Monday, May 26, 2014

Rhoda Curtis



By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli

SESSIONS
3 March 1977* Sounds Good Studios, Los Angeles, CA – Rhoda Curtis (Rhoda Curtis [vcl],
Billy walker [gt], J. D. Maness [steel],  Joe Chemay [bass],  Garry Mallaber [drums], Went Garvey [strings], John Hobbs [keyboards], Dennis Dreid [woodwinds]. Producer: Don Shain)
001 18506 JORDAN United Artists UA-LA761-G 
002 18507 FOR ALL SEASONS UA-LA761-G 
003 18508 BABY AS YOU TURN AWAY UA-XW1108/UA-LA761-G 
004 18509 QUESTIONS UA-LA761-G 
005 18510 ROCKETSHIP UA-LA761-G 
006 18511 THE CANDLE UA-LA761-G 
007 18512 MAMA OH MAMA UA-XW1108/UA-LA761-G
008 18513 JAMIE UA-LA761-G 
009 18514 DAY'S END UA-LA761-G 
010 18515 WHERE DO YOU GO? UA-LA761-G 
011 18516 DAYDREAM SUNDAY UA-LA761-G  
*possibly filing date

ALBUMS

United Artists UA-LA761-G Rhoda Curtis: Jordan; For All Seasons; Baby As You Turn Away; Questions; Rocketship; The Candle; Mama Oh Mama; Jamie; Day's End; Where Do You Go?; Daydream Sunday – 77

SINGLES
United Artists (1977)
UA-XW1108 Baby, As You Turn Away / Mama, Oh Mama – 10-77

Karl and Harty



Karl Davis, *17-12-1905, + 30-05-1979
Hartford C. Taylor, *11-04-1905, + 18-10-1963


2nd version

By Tony Russell, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Walter Gabriel
SESSIONS

