Second
banana in the movies to Gene Autry and musically perhaps
best-remembered for novelty hits like his cover of
Charlie Ryan's "Hot Rod Lincoln" or the now-politically-incorrect
tale of progressive inebriation, "Ten Little Bottles,"
Johnny
Bond was a composer of such serious country classics
as "I Wonder Where You Are Tonight" and "Tomorrow
Never Comes." The Very Best Of Johnny Bond
on Varese Sarabande collects 'em all. (Charlie Burton)