Fred Kirby

Frederick Austin Kirby, *19-07-1910, Charlotte, NC, +22-04-1996
3rd version
By Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Murray Kirch

SESSIONS

22 September 1932 New York City - Cliff Carlisle and Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Cliff Carlisle [vcl/steel])
001 12347 INNOCENT PRISONER rejected
002 12348 MY DEAR OLD DADDY rejected
003 12349 SWEET CIDER TIME Conqueror 8140
004 12350 LITTLE WHITE ROSE rejected
005 12351 MY LONELY BOYHOOD DAYS rejected
23 September 1932 New York City - Cliff Carlisle and Fred Kirby/* Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Cliff Carlisle [vcl/steel])
006 12359 WHEN IT'S ROUNDUP TIME IN TEXAS CQ8098 BA32667 ME12600 OR8194 RO5194 PE12880
007 12360 OLD FASHIONED SWEETHEART* unissued
008 12361 ROLL ON BLUE MOON Conqueror 8098
28 September 1932 New York City - Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Cliff Carlisle [steel])
009 12390 MOTHER AND DAD unissued
29 September 1932 New York City - Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Cliff Carlisle [steel])
010 12393 COTTAGE BY THE WAYSIDE unissued
011 12394 DARLING NELL unissued
12 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt])
012 BS-94667-1 MY MAN unissued
013 BS-94668-1 I'M A GOLD DIGGIN' PAPA B-6419 Twin FT8149
014 BS-94669-1 LONESOME LULLABY B-6419 Montgomery Ward M-4855 Twin FT8149
015 BS-94670-1 I'M LONESOME SAD AND BLUE B-6325 Montgomery Ward M-4853 Twin FT8113
016 BS-94671-1 IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD PINE TREE B-6325 Montgomery Ward M-4853
017 BS-94672-1 COTTAGE BY THE WAYSIDE Montgomery Ward M-4854
018 BS-94673-1 MY OLD FASHIONED SWEETHEART unissued
13 February 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Fred Kirby, * and Bob Philips (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Bob Philips [duet vcl-1/gt])
019 BS-94673 MY OLD FASHIONED SWEETHEART Montgomery Ward M-4854
020 BS-94680-1 MY LITTLE TEXAS TOWN Montgomery Ward M-4855
021 BS-94681-1 ROLL ON, ROLL ON* -1 B-6367 Montgomery Ward M-7027 Twin FT8108
022 BS-94682-1 MY DARLING NELL* -1 B-7056 Montgomery Ward M-4856
023 BS-94683-1 WHEN IT'S ROUND-UP TIME IN HEAVEN* -1 B-6367 Montgomery Ward M-7027 Twin FT8108
024 BS-94684-1 MY CAROLINA SWEETHEART* -1 B-7056 Montgomery Ward M-4856
19 June 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Fred Kirby, * and Don White, # and Cliff Carlisle (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White [duet vcl-1/steel], Cliff Carlisle [vcl duet-2])
025 BS-102700-1 MY OLD SADDLE HORSE IS MISSING* -2 B-6540 Montgomery Ward M-7026 Twin 8207
026 BS-102701-1 THAT GOOD OLD UTAH TRAIL# -1 B-6540 Montgomery Ward M-7026
027 BS-102702-1 MY MAN B-6597
028 BS-102703-1 I'VE GOT A RED HOT MAMA B-7190
029 BS-102704-1 MY HEAVENLY SWEETHEART B-6597
19 June 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Don White and Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [duet vcl/gt], Don White [duet vcl/steel])
030 BS-102705 PLAY THAT WALTZ AGAIN* B-6459 Montgomery Ward M-5034