ca December 1931 Grafton, WI – The Renfro Valley Boys (Hartford Taylor [vcl/gt], Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], prob. John Lair [harmonica]
R01 L-1315-2 MY RENFRO VALLEY HOME Paramount 3315
R02 L-1317-2 THE OLD GREY GOOSE IS DEAD  3315
R03 L-1320-2 I'M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES 3316
R04 L-1321-1 TWENTY ONE YEARS Paramount 3311 Broadway 8318
R05 L-1322-1 I WONDER HOW THE OLD FOLKS ARE AT HOME  Paramount 3311 Broadway 8318
R06 L-1323-1 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS  3316
R07 L-1324-1 LORENA 3321 8334/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
R08 L-1325-1 WHO'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET 3321 8334/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
L 1316 by Lonnie Glosson, L 1318/19 untraced
11 April 1933 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Cumberland Ridge Runners (Hartford Taylor [gt/vcl], Karl Davis [mandolin], Red Foley [bass], oss. Linda Parker [vcl], Homer Slim Miller [fiddle], John Lair [vcl])
C01 C 534-4  SALLY'S NOT THE SAME OLD SALLY ANY MORE Banner 32773 Melotone M12702 Oriole 8235 Perfect 12914/OHCS 137 OHCD-4137 [take-1] Conqueror 8161
12 April 1933 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Cumberland Ridge Runners (Hartford Taylor [gt/vcl], Karl Davis [mandolin], Red Foley [bass] Linda Parker [vcl], Homer Slim Miller [fiddle], John Lair [vcl])
C02 C 539-3 GOOFUS Banner 33022 Melotone 12981 Conqueror 8160 Perfect 12993 Oriole  8324 Romeo 5324/OHCD 4137
C03 C 540-1 RIDIN' ON A HUMP BACKED MULE Conqueror 8162/OHCD 137 OHCD 4137
C04 C 541-2  OLD RATTLER Banner 32773 Conqueror 8161Melotone 12702 Perfect 12914 Oriole 8235 Romeo 5235/OHCD 137 OHCD 4137        
C05 C 542-1 NOBODY'S DARLING ON EARTH Conqueror 8162/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
C06 C 543-2 ROUNDIN' UP THE YEARLINGS Banner 33022 Melotone 12981 Conqueror 8160 Perfect 12993 Oriole  8324 Romeo 5324/OHCD 4137
Note: for Red Foley’s masters with Cumberland Ridge Runners see Red Foley
22 March 1934 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL - Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/gt], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt])
001 CP 1019-1 I'M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL Banner 33118 Melotone 13085 Conqueror 8310 Vocalion 03056 Oriole 8300 Romeo 5300 Perfect 13023/Cattle CCD-245 OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
002 CP 1020-1 I DREAMED I SEARCHED HEAVEN FOR YOU Banner 33118 Melotone 13085 Conqueror 8310 Vocalion 03056 Oriole 8300 Romeo 5300 Perfect 13023/BACM CD D 168 OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
1 November 1935 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty of The Cumberland Ridge Runners (Karl Davis [vcl/gt], Harty Taylor [gt/vcl], Josie Ellers [vcl-1], Homer Miller or Tex Atchison [fiddle])
003 C 1157-1 THERE’LL COME A TIME unissued
004 C 1158-1 TWO BABES unissued
005 C 1159-1 THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL HOME Conqueror 8605 ARC 60252/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
006 C 1160-1 THE OLD MAID -1 Conqueror 8616/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
007 C 1161-1 MY BLUE EYED BABY Conqueror 8616
008 C 1162-1 FRIENDLESS AND SAD Conqueror 8605 ARC 60252/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
20 January 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty of The Cumberland Ridge Runners (Karl Davis [vcl/gt], Harty Taylor [gt/vcl], Red Foley [bass], Homer Miller or Tex Atchison [fiddle])
009 C 1202-1 NO PLACE TO PILLOW MY HEAD ARC 60461 Conqueror 8626/ BACM CD D 168
010 C 1203-1 WE BURIED HER BENEATH THE WILLOW ARC 60461 Conqueror 8626/ BACM CD D 168
011 C 1205-2 I'M S-A-V-E-D Conqueror 8660 ARC 61054/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
012 C 1211-1 SONG OF THE BLIND unissued
013 C 1212-1 I NEED THE PRAYERS OF THOSE I LOVE unissued
4 March 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty of The Cumberland Ridge Runners (Karl Davis [vcl/gt], Harty Taylor [gt/vcl], Red Foley [bass], Homer Miller or Tex Atchison [fiddle])
014 C 1202-3 NO PLACE TO PILLOW MY HEAD unissued
015 C 1203-4 WE BURIED HER BENEATH THE WILLOW unissued
016 C 1212-3 I NEED THE PRAYERS OF THOSE I LOVE ARC 61054 Conqueror 8660/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
7 October 1936 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt])
017 C 1525-2 THE PRISONER’S DREAM Conqueror 8728 ARC 70560/Cattle CCD-243 OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
018 C 1526-2 THE HOUSE WHERE WE WERE WED Conqueror 8728 ARC 70457/Cattle CCD-243
019 C 1527-1 I’M GOING HOME THIS EVENING Conqueror 8833/ BACM CD D 168
020 C 1528-1 THE HYMNS MY MOTHER SANG Conqueror 8729/Cattle CCD-243
021 C 1529-2 THEY ARE ALL GOING HOME BUT ONE Conqueror 8729/Cattle CCD-243/OHCD 4137
022 C 1530-2 OUR PARTNER’S PHONOGRAPH RECORD (SONG OUR PARTNERS SANG) Conqueror 8730
023 C 1531-1 THE HOLINESS MOTHER unissued
024 C 1532-1 TOMBIGBEE RIVER FAREWELL ARC 70169/ BACM CD D 168 OHCD 4137
025 C 1533-1 DARLING THINK OF WHAT YOU’VE DONE Conqueror 8730 ARC 70153/OHCS 137 OHCD 4137
026 C 1534-1 I AM JUST WHAT I AM unissued
25 January 1937 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt])
027 C 1763-1 ANSWER TO THE PRISONER’S DREAM Conqueror 8833 ARC 70560/ BACM CD D 168
028 C 1764-1,2 FROM A CABIN IN KENTUCKY unissued
029 C 1765-1,2 WE ARE DRIFTING DOWN THE RUGGED STREAM OF TIME unissued
030 C 1766-1,2 THE OLD CHAIN GANG unissued
031 C 1767-1,2 THE HOUND DOG BLUES unissued
19 February 1940 Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt], Alan Crockett [fiddle])
032 WC 2927-A SHE DID NOT GET HER BABY OUT OF JAIL Conqeuror 9408 Vocalion 05439
033 WC 2928-A READ THE BIBLE OKeh 05640
034 WC 2929-A I DIDN‘T HEAR ANYONE PRAY Conqueror 9408 9796 Vocalion 05439
035 WC 2930-A HOLINESS MOTHER OKeh 05640
20 February 1940 Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt], Alan Crockett [fiddle])
036 WC 2935-A LITTLE SWEETHEART, I’M IN PRISON Conqueror 9406 9796 Vocalion 05549
037 WC 2936-A TWO-FACED PREACHER Conqueror 9406 9687 Vocalion 05549/ BACM CD D 168
038 WC 2937-A SEVEN BEERS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN Conqueror 9407 9687 Vocalion 05500/Cattle CCD-245
039 WC 2938-A DON’T MONKEY ’ROUND MY WIDDER Vocalion 05500/Cattle CCD-245 OHCD 4137
24 January 1941 Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians)
040 C 3559-1 LOOK AT WHAT THOSE BLUE EYES DID TO ME Conqueror 9688 OKeh 06163 Columbia 38139 20414/BACM CD D 430 OHCD 4137
041 C 3560-1 GOSPEL CANNON BALL Conqueror 9689 OKeh 06207/Cattle CCD-245
042 C 3561-1 LET’S ALL HAVE ANOTHER BEER Conqueror 9690 OKeh 06066/Cattle CCD-245
043 C 3562-1 SWEET MAMA PUT HIM IN LOW Conqueror 9842 OKeh 06066/Cattle CCD-245
044 C 3563-1 KENTUCKY Conqueror 9688 OKeh 06163 Columbia 38139 20414/OHCD 4137
045 C 3564-1 FIFTY-ONE BEERS Conqueror 9690 OKeh 06115//Cattle CCD-245
046 C 3565-1 I HEARD THE WICKED PRAY Conqueror 9688 OKeh 06207/Cattle CCD-245
047 C 3566-1 YOU DIDN’T WANT A SWEETHEART Conqueror 9842 OKeh 06115/Cattle CCD-245
8 June 1941 Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians)
048 C 3853-1 HYMNS THEY SANG (AT MOTHER’S GRAVE) unissued
049 C 3854-1 DON’T BE BLUE, LITTLE PAL, DON’T BE BLUE Conqueror 9841 OKeh 06301/ BACM CD D 168
050 C 3855-1 ANGEL OF EAST TENNESSEE Conqueror 9840 OKeh 06385/Cattle CCD-245 OHCD 4137
051 C 3856-1 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Conqueror 9841 OKeh 06301/ BACM CD D 168
052 C 3857-1 TRAINING CAMP BLUES Conqueror 9840 OKeh 06385/Cattle CCD-245
053 C 3858-1 HE’S A RING TAIL TORNADO Conqueror 9843 OKeh 06586/ BACM CD D 430
054 C 3859-1 SOME GIRLS DO AND SOME GIRLS DON’T Conquror 9843 OKeh 06586/Cattle CCD-245
055 C 3860-1 CONCERTINA WALTZ unissued
27 January 1942 Chicago, IL – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis [vcl/mandolin], Harty Taylor [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians)
056 C 4171-1 I HIDE MY FACE AND CRY unissued/[va] Time-Life TLCW-05 BACM CD D 168
057 C 4172 GIRLS, DON’T REFUSE TO KISS A SOLDIER OKeh 6666 (unissued)
058 C 4173-1 YOU LET ME DOWN OKeh 06622 Columbia 37414 20141/ BACM CD D 168
059 C 4174 TEARS IN MY BEER OKeh 6666 (unissued)
060 C 4175 I GET THE SAME OLD STORY unissued
061 C 4176-1 TRUCK DRIVIN‘ SWEETHEART OKeh 06622 Columbia 37414 20141/ BACM CD D 168 OHCD 4137
062 C 4177 STEPPING STONES TO HEAVEN unissued
063 C 4178 WHEN I LAID MY BIBLE DOWN unissued
10 November 1944 [no.86] C.P. McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA - Uncle Henry‘s Original Kentucky Mountaineers and Karl and Harty (Henry Warren [vcl] + unknown musicians)
064 313 WOULD YOU CARE IF JESUS LEFT YOU? 48035 AD-136
4 December 1945 CBS Studio, Radio Station WBBM, The Wrigley Building, 410 North Michigan Ave., Chicago IL – Karl and Harty
065 CCO 4484 MERCY ON YOUR SOUL 37802 20353/CCD-245
066 CCO 4485 MEAN MEAN MAMA 37802 20353/CCD-245
067 CCO 4486 WHEN THE ATOM BOMB FELL 36982 20023/CCD-245
068 CCO 4487 WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WOMEN TODAY Harmony 1076/ BACM CD D 168
069 CCO 4488 THERE’S NOTHING IN THE WORLD A MAN WON’T DO 37281 20105/CCD-245
070 CCO 4489 AIN’T YOU ASHAMED? Harmony 1076/ BACM CD D 168
071 CCO 4490 WHY DO GIRLS WEAR BREECHES 37281 20105/CCD-245
072 CCO 4491 DON’T LET THAT SWEET FACE FOOL YOU 36982 20023/CCD-245
25 March 1947 [no.560] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis and Hartford Taylor) [tracks probably transferred from Capitol transcriptions]
073 1777 THE B-I-B-L-E Capitol  415 (G-59?)/LP 5121 BACM CD D 430
074 1778 THAT PRETTY LITTLE FACE 415/LP 5121 BACM CD D 430
075 1779 TRUE LOVE 40044/LP 5121
076 1780 LIPS THAT TOUCH THE LIQUOR (SHALL NEVER TOUCH MINE) unissued (G 60?)
13 May 1947 [no 603] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis and Hartford Taylor)
077 1908 TEXAS CITY DISASTER rejected
078 1909 BLONDES, BRUNETTES AND RED HEADS A40025/Cattle CCD-245
079 1910 PRETTY THING A 40044/LP 5121
080 1911 CHEATIN’ WOMEN A40025/Cattle CCD-245
10 October 1947 [no.712] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis and Hartford Taylor)
081 2295 SHE'S GOT THE CUTEST EYES 40135/ BACM CD D 168
082 2296 DON'T MIX WHISKEY WITH WOMEN 40067/ BACM CD D 168
083 2297 YOU COOKED YOUR GOOSE WITH ME 40067/ BACM CD D 168
084 2298 SINGLE MAN BLUES 40135/ BACM CD D 168
29 December 1947 [no.898] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Karl and Harty
085 2995 SWEETEST MOTHER 40111/LP 5121
086 2996 A SONG FOR MOTHER 40111/LP 5121
087 2997 RENO BOUND 40089/Cattle CCD-245
088 2998 I CAN'T WIN FOR LOSIN' 40089/Cattle CCD-245
unknown details – Karl and Harty
900 DOWN IN THE VALLEY BACM CD D 168

