Complete Recorded Works

(1929-1931)

Between 1929 and 1931, various Bird lineups made more than forty recordings for Gennett, Vocalion, Paramount, and Victor, embracing parlor songs, blues, comic pieces, and sacred selections. (2)(5)

"Elmer Bird & Associated Artists." (3)

In 2017, a probably unique Paramount test-pressing of "Whoa Mule"/"Some Mother's Boy" by the Kentucky Ramblers (the Bird family from Williamsburg, Kentucky) reached $9,350 at auction. (1)

"Good Cocaine (Mama Don't Allow It)"

"Everybody Works But Father"

"Whoa Mule"

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