Challenge 100 Series
(Old Time Releases Only)
The sound files in this collection were gleaned from Archive.org, i78s.org, YouTube, Juneberry 78's (now defunct), Honking Duck, personal collections, and LP and CD reissues. They may or may not be direct transfers from 78's. Credit is given to the source.
The list used to compile this collection was printed in the Devil's Box Magazine, Volume 10 number 2.
The Country Music Records - A Discography 1921-1942 by Tony Russell was relied upon as was 78discography.com .
If you have a sound file for anything in the Missing Challenge 100 Series List below and you are willing to share, please contact: [email protected] - Larry Warren or [email protected] - Sonya Badigian
Direct downloads for commercially available recordings used in this collection have been disabled.
Title | Artist | Notes | Catalog Number |
---|---|---|---|
And The Cat Came Back The Very Next Day | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Dock Roberts & Edgar Boaz |
101 |
Hell Broke Loose In Georgia | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Murray Kellner (The Fiddlin' Cowboy) |
101 |
Listen To The Mockingbird | Fiddlin' Dave Neal | AKA Fiddling Sam Long |
102 |
Seneca Square Dance | Fiddlin' Dave Neal | AKA Fiddling Sam Long |
102 |
Echoes Of The Ozarks | Fiddlin' Dave Neal | AKA Fiddling Sam Long |
103 |
Sandy Land | Fiddlin' Dave Neal | AKA Fiddling Sam Long |
103 |
Buffalo Girls | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance Trio |
104 |
Ocean Waves | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance |
104 |
Irish Washerwoman | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance |
105 |
Kings Head | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | Offensive Lyrics - AKA Soldier's Joy - AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance
|
105 |
Hell On The Wabash | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance |
106 |
Stoney Point | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance |
106 |
Buckwheat Batter | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance |
107 |
McLeod's Reel | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance |
107 |
Circle Waltz | Barnstormers | AKA Tom Owen's Barnstormers |
108 |
Party Quadrille | Barnstormers | AKA Tom Owen's Barnstormers |
108 |
Arkansas Traveler | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA William B. Houchens - Gennett 4974, same Matrix |
109 |
Turkey In The Straw | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA William B. Houchens - Gennett 4974, same Matrix |
109 |
Down In Tennessee Blues | Three Howard Boys | AKA Homer Davenport |
110 |
Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster Crowed | Three Howard Boys | AKA Jess Young |
110 |
All I've Got Is Done Gone | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Doc Roberts - Edgar Boaz, guitar |
111 |
Dixie | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA AKA Doc Roberts - Edgar Boaz, guitar |
111 |
Billy In The Low Ground | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Doc Roberts - Edgar Boaz, guitar |
112 |
My Baby Loves Shortenin' Bread | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Doc Roberts - Edgar Boaz, guitar |
112 |
An Old Fashioned Picture | Vernon Dalhart | 149 | |
Billy Richardson's Last Ride | Vernon Dalhart | 149 | |
Papa's Billy Goat | Vernon Dalhart | 150 | |
Puttin' On Style | Vernon Dalhart | 150 | |
Katy Cline | Ernest Stoneman | 151 | |
The Girl I Left Behind in Sunny Tennessee | Ernest Stoneman | 151 | |
Barney McCoy | Earnest East | 152 | |
Pretty Snow Dear | Ernest Stoneman | 152 | |
May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister | Ernest Stoneman | 153 | |
Silver Bell | Ernest Stoneman | 153 | |
Old Fiddler's Song, The | Vernon Dalhart | 154 | |
