BEN HALL
SESSION
DISCOGRAPHY
BEN HALL - The Mesa Valley Boy
Sellers
Transcription Co. Studio, 905½ Main Street Dallas,
Tx.: 1948
Benjamin “Ben” Hall (vcl/rhy
gtr); plus Unk Musicians
Producer:
James “Jim” Sellers
RIVER Talent
(Uniss)
()
LITTLE ANGEL WITH A DIRTY FACE Talent
(Uniss)
(Dale Parker)
I LOVE YOU ALL THE TIME Talent
725
()
A DOG AND HIS LOVE FOR ME 725
()
NB(1): TALENT 725 released 1948.
NB(2): BILLBOARD Advance Folk Record Releases Saturday 4th
June 1949-TALENT 725.
NB(3): TALENT 725 reviewed Billboard Folk (Country &
Western) Record Reviews Saturday 5th November 1949.
NB(4): Attempting to date the releases on the TALENT/STAR
TALENT 700 series is very difficult. The company dispatched some 50 odd
releases to BILLBOARD for review. Upon receipt of the records BILLBOARD logged
the details of the releases in their Advance Release column, then proceeded to
review a selection of the records that they had received from the company.
Nothing particularly odd with that, the only problem is that Jesse Erickson
sent batches of TALENT/STAR TALENT records, a mixture of old and new releases.
When examining the data relating to TALENT/STAR TALENT contained in BILLBOARD,
734 was reviewed on Saturday 7th May 1949, but 7 01 wasn’t reviewed until
Saturday 8th October 1949.
BEN HALL - The Mesa Valley Boy
Sellers
Transcription Co. Studio, 905½ Main Street Dallas,
Tx.: ca.
February 1949
(vcl/rhy gtr); James
“Jimmy” Kelly (stl gtr); Aubrey Gass (stg bs); plus Unk Musicians
Producer:
Jim Sellers
187 STORMY SKIES Talent
736, Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
()
188 DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER 736, RCCD-3004
()
NB(1): TALENT 736 released Monday 18th April 1949.
NB(2): BILL BOARD Advance Folk Records Releases Saturday
30th April 1949-TALENT 736.
NB(3): ROLLERCOASTER RCCD-3004 “COUNTRY WAYS AND ROCKIN’
DAYS: BEN HALL & THE RAMBLERS with Weldon Myrick” released United Kingdom
1993.
BEN HALL - The Mesa Valley Boy
Sellers
Transcription Co. Studio, 905½ Main Street Dallas,
Tx.: August
1949
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk
Musicians
Producer:
Jim Sellers
251 TRY IT AGAIN Star
Talent 745
()
252 WHY DON’T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME 745
(Lonnie Glosson-Wayne Raney) (Lois BMI)
NB(1): STAR TALENT 745 released Tuesday 12th September 1949.
NB(2): STAR TALENT 745 reviewed Billboard Folk (Country
& Western) Record Reviews Saturday 17th September 1949.
BEN HALL “THE MESA VALLEY BOY”
Sellers
Transcription Co. Studio, 905½ Main Street Dallas,
Tx.: ca.
January 1950
(vcl/rhy gtr); plus Unk
Musicians
Producer:
Jim Sellers
353 SONG OF THE PRAIRIE Star Talent 759
()
354 OLD CARAVAN 759
()
NB: STAR TALENT 759 released February 1950.
BEN HALL And The Ramblers Radio Station KSEL Lubbock,
Tx.: ca.
1955
(vcl); Charles Hardin
“Buddy Holly” Holley (ld gtr); Weldon Myrick (stl gtr); Sonny Curtis (fdl);
Dena Hall (stg bs).
Producer:
Ben Hall
ALL FROM LOVING YOU KSEL Transcription (Uniss),
Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
()
BEN HALL And The Ramblers Radio Station KDAV Lubbock,
Tx.: ca.
1955
(vcl); Buddy Holly (ld
gtr); Weldon Myrick (stl gtr); Sonny Curtis (fdl); Dena Hall (stg bs).
Producer:
Ben Hall
ROSE OF MONTEREY KDAV
Transcription (Uniss), Rollercoaster RCCD-3003
(Wayne Johnson)
BEN HALL Breckenridge,
Tx.: ca.
January 1956
(vcl/rhy gtr); Weldon
Myrick (ld gtr); Dena Hall (stg bs).
Producer:
Ben Hall
BLUE DAYS-BLACK NIGHTS (Uniss),
Rollercoaster RCCD-3003
(Ben Hall)
NB: ROLLERCOASTER RCCD-3003 “HEP CATS FROM BIG SPRING”
released United Kingdom 1991.