031 BS-102706 MEXICALI ROSE* B-6459 Montgomery Ward M-5034
12 October 1936 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White [gt], ? [gt], ? [bass], ? [fiddle])
032 BS-02549-1 SONG OF THE GOLDEN WEST B-6763 Montgomery Ward M-7183 Twin FT8356
033 BS-02550-1 WAGON TRAIN KEEP ROLLIN' ALONG B-6763 Montgomery Ward M-7183 Twin FT8356
034 BS-02551-1 GET ALONG, OLD PAINT B-7009 Montgomery Ward M-7182 Twin FT8420/CCD-252
035 BS-02552-1 UNDERNEATH THE TEXAS MOONLIGHT B-7310 Twin FT8554
036 BS-02553-1 WHERE THE LONGHORN CATTLE ROAM B-7009 Montgomery Ward M-7182 Twin FT8420/Cattle CCD-252
037 BS-02554-1 I'M THE ROUGHEST AND TOUGHEST B-7310 Twin FT8554
19 February 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC - Cliff Carlisle (Fred Kirby [gt/*duet vcl], Sonny Boy Tommy Carlisle [+bak vcl], ? [fiddle])
038 BS-07160-1 COWBOY’S DYING DREAM* B-7790 Montgomery Ward M-7185
7 August 1937 Hotel Charlotte, 237 West Trade St., Charlotte, NC – Fred Kirby , * and Don White (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White duet vcl-1/gt/steel/poss. fiddle] + unknown musicians)
039 BS-013048-1 NIGHT TIME ON THE PRAIRIE B-7164 Montgomery Ward M-7364 Twin FT8487/CCD-252
040 BS-013049-1 HOME (ANSWER TO HOME ON THE RANGE) B-7164 Montgomery Ward M-7364 Twin FT8487/Cattle CCD-252
041 BS-013050-1 YES, MY MOTHER COMES FROM IRELAND B-7261
042 BS-013051-1 MY SWEET LITTLE MOTHER OF THE RANGE * -1 B-7261
043 BS-013052 HELLO MY BABY * -1 B-7190/Cattle CCD-252
7 June 1938 Charlotte, NC – Fred Kirby‘s Carolina Boys (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White [gt], Cliff Carlisle [steel/harm vcl], Tiny Dobson [fiddle])
044 64068-A PRECIOUS JESUS I’LL BE THE Decca 5594 46083
045 64069-A BIRMINGHAM JAIL 5576
046 64070-A GOD’S LOVE WILL SHONE 5594
047 64071-A PRAYER MEETIN TIME IN MOUNTAINS 5611/Cattle CCD-252
7 June 1938 Charlotte, NC – Fred Kirby‘s Carolina Boys (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White [gt], + unknown musicians)
048 64078-A HELLO MY BABY rejected
049 64079-A YOU’RE THE ONLY STAR IN MY BLUE HEAVEN 5557 Minerva M-14096 M-14138
050 64080-A CALLING OLE FAITHFUL 5557 Minerva M-14097
051 64081-A DEEP SEA BLUES (TROUBLE IN MIND) 5708//Cattle CCD-252
052 64082-A COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES 5576
053 64083-A FIND MY PRECIOUS HOME 5680 46083 Minerva M-14120
054 64084-A CHANGE IN BUSINESS rejected
055 64085-A MY CAROLINA HOME 5611
15 June 1938 Charlotte, NC - Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White [duet vcl-1/steel])
056 64166-A CATHEDRAL IN THE PINES 5548 Minerva M-14097
057 64167-A EVERY DAY IS MOTHERS‘ DAY TO ME 5548 Minerva M-14098
058 64168-A BURY ME BENEATH THE ROSES -1 5708/Cattle CCD-252
059 64169-A LIFE’S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN -1 5680 Minerva M-14120
Fall 1945 WBT Radio Station, Charlotte, NC – Fred Kirby and Briarhoppers (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White, prob. Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt] + more musicians)

