Musicraft Records - 1944 Album of traditional songs.

American Cowboy Classics - recorded 2/16/1944 & 3/6/1944.

Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle/Cowboy Jack (B-side with Esmereldy) (#298)

Old Chisholm Trail//Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie (#299)

The Last Round-up/Billy Boy (B-side by Esmereldy solo) (#230)

Home On The Range/Red River Valley (#331)

National Records - Dick was the first recording artist for National Records. First eight sides released on April 1, 1944.

Tumblin' Tumbleweeds/Sioux City Sue (5007) - Original pressing of Sioux as the B-side (2/5 – 2/6/1945)

Sioux City Sue/Someday Darlin' - July 1945 (5010) - 2nd pressing of Sioux as A-side

Rose of the Alamo/A Lonely Cowboy's Dream (5014) Dick Thomas & The Santa Fe Rangers

I've Got A Gal In Laramie/I'm Goin' To Dry Up My Tears - 1945 (5013)

Ragtime Cowboy From Santa Fe/Sleepyhead (National 5012)

Moanin' in the Mornin' Blues/(I Can't Get Back) Too Soon To Tucson (5011)

Ridin' Neath the Arizona Moon/Weary Nights And Broken Dreams (5009)

Half Way To Montana/Honestly (B-side was a hit) - February 1945 (5008)

As Long As I Live I Will Love You/I Don't Want a Million Sweethearts (5005)

Send This Purple Heart to My Sweetheart/They'll Never Take Texas Out of Me (5004)

If Memories Were Money/Down In Old Wyomin' (5003)

San Antonio Serenade/Cowboy In Khaki - 1944 (5002)

Broken Heart/You Never Loved Me - 1944 (5001)

Who Put The Law In Mother-In-Law - 1948

The Beaut From Butte/Two Car Garage - December 1947 (46132)

Swiss Lullaby/Queen Of The Poconos 1949 (46163)

Sleepy Old Town/Give Me Back My Heart 1949 (46156)

Foolish Tears/Tennessee Local 1949 (46191)

One Man's Loss Is Another Man's Gain/You Better Stop Tellin' Lies About Me (46229)

Can't You Take It Back And Change It For A Boy/Rosalinda (46114) by Dick Thomas & His Nashville Ramblers

The Sister of Sioux City Sue/Charlotte Belle - December 1947 (46147) by Dick Thomas & His Nashville Ramblers

I'm Tying The Leaves So They Won't Come Down/Esmerldy (B-side featured in Powder River Gunfire

film 1947) by Dick Thomas & His Nashville Ramblers (46301)

Memories Of France/My Daddy Is Only A Picture (46141)

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/Born To Lose - 1947 (46127)

My Guitar Is My Sweetheart/Roses Have Thorns (So They Tell Me) (46118)

Forgetful/Bye Bye Baby (B-side with Vaughn Horton & The Pinetoppers) - February 1955 (#9-29824)

Dick signed with Mercury on January 3, 1952, and recorded four sides in NYC on 2/15/52.

Wonder/Don't Believe A Word They Say (5864)

The Little Boy I Knew/Mistakes - 1950 (5808)

Brass Ring Love/The Call of the Far-Away Hills by Ken Curtis (11510) (*only the A-side is by Dick Thomas)

Jubilee Records (Recorded 4/30/1953)

Dick plays piano and Hammond organ on Jubilee tracks.

Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon (#459000)

Anytime Is Lovin' Time

I'm Goin'

When Uncle Joe Plays A Rag On His Old Banjo

Jubilee 45" (1952)

Stolen Waltz/Raindrops (#4026)

I Lost My Gal From Galvaston On The Sidewalks Of New York (unreleased - Dick never received a copy)

Polo Records (Recorded 9/1/1954)

Tiny Baby Shoes/Making Excuses (#7000)

Rita Records (45" single recorded 1/4/1955)

Side Tracked/Don't Keep It A Secret (#R-113)

Little Red Wagon (also recorded on Jubilee)

Forgetful (also recorded on Decca)

If Tears Could Bring You Back You (1950)

I Had Someone Else Before I Had You (And I’ll Have Someone Else After You’re Gone)

Arzee (45" singles)

Sioux City Sue/Christmas In The Country - 1968

Two Car Garage/Crying Myself To Sleep - 1968

The Beaut From Butte

Art Mooney & His Orchestra - featuring the Cloverleafs (2/15/54) - Dick sang with Art Mooney's orchestra on 78s & 45s. Dick was the lead singer of the three Cloverleafs: Barefoot Days, Wanderlust Blues and two other songs.

