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*"Oklahoma, My Home” – George Dickey, 1999.<ref>Dickey, George, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma, My Home,” ''Lonesome High Country,'' self-released, 1999. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album. Information documented at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/georgedickey. Writing credit verified at [http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=8661600&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID repertoire.bmi.com.] The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXxqoNa-PeM YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma, My Home” – George Dickey, 1999.<ref>Dickey, George, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma, My Home,” ''Lonesome High Country,'' self-released, 1999. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album. Information documented at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/georgedickey. Writing credit verified at [http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=8661600&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID repertoire.bmi.com.] The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXxqoNa-PeM YouTube.]</ref>
*”Oklahoma, My Native Land" – composed by Martha Kemm Barrett, 1994; declared Oklahoma's official children's song, 1996.<ref>[http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/ok_my_native_land.htm “The Oklahoma State Children's Song” at netstate.com.] &nbsp;[http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/local-songwriter-pens-state-song/article_0b0dc246-78e9-5ecc-870a-a8f458d0e691.html Scott Cooper, “Local Songwriter Pens State Song,” ''Tulsa World,'' April 3, 1996.] Retrieved 17 February 2016. More recent information on the composer can be found [http://sites.google.com/site/elemarmusic/contact-us by clicking this link.] The song, as performed by an elementary school chorus, can be heard between the 10:06 and 12:30 marks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MN3efTh6-I on a YouTube video.]</ref>
*”Oklahoma, My Native Land" – composed by Martha Kemm Barrett, 1994; declared Oklahoma's official children's song, 1996.<ref>[http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/ok_my_native_land.htm “The Oklahoma State Children's Song” at netstate.com.] &nbsp;[http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/local-songwriter-pens-state-song/article_0b0dc246-78e9-5ecc-870a-a8f458d0e691.html Scott Cooper, “Local Songwriter Pens State Song,” ''Tulsa World,'' April 3, 1996.] Retrieved 17 February 2016. More recent information on the composer can be found [http://sites.google.com/site/elemarmusic/contact-us by clicking this link.] The song, as performed by an elementary school chorus, can be heard between the 10:06 and 12:30 marks [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MN3efTh6-I on a YouTube video.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma Nights" – written by [[Jimmy Webb]], recorded by [[Arlo Guthrie]], 1981.<ref>Webb, Jimmy, “Oklahoma Nights,” performed by Arlo Guthrie, ''The Power of Love,'' Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. BSK-3558, 1981. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. [https://lccn.loc.gov/96789666 Archived in the Library of Congress.] Writing credit verified as Work ID: 450151443, https://www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. More album information (with incorrect date) at [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-power-of-love-mw0000690115 allmusic.com.] The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_nq73_nnjY YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma Nights" – written by [[Jimmy Webb]], recorded by [[Arlo Guthrie]], 1981.
*"Oklahoma Nights" Written by William Roy "Doc" Swicegood, recorded by [[Troy Aikman]] on the all-Dallas-Cowboy CD ''Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy'', 1993.<ref>Swicegood, William R. “Doc”, “Oklahoma Nights,” performed by Troy Aikman, on the Super Boys album ‘’Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy,’’ Midwest Records Mid-1014, 1993. 4¾-inch audio digital disk. An image of the back cover of the album can be seen [https://app.box.com/s/bgor5yoxfmbqoed0gnv83ns1hlpxwtfc by clicking this link.] Writing credit verified at [http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=1828719&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID repertoire.bmi.com.] See also [http://www.5pointsblue.com/countdown-to-acm-awards-at-att-stadium-coach-joe-goes-country/ Scales, Kristi, “Countdown to ACM Awards at AT&T Stadium: ‘Coach Joe’ Goes Country,” 5pointsblue.com, April 18, 2015] and [ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19930727&id=nkFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2168,6239553&hl=en “Morning Briefing: Singin' Cowboys,” ''The Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard,'' July 27, 1993, p. 2-D.] The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv0tLz39sZY YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma Nights" Written by William Roy "Doc" Swicegood, recorded by [[Troy Aikman]] on the all-Dallas-Cowboy CD ''Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy'', 1995.
*"Oklahoma Nights" – [[Dryve]], 1994.<ref>Andrew, Keith, "Oklahoma Nights," perfomed by Dryve, ''Hum,'' SaraBellum Records, 1994. 4¾-inch audio digital disk. [http://www.tollbooth.org/review99/dryve.html Reviewed by Linda Stonehocker, ''The Phantom Tollbooth,'' 2 March 1998.] Retrieved 7 March 2016. Writing credit verified as Work ID: 884177145, www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6nfeTGdnqY YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma Nights" (Hum) – Dryve
*“Oklahoma – 1955” – Les Gilliam, 2009.<ref>Gilliam, Les, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma – 1955,” on the album with the same title, Lunacy Records, 2009. 4¾-inch audio digital disk, also available for digital download. [http://www.swinginwest.com/reviews/review_lesgilliam2009.htm Gross, Mike, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT, November 5, 2009, review of “Oklahoma – 1955” on swingingwest.com.] Retrieved 8 March 2016. Writing credit verified at [http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=10901646&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID repertoire.bmi.com.] Biographical information on Les Gilliam can be found at [http://omhof.com/inductee/les-gilliam-5/ the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame website] and also on the [http://www.lesgilliam.com/mn_biography.htm website of Les Gilliam himself.] The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV1AUTSyT3Y YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma – 1955" Les Gilliam, 2010.
*"Oklahoma Polka" – written by Madeline Twomey, [[Ben Weisman]] and Elaine Wise, recorded by [[Georgia Gibbs]], 1951.<ref>Twomey, Madeline, Ben Weisman and Elaine Wise, “Oklahoma Polka," perfomed by Georgia Gibbs, Mercury 5758, 1951. 10-inch 78-rpm record. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80005301 Catalogued by worldcat.org.] Also released as Mercury 5758x45, 7-inch 45-rpm record. An image of the record can be found at [http://www.musicstack.com/item/416056934 musicstack.com.] Writing credit verified at [http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&page=1&keyid=1105833&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID repertoire.bmi.com.] Printed documentation of the record's existence in late 1951 can be seen in a [https://books.google.com/books?id=sCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21&lpg=PA21&dq=oklahoma+polka+Mercury+5758&source=bl&ots=YvyW9Cn0vg&sig=36zavbYvS9pXquttcap_Rq-xGZ8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjtlMLAkLLLAhVY7GMKHbvcBXEQ6AEIKjAC#v=onepage&q=oklahoma%20polka%20Mercury%205758&f=false Mercury Records advertisement, ''Billboard,'' 22 December 1951, p. 21.] All internet sources retrieved 8 March 2016. The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJbl7nLgznU YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma Polka" – [[Georgia Gibbs]]
*"Oklahoma Porch Song" – Brad Fielder, 2009.<ref>Fielder, Brad, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Porch Song," ''Sacred and the Vulgar,'' self-released, 2009. Digital download album—currently with only three of its songs available (not including "Oklahoma Porch Song"), from [https://bradfielder.bandcamp.com/album/sacred-and-the-vulgar Brad Fielder's website.] The original complete track listing for ''Sacred and the Vulgar'' can be seen at [https://musicbrainz.org/release/7d13ecff-8dea-47f8-9142-5d803bcbc8aa musicbrainz.org.] A live performance of the song can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRGb6UbLR78 YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma Porch Song" – Brad Fielder
*"Oklahoma Promise" – [[Red Steagall]], 1972.<ref>Steagall, Red, "Oklahoma Promise," ''Party Dolls and Wine'', Capitol ST-11056, 33 1/3 rpm LP, 1972. [http://lccn.loc.gov/92768670 Archived in the Library of Congress].</ref>
*"Oklahoma Promise" – [[Red Steagall]], 1972.<ref>Steagall, Red, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma Promise,” ''Party Dolls and Wine'', Capitol ST-11056, 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record, 1972. [http://lccn.loc.gov/92768670 Archived in the Library of Congress]. The recording can be heard on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTZRAL9uA_Y YouTube.]</ref>
*"Oklahoma Rag" – [[Bob Wills]].
*"Oklahoma Rag" – [[Bob Wills]].
*"Oklahoma Rising" – [[Vince Gill]], co-written with [[Jimmy Webb]].
*"Oklahoma Rising" – [[Vince Gill]], co-written with [[Jimmy Webb]].

Revision as of 07:13, 9 March 2016

This is a list of songs about the U.S. state of Oklahoma, Oklahomans and Oklahoma locations.

Songs about Oklahoma

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  • "Fabulous Oklahoma" – Hank Harral, 1957.[55]
  • "Falling (It's a Long Long Way From Hollis, Oklahoma)” – Terry Stafford, 1989.[56]
  • "Farmer's Luck" – Written and recorded by Greg Jacobs, 2001. Later recorded by Jason Boland & the Stragglers, 2011. About the creation of Lake Eufaula.[57]
  • ”Fire Eyed Woman from Oklahoma” – written by Brandon L. Harris, recorded by the Franklin Brothers, 1970.[58]
  • "Fly Over States" – written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney, recorded by Jason Aldean, 2010.[59]
  • "For Oklahoma, I’m Yearning" – Jack Guthrie, cowritten with his sister Wava White, recorded 1947, unreleased until 1991.[60]
  • "Freedom, Oklahoma" – Rascal and McLane XL The Band, from Germany, 2006.[61]
  • "From Oklahoma with Love" – Becky Hobbs, 1998.[62]
  • "From Tulsa to North Carolina" – Link Wray, co-written with his band's drummer Steve Verroca; recorded 1971, released on the LP Beans and Fatback, 1973.[63]

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  • "Kiamichi Mountain Home" – Bill Grant and Delia Bell, 1972.[118]
  • "The Kiamichi Trace" – Bill Grant, 2008.[119]
  • "King of Oklahoma" – Michael Franks, 1973.[120]

