Kenneth C. Burns (March 10, 1920 – February 4, 1989) was an American countr… Read Full Bio ↴Kenneth C. Burns (March 10, 1920 – February 4, 1989) was an American country musician, comedian, and mandolin player. He was better known by his stage name Jethro from his years with Henry D. Haynes as part of the comedic musical duo Homer & Jethro beginning in 1936.
Burns was born in Conasauga, Tennessee on March 10, 1920. His family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee when he was three. In 1936, he auditioned for a talent contest at Knoxville radio station WNOX where he met Henry Haynes, also 16. The two formed a duo and WNOX program director Lowell Blanchard gave them the stage names Homer and Jethro after forgetting their names on the air.
Burns was drafted into the US Army and served in Europe during World War II and reunited with Haynes, who had served in the Pacific, in Knoxville in 1945. By 1947, the duo moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and were working at WLW on the station's Midwestern Hayride. They signed with King Records, where they worked as a house band and recorded singles on their own, and two years later signed with RCA Records. The pair were fired along with other stars by new management at WLW in 1948, and after a brief tour, they moved to Springfield, Missouri and performed on KWTO with Chet Atkins, the Carter Family and Slim Wilson.
In 1949, they moved to Chicago, Illinois and played at the Chicago Theatre. Between shows, they would go to WLS to appear live on National Barn Dance. While performing on WLS, Burns met and married his wife, Lois Johnson, who he called Gussie. Her twin sister Leona was married to Atkins.
In 1959, they won a Grammy for the best comedy performance in 1959 for "The Battle of Kookamonga", a parody of Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans".
Burns was a highly-influential mandolin stylist, preferring clean single-note jazzy melodies and sophisticated chords over the dominant bluegrass stylings of Bill Monroe, and since he performed mostly in a country music setting, introduced many country mandolinists to sophisticated jazz harmonies and improvisational techniques, as well as standards from the songbooks of Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt and Cole Porter.
By the 1970s, Burns' influence had spread to a younger generation of bluegrass and "new-acoustic" musicians, most notably New Grass Revival mandolinist Sam Bush. His participation in Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns, an independently released album produced by promoter Hank Deane, was reportedly at Bush's suggestion. During that same decade, Burns' acquaintance with erstwhile bluegrass mandolinist David Grisman led to Burns' writing a number of music/humor columns in the Grisman-published journal Mandolin World News. Grisman also produced a 1978 duet album on Kaleidoscope Records, Back to Back, featuring Burns and Western swing electric mandolinist Tiny Moore. Although Burns and Moore were approximately the same age and were among the few of their generation to make their reputations playing jazz and swing mandolin, the two had never met prior to the production of the album, its liner notes report.
After Haynes died in 1971, Burns's regular musical partner was guitarist Ken Eidson, with whom he co-authored an influential mandolin method tome (Mel Bay's Complete Jethro Burns Mandolin Book, still in print), and they continued to perform as Homer and Jethro. After the partnership ended, Burns continued to play, most notably with Chicago folk singer Steve Goodman. He appeared on several of Goodman's albums and also toured nationally with him. At times he appeared in the Million Dollar Band on TV's Hee Haw with Atkins and swing fiddler Johnny Gimble. He also became a master teacher of mandolin jazz. He died in 1989 from prostate cancer in Evanston, Illinois.
In 2001, Burns and Haynes were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Some of Burns' most influential recordings (in order of recording):
Bear Family BCD-15728AH Jazz From the Hills, Country All Stars (reissue of sessions from 1952–1955); with Jerry Byrd, Chet Atkins, Henry D. Haynes, Dale Potter
RCA Victor Playing It Straight (1962), Homer and Jethro; reissued on CD by RCA Japan
RCA Victor It Ain't Necessarily Square (1965?), Homer and Jethro; reissued on CD by RCA Japan
RCA Camden Down Yonder and Other Old-Time Favorites (1967) by Wade Ray and the Country Fiddlers.
