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Johnny
Bond
(from
Dorothy Bond) "If Johnny Bond were still living I know he could
write & write. For me the memories are great. We had an exciting
life. He was a wonderful husband."
Birth
Name: Cyrus Whitfield Bond
Induction
Year: 1970
Date
of Birth: 6/1/1915
Place
of Birth: Enville, OK
Date
of Death: 6/12/1978
Place
of Death: Burbank, CA
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Former Occupations:
electrical
transcriptionist for Standard Radio |
Education:
Grade
School--Marietta, OK
High
School--Marietta, OK (from 1930-1934)
College--Oklahoma
University (attended in 1937) |
Career Milestones:
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1933--first
played professionally in local string band; learned ukulele, guitar
and banjo |
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1934--moved
to Oklahoma City to audition for radio |
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1937--formed
the group the Bell Boys with Jimmy Wakely and Scotty Harrel |
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1938--wrote
hit, "Cimarron" |
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1939--the
Bell Boys appeared in a Roy Rogers movie, "Saga of Death Valley" |
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1940--moved
to California on June 1 |
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1940--joined
Gene Autry's CBS Melody Ranch Radio Broadcast in September |
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1940--the
Bell Boys recorded for Decca |
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1941-1957--recorded
with Okeh Records (through Columbia) |
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1943-1947--appeared
on "Hollywood Barn Dance" |
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1948--made
first guest appearance on Grand Ole Opry |
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1952-1960--worked
on TV/radio show Town Hall Party, from Compton, CA, as a writer and performer |
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1955--established
music publishing companies, Vidor Publications, Inc. and Red River
Songs, Inc., with Tex Ritter |
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1964--first
#1 record "Ten Little Bottles" |
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1973--performed
with Tex Ritter on the Grand Ole Opry |
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1976--toured
England and Italy |
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1976--wrote
"Reflections: The Autobiography of Johnny Bond" |
Awards:
1961--BMI\Your
Old Love Letters
1961--BMI\The
Blizzard\for publishing
1965--BMI\Ten
Little Bottles
1971--BMI\Tomorrow
Never Comes
1974--JEMF\Art
Satherley Annual Award
1974--Academy
of Country Music\Pioneer Award
Catalog
Highlights:
Cimarron
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Artists:
Johnny Bond, Jimmy Dean, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Tex Ritter, Jimmy
Wakely, Sons of the Pioneers, Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, Jack
Marshall, Eligibles, Russ Morgan & Orchestra, Ruth Welcome, Foy Willing
Your
Old Love Letters
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Artists:
Johnny Bond, Claude Gray, Patti Page, Ricky Skaggs, Jim Reeves,
Jeannie C. Riley, Margie Singleton, Billy Jo Spears, Porter Waggoner
(1961), Kitty Wells, Faron Young
I
Wonder Where You Are Tonight
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Artists:
Johnny Bond, Bobby Bare, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Clark & Family,
Norma Jean, Johnnie & Jack, Bill Monroe, Johnny Rodriguez, Carl
Smith, Hank Snow, Porter Waggoner, Jimmy Wakely, Hank Williams Jr.
Glad
Rags
Ridin'
Down to Sante Fe
Tomorrow
Never Comes
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Co-writer:
Ernest Tubb
- Artists:
Johnny Bond, Lynn Anderson, Glen Campbell, Little Jimmy Dickens,
Loretta Lynn, Skeets McDonald, Jim Nabors, Elvis Presley, The Statler
Brothers, B.J. Thomas, Ernest Tubb (1945), Slim Whitman (1970)
Love
Gone Cold
Cherokee
Waltz
Jim,
Johnny and Jonas
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Artists:
Johnny Bond, Bing Crosby, Bobby Franco, Sammy Kaye & Orchestra,
Pee Wee King, Wesley & Marilyn Tuttle, Jimmy Wakely
Don't
Live a Lie
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Co-writer:
Gene Autry:
- Artists:
Johnny Bond, Gene Autry (1945)
Those
"Gone and Left Me Blues"
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Co-writer:
Jimmy Wakely
- Artists:
Johnny Bond, Jimmy Wakely
I'll
Step Aside
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Artists:
Johnny Bond, Brook Benton, Marty Robbins, Hank Thompson, Ernest Tubb
(1947), Gene Autry
Ten
Little Bottles
Ten
Years
Comments:
Bond
had roles in the following movies--"Kansas City Kitty,"
"Duel in the Sun," "Gallant Bess," "Cowboy
Commandos," "Six Lessons" and "TV Ranch Party".
Wrote
biography, "The Tex Ritter Story"; also wrote a biography
of Gene Autry |