Billy Thomas (fiddle)

By Mario Manciotti + Shane Hughes, Ian Saddler, Dave Sax, Phil Tricker, Al Turner (on Kentucky label discography), Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS also member of Boys of Indiana

1952 Cincinnati, OH – Preston Ward with Billy Thomas

001 7004 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 524

1952 Cincinnati, OH – Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy Thomas

002 7017 GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY Kentucky 525

003 7023 BOIL THEM CABBAGE DOWN 525

1952 Cincinnati, OH – Jim Stacey and Billy Thomas and Echo Valley Boys, *and Jerry Helt

004 7081 INSTRUCTIONS - BASIC RIGHT AND LEFT THROUGH* 528
005 7082 SOLDIER'S JOY* 528

006 7083 BASIC STAR 529
007 7084 TENNESSEE WAGONEER 529

1952 Cincinnati, OH – Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy Thomas

008 7090 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG 531 /HBR 023

009 7091 VINE STREET STOMP 531/HBR 023

HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR 023 KENTUCKY LABEL (UK, 2000)

Ca 1952 Cincinnati, OH – Billy Thomas

010 ALABAMA JUBILEE Big 4 Hits 26

011 DOWN YONDER Big 4 Hits 26

012 RAGGED BILL Big 4 Hits 26

013 WHATCHA GONNA DO NOW Big 4 Hits 100  109

014 HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS Big 4 Hits 110

015 COMPANY’S COMING Big 4 Hits 115 126

016 WALTZ OF THE WIND Big 4 Hits 121

017 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES Big 4 Hits 121

018 MARY OF THE WILD MOOR Big 4 Hits 122

019 THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL Big 4 Hits 591-4

SINGLES

Kentucky (1952)

524 [Preston Ward with Billy Thomas:] Orange Blossom Special; [Preston Ward with Harry Adams:] How Can I Help Lovin' You - 52

525  Giving Everything Away / Boil Them Cabbage Down – 52 Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy Thomas

528  Instructions - Basic Right And Left Through / Soldier's Joy – 52 Jim Stacey and Billy Thomas and Echo Valley Boys

529  Basic Star / Tennessee Wagoneer - 52

531  Black Mountain Rag / Vine Street Stomp – 52 Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy Thomas

Big 4 Hits (Eps)

26 Alabama Jubilee; Down Yonder / Ragged Bill; [Sonny Osborne:] Cotton Eyed Joe – 53 (MX 8135/8082)

100 [Billy Thomas:] Whatcha Gonna Do Now; [Dick Lambert:] This Ole House / [Bill Ruff:] I'm Too Big To Cry; [Billy Thomas:] Female Hercules – 54 (MX: 8492/3)

109 [Billy Thomas:] Whatcha Gonna Do Now; [Dick Lambert:] This Ole House / {Eddie Moore:] You're Not Mine Anymore; More And More – 54 (MX 8492/8518)

110 [Preston Ward:] Blue Christmas; [Eddie Williams:] Frosty The Snowman /  [Billy Thomas:] Here Comes Santa Claus;  [Frank Roberts:] Winter Wonderland – 54 (MX 8519/20)

115 [Preston Ward:] Two Glasses Joe;  [Frank Roberts:] More Than Anything Else In This World /  [Billy Thomas:] Company's Coming; [Delbert Barker:] She's Done Give Her Heart To Me – 54 (MX 8552/3)

121 [Billy Thomas:] Waltz Of The Wind; Freight Train Blues / [Preston Ward:] Precious Jewel; [Jimmie Watson:] When The Work's All Done This Fall – 54 (MX 8572/3)

122  [Billy Thomas:] Mary Of The Wild Moor; [Delbert Barker:] Cattle Call; Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie; Jesse James – 54 (MX: 8574/5)

126 [Frank Thomas:] More Than Anything Else In The World; [Billy Thomas:] Company's Coming /  [The Nunn Sisters:]  Open Up Your Heart;  [Preston Ward:] New Green Light - 54 (MX 8603/4)

591-4   [Eddie Williams:] Cigaretts And Coffee Blues;  [Billy Thomas:] That's The Way I Feel /  [Jim Hayes:] Your Making A Fool Out Of Me;  [Joe Cannonball Lewis:] Anyone's Baby – 58 (MX 9263/4)