Put My Little Shoes Away | Vernon Dalhart | 154 | |
Engineer's Child, The | Vernon Dalhart | 155 | |
Great Titanic, The | Vernon Dalhart | 155 | |
Freight Wreck at Altoona, The | Vernon Dalhart | 156 | |
Ship That Never Returned, The | Vernon Dalhart | 156 | |
Unknown Soldier's Grave, The | Vernon Dalhart | 157 | |
I Wish I Was Single Again | John Ferguson | AKA Welby Toomey |
158 |
Wild Bill Jones | John Ferguson | AKA Welby Toomey |
158 |
Railroad Daddy | John Ferguson | AKA Welby Toomey |
159 |
Thrills That I Can't Forget | John Ferguson | AKA Welby Toomey |
159 |
Death Of Floyd Collins, The | Vernon Dalhart | 160 | |
Letter Edged In Black, The | Vernon Dalhart | 160 | |
A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother | Vernon Dalhart | 161 | |
Wreck Of The Southern Old '97 | Vernon Dalhart | 161 | |
In The Baggage Coach Ahead | Vernon Dalhart | 162 | |
Runaway Train, The | Vernon Dalhart | 162 | |
Mother And Home | Vernon Dalhart | 163 | |
Prisoner's Song, The | Vernon Dalhart | 163 | |
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues | Vernon Dalhart | 164 | |
Little Rosewood Casket | Vernon Dalhart | 164 | |
Lightning Express, The | Vernon Dalhart | 165 | |
New River Train | Vernon Dalhart | 165 | |
Bryan's Last Fight | Vernon Dalhart | 166 | |
John T. Scopes Trial, The | Vernon Dalhart | 166 | |
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me | Vernon Dalhart | 167 | |
Little Birdie | Levi Stanley | AKA John Hammond |
168 |
Purty Polly | Levi Stanley | AKA John Hammond |
168 |
Till We Meet Again | Vernon Dalhart | 172 | |
Miami Storm | Vernon Dalhart | 188 | |
There's A New Star In Heaven Tonight | Vernon Dalhart | 188 | |
Death Of John Henry | Clarence Adams | AKA Doc Roberts |
228 |
Little Brown Jug | Clarence Adams | AKA Doc Roberts |
228 |
In The Shadow Of The Pines | Carl Harris | AKA Doc Roberts |
229 |
Roving Gambler | Clarence Adams | AKA Doc Roberts |
229 |
Behind Those Gray Walls | Vernon Dalhart | 230 | |
Dream Of The Miner's Child, The | Vernon Dalhart | 230 | |
Sydney Allen | Vernon Dalhart | 231 | |
Wreck Of 1256, The | Vernon Dalhart | 231 | |
Frankie's Gamblin' Man | Clarence Adams | Welby Toomey; Doc Roberts, fiddle; Edgar Boaz, guitar |
232 |
Golden Willow Tree | Clarence Adams | Welby Toomey; Doc Roberts, fiddle; Edgar Boaz, guitar |
232 |
Wreck Of The Number Nine, The | Vernon Dalhart | 243 | |
Wreck Of The Royal Palm, The | Vernon Dalhart | 243 | |
Poor Tramp Has To Live, The | Uncle Ben Hawkins | AKA Ernest Stoneman |
244 |
When The Roses Bloom Again | Uncle Ben Hawkins | AKA Ernest Stoneman |
244 |
Just As The Sun Went Down | Aulton Ray | 269 | |
Will You Love Me When I'm Old | Aulton Ray | 269 | |
Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet | Harvey Watson | AKA Holland Puckett |
270 |
Weeping Willow Tree | Harvey Watson | AKA Holland Puckett |
270 |
Get Away Old Man Get Away | Vernon Dalhart | 271 | |
My Blue Ridge Mountain Home | Vernon Dalhart & Carson Robison | 271 | |
Arkansas Traveler | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA William B. Houchens - Gennett 4974, same Matrix |
301 |
Seneca Square Dance | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Fiddling Sam Long |
301 |
Buckin' Mule | Logan County Trio | AKA Cliff Click & The Short Creek Trio |
302 |
Forked Deer | Clinch Valley Boys | AKA Taylor's Kentucky Boys |
302 |
Cripple Creek | Fiddlin' Frank Nelson | AKA Doc Roberts |
303 |
Old Buzzard | Fiddlin' Frank Nelson | AKA Doc Roberts |
303 |
Hell Broke Loose In Georgia | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Murray Kellner (The Fiddlin' Cowboy) |
304 |
Old Hen Cackled And The Rooster Crowed | Three Howard Boys | AKA Jess Young |
304 |
Circle Waltz | Tom Owen's Barnstormers | AKA Barnstormers |
305 |
Party Quadrille | Tom Owen's Barnstormers | AKA The Barnstormers |