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  • “O-k-l-a-h-o-m-a” – Hank Thompson, 1969. Also known as “O K L A H O M A” and “Oklahoma.”[152]
  • "Oakie Boogie" – Johnny Tyler, 1946; also recorded by Jack Guthrie, 1946, Ella Mae Morse, 1952, and others.[153]
  • "Okie" – J. J. Cale, 1974.[154]
  • “Okie Blondie” – written by Hank Thompson, Billy Gray and Dick Reynolds; recorded by Thompson, 1952, but not released until 2008; recorded by Billy Gray, 1955.[155]
  • “Okie from L.A.” – Cort Murray, 2007.[156]
  • "Okie from Muskogee" – Merle Haggard, co-written with Roy Eddie Burris, 1969.[157]
  • "Okie Moon" – Steve Suffet, 2005.[158]
  • “Okie Noodlin'” – the Como Avenue Jug Band, 2011.[159]
  • "Okie Road” – Homer Joy, 2007.[160]
  • "Okie Skies" – The Bays Brothers, 2004.[161]
  • "The Okie Surfer” – written by David Gates, lead singer of The Country Boys, 1964.[162]
  • "Okie Wind" – Greg Jacobs, 1997.[163]
  • "Okies in California" – Doye O’Dell, 1949.[164]
  • "Oklahoma" – many different songs have this one-word title. Arranged chronologically, the list that follows gives some samples from their lyrics to distinguish them from each other:
  • "Oklahoma" (Since 1953, Oklahoma's official state song) – Rodgers and Hammerstein, 1943.[165]   "Where the wind comes sweeping down the plain."
  • "Oklahoma" – written by Webb Pierce, Max Powell and DeWayne Phillips, recorded by Cal Smith, 1968.[166]   “Oklahoma how I wish I could come home.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Sammy Kershaw, 1979.[167]   “Oklahoma, you got the best part of me.”
  • "Oklahoma" – The Call, 1986.[168]   “Another hot Oklahoma night.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Written by J. C. (Christer) Ericcson, recorded by Lasse Stefanz, 1986. In Swedish.[169]   “Långt bort till Oklahoma, bort till Nashville Tennessee.”
  • "Oklahoma" – P (Johnny Depp and Gibby Haynes), 1995.[170]
  • "Oklahoma" – Scud Mountain Boys, 1995.[171]   “She's gone to Oklahoma/I don't know where that is.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Quarkspace: band members Paul Williams, Darren Gough, Chet Santia, Jay Swanson, 1996.[172]
  • "Oklahoma" – Dan Bern, co-written with Chris Chandler, 1997.[173]   “On the 19th day of April/In 1995/There was the worst car bombing/Near 200 people died.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Whiskeytown, 1997.[174]   “See old Mabel walk on down . . .” (No audible reference to Oklahoma.)
  • "Oklahoma" – Fink, 1997. In German.[175]   “Der Wind in Oklahoma ist der gleiche/Wie hier nur er gehört nach Oklahoma.”
  • "Oklahoma" – The Dead Salesmen (Australia), 1997. From their CD Bluestoned. Only reference to Oklahoma is a single mention 40 seconds from the end of the song.
  • "Oklahoma" – Lynn Woolever, 1990s.[176]   “Let me die in Oklahoma/Lay me down in Tulsa Town.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Common Rotation, 1999.[177]   “There's a skyline in Oklahoma, stretches out over the corn.”
  • "Oklahoma" – written by John Allen and David Vincent Williams, recorded by Billy Gilman, 2000.[178]  “Son, we think we found your dad in Oklahoma.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Bob Schneider, 2001.[179]   “She came from Oklahoma, said the end of the world was on its way.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Van Zant, 2001.[180]   “Come Hell or come high water/We'll stand together in the rain/Oklahoma.”
  • "Oklahoma" – One-Eyed Jack, 2001/3.[181]   “Say you never get to heaven, Oklahoma's not that far.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Bathtub Mary, 2002.[182]   “Leavin' Oklahoma the car broke down.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Fred Gillen, Jr., 2002.[183]   “I'm not going down without a fight the like of which/will knock out every light/and burn out every switch in Oklahoma.” Lyrics also quote a line from Oscar Hammerstein.
  • "Oklahoma" – Darkest Hour, 2003.[184]   “Within a mechanical pose/And a heart pumping a need for control.”
  • "Oklahoma" – The Hard Chihuahuas, 2003.[185]   “I was raised in Eviston, Oklahoma....I'm comin' home, with a new way to look at the world.”
  • "Oklahoma?" – from the musical Dirty Rotten Scoundrels by David Yazbek, 2004.[186]   “And the shade is mighty thin in Oklahoma/And our leading cause of death is Melanoma.”
  • "Oklahoma" – The Answering Machine, 2006.[187]   "Oklahoma, she won’t be your friend /She waits at the disco for her song to end.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Elvin Bishop, 2008.[188]   Blues autobiography: “I come all the way from Oklahoma.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Bishop Allen, 2009.[189]   “You've got eyes like Oklahoma/Learn to swim in Lake Texoma.”
  • "Oklahoma" – Willamena, 2013.[190]   "I'll be home soon, my Oklahoma's just on the rise."
  • "Oklahoma, A Toast" – written by Harriet Parker Camden of Kingfisher, OK, in 1905. With additional music by Marie Crosby, adopted as the first official state song of Oklahoma in 1935. Replaced in 1953 as official state song by Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma."[191]
  • "Oklahoma Annie" – Monty Harper and Evalyn Harper, 2007.[192]
  • "Oklahoma Baby" – Don Fowler and the Country Timers, 1966.[193]
  • "Oklahoma Baby" – Johnny & the Jailbirds, 1980.[194]
  • "Oklahoma Backroads” – Bill Caswell, 1980.[195]
  • "Oklahoma Backroom Dancer" – written by Michael Martin Murphey, recorded by the Monkees, 1969.[196]
  • "Oklahoma Bay" – written by John Möring, Detlef Reshöft and Reinhard Frantz, recorded by Peggy March, 1978.[197]  In German.
  • "Oklahoma Bill" – written and recorded by Stuart Hamblen, 1952; later recorded by Jimmy Dean, 1961.[198]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – at least nine different songs with this title have been recorded:
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – written in 1928 and recorded several times by Frankie Marvin, sometimes using the name Frank Wallace; the oldest.[199]  Later recorded by Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers under the title “I've Got Those Oklahoma Blues” and more recently, with the original title, by Sourdough Slim (Rick Crowder) and by the Any Old Time String Band.[200]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Zeke Clements, 1947. Later also recorded by Luke Wills.[201]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Jimmy Wakely, 1948.[202]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Patti Page recorded this composition by her manager, Jack Rael, 1949.[203]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Ellis Walsh, 1950.[204]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Gene Chapman, 1962. Rockabilly.[205]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – DeGarmo and Key, 1982. Christian rock.[206]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Steve Ripley, 2002.[207]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Watermelon Slim, 2003.[208]
  • "Oklahoma Blues" – Homer Joy, 2007.[209]   “Oklahoma is all I know, . . . Oklahoma ain't perfect, but neither am I.”
  • "Oklahoma Bombs" – Delicate AWOL, 2002.[210]
  • "Oklahoma Boogie" – written by John Balogh, recorded by Louie Bashell, 1954.[211]
  • "Oklahoma Boogie" – Leon Russell, 2008.[212]
  • "Oklahoma Border” – R. David Cash, 2006.[213]
  • "Oklahoma Borderline" – Vince Gill, Guy Clark and Rodney Crowell co-wrote the song that was recorded by Gill in 1985.[214]
  • "Oklahoma Bound" – Paul Westmoreland, 1946. Also recorded by Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, 1946.[215]
  • "Oklahoma Bound" – Homer Zeke Clemons, 1950.[216]
  • "Oklahoma Bound" – Joe West, 2005.[217]
  • "Oklahoma Bound" – written by Jerry Haire and Jerry Mosley, recorded by Krazy 4 Kuntry, 2006.[218]
  • "Oklahoma Bound" – Wes Reynolds, 2008.[219]
  • "Oklahoma Bound" – The Brian Collins Band, 2012.[220]   (The listed songs entitled "Oklahoma Bound" are six completely different compositions.)
  • "Oklahoma Boy Blues" – Jimmie Creswell, co-written with Sherman Bankston, 1970s?[221]
  • "Oklahoma Breakdown" – written by Michael Hosty. Recorded by the Hosty Duo, 2003, then by Stoney LaRue, 2006/7.[222]
  • "Oklahoma Broke My Heart" – Syd Masters and the Swing Riders, 2002.[223]
  • "Oklahoma Charlie" – Bud Billings (Frank Luther) and Carson Robison, 1930.[224]
  • "Oklahoma Christmas" – Written by Rob Byus, Jenee Fleenor and Trent Willmon. Recorded by Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire, 2012.[225]
  • "Oklahoma Christmas Spirit" – Gannon/Lowe/Robin Ruddy, composers. Recorded by Dana Spencer, 2000.[226]
  • "Oklahoma City" – written by Fred Rose, recorded by Paul Howard and His Cotton Pickers, 1947.[227]
  • "Oklahoma City" – Nine Days, 1996.[228]
  • ”Oklahoma City” – Kim Fowley, 1998.[229]
  • "Oklahoma City" – Argyle Street, 2008.[230]
  • "Oklahoma City" – Cake Bake Betty, 2008.[231]
  • "Oklahoma City Alarm Clock" – The Fixtures, 1996.[232]
  • "Oklahoma City Blues" – Jimmy Wakely. Wakely earlier recorded the song as “Oklahoma Blues.” This one (with "City") is a little shorter, but has the same words and tune.[233]
  • "Oklahoma City Blues" – Neal Pattman, 1999.[234]   (Wakely's and Pattman's songs are two completely different compositions.)
  • "Oklahoma City on the Radio" – written by Thomas E. Calame, recorded by Charley Austin, 2008.[235]
  • "Oklahoma City Times" – Written by Paul Hampton, recorded by Hamilton Camp, 1969, Bobby Sherman, 1970, Ray Peterson, 1970, and the Limeliters, 1987.[236]
  • "Oklahoma City Woman Blues" – Written by Matthew Campbell, recorded by his band The Deep Vibration, 2008.[237]
  • "Oklahoma Country" – Written by Rich Dodson, recorded by his band The Stampeders, 1971.[238]
  • "Oklahoma Country Girl" – Elvin Bishop, 1988.[239]
  • "Oklahoma Crude" – The Corbin/Hanner Band, 1981.[240]
  • "Oklahoma Daydreams" – Written by Jody Adams, recorded by his band Palmer Divide, 2008.[241]
  • "Oklahoma Dust" – writing credit to Joe Diffie, Vince Gill and Leslie Ann Winn, recorded by The Notorious Cherry Bombs, 2004.[242]
  • "Oklahoma Fields" – Chad Lewis, 2004.[243]
  • "Oklahoma Flower” – Ed and Jolene Bullard, 1983.[244]
  • "Oklahoma '41" – Mark Elliott, 2000/2002.[245]
  • "Oklahoma Gal" – Spade Cooley and Smokey Rogers, 1945.[246]
  • "Oklahoma Gal" – written by Tracy Byrd, Frank Dycus and Mark Nesler; recorded by Ray Pillow, 2004.[247]
  • "Oklahoma Gals" – Bob Wills, 1962.[248]
  • “Oklahoma Girl” – John Collins, 1995.[249]
  • "Oklahoma Girl" – written by band members Mike Eli (Diaz) and Jon Jones, recorded by the Eli Young Band, 2005.[250]
  • "Oklahoma Girl" – written and recorded by Leon Russell, 2007/8.[251]
  • “Oklahoma Girl” – Ahab, 2008.[252]
  • “Oklahoma Girl” – Susan Herndon, 2010.[253]  (The five songs listed with the title "Oklahoma Girl" are completely different compositions.)
  • "Oklahoma Going Home" – Kate Wolf, 1976.[254]
  • "Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler” – Adam Carroll, 2008.[255]
  • "Oklahoma Heart" – Becky Hobbs, co-written by her, Byron Gallimore, Blake Mevis and William D. Shore, 1984.[256]
  • "Oklahoma Hell” – Written by Don Andrews and Sonny Bennett, recorded by Henson Cargill, 1972.[257]
  • "Oklahoma Heroes at the Library" – Monty Harper, 2007.[258]
  • "Oklahoma Hills" (Since 2001, Oklahoma's official folk song) – written by Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie, recorded by Jack, 1945.[259]
  • "Oklahoma Home Brew" – Hank Thompson, co-written with William Penix, 1969.[260]
  • "Oklahoma, Home of Mine" – Loggins and Messina, 1977.[261]
  • "Oklahoma, Home of My Heart" – Curtis Leach, 1964.[262]
  • "Oklahoma Honky Tonk Gal" – Sheb Wooley, 1946.[263]
  • ”Oklahoma, I Love You” – written by Opal Harrison Williford, arranged by Clarence Woods, 1938.[264]
  • ”Oklahoma Indian Jazz” – written by Ray Hibbeler, T. J. Johnsen, J. W. Barna, T. Guarini, and J. J. Murrin. Recorded as an instrumental by the Benson Orchestra of Chicago, and with vocals by Jules Herbuveaux and his Guyon's Paradise Orchestra, 1923.[265]
  • ”Oklahoma is a State of Mind” – Peter Kalla, 2005.[266]
  • "Oklahoma is Callin' Me Home” – Melissa Black, 2012.[267]
  • "Oklahoma Joe" – written by Gil Milan, recorded by Chris LeDoux, 1974.[268]
  • "The Oklahoma Kid" – Goebel Reeves, “The Texas Drifter,” 1930.[269]
  • "Oklahoma Kids, a Kaleidoscope" – Monty Harper, 2007.[270]
  • "Oklahoma Land” – Hank Harral, 1959.[271]
  • "Oklahoma, Land of the Sunny West” – Frankie Marvin, 1929.[272]
  • "Oklahoma Land Rush, 1889" – Monty Harper, 2007.[273]
  • "Oklahoma Lou" – Bob and Jim (The Tulsa Cowboys)–Bob Armstrong & Jim Childress, 1947.[274]
  • "Oklahoma Loves You" – Laura Cooper and the Honest Johns, 2011.[275]
  • “Oklahoma Lovin'” – The Swon Brothers, 2012.[276]
  • "Oklahoma Man Blues" – Lucille Bogan, 1927.[277]
  • "The Oklahoma Miner" – Kevin Danzig, 2007.[278]
  • "Oklahoma Moon" – Oscar Brand, 1949.[279]
  • ”Oklahoma Moon” – Bill Snow, Jr., 2006.[280]
  • "Oklahoma Moon" – Chad Sullins and the Last Call Coalition, 2012.[281]
  • "Oklahoma Moon" – Michael Cooper, 2015.[282]  The four songs with the title “Oklahoma Moon” are all different compositions.
  • "Oklahoma Morning" – written by Jim Chesnut, recorded by Charley Pride, 1975.[283]
  • "Oklahoma Music Shop" – Becky Hobbs, 2015.[284]
  • "Oklahoma, My Home” – George Dickey, 1999.[285]
  • ”Oklahoma, My Native Land" – composed by Martha Kemm Barrett, 1994; declared Oklahoma's official children's song, 1996.[286]
  • "Oklahoma Nights" – written by Jimmy Webb, recorded by Arlo Guthrie, 1981.[287]
  • "Oklahoma Nights" Written by William Roy "Doc" Swicegood, recorded by Troy Aikman on the all-Dallas-Cowboy CD Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy, 1993.[288]
  • "Oklahoma Nights" – Dryve, 1994.[289]
  • “Oklahoma – 1955” – Les Gilliam, 2009.[290]
  • "Oklahoma Polka" – written by Madeline Twomey, Ben Weisman and Elaine Wise, recorded by Georgia Gibbs, 1951.[291]
  • "Oklahoma Porch Song" – Brad Fielder, 2009.[292]
  • "Oklahoma Promise" – Red Steagall, 1972.[293]
  • "Oklahoma Rag" – Bob Wills.
  • "Oklahoma Rising" – Vince Gill, co-written with Jimmy Webb.
  • "Oklahoma Roots" – Mare Wakefield
  • "The Oklahoma Rose" – Percy French, 1910.
  • "Oklahoma Rose" – Rex Allen, Jr., co-written with Judy Maud.
  • "Oklahoma Rose" – Jim and Jesse, written by Jesse McReynolds; also recorded by Goldwing Express as "My Rose of Oklahoma"
  • "Oklahoma Rounder" – Jimmie Revard and His Oklahoma Playboys, 1936.
  • "Oklahoma Saturday Night" – John Nelson, 2012.
  • "Oklahoma Shines" – Mel McDaniel
  • "Oklahoma Skies" – Jody Stevens
  • "Oklahoma Skies" – Sarah Dye
  • "Oklahoma Sky" – Lexi Pierson.
  • "Oklahoma Sky" – Miranda Lambert.
  • "Oklahoma Song" – Hoyt Axton, 1973.
  • "Oklahoma Sooner" – David Chamberlain, 2010.
  • "Oklahoma Stardust Blues" – The Spikedrivers, 2003.
  • "Oklahoma State of Mind" – Kane, 2001.
  • "Oklahoma Stomp" – Duke Ellington.
  • "Oklahoma Stomp" – Spade Cooley.
  • "Oklahoma Sunday Morning" – written by Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood and Tony Macaulay; recorded by Glen Campbell, 1972.
  • "Oklahoma Sunset" – Travis Kidd
  • "Oklahoma Sunsets" – Hayden Miller.
  • "Oklahoma Sunshine" – Waylon Jennings, 1974; written by George Reneau and Harold Bynum.
  • "Oklahoma Sunshine" – Jerry Reed, 1976; written by Mike Settle.
  • "Oklahoma Sunshine" – Scout Cloud Lee
  • "Oklahoma Superstar" – Written by John Durrill, recorded by Brenda Lee, 1976.[294]
  • "Oklahoma Sweetheart" – George Thorogood, 1991.
  • "Oklahoma Sweetheart Sally Ann" – Rose Maddox, 1950.
  • "Oklahoma Swing" – Vince Gill with Reba McEntire, 1990; written by Gill and Tim DuBois.
  • "Oklahoma Tape Deck" – Chris Brown and Kate Fenner, 1999.
  • "Oklahoma Territory" – John Williams. Part of film score of Far and Away.
  • "Oklahoma-Texas Line" – Rascal Flatts (Gary Levox, Jay DeMarcus, and Joe Don Rooney), 2004.
  • "Oklahoma, That's for Me" – Written by Peggy Johnson and Johnnie Lee Wills; recorded by Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys, 1951.[295]
  • "Oklahoma 3/4 Moon" – John Sprott.
  • "Oklahoma Tom" – Die Sieben Raben. In German. 1956 hit record.
  • "Oklahoma Tornado" – Mickey Jones.
  • "Oklahoma Towns" – R. W. Hampton with Rich O'Brien and the Enid Symphony Orchestra, 2007.
  • "Oklahoma Twilight" – written and recorded by Wayne Parker, 1976. Recorded again by his nephew, Kevin Danzig, 2008.
  • "Oklahoma Twister" — Cal Smith, written by Max Barnes, 1978.
  • "Oklahoma, U.S.A." — The Kinks, 1971.
  • "Oklahoma Waltz" – Jack Perry & the Light Crust Doughboys.
  • "Oklahoma Waltz"– co-written by Cindy Walker and Spade Cooley; recorded by the Spade Cooley Orchestra with vocal by Red Egner, 1947.[296][297]
  • "Oklahoma Waltz" – Johnny Bond, 1948; written by "Jimmy Kenton," a pseudonym for Johnny Bond.[298][299][300]
  • "Oklahoma Waltz" – Byron Berline. Fiddle instrumental.
  • "Oklahoma Waltz" – Border Radio
  • "Oklahoma Waltz" – Acie Cargill, Cindy Lee Ward.  (Each of the six "Oklahoma Waltz" songs listed is a different composition.)
  • "Oklahoma, Where The West Remains" – R.W. Hampton
  • "Oklahoma Wind" – written by Dale J. Smith. Designated the official Oklahoma State Waltz, 1982.[301][302]
  • "Oklahoma Wind" – Mel McDaniel, 1978.
  • "Oklahoma Wind" – Billy Joe Shaver, 1982; he later recorded it with Waylon Jennings, 1996.
  • "Oklahoma Wind" – Tonic Sol-Fa, a cappella, written by their lead singer Shaun Johnson, who later recorded it as a solo with instrumental accompaniment.
  • "Oklahoma Wind" – Gretchen Anderson, 2003.
  • "Oklahoma Wind" – Hunt Family Bluegrass.      (Each of the six "Oklahoma Wind" songs listed is a different composition.)
  • "Oklahoma Woman" – Roger Miller, 1977.[303]
  • "Oklahoma's Calling" – Jack Guthrie, 1946. (Uses the melody and most of the words of Jack Sutton's 1944 song, "Montana Cowboy")
  • "Oklahoma's Going Dry" – I See Hawks In L.A.
  • "Oklahoma's Home to Me" – George Highfill.
  • "Old Oklahoma" – Ben Steneker recorded Johnny Bond's "Oklahoma Waltz" under this title.
  • "Old Oklahoma Waltz" – Frankie Yankovic recorded Johnny Bond's "Oklahoma Waltz" using this title.
  • "On the Oklahoma Prairie" – Kathy McMearty
  • "On the Road to Tulsa" – The Interociter
  • "Only Oklahoma Away" – Ken "Bucky" Jones and Claude Putman, writers; recorded by John Conlee (1981), Leroy Van Dyke (1982), and Nat Stuckey (released posthumously—1999—after his death in 1988).
  • "Osage Stomp" – Bob Wills
  • "Our Heart's in Oklahoma" – honoring the victims of the 1995 Murrah Building bombing. Lyrics written by Anita Bonita; tune drawn from the song "My Home's in Alabama" by Alabama; recorded by Dave Fields.
  • "Our Lady of Oklahoma" – Peter Stampfel
  • "Outlaw Band" – Bob Childers, 1999. Co-written by Childers, Layle Stagner, and Randy Crouch. Recorded again in 2008 by Jason Boland & the Stragglers and by the Burtschi Brothers.

