Grateful Dead Family Discography: Stay A Little Longer

Stay A Little Longer

Composer: Bob Wills / Tommy Duncan

Stay A Little Longer was performed by Bob Weir with Billy Strings and Margo Price at a Willie Nelson 90th Birthday celebration in April 1923.

The song was first released on a single Bob Wills single in 1946 which reached #3 in the country charts. Later versions by Willie Nelson and Mel Tillis were also chart hits. The song, with additional lyrics, was released with the title Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer).

Note there a number of other songs with the same, or a very similar, title.

Bob Wills recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Stay A Little Longer / I Can't Go On This Way), Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 1946
no info Together Again, Bob Wills / Tommy Duncan And The Texas Playboys, 1960
no info San Antonio Rose, Bob Wills / Tommy Duncan And The Texas Playboys, 1961
no info Great Original Recordings: The Best Of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 1963
no info Hall Of Fame, Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan, 1972
no info For The Last Time, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 1974
no info The Legendary Bob Wills, 1975
no info Texas Country, Various Artists (Bob Wills), 1976
no info The Best of Bob Wills, 1977
no info Country & Western Classics, Bob Wills, 1982
no info Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 2, Bob Wills, 1984
no info San Antonio Rose And Other Hits, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 1986
no info The Golden Era, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 1987
no info Anthology 1935-1973, Bob Wills, 1991
no info The Sounds Of Texas, Various Artists (Bob Wills), 1991
no info Essential, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboy, Bob Wills, 1992
no info Classic Western Swing, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 1994
no info American Legends, Bob Wills, 1996
no info Back To Back, Asleep At The Wheel And Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, 2000
no info Stay A Little Longer: The Original Columbia Recordings, Bob Wills, 2001
Faded Love 1947-1973, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, 2005
no info Legends Of Country Music, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 2006
no info Hit Parade: Platinum Collection, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 2008
no info The Tiffany Transcriptions, Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys, 2010

Other recordings

This list is not intended to be comprehensive.

no info Single (Stay A Little Longer / Counting Tears), Jimmy Dean, 1959
no info Square Dances Without Calls, Tommy Jackson, 1959 (?)
no info Single (Back Up And Push - Cindy / Stay A Little Longer - Pig In The Pen), Buddy Durham, 1961
no info An Evening On Buford Mountain, Jim Symington & Patti Douglas With Lee Mace And His Ozark Opry Group, 1964
no info Y'all Come! Bluegrass Humor With Jim & Jesse And The Virginia Boys, 1965
no info A Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player In The World: Or, My Salute To Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, 1970
no info Single (Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) / Devil In A Sleepin' Bag), Willie Nelson, 1973
no info Shotgun Willie, Willie Nelson, 1973
no info A Tribute To Bob Wills, Jimmy Wakely, 1974
no info The Danny Davis Singers, The Danny Davis Singers, 1975
no info Single (Stay A Little Longer / Singing The Blues), The Danny Davis Singers, 1975
no info Bluegrass By The Conner Brothers, 1975
no info Music From Mackintosh & T.J., Waylon Jennings, 1976
no info Smilin' At You, The Front Porch String Band, 1977
no info Willie And Family Live, Willie Nelson, 1978
no info Live & Kickin', The Original Texas Playboys, 1978
no info Texas Gold, Charlie Walker, 1979
no info Country Celebration, Various Artists (Jim & Jesse), 1979
no info Your Body Is An Outlaw, Mel Tillis, 1980
no info Salutes The Greats, Merle Haggard, 1980
no info Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be), Willie Nelson, 1981
no info Single (Stay A Little Longer / Dream Of Me), Mel Tillis, 1982
no info Mel Tillis' Greatest Hits, Mel Tillis, 1982
no info Swingin' Country, Various Artists (Mel Tillis), 1984
no info Country Swing, Various Artists (Mel Tillis), 1985
no info Sings Bob Wills & Merle Haggard, Monte Mills, 1987
no info Dance All Night, Chubby Carrier And The Bayou Swamp Band, 1993
Bluegrass And More, Jim & Jesse, 1994
no info Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993, Willie Nelson, 1995
no info Good Old Fiddle Music, Tommy Jackson, 1995
Down Every Road, Merle Haggard, 1996
Larger Than Life, Sleepy LaBeef, 1996
no info Tennessee Mountain Bluegrass Festival, Various Artists (Bluegrass Cardinals), 1996
no info A Tribute to The Music of Bob Wills, Leon Rausch, Tommy Allsup, 1997
no info Salute The Majesty Of Bob Wills: The King Of Western Swing, The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, 1998
no info Y'All Come: The Essential, Jim & Jesse, 1998
no info Whiskey River And Other Hits, Willie Nelson, 1998
no info It Could Have Been Tonight, Willie Nelson & Family, 2000
no info The Essential Willie Nelson, 2003
no info Live At Billy Bob's Texas, Willie Nelson, 2004
no info Remedy, Copperhead, 2005
no info Songs, Willie Nelson, 2005
no info In Concert Volume One, The Sadies, 2006
no info Live From Austin TX, Willie Nelson, 2006
no info The Complete Atlantic Sessions, Willie Nelson, 2006
Hag: The Capitol Recordings 1968-1976: Concepts, Live & the Strangers, Merle Haggard, 2008
no info Live At The US Festival: June 4, 1983, Willie Nelson, 2012
no info Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics, Buck Owens, 2013
no info The Finest Hour: Songs That Ended WWII, The Hot Club Of Cowtown, 2020
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