Leon Ashley

Leon Walton, *18-05-1936 Mansfield, GA, +20-10-2013
3rd version

by Praguefrank, Dave Dzurick, Kent Heineman, Michal Gololobov
SESSIONS
Spring 1960 poss. Goldband Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Leon Ashley
001 JUST IN HER TEENS Goldband G-1096
002 PRIZE POSSESSION Goldband G-1096
003 HE'LL NEVER GO Goldband G-1104
004 IF I WERE KIN G OF THE UNIVERSE Goldband G-1104
24 May 1961 unknown - Leon Ashley
005 IM 2996 THE LONGEST WALK Imperial X5759
006 IM 2997 TEENAGE ANGEL X5759
007 IM 3006 COURT OF TWO SISTERS X5795
008 IM 3007 IT'S ALRIGHT, BABY X5795
early 1962 poss. Goldband Studio, 313 Church Street, Lake Charles, LA – Leon Ashley
009 G1124B NOT GOING HOME Goldband G-1124
010 G1124A YOU WIN AGAIN Goldband G-1124
011 T-111-2/MB-19164 YOU GAVE ME THE REASON TO LIVE Tic Toc 111 Dot 45-16649
012 T-111-1/MB-19165 YOU'VE GOT A HEARTBREAK Tic Toc 111 45-16649
1965 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: M.S. Production)
013 SK4M-3903  THE WEAKNESS OF A MAN A 764/5
014 SK4M-3904 MOST MEN A 764/5/LSP-3900 GT 0691-2
1966 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley
015 T4KM-2471 SU SOW A 768
016 T4KM-2472? BEFORE YOU WERE MINE A 768/LSP-3900
November 1966 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton
017 E11W-1023 HOW CAN WE DIVIDE THESE LITTLE HEARTS Ashley A 350 45-990
018 E11W-1024 IF LOVE HAS DIED Ashley A 45-990
ca. Mid 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley
019 ZTSB-128445/G-9230 LAURA (WHAT HE‘GOT I AIN‘T GOT) 2003 GT4-2041/LSP-3900 AYS-54001 A-3750 GT-0691-2
020 ZTSB-128446? WITH THE HELP OF THE WINE A 2003/LSP-3900 AYS-54001 A-3750 GT-0691-2
021 TELL HIM DADDY SAID "HELLO" LSP-3900
022 ZTSB-129163 CURTAIN OF SADNESS A 2025/LSP-3900 A-3750
023 THIS JUNGLE OF LIDE LSP-3900 ALPS3700
024 WHEN LONELINESS MOVES IN LSP-3900
025 None/ CL-7853* KEEPIN‘  HER MEMORY ALIVE 45-35005/LSP-3900
026 A LITTLE MORE HURT LSP-3900
027 TODAY'S THE DAY AFTER LSP-3900
028 BRANDED MAN LSP-3900

029 ZTSB-129092 ANNA, I'M TAKING YOU HOME A 2025/ALPS3700 AYS-54001 A-3750 GT-0691-2
ca. September 1967 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley  and Margie Simgleton (Producer: Don Tweedy, Leon Ashley)
030 4630 HANGIN‘ ON A-2015/A-3695 JS-6066
031 4631 FOUR O‘ CLOCK IN THE MORNING A-2015/A-3695 JS-6066 GT-0691-2
ca. January 1968 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Merle Kilgore and Leon Ashley)

