Bob Dunn

*1908,+1971
By Tony Russell (A Country Discography 1921-42), Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Steve Hathaway
SESSIONS
2 March 1939 Houston, TX – Bob Dunn’s Vagabonds (Moon Mullican [vcl -1/piano], Bob Dunn [vcl –3/steel], Leo Raley [mandolin/vcl-2], Mancel Tierney [piano], Hezzie Bryant [bass], Frederick Kehm [drums])
001 65100-B MAMA‘S GONE GOODBYE Decca 5667/OJL-1004
002 65101-B TOO LONG – instr.- Decca 5667
003 65102-A IT MUST BE LOVE -1 Decca 5694
004 65103-B BLUE SKIES -1 Decca 5676/ OJL-1004
005 65104-B MEAN MISTREATER BLUES -1 Decca 5694/ OJL-1004
006 65105-A TOODLE-OODLE-OO -1 Decca 5676
007 65106-A WHEN NIGHT FALLS -3 Decca 5684/ OJL-1004
008 65107-A YOU’LL PAY SOME DAY -1 Decca 5733/ OJL-1004
009 65108-A YOU DON’T KNOW MY MIND -1 Decca 5684/ OJL-1004
010 65109-A GRAVEYARD BLUES -2 Decca 5707/ OJL-1004
011 65110-A I WANT WHOLE WORLD TO KNOW -2 Decca 5707/ OJL-1004
5 September 1939 Rice Hotel, Houston, TX – Bob Dunn’s Vagabonds (Chuck Keeshan [vcl-3], Sibyl Hopkins [vcl-2], Dickie McBride [vcl/gt], Leo Railey [mandolin], Hezzie Bryant [bass], Bob Dunn [vcl-1/steel], Moon Mullican [piano])
012 66415-A BASIN STREET BLUES -2 Decca 5733
013 66416-A WAS THAT ALL I MEAN TO YOU? -2 Decca 5746
014 66419-A MEET ME TONIGHT IN DREAMS -3 Decca 5789
015 66420-A STOMPIN‘ AT THE HONKY TONK Decca 5772/ OJL-1004
016 66421-A WEDNESDAY RAG Decca 5772
017 66422-A I’LL TELL THE WORLD (SHE‘S A GOOD LITTLE GIRL) -1Decca 5789/ OJL-1004
018 66423-A SWEET BUNCH OF DAISIES Decca 5746
11 April 1940 Rice Hotel, Houston, TX - Bob Dunn’s Vagabonds (Bob Dunn [vcl-1/steel], Mancel Tierney [vcl/2/piano], Sam Jones [gt], Hezzie Bryant [bass], Rudy Rivers [clarinet])
019 C 92082-A I’LL FORGET, DEAR (THAT I EVER LOVED YOU) -1 5828
020 C 92083-A JUKE BOX RAG 5828/ OJL-1004
021 C 92084-A I FOUND YOU OUT WHEN I FOUND YOU IN (SOMEBOY ELSE‘S ARMS) -1 5848
022 C 92085-A I’LL GET BY (AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU) -2 5868
023 C 92086-A ‘ROUND HER NECK SHE WEARS A YELLOW RIBBON (FOR HER LOVE WHO IS FUR, FUR AWAY) -1,3 5868
024 C 92087-A MARCHETA 5848/ OJL-1004


ALBUMS
Original Jazz Library OJL-1004 Western Swing Chronicles, Vol. 5/Master of the Electric Steel Guitar (1935-1950): [Milton Brown:] Taking Off; I Love You; Wabash Blues; Who's Sorry Now; You're Tired of Me; The House at the End of the Lane; Somebody Stole My Gal; Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider; Beale Street Mama; An Old Water Mill By a Waterfall; [Roy Newman:] Everybody's Blues; She's Doggin' Me; Takin' Off; Catch On and Let's Go; [Cliff Bruner:] Over Moonlit Waters; Yearning Just for You; When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles with You); I'll Keep on Loving You; Star Dust; [Buddy Jones:] Easy Rider - Easy Rider; [Shelton Bros.:] Just Because You're in Deep Elem; [Leon Selph:] A Precious Memory; Some Day; [Bob Dunn’s Vagabonds:] Mama's Gone Goodbye; Blue Skies; Mean Mistreater; When Night Falls; You'll Pay Some Day; You Don't Know My Mind; Graveyard Blues; I Want the Whole World to Know; Stompin' at the Honky Tonk;. I'll Tell the World (She's a Good Little Girl); Juke Box Rag; Marcheta; [Floyd Tillman:] There Must Be Someone for Me; I Never Felt This Way Before; [Bill Boyd:] Swing Steel, Swing; [Bill Mounce:] I Don't Get It;. From the Start; It's Just My Imagination; Kickin' It Off; I Found a New Baby; What's Bob Done?; [Sons Of Dixie:] Bugle Two-Step; I'm Always Dreaming of You; Don't Ever Go Wrong; [Modern Mountainers:] Mary Jane; Takin' Off; Baby, You've Let Me Down; [Cliff Bruner:] San Antonio Blues; [Tommy Dover:] Blue Over You; [Harry Choates:] I've Quit My Cattin' Around – 11 (double)
 
SINGLES
Decca (1939-40)
5667 Mama's Gone Goodbye / Too Long – 03-39
5676 Blue Skies / Toodle-Oodle-Oo – 04-39
5684 When Night Falls / You Don’t Know My Mind – 05-39
5694 It Must Be Love / Mean Mistreater Blues – 06-39
5707 Graveyard Blues / I Want Whole World To Know – 07-39
5733 You’ll Pay Some Day / Basin Street Blues – 09-39
5746 Was That All I Mean To You? / Sweet Bunch Of Daisies - 10-39
5772 Stompin' At The Honky Tonk / Wednesday Rag – 12-39
5789 I’ll Tell The World (She’s A Good Little Girl) / Meet Me Tonight In Dreams – 01-40
5828 I’ll Forget, Dear (That I Ever Loved You) / Juke Box Rag – 05-40
5848 I Found You Out When I Found You In (Someboy Else‘s Arms) / Marcheta - 06-40
5868 I’ll Get By (As Long As I Have You) / ‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yellow Ribbon (For Her Love Who Is Fur, Fur Away) - 08-40