Johnny Bond

Biography

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.

Known For

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio

Cheyenne Roundup

Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Singing Cowhand

Stick to Your Guns

Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar)

The Lone Star Trail

Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio

Swing the Western Way

Johnny

Song of the Wasteland

Shorty - Saddle Pals member

Filmography

• Movies
• TV Shows