Les Anderson

Clelland Irving Anderson *20-02-1921 Siloam Springs, AR, +04-10-2001

4th version

By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Lillies Ohlsson, Hillbilly Researcher, Henk Netten, Allan Turner, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst, Steve Hathaway

SESSIONS

Mid 1945 Hollywood, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
001 EBS10A/774 SONG OF THE LONESOME PRAIRIE La Marr’s Star 1003/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
002 EBS10B SUN SETS GOLD Lamarr’s Star 1004/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
003 EBS11A SAD BUT TRUE 1004/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
ca August 1946 [live-KARM] Fresno, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson

00301 I’VE GOT NO WORRIES BACM CD D 470

00302 THE PRISONER OF LOVE BACM CD D 470

00303 TEXAS PLAYBOY RAG BACM CD D 470

00304 STARDUST BACM CD D 470

00305 WHAT A COLLISION, WHAT A WRECK BACM CD D 470

00306 ROSETTA BACM CD D 470

00307 WHAT’S THE MATTER WITH THE MILL BACM CD D 470

prob.1940s unknown – Les Anderson
005 SUCH A BEATIFUL EVENING Sierralen 1003/HBR 40 TRG
006 MOPE ALONG Sierralen 1004/HBR 40 TRG
1947 Hollywood, CA – Les Anderson
007 EXC-1308 AND I SHOOK Exclusive 57x/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470 PROPERBOX 75
008 EXC-1309 THIS IS SOUTHLAND 57x/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470 CCD 337

PROPER PROPERBOX 75 SWINGING HOLLYWOOD HILLBILLY COWBOYS (UK, 4 CD); CATTLE COMPACT CCD 337 30 STEELGUITAR HONKY TONK FAVORITES BY V.A. (GER, 2009)

January 1950 Santa Anna, CA – Les Anderson
009 M-88 QUEEN OF THE SADDLE Cormac CRS-1107/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
010 M-89 STOREROOM ON MY MIND CRS-1107/HBR 40 BACM CD D 470

011 M-90  MY BABY BUCKAROO  Cormack CRS-1108/ BACM CD D 470

012 M-91 HE’S JUST A HOBO Cormack CRS 1108/ BACM CD D 470
25 May 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
013 L 5612 NEW PANHANDLE RAG Decca unissued
014 L 5613 TEARDROPS ON THE ROSES unissued
2 June 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson (Orchestra dir. By Perry Botkin)
015 L 5626 NEW PANHANDLE RAG Decca 9-46250/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
016 L 5627 TEARDROPS ON THE ROSES 9-46250
017 L 5628 TROUBLE THEN SATISFACTION 9-46259/HBR 40 BACM CD D 470
018 L 5629 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE 9-46259/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
14 February 1951 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Noel BoggsAnd The Dudes
019 L 6074 JUST LIKE TWO DROPS OF WATER 9-46303/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
020 L 6075 I WAS SORTA WONDERIN‘ Decca 9-46303/HBR 40 BACM CD D 470
021 L 6076 T-U-TUCKY TY 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
022 L 6077 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
023 L 6078 HOEIN‘ COTTON unissued
24 July 1951 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
024 L 6365 DIMPLES OR DUMPLIN‘ [DIMPLES OR DUMPLINGS] 9-46352/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
025 L 6366 MY BABY BUCKAROO 9-46352/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
026 L 6367 TENNESSEE MOON 9-46370/HBR 40 TRG BACM CD D 470
027 L 6368 SHE’S DYNAMITE IN BLUE DUNGAREES 9-46370/HBR-40 TRG BACM CD D 470
ca 1952-1953 [more sessions] poss. Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson [-1], Rose Lee [-2], Chuck Maddux [-3], Jimmy Widener [-4], Kitty Holmes [-5], Slim Dossey [-6] and The Ranch Boys
000 INDIAN LOVE CALL -3 Ace-Hi Hits 5001
000 IT WASN’T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS -2 Ace-Hi Hits 5001
000 FOREVER (AND ALWAYS) -4 Ace-Hi Hits 5004
000 I’M HOG-TIED OVER YOU - 5 Ace-Hi Hits 5004
028 OUR HONEYMOON -1 Ace-Hi-Hits 5005 CS 7002/TRG
029 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES -1 Ace-Hi-Hits 5005 CS 7002/TRG
030 5006A OLDER AND BOLDER -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5006 CS 7002/HBR 40 TRG
031 5006B MIDNIGHT -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5006 CS 7002
032 I’M AN OLD, OLD MAN -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5007
033 THIS WORLD ALIVE I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF [sic] Ace-Hi Hits 5007
000 5008A I LET THE STARS GET IN MY EYES -2 Ace-Hi Hits 5008
034 5008B THE GAL WHO INVENTED KISSIN’ -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5008
035 I’LL GO ON ALONE -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5009/HBR 40 TRG
036 ALL THAT I’M ASKING IS SYMPATHY -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5009/ HBR-40 TRG
037 NO HELP WANTED -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5010
038 KAW LIGA -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5010
000 RAMBLIN’ MAN -6 Ace-Hi Hits 5011
000 MEXICAN JOE -6 Ace-Hi Hits 5011
Around 1953/1954 Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Tex Atchison And His Orchestra
039 L-100-3/A-15360 BEAUTIFUL ARKANSAS Vicca No 100/101/HBR 40
040 L-101-1/A-15363 NOW I KNOW Vicca No 100/101/HBR 40 TRG
041 L-102 I LOVE SUSIE Vicca No 102/103/HBR 40
042 L-103-4 THIRTY TWO RIVERSIDE DRIVE Vicca No 102/103/ HBR-40 TRG JASMCD-3595/6

