THE COKER FAMILY
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
ALVADEAN COKER with
Louisiana
Hayride Band
KWKH Radio Station Studio, 327 Texas Street Shreveport, La.: ca, Tuesday 16th March
1954
Alvadean Coker (vcl); poss. Thomas “Tommy” Bishop (gtr); James “Jimmy” Day (stl
gtr); Joseph Herman “Big Red” Hayes (fdl); Kenneth Allen “Little Red” Hayes
(fdl); Floyd Cramer (pno); Donald “Don” Davis (stg bs). Producer: Fabor Robinson
163a SUGAR
DOLL Abbott
163, Abbott 163-45
(Thelma
Woods-Zackary Woods) (Dandelion Music BMI)
163b WITCHE’S
WALTZ 163, 163-45
(Dick Reynolds)
(Dandelion Music BMI)
167a FUNNY LITTLE THINGS Abbott
167, Abbott 167-45
(Mary Weber)
(Dandelion Music BMI)
167b PINNOLO THE PUPPY 167, 167-45
(Dick Reynolds)
(Dandelion Music BMI)
NB(1): ABBOTT 163/163-45 released Tuesday 11th May
1954.
NB(2): ABBOTT 163/163-45 reviewed Billboard
Reviews of New C&W Records Saturday 15th May 1954.
NB(3): ABBOTT 167/45-167 released Tuesday 13th July
1954.
NB(4): ABBOTT 167/45-167 reviewed Billboard
Reviews of New C&W Records Saturday 17th July 1954.
ALVADEAN COKER
ABBOTT 163
WITCHE’S WALTZ 71
A cute side, the ditty will appeal to youngsters.
Miss Coker projects it effectively. Country deejays should spin some.
SUGAR DOLL 67
Swingy item is handed an okay reading by the
thrush.
ALVADEAN COKER
ABBOTT 167
FUNNY LITTLE THINGS 75
The country thrush brings warmth and style to
this cute material. She has a pleasant voice over which she has excellent
control
PINNOLO THE PUPPY 69
While Miss Coker comes thru with another fine
reading here, the lyric is closer to kiddie material than anything, and
consqently will have less general appeal.
ALVADEAN COKER -1
SANDY COKER Band-2
poss. KWKH Radio Station Studio, 327 Texas Street Shreveport, La.: ca. July 1954
Alvadean Coker (vcl-3); Alvis “Al” Coker Sr. (gtr); Alvis “Sandy” Coker Jr. (fdl-4/gtr);
poss. Jimmy Day (stl gtr); poss. Linda
Coker (pno); Geraldine Coker (stg bs). Producer: Fabor Robinson
169a I SOLD OUT MY HEART -3 Abbott
169, Abbot 169-45
(Fred Lehweber-Al
Slavico) (Dandelion Music BMI)
169b CRYING HEART -3 169, 169-45
(Ned Cronk) (Dandelion
Music BMI)
171a MEADOWLARK MELODY (Inst)-4 Abbott 171, Abbott 171-45, Lodon HL-8109
(Sandy Coker)
(Dandelion Music BMI) London 45-HL-8109
171b TOSS OVER (Inst)-4 Abbott
171,
171-45, HL-8109
(Sandy Coker)
(Dandelion Music BMI) London 45-HL-8109
NB(1): ABBOTT 169/169-45 released Tuesday 14th September
1954.
NB(2): ABBOTT 169/169-45 reviewed Billboard
Reviews of New C&W Records Saturday 17th September 1954.
NB(3): ABBOTT 171/171-45 released Tuesday 12th October
1954.
NB(4): ABBOTT 171/171-45 reviewed Billboard
Reviews of New C&W Records Saturday 16th October 1954.
NB(5): LONDON
HL-8109 (78rpm/45rpm) released United
Kingdom December 1954.
STANLEY COKER BAND (Sic)
ABBOTT 171
MEADOWLARK MELODY 71
The Coker band presents one of the prettiest
instrumentals to hot the market in quite a while. It is played here by steel
guitar over a rocking bass figure. Good juke box item.
TOSS OVER 71
Another fine instrumental with a solid beat and a
pleasant melody. The fancy fiddling adds to its attractions as a dance record.
