Great Speckled Bird

~ Recording by Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Great Speckle Bird2:53Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansGreat Speckle Bird / My Mountain Home Sweet HomeRoy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansSingle
  • US1937-01-11
Melotone (1930s US label)7-01-59
1.10Great Speckled Bird2:51Roy AcuffThe Country Music Jamboree, Volume 1Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)CP32-5801
1.14Great Speckled Bird2:55Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansClassic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Volume IVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The Smithsonian Collection of RecordingsDMC4-0914, RD 042-1
1.2Great Speckled Bird2:52Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansColumbia Country Classics, Volume 1: The Golden AgeVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)468119 2
1.1Great Speckle Bird2:56Roy AcuffEssential Roy Acuff 1936-1949Roy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-13
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 48956
1.6Great Speckle Bird2:57Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansJubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Volume 3: Country GospelVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)R2 70290
1.1Great Speckled Bird2:53Roy AcuffThe Late, Great Roy AcuffRoy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
  • -1996-01-01
1.6Great Speckled Bird2:54Roy AcuffBluegrass Super HitsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1996-08-27
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)CK 67735
1.9Great Speckle Bird2:55Roy AcuffGreatest HitsRoy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-04-15
14.9The Great Speckled Bird2:52Roy AcuffGeschichte der Pop MusikVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 16300 ZZ
11.10The Great Speckle Bird2:53Roy Acuff & His Crazy TennesseansSony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a CenturyVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1999-10-12
CBS Records Masterworks, Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Columbia Jazz, Columbia Masterworks, Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Harmony Records (budget label owned by Columbia), OKeh, Perfect (1922-1938), Philadelphia International Records, Romeo (1920-1930s US 25¢ shellac label), Sony Classical, Sony Discos (an imprint owned by Sony Discos, Inc.)JXK 65750
1.10The Great Speckle Bird2:55Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansSony Soundtrack for a Century: Country: The American TraditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)J2K 65816
3.10Great Speckled Bird2:53Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansAmerican Roots: A History of American Folk MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Best Music International24857
1.3Great Speckled Bird2:54Roy AcuffThe Roots of Johnny CashVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-05-22
1.1Great Speckle Bird2:54Roy AcuffThe Crazy TennesseanRoy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
Catfish Records (UK; blues, jazz, country, bluegrass)KATCD200
1.10Great Speckle Bird2:55Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansCan’t You Hear Me Callin’: Bluegrass: 80 Years of American MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-09-28
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)C4K 90628
1.3Great Speckle Bird2:53Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansThe Best Of Can't You Hear Me Callin' - Bluegrass: 80 Years Of American MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)CK 92965
5.12Great Speckled Bird2:55Roy AcuffThe History of Country & Western MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-03-14
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)204852
3.8Great Speckled Bird2:53Roy AcuffCountry & WesternVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2005-07-18
Documents (German, Membran Entertainment Group)223001-321
2.12Great Speckle Bird2:54Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansCountry: Rawhide – Country GreatsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Weton-WesgramGREATS308A, GREATS308B, GREATS308C
1.3The Great Speckled Bird2:56Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansKing of the Hillbillies, Vol. 1Roy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
JSP RecordsJSP7799
3.15Great Speckle Bird2:52Roy AcuffVery Best of BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Not Now MusicNOT3CD050
1.3Great Speckled Bird2:54Roy AcuffAbsolutely BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Delta Leisure Group Plc60371
2.25Great Speckled Bird2:55Roy AcuffCountry & Western: A Ride Through HistoryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-04-02
Membran233320
2.19The Great Speckled Bird2:57Roy AcuffNext in Line: Influence, Volume 3Johnny CashAlbum + Compilation
Discograph6150222
1.3Great Speckled Bird2:52Roy AcuffBest of BluegrassVarious ArtistsAlbum
  • AU2017-02-24
FANFARE272
1.10Great Speckle Bird2:56Roy AcuffA Time to Remember: The Classic Years:1936Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
The CDCard Company
3.11Great Speckled Bird2:54Roy AcuffEasy CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicEASYCD203
1.2Great Speckle Bird2:57Roy AcuffThe King of Country Music (1936-1947)Roy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
1.2Great Speckled Bird2:56Roy AcuffThe Very Best of Roy Acuff: Wabash CannonballRoy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
2.7Great Speckled Bird2:54Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansThe Worlds Biggest Country ClassicsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Union Square MusicWBSTCD003
1.1Great Speckled Bird2:55Roy AcuffWabash CannonballRoy AcuffAlbum + Compilation
(unknown)
1.25Great Speckled Bird2:54Roy AcuffMusic Inspired By Oh! Brother, Where Art Thou?Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • -2007
Not Now MusicNOT2CD203
1.3Great Speckle Bird2:56Roy AcuffA Time to Remember: 1936 (track list scrambled)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
1.1Great Speckled Bird2:53Roy Acuff and His Crazy TennesseansThe King of Country MusicRoy AcuffAlbum

Relationships

recording of:The Great Speckled Bird (on 1936-10-20)

Related works

The Great Speckled Bird

lyricist:Guy Smith (Reverend)
composer:Roy Carter (country songwriter)
inspired the name of:Great Speckled Bird
later versions:Great Speckled Bird (Jerry Lee Lewis version)
is the basis for:Great Speckled Bird No. 2