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