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  • "Queen of Oklahoma" – Patrick Bloom
  • "Queen of Oklahoma" – Carter Sampson, 2011.

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  • "Ragtime Cowboy Joe" – Pinky Tomlin recorded this 1912 composition in 1935 and again in 1938, changing "Arizona" to "Oklahoma" as the origin of the ragtime cowboy.
  • "The Rain Don't Ever Stop in Oklahoma" – Red Steagall, 1978.[304]
  • "Ramblin' Oakie" – Written by Leodie Jackson, recorded by him and his "Western Swingsters" with vocal by Terry Fell, 1946.
  • "Ramona" – Guster
  • "Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)" – Jim Croce
  • "Red Durt" – Chop Chop
  • "Red River Blue" – duet recorded by Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, 2011; written by Buddy Owens and Ray Stephenson.
  • "Rodeo" – Garth Brooks.
  • "Roll On Oklahoma" – Zach Swon.
  • "Rollin' " – Bill Grant and Delia Bell.
  • "Rollin' On Home for Christmas" – Written by Jim Carter and J.B. Smith, recorded by Gina Michaells, 2008.[305]
  • "Rose of Oklahoma" – written by Rose E. Black, with additional writing credits to Cowboy Copas, Chaw Mank and Lew Mel (Louis Mulé); record released with vocal by Cowboy Copas, 1948.
  • "Rough Wind in Oklahoma" – Michael Hedges, 1999.

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  • "The Sailor and the Oklahoma Girl" – Bruce Michael Miller, co-written with Ken Forsythe.
  • "Sally Sue From Sallisaw" – written by Cindy Walker, recorded by Doye O'Dell
  • "She's a Real Gone Oakie" – written by Mary London (as "He's a Real Gone Oakie"—see above), recorded by Deuce Spriggens with the Tex Williams Western Caravan.
  • "She's An Okie" – Billy Hughes, recorded by Al Vaughn.
  • "She's Got That Oklahoma Look" – Sanger D. Shafer, recorded by Moe Bandy.
  • "Should've Spent More Time in Oklahoma" – John George Campbell.
  • "Sins of Oklahoma" – Zach Huckabee Band.
  • "Small Town Oklahoma" – Mare Wakefield
  • "Soft Winds of Oklahoma" – Bill Emerson, 1994. Banjo instrumental.
  • "Southeast Oklahoma" – Clay Edwards, 2012.
  • "Speedway Oklahoma" – Tyson Meade, leader of the Chainsaw Kittens.
  • "Storm over Oklahoma" – Byron Berline and Dan Crary, performed with John Hickman, 2002. Fiddle-guitar-banjo instrumental.
  • "Stormclouds Over Tulsa" – Written by Bryce Martin, recorded by Marada Dunn (Brymar 4453), 1984. Godot Boys Music (BMI).
  • ”Sunday in Ponca City” – written by Mike West, recorded by Truckstop Honeymoon, 2014.[306]
  • "Sweet Oklahoma" – Bill Caswell, 1980.

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U

V

  • "The Verdigris" – Beau Jennings, 2015.

W

  • "Waltz of the Arbuckles" — Benny Kubiak, 1975.
  • "Wanderin' Okie" – Eddie Noack, 1955.
  • "Way Back in Oklahoma" – The Jimmy Wakely Trio, written by Johnny Bond, a member of the trio, in collaboration with Eddie Dean, who sang the song in the films Driftin' River (1946) and The Tioga Kid (1948)--two movies with much of the same footage re-edited.
  • "We've Taken Bob Back to Tulsa" – R.W. Hampton with Rich O'Brien and the Enid Symphony Orchestra.
  • "West of Tulsa" – Bill Caswell, 1980.
  • "When I Can See the Wichitas" – Phil Sampson
  • "Where the Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma" – Wayland Holyfield, recorded by Don Williams.
  • "The Wind Blows Every Day in Oklahoma" – Buck Owens, 1970.
  • "The Wind of Oklahoma" – Dallas Frazier, recorded by the Mills Brothers and by Tex Ritter.
  • "Winds of Oklahoma" – Andy Germak, 2000.

