Sonny Wright

*02-02-1943 Flagler, CO

2nd version

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Kent Heineman, Michal Gololobov, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
16 August 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Sonny Wright

001 NCO 120261 RUNNING DRUNK Columbia 4-44320
002 NCO 120262 LEFTOVER LOVE Columbia 4-44320
5 February 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Sonny Wright
003 NCO 120996 HUNG TO ANOTHER MAN 4-44496
004 NCO 120997 PAIN REMOVER 4-44496
6 April 1969 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Sonny Wright (Producer: Walter Haynes)
005 K-11634 ROSE Kapp K-2009
006 K-11635 HUNGOVER K-2040
007 K-11636 I LOVE YOU, LORETTA LYNN K-2009/ KS-3614
008 K-11637 THE TRASH YOU THREW AWAY K-2040
23 June 1969 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Sonny Wright (+ The Jordanaires. Producer: Walter Haynes)
009 K 11958 I COME HOME A-DRINKIN' KS-3614
010 K 11959 BEFORE I'M OVER YOU KS-3614
011 K 11960 FIST CITY KS-3614
012 K 11961 I WALKED AWAY FROM THE WRECK KS-3614
013 K 11962 YOUR CHIEF'S ON THE WARPATH TONIGHT KS-3614
26 June 1969 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Sonny Wright (+ The Jordanaires. Producer: Walter Haynes)
014 K 11963 IF YOU'RE NOT GONE TOO LONG KS-3614
015 K 11964 TO MAKE A MAN KS-3614
016 K 11965 BLUE KENTUCKY BOY KS-3614
017 K 11966 SUCCESS KS-3614
018 K 11967 HAPPY BIRTHDAY KS-3614
28 October 1969 Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Sonny Wright (Producer: Walter Haynes)
019 K 11986 BREAD FOR BABY, WONE FOR DADDY unissued
020 K 11987 MY LONG GONE REASON K-2090
021 K 11988 MAMA DIDN'T BEND THE TWIG K-2090
022 K 11989 SITTIN’ BULL unissued

1971 Nashville, TN – Sonny Wright

023 PRP 33001 99 YEARS Parthenon P 002
024 PRP 33002 GOTTA SWIM THE MISSISSIPPI Parthenon P 002
ca 1972 Nashville, TN – Sonny Wright (Producer: Doyle Wilburn)
025 CUT 150B HANGOUT FOR A HAS BEEN Cutlass CUT 8146

026 CUT 150A TRUCK DRIVER’S HYMN Cutlass CUT 8146

027 GETTING' READY TO DIE Cutlass 126
028 HERE COMES A MILLION MEMORIES Cutlass 126
1974 Nashville, TN – Sonny Wright (Producer: Teddy Wilburn)
029 UR-282A I'LL BUILD HER UP P 008