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
1947-ca 1951 [Capitol transcriptions] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Karl and Harty (Karl Davis and Hartford Taylor)
IN THE SUNSHINE OF YOUR SMILE G 59
THAT BEAUTIFUL CHAIR G 59
B-I-B-L-E  G 59
I’LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT  G 59
LORD HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL  G 59
DADDY G 60
LIPS THAT TOUCH THE LIQUOR (SHALL NEVER TOUCH MINE) G 60
F-R- DOUBLE E FROM S-I-N G 60
GOSPEL CANNONBALL  G 60
I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU  G 61
WHY DO GIRLS WEAR BRITCHES  G 61
KATRINA POLKA G 61
OLD SMOKEY  G 61
YOU GOTTA LIVE YOUR RELIGION EVERY DAY  G 61
A SONG FOR MOTHER  G 62
I’M S-A-V-E-D  G 62
GIVE ME THE ROSES NOW G 62
THIS TRAIN  G 62
TWO LITTLE ROSEBUDS  G 62
DON’T SAY GOODBYE IF YOU LOVE ME  G 63
NOBODY’S DARLIN‘ G 63
POND LILLY WALTZ  G 63
WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN  G 63
MEAN MEAN MAMA  G 63
YOU MAY HAVE YOUR PICTURE  G 64
KENTUCKY  G 64
DON’T LET THAT SWEET FACE FOOL YOU  G 64
THEY’RE ALL GOING HOME BUT ONE  G 64
LOOK WHAT THOSE BLUE EYES DID TO ME  G 65/LP 5121
LITTLE OLD RAGDOLL  G 65
READ THE BIBLE G 65
I WANT A PARDON FOR DADDY  G 65
SWEETEST MOTHER  G 65
GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE  G 66
THERE’S NOTHING IN THE WORLD A MAN WON’T DO  G 66
AIN‘T YOU ASHAMED OF THE WAY YOU TWO TIMED ME  G 66
WHEN THE ATOM BOMB FELL  G 66
ON THE SUNNYSIDE OF LIFE  G 66
I GET THE SAME OLD STORY ALL THE TIME  G 67/ BACM CD D 430
IF IT’S WRONG TO LOVE YOU  G 67/ BACM CD D 430
SMILES ARE MADE OUT OF SUNSHINE  G 67/ BACM CD D 430
RENFRO VALLEY MARCH  G 67/ BACM CD D 430
I JUST KEEP FROM CRYING SOMETIMES  G 67/ BACM CD D 430
CAUSE I DON’T MEAN TO CRY WHEN YOU’RE GONE  G 68/ BACM CD D 430
WAY BEYOND THE BLUE  G 68/ BACM CD D 430
THERE’S A BLUE HEART TONIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS  G 68/ BACM CD D 430
BABES IN THE WOOD  G 68/ BACM CD D 430
I’M TIRED OF LIVING ALONE  G 68/ BACM CD D 430
LEGEND OF THE ROBIN’S RED BREAST  G 99
SINGLE MAN BLUES  G 99
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WOMEN TODAY  G 99
I’M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL  G 99
MY FATHER’S WHISKERS  G 99/ BACM CD D 430
YOU DIDN’T WANT A SWEETHEART G 100
PUT MY LITTLE SHOES AWAY  G 100/ BACM CD D 430
GATHERING BUDS  G 100/ BACM CD D 430
TAKE ME BACK AGAIN  G 100/ BACM CD D 430
LITTLE SWEETHEART I AM IN PRISON  G 100
I’VE WAITED TOO LONG  G 101/ BACM CD D 430
I’LL COME BACK TO YOU  G 101
SHAKE HANDS WITH MOTHER AGAIN  G 101/ BACM CD D 430
HOUSE WHERE WE WERE WED  G 101
GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN  G 101/ BACM CD D 430
DARLING, THINK OF WHAT YOU’VE DONE  G 102
I BELIVE THAT GOOD OLD BIBLE  G 102
BLUE RAILROAD TRAIN G 102/ BACM CD D 430
SINGLE GIRL  G 102
WRECK ON THE HIGHWAY G 102/ BACM CD D 430
WHEN THE FIRE COMES DOWN  G 115
PRISONER’S DREAM  G 115
IT’S HARD TO PLEASE YOUR MIND  G 115
WOULD YOU CARE IF JESUS LEFT YOU  G 115
HISTORY SONG  G 117/ BACM CD D 430
OLD SPANISH TUNE  G 117/ BACM CD D 430
A BIBLE LESSON G 117/ BACM CD D 430
SCATTERIN‘ PRECIOUS SEEDS  G 117
MOTHER AND DAD  G 117/ BACM CD D 430
DUST ON THE BIBLE  G 117/ BACM CD D 430
I CAN’T WIN FOR LOSIN‘ G 118
WATCHIN’ THE GIRLS GO BY  G 118/ BACM CD D 430
LEAF OF LOVE  G 118/ BACM CD D 430
I SEE A BRIGHT LIGHT SHINING  G 118/ BACM CD D 430
PUT THE KEY TO YOUR HEART IN MY HAND  G 118
CHEATIN‘ WOMAN G 135/LP 5121
PRETTY THING G 135/LP 5121
TRUE LOVE  G 135/LP 5121
BLONDES, BRUNETTES AND REDHEADS  G 135/LP 5121
AWAY FROM YOU  G 136/LP 5121
RENO BOUND  G 136/LP 5121
THE AUTOMOBILE OF LIFE G 136/LP 5121
YOU COOKED YOUR GOOSE WITH ME  G 136/LP 5121
WALTZ OF THE WIND  G 136/LP 5121



