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Fenton Jones

Square Dance Caller

ID: 478

Fenton "Jonesy" Jones started his calling in Southern California in the early 1940s. He had the stereotypical look and sound of a square dance caller and this gained him notoriety on several films made by Fox, Columbia and Monogram, and in television shows by General Electric's Halls of Ivy, Bonanza, Warner Brothers, and MGM. Among the first to make square dance recordings, Jonesy initially appeared on the Black and White label in 1946, and since called for Imperial, Capital, MGM and Mastertone records, as well as many years on the C.P. MacGregor label. A member of the Square Dance Hall of Fame, Jonesy was honored with Callerlab's most prestigious Milestone award in 1975.

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Recordings by Fenton Jones:: 12th Street Rag (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 950; After They've Seen Paree (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 762; After They've Seen Paree / Whattayaknow (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two instrumentals), MacGregor 7615; Anytime (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 1011; Avalon (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 910; Back To The Old Smokie Mountains (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 1068; Blue Ridge Mountain Blues (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 8955; Blue Skies Square (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 8795; Boomerang / Truck Stop Grill Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 7385; Bully Of The Town / Powder Your Face With Sunshine (comments) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 742; Carolina (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 921; Casey Jones / Sweetest Gal In Town (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two instrumentals), MacGregor 8215; Casey Jones / Sweetest Gal In Town (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 8225; Chili Pep (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 8895; Cuddle Up A Little Closer (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 900; Don't Leave Me Darling (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 1081; Double Eagle Rag (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 8775; Dream Train (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 8875; Give My Regards To Broadway (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 1057; Happy Days Are Here Again (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 937; Hawaiian Style (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 941; Hello My Baby (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 1008; Home Sweet Home Square (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 8915; Lamp Lighting Time (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 990; Loose Talk / Yellow Rose Of Texas (lyrics) Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 7465; Love Letters (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 955; Monkey Business (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 1097; Music, Music, Music / Rolling Along (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two instrumentals), MacGregor 8515; Music, Music, Music / Rolling Along Patter (two vocals), MacGregor 8525; My Baby (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 965; My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 8975; My Gal (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 973; Oh Johnny (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 2042; Old Grey Bonnet (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 998; Pretty Baby (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 977; Rockin' an Rollin' #9 (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 1043; Shanty Town (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 8825; She's Teasin' (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 949; Smokey Square (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 995; Solomon Levi (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 2003; Somebody Loves You (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 984; Square Dancing Blues / Oklahoma Hills Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 8645; Sweet Sue (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 906; Sweet Susan Square / Way Out There Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 8605; Swing Your Blues Away (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 987; Swing Your Honey (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 960; Swinging Kiss / Mama Look (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (vocal) + Patter, MacGregor 8125; Texas Plains (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 8735; Texas Star (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 7355; There's A Rainbow Round Your Shoulder (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 1024; Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home / Highways Are Happy Ways (comments) (cue sheet) Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 8185; Tweedle Dee / Twelfth Street Rag (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two instrumentals) -- with co-artist Red Warrick, MacGregor 7495; Virginia Reel (Haste To The Wedding) (sample clip) (cue sheet) Patter, MacGregor 7345; Watermelon Time / Darktown Strutters Ball (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 8465; When My Baby Smiles At Me / Teasin' Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 7505; When You And I Were Young, Maggie (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 914; When You Wore A Tulip (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 928; Where The River Shannon Flows (comments) (sample clip) (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call, MacGregor 1018; Who (sample clip) (cue sheet) Singing Call, MacGregor 904; You Are My Sunshine / Shoo-Fly (cue sheet) (lyrics) Singing Call (two vocals), MacGregor 8045