Frank Luther

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Frank Luther as Francis Luther Crow (born August 5, 1900 in Bakersfield , California - † November 16, 1980 in New York City ) was an American old-time musician who had his greatest success in the late 1920s and early 1930s could record. He made records for Brunswick Records , Challenge Records , Decca and for Vocalion .

Life

Outlaw John Dillinger , 1934

Frank Luther grew up in Kansas. There he played as a pianist in various small bands before moving to New York City in 1928 . Here Luther met the musician Carson Robison , who had already played Vernon Dalharts and Wendell Halls as a background musician . With Robison wrote and recorded various titles and appeared regularly on Ethel Park Richardson's radio show. The duo also worked successfully with other singers such as Phil Crow, their 1931 track In The Cumberland Mountains becoming a hit. A short time later he met the fiddler Zora Layman , who had already played with Carson Robison, and married her a little later. His marriage to Layman slowly moved him away from country music, and Luther wrote and sang nursery rhymes instead. With Leo Reisman he recorded the original version of Yesterdays in 1933 , which was a chart success. Only for his wife Zora did he write the country track When the Curtains of the Night Are Pinned Back By the Stars , which she recorded in 1937 with the band The Hometowners . In the following years, however, he retired more and more.

Frank Luther died on November 16, 1980 at the age of 80.

Title (selection)

  • In The Cumberland Mountains , with Carson Robison and Phil Crowe
  • Ohio River Blues
  • The Big Rock Candy Mountains
  • Little Girl Dressed In Black
  • Oklahoma Blues
  • In The Valley Of The Moon

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personal data
SURNAME Luther, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luther Crow, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Bakersfield , California
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1980
Place of death New York City