The Girls of the Golden West was an American female country music female duo that was popular during the "Western Era" of the 1930s and 1940s. The band comprised two sisters, Mildred Fern Good (April 11, 1913 - May 3, 1993) and Dorothy Laverne Good (December 11, 1915 - November 12, 1967. They were born in Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
The Girls of the Golden West first entertained family and friends before they worked on a radio station in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1933, they moved to the WLS National Barn Dance, then the home of country music pioneers Gene Autry and Patsy Montana. Bradley Kincaid, also at WLS, later worked with the girls in their recordings. They first started recording for Bluebird Records in 1933. They named themselves the Girls of the Golden West, taking the name from the opera by Puccini, The Girl of the Golden West. They started singing songs such as "Put My Little Shoes Away" and "Ragtime Cowboy Joe".
The Girls of the Golden West were one of the most popular acts of the 1930s and 1940s, and were one of the few women then found performing country music. The Girls also had kept up a fictitious story of their life. They would claim they were from Muleshoe, Texas but in reality, they were farming girls from Illinois. However, this was all part of the image of the "Western Music" craze. They would normally wear cowgirl western-style outfits for their appearances on television programs.
Links to Peel[]
JP singled out the duo from an LP of country duets that came his way in the 1980s. Although he played several of their cuts, the averred favourite and most frequently spun was Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven? None of their songs, however, featured on the Pig's Big 78.
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Girls of the Golden West - Will There Be Any Yodelin' In Heaven ? (1934).
- 1984
- 30 January 1984: 'Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven? (Compilation LP-Classic Country Duets)' (Old Timey)
- 22 February 1984: I Want To Be A Real Cowboy Girl (album - Selected Recordings 1933-1938) Sonyatone STR 202
- 29 February 1984: That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine (10" shellac 78 - You Get A Line And I'll Get A Pole / That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine) Bluebird
- 07 March 1984: That Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
- 12 March 1984: My Cross Eyed Beau
- 21 March 1984: Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse (album - Selected Recordings 1933-1938) Sonyatone STR 202
- 1985
- 16 September 1985: Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven (LP - Selected Recordings 1933-1938) Sonyatone
- 03 December 1985: Story Of Sleepy Hollow Bill (LP - Millie And Dolly Good "Songs Of The West") Old Homestead
- 1986
- 01 January 1986: Story Of Sleepy Hollow Bill (LP - Millie And Dolly Good "Songs Of The West") Old Homestead
- 1987
- 02 September 1987: Lonely Cowgirl
- 1993
- 13 March 1993: Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?
- 1998
- 23 September 1998: Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven? (v/a CD - American Yodeling 1911 - 1946) Trikont
- 30 September 1998 (BFBS): 'Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven? (Compilation CD-American Yodeling 1911 - 1946)' (Trikont) (JP: 'Persistent listeners (all your names are known to the authorities) may recall that we went through a period a few years ago of playing loads of records by the Girls Of The Golden West, the best of them being that one, I think.')
- Other
- Peel 004 (BFBS): 'Will There Be Any Yodellers In Heaven? (LP-The Girls Of The Golden West)' (Juneberry)