032 45-2075-A MENTAL JOURNEY A 2075/A-3700 AYS-54001 GT-0691-2

033 45-2075-B ALL I CAN STAND A 2075
034 WR-466/G-9231 FLOWER OF LOVE A 4000 GT4-2041/JS-6069 ALPS3700 AYS-54001 A-3750 GT-0691-2ca. February 1968 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton (Producer: Leon Ashley)
035 YOU'LL NEVER BE LONELY AGAIN A 3000/ A-3695  JS-6066
036 PARTING OF THE WAY A 3000/A-3695 JS-6066
ca Spring1968 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley
037 WR-465 PRAYERS CAN'T REACH ME A 4000/ALPS3700
1968 Varsity Studio, Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
038 ARP-1071 AIN‘T GONNA WORRY A-22/GT-0691-2
039 ARP-1072 ILLUSIONS OF LIFE A-22/A-3695 JS-6066
040 TOO MUCH LIVING IN TOO LITTLE TIME JS-6069
041 TO CHOOSE THE BAD JS-6069
042 AT THE RISK OF LOSING YOU JS-6069
043 BABY, I'M COMING HOME JS-6069
044 PACKING AND UNPACKING JS-6069
045 SHE STILL COMES AROUND JS-6069
046 YOU GAVE ME REASON TO LIVE JS-6069
047 ARP-1005 WHILE YOUR LOVER SLEEPS B-7000/AYS-54001 GT-0691-2
048 ARP-1006 THAT'S ALRIGHT B-7000
049 ARP-1027 WALKIN‘  BACK TO BIRMINGHAM 9000 AYS-54001 GT-0691-2
050 ARP-1028 IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE CRYING 9000/JS-6069 AYS-54001
1968 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (*with The Parking Lot Girls. Producer: Leon Ashley)
051 ARP-1131 OUR OLD LOVE SONG* A 100
052 ARP 1132 SHE PICKED ME UP A 100/A-3695 JS-6066
1969 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton
053 SO FAR NO GOOD TWENTIETH CENTURY MAN  A 3695 (1)
054 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME A 7000A 3695
055 HERE WE GO AGAIN A 7000
ca. January 1970 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
056 CL-7780 A LIFE FOR A WIFE 45-35001
057 CL-7781 BEES ARE MAKING HONEY 45-35001
058 HONEY (I MISS YOU) ALPS-3700
059 AS MUCH AS I CAN STAND ALPS-3700
060 I WANT TO LIVE ALPS3700
061 YOU'RE WHAT I NEED ALPS3700
062 ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE ALPS3700
063 SOMEWHERE IN THE CLOSET ALPS3700
064 YOU'RE JUST IN TIME ALPS3700
ca. January 1970 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton
065 CL-7786 ALL THAT LOVE IS GONE 45-35002
066 CL-7787 BLINDNESS OF THE WIFE 45-35002
ca. May 1970 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley
067 CL-7800 BRACE UP AND FACE IT 35003/AYS-54001
068 CL-7801 TELL HIM DADDY SAID HELLO 35003
069 WHAT IS TO BE WILL BE AYS-54001
ca. May 1970 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton (Producer: Leon Ashley)
070 CL-7822 HAPPY LOVING YOU ASH-35004 /A-3750
071 CL-7823 LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME ASH-35004
1970 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
072 TO LOVE WHAT'S LEFT OF ME AYS-54001
1970 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
073 CL-7850 MAMA’S TEN ASH-35005
Mid 1971 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Don Tweedy, Leon Ashley)
074 CL-7870 THERE AIN‘T NO EASY WAY 35008
075 CL-7876 LOSING MAN 45-35008
1972 or sooner – Nashville,  TN – Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton (Producer: Leon Ashley)
076 MAKE IT ON YOUR OWN A-3750
Spring 1972 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
077 CL-7958 EASE UP 35010/A-3750
078 CL-7959 UNTIL DAWN 35010
Fall 1972 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
079 CL-7995 THERE'S NOT A SINGLE THING ABOUT HER (THAT I'D CHANGE) 35011
080 CL-7996 BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDOP FALLS 45-35011/A-3750
1974 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley, *and Margie Singleton (Producer: Leon Ashley)
081 WRONG WOMEN'S ARMS ASH-3501
082 ALONE TOGETHER* ASH-3501
1974 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Norris Wilson)
083 CL-8028 LOVE FITS ME BETTER 35013
1974 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Norris Wilson)
084 CL-8040 OFF AND RUNNING 35013
1975 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
085 4195B I'LL BE THERE A7600
086 4195A IF I COULD SEE OVER THE MOUNTAIN A7600
1980 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
087 4180A LOOK WHAT LOVING ME HAS DONE TO YOU 5258
088 BAR ROOM IN DALLAS 5258
089 DEAR WILLIE (A LETTER FROM LUCKENBACH) 600/5323
1981 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
090 none WATCHING YOUR MEMORY GROW 702
091 none CAN YOU LIVE WITH THE WAY 702
1982 Nashville, TN – Leon Ashley (Producer: Leon Ashley)
092 LEAN ON ME  [HONEY LEAN ON ME*] Ashley 666/GT-0691-2
093 I AIN’T GOT OVER YOU YET  666



