American bluegrass and country music singer, guitarist and bassist, born April 20, 1922 in River, Kentucky and died January 17, 2003 in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Hylo Brown acquired his nickname from Smokey Ward at WPFB in Middletown because of his wide vocal range, which he demonstrated by singing “The Prisoner’s Song” in two separate octaves. He was born in Johnson County, Kentucky, and came north to Springfield when his father got a job in a factory there. Hylo got a job working in Bradley Kincaid’s band at WWSO, a station Kincaid owned in Springfield. Apparently both deejay Tommy Sutton and Bradley Kincaid liked a song that Hylo had written, and as a result Hylo got a contract with Capitol Records. At his first session in 1954, he recorded “Lost To a Stranger,” a moderate hit and Hylo’s signature song. He joined the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling and later became a featured singer in the Flatt and Scruggs show, which eventually led to his own show for Martha White Mills with his band, the Timberliners. In addition to Capitol, he also recorded for Starday, Rural Rhythm, Jessup, Atteiram, Vetco, Newland, Rome, and K-Ark before retiring in 1980.
2006
Rural Rhythm Classics
CD, Comp
2003
Starday Records
CD, Comp
1997
Rural Rhythm Records
CD, Comp
1995
1977
King's International Records
7"
1977
1973
Jessup Records, Inc.
LP, Album
1973
1972
Jessup Records, Inc.
7"
1972
London Records, London Records
LP, Comp, Promo
1971
Rome Records
7"
1969
Vetco Records
7", Single
1968
Rural Rhythm Records
LP, Album
1968
Rural Rhythm Records
LP
1968
K-Ark Records
7", Single
1968
King's Music City Records
7", Single
1968
K-Ark Records
7"
1968
K-Ark Records
7", Single
1968
1967
K-Ark Records
7", Single
1967
K-Ark Records
7", Single
1967
K-Ark Records
7"
1967
1967
1967
1965
1964
1963
Starday Records
LP, Album
1963
Starday Records
7", Single
1963
1963
1963
1962
Starday Records
LP, Album
1962
Starday Records
7", Single
1962
Starday Records
7", Single
1962
Starday Records
7", Single
1962
Starday Records
7", Single
1962
1960
1959
Capitol Records
LP, Comp, Promo, Smplr
1959
1959
1959
1959
1958
1957
1957
1956
Capitol Records
7", Single, Promo
1956
1956
1955
Capitol Records
7", Single, Promo
1955
Anthology Of Country Music
LP, Comp, Mono
Starday Records
7"
Starday Records
7", Single
Starday Records
7"
King's Music City Records
7"
King's Music City Records
7", Single
Starday Records
7", Single
King's Music City Records
7", Single
1981
Tall Grass Record Co.
7", Single
1981
Tall Grass Record Co.
7"
King's Music City Records
7"
2024
Waiting For Lester
CD
2019
Tenbrooks Records
7", EP, Mono
2019
2017
2011
Rural Rhythm Classics
CD, Comp
2007
Granite Productions Inc.
CDr
2006
Not On Label
CD, Album, RE
2004
Crossroads Records (9)
2xCD, Album
2003
Capitol Records
5xCD, Comp + DVD-V, Multichannel, NTSC
2003
Shibhalba, Shibhalba
CD, Album
2002
1993
1991
1988
Copper Creek Records
LP, Comp
1986
Omagatoki
LP, Comp
1986
1982
Webco Records
LP, Album
1982
Central Records (8)
LP, Album
1981
1980
Kiamichi
LP, Album
1980
1979
Programme Audio
LP, Album
1978
1978
1976
Grassound Records
LP, Album
1974
Revonah Records
LP, Album
1973
1972
Rome Records
7"
1972
1967
1964
York Records Inc.
7"
1964
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