BEN HALL AND THE COUNTRY DRIFTERS
Radio
Station KVWC Vernon,
Tx.: 1956
(vcl); Weldon Myrick (ld
gtr); Dena Hall (stg bs).
Producer:
Ben Hall
45-CD-39 DRIFTING ALONG Cord
45-101, Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
(Myrick-Hall) (Ridgeway Music Co. Inc.-BMI)
45-CD-40 MOO MAMA 45-101, RCCD-3003
(Myrick-Hall) (Ridgeway Music Co. Inc.-BMI) Buffalo
Bop Bb-CD-55026, Lenox LP-101, Lost Gold LGR-5998
Lucky
CDLR-815, Yeaah! 14, Collector CLCD-4495
Proper
Properbox 122, El Toro ETCD-101O
NB(1): CORD 101 released September 1956.
NB(2): BUFFALO BOP Bb-CD-55026 “MEAN MEAN DADDY” released
Germany 1995.
NB(3): LENOX LP-101 “GRAND DADDY’S ROCKIN’, Vol.5.” released
France 1995.
NB(4): LOST GOLD LGR-5998 “ORIGINAL HISTORIC ROCKABILLY
CLASSICS, Vol.3.” released 1999.
NB(5): LUCKY CDLR-815 “ROCKABILLY GOLD, Vol.15.” released
United Kingdom
NB(6): YEAAH! 14 “ROCKABILLY RARITIES, Vol.3.” released
United Kingdom
NB(7): COLLECTOR CLCD-4495 “HOODLUM ROCKIN’” released
Holland 2006.
NB(8): PROPER PROPERBOX 122 “CLASSIC ROCKABILLY” released
United Kingdom 2007.
NB(9): EL TORO ETCD-1010 “REAL COOL CATS: TEXAS ROCKABILLY
1955” released Spain 2007.
BEN HALL Ben Hall Studio , Tx.: ca.
1956
(vcl/rhy gtr); Weldon
Myrick (ld gtr); Dena Hall (stg bs); Monte Hall (dms).
Producer:
Ben Hall
BE BOP BALL (Uniss/Acetate),
Rollercoaster RCCD-3003, Lenox LP-102
(Ben Hall)
NB: LENOX LP-102 “GRAND DADDY’S ROCKIN’, Vol.6.” released
France 1996.
BEN HALL Radio Station KWFT Wichita
Falls, Tx.: ca.
July 1957
(vcl); plus Unk Musicians
Producer:
SHE’S TELLING ME THE SAME THING Capitol
3985, Capitol F3985
(Ben Hall-Weldon Myrick) (Central Songs BMI)
NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME 3985, F3985
(Weldon Myrick) (Central Songs BMI)
NB: CAPITOL 3985/F3985 released Tuesday 27th May 1958.
WELDON MYRICK And Benny Hall Trio
Ben
Hall Studio, 3311 Street Big
Spring, Tx.: ca.
April 1958
(vcl/ld gtr); Ben Hall (hmny vcl/rhy gtr); Dena Hall
(hmny vcl/bs); George Peebles (hmny vcl).
Producer:
Ben Hall
HB-2199 SEASON FOR LOVE Gaylo
BWM-100, Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
(Weldon Myrick) (Central Songs BMI)
HB-2200 ONLY SEVENTEEN BWM-100, RCCD-3004
(Weldon Myrick) (Central Songs BMI)
NB(1): GAYLO BWM-100 released Tuesday 20th May 1958.
NB(2): GAYLO BWM-100 reviewed Billboard Review of New Pop
Records Monday 26th May 1958.
NB(3): GAYLOO BWM-100 is a CAPITOL custom pressing.
BEN HALL And The Circle 4 Ramblers with Weldon Myrick
Ben
Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: ca.
April 1959
(vcl/rhy gtr); Jack
Smithson (ld gtr); Weldon Myrick (hmny vcl/stl gtr); J.D. Rowland (fdl); Dena
Hall (bs); Robert Larry “Blackie” Crawford (dms).
Producer:
Ben Hall
JB-2219 LATE HOURS Gaylo
BM 102, Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
(Weldon Myrick) (Gaylo BMI)
JB-2220 DON’T ASK ME WHY BM 102, RCCD-3004
(Weldon Myrick) (Gaylo BMI)
NB(1): GAYLO BM 102 released Tuesday 5th May 1959.
NB(2): GAYLO BM 102 reviewed Billboard Country &
Western Monday 11th May 1959.
NB(3): GAYLO BM 102 is a CAPITOL custom pressing.
BEN HALL and The Circle 4 Ramblers
Ben
Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: ca.
