BUFFALO JOHNSON
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
BUFFALO JOHNSON AND HIS MELODY RANGERS
1946
(vcl/gtr); Unk (gtr); Unk
(stg bs);
Producer:
James Hobart “Jim” Stanton
6969 ALONE AND BLUE Rich-R’-Tone
403-A
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6991 RANGERS WALTZ 403-B
()
7007 I’LL ALWAYS FIND A WAY Rich-R’-Tone
401-A
(Buffalo Johnson)
7202 COME BACK AGAIN 401-B
(Buffalo Johnson)
NB(1): RICH-R’-TONE 401 released Friday 20th December 1946.
NB(2): RICH-R’-TONE 403 released Thursday 27th February
1947.
BUFFALO JOHNSON
1947
(vcl/gtr); Unk (gtr); Unk
(stg bs);
Producer:
Jim Stanton
7196 SOMETHING
WITH ME (IS TELLING ON YOU) Rich-R’-Tone
405-A
(Johnson-Stanton)
6700 WHERE ARE YOU NOW 405-B
()
3118 JUST DROPPED IN TO SAY
GOODBYE Rich-R’-Tone
408 (Uniss)
()
7203 HOME IN SAN ANTONE 408 (Uniss)
()
NB(1): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 19th July 1947-RICH-R’-TONE
405.
NB(2): RICH-R’-TONE 405 released Sunday 10th August 1947.
NB(3): RICH-R’-TONE Records Advert Billboard Saturday 18th
October 1947-RICH-R’-TONE 405.
NB(4): RICH-R’-TONE 408 not released.
BUFFALO JOHNSON
1947
(vcl/gtr); Unk (gtr); Unk
(stg bs);
Producer:
Jim Stanton
8001 THE FOOLISH ONE Rich-R’-Tone
409-A
(Hobart Stanton)
8003 THE SWEETEST DREAM 409-B
(Lester Smith)
NB(1): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 27th December
1947-RICH-R’-TONE 409.
NB(2): RICH-R’-TONE 409 released Monday 29th December 1947.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 7th August 1948.
BUFFALO JOHNSON
Radio Station WROL, 500 Block Gay Street Knoxville, Tn: ca.
July 1948
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
1850 MY ANGEL SWEETHEART Mercury
6123
()
1851 BETWEEN THE LINES 6123
()
1852 THAT’S WHY I’M NOBODY’S
DARLING Mercury
6178
()
1853 COME BACK TO ME 6178
()
1854 SOMEHOW I CAN’T FORGET Mercury
(Uniss)
()
1855 A PETAL FROM A FADED ROSE Mercury
(Uniss)
()
1856 I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE
LONELY Mercury (Uniss)
()
1857 LIVE IN MEMORIES Mercury
(Uniss)
()
NB(1): MERCURY 6123 released Monday 9th August 1948.
NB(2): MERCURY Records Advert Billboard Saturday 19th March
1949-MERCURY 6178.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 19th March
1949-MERCURY 6178.
NB(4): MERCURY 6178 released Monday 21st March 1949.
BUFFALO JOHNSON Radio Station WETB Johnson
City, Tn:
1949
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
Jim Stanton
4108 THE LOSER PAYS Rich-R’-Tone
434 (Uniss)
()
4109 COME BACK AGAIN Rich-R’-Tone
430 (Uniss)
()
3101 ALONE AND BLUE 430 (Uniss)
()
4120 I DREAMED MY DADDY CAME HOME Rich-R’-Tone
434 (Uniss)
()
NB(1): RICH-R’-TONE 430 not released.
NB(2): RICH-R’-TONE 434 not released.
BUFFALO JOHNSON Radio Station WETB Johnson
City, Tn: 1949
(vcl/gtr); prob Guy Pealer (el gtr); Dusty Rose (); Sterling Simpson
();
Producer:
Jim Stanton
FAIRY TALES Rich-R’-Tone
442
()
UNTRUE LOVE 442, Rich-R’-Tone 458
()
4135 Unknown Title Rich-R’-Tone
(Uniss)
()
3134 LEFT MY GIRL IN THE MOUNTAINS Rich-R’-Tone
458
()
NB(1): RICH-R’-TONE 442 possibly Tuesday released
3rd May 1949.
NB(2): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 18th June
1949-RICH-R’-TONE 442.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 25th June
1949-RICH-R’-TONE 442.
NB(4): RICH-R’-TONE 458 released 28th February 1950.
NOTE: Billboard Saturday 1st October 1949-stated that
Buffalo Johnson and His Melody Rangers , Mercury and Rich-R’-Tone recording
artists, formerly with WETB, Johnson City, Tenn., are making personal
appearances in Cincinnati and vicinity, band members include Dusty Rose, Guy
Pealer and Sterling Simpson.
BUFFALO JOHNSON 1950
(vcl/gtr); poss Guy Pealer
(el gtr); Dusty Rose (); Sterling Simpson ();
Producer:
WHISPER GOODBYE Rich-R’-Tone
702
()
GOODBYE BOOGIE 702
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NB(1): RICH-R’-TONE 702 released Monday 24th April 1950.
NB(2): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 6th May
1950-RICH-R’-TONE 702.
BUFFALO JOHNSON 1951
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
Jim Stanton
1306 LET’S LIVE A LITTLE Rich-R’-Tone
1013
()
1404 YOU SURE LOOK LONESOME 1013
()
1407 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Rich-R’-Tone
1016, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-028
()
1309 NO LOVE NO MORE 1016, HBRCD-028
(Stanton-Johnson)
NB(1): RICH-R’-TONE 1013 released ca. Monday 17th
September 1951.