ALBUMS
Old Homestead OHCS 137 Karl/Harty With The Cumberland Ridge Runners:
Old Rattler; Sally's Not The Same Old Sally; I'll Be All Smiles Tonight; Ridin' On A Hump Back Mule; Nobody's Darling On Earth; I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail; I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; Friendless And Sad; The Old Maid; Whose Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet; Lorrena; The Prisoner's Dream; Darling Think Of What You've Done; There's A Beautiful Home; I Need The Prayers Of Those I Love; I'm S-A-V-E-D - 81
Cowgirlboy [GER] LP-5121 Their Early Mountain Favorites: Cheatin' Women; Pretty Thing [Transcription]; True Love [Transcription]; Blondes, Brunettes And Redheads; Away From You; Reno Bound; Automobile Of Life; You Cooked Your Goose With Me; Waltz Of The Wind; That Pretty Little Face; B-I-B-L-E; Sweetest Mother; Song For Mother; Pretty Thing; True Love; Look What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me - 94
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD-245 Memories Of The WLS National Barn Dance Days: House Where We Were Wed; Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman; Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder; Gospel Cannonball; Let's All Have Another Beer; Sweet Mama Put Him Low; Fifty-One Beers; I Heard The Wicked Pray; You Didn't Want A Sweetheart; Angel Of East Tennessee; Training Camp Blues; Some Girls Do And Some Girls Don't; Mercy On Your Soul; Mean Mean Mama; When The Atom Bomb Fell; There's Nothing In This World A Man Won't Do; Why Do Girls Wear Breeches; Don't Let That Sweet Face Fool You; I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail; The Prisoner's Dream; Hymns My Mother Sang; They Are All Going Home But One; Blondes, Brunettes, And Red Heads; Cheatin' Women; Reno Bound; I Can't Win For Losin' - 01
Old Homestead OHCD-4137 Karl And Harty With The Cumberland Ridge Runners: Old Rattler; Sally's Not The Same Old Sally; I'll Be All Smiles Tonight; Ridin' On Ahump Back Mule; Nobody's Darlin' On Earth; I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail; I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; Friendless And Sad; Old Maid; Whose Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet; Lorrena; Prisoner's Dream; Darling Think Of What You've Done; There's A Beautiful Home; I Need The Prayers Of Those I Love; I'm S-A-V-E-D; Goofus; Roundin' Up The Yearlings; Take Me Back To Renfro Valley; Kentucky; Look What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me; They're All Going Home But One; Truck Driver's Sweetheart; Angel Of East Tennessee; Tombigbee River Farewell; Don't Monkey With My Widder - 03
BACM [UK] CD D 168 Old Time Harmony Singing: Twenty One Years; I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home; I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You; We Buried Her Beneath The Willow; No Place To Pillow My Head; I'm Going Home This Evening; Tombigbee River Farewell; Answer To The Prisoner's Dream; Two Faced Preacher; Don't Be Blue Little Pal; I'll Always Love You; I Hide My Face And Cry; You Let Me Down; Truck Driver's Sweetheart; What's Wrong With The Women Today; Ain't You Ashamed; She's Got The Cutest Eyes; Single Man Blues; Down In The Valley; You Cooked Your Goose With Me; Don't Mix Whiskey With Women – 25-09-06
BACM [UK] CD D 430 Old Time Harmony Singing, vol. 2: Look At What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me; Wreck On The Highway; Blue Railroad Train; The History Song; Old Spanish Tune; A Bible Lesson; Mother And Dad; Dust On The Bible; Watching The Girls Go By; Leaf Of Love; I See A Bright Light Shining; He’s A Ring Tail  Tornado; I Get The Same Old Story; Renfro Valley March (Instr.); I Can’t Keep From Crying ; Sometimes; Cause I Don’t Mean To Cry When You’re Gone; Way Beyond The Blue; I’m Tired Of  Living Alone; My Father’s Whiskers; Take Me Back Again; I’ve Waited Too Long To Prepare; Shake Hands With Mother Again; Gold Watch And Chain; If It’s Wrong To Love You; Smiles Are Made Out Of The Sunshine; There’s A Blue Heart Tonight In The Mountains; Babes In The Wood; Put My Little Shoes Away; Gathering Buds; That Pretty Little Face; The B.I.B.L.E - 13