305 |
Buffalo Girls | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance Trio |
306 |
Ocean Waves | Tom Owens WLS Barn Dance Trio | AKA Tom Owens Barn Dance Trio |
306 |
And The Cat Came Back | Fiddlin' Frank Nelson | AKA Doc Roberts |
307 |
Buck Creek Gal | Fiddlin' Frank Nelson | AKA Doc Roberts |
307 |
Medley Of Old Favorites Part 1 | Billy Bishop | Cricket On The Hearth; Shade Of The Pines; White Wings |
308 |
Medley Of Old Favorites Part 2 | Billy Bishop | Listen To The Mocking Bird; Annie Laurie |
308 |
An Old Fashioned Picture | Vernon Dalhart | 309 | |
Barney McCoy | Ernest Stoneman | 309 | |
Billy Richardson's Last Ride | Vernon Dalhart | 310 | |
Just Tell Them That You Saw Me | Vernon Dalhart | 310 | |
In The Baggage Coach Ahead | Vernon Dalhart | 311 | |
Runaway Train, The | Vernon Dalhart | 311 | |
Engineer's Child, The | Vernon Dalhart | 313 | |
Papa's Billy Goat | Vernon Dalhart | 313 | |
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues | Vernon Dalhart | 314 | |
Puttin' On Style | Vernon Dalhart | 314 | |
Great Titanic, The | Vernon Dalhart | 315 | |
Old Fiddler's Song, The | Vernon Dalhart | 316 | |
Freight Wreck at Altoona, The | Vernon Dalhart | 317 | |
Great Titanic, The | Vernon Dalhart | 317 | |
Death Of Floyd Collins, The | Vernon Dalhart | 318 | |
Ship That Never Returned, The | Vernon Dalhart | 318 | |
Letter Edged In Black, The | Vernon Dalhart | 319 | |
Prisoner's Song, The | Vernon Dalhart | 319 | |
Lightning Express, The | Vernon Dalhart | 320 | |
Wreck Of The Southern Old '97 | Vernon Dalhart | 320 | |
New River Train | Vernon Dalhart | 321 | |
A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother | Vernon Dalhart | 322 | |
Little Rosewood Casket | Vernon Dalhart | 322 | |
Miami Storm | Vernon Dalhart | 323 | |
Unknown Soldier's Grave, The | Vernon Dalhart | 323 | |
Poor Tramp Has To Live, The | Jim Seaney | AKA Ernest Stoneman |
324 |
Wild Bill Jones | John Ferguson | AKA Welby Toomey |
324 |
Frankie's Gamblin' Man | Clarence Adams | 325 | |
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane | Logan County Trio | AKA Short Creek Trio |
325 |
Don't Forget Me, Little Darling | Dan Kutter | AKA Dave Miller |
326 |
Two Little Orphans | Dan Kutter | AKA Dave Miller |
326 |
Lonesome Valley | Dan Kutter | AKA Dave Miller |
327 |
That Bad Man Stacklee | Dan Kutter | AKA Dave Miller |
327 |
Drunken Hiccoughs | Harvey Watson | AKA Holland Puckett |
328 |
Keyhole In The Door, The | Harvey Watson | AKA Holland Puckett |
328 |
Bright Sherman Valley, The | Harvey Watson | AKA Holland Puckett |
329 |
Put On Your Old Gray Bonnet | Harvey Watson | 329 | |
A Mother's Advice | Harvey Watson | AKA Holland Puckett |
330 |
Weeping Willow Tree | Harvey Watson | 330 | |
Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane | Kenneth Borton | AKA Marion Underwood |
331 |
That's What The Old Bachelor's Made Of | Kenneth Borton | AKA Marion Underwood |
331 |
As Free As A Little Bird Can Be | William Price | AKA John Hammond |
332 |
Little Birdie | William Price | AKA John Hammond |
332 |
Just As The Sun Went Down | Borton & Thompson | AKA Taylor's Kentucky Boys |
334 |
Little Red Caboose Behind The Train | Borton & Thompson | AKA Taylor's Kentucky Boys |
334 |
Dixie Cowboy | Charlie Prescott | AKA Taylors Kentucky Boys |
335 |
Maxwell Girl | Charlie Prescott | AKA Taylors Kentucky Boys |
335 |
Burglar Man | Henry Decker | AKA Short Creek Trio |
336 |
Old Sefus Brown | Reuben White | AKA Wyzee Hamilton |
336 |
O Come All Ye Faithful | Hamlin Sacred Quartette | 337 | |
When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder | Hamlin Sacred Quartette | 337 | |
Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere | Hamlin Sacred Quartette | 338 | |
Rock Of Ages | Hamlin Sacred Quartette | 338 | |
