Minnie Pearl

Sarah Ophelia Colley, *25-10-1912 Centerville, TN, +04-03-1996                          

By Praguefrank

SESSIONS note: Starday spoken / comedy titles were not listed on original albums

ca. August 1946 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Minnie Pearl and Pee Wee King (Golden West Cowboys)

001 K2072  IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINE  King 590 45-978

002 K2073  ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY  590/LP-710 45-978

1946 Nashville, TN – Minnie Pearl

003 I'M LOOKIN' FOR A FELLER Bullet 613

004 JEALOUS HEARTED ME Bullet 613

December 1953 RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St.,Manhattan, New York City – Minnie Pearl

005 E3-VB-2927? JEALOUS HEARTED ME  47-5650/LPM-3192

006 E3-VB-2928 HOW TO CATCH A MAN (WITH THE MINNIE PEARL PLAN)  47-5699/ADL2-0701

007 E3-VB-2929 MAN (UH-HUH)  47-5605/ADL2-0701

008 E3-VB-2930 I WISH THEY WOULD  47-5605/ADL2-0701

009 E3-VB-2931 NEVER BEEN KISSED  47-5812/ADL2-0701

ca 14 February 1954 Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Minnie Pearl (Producer: Stephen Sholes)

010 E4-VB-3613 AND THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME 47-5699/ADL2-0701

011 E4-VB-3614 I WONDER WHERE THAT MAN OF MINE HAS WENT  47-5812

9 May 1954  [live, 18:30-21:30] Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, AR –Minnie Pearl (Minnie Pearl [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Bud Isaacs [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Don Slayman [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)

01101 E4-VH-0664-A HOW TO CATCH A MAN -9 LPM-3220

23 September 1954 Thomas Production, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Minnie Pearl and Grandpa Jones (Grandpa Jones [vcl*], Minnie Pearl [vcl], Chet Atkins [el gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Farris Coursey [drums], John Gordy [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
012 E4-VB-5518 GOTTA MARRY OFF YOUR DAUGHTER* 47-5891
013 E4-VB-5519 PAPA LOVES MAMBO* 47-5891/ADL2-0701
014 E4-VB-5520? ME 47-5982

015 E4-VB-5521 HUNTIN‘ SEASON  47-5982

2 March 1955 RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN - Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl (Grandpa Jones [vcl], Minnie Pearl [vcl], Chet Atkins [el gt], Eddie Hill [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Lightnin Chance [bass], Buddy Harman [drums],  John Gordy [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)

016 F2-WB-0268 KISSIN' GAMES 47-6474/ADL2-0701
017 F2-WB-0269 MATRIMONY RIDGE 47-6088
018 F2-WB-0270 SPRING FEVER 47-6088
5 December 1959 Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN – Minnie Pearl

000 COMEDY ROUTINE Everest 5073

1960 Nashville, TN – Minnie Pearl

000 COMEDY SKIT NDA 1799

019 PRETTY LITTLE PINK NDA 1799

000 COMEDY SKIT NDA 1799

020 LULU WALLS NDA 1799

1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Minnie Pearl

000 COMEDY ROUTINE Starday SLP 224

ca. January 1964 or later Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Buddy Starcher and Minnie Pearl

021 HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF SLP 380 SLP-382

December 1965 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Minnie Pearl and Red Sovine (Producer: Tommy Hill)
022 ST-7885 I THINK I CAN SLEEP TONIGHT 766/SLP-363 SLP-391 SLP-436 NLP-2054
January 1966 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Minnie Pearl and Red Sovine (Producer: Tommy Hill)
023 ST-7925 SWEET NELLIE -instr.- 790/NLP-2044
ca. January 1966 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Minnie Pearl‘s Giddyupgo Boys (Producer: Tommy Hill)

024 ST-7946 GIDDYUPGO ANSWER  754/SLP-380

025 ST-7947 ROAD RUNNER  754

ca. April 1966 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Minnie Pearl, *and Buddy Starcher (Producer: Tommy Hill)