Eileen Wilson - Dick duets with Eileen on The Gods Were Angry with Me (For Loving You) and Broken Down Merry Go Round (1950s Decca 45" singles)

Xavier Cugat & Abbe Lane - Dick sang with Cugat's orchestra on Hillbilly Mambo Band (Mercury - 1/9/52)

Vaughn Horton & The Pinetoppers (2/1955) - Dick recorded Bye Bye Baby (B-side to Forgetful) on Decca (#9-29824)

Dick Thomas & Esmereldy duet on the single, Seven Years With The Wrong Woman (A-side) (Musicraft #288)

Red River Dave McEnery - Dick & Esmereldy are featured on Red River Dave's Lp. (Sutton records).

You Never Loved Me (1944) by Dick Thomas & J.C. Lewis

One Man's Loss Is Another Man's Gain (1949) by George Vaughn & Tom Richards (pen names for Vaughn Horton & Dick Thomas)

Bandwagon Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Barn Dance Jubilee by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

The Beaut From Butte by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (MCA/Northern Music Company Inc.)

Broad Top Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Cherrytown Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Cloverleaf Rag by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Dixie Rag by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

East Broad Top Special (instrumental) by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

*(Broad Top, PA is a coal-mining town where Vaughn lived)

Esmerldy by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (MCA/Northern Music Company Inc.)

Forgetful by Dick Thomas & Louis Edward Shelly (Jewel Music Publishing Co. Inc.)

Give Me Back My Heart by Dick Thomas (MCA/Northern Music Company Inc.)

Home Sweet Home Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Humpty Dumpty Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Huntingdon County Home by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

I'll Never Take A Chance On Love Again by Dick Thomas

I've Got A Gal In Laramie by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc)

In Old Nevada by Dick Thomas

It's You by Dick Thomas (WB Music Corp)

July Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Let's Take Our Trouble To Church On Sunday by Dick Thomas & William E. Faber (Milene Music Inc. Nashville)

Liberty Township Blues by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Lonely Cowboy's Dream by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Inc)

Lovely Mary Mary Mary by Dick Thomas & George Sherzer

Mandolin Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Mary Jane Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Mule Drivers Hop by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Oriental Rag by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Over The Hill Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton (performed by Swing City)

Pancho by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman

Polly Polka by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Ragtime Cowboy From Santa Fe by Dick Thomas & Fred Gray (Colgems EMI Music Inc.)

Ranch House Jamboree by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (Dawn Music, NY)

Robertsdale Rag by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Sioux City Sue by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman 1945 (Edwin H. Morris & Co. Inc., NY - c/o MPL Communications Inc.)

Sister of Sioux City Sue by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (Edwin H. Morris & Co. Inc., NY c/o MPL Communications Inc.).

Someday Darlin' by Dick Thomas, Art Harry Berman, & Lee Pearl (Colgems EMI Music, Inc.)

Spruce Hill Turnover by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Suzanna Rag by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Scottish Turnpike (instrumental) by Dick Thomas & Vaughn Horton

Two Silhouettes On The Parry by Dick Thomas & Max C. Freedman (Dawn Music, NY)

Weary Nights & Broken Hearts by Dick Thomas (Colgems EMI Music Inc.)

Vaughn Horton & The Pine Toppers (Coral Records) - piano

Texas Jim Robertson (1950s Lp. Victor) Dick Thomas - piano

Elton Britt (early 1950s Lp. - ABC Records) Dick Thomas - piano

Demo Work - Dick made several home demo recordings for songwriters.

Big Brothers theme song - Written by Ed Khoury. Dick sang and played piano. (Philadelphia 1960's).

Come What May – recorded by Patty Page.

Till The End of the World – written by Vaughn Horton. Ernest Tubb and The Andrews Sisters had a hit recording on Decca approx. 1949.

Zeke Turner (guitar)

Jerry Byrd (steel guitar)

Si Baker (trumpet)

Joe Bivioni (accordion)

Johnny Fortis Orchestra

The Santa Fe Rangers - featuring Shorty Long (vocals)

George Barnes

Powder River Gunfire (1947- Universal, 35 minutes) Starring Kenny Duncan

Featuring Dick Thomas & The Santa Fe Rangers (Dick was Kenny's costar & sidekick).

Filmed at the Cimarron Dude Ranch in Peekskill, NY.

Dick performed four songs in the movie including Esmerldy and Pancho.

Jukebox Music Films - Cost a dime to view 3-minute jukebox films during the war.

Back In The Saddle

Jingle Jangle Jingle

San Fernando Valley

Where The Mountains Meet The Sky (1942)

 As Long As I Live I Will Love You (National) written by George David Weiss. Featuring Si Baker (trumpet), Joe Bivioni (accordion), and Johnny Fortis (arranger).

Born To Lose - written by Frank Brown in 1944. Also performed by Ted Daffan and Ray Charles.

Broken Heart (National 1944) written by Maurice Merl, William E. Faber, & Gilbert Mills. Dick's first recording (NYC). 'You Never Loved Me' was the B-side.

Can't You Take It Back And Change It For A Boy (Decca 1947) written by Thurland Chattaway.