Nearer My God To Thee | Dixie Sacred Singers | 339 | |
Tell Mother I'll Be There | Hamlin Sacred Quartette | 339 | |
Are You Washed In The Blood Of The Lamb | Jackson Young | AKA Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters |
340 |
I Know My Name Is There | Jackson Young | AKA Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters |
340 |
Leave It There | Jepsen & Donaldson | Ruth Donaldson & Helen Jepsen |
341 |
When I Take My Vacation In Heaven | Jepsen & Donaldson | Ruth Donaldson & Helen Jepsen |
341 |
Love Enough For Me | Goodman Sacred Singers | AKA McDonald Quartette |
342 |
Working For The Master | Goodman Sacred Singers | AKA McDonald Quartette |
342 |
Till We Meet Again | Vernon Dalhart | 349 | |
Miami Storm | Vernon Dalhart | 369 | |
Marian Parker Murder, The | George Holden | AKA John McGhee |
385 |
Sinking Of The Submarine S-4, The | George Holden | AKA John McGhee |
385 |
Sweet Floetta | Don Kutter | AKA David Miller |
386 |
You'll Find Her With The Angels | Don Kutter | AKA David Miller |
386 |
Sinking Of The Submarine S-4, The | George Holden | AKA John McGhee |
389 |
Wreck Of Virginian Train No. 3, The | George Holden | AKA John McGhee |
389 |
Please Papa Come Home | James Ragan | AKA Roy Harvey |
390 |
Write A Letter To My Mother | James Ragan | AKA Roy Harvey |
390 |
I Got Mine | George Holden | AKA John McGhee |
391 |
You're A Little Too Small | Tom Hutchinson | AKA Tom Ashley |
391 |
Give My Love To Nellie, Jack | Don Kutter | AKA David Miller |
392 |
Preacher And The Bear, The | George Holden | Offensive Lyrics - AKA John McGhee |
392 |
I'll Never Be Yours | David Foley | AKA G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter |
393 |
Picture From Life's Other Side | Borton & Lang | AKA Taylor's Kentucky Boys |
393 |
Poor Little Joe | James Ragan | AKA Roy Harvey |
394 |
You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone | David Foley | AKA G.B. Grayson & Henry Whitter |
394 |
A Little Child Shall Lead Them | Don Kutter | AKA David Miller |
395 |
Down Where The Swanee River Flows | Don Kutter | AKA David Miller |
395 |
Adam And Eve | Art Coffee | AKA Owen Gray McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band |
396 |
Red or Green | David Foley | AKA Grayson & Whitter |
397 |
Train No 45 | David Foley | AKA Grayson & Whitter |
397 |
Hand Me Down My Walking Cane | Logan County Trio | AKA Short Creek Trio |
398 |
Poor Tramp Has To Live, The | Jim Seaney | AKA Ernest Stoneman |
398 |
He Keeps Me Singing | Markham Brothers | AKA John McGhee & Frank Welling |
399 |
I Am Resolved | Markham Brothers | AKA John McGhee & Frank Welling |
399 |
I'm On The Sunny Side | Markham Brothers | AKA John McGhee & Frank Welling |
401 |
Walking On The Streets Of Glory | James Ragan & Oliver Beck | AKA Roy Harvey |
401 |
You Can't Make A Monkey Out Of Me | Ellington Sacred Quartette | AKA Eva Quartette |
404 |
Four Night's Experience | Tom Hutchinson | AKA Tom Ashley |
405 |
Old Fashioned Square Dance | Uncle John Stuart | AKA Billy Milton |
407 |
Richmond Cotillion | Frank Neal & His Boys | AKA Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters |
407 |
All I've Got Is Done Gone | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Doc Roberts & Edgar Boaz |
501 |
And The Cat Came Back The Very Next Day | Uncle Jim Hawkins | AKA Dock Roberts & Edgar Boaz |
501 |
Behind Those Gray Walls | Vernon Dalhart | 502 | |
Wreck Of 1256, The | Vernon Dalhart | 502 | |
Miami Storm | Vernon Dalhart | 503 | |
Railroad Daddy | John Ferguson | AKA Welby Toomey |
504 |
Thrills That I Can't Forget | John Ferguson | AKA Welby Toomey |
504 |
Dream Of The Miner's Child, The | Vernon Dalhart | 505 | |
Get Away Old Man Get Away | Vernon Dalhart | 730 | |
My Blue Ridge Mountain Home | Vernon Dalhart & Carson Robison | 730 |