FRC-653-CD "The Puritan Sessions" with swing fiddler Keith Coleman; cut originally for Puritan label in 1975, but not issued until 1998
Flying Fish Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns (1975)
Acoustic Disc ACD-60 Back to Back (originally 1979 on Kaleidescope), with Tiny Moore, Eldon Shamblin, Shelly Manne, Ray Browne
Acoustic Disc ACD-15 Swing Low Sweet Mandolin (1987); with Don Stiernberg
Acoustic Disc ACD-29 Bye Bye Blues (1987); with Don Stiernberg
The two RCA Victor albums showcased Homer and Jethro as jazz musicians rather than comedy kings. They didn't have wide commercial appeal, so the studio gave them a free hand to select material, arrange and improvise.
The RCA Camden LP was a budget release by a studio group with Wade Ray (overdubbed fiddles), Sonny Osborne (banjo) and Homer and Jethro. Burns played jazzy interpretations of old-time fiddle standards.
Back to Back paired Burns with Western swing giant Moore and an all-star jazz rhythm section with Ron Carter und Shelly Manne.
The two ACD were recorded by Burns after his cancer was advancing; he and Stiernberg worked in an intimate setting to put as many of Burns' musical ideas on high-quality recordings for future generations to enjoy and for aspiring swing mandolinists (and guitarists) to learn from.
Burns was born in Conasauga, Tennessee on March 10, 1920. His family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee when he was three. In 1936, he auditioned for a talent contest at Knoxville radio station WNOX where he met Henry Haynes, also 16. The two formed a duo and WNOX program director Lowell Blanchard gave them the stage names Homer and Jethro after forgetting their names on the air.
Burns was drafted into the US Army and served in Europe during World War II and reunited with Haynes, who had served in the Pacific, in Knoxville in 1945. By 1947, the duo moved to Cincinnati, Ohio and were working at WLW on the station's Midwestern Hayride. They signed with King Records, where they worked as a house band and recorded singles on their own, and two years later signed with RCA Records. The pair were fired along with other stars by new management at WLW in 1948, and after a brief tour, they moved to Springfield, Missouri and performed on KWTO with Chet Atkins, the Carter Family and Slim Wilson.
In 1949, they moved to Chicago, Illinois and played at the Chicago Theatre. Between shows, they would go to WLS to appear live on National Barn Dance. While performing on WLS, Burns met and married his wife, Lois Johnson, who he called Gussie. Her twin sister Leona was married to Atkins.
In 1959, they won a Grammy for the best comedy performance in 1959 for "The Battle of Kookamonga", a parody of Johnny Horton's "Battle of New Orleans".
Burns was a highly-influential mandolin stylist, preferring clean single-note jazzy melodies and sophisticated chords over the dominant bluegrass stylings of Bill Monroe, and since he performed mostly in a country music setting, introduced many country mandolinists to sophisticated jazz harmonies and improvisational techniques, as well as standards from the songbooks of Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt and Cole Porter.
By the 1970s, Burns' influence had spread to a younger generation of bluegrass and "new-acoustic" musicians, most notably New Grass Revival mandolinist Sam Bush. His participation in Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns, an independently released album produced by promoter Hank Deane, was reportedly at Bush's suggestion. During that same decade, Burns' acquaintance with erstwhile bluegrass mandolinist David Grisman led to Burns' writing a number of music/humor columns in the Grisman-published journal Mandolin World News. Grisman also produced a 1978 duet album on Kaleidoscope Records, Back to Back, featuring Burns and Western swing electric mandolinist Tiny Moore. Although Burns and Moore were approximately the same age and were among the few of their generation to make their reputations playing jazz and swing mandolin, the two had never met prior to the production of the album, its liner notes report.
After Haynes died in 1971, Burns's regular musical partner was guitarist Ken Eidson, with whom he co-authored an influential mandolin method tome (Mel Bay's Complete Jethro Burns Mandolin Book, still in print), and they continued to perform as Homer and Jethro. After the partnership ended, Burns continued to play, most notably with Chicago folk singer Steve Goodman. He appeared on several of Goodman's albums and also toured nationally with him. At times he appeared in the Million Dollar Band on TV's Hee Haw with Atkins and swing fiddler Johnny Gimble. He also became a master teacher of mandolin jazz. He died in 1989 from prostate cancer in Evanston, Illinois.
