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The Light Crust Doughboys
Band, *1931 US
Country and World
A.k.a. Mel Cox And His Flying X Ranch Boys
The Light Crust Doughboys, founded in 1931, have had the greatest and longest success of all the western swing bands in the Fort Worth-Dallas area. They have won numersous awards including; Texas Cowboy Hall Of Fame Texas Radion Hall Of Fame Texas Western Swing Hall Of Fame Rockabilly Hall Of Fame International Country Gospel Hall Of Fame Cowtown Society Of Wester Music-Western Swing Hero-Award Texas Internation Music Assoication Hall Of Fame 8 Time Grammy Award Nominee
Members
 | Johnny Dollar voc, g 1922-1986 US |
 | Bob Wills voc, vn 1905-1975 US |
 | Ted Daffan voc 1912-1996 US |
 | Jamie Shipman voc |
 | Cecil Brower vn 1914-1965 US |
 | Tommy Duncan voc 1911-1967 US |
| Joe Ferguson b, voc, bvoc US |
 | Bert Dodson b |
 | Leon McAuliffe stg, bvoc, voc 1917-1988 US |
 | Marvin Montgomery bj *1919 |
 | W. Lee O'Daniel *1890 US |
| J.B. Brinkley voc US |
| Ramon DeArman voc |
 | Dick Reinhart voc, bvoc, b 1907-1948 US |
| Buck Buchanan |
 | John Parker p |
 | Clifford Gross vn |
 | Jim Boyd voc, b 1914-1993 US |
| Kenneth Pitts acc, vn |
 | Muryel Campbell g |
| Doc Eastwood |
 | Sleepy Johnson vn, g |
 | Carroll Hubbard vn 1919-2001 US |
 | Wilson Perkins |
| William Perrin voc, g |
 | Milton Brown 1903-1936 US |
| Herman Arnspiger |
| Jerry Elliott eg, voc, g |
 | Maurice Anderson stg 1934-2013 US |
 | Randy Wills key, p |
 | Jim Baker vn, stg |
 | Bill Simmons p, key |
 | Parker Wilson voc |
| John Walden vn, voc |
| Mel Cox |
 | Dale Cook dr |
| Eldon Graham b |
| Johnny Strawn vn, man |
| Bernie Arnett ep, p, key |
 | Art Greenhaw b |
| Red Kidwell voc |
 | Jack Perry voc |
 | Paul Blount |
| Joe Frank Ferguson b, voc US |
Band Membership
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| God's Silver Soldiers | Art Greenhaw & The Light Crust Doughboys | 2016 | Album |
| On Stage In Deep Ellum | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2014 | Album |
| Roots Gospel 'Round The USA: From Texas To New York | The Light Crust Doughboys & Grant Maloy Smith | 2014 | Album |
| Swingin' The Capital | Bob Deuell & The Light Crust Doughboys | 2014 | Album |
| Spiritual Cowboys | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2012 | Album |
| Roll Up The Carpet Vol. 2: 1933-1940 | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2011 | Compil. |
| Favorite Piano And Guitar Classics, Vol. 1. | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2011 | Album |
| 80th Anniversary, Together Again | Randy Wills And The Light Crust Doughboys | 2010 | Album |
| Best Of Western Swing | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2009 | Album |
| Light Crust Doughboys 1936-1941 | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2007 | Compil. |
| Guitar Jump: 1947-1948 | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2005 | Compil. |
| Guitars Over Texas | Nokie Edwards, The Light Crust Doughboys | 2003 | Album |
| Always Hear The Harmony: The Gospel Sessions | Engelbert Humperdinck, The Jordanaires, The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, The Light Crust Doughboys | 2003 | Album |
| We Called Him Mr. Gospel Music : The James Blackwood Tribute Album | The Blackwood Brothers Quartet, The Jordanaires, Larry Ford And The Light Crust Doughboys | 2003 | Compil. |
| God Is Love: The Gospel Sessions | Ann Margret And The Jordanaires, The Light Crust Doughboys With James Blackwood | 2002 | Album |
| Lone Star State Swing | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2002 | Compil. |
| A Surf 'N' Swing, Fret 'N' String Christmas | Nokie Edwards, The Light Crust Doughboys | 2000 | Album |
| Doughboy Rock | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2000 | Album |
| The Great Gospel Hit Parade: From Memphis To Nashville To Texas | The Light Crust Doughboys | 2000 | Album |
| Steel Away | The Light Crust Doughboys With James Blackwood And Tom Brumley | 2000 | Album |
| Adventure In Country Swing | Nokie Edwards And The Light Crust Doughboys | 2000 | Album |
| Folk & Blues Of The American Southwest | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1998 | Album |
| They Gave The World A Smile: The Stamps Quartet Tribute Album | The Light Crust Doughboys And The Blackwood Brothers Quartet | 1998 | Album |
| God Bless Amarillo (And All The Cowboys, Too) | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1998 | Album |
| The High Road On The Hilltop | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1997 | Album |
| Keep Lookin' Up: The Texas Swing Sessions | James Blackwood & The Light Crust Doughboys | 1997 | Album |
| Around The World - Tunes We Played In Europe | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1996 | Album |
| Remember Me | Marvin Montgomery And The Light Crust Doughboys | 1995 | Compil. |
| Texas Swing - The Light Crust Doughboy Way | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1993 | Album |
| 1936 Western Swing Live | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1990 | Album |
| 150 Years Of Texas Country Music | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1986 | Album |
| 1936-39 | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1982 | Compil. |
| String Band Swing Volume 2 | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1981 | Compil. |
| Golden Anniversary Album | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1981 | Album |
| String Band Swing | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1981 | Compil. |
| Religious Memories | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1979 | Album |
| We're The Light Crust Doughboys From Burrus Mills | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1969 | Album |
| The Light Crust Doughboys | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1959 | Album |
| The New Sow Song / Fisherman's Polka | Jack Perry And The Light Crust Doughboys | 1948 | Album |
| Nobody's Darling But Mine / The Waltz You Saved For Me | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1947 | Album |
| Pappy's Banjo Boogie / It's A Dirty Shame | Jack Perry, The Light Crust Doughboys | 1947 | Album |
| Oklahoma Waltz / Oh My Aching Back | Jack Perry And The Light Crust Doughboys | 1947 | Single |
| Playhouse No. 2 Stomp / Sweet, Sally / Zip, Zip, Zipper | Count Basie Orchestra / The Light Crust Doughboys | 1945 | Album |
| Bartender's Daughter / Goofy Gob | The Light Crust Doughboys, Bill Gale | 1944 | Album |
| Have I Lost Your Love Forever (Little Darling) / Why Did You Lie To Me | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1942 | Album |
