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.
Known For
Credits
- 1947 · Swing the Western Way as Johnny
- 1947 · Song of the Wasteland as Shorty - Saddle Pals member
- 1946 · Duel in the Sun as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1944 · Git Along Little Pony as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited)
- 1944 · Kansas City Kitty as Chaps Wiliker
- 1944 · Marshal of Gunsmoke as Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys
- 1943 · Arizona Trail as Red, Red River Valley Boy
- 1943 · The Lone Star Trail as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943 · Robin Hood of the Range as Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943 · Cowboy Commandos as Deputy Slim
- 1943 · Frontier Law as Jack
- 1943 · Raiders of San Joaquin as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1943 · Cheyenne Roundup as Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)
- 1942 · The Old Chisholm Trail as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1942 · Little Joe, the Wrangler as Musician
- 1942 · Deep in the Heart of Texas as Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1942 · Heart of the Rio Grande as Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio
- 1941 · Twilight on the Trail as Second Guitar Cowhand
- 1941 · Stick to Your Guns as Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar)
- 1941 · Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Singing Cowhand
- 1940 · Pony Post as Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders
- 1940 · Trailing Double Trouble as Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
- 1939 · Saga of Death Valley as Band Member