Carson Robison

Carson Jay Robison was born in Oswego, Kansas, United States. His father was a champion fiddler; his mother played the piano and sang. Robison became a professional musician in the American Midwest at the age of 14, most notably as a backing musician for Victor Records's Wendell Hall on the early 1920s music hall circuit. He worked as a singer and whistler at radio station WDAF (Kansas City, Missouri). ==Recording career==

In 1924, he moved to New York City and was signed to his first recording contract with the Victor Talking Machine Company. Also that year, Robison started a professional collaboration with Vernon Dalhart, one of the era's most notable singers. In 1928, after Dalhart made a personnel change without consulting Robison, their relationship ended. Although the break up did not prove lucrative for either artist, Robison continued to record for decades to come. From 1928 to 1931 he teamed with Frank Luther, ==Personal life ==

Robison was married twice. His first wife was Rebecca. They had a son, Carson Donald Robison. Donald was raised by his grandmother after the untimely death of Rebecca from tuberculosis in her early 20s. Eventually, both father and son settled in Pleasant Valley, New York. Donald had followed his father to this area to be close to New York City for his own career. During this time, Robison caught the eye of a young secretary working at the record label he was under contract to, Catherine "Catty". Carson and Catty were married and had three children, Patricia, Robert, and Kenneth. ==Death and legacy ==

Robison died in 1957 in Poughkeepsie, New York. ==Publications ==

• ''Carson J. Robison's World's Greatest Collection Of Mountain Ballads And Old Time Songs'', 64 pages, 50 songs, with copyright 1930 was published by M.M. Cole Publishing House of Chicago. • The Newest Carson Robison Book of 25 Songs "and just a poem or two". Copyright 1936 by Carson J Robison. 56 pages. ==Albums==

• 1955 – Square Dances • 1958 – ''Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don't It'' • 1978 – Immortal Carson Robison • 1981 – Just a Melody • 1987 – The Kansas Jayhawk • 1988 – A Hillbilly Mixture • 1996 – Home, Sweet Home on the Prairie: 25 Cowboy Classics • 1996 – Home, Sweet Home on the Prairie • 2002 – A Real Hillbilly Legend • 2005 – Going Back to Texas ==Songs==

• "Turkey in the Straw" (1942) • "Texas Dan" • "The Little Green Valley" • "Left My Gal in the Mountains" • "Sleepy Rio Grande" • "Goin' Back to Texas" • "Utah Trail" • "Red River Valley" • "Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie" • "Remember Pearl Harbor" (1941) • "We're Gonna Have To Slap the Dirty Little Jap (and Uncle Sam's The Guy Who Can Do It)" • "The Runaway Train" • "The Denver Dragon" • "Sittin' By the Fire" • "Life Gets Tee-Jus Don't It" • "The Wreck of the Number Nine" • "The Wreck of the Shenandoah" • "I'm No Communist" • "I'm goin' back to whur I come from" • "Will Someone Please Tell Me Who to Vote For" • "Lonely Hobo" ==See also==