In 2001, Burns and Haynes were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Some of Burns' most influential recordings (in order of recording):
Bear Family BCD-15728AH Jazz From the Hills, Country All Stars (reissue of sessions from 1952–1955); with Jerry Byrd, Chet Atkins, Henry D. Haynes, Dale Potter
RCA Victor Playing It Straight (1962), Homer and Jethro; reissued on CD by RCA Japan
RCA Victor It Ain't Necessarily Square (1965?), Homer and Jethro; reissued on CD by RCA Japan
RCA Camden Down Yonder and Other Old-Time Favorites (1967) by Wade Ray and the Country Fiddlers.
FRC-653-CD "The Puritan Sessions" with swing fiddler Keith Coleman; cut originally for Puritan label in 1975, but not issued until 1998
Flying Fish Norman Blake/Tut Taylor/Sam Bush/Butch Robins/Vassar Clements/David Holland/Jethro Burns (1975)
Acoustic Disc ACD-60 Back to Back (originally 1979 on Kaleidescope), with Tiny Moore, Eldon Shamblin, Shelly Manne, Ray Browne
Acoustic Disc ACD-15 Swing Low Sweet Mandolin (1987); with Don Stiernberg
Acoustic Disc ACD-29 Bye Bye Blues (1987); with Don Stiernberg
The two RCA Victor albums showcased Homer and Jethro as jazz musicians rather than comedy kings. They didn't have wide commercial appeal, so the studio gave them a free hand to select material, arrange and improvise.
The RCA Camden LP was a budget release by a studio group with Wade Ray (overdubbed fiddles), Sonny Osborne (banjo) and Homer and Jethro. Burns played jazzy interpretations of old-time fiddle standards.
Back to Back paired Burns with Western swing giant Moore and an all-star jazz rhythm section with Ron Carter und Shelly Manne.
The two ACD were recorded by Burns after his cancer was advancing; he and Stiernberg worked in an intimate setting to put as many of Burns' musical ideas on high-quality recordings for future generations to enjoy and for aspiring swing mandolinists (and guitarists) to learn from.
You Made Me Love You
Jethro Burns Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'You Made Me Love You' by these artists:
Al Jolson You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Al Jolson & Bing Crosby You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Alan Jones Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
Anne Murray You made me love you. I didn't want to do it. I…
Aretha Franklin You made me love you I didn’t want to do it…
Armstrong/Venable You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Barry Manilow You made me love you I didn't wanna do it, I didn't…
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra & Peggy Lee You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Bing Crosby You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Bobby Darin You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Bunny Berigan & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Caitlin Nicol-Thomas When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Carole King Tonight, you're mine, completely You give your love so sweet…
Clarence When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Connie Francis You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Crystal Gayle Remember when you said how much you cared How you would…
Danny Aiello You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Dave Pell You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Dean Martin You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Della Reese You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Dollar Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh God will…
Doris Day You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Doris Day & Percy Faith and his Orchestra I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And…
Doris Day with Harry James And His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Dr. Nick Moore Last night I waited all night long But you never text…
Duke Ellington Yesterday you came my way And when you smiled at…
Earl Hines Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Eddie Fisher When I said I needed you You said you would always…
Eddie Heywood Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Eddie Howell & The Rock-A-Byes You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance, You didn't even…
Enoch Light & The Light Brigade I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
Erroll Garner Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Featuring Bing Crosby You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Four Freshmen and Five Trombones You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Francis Bay And His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Gene Krupa You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Gloria Estefan You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Hannah and Her Sisters I don't know why Don't know why that I torture myself Over…
Harry James You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James & Helen Forrest You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Harry James And Helen Forrest You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James And His Orch. You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Harry James and His Orchestra Vocals by Dick Haymes You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James and This orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James feat. Helen Forrest You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry James Orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Harry Nilsson You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Harry Salter and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Hatchett`s Swingtette feat. Stéphane Grappelli Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Helen Forrest and Harry James You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Helen O'connell Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Henry Jerome and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Hi-Los Our shadows pictured in the moonlight of the night Days when…
