KEN
CLARK
SESSION
DISCOGRAPHY
KEN CLARK and His Merry Mountain Boys
Ken
Clark Studio Jacksonville, Fla: 1957
(vcl/rhy gtr) poss Harry Bowen (ld gtr); Cliff Milton (fdl); Russell
Bowen (fdl); John Handcock (5 stg bjo); Edgar Robertson (dobro); Ernie Dukes
(stg bs). Producer:
45-631-A HO! HO! LOVE’EM JOE Starday
45-631, S-D LP-860, Texas
Gold TG-933
(Clark)
(Starrite BMI) Dixie CD-5555, Cactus
OFF-CD-5064, B.A.C.M CD D-390
45-631-B QUIT FOOL (MAMA’S LOOKIN’) Starday
45-631, Dixie CD-5555
(Clark)
(Starrite BMI) B.A.C.M CD D-390
NB(1): STARDAY 45-631 released May 1957.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-631 BMI
Clearance – Friday 21st June 1957.
NB(3): S-D LP-860 “TEENAGE CUTIE”
released Germany
1991.
NB(4): TEXAS GOLD TG-933 “THE STARDAY STORY, Vol.3.” released Holland 1993.
NB(5): DIXIE CD-5555 “DIXIE BOPPIN’
HILLBILLIES” released Holland
1995.
NB(6): CACTUS OFF-CD-5064 “
NB(7): B.A.C.M CD D-390 “CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY,
Vo.2.” released United Kingdom 2012.
KEN CLARK And The Merry Mountain Boys
1959
(vcl/rhy gtr);
Producer:
2941 SASHIMO Starday
(Uniss)
()
2942 PRETTY LOVE Starday
45-442
(Clark)
(Starday Music BMI)
2943 COUNTRY JUMPIN’ Starday
(Uniss)
()
2944 MY HEART MUST HAVE SEEN Starday
(Uniss)
()
2945 GONNA PUT MY HEART Starday
(Uniss)
()
2946 BUCKSKIN COAT Starday
45-442
(Clark)
(Starday Music BMI)
NB(1):
STARDAY 45-442 reviewed Billboard C&W Monday 15th June 1959.
NB: STARDAY 45-442 released Tuesday
7th July 1959.
KEN CLARK and His Merry Mountain Boys
1959
(vcl/rhy gtr); poss Harry Bowen (ld gtr); Cliff Milton (fd); Russell
Bowen (fdl); John Handcock (5 stg bjo); Edgar Robertson (dobro); Ernie Dukes (stg bs). Producer:
3066 SOUTH PACIFIC
SHORE Starday
45-468
(Ken Clark-Wm. York) (Starday Music BMI)
3067 JUMPIN’ JOHN Starday
(Uniss)
()
3068 I COULDN’T STAND TO GIVE YOU
UP AGAIN Starday (Uniss)
()
3069 CANDY MAN Starday
45-468
(Ken Clark) (Starday BMI)
3070 LOST FROM THE LORD Starday
(Uniss)
()
3071 MY WORLD IS A HEAVEN Starday
(Uniss)
NB: STARDAY 45-468 released Tuesday
10th November 1959.
KEN CLARK and DON ANTHONY 1959
(vcl/rhy gtr); Don “Chubby” Anthony (fdl); John Handcock
(5 stg bjo); Chuck O’Neal (stg bs).
Producer:
BLUEGRASS SWING Starday SLP-114, Nashville NLP-2015
(Ken Clark-Don Anthony) (Starday Music BMI)
CHUBBY’S RUN Starday
SLP-114, Nashville NLP-2015
(Ken Clark-Don Anthony) (Starday Music BMI)
LEE
HIGHWAY RAMBLE Starday
SLP-115, Starday SEP-130
(Ken Clark-Don Anthony) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville NLP-2001, Gusto
GT-104
MERRY MOUNTAIN HOEDOWN Starday
SLP-109, Starday 45-477
(Clark-Milton-York) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville NLP-2006, Gusto
GT-104
SOUTHERN SHORES Starday SEP-181
()
RUBBER DOLL RAG SEP-181, Wyncote W-9077
(Wm. York) Starday
SLP-221, London
HA-B-8117
NB(1): “RUBBER DOLL RAG” shown on WYNCOTE W-9077
as “DOBRO DOLLY”.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-109 “COUNTRY
EXPRESS” released 1959.
NB(3): STARDAY Records Advert Monday 9th November
1959-STARDAY SLP-109.
NB(4): STARDAY SLP-114 “FIDDLIN’
COUNTRY STYLE: ROSIN ON THE BOW AND HERE WE GO” released 1960.
NB(5): STARDAY SLP-115 “THE BLUEGRASS SPECIAL: 16 SONG HITS BY TOP ARTISTS” released 1960.
NB(6): STARDAY 45-477 “COUNTRY INSTRUMENTALS” released
December 1959.
NB(7): STARDAY SEP-130 “VARIOUS ARTISTS: COUNTRY FIDDLE
INSTRUMENTALS” released Monday 5th September 1960.
NB(8): STARDAY SEP-181 “KEN CLARK & His Merry
Mountaineers (Dobro Instrumentals)” released 1961.
NB(9): WYNCOTE W-9077 “FIDDLIN’ COUNTRY STYLE” released
Canada
NB(10): STARDAY SLP-221 “FIRE ON THE
STRINGS-16 INSTRUMENTALS” released April 1963.
NB(11): LONDON HA-B-8117
“FIRE ON THE STRINGS” released United
Kingdom January 1964.
NB(12): NASHVILLE NLP-2001 “THE BLUEGRASS SPECIAL: 16
SONGS WITH 5-STRING BANJO” released May 1964.
NB(13): NASHVILLE
NLP-2006 “COUNTRY EXPRESS” released May 1964.
NB(14): GUSTO GT-104 “30 FIDDLER’S GREATEST HITS” released 1978.
KEN CLARK Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison, Tn: 1960
(vcl/rhy gtr); Don “Chubby” Anthony (fdl); John Handcock
(5 stg bjo); Chuck O’Neal (stg bs).
Producer: John Thomas
“Tommy” Hill
3177 BIG BEN Starday
(Uniss)
()
3178 RAMBLER’S RIDE Starday
SLP-114, Nashville NLP-2015
(Ken Clark-Don Anthony) (Starday Music BMI)
3179 BIG MAN Starday
45-495, Starday SLP-136
(Clark) (Starday-BMI) Country Stars
CTS-55424
3180 LET’S PRETEND Starday
(Uniss)
()
3181 DAYS THAT ONCE HAVE BEEN Starday
45-495
(Clark) (Starday-BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY 45-495 released Tuesday
22nd March 1960.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-136 “BANJO
JAMBOREE SPECIAL” released 1961.
NB(3): NASHVILLE NLP-2015 “FIDDLIN’
COUNTRY STYLE: RFOSIN ON THE BOW AND HERE WE GO!” released 1964.
NB(4): COUNTRY STARS CTS-55424 “BLUEGRASS
SPECTACULAR: 30 ORIGINAL TUNES” released Belgium 1998.
KEN CLARK-1
KEN CLARK and His Merry Mountaineers-2
BOB MILLER-3 1961
(vcl/rhy gtr); Don “Chubby” Anthony (fdl); John Handcock
(5 stg bs); Chuck O’Neal (stg bs).
Producer:
4836 OLD TIMER -1 Starday (Uniss)
()
4837 EDGAR’S DOBRO -1 Starday (Uniss)
()
4838 SUNSHINE SHUFFLE -2 Starday
SEP-181
(K. Ckark-Wm. York) (Starday Music BMI)
4839 RUBBER DOLL SPECIAL -2 SEP-181, Starday SLP-221
(K. Clark-Wm. York) (Starday Music BMI) London
HA-B-8117, Diplomat DS-2600
Wyncote
W-9077
4840 A THOUSAND MILES AGO -1 Nashville NV-5009, Starday
SLP-169
(K.Clark) (Starday-BMI) Buckingham ST-720, Palace M-720
Palace
S-720
Continental
Maple Leaf CML-1010
Continental
Maple Leaf CMS-1010
4841 OLD JOSEPH BROWN -1 Starday
(Uniss)
()
4842 THIS MAPLE TREE -1 Starday (Uniss)
()
4843 LEAVER HER WITH JOE -1 Starday
(Uniss)
()
4844 TRUCK DRIVING JOE -1 Nashville
NV-5009, Starday SLP-250
(K.Clark) (Starday-BMI)
4845 DEAR MR. K. -1 Starday (Uniss)
()
4846 YOU’RE NOBODY UNTIL SOMEBODY
CARES-1 Starday (Uniss)
()
NB(1): NASHVILLE NV-5009 released July 1961.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-169 “MORE BANJO IN THE HILLS” released
NB(3): “A THOUSAND MILES AGO” shown on STARDAY SLP-169 “MORE
BANJO IN THE HILLS” as “A THOUSAND MILES OF OCEAN” which is the correct title.
NB(4): BUCKINGHAM ST-720/PALACE M-720/PALACE
S-720/CONTINENTAL MAPLE LEAF CML-1010/CONTINENTAL MAPLE LEAF CMS-1010 “MOUNTAIN
FOLK SONG CONCERT BLUEGRASS STYLE” released January 1963.
NB(5): STARDAY SLP-221 “FIRE ON THE STRINGS” reviewed in
Billboard C&W on 6th April 1963.
NB(6): STARDAY SLP-250 “DIESEL
SMOKE, DANGEROUS CURVES, AND OTHER TRUCK DRIVER FAVORITES” released 1963.
NB(7): DIPLOMAT DS-2600 “GREATEST
COUNTRY & WESTERN INSTRUMENTALS” released
KEN CLARK Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison, Tn: 1963
(vcl/rhy gtr);
Producer:
Tommy Hill
6257 TOO MUCH LIKE AN ANGEL Starday
(Uniss)
()
6258 TALK ABOUT LOVE Nashville
NV 5134
(K.Clark) (Starday-BMI)
6259 WE’RE TOO FAR APART Starday
720
()
6260 EASE MY MIND Nashville
NV 5134
(K.Clark) (Starday-BMI)
NB(1): NASHVILLE NV 5134 released 1963.
NB(2): STARDAY 720 released Tuesday
25th May 1965.
KEN CLARK 1965
(vcl/rhy gtr);
Producer:
7458 STANDING ON THE OUTSIDE Starday
720
(K.Clark) (Starday BMI)
NB: STARDAY 720 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 12th
June 1965.
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, NEIL V. ROSENBERG &
AL TURNER with acknowledgements to WALT SAUNDERS.
2007-2013.