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See also

References

  1. ^ a b Dave Austin, Jim Peterik, Cathy Lynn (2010), Songwriting For Dummies, Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, p. 117, ISBN 978-0470-61514-0{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ John Marchese, "BUCK PIZZARELLI AND HIS WEST TEXAS TUMBLEWEEDS: DIGGIN' UP BONES." Retrieved 22 January 2015. John Pizzarelli (writer and vocalist), "Ain't Oklahoma Pretty," on Diggin' Up Bones by "Buck" Pizzarelli and the West Texas Tumbleweeds, Arbors CD 19394, 2009. Archived in the Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  3. ^ Cooley, Spade, and Ike Cargill, "All Aboard for Oklahoma." New York: Hill and Range Songs, 1947. Archived in Indiana University Sheet Music Collections--DeVincent Sheet Music (Lilly Library). The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  4. ^ Hough, Brenda (2010). "Hough Review #26--The Brombies: From the Piney Hills of Hollywood". CBA News. California Bluegrass Association. Retrieved 27 May 2012. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  5. ^ John Fullbright (writer and performer), "All the Time in the World," From the Ground Up, Blue Dirt Records 13624-CD-0001, 2012. Archived in the Jerome Library, Bowling Green State University. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  6. ^ Leggett, Steve. "Almost to Tulsa: The Instrumentals". allmusic.com. Retrieved 29 May 2012. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  7. ^ "Auldridge, Mike. Eight String Swing". CD Review Digest Annual--Jazz, Popular, etc. 7 (4). Voorheesville, NY: Peri Press: 29. 1994. {{cite journal}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |journal= (help) Auldridge's recording can be heard on YouTube.
  8. ^ "Tom Paxton – Wearing the Time CD". CD Universe website. Retrieved 27 May 2012. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  9. ^ Matt Hillyer, "Anywhere I'm Loving You," Welcome to Eleven Hundred Springs 1999 CD Listed by Worldcat.org with no publisher named. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  10. ^ Susan Herndon, “The Bad Roads of Oklahoma,” performed on her CD All Fall Down, Turtle Records, 2010. The recording can be heard on the Reverbnation website.
  11. ^ Jamie Richards, “Back in Oklahoma,” performed by him on the CD Between These Lines, D Records (Houston, TX) D9004, 2004. Archived in the University of North Texas Library. The song can be heard on a YouTube recording of a live performance by Jamie Richards.
  12. ^ Wayde Blair, “Back in Oklahoma,” appears on three compilation “Various Artists” releases by the German digital music label Rosenklang: Country Rock Vol. 1 (2006), American Folk (2007), and Swing with Western (2010). The song also appears on the soundtrack of the video game Rig'n'Roll. It can be heard on YouTube.
  13. ^ "Ned Miller – Back To Oklahoma / I Hang My Head And Cry". Discogs.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012. Alan O’Day, “Back to Oklahoma,” performed by Ned Miller, Ned Miller’s Back, Republic Records RLP-1304, 197-? (year uncertain). Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  14. ^ Michael Fracasso, “Back to Oklahoma,” When I Lived in the Wild Bohemia Beat CD 0003, Denver, CO, 1995. Archived in the University of California, San Diego Library. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  15. ^ McCarthy, Kevin (January 1999). "A Review of the CD "Earthlings" by Jim Layeux". Kevin and Maxine’s Celtic & Folk Music CD Reviews. Retrieved 19 September 2015. Jim Layeux Website--retrieved 8 October 2015. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  16. ^ Donnie Duree, “Back to Oklahoma,” on his digital music album A Few Songs for Old Friends, LTOP Music/SongCast, 2009. Viewable and downloadable from several sites, including emusic.com. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  17. ^ Songwriters Hall of Fame: Willie Nelson. Willie Nelson and Dan Jenkins, “Baja Oklahoma,” sung by Karla Bonoff on her CD Live!, 2007. Archived in the Library of Congress. The scene from the HBO movie including the song as performed by Lesley Ann Warren and Willie Nelson can be seen on YouTube.
  18. ^ Beth Elliott, "Ballad of the Oklahoma Women's Liberation Front" on her self-released 2005 CD, Buried Treasure. The compact disk includes material Elliott originally recorded and released on a 1976 LP entitled Kid, Have You Rehabilitated Yourself. Buried Treasure is catalogued by WorldCat.org. The song can be heard on YouTube. (Parental advisory: Lyrics)
  19. ^ Ulrich Jonas, Peter Power and Rolf Soja, "Beim alten Bill in Oklahoma," sung by Heino on his 45 rpm single (006-45 376), issued by EMI Electrola, 1979. The song appeared that same year on Heino's self-titled two-LP set of 33 1/3 rpm records released by Hörzu-Langspielplatte in Hamburg, which is archived in the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  20. ^ Thompson, Hank, and William Penix, "Big Boat Across Oklahoma," Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma, performed by Hank Thompson, Dot 25971, LP. 33 1/3 rpm, 1969. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas--Austin and at the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  21. ^ Bill Grant, “Big Cedar,” performed by Bill Grant and Delia Bell on their eponymous LP, Rebel Records REB-1593, 1980. Archived in the Fine Arts Library, University of Texas at Austin. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  22. ^ Josh Kear and Chris Tompkins, “Blown Away,” performed by Carrie Underwood on the CD Blown Away, Arista Nashville, 2012. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credits and more information can be seen at allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  23. ^ Virgel Bozman, "Blues for Oklahoma," 10-inch 78 rpm single, #109-A, Oklahoma Tornado Recording Company, Westlake, Louisiana, 1950. “Virgel Bozman – Blues For Oklahoma” on discogs.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015. The song has also been anthologized on the 1982 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP, Aaaahhhh Rock-a-billy (Rotterdam, Holland: White Label WL 8821), which is archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  24. ^ Steagall, Red, "Bob's Got a Swing Band in Heaven," Hang On Feelin' , ABC Records AB-1051, 33 1/3 rpm LP, 1978. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas at Austin and in the Nichols Library Marr Sound Archives, University of Missouri—Kansas City. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  25. ^ Adam Selzer, “Border Oklahoma,” performed by Norfolk & Western on the CD Centralia, 2001. “Norfolk & Western – Centralia” on allmusic.com. Retrieved 7 October 2015. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  26. ^ Willis Allen Ramsey, “Boy from Oklahoma,” on his self-titled 33 1/3 rpm LP, Shelter Records SW-8914, 1972. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  27. ^ Gene Collier, "Boys from Oklahoma,” performed by Cross Canadian Ragweed, Live at Billy Bob's Texas, 4¾-inch digital sound disk, Smith Music Group, Fort Worth, TX, 2002. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit documented at Repertoire.BMI.com. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  28. ^ Frazier, Dallas, and Earl Montgomery, "California Cotton Fields," recorded by Merle Haggard and the Strangers, Someday We'll Look Back, Capitol ST-835, 33 1/3-rpm 12-inch LP record, 1971. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Ed Ward Collection, University of Texas—Austin. On this LP the song title shows “Cottonfields” as one word, but the composition is registered with BMI as "California Cotton Fields" and this is how it appears on four of the eight different artists' recordings of the song. All web sources retrieved 9 October 2015. The Merle Haggard recording can be heard on YouTube.
  29. ^ Farrell, Kevin “Blackie,” "California Okie," performed by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen on the self-titled album, Warner Brothers BS 2847, 1975 (33 1/3-rpm 12-inch LP). Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas–Austin and the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  30. ^ Jones, Robert John, "California Okie," performed by Buck Owens, Warner Bros. WBS 8255, 7-inch 45-rpm record, 1976. 45cat.com. Retrieved 9 October 2015. Also released with a spelling variant, “California Oakie,” on a 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP: Buck Owens, Buck 'em, Warner Bros. BS 2952, 1976. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas–Austin and in the Bowling Green State University Library. The BMI repertoire page shows Robert John Jones as the songwriter and the spelling as “Okie” and then clicking on the song title shows the songwriter as “Rocky Topp”--whose 149 registered works are identical to those of Robert John Jones. Repertoire.bmi.com retrieved 9 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  31. ^ Betty Overstreet, "California Okies," on her CD What Would You Do (if You Had A Choice), 2007. (Other sources list the release date as 2008. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  32. ^ Young, William and Nancy (2008). Music of the World War II Era. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780313084270.  Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 147. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9. All recordings of the song are listed by secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015. At least three renditions of it can be heard on YouTube: by Bob Wills, by Merle Haggard and by Asleep at the Wheel.
  33. ^ Spencer, Glenn, and Tim Spencer, “Cherokee Strip,” performed by Bob Beckham, Monument 45-1018, 7-inch 45-rpm record, 1967. 45cat.com. Retrieved 10 October 2015. Sons Of The Pioneers, The Legendary Sons Of The Pioneers Vol. 4 (1955-1959), Cattle (Sulzheim, West Germany), 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP, 1983. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The filmed performance of the song in The Durango Kid can be seen on YouTube. The Bob Beckham recording can also be found on YouTube.
  34. ^ Repertoire.BMI.com lists the four writers. Charley Austin sings "Chickasha City" on his self-titled CD, listed on CDBaby, 2008. A recording of the song by co-composer Kris Bergsnes can be heard at soundcloud.com. Charley Austin's recording can be heard on YouTube. All websites retrieved 11 October 2015.
  35. ^ James McMurtry, writer and performer, “Choctaw Bingo,” Saint Mary of the Woods, Durham, NC: Sugar Hill Records, SUG-CD-1071, 2002. Archived in the Library of Congress.   Lawrence, Stratton, “James McMurtry's Gritty Perspective,” Charleston City Paper, April 28, 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2015. McMurtry's song also was performed by Ray Wylie Hubbard on his CD Delirium Tremolos, Cambridge, MA: Philo, 2005. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Youtube has both singers' renditions of the song, James McMurtry and Ray Wylie Hubbard.
  36. ^ Wyer, Brian, singer-songwriter, "Chouteau, Oklahoma," on his self-titled album, cdbaby.com, 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  37. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2003). All Music Guide to Country: The Definitive Guide to Country Music. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 75. ISBN 9780879307608. Viewable at books.google.com. “Story Behind the Song: Cimarron (Roll On), by Johnny Bond,” CountryMusicTreasures.com. Retrieved 12 October 2015. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  38. ^ Moreland, John, singer-songwriter, "Cleveland County Blues,” High on Tulsa Heat, Old Omens, 2015. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. A video of a live performance of the song can be found on YouTube.
  39. ^ Bullard, Ed, "Coal County Country,” performed by Ed and Jolene Bullard, title track on album of the same name, Sülzheim, West Germany: Cattle LP 45, 1983. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Album information also documented at discogs.com. Ed Bullard's biography can be found in his on-line obituary at hillbilly-music.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  40. ^ Smith, Al, "Crazy About Oklahoma," Soulin' , performed by Jimmy Reed, Bluesway 6009, 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP record, 1967. Archived at the Bowling Green State University Library. Earlier in 1967 the song had been released as “Crazy 'Bout Oklahoma,” Exodus Records, 7-inch 45-rpm record with two catalog numbers: EX-1012 and EX-2008. discogs.com. Retrieved 11 October 2015. Romano, Will (2006). Big Boss Man: The Life and Music of Jimmy Reed. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 205. ISBN 9780879308780. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  41. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9. Steve Diamond and Mark D. Sanders, "The Day That She Left Tulsa (in a Chevy)," Columbia C-78745, 7-inch 45-rpm record, 1997. 45cat.com Retrieved 14 October 2015. Also issued as a Compact Disk single, Columbia CD-6842, 1997. Archived in the Southern Folklife Collection at the University of North Carolina Library. The song also is included on the Wade Hayes album When the Wrong One Loves You Right, Columbia CK 68037, 1998. Catalogued at worldcat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  42. ^ La Chapelle, Peter (2007). Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 91–92. ISBN 978-0-520-24889-2. The writing of the song was begun by Sooter, then finished and arranged by O’Dell. Allmusic.com biography of Doye O’Dell and of Rudy Sooter by Eugene Chadbourne. Retrieved 4 October 2015. O’Dell’s recording can be heard on YouTube.
  43. ^ Lanegan, Mark, writer and performer, "Death Trip to Tulsa," on his album Phantom Radio, Vagrant Records, 2014, 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued at worldcat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  44. ^ Jana Jae, "The Devil Went on to Tulsa,” on her album The Devil You Say, Lark LRS-801, 1979 (date not certain), 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  45. ^ McEntire, Reba, and Ronnie Dunn, writers and singers, "Does the Wind Still Blow in Oklahoma?" Reba: Duets, MCA Nashville Records B0008903-02, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  46. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9. Wayne Carson Thompson, “(Don't Let the Sun Set on You) Tulsa,” performed by Waylon Jennings, RCA Victor 47-9925, 1970, 7-inch 45-rpm record. “Songs of Wayne Carson Thompson”. Retrieved 18 September 2014. 45cat.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Recordings can be heard on YouTube: by Waylon Jennings and the original by Wayne Carson.
  47. ^ Cook, Don, "Don't Make Me Come to Tulsa," performed by Wade Hayes, Old Enough to Know Better, Columbia CK 66412, 1994. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Vanderbilt University Library. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  48. ^ White, Lee “Lasses,” “Down in Oklahoma,” performed by Ginger Prince. Kaybee 2424, 1949? 10-inch 78 rpm record. Archived in the Stanford University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  49. ^ “The Mountain Goats Do Super Tuesday,” Weekend America, February 2, 2008, on publicradio.org. The web page includes the song lyrics, and audio of the entire 44-minute program. Retrieved 16 October 2015. To hear just the song and John Darnielle's explanation of it, click on this link.
  50. ^ Woody Guthrie Discography on Wikipedia. Santelli, Robert; Emily Haas Davidson, eds. (1999). Hard Travelin': The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England. pp. 185–188. ISBN 9780819563668. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help) A recording of Woody Guthrie singing the song can be heard on YouTube.
  51. ^ Cleto, Ramiro, ”En un Carril de Oklahoma,” performed by Vagon Chicano, El Breve Espacio, Universal Music, 2006. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit at Allmusic.com. Retrieved 16 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  52. ^ Moreland, John, "Endless Oklahoma Sky,” performed by John Moreland and the Black Gold Band on their CD of the same title, Little Mafia Records, LM062, 2008. discogs.com. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com: Endless Oklahoma Sky. Retrieved 17 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  53. ^ Fielder, Brad, writer and singer, "Enid, Oklahoma," Unabashed Homages, digital album, 2010, available at bradfielder.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  54. ^ Hanson, Patricia King; Amy Dunkleberger, eds. (1999). American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. Vol. F4, Feature Films 1941-1950. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 1072–1073. ISBN 9780810830219. {{cite book}}: |last2= has generic name (help) The song as recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers can be heard on YouTube.
  55. ^ Harral, Hank, writer and singer, "Fabulous Oklahoma," Caprock 45x100, 1957. 7-inch 45-rpm record. 45cat.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015. LoneStarStomp.com: Hank Harral, Big Spring. Retrieved 18 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  56. ^ Terry Stafford Suspicion! Home Page. Retrieved 19 October 2015. Stafford, Terry, singer-songwriter, "Falling (It's a Long Long Way From Hollis, Oklahoma),” Player International PI-134, 1989. 7-inch 45-rpm record.
  57. ^ Jacobs, Greg, singer-songwriter, "Farmer's Luck," Reclining with Age, Baton Rouge, La.: Binky Records, 2001. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by WorldCat.org. Also recorded by Jason Boland and the Stragglers on their CD Rancho Alto, Apex, 2011. Catalogued by WorldCat.org. On YouTube can be seen a video of composer Greg Jacobs performing his song live and also a video with the Jason Boland recording.
  58. ^ Harris, Brandon L., “Fire Eyed Woman from Oklahoma,” performed by the Franklin Brothers. Mercury 73088, 1970, 7-inch 45 rpm record. Writing credit also documented at repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 20 October 2015. A one-minute excerpt from the recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  59. ^ Thrasher, Neil, and Michael Dulaney, “Fly Over States,” performed by Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party, Nashville, TN: Broken Bow Records 005648, 2010. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  60. ^ Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Jack Guthrie. Retrieved 20 October 2015. Song released on Jack Guthrie, Oklahoma Hills, Vollersode, Germany: Bear Family BCD-15580, 1991. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. More details can be found at the coverlib.com images of the album liner notes, as well as allmusic.com and folkarchive.de. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  61. ^ (Tom) Rascal and (Chester) McLane, "Freedom, Oklahoma," on their 2006 German CD Honky Tonk of Life. From their website, www.rascal-and-mclane.de. Retrieved 20 October 2015. The song can be heard in a live performance by the duo in this Video on YouTube.
  62. ^ Hobbs, Becky, singer-songwriter, "From Oklahoma with Love," on the CD of the same name, Roswell, GA: Platinum Entertainment/Beckaroo Records, 1998. allmusic.com. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  63. ^ Wray, Link, and Steve Verroca, "From Tulsa to North Carolina," performed by Link Wray and band, Beans and Fatback, Virgin Records, 1973. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  64. ^ Brown, Junior, singer-songwriter, "The Gal from Oklahoma," Guit with It, Curb Records D2-77622, 1993. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  65. ^ Jennings, Beau, singer-songwriter, "Girl from Oklahoma,” Holy Tulsa Thunder, 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album, 2008. Album information available from beaujennings.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 23 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  66. ^ From the album Feel the Steel, 2009.
  67. ^ McCoy, Billy, "The Girl in Oklahoma," performed by Tracey K. Houston, I'm Not the Same Girl, Songbird Productions, 2000. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information at CDBaby.com. Songwriter credit at TKHouston.com. Retrieved 24 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  68. ^ Allen, Terry, singer-songwriter, “The Girl Who Danced Oklahoma,” Lubbock (On Everything), Chicago, Ill.: Fate Records, 1978. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP record. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Ed Ward Collection, University of Texas–Austin. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  69. ^ Pitts, Michael R; Frank W Hoffmann (2002). The Rise of the Crooners : Gene Austin, Russ Columbo, Bing Crosby, Nick Lucas, Johnny Marvin, and Rudy Vallee. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. pp. 233–234. ISBN 9780810840812. Gene Austin discography from the Pitts-Hoffmann book. Austin, Gene, singer-songwriter, ”Give Me a Home in Oklahoma,” Universal U-131, 10-inch 78-rpm record, 1947. Song included on the album Gene Austin and His Lonesome Road, Cincinnati, Ohio: Fraternity, (1957?), 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. A 90-second clip of the recording can be heard by clicking on this link.
  70. ^ West, Mike, singer-songwriter, "God Is Down in Oklahoma," Home, Binky Records 1026, 2000. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. More information about the song and about Mike West can be found at allmusic.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015. The recording can be heard by clicking on this link.
  71. ^ McBride, Justin, Philip O’Donnell and Wynn Varble, "God's in Oklahoma Today,” performed by Justin McBride, Don't Let Go, J. McBride Records, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress.  Writer credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  72. ^ Meduza, Eddie (pseud.; Errol Norstedt), "Goin' Back to Oklahoma," Eddie Meduza & The Roarin' Cadillacs, Sweden: CBS 83500, 1979. 12-inch 33 1/3 LP record. Album documented on discogs.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015. His recording on YouTube has been blocked in the United States and some other countries. As an alternative, the song as performed by an amateur musician in his own video can be heard here.