JIM REEVES - ALVADEAN COKER
Abbott Studio, Escondido
Canyon Malibu, Ca.: Monday 31st January 1955
James Travis
“Jim” Reeves (vcl); Alvadean Coker (vcl); Roy Howard Lanham (ld
gtr); Al Coker Sr. (gtr); Dusty Rhodes (stg
bs); or Sandy Coker (fdl); Geraldine Coker (stg bs). Producer: Fabor
Robinson
184-A/ ARE YOU THE ONE? Abbott 184, Abbott 184-45, Abbott LP-5001
G2-WW-5112 (Don Grashey-Buddy DeVal) (Dandelion
Music BMI) RCA Victor LSP-4112, RCA Victor SF-8022
RCA Camden
CDS-1128, RCA International INTS-5222
Country
Music History TJR-002, Bear Family BCD-15656
Prism Leisure PLCD-1423, Demon Music/Red Box 241
High
Fidelity HFCD-5023, Proper PRMCD-6071
Bear
Family BCD-17356
NB(1): ABBOTT 184/184-45 released Tuesday 4th
October 1955.
NB(2): ABBOTT 184/184-45 reviewed Billboard
Reviews of New C&W Records Saturday 8th October 1955.
NB(3): ABBOTT LP-5001 “JIM REEVES EARLY RECORDINGS” released
1955.
NB(4): RCA VICTOR LSP-4112 “JIM REEVES AND SOME FRIENDS”
released December 1969.
NB(5): ARE YOU THE ONE” is overdubbed on RCA
VICTOR LSP-4112.
NB(6): RCA VICTOR SF-8022 “JIM REEVES AND SOME
FRIENDS” released United
Kingdom
NB(7): RCA CAMDEN
CDS-1128 “JIM REEVES SINGS WITH SOME FRIENDS” released United Kingdom
NB(8): COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY TJR-002 “IN THE
BEGINNING, Vol.2.” released Germany
1975.
NB(9): RCA INTERNATIONAL INTS-5222 “THE ABBOTT
RECORDINGS, Vol.1.” released United
Kingdom 1982.
NB(10): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15656 “WELCOME TO MY WORLD” released
Germany
August 1994.
NB(11): PRISM LEISURE PLCD-1423 “JIM
REEVES-MEXICAN JOE” released United
Kingdom August 2006.
NB(12): DEMON MUSIC/RED BOX 241 “THE ESSENTIAL
COLLECTION” released United Kingdom 2008.
NB(13): HIGH FIDELITY HFCD-5023 “JIM REEVES-LEGENDS
OF COUNTRY MUSIC” released August 2008.
NB(14): PROPER PRMCD-6071 “THE PRIMO COLLECTION”
released United Kingdom
December 2008.
NB(15): BEAR FAMILY BC-17356 “JIM REEVES COMPLETE
ABBOTT RECORDINGS” released Germany
June 2014.
JIM REEVES - ALVADEAN COKER
ABBOTT 184
ARE YOU THE ONE? 78
Reeves teams up with thrush Alvadean Coker in
this bouncy novelty, and they make a happy imprint. A good juke box
coin-puller.
ALVADEAN COKER and the Cokers
Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd Los
Angeles, Ca.: ca.
January 1955
(vcl); Al Coker Sr. (gtr); Sandy Coker (fdl); Linda Coker (pno);
Geraldine Coker (stg bs).
Producer: Fabor Robinson
176a/ WE’RE GONNA BOP Abbott 176, Abbott 176-45, Reo
8006
MSC-840 (Geraldine Coker) (Dandelion Music
BMI) London HL-U-8191, Rounder
1031
Supersonic
FV-1172, Buffalo
Bop BbCD-55010
Bear
Family BCD-15936, Folkline 274-162
Proper
Properbox 103, El Toro ETCD-1013
Teen
Beat TBCD-252, One Day Music 3CD001
Golden
Stars GSS1919503
One
Day Music/Traditions Alive DAY2CD144
One
Day Music DAY2LP701
Fantastic
Voyage FVDD187, Bear Family BCD-16946
WE’RE GONNA BOP (Alt) Abbott
(Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15936
176b/ DO DEE OOODLE DEE DO I’M IN LOVE Abbott 176, Abbott 176-45, Reo
8006
MSC-841 (Geraldine Coker) (Dandelion
Music BMI) London HL-U-8191
NB(1): ABBOTT 176/176-45 released Tuesday 26th February
1955.
NB(2): ABBOTT 176/176-45 reviewed Billboard
C&W Saturday 26th February 1955.
NB(3): REO 8006 released Canada February
1955.
NB(4): LONDON HL-U-8191
released United Kingdom
October 1955.
NB(5): ROUNDER 1031 “WILD, WILD YOUNG WOMEN”
released 1981.
NB(6): SUPERSONIC FV-1172 “HOT BOPPIN’ GIRLS,
Vol.4.” released 1986.
