Cody Fox

By Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

14 December 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL  – Cody Fox and His Yellow Jackets (Cody Fox [leader], Malcolm Bogard [vcl-4/gt], Sonny Fleming [vcl-3/gt-2/mandolin], Joe Johnson [vcl-5/bass], ? [vcl-6], Willie Boyd [clarinet])

001 C 1719-1-2  PUT ON YOUR OLD GREY BONNET  -1   unissued?

002 C 1720  TIGER RAG –instr.-  -2    ARC 70456 Vocalion 03452 Conqueror  8793 /CCD 310

003 C 1721  OH! SHE'S CRAZY -2-4  ARC 70456 03452 CQ8793 /CCD 310

004 C 1722  YELLOW JACKET BLUES -2-4  03622 ARC 70872  /CCD 309

005 C 1723-1 I'M LOOKING OVER A FOUR LEAF CLOVER -2-3-4-5  ARC 70552 8844 03493 38082 20403 /CCD 309

006 C 1724-1 SAM THE ACCORDIAN MAN  -2-6  ARC 71155 03695

007 C 1725  LET ME SING IN ECHO VALLEY -1-3 ARC 70359 03427 / CCD 310

15 December 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL  – Cody Fox and His Yellow Jackets  (Cody Fox [leader], Malcolm Bogard [vcl-4/gt], Sonny Fleming [vcl-3/gt-2/mandolin], Joe Johnson [vcl-5/bass], ? [vcl-6], Willie Boyd [clarinet])

008 C 1726  KANSAS CITY KITTY  -1-3 ARC 70872 03622/CCD 309

009 C 1727-1-2  CHINA BOY -1 unissued?

010 C 1728-1-2  I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE -1-4  unissued?

011 C 1729-2 WABASH BLUES  -2-3   03695    ARC 71155 

012 C 1730  IN THE CHAPEL IN THE MOONLIGHT -2-3    03427  ARC 70359 /CCD 310

013 C 1731-1-2 TWILIGHT WALTZ -2   unissued?

014 C 1732-2  I ONLY WANT A BUDDY, NOT A SWEETHEART   03493  ARC 70552   CQ8844 38082 20403/CCD 309

Yellow Jackets without Cody Fox recorded for Columbia in 1937

ALBUMS

Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 309 The Golden Age Of Country Music - Lou Millet, Zeke Williams  and Cody Fox: [Lou Millet:] That's Me Without You; Hearts Of Stone; Just Me, My Heart And You;  Weary, Worried And Blue; Worried, Lonesome And In Love; Your Own Heart You Must Mend; Bayou Pigeon; Get A Grip On Your Heart; Memories From Your Cedar Chest; God Only Knows; Since The Devil Moved In; That's How I Need You; [Zeke Williams:] The Cowboy's Dream; What A Friend We Have In Jesus; Don't Forget Me Little Darling; Westward Ho; I've Got The Blues For Mammy; I Would If I Could; The Starlit Trail; Breeze (Blow My Baby Back To Me);  [Cody Fox:] I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover; I Only Want A Buddy, Not A Sweetheart; Yellow Jacket Blues; Kansas City Kitty - 05

Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 310 The Golden Age Of Country Music: [Rocky Porter:] I've Fallen In Love With An Angel; Keep On Keeping On; I'm In Love With No One (But I'm Looking For Someone To Love); Suppose; Please Say A Prayer (For The Boys Over There); The All-Seeing Eye; The World Is A Monster; I Talked To The Man In The Moon; I Knew It All Along; Don't Forget To Remember; [Cody Fox:] (Let Me Sing In) Echo Valley; In The Chapel In The Moonlight;  Tiger Rag (Inst.); Oh! She's Crazy; [Wiley & Gene:] All Over Nothing At All; Somebody Stole My Little Darlin'; It's All Over Now (I Won't Worry); Don't Be Jealous Of My Yesterdays; You Don't Love My Anymore (Little Darling); There's Always Somebody Else; You've Got To Pay The Fiddler; Stolen Kisses; [Gene Sullivan:] Good Gosh Almighty How I Love You; Walkin' And A Talkin'; Inflated Love; Would You Forgive Me? – ca 02

SINGLES

ARC labels

7-03-59 Let Me Sing In Echo Valley / In The Chapel In The Moonlight – 03-37 (also on Vocalion 03427)

7-04-56 Tiger Rag / Oh! She's Crazy – 04-37 (also on Vocalion 03452, Conqueror 8793)

7-05-52 I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover / I Only Want A Buddy Not A Sweetheart  - 05-37 (also on Vocalion 03493, Conqueror 8844, reissued on Columbia 38082, 20403)

7-08-72 Yellow Jacket Blues / Kansas City Kitty – 08-37 (also on Vocalion 03622)

7-11-55 Wabash Blues / Sam The Old Accordion Man – 11-37 (also on Vocalion 03695)