SINGLES
Paramount (1931) aka Reenfro Valley Boys
3311 Twenty One Years / I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home – 32 (also Broadway 8318)
3315 My Renfro Valley Home / The Old Grey Goose Is Dead – 32
3316 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / The Yellow Rose Of Texas – 32
3321 Lorena / Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet – 32 (also Broadway 8334)
ARC / Columbia (1934-45)
Melotone
M13085 I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / I Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You – 34 as by Taylor and Davis (also on Banner 33118, Romeo 5360, Oriole 8360, Perfect 13023)
M6-02-52 (Cumberland Little Runners:) There's A Beautiful Home / Friendless And Sad - 02-36
M6-02-54 Josie The Old Maid / My Blue Eyed Boy (Cumberland Little Runners:) – 02-36
M6-04-61 We Buried Her Beneath The Willow / No Place To Pillow My Head - 04-36 w. Cumberland Ridge Runners
M6-10-54 I Need The Prayers Of Those I Love / I'm S-A-V-E-D - 10-36 Karl Davis
M7-01-53 The Prisoner's Dream / Darling, Think Of What You've Done – 01-37
M7-01-69 Tonigbee River Farewell / They Are All Going Home But One - 01-37
M7-04-57 The House Where We Were Wed / I'm Going Home This Evening - 04-37
M7-05-60 Answer To Prisoner's Dream / The Hymns My Mother Sang - 05-37
M8-02-53 Susie Brown / What Would You Give In Exchange – 02-38
Vocalion
05439 I Didn't Hear Anyone Pray / She Did Not Get Her Baby Out Of Jail - 04-40
05500 Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder / Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman - 05-40
05549 Little Sweetheart I'm In Prison / Two Faced Preacher - 06-40
Okeh
05640 Read The Bible / Holiness Mother - 07-40
06066 Sweet Mama Put Him In Low / Let's All Have Another Beer - 03-41
06115 Fifty One Beers / You Didn't Want A Sweetheart - 04-41
06163 Kentucky / Look At What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me - 04-41
06207 I Heard The Wocked Pray / Gospel Cannon Ball - 05-41 (reissue)
06301 Don't Be Blue Little Pal Don't Be Blue / I'll Always Love You - 07-41
06385 Training Camp Blues / Angel Of East Tennessee - 09-41
06586 He's A Ringtail Tornado / Some Girls Do And Some Girls Don't - 02-42
06622 You Let Me Down / Truck Driver's Sweetheart - 04-42
06666 Girls Don't Refuse To Kiss A Soldier / Tears In My Beer - 06-42
Conqueror
8605 There's A Beautiful Home / Friendless And Sad - 02-36
8660 I Need The Prayers Of Those I Love / I'm S-A-V-E-D - 06-36
8728 The House Where We Were Wed / The Prisoner's Dream - 12-36
8729 They Are All Going Home But One / The Hymns My Mother Sang - 12-36
8730 Your Partner's Phonograph Record / Darling, Think Of What You've Done - 12-36
8833 Answer To The Prisoner's Dream / I'm Going Home This Evening - 08-37
9406 Little Sweetheart I'm In Prison / Two Faced Preacher - 09-40 (reissue)
9407 Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman / Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder - 09-40 (reissue)
9408 She Did Not Get Her Baby Out Of Jail / I Didn't Hear Anyone Pray - 09-40
9687 Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman / Two Faced Preacher - 04-41 (reissue)
9688 Kentucky / Look At What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me - 04-41
9689 I Heard The Wicked Pray / Gospel Cannon Ball - 04-41
9690 Let's All Have Another Beer / Fifty One Beers - 04-41
9796 I Didn't Hear Anyone Pray / Little Sweetheart, I'm In Prison - 10-41 (reissue)
9840 Angel Of East Tennessee / Training Camp Blues - 11-41
9841 I'll Always Love You / Don't Be Blue, Little Pal, Don't Be Blue - 11-41
9842 Sweet Mama Put Him In Low / You Didn't Want A Sweetheart - 11-41 (reissue)
9843 He's A Ringtail Tornado / Some Girls Do And Some Girls Don't - 11-41
Columbia
36982 Don't Let That Sweet Face Fool You / When The Atom Bomb Fell - 05-46
37281 Why Do Girls Wear Breeches / There's Nothing In The World A Man Won't Do - 02-47
37414 You Let Me Down / Truck Drivin' Sweetheart - 06-47 (reissue)
37802 Mean, Mean, Mama / Mercy On Your Soul - 08-47
38139 Look What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me / Kentucky B. - 03-48 (reissue)
20023 Don't Let That Sweet Face Fool You / When The Atom Bomb Fell – 48 (reissue)
20105 Why Do Girls Wear Breeches / There's Nothing In The World A Man Won't Do – 48 (reissue)
20141 You Let Me Down / Truck Drivin' Sweetheart - 48 (reissue)
20353 Mean, Mean, Mama / Mercy On Your Soul – 48 (reissue)
20414 Look What Those Blue Eyes Did To Me / Kentucky B. - 48 (reissue)
1076 What's Wrong With The Women Today / Ain't You Ashamed – 49 (released on Harmony)
Capitol (1947-48)
415 That Pretty Little Face / The B-I-B-L-E – 05-47
A 40025 Blondes, Brunettes And Red Heads / Cheatin' Women – 10-47 (released on Capitol Americana)
40044 Pretty Thing / True Love – 11-47
40067 You Cooked Your Goose With Me / Don't Mix Whiskey With Women – 01-48
40089 Reno Bound / I Can't Win For Losin' – 02-48
40111 The Sweetest Mother / A Song For Mother – 05-48
40135 Single Man's Blues / She's Got The Cuttiest Eyes – 48
48035 [Uncle Henry:] Precious Memories / [Uncle Henry w. Karl and Harty:] Would You Care If Jesus Left You - 52