060 500-3 WHEN IT'S REVEILLE TIME IN HEAVEN Sonora H 7001 1115 MS-477/CCD-252
061 501-3 OUT OF MY MIND Sonora 1115 MS-477/Cattle CCD-252
062 502-2 HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME Sonora 1113 MS-477/Cattle CCD-252
063 503-3 HELLO MY BABY Sonora 1114 MS-477
064 504-1 OUR HEARTS BEAT TOGETHER Sonora 1115 MS-477//Cattle CCD-252
065 505-2 BURY MY HEART BENEATH THE ROSES Sonora 1115 MS-477/Cattle CCD-252
066 506-1 PLEASE DON‘T TAKE MY BABY FROM ME Sonora 1113 MS-477/Cattle CCD-252
067 507-2 SOMEWHERE A HEART IS BREAKING Sonora H 7001 1114 MS-477/Cattle CCD-252
MS-477 78RPM album HILLBILLY TUNES (April 46)
ca March 1946 WOR Studios, New York City  – Fred Kirby and The Briarhoppers (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White, prob. Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt] + more musicians)
068 SR 1718-2 ATOMIC POWER H-7008/ Cattle CCD 252
069 SR 1719-2 MY WAR TORN HEART H-7009/ Cattle CCD 252
070 SR 1720-2 HONEY, BE MY HONEY BEE H-7008 / Cattle CCD 252
071 SR 1721-2 I'VE BEEN A FOOL TOO OFTEN AND TOO LONG H-7009/Cattle CCD-252
Fall 1946 WOR Studios, New York City  – Fred Kirby and The Briarhoppers (Fred Kirby [vcl/gt], Don White, prob. Arval Hogan [vcl/mandolin], Roy "Whitey" Grant [vcl/gt] + more musicians)
072 I CAN'T TELL THAT LIE TO MY HEART H-7043
073 BOOGIE WOOGIE FARMER H-7037
074 SR 1942-1 THAT’S HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU H-7023
075 SR 1943-1 TWO DOUBLE X H-7040
076 MY LITTLE BOY BLUE H-7037
077 SR 1945-1 AGES AND AGES AGO H-7040
078 SR 1946-1 AFTER ALL THESE YEARS H-7023
079 DOWN RIGHT LONELY, DOWN RIGHT BLUE H-7043
1947 WOR Studios, New York City  – Fred Kirby and The Mountaineers
080 SR 2008-1 CASEY JONES (THE BRAVE ENGINEER) 3040
081 SR 2009-1 IT’S THE BEGINNING OF THE END 3040
1947 WOR Studios, New York City  – Fred Kirby and The Briarhoppers
082 THE WRECK OF THE OLD ’97 Sonora 3038
083 DEEP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA 3038
084 SR 2013-2 THE CHAPEL IN THE HILLS H-7045
085 YOU’LL NEVER TAKE AWAY MY DREAMS H-7045
086 WELCOME BACK TO MY HEART H-7046
087 THE LEAF OF LOVE H-7046
poss. 1947 poss. Charlotte, NC - Fred Kirby [purchased by MGM in 1948]
088 48-S-64 GOD MADE THIS COUNTRY MGM 10353
089 48-S-404 THAT ALMIGHTY DOLLAR MGM 10353
Unknown 1940s poss. Charlotte, NC– Fred Kirby [purchased by MGM in 1949]
090 48-S-489 MY LITTLE DOG LOVES OUR LITTLE DOG 10474/Cattle CCD-252
091 48-S-490 JUKE BOX JACKSON FROM JACKSONVILLE 10474/Cattle CCD-252
August 1950 poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Fred Kirby
092 HCO 4207 OLD COUNTRY PREACHER 20740 2-783/Cattle CCD-252
093 HCO 4208 WHEN THE HELL BOMB FALLS 20740 2-783/Cattle CCD-252
094 HCO 4209 MY RED HOT POTATO 20764 2-902/Cattle CCD-252
095 HCO 4210 MY ZIG ZAGGIN‘ BABY 20764 2-902/Cattle CCD-252
ca 1951 unknown – Fred Kirby