| Bear Creek Hop / I Want A Waitress | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1941 | Album |
| My Gal's With My Pal Tonight / I Had Someone Else Before I Had You | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1941 | Album |
| It's Your Worry Now / After You Said You Were Leaving | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1941 | Album |
| Five Long Years / Won't You Wait Another Year | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1941 | Album |
| Slufoot On The Levee / Can't Ease My Evil Mind | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1941 | Album |
| Little Rock Get-A-Way / Tea For Two | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1941 | Album |
| Good Gracious Gracie! / She's Too Young (To Play With The Boys) | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| Clarinet Marmalade / Tom Cat Rag | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| Mean Mean Mama / Little Honky Tonk Headache | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye / Alice Blue Gown | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| Rainbow / South | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| Jazzbo Joe / Green Valley Trot | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| I Want A Feller / Cripple Creek | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| Three Naughty Kittens / Let's Make Believe We're Sweethearts | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| If You'll Come Back / Snow Deer | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1940 | Album |
| Oh Baby Blues / Beer Drinkin' Mama | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| Truck Driver's Blues / Horsie Keep Your Tail Up! (Keep The Sun Out Of My Eyes) | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| (New) Jeep's Blues / Dirty Dish Rag Blues | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| Thinking Of You / Two More Years (And I'll Be Free) | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| Mama Gets What She Wants / She Gave Me The Bird | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| Mary Lou / If I Didn't Care | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| We Found Her Little Pussy Cat / You Got What I Want | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| We Must Have Beer / Mama Won't Let Me | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1939 | Album |
| Stumbling / Blue Hours | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1938 | Album |
| Gin Mill Blues / Pussy, Pussy, Pussy | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1938 | Album |
| It Makes No Difference Now / Troubles | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1938 | Album |
| Weary Blues / Gulf Coast Blues | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1938 | Album |
| Baby, Give Me Some Of That / The Farmer's Not In The Dell | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1938 | Album |
| Three Shifless Skonks / Sitting On Top Of The World | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1938 | Album |
| Little Hill-Billy Heart Throb / When The Moon Shines On The Mississippi Valley | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1937 | Album |
| Blue Guitars / Avalon | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1937 | Album |
| Dusky Stevedore / Roll Along, Jordan | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1937 | Album |
| Uncle Zeke / Cross-Eyed Cowboy From Abilene | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1936 | Album |
| Happy Cowboy / Oh Susanna | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1936 | Album |
| Prarie Lullaby / El Rancho Grande | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1936 | Album |
| I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas) / Did You Ever Hear A String Band Swing | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1936 | Album |
| The Wheel Of The Wagon Is Broken / Lost | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1936 | Album |
| My Blue Heaven / My Melancholy Baby | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1935 | Album |
| My Pretty Quadroon / There's An Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1935 | Album |
| El Rancho Grande / Prairie Lullaby | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1935 | Album |
| The Cowboy's Dream / Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1935 | Album |
| My Million Dollar Smile / Old Joe Clark | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1935 | Album |
| When We Reach Our Happy Home / When It's Roundup Time In Heaven | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| Alamo Waltz / Heel And Toe | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| Blue Bonnet Waltz / Moon Winks - Three Step | W. Lee O'Daniel & His The Light Crust Doughboys / Carter's Orchestra | 1934 | Album |
| Your Own Sweet Darling Wife / Please Come Back To Me | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| Rochester Schottische / Kelly Waltz | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| Memories Of Jimmy Rodgers / I Want Somebody To Cry Over Me | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| When They Baptised Sister Lucy / Thirty First Street Blues | The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| Beautiful Texas / Blue Bonnet Waltz | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| Texas Breakdown / Doughboy Rag | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1934 | Album |
| On To Victory Mr. Roosevelt / In The Fall Of '29 | W. Lee O'Daniel And His The Light Crust Doughboys | 1933 | Album |
| The Hills Of Old Wyomin’ / Beautiful Ohio | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| The Cattle Call / Pretty Little Dear | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| Little Rubber Dolly / It Make A Lot Of Difference Now | The Light Crust Doughboys, Shelly Lee Alley & His Alley Cats | Album | |
| In A Little Red Barn (On A Farm Down In Indiana) / Beaumont Rag | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| South / Rainbow | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| The Eyes Of Texas / Washington And Lee Swing | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| Light Crust Doughboys Vol. 1 | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| 80th Anniversary Commemorative Album | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| Western Swing Memories (1936-1941) | The Light Crust Doughboys | Compil. | |
| I'll Keep On Loving You / Little Rubber Dolly | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album | |
| Milenberg Joys / Ragtime Annie | The Light Crust Doughboys | Album |
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