whiskey / Cielito Lindo / It's A Bloody War / Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home / Boll Weevil / Three Night Experience / Poor Little Liza Poor Girl / Goodbe Old Booze / Fly Birdie Fly / It Bruised Her Somewhat / I Feel That Old Age Creeping On | |||
| 01/1967 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3701 (mono) / LSP-3701 (stereo) (US) |
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IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SQUARE - Call Me / Li'l Darlin' / Broadway, More / Cute / Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away) / Shadow Of Your Smile / Weetest Sounds / Shiny Stockings / Satin Doll / Take The A Train | |||
| 04/1967 | LP 12" CAMDEN CAL-2137 (mono) / CAS-2137 (stereo) (US) |
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SONGS FOR THE OUT CROWD - Settin' The Woods On Fire No 2 / Love And Marriage / Music Goes Round And Round / Your Feet's Too Big / Sifting Whimpering Sands / Flat Foot Floogie / At The Flop (At The Hop) / Hut-sut Song / When It's Tooth Pickin' Time In False Teeth Valley / Mairzy Doats | |||
| 05/1967 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3822 (mono) / LSP-3822 (stereo) (US) |
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NASHVILLE CATS - Nashville Cats / Light It Up / No Matter Where You Go / Go To Hal / Square Song / He's Goin' Down / She Loves You / Hillbilly Hands / Winchester Cathedral / Doctor Quincy Quack / Pusan U (Sioux City Sue) / Playin' Checkers With My Poodle | |||
| 09/1967 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3877 (mono) / LSP 3877 (stereo) (US) |
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SOMETHIN' STUPID - Ballad Of Roger Miller / Somethin' Stupid / Upside Down / Bagel Song / I Can Spell Banana / Kosher Chitlins / Laugh And Scratch / Smellin' Like A Rose / Human Cannonball / Pearl Handled Pocket Knife / Old Grand Dad / Sow Sow Sow Your Oats | |||
| 02/1968 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LPM-3973 (mono) / LSP-3973 (stereo) (US) |
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THERE'S NOTHIN' LIKE AN OLD HIPPIE - Hillbilly Hippie / I Crept Into The Crypt And Cried / Owed To Don Bowman / Four Room And Path / World's Oldest Teenager / Hootin' Holler Hilton Bar And Grill / Indian Trader / That Little Boy Of Mine / I Taught Her Everything She Knows / I Couldn't Spell Pffft, It Ain't No Fun To Be A Pigeon / Second Hundred Years | |||
| 10/1968 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP-4001 (US) |
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COOL CRAZY CHRISTMAS - Nuttin' Fer Christmas / Frosty The Snowman / I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Santa Claus Thye Original Hippie / All I Want For Christmas Is My Upper Plate / Ornaments / Night Before Christmas / Jingle Bells / Rudolph The Flat Nosed Reindeer / Santa Baby / Santa's Movin' On / Nite After Christmas | |||
| 10/1968 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP-4024 (US) |
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LIVE AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - There's An Empty Hanger In My Closet Tonight / She Was Bitten On The Udder By An Adder / Jokin' Kind / Henry's John / Great Society / When You Wore A Tulip - Never On Sunday - Rain/Crazy Mixed Up Song / Lil' Darlin' / Turkish March And Cumana / Jitterburg Waltz | |||
| 1968 | LP 12" NASHVILLE NLP-2072 (US) |
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THE BEST OF HOMER & JETHRO - I Love You For Sentimental Reasons / Boll Weevil / It Bruised Her Somewhat / Rye Whiskey / I Feel That Old Age Creeping On / Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home / Cielito Lindo / When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee / Groundhog / Goodbye Old Booze | |||
| 03/1969 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP-4148 (US) |
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NEXT ALBUM - There Ain't A Chicken Safe In Tennessee / Gal From Possum Holler / I Ain't Got A Worry In The World / Little Arrows / D-I-V-O-R-C-E (B-A-C-O-N And E-G-G-S) / What Have You Done For Me Lately / I Upped My Income (Up Yours) / Cap Driver / I Haven't The Foggiest / Pennsylvania Turnpike I Love You / Like Mother Used To Make / You Know A Thousand Ways | |||
| 1969 | LP 12" CAMDEN CAS-2315 (US) |
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THE PLAYBOY SONG - Goodnight Irene / After The Hangover's Over / Jimmy Drinks Corn / Rye Whiskey / I Don't Give A Hoot (For The Nanny) / Fractured Folk Song / So Long (It's Been Good To Know Yuh) / Funny Farm / Playboy Song / Mama Don't Whip Little Buford | |||
| 12/1971 | 2 LP 12" CAMDEN CXS-9012 (US) |
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COUNTRY COMEDY :
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| 01/1972 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP 4648 (US) |
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THE FAR-OUT WORLD - Daddy Played First Base / Ballad Of Roger Miller / I Want A Rib / Drummer's Rib / Gal From Possum Holler / Fer The Good Times / Act Naturally No 2 / When A Man Loves A Woman / Don't It Make You Wanna Leave Home / We Didn't Make It Through The Night | |||
| 12/1989 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BF 15281 (GER) |
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ASSAULT THE ROCK AND ROLL ERA - Houn' Dawg / Hart Brake Motel / Two Tone Shoes / Rock Boogie / At The Flop / Screen Door / Hernando's Hideaway / Middle Aged Teenager / Little Arrows / She Loves You / I Want To Hold Your Hand / No Hair Sam / Winchester Cathedral / Ballad Of Davy Crew-Cut / Yaller Rose Of Texas / You All / Battle Of Kookamonga | |||
