Don Johnston

Donald Robert Johnson, *14-05-1932 Hillsboro, TX

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

ca. September 1956 Mercury Sound Studio, New York City – Don Johnston (unknown musicians)

001 YW-14226  HOW MANY Mercury 70991x45

002 YW-14227  BORN TO LOVE ONE WOMAN  70991x45/LP 112 CAT 1034 CDLR 807 BCD 16101

REDITA LP 112 (1st) I WANT A ROCK AND ROLL GUITAR (NED, 1975); CAT 1034 CALLING ALL ROCK AND ROLL COLLECTORS VOL.2 (NED, 1993); LUCKY CDLR 807 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.7 (1996); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16101 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.11 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF MERCURY RECORDS (GER, 1998)

Summer 1957 unknown – Don Johnston

003 SO-265 THE WHIPMASTER Algonquin AR-717 Chic 1014

004 SO-266 WHISTLE BAIT Algonquin AR-717 Chic 1014

ca. May 1958 unknown – Don Johnson
005 MB-11109  LUIGI  45-15812
006 MB-11110  I’M HYPNOTIZED  45-15812/Eagle 322 BCD 17660
EAGLE 322 AT THE ROCKHOUSE, VOL. 12 (GER, 1983); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17660 THAT'LL FLAT GIT VOL.41 /  ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT AND HAMILTON RECORDS (GER, 2023)

 

SINGLES

Mercury

70991X45 Born To Love One Woman / How Many – 11-56 (rev. Nov. 17)

Algonquin

AR-717 Whistle Bait / The Whipmaster – 08-57 (also on Chic 1014)

Dot  (1958) aka Don Johnson

45-15812 I'm Hypnotized / Luigi – 09-58 (rev. Sept.1)