Friday, February 21, 2014

Ked Killen (by Dick Grant)



KED KILLEN
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

KED KILLEN (With The Bright Brothers Band)
                                                                                                                               poss. Morristown, Tn.:                                                           1953
Ked Killen (vcl/gr);                Bright ();                 Bright ();
                                                                                                                               Producer: James Hobart Stanton

1357                   CRYING THE BLUES                                              Rich-R’-Tone 1064-A, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-028  
                          (Ked Killen)
1456                   NO END TO MY LOVING YOU                                                                                1064-B,                                 HBRCD-028
                          (Aubrey Garber)

NB(1): RICH-R’-TONE 1064 released 1953.
NB(2): HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBRCD-028 “THE RICH-R’-TONE LABEL” released United Kingdom

KED KILLEN and The Mountain All-Stars                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Radio Station KYVA                                                          Whitesburg, Ky.:                                                                    1957
(vcl/gtr); poss Raymond Webb ();                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Producer:

K-101-A               LONESOME BLUES                                                                         Kyva K-101-A
                          (Ked Killen)
K-101-B               LET ANOTHER LOVE MOVE IN                                                                  K-101-B
                          (P.Gilley-K.Killen)

NB(1): KYVA K-101 released 1957.
NB(2): Radio Station KYVA based in Whitesburg, Ky.
NB(3): KYVA Records possibly owned by Clyde Varney.

KED KILLEN                                Radio Station KYVA                                              Whitesburg, Ky.:                                                          March 1958
(vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

CP-1470              THE SCHOOL BUS TRAGEDY                                                          Kyva 45-707-A
                          (Aubrey Garber) (Golden State Songs BMI)
CP-1471              YOU’D BETTER TAKE TIME                                                                        45-707-B, B.A.C.M. CD D-402
                          (Paul Gilley-K.Killen) (Golden State Songs BMI)

NB(1): KYVA 45-707 released March 1958.
NB(2): KYVA 45-707 is a CP RITE custom pressing.
NB(3): KYVA 45-707 is a STARDAY custom release.#
NB(4): “THE SCHOOL BUS TRAGEDY” – The accident happened on Friday 28th February 1958.
NB(5): B.A.C.M CD D-402 “CUSTOM MADE GOSPEL” released United Kingdom October 2012.

KED KILLEN and His Western All Stars                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Clintwood, Va.:  Thursday 4th August 1966
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs); 
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                         TOO LATE                                                                                       Western Ranch Music WRM-106-A, Binge LP-1010
                          ()
                         SCARLET TEARDROPS                                                                               WRM-106-B,           LP-1010
                          ()

NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-106 released Tuesday 6thSeptember 1966.
NB(2): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC Records owned by ESTHER R. “KITTY” CASTEEL.
NB(3): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC Records formed in 1953.

KED KILLEN and His Western All Stars
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                Saturday 10th September 1966
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs):  
                                                                                                                               Producer:
                         
SJW-8538           STREET OF DREAMS                                            Western Ranch Music WRM-107, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#
NB: WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-107 released 1966.

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va:                                      Tuesday 18th October 1966           (vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                              Producer:

SJW-9857           WILL THE PARDON ARRIVE TOO LATE?                 Western Ranch Music WRM-113 A, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-113 released Friday 29th December 1967.  
NB(2): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-113 pressed by SJW WAKEFIELD PRESSINGS, Phoenix, Az.

KED KILLEN and His Western All Stars
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                   Saturday 22nd October 1966
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-8840           BABY FLEETFOOT                                                                          Western Ranch Music WRM-108-B, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-108 released Saturday 3rd December 1966.
NB(2): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-108 pressed by SJW WAKEFIELD PRESSINGS, Phoenix, Az.

KED KILLEN and His Western All Stars
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                             Wednesday 2nd November 1966
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs); 
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-8840           LITTLE BLIND BOY                                                                          Western Ranch Music WRM-108-A, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND       
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                     Wednesday 12th April 1967          
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-9032           FORBIDDEN KISSES                                             Western Ranch Music WRM-110-A, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-110 released Thursday 22nd June 1967.
NB(2): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-110 pressed by SJW WAKEFIELD PRESSINGS, Phoenix, Az.