ALBUMS
RCA Victor LPM/LSP-3900 Laura (What's He Got, I Ain't Got): Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got); Tell Him Daddy Said "Hello"; Curtain Of Sadness; The Jungle Of Life; Most Men; With The Help Of The Wine; When Loneliness Moves In; Keeping Her Memory Alive; A Little More Hurt;. Before You Were Mine; Today's The Day After; Branded Man – 10-67 (MX: UPRM-8429/30(m); UPRS-8431/2(s))
Hilltop JS-6066 Ode To Billie Joe:  Ode To Billie Joe (Margie Singleton); Four O' Clock In The Morning; Petal From A Rose (Margie Singleton); She Picked Me Up (Leon Ashley); Parting Of The Ways; Hanging On; Big Boys Don't Need Mamas (Margie Singleton); Illusions Of Life (Leon Ashley); Wanderin' Mind (Margie Singleton); You'll Never Be Lonely Again – 68 w. Margie Singleton
Hilltop JS-6069 Flower Of Love: Flower Of Love; Too Much Living In Too Little Time; To Choose The Bad; At The Risk Of Losing You; Baby, I'm Coming Home; Rocking And Unpacking; It's All Over But The Crying; She Still Comes Around; You Gave Me Reason To Live – 10-68
Ashley A-3695 A New Brand Of Country: You’ll Never Be Lonely; Hanging On; Parting Of The Ways; Here We Go Again; If Love Has Died; How Can We Divide These Little Hearts; Love Me Or Leave Me; 4 O‘  Clock; Packin‘  And Unpackin‘ (Leon Ashley); Petal From A Rose (Margie Singleton) – 69 w. Margie Singleton (MX ARP 8061/2)  [note: on cover of album are listed: You’ll Never Be Lonely; Hanging On; Four O‘ Clock; Parting Of The Ways; Wandering Mind; Here We Go Again; Big Boys Don’t Need Mamas; Illusions Of love; All I Can Stand; Ode To Billie Joe; So Far No Good Twentieth Century Child – which was possbily the initial pressing of album]

Ashley ALPS-3700 Mental Journey: Mental Journey; Honey (I Miss You); As Much As I Can Stand; I Want To Live; You're What I Need; Another Time Another Place; Flower Of Love; Prayers Can't Reach Me; Somewhere In The Closet; Anna, I'm Taking You Home; You're Just In Time; This Jungle Of Life - 70
Ashley AYS-54001 The Best Of Leon Ashley: Brace Up And Face It; Laura; Mental Journey; Flower Of Love; To Love What's Left Of Me; While Your Love Steps; It's All Over But The Crying; Walking Back To Birmingham; Anna, I'm Taking You Home; What Is To Be Will Be; With The Help Of The Wine – 10-70
Ashley A-3750 Ease Up and By Special Request: Ode To Billy Joe - MS ; Before The Next Teardrop Falls – LA; Laura - LA ; With The Help Of The Wine – LA; Jesus Is My Pusher – MS; Curtain Of Sadness – LA; Anna, I'm Taking You Home – LA; Make It On Your Own – LA and MS ; Flower Of Love - LA ; Happy Loving You – MS + LA; I Guess I've Just Loved You Too Long – MS; Ease Up - LA - ca. 74 w. Margie Singleton
Gusto GT-0691-2 Laura (What's He Got, I Ain't Got):  Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got?); Mental Journey;  Flower Of Love;  Walking Back To Birmingham;  Anna, I'm Taking You Home;  Ain't Gonna Worry;  While Your Lover Sleeps;  Four O'Clock (w/ Margie Singleton);  With The Help Of The Wine;  Most Men;  Honey Lean On Me;  Ease Up (w/ Margie Singleton)  - 13-11-07