030 UR-282B YOU'RE LEAVING ME FOR HIM AGAIN P-008

ca June 1977 Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN - Peggy Sue and Sonny Wright (Producer: Gene Kennedy
031 IF THIS IS WHAT LOVE'S ALL ABOUT Door Knob DK-7-038 DK-9-113/ DK-LPS-7-1001 BRA 1003
032 SOMEONE I CAN'T SAY NO TO DK-7-038/ DK-LPS-7-1001 BRA 1003
1977 Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN - Sonny Wright (Producer: Gene Kennedy)
033 MOTEL MOURNING DK-7-040 DK-8-057
034 WHEN I START DRINKING DK-7-040
035 THE SAME OLD HIGHWAY DK-8-057 DK-8-076/BRA 1003
1978 Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN - Sonny Wright (Producer: Gene Kennedy)
036 IF THIS ISN'T IT DK-8-076 GK-9-171
1979 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN - Sonny Wright [1], Peggy Sue [2] (Sonny Wright [vcl-1], Peggy Sue [vcl-2], Cliff Parker [rh gt/el gt], Charlie Vaughn [rh gt], Phil Baugh [ld gt], Russ Hicks/Lloyd Green [steel], Jack Ross [bass], Willie Ackerman/John Stacey [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Jerry Smith/ Roger Morris [piano], Bobby Hardin, Mary Fielder, Arlene Hardin, Thomas Brannon [bck vcl]. Producer: Gene Kennedy)
037 GK-9-171 YOU MAKE ME FEEL BRAND NEW -1  DK-9-100/BRA 1003
038 GK-9-192 GENTLY HOLD ME -1-2 DK-9-113/BRA 1003
039 IT AIN'T OVER YET -1-2  BRA 1003   
000 ONLY THE NAME'S BEEN CHANGED -2  BRA 1003   
000 I WANT TO SEE ME IN YOUR EYES -2  BRA 1003
040 MOLLY (AND THE TEXAS RAIN) -1 DK80-128/BRA 1003
Summer 1979 Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN - Peggy Sue and Sonny Wright (Producer: Gene Kennedy)
ca late 1979 Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN - Sonny Wright (Producer: Gene Kennedy)
041 IT WASN'T ME WHO SAID I OWNED A GOLD MINE DK80-128
ca late 1981 Nashville, TN – Sonny Wright, * and Peggy Sue
042 FROM MY SIDE OF THESE EYES Country Int. CI-732
043 DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT TAKING YOUR SILVER Country Int. 180 184/CI-732
044 I CRAWL INSIDE THE BOTTLE Country Int. CI-732
045 THE RIDE Country Int. 184/CI-732
046 TWO RING CIRCUS Country Int.189/ CI-732
047 IF YOU WERE MINE Country Int. CI-732
048 I'M LEAVING WITH A MEMORY ON* 180
049 STOP AND GO* 180/CI 732 

There are many unlisted recordings bteween 1981-2010, info unknown. Some of tracks:

ABILENE

AMERICAN HONKY TONK BAR ASSOCIATION

ARE YOU SURE HANK DONE IT THIS WAY

ASHES OF LOVE

BE NOBODY’S DARLIN‘ BUT MINE

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

COLD COLD HEART

CONCRETE JUNGLE

DETROIT CITY

DEVIL WOMAN

DON’T ROCK THE JUKEBOX

FOLSOM PRISON BLUES

FOOL SUCH AS I

FOR THE GOOD TIMES

FROM MY SIDE OF THESE EYES

GOOD HEARTED WOMAN

HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY

HER LEAVING IS STILL HURTING ME

CHISELED IN STONE

CHOICES

I DON’T NEED YOUR ROCKING CHAIR

I’M GONNA GET YA

I‘M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

IT’S FOUR IN THE MORNING

MAKE THE WORLD GO AWAY

MIDNIGHT HOUR

RAMBLIN‘ FEVER

REFINANCE OUR ROMANCE

ROLL IN YOUR SWEET BABY’S ARMS

SACRED GROUND

SATISFIED MIND

SWINGING DOORS

THE CHAIR

THOSE MEMORIES

WALK ON BY

2010 unknown – Sonny Wright

ARE THE GOOD TIMES REALLY OVER?   WT 93

WOULD THESE ARMS BE IN YOUR WAY? WT 93

WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME  WT 93

BETTER CLASS OF LOSERS WT 93

COLD HARD TRUTH WT 93

WINDOW UP ABOVE WT 93

WHAT WOULD YOUR MEMORIES DO? WT 93

THERE AIN'T NOTHING WRONG (JUST AIN'T NOTHING RIGHT) WT 93

BAXTER HILL WT 93

YOU'RE NOT BY YOURSELF WT 93

ALBUMS
Kapp KS-3614 I Love You, Loretta Lynn: I Come Home A-Drinkin'; Before I'm Over You; Happy Birthday; Blue Kentucky Boy; I Walked Away From The Wreck; I Love You, Loretta Lynn; Fist City; Success; To Make A Man; Your Chief's On The Warpath Tonight; If You're Not Gone Too Long - 69