  73. ^ Bryden, Bob, "Goin' to Oklahoma," performed by Christmas, Heritage, Toronto: Daffodil Records SBA-16002, 1970. 12-inch 33 1/3 LP record. Album documented on discogs.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015. Writer credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 25 October 2015. Description of the musical group Christmas at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  74. ^ Kaitz, Emily, singer-songwriter, "Going Back to Oklahoma," Yuppie Scum, Fayetteville, AR: Pingleblobber Music, 1998. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information at cdbaby.com. More information about Emily Kaitz can be found at arkansasarts.org. Retrieved 26 October 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  75. ^ Daniels, C. E., “Going Out to Tulsa,” performed by Johnny Seay, Columbia 4-44423, 7-inch 45-rpm record, 1968. 45cat.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015. Cusic, Don (2011). The Cowboy in Country Music : An Historical Survey with Artist Profiles. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 241. ISBN 9780786463145. Book archived in the Library of Congress.
  76. ^ Darnielle, John, "Going to Scotland," performed by The Mountain Goats, Nothing for Juice, Ajax Records 056, 1996. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and 12-inch 33 1/3 LP record. Album documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  77. ^ Wills, Bob, and Tommy Duncan,"Good Old Oklahoma," Vocalion 03086, 1935. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Discographic information recorded at 45worlds.com. Writing credit recorded by The Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1969: January-June, p. 1316. The song by Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, featuring lead vocalist Tommy Duncan, can be heard on YouTube. "JD McPherson and Pokey LaFarge Cover a Bob Wills Classic," Oklahoma Rock News, July 1, 2013, a web journal. Retrieved 20 August 2013. The JD McPherson/Pokey LaFarge recording can also be heard on YouTube.
  78. ^ Faber, Eberhard Lo, singer-songwriter, "Goodbye Oklahoma," God Street Wine (name of musical group and CD), New York: Mercury, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Song and album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  79. ^ Lay, Rodney, and Buck Owens, "Gotta Get to Oklahoma ('Cause California's Gettin' to Me),” performed by The Hagers, Capitol Records PRO-4844 (2647), 1969. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Documented at discogs.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015. Information on the song and The Hagers available at allmusic.com. Retrieved 10 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  80. ^ Reed, Don, and Dan Franklin, "(Gotta Get To) Oklahoma City," performed by Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters, RCA Victor 20-2014-A, 1947. 10-inch 78-rpm record. 45worlds.com/78rpm/record/202414. Retrieved 25 May 2015. Luke Wills biography at texasplayboys.net. Retrieved 10 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  81. ^ Harter, Ali, singer-songwriter, ”The Great State of Oklahoma,” recorded in several on-line videos of live performances, including this one on YouTube.
  82. ^ Thompson, Hank, "Guthrie," Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma, performed by Hank Thompson, Dot 25971, 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP, 1969. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas–Austin and at the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  83. ^ Drumm, Leroy, and Cal Freeman, "Halfway to Tulsa," performed by Larry Sparks, Travelin', Roanoke, Va. : Rebel Records, 1992. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Thomas M. and Faith Arnold Davies Americana Music Collection, San Diego State University Library. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  84. ^ Moreland, John, singer-songwriter, “Hang Me in the Tulsa County Stars,” High on Tulsa Heat, Old Omens, 2015. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. A video of a live performance of the song can be found on YouTube.
  85. ^ Thompson, Hank, and William Penix, "Happy, Oklahoma," Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma, performed by Hank Thompson, Dot 25971, 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP, 1969. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas–Austin and at the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  86. ^ London, Mary, “He's a Real Gone Oakie,” performed by Cliffie Stone and His Orchestra with vocalist Judy Hayden, Capitol 15157, 10-inch 78-rpm record, 1948. Archived in the Nichols Library Marr Sound Archives, University of Missouri Kansas City.  La Chapelle, Peter (2007). Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-520-24889-2. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  87. ^ Whitehead, Mark, singer-songwriter, “Heart of Oklahoma,” Mark IV Music Productions, Tucson, Arizona, 2005. No record found of publication; all information found on this YouTube Video.
  88. ^ Abbott, Mike, singer-songwriter, “Hell and Oklahoma,” digital single available for download, 2011. Published by Maineville Music Publishing, Portland, Maine. cdbaby.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015. A clip from the Aaron Benward recording can be heard at cdbaby.com. The Michael Abbott Band recording can be heard on YouTube.
  89. ^ Rainwater, Marvin, and Dale Siegenthaler, "Henryetta, Oklahoma," performed by Rainwater, Denver, CO: Hornet Records HR-005, 1981. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Record documented at 45cat.com. The song is included on the Marvin Rainwater CD, Whole Lotta Woman, Hambergen, Germany: Bear Family Records BCD 15812-AH, 1994. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  90. ^ Crosby, Paul, Bob Marlette, Dave Novotny, Josey Scott, and Wayne Swinny, "Here with You," performed by Saliva, Blood Stained Love Story, New York: Island Def Jam Music Group, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015. Archived at Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  91. ^ Wooley, John, Shot in Oklahoma: A Century of Sooner State Cinema, University of Oklahoma Press, 2011, pp. 88-89.   Averill, Gage, Four Parts, No Waiting: A Social History of American Barbershop Harmony, Oxford University Press, 2003, pp. 138-139. The song can be heard in the film 53 minutes into this YouTube video.
  92. ^ Moreland, John, singer-songwriter, ”High on Tulsa Heat,” High on Tulsa Heat, Old Omens, 2015. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  93. ^ McCumber, Tyler, "Hollis, Oklahoma,” Catch Me, Boo Hatch Recordings, 2006. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download. Album documented at cdbaby.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  94. ^ Jennings, Beau, singer-songwriter, "Holy Tulsa Thunder,”on the album of the same name, 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album, 2008. Album information available from beaujennings.bandcamp.com.  “Beau Jennings: Holy Tulsa Thunder interview,” posted by Flick in Interviews on February 25, 2008, puddlegum.net. Retrieved 18 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  95. ^ “Jack Elliott”--biography at westernmusic.org. Retrieved 18 November 2015. The song was later recorded by Roy Rogers in October, 1947, for release on a vinyl disk. Phillips, Robert W. (1995). Roy Rogers: A Biography, Radio History, Television Career Chronicle, Discography, Filmography, Comicography, Merchandising and Advertising History, Collectibles Description, Bibliography, and Index. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 65. ISBN 9780899509372. Elliott, Jack, "Home in Oklahoma," performed by Roy Rogers, Camden, N.J.: RCA Victor 20-3076, 1948. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  96. ^ Glazer, Tom, “Home Sweet Oklahoma,” performed by Roy Rogers. RCA Victor 20-4424, 10-inch 78-rpm record and RCA Victor 47-4424, 7-inch 45-rpm record, both 1951. "Roy Rogers Now Cowboy in Conn.," Sunday Herald, February 3, 1952, Bridgeport, Connecticut, p. 14. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  97. ^ Russell, Leon, singer-songwriter, “Home Sweet Oklahoma,” Shelter 7302, 1970. 7-inch 45 rpm record. 45cat.com. Retrieved 18 July 2012. Also included on the album Leon Russell and the Shelter People, Hollywood, Calif.: Shelter Records SW-8903, 1971. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  98. ^ Paxton, Tom, singer-songwriter, “Home Sweet Oklahoma,” It Ain't Easy, Flying Fish Records #70574, 1991. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at Allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015. Album archived in the Library of Congress. A 2015 live performance video of the song can be seen on YouTube. Excerpts from the 1991 CD are also available: Listen to a 30-second clip with a link to iTunes for a 90-second sample.
  99. ^ Brealey, Patrick, singer-songwriter, "Home Sweet Oklahoma," on the album City Blood, Country Heart, Toronto, Ontario: Patrick Brealey, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015. Album catalogued at worldcat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  100. ^ Hewitt, Ted, and Kris Bergsnes, “Home Sweet Oklahoma,” performed by Patti Page and Vince Gill, Best Country Songs, Curb CD #79222, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 November 2015. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  101. ^ Thompson, Hank, and William Penix, ”Homesick, Lonesome, Hillbilly Okie,” Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma, performed by Hank Thompson, Dot 25971, 1969. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP, 1969. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas–Austin and at the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  102. ^ Carrasco, Joe “King,” “Hungover in Oklahoma City,” performed by Joe "King" Carrasco and the Crowns, Rancho No Tengo, original motion picture soundtrack, Anaconda Records, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at allmusic.com and catalogued at worldcat.org. A 90-second clip from the recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  103. ^ Bruce, Trey Edwin, Angelo Petraglia and Carrie Underwood, "I Ain't in Checotah Anymore," performed by Carrie Underwood, Some Hearts, Arista 82876-71197-2, 2005. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented by allmusic.com. Writing credits at repertoire.bmi.com. Internet sources retrieved 27 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  104. ^ Coe, David Allan, singer-songwriter, "I Heard Oklahoma Calling Me," on his album A Matter of Life-- and Death, New York, N.Y.: Columbia FC 40571, 1987. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album documented on allmusic.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  105. ^ Castle, Jeremy, singer-songwriter, ”I Wanna Make Her Mine,” For a While, Orchard, 2002. Album documented at allmusic.com. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  106. ^ Oden, Bryant, singer-songwriter, “I Was Born in Oklahoma,” The Songdrops Collection, Vol. 1, Songdrops Music, 2011. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album catalogued by worldcat.org and information documented at allmusic.com. Bryant Oden biographical information at songdrops.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  107. ^ Oklahoma Historical Society, “Semicentennial of Statehood,” Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 27 November 2015. Skinner, Frank, Al Skinner and Alan Clark, “I'll See You in Oklahoma,” performed by George Cates, Coral 61825, 7-inch 45 rpm record, 1957. “Official State Semi-Centennial Song Introduced,” Ada (OK) Evening News, April 25, 1957, p. 14. Viewable on-line by clicking this link. Retrieved 27 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  108. ^ Shibley, Arkie, and W. S. Stevenson, “I’m a Poor Oakie,” performed by Arkie Shibley, 4 Star Records 7051-K, 1960. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Writing credit displayed at rcs.discography.com and record information also at rcs.discography.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  109. ^ Van Elstyne, Egbert, and Harry Williams, "I'm Goin' Back to Oklahoma." New York: Jerome H. Remick & Co., 1912. Archived in Indiana University Sheet Music Collections--DeVincent Sheet Music (Lilly Library) and digitally displayed on-line. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  110. ^ Taylor, Ted, singer-songwriter, "I'm Gonna Send You Back to Oklahoma," Shreveport, La.: Ronn Records 33, 1969. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Catalogued by worldcat.org. "Record Details". 45cat.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  111. ^ Wallace, Frank, (uncredited on record label), "I've Got Those Oklahoma Blues," performed by Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, Jim Boyd lead vocalist, Bluebird B-7754-B, 1938. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record documented on discogs.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015. Additional sources: “Bill Boyd” on countrydiscography.blogspot.com and “BILL BOYD'S Cowboy Ramblers” on scratchyattic.blogspot.com. Also retrieved 28 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  112. ^ Clark, David, and John Cooper, "Idabel Blues," performed by the Red Dirt Rangers, Oklahoma Territory, Austin, Tex.: Lazy SOB Recordings, 1996. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album documented at allmusic.com. An overview of the Red Dirt Rangers appears on the band's website. The song was recorded by Stoney LaRue on The Red Dirt Album, Smith Entertainment, 2005. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. All websites retrieved 28 November 2015. The Red Dirt Rangers recording can be heard on YouTube.
  113. ^ Boland, Jason, "If I Ever Get Back to Oklahoma," performed by Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Pearl Snaps, Austin, TX: Smith Entertainment 7017-2, 1999. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at discogs.com and at allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015. A 2006 re-release of the album on the Sustain Records label is archived in the Bowling Green State University library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  114. ^ Cale, John W. (“J.J.”), singer-songwriter, "If You're Ever in Oklahoma," Really, Los Angeles: Shelter Records SW-8912, 1972. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Fine Arts Library, University of Texas–Austin and at the Bowling Green State University Library. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  115. ^ McDaniel, Mel, singer-songwriter, "In Oklahoma," Just Can't Sit Down Music, Capitol Records ST-12528, 1986. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information also documented at discogs.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  116. ^ Canada, Cody Jay, and Stoney LaRue Phillips, "In Oklahoma," performed by Cross Canadian Ragweed, Mission California, Nashville, TN: Universal Records South, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  117. ^ Tomlin, Pinky, “In Ole Oklahoma.” New York: Santly-Joy-Select, 1938. (Sheet music.) Tomlin, Pinky; Lynette Wert (1981). The Object of My Affection: An Autobiography. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 148. ISBN 0-8061-1719-2.; "Yi-Yi's Have It; Tomlin's Song Wins," The Oklahoman, August 2, 1938, Section 1, pp. 1, 2. A transcription of the lyrics, and images of the record label and the sheet music cover can be seen by clicking this link. Retrieved 28 November 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  118. ^ Grant, Bill, “Kiamichi Mountain Home,” performed by Bill Grant and Delia Bell and the Kiamichi Mountain Boys, My Kiamichi Mountain Home, Kiamichi KMB 101, 1972. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Album documented on discogs.com. Catalogued under a different title, drawn from the back of the LP cover as Bluegrass and the Old Time Sound of Salt Creek Park--The Home of the Original Bluegrass Festival of the Midwest, the album is archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Texas Music Collection at the University of Texas at Austin. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  119. ^ Grant, Bill, singer-songwriter, "The Kiamichi Trace," 2008. Digital download audio track available at myspace.com. The recording can be heard by clicking on this link to myspace.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  120. ^ Franks, Michael, singer-songwriter, "King of Oklahoma," Michael Franks (eponymous album), New York: Brut 6005, distributed by Buddah Records, 1973. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Fine Arts Library, University of Texas at Austin and in the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  121. ^ Young, Neil, “Last Trip to Tulsa,” Neil Young, Reprise RS 6317, 33 1/3 rpm LP, 1968. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  122. ^ Houston, Lawyer, singer-songwriter, "Lawton, Oklahoma Blues," Texas Guitar from Dallas to L. A., Atlantic Records SD 7226, 1972. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. Recorded in Dallas in the spring of 1950, purchased by Atlantic June 7, 1950, not released until 1972. Lawyer Houston discography at wirz.de. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  123. ^ Earle, Steve, "Leroy's Dust Bowl Blues," performed by Steve Earle, Del McCoury and the Del McCoury Band, The Mountain, Nashville, TN: E Squared, 1999. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  124. ^ Burr, Gary, Pat McDonald and Jeff Wood, "A Long Way from OK," performed by Jeff Wood, Between the Earth and the Stars, Nashville, Tenn.: Imprint Records MPCD10006, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  125. ^ Smith, Granger, singer-songwriter, "A Long Way from OK," Pockets of Pesos, CD Baby, 2005. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at cdbaby.com and allmusic.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  126. ^ Lindsay, Merl, "Lonesome Okie Goin’ Home," performed by Merl Lindsay and His Oklahoma Night Riders, 4 Star Records 1255A, 1948. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record information documented at 45worlds.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  127. ^ Fowler, Kevin, singer-songwriter, "Lost My Heart in Oklahoma," One for the Road, Tin Roof Records, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Biographical information on Kevin Fowler can be found on the internet, e.g., at artistdirect.com. Retrieved 2 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  128. ^ Eklund, Jason, singer-songwriter, "Loves in Oklahoma," Jason Eklund (eponymous album), Chicago, IL: Flying Fish FF 70617, 1993. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album documented, with writing credit, at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  129. ^ Brunelle, Paul, singer-songwriter, "M'en revenant de l'Oklahoma,” Chansons nouvelles/signées Paul Brunelle, St-Laurent: London SD5.503, 1969. 30-cm 33 1/3-rpm LP. Album documented by biographiesartistesquebecois.com and archived in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Brunelle's recording is also included on Mon enfant je te pardonne. [Volume 1]. Ville Saint-Laurent: Disques Mérite 22-3409, 2004. 12-cm digital audio disk. Archived in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Normand Grenier's recording of the song appears on his CD Normand Grenier chante Paul Brunelle, Laval: Gaétan Richard: Distribution Trans-Disques, [between 2000 et 2003]. 12-cm digital audio disk. Archived in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec. Paul Brunelle's original recording can be heard on YouTube.
  130. ^ Bloom, Ken, “Man from Oklahoma,” Hollywood Song: The Complete Film and Musical Companion, Facts on File, New York, Entry 3637, p. 572. The song reportedly appeared in the 68-minute theatrical release print of the film, but it cannot be heard in the 52-minute version currently available on DVD and on YouTube.
  131. ^ Hazlewood, Lee, singer-songwriter, "Mannford, Oklahoma," Something Special, MGM Records 665 104, 1968. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP, released in Germany and Scandinavia. Album documented on discogs.com and, in its 2007 CD release, on allmusic.com, which is catalogued by worldcat.org. The sheet music for the song appears in 60 More Songs by Lee Hazlewood, Book 2, New York: Criterion Music, 1968, which is also catalogued by worldcat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  132. ^ Talley, James, singer-songwriter, "Mehan, Oklahoma," Got No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But We Sure Got a Lot of Love, Torreon 1000, 1974. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Album documented on discogs.com. Re-released the following year as Capitol ST 11416, 1975. Archived in the Library of Congress. Capitol album information and writing credit documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  133. ^ Leach, Curtis, and Claude McBride, "Moffet, Oklahoma," performed by Charlie Walker, Don't Squeeze My Sharmon, Epic LN-24328/BN-26328, 1967. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. Released as a 45-rpm single (Epic 5-10499) in 1969, as documented on 45cat.com. Retrieved 4 December 2015. Writing credit documented by the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third Series, Volume 19, Part 5, Number 2: Music, 1967, pp. 2536, 2560. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  134. ^ Wood, John Bryce “Smokey,” "Moonlight in Oklahoma," performed by Smokey Wood and His Woodchips, Bluebird B-7399, 1938. 10-inch 78-rpm record, recorded in Dallas, Texas, September 12, 1937. Record documented at 45worlds.com. Smokey Wood discography listed in Russell, Tony; Bob Pinson (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 971. ISBN 0-19-513989-5. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. Biographical information on Smokey Wood transcribed at myweb.uiowa.edu. Internet sites retrieved 6 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  135. ^ Cooley, Spade, and Smokey Rogers, "My Chickashay Gal." New York: Hill and Range Songs, 1945. Archived in Indiana University Sheet Music Collections–DeVincent Sheet Music (Lilly Library). Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9.;  Roy Rogers (performer), "My Chickashay Gal," written by Spade Cooley and Smokey Rogers, RCA Victor 20-2124, 1947. 10-inch 78 rpm record. Archived in the Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. The recordings by Spade Cooley and by Roy Rogers can be heard on YouTube.