Roy Hall (by Dick Grant)



ROY “THE HOUND” HALL
1949-1953
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys
                          Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detrroit, Mi.:      1949                                                                                             
James Faye “Roy” Hall (pno); Thomas “Tommy” Odom (t/off gtr); Jack Luker (rhy gtr); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl/fdl); Harvey William “Flash” Griner (stg bs); Trio (vcl-1).     Producer: Dorothy Summers “Devora” Brown

126 A                  NO ROSE IN SAN ANTONE                                                             Fortune 126 A, TRG CD-505101, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Ted Edlin-Roy Hall)                                                                        
126 B                  DIRTY BOOGIE                -1                                   Fortune 126 B, Fortune 126 B, Fortune LP-3001
                          (F.Brumbalough) (Trianon Publications BMI)               Fortune LP-3001, TRG CD-505101
                                                                                                                               Bear Family BCD-16747, One Day Music DAY3CD-58
                                                                                                                               B.A.C.M. CD D-442

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys
                          Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detroit, Mi.:       1949
Roy Hall (pno); Tommy Odin  (sic); (t/off gtr); Arleigh “Arlie” Barber (rhy gtr); Bud White (vcl-2/fdl); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl/narration-3/fdl); Christopher “Chris” Wells (stl gtr); Flash Griner (stg bs); Trio (vcl-1)
                                                                                                                              Producer: Devora Brown

