Denver Duke and Jeffrey Null
Denver Duke and Jeffrey zero were two American country - singer known as banded together as a duo in the early 1950s.
Band history
Denver Duke, who is from Savannah , Tennessee , first appeared with Jeffrey Null, also from Tennessee, on the WVOW radio station in Logan , West Virginia . They played their first records on the Illinois -based Balkan label with the Ozark Pioneers . In Balkan, Duke and Null were marketed as Men with Women Voices , as Duke's voice in particular was unusually high for a man and could easily be mistaken for that of a woman.
Then country singer Howard Vokes began managing the two singers. He got them a record deal with Red Hen Records. There they recorded Vokes' title Hank Williams, That Alabama Boy with When We Meet Up Yonder . The record sold unexpectedly well and made it onto the Billboard charts . This gave them the opportunity to appear in the Grand Ole Opry , WWVA Jamboree and other well-known radio programs. In 1956, Null and Duke moved to Mercury Records , where they recorded the rock and roll blues . The bluegrass title is arguably their most famous song and is also used in some of today's rockabilly releases.
They then released records on their guitar label and Starday Records and ran a guitar shop in Dayton , Ohio .
Discography
| year | title | Record company |
|---|---|---|
| When We Meet Up Yonder / Lonesome For Mother | Balkans 8000 1 | |
| God Took My Precious Darling / A Million Tears | Balkans 8003 1 | |
| Hank Williams, That Alabama Boy / When We Meet Up Yonder | Red hen 127 | |
| 1956 | Rock'n'Roll Blues / Hank Williams Isn't Dead | Mercury 70970X45 |
| 1958 | Blue Blue Blue / Candle Lit Cathedral | Guitar 777 |
| 1959 | Trouble Number Two / I'll Say I Do | Starday 446 |
| 1959 | Dear Lord, Let Me Die / I'm Gonna Get You | Starday 479 |
1 as Denver Duke and his Ozark Pioneers