NB(7): BUFFALO BOP
BbCD-55010 “TEENAGE DOLL!” released Germany 1994.
NB(8): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15936 “THAT’LL FLAT GIT
IT!, Vol.8. ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF ABBOTT, FABOR, RADIO” released Germany 1996.
NB(9): FOKLINE 274-162 “ROCKABILLY KITTENS,
Vol.2.” released United
Kingdom
NB(10): PROPER PROPERBOX 103 “FROM BOPPIN’
HILLBILLY TO RED HOT ROCKABILLY” released United Kingdom 2006.
NB(11): EL TORO
ETCD-1013 “WELCOME TO THE CLUB, EARLY FEMALE ROCKABILLY” released Spain 2007.
NB(12): TEEN BEAT TBCD-252 “HIP CHICKS AND RED
HOT MAMAS” released
NB(13): ONE
DAY MUSIC 3CD001 “THE LONDON
AMERICAN STORY RARITIES” released United Kingdom 2011.
NB(14): GOLDEN STARS GSS-1919503 “GIRL-POWERED
ROCKABILLY” released Holland 2011.
NB(15): ONE DAY MUSIC/TRADITIONS ALIVE DAY2CD144
“LONDON AMERICAN ROCKABILLY” released United Kingdom
March 2012.
NB(16): ONE DAY MUSIC DAY2LP701 “THE LONDON AMERICAN STORY RARITIES” release United Kingdom
May 2012.
NB(17): FANTASTIC VOYAGE FVDD187 “THE ROAD TO
ROCK & ROLL, Vol.3. NO STOPPING US
NOW” released United Kingdom
February 2014.
NB(18): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16946 “THE OTHER SIDE OF BAKERSFIELD” released
Germany 2014.
SANDY COKER with The Coker Family-1
AL COKER with The Coker Family-2
Music City Recorders, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tn.: Monday 30th July 1956
Al Coker Sr. (vcl-3/gtr);
Sandy Coker (gtr); Geraldine Coker (stg bs).
Producer:
Paul Cohen
100409/ DON’T GO BABY (DON’T GO) -2-3 Decca
30053, Decca 9-30053, MCA MCFM-2789
NA-9465 (Geraldine
Coker) (Old Charter Pub. BMI) MCA MAPS-9185, MCL-1756, MCA MCL-1756 Big Tone BTCD-5706, Bear Family BCD-15733
MCA
MCACD-11119, Proper Properbox 122
Fantastic
Voyage BVTD026
100410/ I
LAUGHED AND WAKED AWAY -2-3 Decca
30053, 9-30053
NA-9466 (Alvis
Coker, Sr.) (Copar Music BMI)
100411/ FREE WHEELIN’ (Inst)-2 Decca (Uniss)
NA-9467 ()
100412/ ROCK ISLAND RIDE (Inst)-2 Decca 30051, Decca 9-30051
(Sandy Coker)
NB(1): DECCA 30051/9-30051 released Tuesday 11th September
1956.
NB(2): DECCA 30053/9-30053 released Tuesday 11th September
1956.
NB(3): DECCA 30051/30052/30053 were issued in a
pictorial hard cover promo folder for DJ’s as DECCA Records Introduces The
Coker Family. (45rpm) as DECCA RECORDS Introduces THE COKER FAMILY.
NB(4): MCA MCFM-2789 “RARE ROCKABILLY, Vol.2.”
released United Kingdom
1977.
NB(5): MCA MAPS-9185 “20 ROCKABILLY HITS”
released 1979.
NB(6): MCA MCL-1756 “DECCA RARE ROCKABILLY,
Vol.2.” released France
1986.
NB(7): BIG TONE BTCD-5706 “MCA ROCKABILLIES,
Vol.2.” released United
Kingdom 1993.
NB(8): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15733 “THAT’LL FLAT GIT
IT! ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF DECCA RECORDS” released Germany 1994.
NB(9): MCA MCACD-11119 “DECCA ROCK & ROLL
COLLECTION” released 1994.
NB(10): PROPER PROPERBOX 122 “CLASSIC ROCKABILLY”
released United Kingdom 2007.
NB(11): FANTASTIC VOYAGE FVTD026 “ROOTS OF
ROCKABILLY” released United
Kingdom September 2009.
ALVADEAN COKER with The Coker Family-1
SANDY COKER with The Coker Family-2
Music City Recorders, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville,
Tn.: Tuesday 31st July 1956
Alvis Coker Sr.
(gtr); Sandy Coker (gtr-3); Alvadean Coker (vcl-4); Geraldine Coker (stg bs).
