Johnny Bond
Born: 1915-06-01 in Enville, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 1978-06-12
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1947
- Swing the Western Way as Johnny
- Song of the Wasteland as Shorty - Saddle Pals member
1946
- Duel in the Sun as Party Guest (uncredited)
1944
- Marshal of Gunsmoke as Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys
- Kansas City Kitty as Chaps Wiliker
- Git Along Little Pony as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited)
1943
- Cheyenne Roundup as Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)
- The Lone Star Trail as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- Robin Hood of the Range as Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- Cowboy Commandos as Deputy Slim
- Arizona Trail as Red, Red River Valley Boy
- Raiders of San Joaquin as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
- Frontier Law as Jack
1942
- Heart of the Rio Grande as Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio
- The Old Chisholm Trail as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio
- Deep in the Heart of Texas as Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio
- Little Joe, the Wrangler as Musician
1941
- Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie as Singing Cowhand
- Twilight on the Trail as Second Guitar Cowhand
- Stick to Your Guns as Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar)
1940
- Trailing Double Trouble as Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
- Pony Post as Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders
1939
- Saga of Death Valley as Band Member