  136. ^ Davis, Floyd, “My Little Okie Sweetheart,” performed by Floyd Davis and the Sons of Oklahoma, Tulsa: Davis Record Co. 1-B, date uncertain. Record information documented at 45worlds.com and at audiopreservationfund.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  137. ^ Young, Cheryl, "My Oklahoma," performed by Steve Young, Seven Bridges Road, Burbank, Calif.: Reprise Records MS 2081, 1972. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at discogs.com. Verification of Cheryl Young and Terrye Newkirk being two names for the same person documented on Terrye Newkirk's Google+ About page. Song also appears on Country Gazette, Don't Give Up Your Day Job, Los Angeles: United Artists UA-LA090-F, 1973. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Writing credit verified on http://www.discogs.com/Country-Gazette-Dont-Give-Up-Your-Day-Job/release/2785160 discogs.com]. Song also appears, with writing credit to Terrye Newkirk, on Riders in the Sky, The Cowboy Way, Universal City, Calif.: MCA Records MCA-42040, 1987. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. YouTube videos are available on which the song can be heard performed by Steve Young (his 1972 recording), by Riders In The Sky, 1987, and a recent recording by the composer, Terrye Newkirk.
  138. ^ Greenberg, Clay, singer-songwriter, "My Oklahoma," Tumbleweed, Nashville, TN: Home Grown Music HGMCG1001, 2000. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. A 30-second sample of the song can be heard, with a link to a 90-second excerpt, on iTunes. The entire song can be heard by those who have an account with Spotify.
  139. ^ Manson, Charles, singer-songwriter, “Dream Train/My Oklahoma Angel Love," The Way of the Wolf, Pale Horse PH0013, 1999. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at discogs.com. More information can be found at the Wikipedia Charles Manson discography. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  140. ^ This was the first self-penned song recorded by Gene Autry.  George-Warren, Holly (2007). Public Cowboy #1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 47, 56–57. ISBN 9780195177466. Autry, Gene, "My Oklahoma Home," performed by “Sam Hill,” Grey Gull Records 4281, 1929. Subsequently released as Radiex 4281 and Van Dyke 74281. 10-inch 78-rpm records. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Sam Hill was a pseudonym for Gene Autry, as documented by honkingduck.com and by countrydiscography.blogspot.com. Documentation of the 1929 recording and the vinyl record releases can be found in this published discography: Russell, Tony; Bob Pinson (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-19-513989-5. The song can be heard in part in a short singalong video on YouTube.
  141. ^ Mathis, Reed, "My Oklahoma Home," performed by Tea Leaf Green, Radio Tragedy!, Greenhouse, 2011. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album information also documented by allmusic.com. The song can be heard on soundcloud.com and, in a live performance, on YouTube.
  142. ^ Cunningham, Agnes “Sis,” and Bill Cunningham, “My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away” performed by Pete Seeger at the Village Gate, Greenwich Village, New York City, April 30, 1961, for the Story Songs album; the song became an outtake and was not released until included on the Pete Seeger compilation CD A Link in the Chain, Sony Columbia Legacy C2K 64772, 1996. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. The story of the recording session is detailed in the liner notes by Peter Bogdanovich on Story Songs, Columbia CL 1668, 1961. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. The song's omission from the Story Songs release is documented in the booklet for the 2013 complilation CD The Essential Pete Seeger, Columbia/Legacy 88765490502, which also includes the 1961 recording. The song was recorded by its composer Sis Cunningham as “My Oklahoma Home” for Sundown: Broadside Ballads, v. 9, Folkways Records FH 5319, 1976. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP. Archived in the Nichols Library Marr Sound Archives, University of Missouri—Kansas City. Bruce Springsten recorded the song as “My Oklahoma Home” for We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions, Columbia 82876 88231 2, 2006. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credits and registered song title “My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away” documented at repertoire.bmi.com. The recordings can be heard on YouTube: Pete Seeger 1961, composer Sis Cunningham, 1976 and from the Seeger tribute album by Bruce Springsteen, 2006.
  143. ^ Paxton, Tom, singer-songwriter, "My Oklahoma Lullaby," Looking for the Moon, West Chester, PA: Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1069, 2002. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  144. ^ Hayes, Billy, and Marty Symes, “My Oklahoma Rose," performed by Montana Slim (Wilf Carter), RCA Victor 47-4446, 1952. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Popoff, Martin, Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records, 1948-1991, Iola, Wis.: Krause, 2010, p. 820. ISBN 9781440211317. Record information documented at 45cat.com. Writing credit documented by this screen shot from ASCAP.com. 1951 recording session information documented at Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. Release information documented by “This Week's New Releases on RCA Victor” (advertisement), Billboard, January 5, 1952, p. 19. All internet sites retrieved 15 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  145. ^ Schwarz, Tracy, and Bill Grant, "My Pathway Leads to Oklahoma,” performed by Bill Grant and Delia Bell on the album of the same title, Kiamichi Records KMB 107, 1978. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP.
  146. ^ Paxton, Tom, singer-songwriter, "My Pony Knows the Way," Looking for the Moon, West Chester, PA: Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1069, 2002. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  147. ^ McReynolds, Jesse, “My Rose of Oklahoma”/"Oklahoma Rose," performed by Goldwing Express, Half Breed, Goldwing Express 101898.4, 1998. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. A 1-minute clip from the song can be heard by clicking this link.
  148. ^ Savage, William W., Jr. (1983). Singing Cowboys and All that Jazz: A Short History of Popular Music in Oklahoma. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. 144.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Axton, Hoyt, “Never Been to Spain,” performed by Three Dog Night, Harmony, ABC/Dunhill Records DSX 50108, 1971. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP. Album documented at discogs.com and archived in the Library of Congress. Also recorded by the composer, Hoyt Axton, on Joy to the World, Capitol SMAS-788, 1971. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recordings by Three Dog Night and by Hoyt Axton can be heard on YouTube.
  149. ^ Knaggs, Jennie, Nick Schillace, Harriet Parker Camden and Louise Bogan, "New Memories of Oklahoma,” performed by Lac La Belle, Bring on the Light, CDBaby, 2012. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Lyrics adapted from Harriet Parker Camden's 1905 song “Oklahoma, a Toast” and Louise Bogan's 1923 poem “Medusa.”   Album documented at cdbaby.com. Mark Tucker, album review of Bring on the Light at acousticmusic.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015. Lac La Belle has a website with more information about their performances and recordings. The song can be heard in a live performance on YouTube.
  150. ^ Hughes, Everett I. "Billy," "Next to the Soil," performed by Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans, Capitol Americana 40075, 1948. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record documented at 45worlds.com. Retrieved 26 December 2015. The original lyrics by Billy Hughes make no mention of Oklahoma; Jack Guthrie modified the lyrics to include mention of his home state. Billy Hughes' Pecos Pals, "Next to the Soil," Fargo 1117, 1946. 10-inch 78-rpm record. It can be heard on YouTube. The Jack Guthrie 1946 recording, released in 1948, with its Oklahoma lyric, can be heard by clicking this link.
  151. ^ "Bobby Bond copyright filings". faqs.org. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Bond,Bobby [pseud.: Bob Reinhardt], singer-songwriter, “Nothin' New in Oklahoma,” Hickory 45-K-1594, 1971. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Record information documented at discogs.com. Biographical information and a discography for Bobby Bond/Bob Reinhardt can be found at the Western Michigan Music Hysterical Society website. Internet sources retrieved 26 December 2015. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  152. ^ Thompson, Hank, "O-k-l-a-h-o-m-a," Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma, performed by Hank Thompson, Dot 25971, LP. 33 1/3 rpm, 1969. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas–Austin and at the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  153. ^ Johnny Tyler's 1946 and 1947 releases of the song on three record labels are documented at 45worlds.com: on Bixby, on Stanchel, and (following Jack Guthrie's Capitol release) on RCA-Victor. See also “Johnny Tyler, the Oakie Boogie Man,” bopping.org. The Jack Guthrie release on Capitol 341 is documented at 45worlds.com; 45cats.com documents the Ella Mae Morse recording on Capitol 2072, 1952, also documented in “Music Popularity Picks,” Billboard, May 24, 1952, p. 40. Recordings by Johnny Tyler and Jack Guthrie and Ella Mae Morse can be heard on YouTube.
  154. ^ Cale, J. J., composer and guitarist, “Okie,” on the album of the same name, Shelter Recording Co. SR-2107, 1974. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  155. ^ Thompson, Hank, Billy Gray and Dick Reynolds, “Okie Blondie,” performed by Billy Gray and His Western Okies, Decca 9-29489, 1955. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Record documented at 45cat.com. Hank Thompson's 1952 recording of the song is documented at Praguefrank's country discography website. Retrieved 28 December 2015. The recording by Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys was unreleased until its inclusion on the album Treasures: Unreleased 1950's Recordings by Hank Thompson & The Brazos Valley Boys, Brady, Tex.: Heart of Texas Records, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued at worldcat.org. Writing credits verified by copyrightencyclopedia.com. Brief biographical information on Billy Gray is at rocky-52.net. YouTube has both Billy Gray's 1955 recording and the 1952 recording of Hank Thompson released in 2008.
  156. ^ Murray, Cort, singer-songwriter, “Okie from L.A.,” Cort's in Session, Real Music Productions, 2007. Digital download album, available from several sources, including emusic.com. Writing credit documented at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  157. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 146. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9.; "Record Details," 45.com. Retrieved 28 December 2015.  La Chapelle, Peter (2007). Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 180–207. ISBN 978-0-520-24889-2.  La Chapelle devotes an entire chapter of his book to analyzing the writing and performance of, and audience responses to, "Okie from Muskogee." Video of a live performance can be seen on YouTube.
  158. ^ Suffet, Steve, singer-songwriter, “Okie Moon,” Now the Wheel Has Turned, Sunnyside, NY : Steve Suffet, 2005. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued at worldcat.org. Album information documented at cdbaby.com. Biographical information about the singer-songwriter at stevesuffet.com. The story behind “Okie Moon” can be found at http://rec.music.country.old-time.narkive.com/e0smmfDP/okie-moon-on-soundclick. All internet sources retrieved 29 December 2015. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  159. ^ Tyborski, Ken, and the Como Avenue Jug Band, “Okie Noodlin',” The Essential Como Avenue Jug Band, CDBaby, 2011. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album. More album information and a listening link to the song can be found at bandcamp.com.
  160. ^ Joy, Homer, singer-songwriter, “Okie Road,” Someday It'll Be Country, CDBaby, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album. Album information documented at cdbaby.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com.   Sexton, Scott, CD Review: Someday It'll Be Country on countrymusic.about.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  161. ^ Bays, Jeff and Tim, “Okie Skies,” performed by the Bays Brothers, Lovin' Drinking and Gunplay, American Honkytonk Recordings, 2004. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  162. ^ "Record Details". 45cat.com. Retrieved 9 June 2012. David Gates, “The Okie Surfer.” Del-Fi Records 4254, 1964. 7-inch 45-rpm record, documented at 45cat.com.   La Chapelle, Peter (2007). Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-520-24889-2. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  163. ^ Jacobs, Greg, singer-songwriter, "Okie Wind," South of Muskogee Town, Baton Rouge, La.: Binky Records, 1997. Catalogued by WorldCat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  164. ^ O'Dell, Doye, Hal Blair and Harold Hensley, "Okies in California," performed by Doye O’Dell, Exclusive 88x, 1949. 10-inch 78-rpm record, documented at 45worlds.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. An on-line biography of Doye O'Dell can be found at http://doyeodell.com/bio/. The song can be heard by clicking this link to authentichistory.com.
  165. ^ Rodgers, Richard, and Oscar Hammerstein II, “Oklahoma,” from their musical drama Oklahoma!, first produced in 1943. Printed score catalogued by worldcat.org and archived in numerous libraries. Lyrics viewable at many websites, e.g., lyricsfreak.com.   Oklahoma Statute Title 2594.1, p. 101, § 2 (Official state song), 1953.   “Oklahoma Memories: Official State Song,” Oklahoma Historical Society, March 24, 2012. The song, as performed in the 1955 film, can be heard on YouTube.
  166. ^ Pierce, Webb, Max Powell and DeWayne Phillips, “Oklahoma,” performed by Cal Smith, Travelin' Man, Kapp Records KS-3544, 1968. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at discogs.com.   Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third Series, Volume 21, Part 5, Number 2, Section 1, Music, July-December, 1967, p. 2023. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  167. ^ Kershaw, Sammy, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma,” Master-Trak 3005, 1979. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Record documented at discogs.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  168. ^ Been, Michael, "Oklahoma," performed by The Call, Reconciled, Elektra 60440, 1986. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  169. ^ Ericsson, Jan Christer, “Oklahoma,” performed by Lasse Stefanz, Den Lilla Klockan, Mariann MLPH 1620, 1986. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm vinyl record. Album information documented at discogs.com and at lassestefanz.se. The song can be heard on YouTube.
  170. ^ Carter, Bill, Johnny Depp, Gibby Haynes and Sal Jenco, “Oklahoma,” performed by P, P, Capitol CDP 7243 8 32942 2 0, 1995. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at allmusic.com and at discogs.com, and archived at Bowling Green State University Libraries. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  171. ^ Pernice, Joe, “Oklahoma,” performed by the Scud Mountain Boys, Pine Box, Chunk Records, 1995. Re-issued on The Early Year, Sub Pop, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Albums documented by allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  172. ^ Williams, Paul, Darren Gough, Chet Santia and Jay Swanson, "Oklahoma," performed by Quarkspace on their eponymous 1996 album,released on their Eternity's Jest label. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The band has its own website, http://www.quarkspace.com/Quarkspace.aspx. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  173. ^ Bern, Dan, and Chris Chandler, “Oklahoma,” performed by Dan Bern, Dog Boy Van, Work OK 68816, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The song's chords, rhythm and structure closely resemble Woody Guthrie's “Dust Storm Disaster” (a.k.a. “The Great Dust Storm”). Writer credits documented at chrischandler.org. A live performance of the song can be watched on YouTube.
  174. ^ Adams, Ryan, Caitlin Cary, Steve Grothmann, Richard Rodgers and Phil Wandscher, "Oklahoma,” performed by Whiskeytown, Rural Free Delivery, Cary, NC : Moodfood Records MFR008-2, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented by allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  175. ^ Koppruch, Nils, and other members of the band Fink, "Oklahoma," performed by Fink, lead vocal by Louise Glenn, Vogelbeobachtung im Winter, iXiXeS Records xxs2, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented by discogs.com. Catalogued by worldcat.org. The song lyrics and links to other relevant webpages can be found by clicking this link. A 90-second clip from the song can be heard by clicking this link.
  176. ^ Woolever, Lynn, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma,” date uncertain. Lyrics printed at lynnwoolever.com.
  177. ^ Kufs, Eric, "Oklahoma," performed by Common Rotation, 28 Orange Street, The Orchard, 1999/2000. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. Album information documented by allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  178. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9.;  Taylor, Chuck, ed. (October 21, 2000). "Singles: Billy Gilman Oklahoma". Billboard. p. 25. {{cite magazine}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) Allen, John, and David Vincent Williams, “Oklahoma,” performed by Billy Gilman, One Voice, Epic EK 62086, 2000. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at allmusic.com. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  179. ^ Schneider, Bob, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma,” Lonelyland, New York: Universal Records 440 013 369-2, 2001. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  180. ^ Johnson, Robert White, Chris Pelcer and Donald N Van Zant, “Oklahoma,” performed by Van Zant, Van Zant II, CMC International Records 06076 86301-2, 2001. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented by allmusic.com. Writing credits verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  181. ^ Boris, Joe, “Oklahoma,” performed by One-Eyed Jack, Sunlight Blue Madness, Go-Nad Productions, 2001-3. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at cdbaby.com and at allmusic.com. The band has a Facebook page. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  182. ^ Phil DaRosa and Jon Wearn, founding band members and probable writers, “Oklahoma,” performed by Bathtub Mary, The Ubiquitous Demo, Tight Records, 2002. Digital download album, documented at cdbaby.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  183. ^ Gillen, Frederick John, "Oklahoma," performed by Fred Gillen, Jr., Grace, Verplanck, N.Y.: Dys Records DYS005, 2001/2. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. More album information and a link to listen to the song is at fredgillenjr.bandcamp.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  184. ^ Burnette, Paul, John Henry, Kris Norris, Ryan Parrish and Mike Schleibaum, "Oklahoma," performed by Darkest Hour, Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation, Victory Records VR232, 2003. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit documented at Work ID: 450569814, ascap.com. The music video for the song can be seen on YouTube.
  185. ^ (composer not found), "Oklahoma," performed by the Hard Chihuahuas, Back to Burbank, Earshot Records, 2003. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented at allmusic.com and at cdbaby.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube, in a music video posted by the band's drummer.
  186. ^ Yazbek, David, “Oklahoma?” performed by Sara Gettelfinger in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, recorded in the Original Broadway Cast Recording, Ghostlight Records, 2005. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Libraries. The recording by Sara Gettelfinger can be heard on YouTube.
  187. ^ Colclough, Martin Andrew, Gemma Evans, Patrick Fogarty, Ben Perry, “Oklahoma,” performed by The Answering Machine, High Voltage Sounds HV07 014, 2006. 7-inch vinyl record. Record documented at discogs.com. Song also included in the album Another City, Another Sorry, 2009. Writing credit documented at Work ID: 451876212, ascap.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  188. ^ Bishop, Elvin, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma," The Blues Roll On, Van Nuys, CA: Delta Groove Music DGPCD126, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  189. ^ Rice, Justin, and Christian Rudder, “Oklahoma,” performed by their band Bishop Allen, Grrr..., Bloomington, Ind.: Dead Oceans, 2009. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Fine Arts Library, University of Texas at Austin. See also http://blog.kexp.org/2009/04/15/song-of-the-day-bishop-allen-oklahoma/. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  190. ^ Hendrickson, Chad, and Lucas Ross, "Oklahoma," performed by Willamena, Lost in the Shadows, Ten Lanes Wide/CD Baby, 2013. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented by allmusic.com and by cdbaby.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  191. ^ “Oklahoma Memories: Official State Song,” Oklahoma Historical Society, March 24, 2012.   Lee, Robert E., “We've Had Only Two State Songs,” The Oklahoman, May 12, 1989. A video on YouTube features the composer's nephew, explaining the history of the song; it can be seen by clicking this link.