Producer:
Paul Cohen
100403/ INSUFFICIENT LOVE -1—3-4 Decca 30052, Decca
9-30052
NA-9472 (Jimmie
Dale) (Amber Music Co. BMI)
100404/ THERE’S A TEAR IN THE EYE OF THE
MAN IN THE
NA-9473 MOON -1-3-4 30052, 9-30052
(Ray
Anderson-Harry Silverstein)
100405/ ARE YOU IN THE MOOD FOR LOVIN’ -1-3-4 Decca (Uniss)
NA-9474 ()
100406/ BABY I LIKE YOUR STYLE -1-3-4 Decca
(Uniss)
NA-9475 (Gerald
Dickerson)
100407/ SANDY’S RAG (Inst)-2-3 Decca
(Uniss)
NA-9476 (Sandy Coker)
100408/ GI T FIDDLE RAG (Inst)-2-3 Decca
30051, Decca 9-30051
NA-9477 (Sandy
Coker)
NB: DECCA 30052 released Tuesday 11th September
1956.
AL COKER With The Anita Kerr Quartet-1
ALVADEAN COKER (With The Anita Kerr Quartet-2)
Bradley Film &
Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue
South Nashville,
Tn.: Friday
19th July 1957
Alvis Coker Sr. (vcl-3/gtr);
Alvadean Coker (vcl-4); Sandy Coker
(gtr); Geraldine Coker (stg bs); Anita
Kerr Quartet-Anita Kerr/ Louis Nunley/Gil Wright/Dottie Dillard (vcl chrs). Producer: Paul Cohen
103112/ PLAYING CUPID -2-4 Decca 30580, Decca 9-30580
NA-9923 (Bee
Walker-Sylvia Dee) (Wilmar Music Pub. Co. ASCAP)
103117/ ONE MORE CHANCE -1-3 Decca 30490, Decca 9-30490
NA-9924 (Geraldine
Coker) (Old Charter Pub. Co. Inc.BMI)
103118 LET’S DO IT AGAIN -1-3 30490, 9-30490
NA-9925 (Al Coker)
(Trans World Music Pub. Inc. BMI)
NB(1): DECCA 30490/9-30490 released Tuesday 29th
October 1957.
NB(2): DECCA 30490/9-30490 reviewed Billboard Reviews
of New C&W Records 18th November 1957.
NB(2): DECCA 30580/9-30580 released Tuesday 18th
February 1958.
ALVADEAN COKER (With The Anita Kerr Singers)
Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tn.: Sunday 21st July 1957
Alvadean Coker
(vcl); Alvis Coker Sr. (gtr); Sandy Coker (gtr): Geraldine Coker (stg bs); Anita
Kerr Quartet-Anita Kerr/Louis Nunley/Gil Wright/Dottie Dillard (vcl chrs). Producer:
Paul Cohen
103115/ DOUBLE DATE Decca
(Uniss)
NA-9938 ()
103116/ IT’S NEARLY OVER Decca 30580, Decca 9-30580
NA-9939 (Glenn
Douglas-Vic McAlpin) (Copar Music Inc. BMI)
SANDY COKER
Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tn.: Sunday 21st July 1957
Sandy Coker (el gtr); Alvis Coker Sr. (gtr); poss Linda Coker (pno); Geraldine
Coker (stg bs).
Producer: Paul Cohen
103153/ GOOD FEELIN’ (Inst) Decca
(Uniss)
NA-9940 ()
103154/ UNDER COVER (Inst) Decca 30534, Decca
9-30534
NA-9941 (Al Coker)
(Trans World Pub Co. Inc. BMI)
103155/ TENDER MOMENTS (Inst) Decca
(Uniss)
NA-9942
103156/ HONKY TONK FREEZE (Inst) Decca 30534, Decca
9-30534, Doghouse CD-004
NA-9943 (Sandy
Coker) (Old Charter Music Pub. Inc. BMI)
NB(1): DECCA 30534/9-30534 released Tuesday 17th
December 1957.
NB(2): DECCA 30534/9-30534 reviewed Billboard
Reviews of New Pop Records 6th January 1958.
SANDY COKER
DECCA 30534
HONKY TONK FREEZE 67
Coker renders an electric guitar solo with rhythm
accompaniment. Tune is a moderate paced blues that could win some juke support.
Payoff chances appear slim, however.
UNDER COVER 65
Mournful minor key blues instrumental with Coker
in the spotlight with electric guitar soloing. Side has a boogie woogie
framework. Possible juke fare.
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT & AL TURNER with
acknowledgements to Richard Weize, Michel Ruppli & Frantisek Frank.
1999-2014.
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