January 1960
(vcl/rhy gtr); Jack
Smithson (ld gtr); Weldon Myrick (hmny vcl/stl gtr); J.D. Rowland (fdl); Dena
Hall (hmny vcl/bs); Robert “Bob” Galbraith (dms).
Producer:
Ben Hall
KB-2087 EVEN THO’ (I KNOW YOU’RE GONE) Gaylo
BM-104, Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
(Weldon Myrick) (BMI)
KB-2088 BLUE DAYS-BLACK NIGHTS BM-104, RCCD-3004
(Ben Hall) (Copar Music BMI)
YOU’RE HERE IN MY MIND Gaylo
(Uniss),
RCCD-3004
()
HIDING ALONE Gaylo
(Uniss),
RCCD-3004
(Ben Hall-Weldon Myrick) (Sure Fire Music
Co. Inc. BMI)
SO CLOSE Gaylo
(Uniss),
RCCD-3004
()
WON’T YOU BE MINE Gaylo
(Uniss),
RCCD-3004
()
I’LL NEVER BE THE SAME Gaylo
(Uniss),
RCCD-3004
(Ben Hall-Weldon Myrick) (Gaylo BMI)
I’LL STILL BE HANGING AROUND Gaylo
(Uniss), RCCD-3004
(Ben Hall-Weldon Myrick) (Sure Fire Music
Co. Inc. BMI)
NB(1): GAYLO BM-104 released Tuesday 22rd March 1960.
NB(2): GAYLO BM-104 reviewed Billboard C&W Monday 4th
April 1960.
NB(3): GAYLO BM-104 is a CAPITOL custom pressing.
BEN HALL Ben Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: ca.
1960
(vcl/rhy gtr); Weldon
Myrick (hmny vcl/stl gtr); Dena Hall (bs); Bob Galbraith (dms).
Producer:
Ben Hall
HANGING AROUND Gaylo
(Uniss), Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
(Ben Hall-Weldon Myrick) (Sure Fire Music
Co. Inc. BMI)
MAKE BELIEVE Gaylo
(Uniss), RCCD-3004
()
WELDON MYRICK Ben Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: ca.
January 1962
(vcl/stl gtr); Ben Hall (hmny vcl-1/rhy gtr); Dena
Hall (bs); Bob Galbraith (dms-2).
Producer:
Ben Hall
THAT’S THE WAY DREAMS GO -1 Gaylo 110, Rollercoaster
RCCD-3004
(Weldon Myrick) (Gaylo BMI)
I DON’T WANNA GO HOME -2
110,
RCCD-3004
(Weldon Myrick) (Gaylo BMI)
NB(1): GAYLO 110 released Tuesday 27th February 1962.
NB(2): GAYLO 110 reviewed Billboard Saturday 3rd March 1962.
NB(3): GAYLO 110 is a RCA VICTOR custom pressing.
BEN HALL Ben Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: ca.
1962
(vcl/rhy gtr); Jack
Smithson (ld gtr); Weldon Myrick (hmny vcl/stl gtr); J.D. Rowland (fdl); Dena
Hall (hmny vcl/bs); Bob Galbraith (dms); George Peebles/Dauphine Kirkland/Darla
Swindell (vcl chrs). Producer:
Ben Hall
BEFORE YOU BEGIN Gaylo
(Uniss), Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
()
BEN HALL Ben Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: Early
1960s
(vcl/rhy gtr); Weldon
Myrick (stl gtr); Unk (fdl-1); Unk (hmny vcl-2); Dena Hall (bs).
Producer:
Ben Hall
CRYING ON MY SHOULDER -1 Gaylo
(Uniss), Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
()
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS -1 Gaylo (Uniss), RCCD-3004
()
I’D GIVE ANYTHING -2 Gaylo (Uniss), RCCD-3004
()
BEN HALL Ben Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: Mid
1960s
(vcl/rhy gtr); Weldon
Myrick (ld gtr); Dena Hall (hmny vcl/bs).
Producer:
GUNFIGHTERS FAME Gaylo
(Uniss), Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
()
BEN HALL Ben Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: Mid
1960s
(vcl/rhy gtr); Unk (pno);
Dena Hall (vcl/bs).
Producer:
Ben Hall
WEEPING WILLOW (Uniss),
Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
()
BEN HALL Ben Hall Studio, 1307 Gregg Big
Spring, Tx.: Mid
1960s
(vcl/rhy gtr); Weldon
Myrick (ld gtr); Dena Hall (bs).
Producer:
Ben Hall
JOHNNY LAW (Uniss),
Rollercoaster RCCD-3004
(Red Simpson) (Central Songs BMI)
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by JOHN INGMAN & DICK GRANT with
acknowledgements to Phil Tricker & Al Turner.