JASMINE JASMCD 3595/6 HILLBILLY BOP BOOGIE AND THE HONKY TONK BLUES VOL. 4 (2010, UK,2 CD)

1957 or early 1958 [live KTTV show – Town Hall Party] Compton, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
04201 MY LITTLE RED WAGON Columbia CL-1072
04202 NEW PANHANDLE RAG TRG
Columbia CL-1072 TOWN HALL PARTY (1958)
ca July 1958 unknown – Les Anderson
043 JOHNNY SORROW Spry 119-45 Crosby 1-45/TRG
044 BRENDA LEE Spry 119-45 Crosby 1-45
Summer 1960 unknown – Les Anderson with Bakers’Dozen

045 WHIPPORWILL Crosby 2-45

046 TO LIVE THIS NIGHT AGAIN  Crosby 2-45

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS (incomplete)

25 November 1948 [Dinner Bell Round Up Time, KXLA] Pasadena, CA – Les Anderson

BLUE STEEL BLUES  RFD 08

COUNTRY ROUTES RFD 08 CLIFFIE STONE'S RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS 1945-1949 (UK, 1991)

June 1953 [Wesley Tuttle Show-KFVD] Los Angeles, CA – Les Anderson (Les Anderson [vcl/gt], Noel Boggs [steel], Jack kelleher [bass], Joe Maphis [fiddle])

NEW PANHANDLE RAG  RFD CD 25

COUNTRY ROUTES RFD CD 25 SOLID SOUTH WESTERN SWING ON LOS ANGELES RADIO IN THE 1950S (UK, 2000)

