Shreveport, LA: Tillman Franks, 1960s. Original edition. 10" x 8" color, head and shoulders portrait of Houston in a velour shirt, smiling at the camera. Singer-songwriter David Houston (1935-1993), born in Louisiana, had his first hit song in 1963. Other hits followed, including "Almost Persuaded" which spent nine weeks as..... More
Shreveport, LA: Tillman Franks, 1960s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white group portrait of the seven musicians in a pickup truck with no hood. Singer-songwriter David Houston (1935-1993), born in Louisiana, had his first hit song in 1963. Other hits followed, including "Almost Persuaded" which spent nine weeks as Billboard's..... More
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NY: New Yorki Magyar Szinpad, 1922. First Editions. Softcover. Two booklets, 8pp + 16pp; occasional illustrations from photographs. Both productions featured Hegedus and Horvath Lajos. Each program includes a plot precis, cast list, and lyrics in Magyar to many songs. Bound in pictorial wrappers, 9" x 6" and 8.5" x...... More
s.l. s.n., (1953). First Edition. Softcover. 16pp; illustrated throughout from 32 photographs. Tells the story of Ferlin's past and present life, and contains lyrics to 16 songs that he wrote, including: Hank's Song; Eli, the Camel; Walkin' and Hummin'; A Dear John Letter; King of A Lonely Castle; I Wouldn't..... More
Bakersfield, CA: OMAC Artist Corp. 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white portrait of Kenni Huskey in an embroidered white blouse, posed beside a tree and smiling into the camera. Written in blue ink: "Always / Kenni Huskey." Kenni Huskey, born in 1955, began performing at age 7. By the..... More
Beverly Hills, CA: Tim Spencer Music, 1951. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 4pp, words and music, in part: "I'm hangin' all my teardrops out to dry For baby I ain't gonna cry no more. No more! I may be blue and lonely till I die...." 12" x 9" On the cover..... More
Beverly Hills Hill and Range Songs 1952. 1952. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in fine condition. 12" x 9" (4)pp Contains lyric, melody line, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames. In part: "You said that you'd be happy with a baby on your knee, But here..... More
NY: Southern Music, 1942. Early edition. Pictorial Cover. 6pp, words and music, in part: "Ever since he (she) went away, I've been thinking night and day Of the day when he'll (she'll) come back to me...." 12" x 9" A.P. (Alvin Pleasant) Carter led the original Carter Family group from..... More
NY: Century Music, 1938. First edition thus. Pictorial Cover. 8pp, words and music, in part: "In the evening by the moonlight when the darkie's work was over, We would gather round the fire, til the hoecake it was done...." Includes two refrains, one for mixed voices. 12.25" x 9.25". Prior..... More
Chicago: Calumet Music, 1939. Early edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. 6pp, words and music, in part: "From the Rocky bound Atlantic to the wild Pacific shore From the sunny South bound to the Isle of Labrador...." Includes a tablature arrangement for high bass by Bill Burns. 12" x 9" Inset on..... More
Belen, New Mexico: R&J Advertising, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white close-up portrait of Johnson, looking into the camera. In addition to performing, Little Richie Johnson worked as a record producer and promoter. More
Belen, New Mexico: Little Richie Johnson, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white portrait of Johnson in an embroidered shirt and cowboy hat, seated, playing his highly decorative "Cherokee" guitar. In addition to performing, Little Richie Johnson worked as a record producer and promoter. More
Belen, New Mexico: R&J Advertising, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white full-length portrait of Johnson in a western-style leisure suit, arms in performance pose, looking at the camera. In addition to performing, Little Richie Johnson worked as a record producer and promoter. More
s.l. s.n., 1960s. First Edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white photograph of the duo in matching tops and professional make-up. The Karroll Sisters appeared regularly on radio stations out of Pittsburgh, PA and Cincinnati, Ohio, as well as on WWVA-Wheeling, West Virginia. They cut at least one record for Decca: Hillbilly..... More
Portland, OR: American Music, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. 58pp. Contains words and music to "20 new songs, introduced by J.L. Frank's original Golden West Cowboys," including: My Madonna of the Trail; Rocky Mountain Trail; Swim, You Lazy Cattle, Swim; I'll Never Be A Saddle-tramp Again; It's Swing-time in the Valley;..... More
s.l. s.n., 1960s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white portrait of Kay in cowgirl get-up, seated at her drum set and smiling at the camera. All we know about Kookie Kay is that she was playing drums with a country-western swing band in New Jersey in the 1960s. More
Barton/Gordon Management, Circa 1970. Original edition. This 3/4 portrait of Georganne shows her in long blond hair, striped tank top, and jeans. The photo is tipped to blue paper. 10" x 8" Georganne LaPiere Bartylak (born September 7, 1951) is an American actress and half sister of Cher. Her television..... More
Minneapolis: Ted C. Van Dusen, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white group portrait of the quartet with their instruments, all dressed in white, standing and sitting on a pile of boulders. Tom Lammon & The Louisiana Purchase recorded on Blackgold Records. More
Peoria, IL: Lee Stoller, Manager, 1970s. Original edition. 10" x 8" black-and-white close-up portrait of Cristy in a fancy shawl, chin resting on a pillow, smiling. Cristy Lane (Eleanor Johnston) broke into country music in 1968 on WGN's Barn Dance. In the '70s, she performed 120 shows for our troops..... More
New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. pp: xviii, 662; 16pp illus from photographs. Has a long checklist of folksong titles, a 100-page discography, and more than 200 pages on singers of ballads and folksongs. Bound in black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, printed dust wrapper. 8.5"..... More
Wheeling, WV: WWVA, Circa 1948. These are later copies of the original glossies, one of which had been signed: "Sincerely, Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee." More
Belen, New Mexico: Lilttle Richie Johnson, Circa 1970. Original edition. Black and white, full-length portraits, outdoor setting. 10" x 8" After an early start as cowboys on the rodeo circuit in Queensland, Australia, at age 15 the LeGarde twins began singing and playing guitars as "Australia's Yodeling Stockmen." In 1957..... More
s.l. s.n., 1930s. Original photograph. 5.75" x 4" black-and-white portrait of Harry Lester wearing a cowboy hat and pointing at the camera. Signed across his body in blue ink. Harry Lester was born at Fort Worth, Texas in 1895. He began life as part of his family's traveling show and..... More
New York: International Talent, (1959). First Edition. Softcover. 16pp; illustrated throughout from photographs. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers, 12" x 9" Gottlieb describes this program as "a study in calculated audience brainwashing and manipulation....Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Folk Musicology and..... More
Elizabethtown, Kentucky: Hub City Printing, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. 8pp; illustrated throughout from photographs, including birdseye views of Downtown Hodgenville. Includes ads for local businesses. Printed self-wrappers, 10.75" x 8.25" "...25 years of continuous operation." On the bill were: Elvis Wade, "America's Number One Presley Impersonator"; Fabulous Singers--Jeanne, Janie, and..... More