000 ST-8061 unknown title

026 ST-8062 TRY TO LIVE SOME WHILE YOU‘RE HERE  764

000 ST-8063 unknown title

000 ST-8064 unknown title

000 ST-8065 unknown title

000 ST-8066 unknown title

027 ST-8067 WHAT IS AN AMERICAN?  764/SLP-380

000 ST-8068 unknown title

000 ST-8069 unknown title

Unrecognized masters above

Y'ALL COME  Starday SLP-380

TRY TO LIVE SOME  Starday SLP-380 

CARELESS LOVE  Starday SLP-380 

ARE ALL THE CHILDREN IN  Starday SLP-380                    

KNOW THYSELF  Starday SLP-380

MOTHER'S OLD STEEL THIMBLE  Starday SLP-380                 

WHAT WOULD YOU DO  Starday SLP-380 

ca. April 1966 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Minnie Pearl and Red Sovine (Producer: Tommy Hill)
028 ST-8070 NOBODY'S BUSINESS 774/SLP-380 SLP-405 NLP-2054 KSCD-5131
029 ST-8071 ALABAM 774/SLP-380 SLP9-390 SLP-391 SLP-405
030 ST-8072? PAY LOAD DADDY SLP-396 SLP-404
1967 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Minnie Pearl

000 COMEDY ROUTINE SLP 397              

Btw 1963-1967 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Minnie Pearl

000 GOSSIP FROM GRINDER'S SWITCH Nashville NLP 2043   

000 TUNNEL OF LOVE Nashville NLP 2043   

000 PARTY KISSING GAME Nashville NLP 2043   

000 WEDDING Nashville NLP 2043   

000 CALIFORNIA GIRLS Nashville NLP 2043   

031 MY FELLER [song] Nashville NLP 2043  

032 HOW TO CATCH A MAN [song] Nashville NLP 2043   

000 HANDSOME MAN FROM NASHVILLE Nashville NLP 2043  

000 HAWAII WITH ELVIS Nashville NLP 2043   - 67                  

Tracks above were probaly issued on Starday albums but with no individual titles on cover

1960s Nashville, TN – Minnie Pearl

000 HOWDY, I'M JEST SO PROUD TO BE HERE Sunset SUS 5148  

000 MY HOMETOWN Sunset SUS 5148

000 I WENT TO A WEDDIN' Sunset SUS 5148

000 BIG PARTY AT GRINDER'S SWITCH Sunset SUS 5148  

000 SUMPIN' HAPPENED TO ME Sunset SUS 5148  

000 COMIN' INTO TOWN Sunset SUS 5148

1974 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South,Nashville, TN – Archie Campbell (Producer: Bob Ferguson)
033 AS SOON AS I HANG UP THE PHONE  PB-10077
034 NOBODY'S BUSINESS  PB-10077

ALBUMS

Everest LPBR 5073 Minnie Pearl: (comedy routine) – 02-60

Starday SLP-224 Howdee! (The Girl From Grinder's Switch At The Party): (comedy routine) – 63 as by Cousin Minnie Pearl

Hilltop JM/JS-6014 Laugh-A-Long With Minnie Pearl: Country Comedy And Humorous Songs – 65 (probably reissue  of LPBR 5073)

Starday SLP/S-SLP-380 America's Beloved Minnie Pearl: Y'all Come; Try To Live Some; Nobody's Business; Careless Love; What Is An American?; Alabam; Giddy-Up Go Answer; Are All The Children In; Know Thy Self; Mother's Old Steel Thimble; What Would You Do; History Repeats Itself – 66

Starday SLP/S-SLP-397 The Country Music Story: (tracks unknown) -  67

Nashville NLP-2043 Lookin' For A Feller:  Gossip From Grinder's Switch;  Tunnel Of Love;  Party Kissing Game;  Wedding;  California Girls;  Song> My Feller;  How To Catch A Man;  Handsome Man From Nashville; Hawaii With Elvis - 67                  

Sunset SUL-1148/SUS-5148 Howdy!: Howdy, I'm Jest So Proud To Be Here; My Hometown; I Went To A Weddin'; Big Party At Grinder's Switch; Sumpin' Happened To Me; Comin' Into Town - 67