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                      Wednesday 10th May 1967
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs); 
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-9032           SHADOWS ON THE LONESOME TRAIL                                            Western Ranch Music WRM-110-B, Binge LP-1010
                          (Pete Roth) (Country Star ASCAP)

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                    Saturday 28th October 1967
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-9952           HELLO MISTER SANTA                                          Western Ranch Music WRM-114-B, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-114 released Friday 24th November 1967.
NB(2): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-114 pressed by SJW WAKEFIELD PRESSINGS, Arizona, Az.
NB(3): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC No.# “COUNTRY CHRISTMAS WITH KILLEN” released Tuesday 3rd November 2009.





KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                              Wednesday 8th November 1967
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs): 
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-9857           ONE LITTLE ROSE                                                                         Western Ranch Music WRM-113-B, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                       Tuesday 12th March 1968
(vcl/gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                         HEY PRETTY MAMA                                               Western Ranch Music WRM-119-A
33491                 (Casteel-Killen) (Country Star Pub. ASCAP)               Western Ranch Music WRM-119-A
                                                                                                                               White Label WLP-8838, Binge LP-1010
                                                                                                                               Western Ranch Music No.#
                                                                                                                              
NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-119 released Wednesday 24th April 1968.
NB(2): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-119 (33491) released 
NB(3): WHITE LABEL WLP-8838 “ROCK-A-BILLY SOUVENIR” released Holland 1981.

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                         Thursday 4th April 1968
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-9952           THEY CALL HIM A BUM                                         Western Ranch Music WRM-114-A, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va:                                               Friday 5th April 1968
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          DOLL UPON THE SHELF                                        Western Ranch Music WRM-115-B, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#

NB: WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-115 released Sunday 19th May 1968.

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va:                                          Tuesday 23rd April 1968
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs); 
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          LONESOME BLUES                                                                         Western Ranch Music WRM-115-A
33491                 (Casteel-Killen) (Country Star Pub. ASCAP)               Western Ranch Music WRM-119-B
                                                                                                                               Western Ranch Music WRM-119-B, Binge LP-1010                             
KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                           Sunday 28th April 1968
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs); 
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          WORRIED BLUES                                                                           Western Ranch Music WRM-120, Binge LP-1010
                          (Casteel-Killen) (Country Star Pub. ASCAP)

NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-120 released Friday 10th May 1968.
NB(2): There is a release by LEE FELTS & HIS FELTONES on WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-120- “MY THROBBIN’ HEART”/“ALL THOSE TEARDROPS”. 

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN BAND
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                           Tuesday 2nd July 1968
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs); 
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          THE CLOUDS ARE RAINING TEARDROPS              Western Ranch Music WRM-121, Binge LP-1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#
NB: WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-121 released Tuesday 20th August 1968.

KED KILLEN and his Western All Stars
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                  Tuesday 10th December 1968
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-8538           ANOTHER LOVE                                                                             Western Ranch Music WRM-107, Binge LP1010
                          ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music No.#                                                             

NB(1): Matrix No. SJW-8538 refers to 1966.
NB(2): “ANOTHER LOVE” may be on the reverse of “STREET OF DREAMS”.

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN STARS
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                        Monday 10th March 1969
(vcl/gtr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          CRYIN’ BLUES                (Version 1)                       Western Ranch Music (Uniss)
                          (Casteel-Killen) (Country Star Pub. ASCAP)               Western Ranch Music Cass. No.#, Binge LP-1010
SJW-11570/         CRYIN’ BLUES                (Version 2)                       Western Ranch Music WRM-124-B
33492                 (Casteel-Killen) (Country Star Pub. ASCAP)               Western Ranch Music WRM-124-B                                                                            

NB(1): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-124 released Monday 19th May 1969.
NB(2): WESTERN RANCH MUSIC WRM-124 (33492) released

KED KILLEN & HIS WESTERN STARS
                                                                                                                               Clintwood, Va.:                                        Thursday 10th April 1969
(vcl/gr); Unk (fdl); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

SJW-11570/         THE PICTURE                                                       Western Ranch Music WRM-124-A
33492                 ()                                                                                                   Western Ranch Music WRM-124-A, Binge LP-1010
                                                                                                                               Western Ranch Music No.#

NB: BINGE LP-1010 “COUNTRY MUSIC IS HERE TO STAY” released Germany 1989.


DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, AL TURNER, BARRY JOHN with acknowledgements to to Rene Pavlik & Carl LaFong.

1 comment:

  1. Ked also recorded one 45 at Maggard Sound, Big Stone Gap, VA on his vanity label Green Wave. “River Of Tears” / “The Cloud’s Are Raining Teardrops”

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