126 A                  OKEE DOAKS                                                        Fortune 126 A, TRG CD-505101, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Dorothy S.Brown-John Klein) (Trianon Publications BMI)                      
133 A                  NEVER MARRY A TENNESSEE GAL                       -1                       Fortune 133 A,          CD-505101,                CD D-442
                          ()
133 B                  WE NEVER GET TOO BIG TO CRY                          -2-3                                  133 B,                CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): FORTUNE 126 was issued TWICE with alternative ‘A’ sides. Some copies labelled “NO ROSE IN SAN ANTONE” are actually “OKEE DOAKS”.
NB(2): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases-Saturday 31st December 1949-FORTUNE 133.
NB(3): FORTUNE 126 “NO ROSE IN SAN ANTONE”/“DIRTY BOOGIE” released Tuesday 3rd January 1950.
NB(4): FORTUNE 133 released Tuesday 3rd January 1950.
NB(5): FORTUNE Records Advert Billboard Saturday 14th April 1951-FORTUNE 126 “OKEE DOAKS”/“DIRTY BOOGIE”.
NB(6): FORTUNE 126 “OKEE DOAKS”/“DIRTY BOOGIE” released Tuesday 17th April 1951.
NB(7): FORTUNE RECORDS was based at based at 11629 LINWOOD, Detroit.
NB(8): FORTUNE LP-3001 “THE ORIGINAL SKEETS McDONALD’S TATTOOED LADY plus Eleven Other Sizzlers” released 1961 (1st Press) (Female on Bed) (Red Label).
NB(9): FORTUNE LP-3001 “THE ORIGINAL SKEETS McDONALD’S TATTOOED LADY plus Eleven Other Sizzlers” released 1962 (2nd Press) (Upright Female).
NB(10): ONE DAY MUSIC DAY3CD-58 “DIRTY BOOGIE-THE FORTUNE RECORDS STORY” released United Kingdom 2014.
NB(11): B.A.C.M. CD D-442 “ROY HALL AND HIS COHUTTA MOUNTAIN BOYS-I’M THE BOSS-COMPLETE DETROIT & NASHVILLE RECORDINGS 1949-1953” released United Kingdom February 2014.

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys
                          Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detroit, Mi.:       1950
Roy Hall (pno); Tommy Odom (t/off gtr); Bud White (vcl-2/rhy gtr); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl-1/fdl); Flash Griner (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Devora Brown

139 A                  FIVE YEARS IN PRISON  -1                                   Fortune 139 A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (B.Young) (Trianon Publications BMI)
139 B                  MY FRECKLE FACE GAL  -2                                 139 B,                 CD D-442
                          ()

NB: FORTUNE 139 released Tuesday 4th April 1950.

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys.
                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn.:                                                          ca. April 1950
Roy Hall (pno); Harold “Hal” Clark (vcl/-2ld gtr); Tommy Odom (t/off gtr-3); Bud White (rhy gtr); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl-1/fdl); Flash Griner (stg bs).                                                                     Producer:

704A                   OLD FOLKS JAMBOREE   -1                                   Bullet 704 A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Hal Clark)
704B                   MULE BOOGIE                -1                                              704 B, TRG CD-505101, Bear Family BCD-16747
                          ()                                                                                                   B.A.C.M. CD D-442
712A                   AIN’T YOU AFRAID                                                -2-3                    Bullet 712 A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Hal Clark)
712B                   TURN MY PICTURE TO THE WALL                         -2-3                              712 B,                 CD D-442
                          (Hal Clark)         

NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 6th May 1950- BULLET 704.
NB(2): BULLET 704 released Tuesday 9th May 1950.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 9th September 1950-BULLET 712.
NB(4): BULLET 712 released Tuesday 12th September 1950.
NB(5): TRG CD-505101 “DIGGIN’ THAT ROCK-A-BILLY BOOGIE” released 1995.
NB(6): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16747 “ROY HALL ROCKS” released Germany Tuesday 21st June 2005.

THE EAGLES      -1          Citation Records, Music Hall Bldg, Madison                     Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1951
DICK POULTON And DICK DIXON Orch. The Eagles-2
Roy Hall (vcl-4/pno); Richard “Dick” Poulton (ld gtr-7); Richard “Dick” Dixon (stl gtr-7); Bud White (vcl-5/rhy gtr); Unk (bjo); Flash Griner (vcl-3/stg bs);  Elizabetth Lee “Boots” Gilbert (vcl-6); Dorothy “Dee” Gilbert (vcl-6); Bill Sova’s Ranch Boys ().                                                                                                                                                                                                            Producer: Louis Parker

1150A                 YOU CAN’T COME BACK - POLKA                          -1-3-4-5               Citation 1150-A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          ()
1150B                 WILD WILD MAN FROM TENNESSEE                     -1-3                                  1150-B,                CD D-442
                          ()
1151A                 SKINNY MINNIE FROM TEXAS CITY                       -2-3                    Citation 1151-A,                 CD D-442
                          ()
1151B                 I’M THE BOSS AROUND HERE                               2-4-7                                1151-B,                CD D-442
                          (Roy Hall-Lou Parker) (Mid-West Music BMI)
1152A                YOU’RE GONNA BE SORRY (FOR SLIPPIN’ AROUND)-2-3                 Citation 1152-A,                 CD D-442
                          ()
1152B                YOU’RE STILL THE CAPTAIN OF MY HEART-2-5-6                 1152-B,                 CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): CITATION 1150 released Tuesday 31st July 1951.
NB(2): Billboard C&W Records to Watch Saturday 4th August 1951-CITATION 1150.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 4th August 1951-CITATION 1150.
NB(4): Billboard Country & Western (Folk) Record Reviews Saturday 4th August 1951-CITATION 1150.
NB(5): CITATION 1151 released September 1951.
NB(6): Billboard Advance Folk Record Releases Saturday 1st December 1951-CITATION 1151.
NB(7): CITATION 1152 released Tuesday 23rd October 1951.           
NB(8): Billboard Advance Rhythm & Blues Record Releases Saturday 27th October 1951-CITATION 1152.
NB(9): Billboard Country & Western (Folk) Record Reviews Saturday 27th October 1951-CITATION 1152.