  192. ^ Harper, Monty, and Evalyn Harper, singer-songwriters, "Oklahoma Annie," Get a Clue!, Stillwater, OK: Monty Harper Productions, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album information documented by cdbaby.com and by allmusic.com. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  193. ^ Fowler, Don, "Oklahoma Baby," performed by Don Fowler and the Country Timers, Oakridge Records ORM-121B, 1966. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Information documented at 45cat.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  194. ^ Ball, Richard, and John Wall, "Oklahoma Baby," performed by Johnny & the Jailbirds, Out On Bail, London: Charly Records CR 30184, 1980. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented by discogs.com. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  195. ^ Caswell, Bill, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Backroads,” Oklahoma Backroads, Ft. Worth, Tex.: Flying High Records FH 7502, 1980. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  196. ^ Murphey, Michael Martin (pseud: Travis Lewis), "Oklahoma Backroom Dancer," performed by the Monkees, The Monkees Present, Colgems COS-117, 1969. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  197. ^ Möring, John, Detlef Reshöft and Reinhard Frantz, "Oklahoma Bay," performed by Peggy March, EMI 1C 006-32 778, 1978. 7-inch 45-rpm vinyl record. Also included on Peggy March's album Fly Away Pretty Flamingo, Köln: EMI-Electrola 1C 066-32 736, 1978. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Album information documented at discogs.com; writing credits and single release information also at discogs.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  198. ^ “Record Reviews,” Billboard, October 4, 1952, p. 42. Hamblen, Stuart, writer and reciter, “Oklahoma Bill,” Columbia 4-21014, 1952. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Archived in the Syracuse University Library. Jimmy Dean recorded the piece on his album Big Bad John and Other Fabulous Songs And Tales, Columbia CL 1735/CS 8535, 1961. Album information documented at discogs.com. The recitations by Stuart Hamblen and by Jimmy Dean can both be heard on YouTube.
  199. ^ Russell, Tony; Bob Pinson (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 597. ISBN 0-19-513989-5. This was the best-selling recording of Frankie Marvin's career. George-Warren, Holly (2007). Public Cowboy #1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 54. ISBN 9780195177466. Frankie Marvin's 1928 recording can be heard on YouTube.
  200. ^ "I've Got Those Oklahoma Blues," performed by Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers, Jim Boyd lead vocalist, Bluebird B-7754-B, 1938. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record documented on discogs.com. Retrieved 28 November 2015. Sourdough Slim's recording of the song is documented at sourdoughslim.com and at worldcat.org. The Any Old Time String Band's recording of the song appeared on their 1980 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP album (Bay Records 217), and was re-issued on their CD I Bid You Goodnight, El Cerrito, CA: Arhoolie CD-433, 1996. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Their recording can be heard on YouTube.
  201. ^ Clements, Zeke, "Oklahoma Blues," performed by Zeke Clements and His Western Swing Band. Black & White Records 10017, 1947. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record information documented at 45worlds.com and at Praguefrank's countrydiscoghraphy blogspot. Also in 1947, Luke Wills recorded the song, but the recording was not released until 1988, as part of the German-issued album High Voltage Gal, Bear Family BFX 15333. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Libraries. Information on the Luke Wills recording documented at Praguefrank's countrydiscoghraphy blogspot. The Zeke Clements recording can be heard on YouTube.
  202. ^ Wakely, Jimmy, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma Blues,” Capitol Americana 40078, 1948. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record information documented at 45worlds.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  203. ^ Rael, Jack, "Oklahoma Blues," performed by Patti Page and the Rael Septet, Mercury 5344, 1949. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Record information documented at 45worlds.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  204. ^ Walsh, Ellis, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Blues," London Records 17012, 1950. 10-inch 78-rpm vinyl record. “Rhythm & Blues Record Reviews,” Billboard, May 20, 1950, p. 123. Later included on a compilation album, Sneakin' Around: The London Records R&B Story. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  205. ^ Chapman, Gene, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Blues," Westport 145, 1962. 7-inch 45-rpm vinyl record. Record information documented at 45cat.com. See also “Moderate Sales Potential,” Billboard, April 22, 1962, p. 43. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  206. ^ DeGarmo, Ed, and Dana Key, singer-songwriters, "Oklahoma Blues," No Turning Back–Live, Nashville, Tenn.: Lamb & Lion LL-1063, 1982. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP album (2-record set). Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credits documented at erols.com. Lyrics transcribed at musicplayon.com. Internet sources retrieved 10 January 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  207. ^ Ripley, Steve, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Blues," Ripley, Nashville, TN: Audium Records AUD-CD-8155, 2002. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. Internet sources retrieved 10 January 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  208. ^ Homans, William, "Oklahoma Blues," performed by the composer using the name Watermelon Slim, Big Shoes to Fill, Southern Records 1001, 2003. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Writing credit verified as Work ID: 450537572 at ascap.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  209. ^ Joy, Homer, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Blues," Someday It'll Be Country, CDBaby/FirstStone, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album. Album information documented at cdbaby.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com.   Sexton, Scott, CD Review: Someday It'll Be Country on countrymusic.about.com. Retrieved 29 December 2015. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  210. ^ Delicate AWOL (bandmembers Ben Page, Caroline Ross, Jim Version, Jo Wright, Michael Donnelly, Tom Page), "Oklahoma Bombs," Heart Drops from the Great Space, Fire Records FIRECD80, 2002. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 11 January 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  211. ^ Balogh, John, “Oklahoma Boogie,” performed by Louie Bashell and his Silk Umbrella Orchestra, RCA Victor 47-5583, 1954. 7-inch 45-rpm vinyl record. Catalogued at worldcat.org. “New Releases, Billboard, January 2, 1954,, p. 23. Also released as a 78-rpm record, RCA 20-5583 and RCA 68-1520. The record label also credits “Chester Zurwik” as co-writer of the song, as shown by bopping.org. According to folklib.net, “Chet Zurwek” played in Louie Bashell's musical ensemble—as did John Balogh.] Louie Bashell's biography can be read on the National Endowment for the Arts website, from the time he was given the 1987 NEA National Heritage Fellow award. Retrieved 12 January 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  212. ^ Russell, Leon, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Boogie," In Your Dreams, Leon Russell Records, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016. Writing credit verified by Work ID: 881040153 at https://www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  213. ^ Cash, Ronald David, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Border,” From Babylon to the Promised Land, CDBaby, 2006. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at allmusic.com and at cdbaby.com. Retrieved 12 January 2016. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  214. ^ Clark, Guy, Rodney Crowell and Vince Gill, “Oklahoma Borderline,” performed by Vince Gill, The Things That Matter, RCA CPL1-5348, 1985. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm vinyl LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at discogs.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  215. ^ Westmoreland, Paul, "Oklahoma Bound," performed by Paul Westmoreland and His Pecos River Boys, San Antonio Records 106, 1946. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record information documented by discogs.com.   Sheet music archived in the Library of Congress. Bill Boyd recorded the song on RCA Victor 20-2050, released late in 1946. RCA Victor advertisement, Billboard, December 21, 1946, p. 21. The Bill Boyd recording of the song can be heard on YouTube.
  216. ^ Clemons, Homer Zeke, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Bound," Imperial 8091, 1950. Adapted from Moon Mullican's “Mean Mama Blues.” Record information documented at 45worlds.com and, with biographical information on Homer Zeke Clemons, at wired-for-sound.blogspot.com. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  217. ^ West, Joe, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Bound, The Human Cannonball, Frogville Records, 2005. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album information documented by cdbaby.com. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  218. ^ Haire, Jerry and Jerry Mosley, "Oklahoma Bound," performed by Krazy 4 Kuntry, Lonely, Krazy 4 Kuntry/CDBaby, 2006. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album, 2006. Album information documented at cdbaby.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  219. ^ Cargill, Acie, "Oklahoma Bound," performed by Wes Reynolds, Acie Cargill's Tribute to Oklahoma: Red Dirt, CRCinc, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk, with songs performed by a variety of musicians. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  220. ^ Collins, David Brian, Michael Travis Hankins and Samuel Jonathan Tesh, "Oklahoma Bound," performed on several YouTube videos, 2012. No evidence found of a commercial recording of the song. Writing credit verified by sesac.com. Descriptions of Brian Collins can be found at georgiamusicchannel.com and on cmt.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016. One of the YouTube videos of the band performing the song can be seen by clicking this link.
  221. ^ Creswell, Jimmie, and Sherman Bankston, "Oklahoma Boy Blues," performed by Jimmie Creswell, Talent Records TR-1201, date undetermined. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. Record information documented at discogs.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  222. ^ Hosty, Michael, "Oklahoma Breakdown," Hosty Duo, Norman Okla.: Hosstone Music, 2003. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Stoney LaRue recorded the song in live performance in 2006, released on Live at Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth, Tex.: Smith Music Group, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Both recordings can be heard on YouTube: the Hosty Duo and Stoney LaRue.
  223. ^ Masters, Syd, "Oklahoma Broke My Heart," performed by Syd Masters and the Swing Riders, Cowboys on the Moon : ... and Other Hillbilly Make Out Tunes, Edgewood, N.M.: Swing Riders Enterprises, 2002. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Thomas M. and Faith Arnold Davies Americana Music Collection, San Diego State University Library. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. More information on Syd Masters can be found at http://www.sydmasters.com. Internet sources retrieved 14 January 2016. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  224. ^ Robison, Carson, “Oklahoma Charlie,” performed by Bud Billings & Carson Robison, Victor V 40322, 1930. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Archived in the University of North Carolina Library. In 1930, Robison and Luther/”Billings” recorded the song several times, and it was released on numerous record labels, as documented at Praguefrank's countrydiscography and at rocky-52.net. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. Internet sources retrieved 14 January 2016. Some of the record labels spelled the song title as “Oklahoma Charley” and billed the singers as either the Carson Robison Trio, or Bud Billings & Carson Robison, or Frank Luther & Carson Robison. One of the recordings by the Carson Robison Trio can be heard on YouTube.
  225. ^ Byus, Rob, Jenee Fleenor and Trent Willmon, "Oklahoma Christmas," performed by Blake Shelton and Reba McEntire, Cheers, It's Christmas, Nashville, TN: Warner Bros. 532162-2, 2012. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  226. ^ Ruddy, Robin, __ Gannon and __ Lowe, "Oklahoma Christmas Spirit," performed by Dana Spencer, Christmas Across America-Midwest (Various Artists), Nashville, TN: Faverett Bridge Records, 2000. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at cdbaby.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  227. ^ Rose, Fred, "Oklahoma City," performed by Paul Howard and His Cotton Pickers, Columbia 37204, 1947. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Catalogued by worldcat.org. See also “Record Reviews, Billboard, February 1, 1947, p. 166. Record information documented by discogs.com and, with biographical information on Paul Howard, by rocky-52.net. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  228. ^ Hampson, John, and Brian Desveaux,"Oklahoma City," performed by Nine Days, Monday Songs, Dirty Poet Records, 1996. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  229. ^ Nash, John, and Kim Fowley, Michigan Babylon, Detroit Electric DE-2, 1998. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Album information documented at discogs.com.
  230. ^ Shawn Z, "Oklahoma City," performed by Argyle Street, Departures, Argyle Street, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at newreleasetoday.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  231. ^ Powell, Lindsay Ann, "Oklahoma City," performed by Cake Bake Betty, To The Dark Tower, Infinity Cat Recordings ICR-31, 2008. Writing credit verified as Work ID: 451968113 at https://www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  232. ^ Huddleson, Kevin, "Oklahoma City Alarm Clock," performed by The Fixtures, Devil's Playground, San Francisco, CA: Alternative Tentacles Virus 187, 1996. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm vinyl LP record. Album information documented at allmusic.com and at discogs.com. Band information available at alternativetentacles.com. The song has also been included on an anthology by various artists, The Virus That Would Not Die!: An Alternative Tentacles Catalog Sampler, San Francisco, CA: Alternative Tentacles Records, 1997. 4¾-inch digital audio disk.Catalogued by worldcat.org. The recording of the song can be heard by clicking this link.
  233. ^ Wakely, Jimmy, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma City Blues," A Cowboy Serenade, New York: Tops Records LP1601, 1958. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm vinyl LP record. Catalogued by worldcat.org. The recording was a radio transcription from the 1940s. It can be heard on YouTube.
  234. ^ Pattman, Neal, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma City Blues," Prison Blues, New York City, N.Y.: Cello Recordings 91003-2, 1999. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  235. ^ Calame, Thomas E., "Oklahoma City on the Radio," performed by Charley Austin, Charley Austin, PCL Music CA0811-01, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  236. ^ Hampton, Paul, "Oklahoma City Times,” performed by Hamilton Camp, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records 7309, 1969. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Record information documented by discogs.com. Recorded by Bobby Sherman on With Love, Bobby, Metromedia Records KMD 1032, 1970. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Album information documented by discogs.com. Recorded by Ray Peterson on Uni Records 55249, 1970. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Record information documented by 45cat.com. Sung by the Limeliters on Harmony! Folk Era/West Knoll Records FE2056CD, 1987. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. The story of the song and composer Paul Hampton is recounted in a newspaper article: Chuck Davis,"'Times' Have Changed for Songwriter,” The Oklahoman, February 12, 1989. Internet sources retrieved 18 January 2016. Two recordings of the song are on YouTube: by Hamilton Camp and by Bobby Sherman.
  237. ^ Campbell, Matthew, "Oklahoma City Woman Blues," performed by The Deep Vibration, Veracruz, Nashville, TN: Dualtone Music Group 80302-014142-1, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented by allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  238. ^ Dodson, Rich, "Oklahoma Country," performed by the Stampeders, Against the Grain, Toronto: Music World Creations MWCS 701, 1971. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP vinyl record. Album information, including writing credit, documented at discogs.com. Album released in the U.S. as Sweet City Woman, New York: Bell Records 6068 1971. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. A 90-second clip from the recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  239. ^ Bishop, Elvin, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Country Girl," Big Fun, Chicago, IL: Alligator AL 4767, 1988. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm vinyl LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  240. ^ Corbin, Robert, "Oklahoma Crude," performed by The Corbin/Hanner Band, Son of America, Los Angeles, Calif.: Alfa Records AAB-11008, 1982. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Writing credit verified as Work ID: 450150462 at ascap.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  241. ^ Adams, Joey, "Oklahoma Daydreams," performed by Palmer Divide, The Bow River Sessions, Purple Pig Records, 2008. Album information documented at cdbaby.com, which lists a 2006 release date, and at allmusic.com, which lists the release year as 2008. Writing credit verified and biographical information about Jody Adams on http://www.jodyadams.com/. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  242. ^ Gill, Vince, Joe Diffie and Leslie Ann Winn, "Oklahoma Dust," performed by The Notorious Cherry Bombs on their eponymous album, Nashville, Tenn.: Universal South Records B0002530-02, 2004. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Library of Congress. Songwriting credit is always given to Leslie Ann Winn (later Satcher), but some sources give credit only to her and Gill, such as repertoire.bmi.com and the album credits as reported by Wikipedia; other sources such as the Work ID 450646150 entry at ascap.com credit only her and Joe Diffie. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  243. ^ Lewis, Chad, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Fields," Remind Me, Staff House Records, 2004. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Information about Chad Lewis can be found at sojournartsandculture.com. Retrieved 21 January 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  244. ^ Bullard, Ed, "Oklahoma Flower,” performed by Ed and Jolene Bullard, Coal County Country, Sülzheim, West Germany: Cattle LP 45, 1983. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Album information also documented at discogs.com. Ed Bullard's biography can be found in his on-line obituary at hillbilly-music.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  245. ^ Elliott, Mark, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma '41," My Great Escape, 2000, 2nd edition 2002. 4¾-inch digital audio disks. Album information documented at http://markelliottcreative.com/listen and at cdbaby.com. Biographical information on Mark Elliott also found at cdbaby.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  246. ^ Cooley, Donnell C. "Spade". Spade Cooley's Western Swing Song Folio. Beverly Hills, Calif: Hill and Range Songs (1945). Archived in the San Francisco Public Library.
