Roy Scott and The Country Harmony Boys Born:  April 11, 1926 Died:  November 3, 2010 WWVA Original Jamboree WMMN Fairmont, WV WPIT Pittsburgh, PA

About The Artist Ramblin' Roy Scott was an off-and-on WWVA Jamboree mainstay for a half century. A native of Washington, Pennsylvania who was born Earl J. Langford. He became a musician at the age of fourteen and eventually gained proficiency on lead and rhythm guitar, as well as being a competent fiddler. After high school he served as a seaman in the U. S. Navy during the last year of World War II. His first real musical job came with Finley "Red" Belcher, with whom he cut two numbers for Cozy Records. By the end of the decade he had joined the Jamboree cast and in addition to being a featured vocalist also led the staff band, known as the Country Harmony Boys, which at various times included Monte Blake, James Carson, Gene Jenkins, and Will Carver. In 1954, he signed with MGM Records and cut a single, "Lucky in Kentucky" b/w "I'll Never Lose this Feeling," as MGM seemed only in promoting Hank Williams. Roy later said his records were not released, they escaped. He later recorded for such smaller labels such as Pennant, Essgee, and Jeree. During the 1960s, he worked the Jamboree on Saturday nights and did deejay work at WPIT Pittsburgh on weekdays. In later years, Roy worked the Jamboree off-and-on as a single, played clubs, sometimes toured with Doc Williams and the Border Riders, and also worked with his three daughters, Lois, Janice, and Lori. Lois became a regular at WWVA as well. These groups were known as Harmony Scott and Lois Scott & Back Up and Push. He also owned a business called the Hearth Shop at Mt. Pleasant, Pennsylvania for some two decades and played at numerous reunion shows. He died unexpectedly in 2010 at age 84. Credits & Sources Hillbilly-Music.com would like to express its thanks to Ivan M. Tribe, author of Mountaineer Jamboree — Country Music in West Virginia and other books that can be found on Amazon.com and numerous articles in other publications for providing us with information about this artist.

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Recordings (78rpm/45rpm)   Cozy Rec. No. Side Song Title   258 A I Ain't Gonna Let Old Satan Turn Me Around (w/Red Belcher)   259 B I'm Moving On (w/Red Belcher)   Emperor Rec. No. Side Song Title   267 A Crazy, Crazy Arms   267 B Toray, Toray, Todray   Essgee Rec. No. Side Song Title   EP 663 A Rattlesnake Daddy   EP 663 B Foggy Riger   EP 663 C You Only Want Me When You're Lonely   EP 663 D I Couldn't Believe It Was True   EP 663 E Yesterday's Roses   EP 663 F Chained To A Memory   Jeree Rec. No. Side Song Title   32282 A Lonely Together (w/Linda Lee)   32282 B Honest To God Cowboy   MGM Rec. No. Side Song Title   11733 A Lucky In Kentucky   11733 B I'll Never Lose This Feeling   Pennant Rec. No. Side Song Title   1153 A Have A Little Talk With God   1153 B A Man And His Song   1154 A Wilted Roses   1154 B The Rest Of My Life