Pat Odaniel and His Hillbilly Boys — surviving broadcasts

Transmission

30 April

No. 1

1936

First Song - Dinah

Running time

14 min

THE HILLBILLY BOYS W. Lee O'Daniel's musical career began in January 1931, when a West Texas fiddler named James Robert (Bob) Wills entered his Fort Worth office at Burrus Mill and Elevator Company. As general manager of the firm, O'Daniel had just canceled a radio program on which Wills and his fiddle band had been advertising Burrus Mill's Light Crust Flour. O'Daniel canceled it, as he said, "because I didn't like their hillbilly music." So many cards and letters came into station KFJZ that O'Daniel had to put the show back on the air, and the band became known as the Light Crust Doughboys. When O'Daniel realized how much flour the show was selling, he became the announcer for the show and manager of the band. According to Wills, O'Daniel was an asset to the show. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_The_Hillbilly_Boys_Singles”;

Transmission

1 May

No. 2

1936

The surviving run

First Song - Dinah

First Song - Paris Top Cornpipe

First Song - Hand Me Down My Walking Cane

First Song - Jingle Bells

First Song - Under the Double Eagle

First Song - Dance All Night with a Bottle in My Hand

First Song - Old Wagoneer

First Song - The Devils Dream

First Song - Hell on the Wabash

First Song - Put on Your Old Grey Bonnet

First Song - Boiling Cabbage Down

First Song - The Hog Trough Reel

First Song - Sally Ann

First Song - Hogs in the Trough

First Song - Redwing

First Song - Birdy, Birdy, Birdy

First Song - Mason March

First Song - The Tonsorial Parlor

First Song - Little Brown Jug

First Song - Goosebird in the Haystack (end Clipped)

First Song - Those Crazy Lonesome Blues

First Song - Barrell Polka

First Song - Sweet Sue

First Song - Song of the Volga Boatmen

First Song - I Get the Blues When It Rains

First Song - Take Me Back to Tulsa

First Song - Lucky Days

First Song - Moonlight and Roses

W. LEE O'DANIEL Sunday Broadcast

First Song - I Never Slept A Wink Last Night

First Song - Fisher's Hornpipe

First Song - LIttle Mother Of The Hill

First Song - Little Dutch Kindergarten

First Song - She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain

First Song - I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

First Song - Chewing Chewing Chewing Gum

First Song - The 12th Street Rag

First Song - Somebody Loves You

First Song - Speed The Plan

First Song - Doofus

First Song - Cross Patch

First Song - Ida

First Song - Wabash Blues

First Song - Dream Time

First Song - Washington Reel

First Song - Sing On Brother, Sing!

First Song - Goin' Back To Texas

First Song - Ned Kendall's Horn Pipe

First Song - Darktown Strutters Ball

First Song - Bye Bye Blues

First Song - Leave Me With A Smile

First Song - Yes Sir, That's My Baby

First Song - I Was Doing Alright

First Song - Tumblin' Tumbleweeds

First Song - Skip To My Lou

First Song - The West Texas Stomp

First Song - The Whitesboro Jump

First Song - Chinese Breakdown

First Song - Kilham

First Song - Bluezies

First Song - Old Uncle Zeke

First Song - Milenburg Joys

First Song - Jealous

First Song - The Bear Creek Hop

First Song - Rural Rhythm

First Song - Under The Moon

First Song - Down The River of Golden Dreams

Pappy O'Daniel (39) First Song - Little Box Of Pine on the 7 29

First Song - Hoppin' Lucy

First Song - Lazy River

First Song - Sweet Jennie Lee

Fill-in Program- Kooky Todd

First Song - Rosalee

First Song - Tugboat