096 SR 1946 AFTER ALL THESE YEARS  Gotham G 404

097 SR 2007 WRECK OF THE OLD 97 Gotham G 404

1950s unknown – Fred Kirby

098 CASEY JONES Gotham 801

099 DEEP IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA Gotham 80

1July 1952 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Fred Kirby
100 CO 48224/NASH 1516? OUT OF MY MIND 4-21009
101 CO 48225/NASH 1517? unknown title
102 CO 48226/NASH 1518? LOST 4-21009
103 CO 48227/NASH 1519? unknown title
104 CO 48228?/NASH 1520? MY SOUL IS NOT FOR SALE 4-21056
105 CO 48239/NASH 1521? WHEN THE DEVIL SENDS HIS CALING CARD 4-21066
106 CO 48230/NASH 1522? CROSSROADS TO ETERNITY 4-21066
107 CO 48231/NASH 1523? WHEN IT’S REVEILLE TIME IN HEAVEN 4-21056
1950s Charlotte, NC – Fred Kirby (Producer: Howard Simpson)

108 INDIAN FIGHTIN‘ MAN Dixie S-1102

109 PRETTY LITTLE TWEETSIDE Dixie S-1102

Ca 1960 unknown – Fred Kirby (Fred Kirby [pipe organ/chimes])

110 SILENT NIGHT Crown CLP 5196 

111 OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM Crown CLP 5196 

112 GOOD KING WENCESLAU Crown CLP 5196 

113 ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH Crown CLP 5196 

114 IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR Crown CLP 5196 

115 WE THREE KINGS Crown CLP 5196 

116 OH COME ALL YE FAITHFUL Crown CLP 5196 

117 OH HOLY NIGHT Crown CLP 5196 

118 HARK, THE HERALD ANGEL'S SING Crown CLP 5196 

119 GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN Crown CLP 5196 

120 THE FIRST NOEL Crown CLP 5196 

121 JOY TO THE WORLD Crown CLP 5196 

122 DECK THE HALLS Crown CLP 5196 

123 AWAY IN THE MANGER Crown CLP 5196

ALBUMS

Crown CLP 5196/CST 4 Christmas Favorites: Silent Night; Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem; Good King Wenceslau; Angels We Have Heard On High; It Came Upon A Midnight Clear; We Three Kings; Oh Come All Ye Faithful; Oh Holy Night; Hark, The Herald Angel's Sing; God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen; The First Noel; Joy To The World; Deck The Halls; Away In The Manger – 11-60 (also as Crown CMX 400, reissued on Custom CSX 5004, Sutton SSU 104X)
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 252 The Original "Atomic Power":Atomic Power; Honey Be My Honey Bee; Where The Longhorn Cattle Roam; Home (Answer To "Home On The Range"); Night Time On The Prairie; Prayer Meetin' Time In The Mountain; My Carolina Home; Bury Me Beneath The Roses; My War-Torn Heart; I've Been A Fool Too Often And Too Long; The Old Country Preacher; When That Hell Bomb Falls; My Red Hot Potato; My Zig Zaggin' Baby; Jukebox Jackson From Jacksonville; My Little Dog Loves Your Little Dog; Hello My Baby; Bury My Heart Beneath The Roses; When It's Reveille Time In Heaven; Out Of My Mind ; Our Hearts Beat Together; Get Along Old Paint; Deep Sea Blues; Please Don't Take My Baby From Me; Hang Your Head In Shame; Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking - 01
BACM [UK] CD D 179 That Good Old Utah Trail: I'm A Gold Diggin' Papa; Lonesome Lullaby; I'm Lonesome Sad And Blue; In The Shade Of The Old Pine Tree; Cottage By The Wayside; My Old Fashioned Sweetheart; Roll On, Roll On; My Darling Nell; Round Up Time In Heaven; My Carolina Sweetheart; My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing; That Good Old Utah Trail; My Man; I Got A Red Hot Mama; My Heavenly Sweetheart; Song Of The Golden West; Wagon Train Keep Rolling Along; Underneath The Texas Moonlight; I'm The Roughest And Toughest; Cowboy's Dying Dream; My Sweet Little Mother Of The Range; Find My Precious Home; Cathedral In The Pines; Everyday Is Mother's Day To Me; Life's Railway To Heaven - ca 07