Charlotte Belle (Carolina Waltz) (Decca 1947) written by Nick Roman & Lou Vickers.

Cowboy In Khaki (National 1944) lyrics by Max Spickol & music by Johnny Fortis.

Don't Believe A Word They Say - written by Zeke Manners and Paul Cunningham. Vocals by Dick Thomas and The Townsmen with orchestra accompaniment..

Foolish Tears (Decca 1949) written by Jenny Lou Carson.

Honestly (National 1945) lyrics by Max Spickol and music/arrangement by Johnny Fortis.

I Don't Want A Million Sweethearts (National) written by George David Weiss & Maurie Hartmann. Joe Bivioni (accordion).

Memories Of France (Decca 1948) written by Al Dubin & J. Russell Robinson.

Moanin' In The Mornin' Blues (National) written by Johnny Creighton & Ace Pancoast. Recorded after Dick's service with the US Army. Featuring The Johnny Fortis Orchestra. Johnny Fortis arranged clarinet, trumpet, violin, and accordion.

My Daddy Is Only A Picture (Decca 1948) written by Thomas C. Dilbeck.

My Guitar Is My Sweetheart (Decca 1947) written by Alfio Bargnesi & David Rhodes.

Raindrops - written by Vaughn Horton (lyrics), Little Jack, and Powell Teddy. Dick plays Hammond organ.

Ridin' Neath the Arizona Moon (Ace Pancoast)

Rosalinda (Decca 1947) written by Red Benson, Jack Maguire, & Marie Hartmann.

Rose Of The Alamo (National) written by G. Lomas, S. Murray, & J. Murray. Recorded with the Santa Fe Rangers.

Roses Have Thorns (So They Tell Me) (Decca 1947) written by Lafe Harkness & Joe Grieshop.

San Antonio Serenade (National 1944) written by Marjorie Harper-LeBlon.

Seven Years With The Wrong Woman - written by Bob Miller. Performed by Dick Thomas and Esmereldy and the Frank Novac Orchestra.

Sioux City Sue - Dick recorded another version of Sioux in 1968 (Arzee). Rusty Keefer's daughters are featured as back-up singers.

Sleepy Old Town (Decca 1949) written by Arrett Rusty Keefer & Elmer Newman.

Stolen Waltz - written by Don Larkin. George Barnes (guitar) and Dick Thomas (Hammond organ).

Swiss Lullaby - lyrics by Vaughn Horton and music by Harry Kogen.

Tennessee Local (Decca 1949) written by Steve Nelson, Jimmy Dupree, & Ed G. Nelson. Dick recorded the song in Cincinnati with Zeke Turner on guitar and Jerry Byrd on steel guitar.

They'll Never Take Texas Out of Me (National) written by Kahn Keene.

Tiny Baby Shoes written by Don Larkin.

Two Car Garage (Decca 1947 & Arzee 1968) written by Lyle L. Moraine.

Wonder - written by Hersh & White. Vocals by Dick Thomas and The Townsmen with orchestra accompaniment..

Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon - written by Rex Griffin.

You Better Stop Tellin' Lies About Me (Decca 1949) written by Vaughn Horton.

Seven Years With The Wrong Woman written by Bob Miller. Performed by Dick Thomas and Esmereldy and the Frank Novac Orchestra.

Red River Dave McEnery - Dick & Esmereldy are featured on Red River Dave's Lp. (Sutton Records). Tracks include: Coming Round the Mountain, Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie, Home on the Range, The Convict & the Rose, Red River Valley, Old Chisholm Trail, Cowboy Jack, Twenty One Years, Billy Boy (Esmereldy solo), and Clementine.

Slipping Around written by Floyd Tillman (1949)

(Watt Watkins)

The gods were angry with me for loving you

The gods were angry with me because they knew

I stood at heaven's portal and that was too high

For any mortal, such as I

So they took down the sun, the skies were gray

Then the howling winds took you away

And there was nothing I could do because I knew

The gods were angry with me for loving you

Once upon a time when our love was new

And I was happy with the love that I had found

Then the gods of the sun and the moon and the stars

Looked down and saw me there with you

And they sent my dreamworld crashing to the ground

The gods were angry with me for loving you

The gods were angry with me because they knew

I stood at heaven's portal and that was too high

For any mortal, such as I

And so they took down the sun, the skies were gray

And then the howling winds took you away

And there was nothing I could do because I knew

The gods were angry with me for loving you

And so they took down the sun, the skies were gray

And then the howling winds took you away

And there was nothing I could do for I could see

It was because the gods were angry with me

MY LITTLE RED WAGON
Written by Rex Griffin

Won't you ride in my little red wagon
I'd love to pull you down the street
I'll bet all the kids will be jealous
When they see my playmate so sweet

Hold tight till we come to the hilltop
Then we'll coast down the hill, you and me
Won't you ride in my little red wagon
For you are my sweetheart to be

(Repeat)