Johnny Bond

Biography

Cyrus Whitfield Bond (June 1, 1915 – June 12, 1978), known professionally as Johnny Bond, was a popular American country music entertainer of the 1940s through the 1960s. Bond was born in Enville, Oklahoma. He got his first break working for Jimmy Wakely in the late 1930s and went on to join Gene Autry's Melody Ranch in 1940. He also acted on occasion in films including Wilson and Duel in the Sun; and was later a regular on the 1950s Los Angeles country music television series Town Hall Party. He is best known for his 1947 hit "Divorce Me C.O.D.", one of his seven top ten hits on the Billboard country charts. In 1965 at age 50 he scored the biggest hit of his career with the comic "Ten Little Bottles", which spent four weeks at number two. Bond's other hits include "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" (1947), "Oklahoma Waltz" (1948), "Love Song in 32 Bars" (1950), "Sick Sober and Sorry" (1951) and "Hot Rod Lincoln" (1960). He died of a heart attack in 1978, at the age of 63.

Filmografi

Duel in the Sun1946 · Party Guest (uncredited)Saga of Death Valley1939 · Band MemberSwing the Western Way1947 · JohnnyLittle Joe, the Wrangler1942 · MusicianTwilight on the Trail1941 · Second Guitar CowhandThe Old Chisholm Trail1942 · Member Jimmy Wakely TrioThe Lone Star Trail1943 · Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely TrioSong of the Wasteland1947 · Shorty - Saddle Pals memberHeart of the Rio Grande1942 · Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely TrioStick to Your Guns1941 · Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar)Deep in the Heart of Texas1942 · Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely TrioKansas City Kitty1944 · Chaps WilikerBury Me Not on the Lone Prairie1941 · Singing CowhandRobin Hood of the Range1943 · Johnny, Jimmy Wakely TrioRaiders of San Joaquin1943 · Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely TrioGit Along Little Pony1944 · Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited)Trailing Double Trouble1940 · Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough RidersCowboy Commandos1943 · Deputy SlimCheyenne Roundup1943 · Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)Arizona Trail1943 · Red, Red River Valley BoyFrontier Law1943 · JackMarshal of Gunsmoke1944 · Guirar Player, Red River Valley BoysPony Post1940 · Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders