By Praguefrank
SESSIONS
ca October 1955 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton
St., Chicago, IL - Johnny Janis (Don Newey Orchestra)
001 88810 MOVE IT OR
LOSE IT Coral 9-61552
002 88811 I‘M
THROWING RICE Coral 9-61552
ca early 1957 New York City - Johnny Janis (Osie Johnson,
Jerry Bruno, Rudy Van Gelder. Producer: Don Costa)
003 COME RAIN OR COME SHINE ABC ABC-140 Starwell STR 01
004 JUST THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT ABC ABC-140 STR 01
005 HUSH-A-BYE ABC
ABC-140 STR 01
006 I'VE GOT PLENTY OF NOTHIN' ABC ABC-140 STR 01
007 SOMETHING I DREAMED LAST NIGHT ABC ABC-140 STR 01
008 GOLDEN EARRINGS
ABC ABC-140 STR 01
009 WHEN THE SUN COMES OUT
ABC ABC-140 STR 01
010 IF I ONLY HAD A BRAIN
ABC ABC-140 STR 01
011 I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL ABC ABC-140 STR 01
012 I'M GONNA LIVE TILL I DIE ABC ABC-140 STR 01
013 CRYING OUT FOR THE CAROLINES ABC ABC-140 STR 01
014 GET OUT OF TOWN
ABC ABC-140 STR 01
ca February 1957 unknown - Johnny Janis (Sid Feller
Orchestra)
015 797 PLEDGE OF
LOVE ABC 45-9800
016 798 I PLAYED THE
FIELD ABC 45-9800
ca June 1957 unknown - Johnny Janis
017 2021 LATER BABY
45-9840
018 2022 ALL THE TIME
45-9840
ca February 1958 poss. Chicago, IL - Johnny Janis
019 CRC-151 THE
BETTER TO LOVE YOU Carlton 45-463
020 CRC-152 CAN THIS
BE LOVE Carlton 45-463
ca 1958 poss. Chicago, IL - Johnny Janis (Lew Douglas
Orchestra)
021 THIS CAN'T BE LOVE
Starwell SR 06
022 I'M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU
Mercury unissued
023 SLOWLY Mercury
unissued
024 I KNOW Mercury
unissued
025 THE BETTER TO LOVE YOU
Mercury unissued
info from www.starwellmusic.com
Ca 1959 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago
(w. The Ellis Larkins Trio) - Johnny Janis
026 LADY BE GOOD
Starwell SR 06
027 TOO YOUNG
Starwell SR 06
028 THE SONG IS YOU
Starwell SR 06
029 THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER Starwell SR 06
030 NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT Starwell SR 06
1959 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago - Johnny Janis
031 YW-18786/PB 2329 I'VE NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE Starwell SR 06
032 YW-18787/PB 2330 I GOT IT BAD Starwell SR 06
033 YW-18788/PB 2331
WHISPERING –instr- unissued
034 YW-18789/PB 2334 OUT FOR THE DAY –instr- unissued
Ca 1959 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago
- Johnny Janis
035 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE IS Starwell SR 06
036 I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT Starwell SR 06
037 YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
Starwell SR 06
038 LET'S GET AWAY FROM IT ALL Starwell SR 06
Ca 1959 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago
– Johnny Janis
039 YW-18947/PB 2333
HOW IT LIES, HOW IT LIES unissued
040 YW-18948/PB 2334 THE THINGS WE DID LAST SUMMER unissued
1959 unknown - Johnny Janis
041 I NEVER BELIEVED
Bomarc 304/
042 WILLING TO LEARN
Bomarc 304
043 I SAID YOU Bomarc 307
044 LIVING IN A CANDY STORE
Bomarc 307
ca July 1960 unknown - Johnny Janis
045 /JZSP 51274 IF
THE GFOOD LORD’S WILLIN‘ Columbia 4-41777 4-41797
046 /JZSP-51473 GINA
4-41797
047 /JZSP-52736 CATCH
A FALLING STAR 4-41933
048 /JZSP-51277 AS I
WAS WALKIN‘ Columbia 4-41777
ca 1960 Columbia Recording
Studio, 30th St., New York City - Johnny Janis (Billy Wallace Trio.
Producer: Mitch Miller)
049 I GOT IT BAD AND THAT AIN’T GOOD Columbia CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
050 LET ME LOVE YOU Columbia
CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
051 IT’S THE TALK OF THE TOWN Columbia CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
052 IN
OTHER WORDS Columbia CS-8474 Starwell
STR-02
053 THE NEARNESS OF YOU Columbia CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
054 GUILTY Columbia
CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
055 HOW IT LIES, HOW IT LIES, HOW IT LIES Columbia CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
056 THIS COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING Columbia CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
057 SO IN LOVE Columbia
CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
058 DAY BY DAY Columbia
CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
059 ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA Columbia CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
060 TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE Columbia CS-8474 Starwell STR-02
ca May 1961 unknown - Johnny Janis
061 /JZSP-54064 SAVE
A THOUGHT FOR ME 4-42040
062 /JZSP-54065 (WHEN
WE ARE DANCING)I GET IDEAS 4-42040
1965 unknown - Johnny Janis (arranged and conducted by Don
Costa)
063 IF I HAD YOU Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
064 I HAD MYSELF A TRUE LOVE
Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
065 ISN'T IT A PITY Monument
SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
066 BE GOOD TO HER Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
067 YOUNG IDEAS Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
068 I'M A FOOL TO WANT YOU Monument SLP-18036 Starwell
STR-03
069 MY MELANCHOLY BABY Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
070 IF YOU WANT TO LOVE Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
071 WHY TRY TO CHANGE ME Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
072 BOULEVARD OF MEMORIES Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
073 ONCE IN A BLUE MOON Monument SLP-18036 Starwell STR-03
074 CRYIN FOR THE CAROLINES Monument SLP-18036 Starwell
STR-03
September 1966 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave.
North, Nashville, TN - Johnny Janis (Producer: Fred Foster)
075 E9W-950 ALL THE WORLD AND SEVEN SEAS 45-1177/Starwell
STR-04
076 E9W-952? YOU'RE FREE TO GO 45-977/Starwell STR-04
077 E9W-953 NINETY
MILES AN HOUR (TO THE DEAD END STREET) Monument 45-977
May 1967 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North, Nashville,
TN - Johnny Janis (Producer: Fred Foster)
078 F5W-2064 A ROSE
IS A ROSE 45-1042/Starwell STR-04
079 F5W-2065 HEAR IT NOW 45-1042
November 1968 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North,
Nashville, TN - Johnny Janis (Producer: Fred Foster Jim Malloy)
080 G11W-2450 ONE OF
THESE DAYS 45-1117/Starwell STR-04
081 G11W-2451? ANYTHING THAT'S PART OF YOU 45-1117/Starwell
STR-04
September 1969 Monument Recording Studio, 114 17th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN - Johnny Janis (Producer: Fred Foster)
082 G9W-2407 RIDE MY DONKEY
45-1205
083 G9W-2408 WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME 45-1177/Starwell STR-04
May 1970 Monument Recording Studio, 114 17th Ave. South, Nashville,
TN - Johnny Janis (Producer: Fred Foster)
084 I5W-3219 DISTANT
DRUMS 45-1205/Starwell STR-04
ca November 1971 London, UK - Johnny Janis
085 I'LL NEED YOU FOREVER ZS7-8532/Starwell STR-04
086 NO
ZS7-8532/Starwell STR-04
btw 1966/1971 Nashville, TN - Johnny Janis (Producer: Fred
Foster)
087 LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME Starwell STR-04
088 IMAGE OF YOUR FACE Starwell STR-04
089 WHY COULDN'T I Starwell STR-04
090 LONELY ALONE Starwell STR-04
091 I HEAR IT NOW Starwell STR-04
092 FOR LE ANN Starwell STR-04
093 SOMEWHERE, MY LOVE
ca 1973 London, UK - Johnny Janis
094 BOTH SIDES NOW
Starwell STR 05
095 SOMETHING
Starwell STR 05
096 MEDLEY: RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD/CLOSE TO
YOU/CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU/I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT WITH YOU Starwell STR 05
097 WHEN THE WORLD WAS YOUNG
/ DIDN'T WE Starwell STR 05
098 IF I RULED THE WORLD
Starwell STR 05
099 HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY
Starwell STR 05
100 WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND Starwell STR 05
Johnny Janis recorded after 1973, some info in albums list
and on www.starwellmusic.com
ALBUMS
ABC ABC-140 For The First Time: Come Rain Or Come Shine;
Just The Way You Look Tonight; Hush-A-Bye; I've Got Plenty Of Nothin';
Something I Dreamed Last Night; Golden Earrings; When The Sun Comes Out; If I
Only Had A Brain; I Get Along Without You Very Well; I'm Gonna Live Till I Die;
Crying Out For The Carolines; Get Out Of Town - 57 (reissued on Starwell
STR-01)
Columbia CL-1674/CS-1474 The Start Of Something New: I Got
It Bad And That Ain’t Good; Let Me Love You; It’s The Talk Of The Town; In
Other Words; The Nearness Of You; Guilty; How It Lies, How It Lies, How It
Lies; This Could Be The Start Of Something; So In Love; Day By Day; On A Slow
Boat To China; Taking A Chance On Love - 61 (reissued on Starwell STR-02)
Monument MLP-8036/SLP-18036 Playboy Presents: Johnny
Janis... Once In A Blue Moon: If I Had
You; I Had Myself A True Love; Isn't It A Pity; Be Good To Her; Young Ideas;
I'm A Fool To Want You; My Melancholy Baby; If You Want To Love; Why Try To
Change Me; Boulevard Of Memories; Once In A Blue Moon; Cryin For The Carolines
- 65 (reissued on Starwell STR-03)
Starwell STR-04 Johnny Janis Sings... Beautiful Country Songs:
Walk Through This World With Me; Distant Drums; Anything That’s Part Of You;
You’re Free To Go; A Rose Is A Rose; Love’s Been Good To Me*; Image Of Your
Face*; One Of These Days*; All This World And The Seven Seas; Why Couldn’t I*;
No; Lonely Alone*; I Hear It Now*; For LeAnn*; I’ll Need You Forever - ?
(*previously unissued, Monument tracks)
Starwell STR-05 Starvin' in London: Both Sides Now;
Something; Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head/Close To You/Can't Take My Eyes
Off Of You/I'd Like To Make It With You; When The World Was Young and Didn't We; If I Ruled The World; Here's
That Rainy Day; Windmills Of Your Mind - ?
Starwell STR-06 Jazz
Up Your Life... with Johnny Janis: Lady Be Good; I Got It Bad; This Can't Be
Love; Too Young; The Song Is You; The Things We Did Last Summer; Nice Work If
You Can Get It; I've Never Been In Love Before; You Don't Know What Love Is;
I'm Beginning To See The Light; You'll Never Know; Let's Get Away From It All
Starwell STR-07 Some of My Favorites: My One And Only Love;
Get Out Of Town; When The World Was Young & Didn't We; Minor Kicks [instr];
Where Is Love; Put On A Happy Face; My Funny Valentine; Here's That Rainy Day;
Peace [instr.]; Let Me Be; You And I; I Know; With You
Starwell STR-08 My Guitar And Me: A Day In The Life Of A
Fool; Love Me Tender; Almost Like Being In Love; The Shadow Of Your Smile;
Moonlight In Vermont; If I Only Had A Brain; My One And Only Love; When I Fall
In Love; Fly Me To The Moon; My Funny Valentine; Where Is Love ;In The Wee
Small Hours Of The Morning; Here's That
Rainy Day; When The World Was Young / Didn't We
SINGLES
Coral (1955)
I‘m Throwing Rice / Move It Or Lose It - ca 12-55
ABC (1957)
45-9800 Pledge Of Love / I Played The Field - 03-57
45-9840 Later Baby /
All The Time - 08-57 (rev. Aug. 5)
Carlton (1958)
45-463 Better To Love You / Can This Be Love - 03-58
Bomarc (1959)
304 I Never Believed
/ Willing To Learn - 59
307 I Said You /
Living In A Candy Store - 60
Columbia (1960-61)
4-41777 If The Good
Lord’s Willin‘ / As I Was Walkin‘ - 08-60 (Poss. Unissued)
4-41797 If The Good
Lord's Willin' / Gina - 10-60
4-41933 As I Was
Walkin‘ / Catch A Falling Star - 01-61
4-42040 Save A
Thought For Me / (When We Are Dancing)I Get Ideas - 06-61
Monument (1966-71)
45-977 You're Free To
Go / Ninety Miles An Hour - 09-66
45-1042 A Rose Is A
Rose / I Hear It Now - 11-67
45-1117 Anything
That's Part Of You / One Of These Days - 12-68
45-1177 All The World
And Seven Seas / Walk Through This World With Me - 11-69
45-1205 Distant
Dreams / Ride My Donkey - 05-70
ZS7-8532 I'll Need
You Forever / No - 01-72