Big R [UK] BRA-1003 Gently Hold He:   Gently Hold Me [1,2];  Only The Name's Been Changed [2];  You Make Me Feel Brand New [1];  Someone I Can't Say No To [1,2];  Molly (And The Texas Rain) [1];  If This Is What Love's All About [1,2];  Same Old Highway;  I Just Came In Here To Let A Little Hurt Out [2];  It Ain't Over Yet [1,2];  I Want To See Me In Your Eyes [2] – 80 Sonny Wright [1], Peggy Sue [2]

Country International CI-732 One Side Of Peggy Sue/One Side Of Sonny Wright: [Peggy Sue:] Yesterday's Rain ; Once A Day ; He's Crying In His Beer ; Doing All The Right Things (For All The Wrong Reasons) ; Stop And Go ; Darlin' Raise The Shade (Let The Sunshine In); [Sonny Wright:] From My Side Of These Eyes ; Don't Leave Without Taking Your Silver ; I Crawl Inside The Bottle; The Ride; Two Ring Circus; If You Were Mine – 82

WT 93 Country Music: Are The Good Times Really Over?; Would These Arms Be In Your Way?; Walk Through This World With Me; Better Class Of Losers; Cold Hard Truth; Window Up Above; What Would Your Memories Do?; There Ain't Nothing Wrong (Just Ain't Nothing Right);  Baxter Hill; You're Not By Yourself – 10

  

SINGLES
Columbia (1967-68)
4-44320 Leftover Love / Running Drunk - 10-67
4-44496 Pain Remover / Hung To Another Man - 03-68
Kapp (1969-70)
K-2009 The Rose / I Love You, Loretta Lynn - 06-69
K-2040 The Trash You Threw Away / Hungover - 10-69
K-2090 My Long Gone Reason / Mama Didn't Bend The Twig - 04-70
Parthenon (1971, 1974)

P-002 Gotta Swim The Mississippi / 99 Years - 71 

P-008 I’ll Build Her Up / Leaving Me For Him Again - 74

Cutlass (ca 1972)
CUT 8146 Hangout For A Has Been / Truck Driver’s Hymn - ca 72

CC 126 Getting' Ready To Die / Here Comes A Million Memories - ca 72
Door Knob (1977-80)
DK-7-038 If This Is What Love's All About / Someone I Can't Say No To - 08-77 w. Peggy Sue
DK-7-040 Motel Mourning / When I Start Drinking - 77
DK-8-057 The Same Old Highway / Motel Mourning - 78
DK-8-076 If This Isn't It / The Same Old Highway - 08-78
DK-9-100 You Make Me Feel Brand New / Ii This Isn't It - 79
DK-9-113 Gently Hold Me / If This Is What Love's All About - 08-79 w. Peggy Sue
DK80-128 Molly (And The Texas Rain) / It Wasn't Me Who Said I Owned A Gold Mine - 02-80
Country International (1982)
178 Don't Leave Without Taking Your Silver / ? - 82
180 I‘m Leaving With A Memory On / Stop And Go – 15-03-82
184 The Ride / Don't Leave Without Taking Your Silver - 82

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS
United States Air Force - Country Music Time  # 190 Sonny Wright And Peggy Sue: Tippy Toein; Put It Off Until Tomorrow;  Mama Don’t Bend The Twig [Sonny Wright[;  All American Husband [Peggy Sue];  Daddy Was An Old Time Preacher  – ca 05-71 (MX: 70027)
U.S. Air Force – Country Music Time # 558: Someone I Can´T Say No To – Peggy Sue and Sonny Wright; If That Is What Love´s All About – Peggy Sue and Sonny Wright; Motel Mourning – Sonny Wright; The Last Thing On My Mind – Peggy Sue and Sonny Wright – ca 05-78 (MX: 75542)

As guest star on Country Music Time Shows:
[# 104, ca 09-69, Marion Worth]:  Pain Remover;  Heartaches By The Number
[# 492, ca 03-77, Gene Watson:] Darlin´ Raise The Shades – Peggy Sue and Sonny Wright