FLOYD COMPTON And His Western Troubadors                                                                                                                                                                                                Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detroit, Mi.:       1952                                                                                             
Floyd Compton (vcl-1/           ); Tommy Odom (vcl-2/t/off gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer: Devora Brown

5002A                 CARELESS LOVER                                                -1                       Renown 5002-A
                          ()
5002B                 SHE WON’T TURN OVER FOR ME                          -2                                      5002-B
                          ()

NB(1): RENOWN 5002 released 1952.
NB(2): RENOWN Records was a subsidiary of FORTUNE Records and based at 11629 Linwood, Detroit.

ROY HALL          Brown Radio Productions, 240½ 4th Avenue North                        Nashville, Tn.:                                                                        1952
Roy Hall (pno); Bud White (rhy gtr); Unk (stg bs); Unk (dms).
                                                                                                                               Producer:

E2KB-2209          JOHN HENRY                 (Inst)                              Tennessee 835, Tennessee 835-45, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          ()
E2KB-2210          BACK UP AND PUSH       (Inst)                              Tennessee 813, Tennessee 813-45,                 CD D-442
                          ()
E2KB-2211          Unknown Title                  (inst)                               Tennessee (Uniss)
                          ()
E2KB-2212          GOLDEN SLIPPERS                                               (Inst)                  Tennessee 813,                     813-45,                CD D-442
                          ()
E2KB-2213          Unknown Title                  (inst)                               Tennessee (Uniss)
                          ()
E2KB-2214          PUT ON YOUR OD GREY BONNET                         (Inst)                  Tennessee 835, Tennessee 835-45, B.A.C. M CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): TENNESSEE 813/813-45 released 1952.
NB(2): TENNESSEE 835/835-45 released 1952.

THE DAVIS SISTERS      
                                      Dairy Workers Hall, 15840 Second Avenue                         Highland Park Mi.:                                                          Late 1952
Betty Jack Davis (vcl); Mary Frances “Skeeter Davis” Penick (vcl); Bud White (rhy gtr); Myrl “Rusty” McDonald (fdl); Roy Hall (pno).                                                                                                       M.C:

                          IT WASN’T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS                        WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss)
                          ()                                                                                                   Bear Family BCD-15722
                          JAMBALAYA                                                                                   WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss)
                          (Hank Williams)                                                      Bear Family BCD-15722
                          JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU                                                           WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss)
                          ()                                                                                                   Bear Family BCD-15722
                          TOMORROW’S JUST ANOTHER DAY TO CRY         WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss),                                                                                                                     ()                                                                                                   Bear Family BCD-15722
                         
NB: BEAR FAMILY BCD-15722 “MEMORIES” released Germany July 1993.

THE DAVIS SISTERS
                          poss. Radio Station WJR, 3011 West Grand Blvd  Detroit, Mi.:       Late 1952
Betty Jack Davis (vcl); Skeeter Davis (vcl); Bud White (rhy gtr); Roy Hall (pno); Flash Griner (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               M.C.:

                          TOMORROW I’LL CRY                                           (Demo/Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15722
                          (Skeeter and Betty Jack Davis) (Tannen Music Inc. BMI)


THE DAVIS SISTERS-1
THE DAVIS SISTERS with Roy Hall and His Cohutta Mountain Boys-2
DAVIS SISTERS with Roy Hall-3
DAVIS SISTERS-4           Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood                        Detroit, Mi.:                                                                     Late 1952
Betty Jack Davis (vcl); Mary Frances Penick (vcl); Leon Benson (rhy gtr); Clifford “Cliff” Southers (stl gtr); Roy Hall (pno). 
                                                                                                                               Producer: Devora Brown

170A/6229           JEALOUS LOVE               -1-2-3-4                           Fortune 170-A, Fortune 45-170-A, 4 Star 1630
                          (Dorothy S.Brown)                                                                           4 Star 45-1630, 4 Star ET-112, 4 Star ET-117
                          (Dorothy S,Brown) (4 Star Sales-BMI)                                                 Fortune LP-3004, Bear Family BCD-15722
                          (Dorothy S.Brown) (4 Star Sales-BMI)
170B                   GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD                Fortune 170, Fortune 45-170-A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): FORTUNE 170/45-170 released Tuesday 30th December 1952.  
NB(2): FORTUNE Records Advert Billboard Saturday 10th January 1950-FORTUNE 170/45-170.
NB(3): “JEALOUS LOVE” purchased by 4 STAR Records during February 1953.
NB(4): 4 STAR 1630 released Tuesday 7th April 1953.
NB(5): 4 STAR ET-112 “VARIOUS ARTISTS” released April 1953.
NB(6): 4 STAR ET-117 “VARIOUS ARTISTS” released September 1953.
NB(7): FORTUNE LP-3004 “THE DAVIS SISTERS HITS” released ca. 1963. May have been reissued with the title of “JEALOUS HEART” and credited to SKEETER DAVIS.



DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT,  DAVE SAX, AL TURNER, CRAIG MAKI & KEITH CADY with acknowledgements to Michel Ruppli, Richard Weize, Thieu Van De Vorst, Dorothy Mercer

2000-2014.