SINGLES
Goldband (1960)
G-1096 Just In Her Teens / Prize Possession – ca. 05-60
G-1104 He'll Never Go / If I Were Kin G Of The Universe – 07-60 (rev. July 25)
Imperial (1961)
X5759 Teen Age Angel / The Longest Walk - 06-61
X5795 It's Alright Baby / Court Of Two Sisters - 11-61

Goldband (1962)
G-1124 You Win Again / Not Going Home – 04-62 (rev. Apr. 21)
Tic Toc (1964 Goldband subsidiary)
111 You Gave Me The Reason To Live / You've Got A Heartbreak - 62 (reissued on Dot 45-16649 in July 1964)
Ashley (1965-)
A 764/765 Most Men / Weakness Of A Man - 65
A 768 Before You Were Mine / Su Sow - 66

A 350 If Love Has Died / How Can We Divide These Little hearts? – 07-66 w. Margie Singleton (rev. July 30, reissued on Monument 45-990 in December 1966)

A 2003 Laura (What He‘s Got I Ain‘t Got) / With The Help Of The Wine - 07-67 (rev. July 8)
A 2015 Hangin' On / Four O' Clock - 10-67 w. Margie Singleton
A 2025 Anna, I'm Taking You Home / Courtain Of Sadness - 11-67
A 2075 Mental Journey / All I Can Stand - 03-68 (rev. March 16)
A 3000 You'll Never Be Lonely Again / Parting Of The Ways - 04-68 w. Margie Singleton (rev. Apr. 20)
A 4000 Flower Of Love / Prayers Can't Reach Me - 07-68 (rev. July 6)
A 7000 While Your Lover Sleeps / That's Alright - 11-68 (rev. Nov. 23)

A 7000 Love Me Or Leave Me For Love To Find / Here We Go Again – 02-69 w. Margie Singleton
A 9000 Walking Back To Birmingham / It's All Over But The Crying - 03-69
A 22 Ain't Gonna Worry / Illusions Of Life - 07-69
A 100 Our Old Love Song / She Picked Me Up - 69
45-35001 A Life For A Wife / Bees Are Making Honey - 02-70
45-35002 All That Love Is Gone / Blindness Of The Wife - 02-70 w. Margie Singleton
45-35003 Brace Up And Face It / Tell Him Daddy Said Hello - 06-70 (rev. July 11)
45-35004 Happy Loving You / Love Me Or Leave Me - 06-70 w. Margie Singleton
45-35005 Mama's Ten / Keeping Her Memory Alive - 70
45-35008 There Ain't No Easy Way / Losing Man – 08-71 (rev. Aug. 7)
45-35010 Ease Up / Until Dawn – 05-72 (rev. May 27)
45-35011 There's Not A Single Thing About Me (That I'd Change) / Before The Next Teardrops Fall – 11-72
ASH-3501 Wrong Women's Arms / Alone Together (w. Margie Singleton) – 05-74

45-35013 Love Fits Me Better / Off And Running - 74
A7600 I'll Be There / If I Could See Over The Mountain - 75
Gusto GT4-2041 Laura (What He‘s Got I Ain‘t Got) / Flower Of Love – 79 (reissue)

600/5323 Dear Willie (A Letter From Luckenbach) / Laura - 80

5258 Look What Loving Me Has Done To You / Bar Room In Dallas - 81
ASHLEY-702 Watching Your Memory Grow / Can You Live With The Way – 81

666 Lean On Me / I Ain’t Got Over You Yet - 82