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" (1951) and "Hot Rod Lincoln" (1960). He died of a heart attack in 1978, at the age of 63.
Git Along Little Pony
(Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited))
Saga of Death Valley
(Band Member)
Trailing Double Trouble
(Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders)
Swing the Western Way
(Johnny)
Pony Post
(Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders)
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
(Singing Cowhand)
Little Joe, the Wrangler
(Musician)
The Old Chisholm Trail
(Member Jimmy Wakely Trio)
Song of the Wasteland
(Shorty - Saddle Pals member)
Arizona Trail
(Red, Red River Valley Boy)
Cheyenne Roundup
(Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio))
Cowboy Commandos
(Deputy Slim)
Frontier Law
(Jack)
Robin Hood of the Range
(Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio)
Marshal of Gunsmoke
(Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys)
Heart of the Rio Grande
(Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio)
Stick to Your Guns
(Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar))
Twilight on the Trail
(Second Guitar Cowhand)
Deep in the Heart of Texas
(Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio)
The Lone Star Trail
(Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio)
Raiders of San Joaquin
(Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio)
Duel in the Sun
(Party Guest (uncredited))
Kansas City Kitty
(Chaps Wiliker)