ALBUMS

Hillbilly Researcher HBR#40 Les ”Carrot Top” Anderson: Las Vegas Nevada; My Baby Bucakaroo; Such A Beautiful Evening; 32, Riverside Drive; All I Am Asking Is Sympathy; Sun Sets Gold; Now I Know; She‘s Dynamite In Lue Dunagrees; I‘ll Go On Alone; Sad But True; Mope Alone; Dimples Or Dumplings; This Is Southland; Storeroom In My Mind; T-U-Tucky-Ty; Blue Light Boogie; Tennessee Moon; Song Of The Lonesome Prairie; Queen Of The Saddle; I Love Susie; I Was Sorta Wonderin´; Older And Bolder; And I Shook; Beautiful Arkansas; New Panhandle Rag; Just Like Two Drops Of Water; Trouble Then Satisfaction - 01
TRG Production no # Thirty Two Riverside Drive: Thirty Two Riverside Drive; She’s Dynamite In Dungarees; Dimples Or Dumplings; This Is Southland; I love Susie; Las Vegas Nevada; My Baby Buckaroo; Older And Bolder; New Panhandle Rag; Just Like Two Drops Of Water; Such A Beautiful Evening; Sun Sets Gold; Now I Know; T-U-Tuck-Ty; Blue Light Boogie; Tennessee Moon; I’ll Go On Alone; Mope Along; Song Of The Lonesome Prairie; Queen Of the Saddle; And I Shook; Beautiful Arkansas; All I’m Asking Is Sympathy; Trouble Than Satisfaction; Don’t Let The Stars; Our Honeymoon; Sad But True; New Panhandle Rag [Town Hall Party]; Blue Steel Blues [radio transcription]; Johnny Sorrow

BACM [UK] CD D 470 My Baby Buckaroo: Song Of the Lonesome Prairie; Sun Set Gold; Sad But True; And I Shook; This Is Southland; Queen Of The Saddle; Storeroom In My Mind; My Baby Buckaroo; He’s Just A Hobo; New Panhandle Rag; Trouble Then Sastisfaction; Blue Light Boogie; Just Like Two Drops Of water; I Was Sorta Wanderin‘; T-U-Tucky Ty; Las Vegas, nevada; Dimples Or Dumplings; My Baby Buckaroo; Tennessee Moon; She’s Dynamite In Blue Jeans; I’ve Got No Worries; The Prisoner Of Love; Texas Playboy Rag; Stardust; What A Collision, What A Wreck; Rosetta; What’s The Matter With The Mill – 11-14

EPs

Country Style

CS-7002 Our Honeymoon; Don’t Let The Stars (Get In your Eyes) / Older And Bolder; Midnight – ca 52 (78 RPM EP; MX: CS 7002A-B, Ace-Hi Hits recordings)

 

SINGLES

La Marr’s Star (1945)
1003 [Ole Rasmussen:] I Ain’t Got A Nickle To My Name / [Les Anderson:] Song Of The Lonesome Prairie - 45
1004 Sun Sets Gold / Sad But True Lamarr's Star - 45
Sierralen
1003/4 Such A Beatiful Evening / Mope Along
Exclusive (1948)
57x This Is Southland / And I Shook – 48 (rev. Oct. 2, 1948)
Cormac (1950)
CRS-1107 Queen Of the Saddle / Storeroom On My Mind – ca 03-50

CRS-1108 My Baby Buckaroo / She’s Just a Hobo - 50
Decca (1950-51)
9-46250 New Panhandle Rag / Teardrops On The Roses - 50
9-46259 Blue Light Boogie / Troublen Satisfaction - 50
9-46303 I Was Sorta Wondering / Just Like Two Drops Of Water – 04-51 (rev. Apr. 14)
9-46326 Las Vegas, Nevada / T-U-Tucky-Ty - 06-51
9-46352 Dimples Or Dumplin's / My Baby Buckaroo – 09-51 (rev. Sept. 29)
9-46370 She's Dynamite In Blue Dungarees / Tennessee Moon – 10-51
Ace-Hi Hit (ca 1952)
5005x45 Our Honeymoon / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 52
5006x45 Older And Bolder / Midnight - 52
5007x45 I´m An Old Old Man / This World Alive I´ll Never Get Out Of
5008x45 [Rose Lee:] I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes / The Girl Who Invented Kissing
5009x45 I´ll Go On Alone / All That I´m Asking Is Sympathy
5010x45 No Help Wanted / Kaw Liga
Vicca
No L-101/102 Beautiful Arkansas / Now I Know
No L-102/103 I Love Susie / Thirty Two Riverside Drive
Spry (1958)
119-45 Johnny Sorrow / Brenda Lee – 08-58 (reissued in 1960 on Crosby 1-45)

Crosby (1960)

2-45 Whipporwill / To Live This Night Again – 09-60 (rev. Sept. 12)