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

Duel in the Sun

Stick to Your Guns

Twilight on the Trail

Pony Post

Saga of Death Valley

Robin Hood of the Range

Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Little Joe, the Wrangler

All Movies (23)

• Swing the Western Way1947 · as Johnny
• Song of the Wasteland1947 · as Shorty - Saddle Pals member
• Duel in the Sun1946 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Git Along Little Pony1944 · as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio (uncredited)
• Kansas City Kitty1944 · as Chaps Wiliker
• Marshal of Gunsmoke1944 · as Guirar Player, Red River Valley Boys
• Arizona Trail1943 · as Red, Red River Valley Boy
• The Lone Star Trail1943 · as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
• Robin Hood of the Range1943 · as Johnny, Jimmy Wakely Trio
• Cowboy Commandos1943 · as Deputy Slim
• Frontier Law1943 · as Jack
• Raiders of San Joaquin1943 · as Johnny - Member, Jimmy Wakely Trio
• Cheyenne Roundup1943 · as Concertina Player (as Jimmy Wakely Trio)
• The Old Chisholm Trail1942 · as Member Jimmy Wakely Trio
• Little Joe, the Wrangler1942 · as Musician
• Deep in the Heart of Texas1942 · as Accordion Player, - Jimmy Wakely Trio
• Heart of the Rio Grande1942 · as Concertina Player - Jimmy Wakely Trio
• Twilight on the Trail1941 · as Second Guitar Cowhand
• Stick to Your Guns1941 · as Singing Cowboy Skinny (2d guitar)
• Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie1941 · as Singing Cowhand
• Pony Post1940 · as Guitar Player, Jimmy Wakely's Rough Riders
• Trailing Double Trouble1940 · as Guitar Player - Jimmy Wakely and His Rough Riders
• Saga of Death Valley1939 · as Band Member