Hot Five You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Ina Ray Hutton and Her Orchestra Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
James Harry You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
James V. Monaco You made me love you I didn′t want to do it I…
Jimmy Durante You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Joe Loss & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Judy Garland Dear Mr. Gable, I am writing this to you and I hope…
Judy Garland & Harry Sosnik & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it,…
Judy Garland Harry Sosnik and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Julie London You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Keely Smith Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Kenny Baker You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Kenny Baker & His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Lee Williams & The Cymbals I used to believe We were burning on the edge of…
Les & Larry Elgart You don't love me You don't love me Concaved empathy But you…
Les and Larry Elgart I don't know why you love me Was it something I…
Les Brown Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Little Royal You broke my heart 'cause I couldn't dance, You didn't even…
Louis Armstrong You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong & The All Stars You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong feat. Kid Ory Johnny Dodds Lil Armstrong & Johnny St. Cyr You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Louis Armstrong/Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five/Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Luis Arcaraz and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Marty Robbins You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Matt Doyle You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Maurice Chevalier Sweet one, fairer than the flowers Never will I meet one…
Max Jaffa and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Miki Howard Oooh Oh yeah Oh baby baby yeah I've heard it said that …
Moss-Squire Celeste Orchestra You don't love me No you don't love me You don't love…
Mrs. Mills' あっちにも loveで こっちにも loveで 世界は眩しく美しい そんなこのほしで 映画のような恋をする 気づかぬう…
Nat King Cole You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
Olivia Newton-John You came when I was happy in your sunshine I grew…
Patsy Cline You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Paul Anka (Ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop-wa-wa) (Ooh-wop-wa, ooh-wop…
peggy lee & benny goodman & his orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
Perry Como You made me love you I didn't wanna to do it,…
Perry Como with Mitchell Ayres and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
R. Kelly The power of love The power of love Listen Said I Said I did…
Ray Charles I love how your eyes close whenever you kiss me And…
Ray Conniff and The Singers You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Renée Zellweger You made me love you I didn't want to do it,…
Roger Hodgson Alright, you make me love you, it's alright, you make…
Sandi Patty & Kathy Troccoli Your eyes look around the distant stars Taking in everythin…
Shirley Bassey I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
Starsound Orchestra Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
Taylor Walling You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Ted Lewis & His Band I lost at love before, Got mad and closed the door. But…
The Four Freshmen You made me love you I didn't wanna do it I didn't…
The Grahams Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
The Harry James Orchestra You made me love you I didn't wanna do it…
The Harry James Orchestra & Harry James and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
The Jones Girls You gonna make me love somebody else If you keep on…
The Lennon Sisters When I said I needed you You said you would always…
The Merry Macs You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
The Ramblers o.l.v. Theo Uden Masman Ahhh, I love it Ooww, this is especially for me Baby, oh…
The Starlite Orchestra Tonight you're mine, completely You give your soul so sweetl…
The Troys Chorus: If you don't want to love me, then i'll…
Una Mae Carlisle I've been worried all day long, Don't know if I'm right…
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various artist Well, why don't you love me like you used to…
Vera Lynn If the sun should tumble from the sky If the sea…
Vilma Santos You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
Wayne Newton You made me love you i didn't wanna do it I…
Wild Bill Davison Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
Willie Creager and His Orchestra You made me love you I didn't want to do it I…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jethro Burns:
After You've Gone Now won't you listen honey, while I say, How could…
Body and Soul My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Bye Bye Blues I got a big surprise when I saw you smile I…
Corrina Corrina Corrine Corrina, where you been so long? Corrine Corrina, wh…
Golden Earrings There's a story the gypsies know is true That when your…
I Can't Give You Anything But Love Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I Can't Sleep Gee, but it's tough to be broke, kid. It's not a…
I Never Knew I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for…
I'll Never Be the Same I'll never be the same Stars have lost their meaning for…
Jeanine I Dream of Lilac Time Jeannine, I dream of lilac time Your eyes, they beam in…
Just Friends Just friends, lovers no more Just friends, but not like befo…
Laura You know the feeling of something half remembered Of someth…
Love Me or Leave Me Love me or leave me and let me be lonely You…
Shadow of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Solitude In my solitude You haunt me With dreadful ease Of days gone …
The Shadow of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
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