Camden ADL2-0701e Grand Ole Opry Stars: Old Rattler; You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet; You-All Come; Sass-A-Frass; Old Rattler's Son; How To Catch A Man; (And) That's Good Enough For Me; Never Been Kissed; Man (Uh-Huh); Papa Loves Mambo; Jealous Hearted Me; I Wonder Where That Man Of Mine Went; I Wisht They Would!; Kissin' Games; Pap's Corn Likkers Still; Some More Mountain Dew; My Heart Is Like A Train; Standing In The Depot – 74 w. Grandpa Jones (duets and solo tracks)

Starday SDCD-3509 Starday Days: Introduction: Train Whistle/The Tunnel/The Train Robber/Funny Look/Try To Live Some (Song); The Women In My Life/Goldfish In The Bathtub/Uncle Nabob's Jug/Brother Going Swimming;  Double Parking/New Perfune/Low Cut Dresses/Fish For Christmas/Hessy's Christmas Gift;  I'm Gonna Kiss You Or Die Trying/Taking Me To Dinner/Lucifer Huckelhead/Grandfather Clock;  Bedellia Busbustle/The New Mason-Dixon Line/The Cup Of Coffee/The Picture/Brother's New Job;  Greeting/Scared/Looks/Breath Of Spring/Two-Faced/Uncle Nabob Ain't A Failure/A Little Nip; The Picture Show/The Diet/Hot Water/The Boxing Match/4th Of July/Giddy-Up-Go Answer (Song);  Elvis In Hawaii/Hula Dancing/The Twist/Ernie Ford Show/Nobody's Business (Song); Kissing Games/Rod Brasfield's Car/The Fancy Wedding/Monogram Pajamas/Know Thyself (Song); The New Dress/The Hatchery And The Dairy/Getting Thin/Fire Department/How To Catch A Man (Song); Roy Acuff Intro/Minnie's Intro/It Sure Is Hot Tonight/Minnie And Red Foley/Summer Clothes; Intro/Income Tax Day/Red Foley And Minnie-Question Time/Brother's Dog Careless;  Intro/Spring/Girls With A Lisp/Minnie And Red Foley/I Want A Beau/He Was Bragging/Perfume;  Intro/Christmas At Grinder's Switch/Poor Memory/The Rusty Shotgun/Brother's Encyclopedia; Courtin At The Graveyard/Women Of California/Good Morning This Morning/That's Good Enough For Me -  24-03-98  (3 CD)                                   

King KSCD-3808 Country Music Hall Of Fame 1975:  First Grand Ole Opry Appearance; Giddy-Go-Go Answer (Song); California Girls; Y'all Come (Song); Gossip From Grinder's Switch; Alabam (Song With Red Sovine); Tunnel Of Love; How To Catch A Man; Columbus Stockade Blues (Song); Old Maid From Grinder's Switch; Nobody's Business (Song With Red Sovine); Uncle Nabob; History Repeats Itself; On Top Of Old Smokey (Song) – 98

SINGLES

King  (1946)               

590 In The Shaddow Of The Pine / On Top Of Old Smokey - 46 (reissued on 45-978 in 1951)

Bullet (1946)               

613 I'm Lookin' For A Feller / Jealous Hearted Me - 46

RCA Victor (1954-56)

47-5605 Man (Uh-Huh) / I Wish They Would! - 01-54

47-5650 Jealous Hearted Me / (Chet Atkins:) Georgia's Camp Meeting - 02-54

47-5699 And That's Good Enough For Me / How To Catch A Man - 04-54

47-5812 Never Been Kissed / I Wonder Where That Man Of Mine Has Went - 08-54

47-5891 Papa Loves Mambo / Gotta Marry Off Your Daughter - 10-54  w. Grandpa Jones

47-5982 Me / Huntin' Season - 12-54

47-6088 Matrimony Ridge / Spring Fever - 04-55 w. Grandpa Jones

No label (1960)

NDA-1799 A Visit With Minnie Pearl:  Comedy Skit;  Pretty Little Pink /  Comedy Skit;  Lulu Walls – 60 (MX: L8OH-1799/1800; EP)

Starday (1963-66)

754 Giddyupgo Answer / Road Runner  - 02-66

764 Live Some While You're Here / What Is An American? - 05-66

774 Alabam / Nobody's Business -  66 w. Red Sovine

RCA Victor (1974)

PB-10077 As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone / Nobody's Business  - 74 w. Archie Campbell