NB(2): RICH-R’-TONE 1016 released Monday 17th September
1951.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Releases Saturday 29th September
1951-RICH-R’-TONE 1016.
NB(4): HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBRCD-028 “RICH-R’-TONE RECORDS”
released United Kingdom
BUFFALO JOHNSON & THE CHURCH BROS. & their BLUE
RIDGE RANGERS
Saturday
27th October 1951
(vcl-1/gtr); William Cears
“Bill” Church (vcl-2/gtr); Arthur Ralph Church (tnr vcl-2/mand); John McKinley
“Johnny” Nelson (bjo) or James Garfield “Gar” Bowers (bjo); Arthur Ward Eller
((vcl/gtr); John Ralph Pennington (stg bs).
Producer:
ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARMS Rich-R’-Tone
(Uniss), GHP LP-900, Rounder 1020
(P.D.)
1312 DAY
DREAMING -1 Rich-R;-Tone
1019-A, LP-900
(Gladys Goble)
DAY DREAMING (Alt)-1 Rich-R’-Tone
(Uniss)
(Gladys Goble)
1410 I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO -1-2 Rich-R’-Tone 1019-B
(Gladys Goble)
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO (Alt)-1-2 Rich-R’-Tone (Uniss)
(Gladys Goble)
NB: RICH-R’-TONE 1019 released ca. Monday 17th
September 1951.
NOTE: According to DRUSILLA ADAMS SMITH, a second
RICH-R’-TONE recoding session was held about summer 1950 in Kingsport, Tennessee.
It Is uncertain if any of the foregoing masters were recorded there.
NOTE: Billboard 24th November 1951 stated that RICH-R’-TONE
issued its first 2 artists disc. It issued BUFFALO JOHNSON & THE CHURCH
BROTHERS.
BUFFALO JOHNSON And His Herd
1951
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
1316 JOHN HENRY Rich-R’-Tone
1023
(Traditional)
1414 NINE POUND HAMMER 1023
(Traditional)
NB: RICH-R’-TONE 1023 released ca. Monday 17th
September 1951.
BUFFALO JOHNSON And his Herd Vocal Jimmie Ballard-1
HARRY ADAMS With Buffalo Johnson-2 Cincinnati,
Oh: 1952
(gtr): James “Jimmie”
Ballard (vcl-3/gtr); Harry Adams (vcl-4/gtr);
Producer:
Carl J. Burkhardt
520-A TAIN’T BIG ENOUGH -1-3 Kentucky
520-A, Kentucky 4-520-A
(Montgomery) (Gateway Publications)
520-B TAPPIN’ BOOGIE -1-3 520-B, 4-520-B, Cactus CACT-5006
(Hart-Burk) (Gateway Publications)
521-A MILK BUCKET BOOGIE -2-4 Kentucky
521-A, Kentucky 45-521-A
(Shipley-Murray) (Cherio Music BMI)
521-B ARKANSAS TRAVELER -2-4 521-B, 45-521-B
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NB(1): KENTUCKY 520 released 1952.
NB(2): KENTUCKY 520 re-released with different label design.
NB(3): KENTUCKY 4-520 released
NB(4): KENTUCKY 521 released 1952.
NB(5): KENTUCKY 45-521 released
NB(6): CACTUS CACT-5006 “ROCKIN’ HILLBILLY, Vol.7.” released
2004.
HARRY ADAMS And The Herd with Billy Thomas Old Time
Fiddler-1
HARRY ADAMS-2
DARLENE ADAMS And The Country Boys-3 Cincinnati,
Oh: 1952
poss Buffalo Johnson
(gtr); Harry Adams (vcl-4/gtr); Darlene “The Hi Neighbor Girl” Adams (vcl-5/yodel-6);
William “Billy” Thomas (fdl);The Herd (hmny vcl-7); Producer: Carl
Burkhardt
7017 GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY -1-4 Kentucky 525
()
7018 WILDWOOD FLOWER (Inst) Kentucky 526
()
7019 ? IF I COULD ONLY LEARN TO YODEL -3-5-6 526
()
7020 ? TEARDROPS ARE MY ROSARY -3-5 526
()
7021 Unknown Title Kentucky
(Uniss)
()
7022 Unknown Title Kentucky
(Uniss)
()
7023 BOIL THE CAGGAGE DOWN -1-4-7 Kentucky 525
()
7024 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP Kentucky 526
()
NB(1): KENTUCKY 525 released Monday 5th May 1952.
NB(2): KENTUCKY 525 reviewed Billboard Folk Record Reviews Saturday
24th May 1952.
NB(3): KENTUCKY 526 by HARRY ADAMS released Monday 5th May
1952.
NB(4): KENTUCKY 526 by DARLENE ADAMS released Monday 5th May
1952.
NB(5): KENTUCKY 526 by DARLENE ADAMS reviewed Billboard Folk
Record Reviews Saturday 24th May 1952.
BUFFALO JOHNSON Johnson
City, Tn: 1960s
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
Hobart Stanton
COME BACK AGAIN Rich-R-Tone
8001
(Hobart Stanton)
(Cedarwood Pub. BMI)
TIME DON’T MEAN MUCH
ANYMORE 8002
(Hobart Stanton)
(Cedarwood Pub. BMI)
NB: RICH-R-TONE 8001/8002 released
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, DAVE SAX & AL TURNER
with acknowledgements to DICK SPOTTSWOOD, PETE KUYKENDALL, PHIL TRICKER, RONALD
KEPPNER, JOHAN LOFSTEDT & MICHEL RUPPLI.
2000-2014.
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