OSBORNE, BILL
Homebase: Seattle, WA.
Stats: 1910 -
Misc Notes: William "Bill" R. Osborne Sr. was born in Wenatchee in 1910, and after traveling around the country he scored his first radio gig playing guitar in Salt Lake City at age 15. In 1931 he was hired to play in a private club in Chicago that was run by the gangster Bugsy Moran. After gigging on Chicago's radio, he moved on to Cincinnati's powerful WLW station. Joining the Dave Page Orchestra he toured for four years, and ended up in Dallas, Texas, where his son Billy L. Osborne was born. In 195o the family moved to Seattle where Sr. performed on eraly TV shows hosed by Texas Jim Lewis and Jack Rivers. Along the way Osborne Sr. got the opportunity to record a song with Gene Autry: "South Of The Border." In Seattle, Osborne Sr. began teaching music, and in time they played gigs together and were billed as Bill Osborne Sr. - and Bill Osborne Jr. who recorded locally as Billy Saint and Johnny London.
SEE ALSO:
1.) OSBORNE Jr., BILL
The Seattle Times, 5.10.56
The Seattle Times, July 6, 1956
MISC NOTES: These songs were also released on a 7" 45 rpm disc. Circa 1951.
LOCATION: Seattle
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Size: 10"
SPEED: 78 rpm
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A-SIDE MATRIX: ME 1424
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: Bill Osborne
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B-SIDE COMPOSER: Henderson - DeSylva - Brown
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SIZE: 10"
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MISC NOTES: This disc is listed in the ca. 1948 Listen Records catalog in the "To Be Released" category.
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MISC NOTES: The labels on this disc mis-credited the artist's name as: "Bill Osborn."
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SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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B-SIDE COMPOSER: Bill Osborn Jr.
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MISC NOTES: The A-side label on this disc mis-credited the artist's name as: "Bill Osborn."
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SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
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A-SIDE COMPOSER: B. Osborn
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MISC NOTES: The labels on this disc mis-credited the artist's name as: "Bill Osborn."
LOCATION: Yakima, WA
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RECORDING STUDIO: Ghost Town Studio
RECORDING ENGINEER: Jerry Merritt (?)
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SIZE: 7"
SPEED: 45 rpm
DISC NOTES: Disc # as printed on labels: 45 - 411
A-SIDE STAMPER CODE: TELL - 411 - B (etched)
A-SIDE COMPOSER: William Leonard Osborn
A-SIDE PUBLISHER: Merritt & Norman Music (BMI)
B-SIDE STAMPER CODE: TELL- 411 - B (etched)
B-SIDE COMPOSER: Wlliam Leonard Osborn
B-SIDE PUBLISHER: Merritt & Norman Music (BMI)