  247. ^ Byrd, Tracy, Frank Dycus and Mark Nesler, "Oklahoma Gal," performed by Ray Pillow, Country Class, Super Flash Records, 2004. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at http://www.raypillow.com/ and in a CD review by Graham Lees. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  248. ^ Wills, Bob and Tommy Duncan, "Oklahoma Gals," performed by Bob Wills & Tommy Duncan with the Texas Playboys, Liberty 55450, 1962. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Melody same as the traditional “Buffalo Gals.” Record information documented at 45cat.com. See also Townsend, Charles R., San Antonio Rose: The Life and Music of Bob Wills, University of Illinois Press, 1986, p. 363 and “Spotlight Singles of the Week,” Billboard, May 5, 1962, p. 34. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  249. ^ Collins, John, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma Girl,” Heart on the Mend, Northwood Way Productions, LLC/Kittyhawk, 1995. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at cdbaby.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. Biographical information on John Collins can be found at http://www.podipto.com/john-collins. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  250. ^ Diaz, Michael Eli, and Jonathan Bradley Jones, "Oklahoma Girl," performed by the Eli Young Band, Level, Nashville, TN: Carnival Recording Co., 2005. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Writing credit at repertoire.bmi.com registered to Diaz and Jones alone; writing credit at allmusic.com given to four band members: Chris Thompson, James Young, Jon Jones, Mike Eli (Diaz). The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  251. ^ Russell, Leon (born Claude Russell Bridges), singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Girl," Bad Country, Leon Russell Records, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Writing credit verified at Work ID: 881041067 https://www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  252. ^ Adamson, Callum, and David Burn, “Oklahoma Girl,” performed by Ahab, A.h.a.b., Wits End Touring Ltd, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at the band's website and also at qobuz.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. More information about the UK-based band Ahab (not to be confused with the German band with the same name) can be found at http://ahabofficial.com/. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  253. ^ Hadley, John, Susan Herndon and Bob Livingston, “Oklahoma Girl,” performed by Susan Herndon, All Fall Down, Turtle Music/CDBaby, 2010. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at cdbaby.com. Writing credits verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  254. ^ Wolf, Kate, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Going Home," Back Roads, Sebastopol, Calif.: Owl Records, 1976. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm vinyl LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  255. ^ Carroll, Adam, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Gypsy Shuffler,” Old Town Rock N Roll, Austin, TX: Adam Carroll, 2008. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Fine Arts Library, University of Texas at Austin. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  256. ^ Gallimore, Byron, Becky Hobbs, Blake Mevis and William D. Shore, "Oklahoma Heart," Liberty B-1520, 1984. 7-inch 45-rpm vinyl record. Record information documented at 45cat.com. Writing credits verified at repertoire.bmi.com. See also Billy Poore, Rockabilly: A Forty-year Journey, Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Corp., 1998, p. 252. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  257. ^ Andrews, Donald James, and Glen Edward Bennett, "Oklahoma Hell,” performed by Henson Cargill, On the Road, Nashville, Tenn.: Mega Records M31-1016, 1972. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm vinyl LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. Album information documented at discogs.com. Writing credits verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  258. ^ Harper, Monty, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Heroes at the Library," Get a Clue!, Stillwater, OK: Monty Harper Productions, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album information documented by cdbaby.com and by allmusic.com. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  259. ^ Guthire, Leon Jerry (Jack), and Woody Guthrie, “Oklahoma Hills,” performed by Jack Guthrie and His Oklahomans, Capitol 201, 1945. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Archived in the Fine Arts Library, University of Texas at Austin. Record information documented at discogs.com and at 45worlds.com. Writing credits verified by repertoire.bmi.com. Additional record information at the #57 spot on one collector's Top 100 78 RPM's Countdown. The 2001 adoption of the song as Oklahoma's state folk song is documented in the Oklahoma Legislature's bill which established its status (Okla. Stat. Title 25-94.8, c. 47, § 1) and also at http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/ok_hills.htm. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  260. ^ Thompson, Hank, and William Penix, "Oklahoma Home Brew," Hank Thompson Salutes Oklahoma, performed by Hank Thompson, Dot 25971, 1969. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP vinyl record. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas–Austin and at the Bowling Green State University Library. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  261. ^ Messina, Jim, and Kenny Loggins, singer-songwriters, "Oklahoma, Home of Mine," Finale, Columbia Records JG 34167, 1977. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm vinyl LP records (2-record set). Archived in the Library of Congress. Record information and writing credits documented at discogs.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  262. ^ Leach, Curtis, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma, Home of My Heart," Fabor 135, 1964. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Information documented by 45cat.com. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. Later included on the LP Indescribable, released in early 1966, after Leach's untimely death. Album information documented by discogs.com. A short biography of Leach appears on-line at hillbilly-music.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  263. ^ Wooley, Sheb, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Honky Tonk Gal," Bullet Records 603, 1946. Information documented at 45worlds.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. See also La Chapelle, Peter (2007). Proud to Be an Okie: Cultural Politics, Country Music, and Migration to Southern California. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. pp. 171, 297. ISBN 978-0-520-24889-2. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  264. ^ Williford, Opal Harrison, “Oklahoma, I Love You,” arranged by Clarence Woods. Sheet music published by Sublette Music Publishing, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1938. Archived in the Western History Collection of the University of Oklahoma Libraries. An image of the sheet music can be seen by clicking this link.
  265. ^ “Oklahoma Indian Jazz,” National Jukebox, Library of Congress. Audible sound file derived from Victor 19257 10-inch 78-rpm record. Retrieved 3 February 2016. Hibbeler, Johnsen, Barna, Guarani, and Murrin, ”Oklahoma Indian Jazz” (sheet music). New York: Joe Morris Music Co., 1923. Archived in the DeVincent Sheet Music Collection of Lilly Library, Indiana University. A later recording, released in 1959/60, includes the lyrics, as sung by a barbershop quartet: The Mid States Four, Memories, Madness and the Midstates 4 in Lo-Fo, Champ Records 049, later re-released as Champ Records 057, 1960. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP vinyl record. Archived in the University of Northern Iowa Library. Album information documented by discogs.com. YouTube has the instrumental version by the Benson Orchestra as well as the barbershop quartet singing by The Mid States Four.
  266. ^ Kalla, Peter, singer-songwriter, ”Oklahoma is a State of Mind,” Southern Charm, Calico Moon Records, 2005. Album information documented on allmusic.com. Song re-recorded along with seven others from the 2005 album, released as Peter Kalla and the Acoustic Twang Band, Calico Moon Records 2009. Album information documented on cdbaby.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording released in 2009 can be heard on YouTube.
  267. ^ Black-Engle, Melissa J., singer-songwriter, performing as Melissa Black, "Oklahoma is Callin' Me Home,” Hot Southern Mess, Melissa Black, 2012. Digital download album available through iTunes. Writing credit documented with Work ID: 882631368 at https://www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  268. ^ Milan, Gil, "Oklahoma Joe," performed by Chris LeDoux, Songs of Rodeo and Country, Mount Juliet, Tenn.: American Cowboy Songs NR5305, 1974. 12-inch 33 1/3-rpm LP vinyl record. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Album information documented at 45worlds.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  269. ^ Reeves, Goebel, singer-songwriter, "The Oklahoma Kid," Panachord 25198, 1930. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Recording information documented in Russell, Tony; Bob Pinson (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 736. ISBN 0-19-513989-5. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  270. ^ Harper, Monty, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Kids, a Kaleidoscope," Get a Clue!, Stillwater, OK: Monty Harper Productions, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album information documented by cdbaby.com and by allmusic.com. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  271. ^ Harral, Hank, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Land." Caprock 45-114, 1959. 7-inch 45-rpm record. Record information documented at 45cat.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  272. ^ Russell, Tony; Bob Pinson (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 599–601. ISBN 0-19-513989-5.  Marvin, Frankie, and Joe Marvin, “Oklahoma, Land of the Sunny West.” Performed by Frankie Marvin, The Golden Age of Frankie Marvin, Cattle Compact CCD 239, 2000, transcribed from the original 1929 78-rpm record, Victor V-40159. Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor V-40159 (10-in. double-faced Hillbilly)," accessed 5 February 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  273. ^ Harper, Monty, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Land Rush, 1889," Get a Clue!, Stillwater, OK: Monty Harper Productions, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Album information documented by cdbaby.com and by allmusic.com. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  274. ^ Armstrong, Bob, “Oklahoma Lou,” performed by Bob and Jim (The Tulsa Cowboys), Los Angeles: Courtney Records 166, 1947. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Re-released on an album by Various Artists, “Swinging West, Volume 2,” East Sussex, England: Krazy Kat CD 27, 2001. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  275. ^ unidentified composer, "Oklahoma Loves You," performed by the Honest Johns, vocal by Laura Cooper, Sundance, Comet Discs, 2011. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. The song was inspired by a visit to St. Paul's Chapel in New York City, where a banner with the words “Oklahoma Loves You” hangs in honor of the rescue workers of the September 11, 2001, catastrophe. Jo Wolf, “Okie Spirit Alive in New York City,” The Oklahoman, September 19, 2011. Information about the Honest Johns can be read on their website, and photos of the band along with a recording of the song can by accessed by clicking this link. Retrieved 11 February 2016. The recording can also be heard on YouTube.
  276. ^ Swon, Zach and Colton, “Oklahoma Lovin',” performed by the Swon Brothers, Set List, self-released by the Swon Brothers, 2012. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  277. ^ Bogan, Lucille, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Man Blues," arranged by Clarence Williams, Paramount 12514, 1927. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Record information documented at 78discography.com and at http://www.redhotjazz.com/bogan.html. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  278. ^ Danzig, Kevin, singer-songwriter (adapted from a 1921 poem by Arman C. Lassiter), "The Oklahoma Miner," Box Cars, Keda Records 700261227238, 2007. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information documented at cdbaby.com and at allmusic.com. See also “Danzig, Kevin” at alabamamusicoffice.com. Retrieved 13 February 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  279. ^ Traditional (no composer identified), "Oklahoma Moon," performed by Oscar Brand, American Folk Music and Dances, Western & Cowboy Songs, and Hymns. Sung by Oscar Brand, SESAC Transcriptions Series A: 301 and 302. Transcription Disc TR-1091, 1949 (estimated). Archived as Transcription Discs #30024, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Released on audio digital disk as Folkmusic Legend Oscar Brand, Vollersode, Germany: And More Bears AMB 90002, 2007. The album's liner notes by Dave Samuelson provide documentation and more information, and can be viewed by clicking this link. Retrieved 13 February 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  280. ^ Snow, Bill Jr., singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma Moon,” No Ryman, No Reason, self-released, 2006. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album documented and background information provided on Bill Snow, Jr., at triplestrandproductions.com. The recording can be heard on myspace.com.
  281. ^ Sullins, Chad, "Oklahoma Moon," performed by Chad Sullins and the Last Call Coalition, Incommunicado, Smith Music Group, 2015. Album information documented at allmusic.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. A newspaper article about the album appears on-line: Brandy McDonnell, “CD review: Chad Sullins and the Last Call Coalition 'Incommunicado,'” The Oklahoman, July 20, 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  282. ^ Leon, Michael Anthony (birth name of Michael Cooper), "Oklahoma Moon," digital download single, 2015. Information and download available from cdbaby.com. Writing credit verified as Work ID: 888409177 at https://www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. Additional information on Michael Cooper in Sareth Ney, “Finn's Beachside Pub Independent Artists' Night: Michael Cooper,” August 7, 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  283. ^ Chesnut, James W., "Oklahoma Morning," performed by Charley Pride, The Happiness of Having You, RCA Victor APL1-1241, 1975. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas–Austin. Writing credit verified by repertoire.bmi.com. More information about composer Jim Chesnut on cdbaby.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  284. ^ Hobbs, Becky, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Music Shop," theme song for the television program of the same name, Oklahoma Heart Music/Beckaroo Records, 2015. Song available for digital download. Information documented at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/beckyhobbs10. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  285. ^ Dickey, George, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma, My Home,” Lonesome High Country, self-released, 1999. 4¾-inch digital audio disk and digital download album. Information documented at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/georgedickey. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  286. ^ “The Oklahoma State Children's Song” at netstate.com.  Scott Cooper, “Local Songwriter Pens State Song,” Tulsa World, April 3, 1996. Retrieved 17 February 2016. More recent information on the composer can be found by clicking this link. The song, as performed by an elementary school chorus, can be heard between the 10:06 and 12:30 marks on a YouTube video.
  287. ^ Webb, Jimmy, “Oklahoma Nights,” performed by Arlo Guthrie, The Power of Love, Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. BSK-3558, 1981. 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record. Archived in the Library of Congress. Writing credit verified as Work ID: 450151443, https://www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. More album information (with incorrect date) at allmusic.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  288. ^ Swicegood, William R. “Doc”, “Oklahoma Nights,” performed by Troy Aikman, on the Super Boys album ‘’Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy,’’ Midwest Records Mid-1014, 1993. 4¾-inch audio digital disk. An image of the back cover of the album can be seen by clicking this link. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. See also Scales, Kristi, “Countdown to ACM Awards at AT&T Stadium: ‘Coach Joe’ Goes Country,” 5pointsblue.com, April 18, 2015 and [ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19930727&id=nkFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZeoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2168,6239553&hl=en “Morning Briefing: Singin' Cowboys,” The Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard, July 27, 1993, p. 2-D.] The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  289. ^ Andrew, Keith, "Oklahoma Nights," perfomed by Dryve, Hum, SaraBellum Records, 1994. 4¾-inch audio digital disk. Reviewed by Linda Stonehocker, The Phantom Tollbooth, 2 March 1998. Retrieved 7 March 2016. Writing credit verified as Work ID: 884177145, www.ascap.com/ace-title-search/index.aspx. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  290. ^ Gilliam, Les, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma – 1955,” on the album with the same title, Lunacy Records, 2009. 4¾-inch audio digital disk, also available for digital download. Gross, Mike, WVOF-FM, Fairfield, CT, November 5, 2009, review of “Oklahoma – 1955” on swingingwest.com. Retrieved 8 March 2016. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. Biographical information on Les Gilliam can be found at the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame website and also on the website of Les Gilliam himself. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  291. ^ Twomey, Madeline, Ben Weisman and Elaine Wise, “Oklahoma Polka," perfomed by Georgia Gibbs, Mercury 5758, 1951. 10-inch 78-rpm record. Catalogued by worldcat.org. Also released as Mercury 5758x45, 7-inch 45-rpm record. An image of the record can be found at musicstack.com. Writing credit verified at repertoire.bmi.com. Printed documentation of the record's existence in late 1951 can be seen in a Mercury Records advertisement, Billboard, 22 December 1951, p. 21. All internet sources retrieved 8 March 2016. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  292. ^ Fielder, Brad, singer-songwriter, "Oklahoma Porch Song," Sacred and the Vulgar, self-released, 2009. Digital download album—currently with only three of its songs available (not including "Oklahoma Porch Song"), from Brad Fielder's website. The original complete track listing for Sacred and the Vulgar can be seen at musicbrainz.org. A live performance of the song can be heard on YouTube.
  293. ^ Steagall, Red, singer-songwriter, “Oklahoma Promise,” Party Dolls and Wine, Capitol ST-11056, 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP record, 1972. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  294. ^ Durrill, John Robert, "Oklahoma Superstar," recorded by Brenda Lee, L.A. Sessions, MCA Records MCA-2233, 33 1/3 rpm LP, 1976. Archived in the Library of Congress.
  295. ^ Johnson, Peggy, and Johnnie Lee Wills, "Oklahoma, That's for Me," performed by Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys, Bullet 726-A, 78-rpm record, Nashville, 1951. Sheet music published by Bob Wills Music/Hill and Range Songs, Beverly Hills, California, 1951. Sheet music archived at the University of North Texas Library. Also listed in the on-line Copyright Encyclopedia. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  296. ^ Walker, Cindy, and Spade Cooley, "Oklahoma Waltz." New York: Hill and Range Songs, 1948.   Archived in the Bowling Green State University Library.
  297. ^ Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies: Spade Cooley. Accessed 27 June 2012.
  298. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9.
  299. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. Catalog of Copyright Entries (1976) Music Jan-June 3D Ser Vol 30 Pt 5 Sec 2 (Volume Catalog of Copyright Entries 3D Ser Vol 30 Pt 5 Sec 2), p. 325.
  300. ^ Kenton (writer), "Oklahoma Waltz," vocal by Johnny Bond and Dick Reinhart, Columbia 38160, 1948. 10-inch 78 rpm record.
  301. ^ "'Oklahoma Wind' Named State's Waltz," Florence Times-Tri-City Daily, Florence (Alabama), April 15, 1982, p. 12.
  302. ^ Smith, Dale J., "Oklahoma Wind."
  303. ^ Miller, Roger, "Oklahoma Woman," Off the Wall, Windsong BHL1-2337, 33 1/3 rpm LP, 1977. Archived in the Library of Congress. The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  304. ^ Steagall, Red, "The Rain Don't Ever Stop in Oklahoma," Hang On Feelin' , ABC Records AB-1051, 33 1/3 rpm LP, 1978. Archived in the Briscoe Center for American History Townsend Miller Collection, University of Texas at Austin and in the Nichols Library Marr Sound Archives, University of Missouri—Kansas City.
  305. ^ Lonnie Ratliff Country Music Newsletter, November 23, 2008. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  306. ^ West, Mike, ”Sunday in Ponca City,” performed by Truckstop Honeymoon (Mike and Katie West), The Madness of Happiness, Squirrel Records, 2014. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Album information at cdbaby.com. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  307. ^ Bays, Jeff and Tim, “T Town Blues,” performed by the Bays Brothers, Lovin' Drinking and Gunplay, American Honkytonk Recordings, 2004. 4¾-inch digital audio disk. Catalogued by worldcat.org. The recording can be heard on YouTube.
  308. ^ The recording can be heard by clicking this link.
  309. ^ "Twang Twang Twang". CDBaby. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  310. ^ Grant, Bill, "Tucker's Knob," performed by Delia Bell and Bill Grant, We're Not the Jet Set, Old Homestead Records CD, 2003. Archived in the San Diego State University Library.
  311. ^ "Dottie West: Tulsa ballroom". lyricsvault.net. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  312. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. New York: Billboard Books. p. 379. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9.
  313. ^ Stimeling, Travis D. (2011). Cosmic Cowboys and New Hicks: The Countercultural Sounds of Austin's Progressive Country Music Scene. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 66–69. ISBN 978-0199747474.
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