| 1993 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15728 (GER) |
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Jazz From The Hills - Stomping At The Savoy / Tennessee Rag / So Something / My Little Girl / It Goes Like This (That Funny Melody) / Midnight Train / What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) / Marie / Fiddle Patch / Fiddle Sticks / In A Little Spanish Town / Sweet Georgia Brown / The Lady In Red / When It's Darkness On The Delta / Indiana March / The Vacation Train / Indiana March [t.1] / Song Of The Wanderer (Where Shall I Go) / Royal Garden Blues / I'll See You In My Dreams / Royal Garden Blues [t.1] |
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| 03/1997 | CD RAZOR & TIE RE-8-2130-2 (US) |
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AMERICA'S SONG BUTCHERS : THE WEIRD WORLD OF HOMER & JETHRO - Tennessee Border No.2 / Baby, It's Cold Outside / Tennessee, Tennessee / I'm Movin' On No.2 / Li'l Ole Kiss Of Fire / The Billboard Song / Jam-Bowl-Liar / You Belong To Me No.2 / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs / (How Much) Is That Hound Dog In The Window? / She Was Bitten On The Udder By An Adder / Hernando's Hideaway / Let Me Go, Blubber / Mister Sandman / Yaller Rose Of Texas, You All / Sixteen Tons / Hart-Brake Motel / The Battle Of Kookamonga / I Want To Hold Your Hand / Misty | |||
| 2001 | 3 CD BMG DRC3-3004 (US) |
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Country Their Way / 36 All-Time Greatest Hits :
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| 08/2002 | CD KING / FEDERAL KMCD-0501 (US) |
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THE BEST OF HOMER & JETHRO - HALL OF FAME 2001 - Feel That Old Age Creeping On / Goodbye Old Booze / Cielito Lindo / It Bruised Her Somewhat / Bill Bailey / Poor Little Liza, Poor Girl / Boll Weevil / When It's Long Handle Time In Tennessee / Ground Hog / Blue Tail Fly | |||
| 2004 | CD BACM CD D 043 (UK) |
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Ground Hog - Boll Weevil / Rye Whiskey / Always / Margie / Sympathy-Symphony / Night And Day / Poor Little Liza Poor Girl / Cielito Lindo / Don’t Let Your Sweet Love Die / Five Minutes More / Ground Hog / Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home / I’m Glad I Waited For You / Fly Birdie Fly / I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now / Blue Tailed Fly / I’ll Close My Eyes / Donkey Serenade / It Bruised Her Somewhat / I Feel Old Age Creeping On / Goodbye Old Booze / Don’t Telephone, Don’t Telegraph / When It’s Long Handle Time In Tennessee / Glow Worm / All Night Long |
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| 2005 | CD BACM CD D 061 (UK) |
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Unhappy Day - Alabama Jubilee / I’m Walking Behind You-All / Baby It’s Cold Outside / Little Ole Kiss Of Fire / Mexican Joe / Pore Ol’ Koo Liger / Slow Poke No. 2 / Sound Off No. 2 (Duckworth Chant) / Tennessee Border No. 2 / Too Young / Unhappy Day / When It’s Tooth Pickin’ Time In False Teeth Valley / You Tell Her, I Stutter; Put That Knife Away Nellie / I’m Moving On No. 2 / Gambler’s Git Box / I’m Gettin’ Older Every Day / Pizen Pete / Settin’ The Woods On Fire No. 2 / A Screwball’s Love Song / Does Your Spearmint Lose Its Flavour / Oh Babe / So Long It’s Been Good To Know You No. 2 / Disc Jockey’s Nightmare |
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| 06/2007 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16857 (GER) |
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Assault The Rock And Roll Era - Houn Dawg take 2 / Hart Brake Motel / Two Tone Shoes / Rock Boogie / Hernandos Hideaway / Middle Aged Teenager / At The Flop / Screen Door / Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini / The Battle Of Kookamonga / My Special Angel / Houn Dawg take 1 / Im Movin On No. 2 / Dont Let The Stars Get In Your Eyeballs / Yaller Rose Of Texas You All / Keep Them Cold Icy Fingers Off Of Me / The West Virginny Hills / Pore Ol Koo Liger / Hey Good Lookin No. 2 / Jam Bowl Liar / Settin The Woods On Fire No. 2 / Oh Lonesome Me / I Guess Things Happen That Way / Sixteen Tons / Little Arrows / She Loves You / I Want To Hold Your Hand / No Hair Sam / Winchester Cathedral / El Paso Numero Dos / The Ballad Of Davy Crew Cut |
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| 2008 | CD BACM CD D 227 (UK) |
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Volume 3 - Crazy Mixed Up Song / Swapping Partners / Gone / Hay Shmo / Hey There / Homer & Jethro's Pluckin' And Singin' Medley / I'm My Own Grandpa / Just Be There When I Get Back / Where Is That Doggone Gal Of Mine / Listen To The Gooney Bird / Love And Marriage / This Is A Wife (What Is A Wife) / Throw Mama From The Train A Kiss A Kiss / Night After Christmas / Santa Baby / Nutty Lady From Shady Lane / Oh My Pappy / Ramblin' Rose / They Were Doing The Mambo / Wanted / Your Clobbered Heart / Sifting Whimpering Sands / Moon Over Manakoora / I'd Like To Get You On A Slow Boat To China / Have I Stayed Away Too Long / My Darling My Darling / Once In Love With Amy / A Bushel And A Peck / If I Were A Bell |
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| 08/2009 | 2 CD Jasmine JASMCD 3638/3639 (UK) |
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Slaughter The Standards :
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