Johnny Bond

Known For: Acting
Born: June 1, 1915
Place of Birth: Enville, Oklahoma, USA
Died: June 12, 1978

Johnny Bond

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…

Filmography

Swing the Western Way

1947 · Johnny

Song of the Wasteland

1947 · Shorty - Saddle Pals member

Duel in the Sun

1946 · Party Guest (uncredited)

Git Along Little Pony

Git Along Little Pony

1944 · Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited)

Kansas City Kitty

1944 · Chaps Wiliker

Marshal of Gunsmoke

1944 · Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys

Arizona Trail

1943 · Red, Red River Valley Boy

The Lone Star Trail

1943 · Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio

Robin Hood of the Range

1943 · Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio

Cowboy Commandos

1943 · Deputy Slim

Frontier Law

1943 · Jack

Raiders of San Joaquin

1943 · Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio

Cheyenne Roundup

1943 · Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)

The Old Chisholm Trail

1942 · Member Jimmy Wakely Trio

Little Joe, the Wrangler

1942 · Musician

Deep in the Heart of Texas

1942 · Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio

Heart of the Rio Grande

1942 · Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio

Twilight on the Trail

1941 · Second Guitar Cowhand

Stick to Your Guns

1941 · Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar)

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

1941 · Singing Cowhand

Pony Post

1940 · Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders

Trailing Double Trouble

1940 · Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders

Saga of Death Valley

1939 · Band Member

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