SINGLES

Bluebird (1936-37)
B-6325 In The Shade Of The Old Pine Tree / I'm Lonesome, Sad And Blue - 04-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-4853)
B-6367 Roll On, Roll On / When It's Roundup Time In Heaven - 05-36 w. Bob Phillips (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-7027)
B-6419 Lonesome Lullaby / I'm A Gold Diggin' Papa - 06-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-4855)
B-6459 Play That Waltz Again / Mexicali Rose - 07-36 w. Don White (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-5034)
B-6540 My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing (w. Don White) / That Good Old Utah Trail (and Cliff Carlisle) 09-36 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-7026)
B-6597 My Man / My Heavenly Sweetheart - 10-36
B-6763 Wagon Train Keep Rollin' Along / Song Of The Golden West - 01-37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-7183)
B-7009 Get Along Old Paint / Where The Longhorn Cattle Roam - 05-37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-7182)
B-7056 My Carolina Sweetheart / My Darling Nell - 07-37 w. Bob Phillips (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-4856)
B-7164 Night Time On The Prairie / Home - Answer To Home On The Range - 10-37 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-7364)
B-7190 Hello My Baby / I've Got A Red Hot Mama - 10-37
B-7261 My Mother Comes From Ireland / My Sweet Mother On The Range - 11-37
B-7310 I'm Roughest And Toughest / Underneath Texas Moonlight - 12-37
Decca (1938-39)
5548 Cathedral In The Pines / Every Day Is Mothers' Day – 07-38
5557 You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven / Calling Ole Faithful – 07-38
5576 Birmingham Jail / Columbus Stockade Blues - 08-38
5594 God's Love Will Shine / Precious Jesus, I'll Be There - 09-38
5611 My Carolina Home / Prayer Meetin' Time In Mountains - 10-38
5680 Life's Railway To Heaven / Find My Precious Home - 04-39
5708 Bury Me Beneath The Roses / Deep Sea Blues (Trouble In Mind) - 07-39 as by Fred Kirby's Carolina Boys

46083 Precious Jewel, I’ll Be There / Find My Precious Home – 10-47 (rev. Oct. 25, reissue)
Sonora (1946-47) + Briarhoppers
H-7001 When It's Reveille Time In Heaven / Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking – 12-45
H-7008 Honey, Be My Honey Bee / Atomic Power - 04-46 (rev. Apr. 20)
1113 Please Don‘t Take My Baby / Hang Your Head In Shame - 05-46
1114 Somewhere A Heart Is Breaking / Hello My Baby - 05-46
1115 Bury My Heart Beneath The Roses / When It's Reveille Time In Heaven - 05-46
1116 Our Hearts Be At Together / Out Of Mind - 05-46
1114/1116 78 RPM album MS-477 Hillbilly Tunes - 05-46
H-7009 My War Torn Heart / I've Been A Fool Too Often And Too Long - 07-46 (rev. July 6)
H-7023 That’s How Much I love You / After All These Years - 46
H-7037 Boogie Woogie Farmer / My Little Boy Blue – 02-47
H-7040 Two Double X /Ages And Ages Ago – 04-47 (rev. May 3)
H-7043 Down Right Lonely, Down Right Blue / I Can't Tell A Lie To My Heart – 47
3038 The Wreck of the Old '97 / Deep in the Bottom of the Sea – 05-47 (rev. May 24)
3040 Casey Jones (The Brave Engineer) / It’s The Beginning Of The End – 07-47 (rev. July 26)
H-7045 You'll Never Take away My Dreams / The Chapel in the Hills - 47
H-7046 Welcome Back To My Heart / The Leaf Of Love – 09-47 (rev  Sept. 27)

MGM (purchased masters)
10353 God Made This Country / That Almighty Dollar – 02-49 (rev. Feb. 12)
10474 Jukebox Jackson From Jacksonville / My Little Dog Loves Your Little Dog – 07-49 (rev. July 30)
Gotham

G 404 Wreck Of The Old 97 / After All These Years – ca 51

801 Casey Jones / Deep In The Bottom Of The Sea

Columbia (1950-52)
20740/2-783 [33 RPM] When The Hell Bomb Falls / Old Country Preacher - 09-50
20764/2-902 My Zig Zaggin' Baby / My Red Hot Potato - 12-50
4-21009 Lost / Out Of My Mind – ca. 12-09-52 (rev. Oct. 4)
4-21056 My Soul Is Not For Sale / When It's Reveille Time In Heaven - 12-52
4-21066 When The Devil Sends His Calling Card / Crossroads To Eternity - 01-53

Dixie

S-1102 Indian Fightin‘ Man / Pretty Little Tweetside