Kenny Biggs

2nd version

By Jim Loessberg, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst, Michal Gololobov

SESSIONS

Spring 1961 poss. Wheeling, WV – Kenny Biggs (Producer: Q Welty)
001 615/ZTSC-68286 THERE’S NO EXCUSE B-W 615/6 BWLP 625 Acadia 1006/
002 616/ZTSC-68287 SWINGIN‘ SWANEE ROCK –instr-  B-W 615/6 BWLP 625 Acadia 1006/ Crown LP 200 WLP 8938 CLCD 4513
CROWN LP 200 ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, VOL. 2 (1980); WHITE LABEL WLP 8938 THE WELTY RECORDINGS (NED, 1988); COLLECTOR CLCD 4513 ROCK AND ROLL COVERS – HOT STEAMY LOVERS, VOL. 5 (NED, 2007)
1965 and later poss. Wheeling, WV – Kenny Biggs
003 IT WASN’T EASY BWLP 625/WLP 8938 CLCD 4442
004 I’LL KEEP FOOLIN‘ AROUND BWLP 625  
005 CORINA BWLP 625  
006 ONCE AGAIN BABY BWLP 625  
COLLECTOR CLCD 4442 WILD AND EXCELLENT INSTRO’S (NED, 1998)
Ca July 1966 unknown – Kenny Biggs (Producer: Slim Williamson)
007 SW 65 LOVING YOU IS WHAT I DO BEST Chart 1345/CQP 2084
008 SW 66 MY LITTLE MAKE ME HAPPY THING 1345
1967 unknown  – Kenny Biggs (Mana Productions)
009 CW 301A/ZTSB 125063 THE WORST FOOLS OF ALL Tiara 301 /CQP 2084
010 CW 301B/ZTSB 120564 TELL ME WHAT TO DO ABOUT TODAY Tiara 301
Spring 1969 unknown – Kenny Biggs
011 AIP 1010A I SPELL LOVE RPI 102/CQP 2084 Pinnacle ST 4400
012 AIP 1010B LONLINESS RPI 102/CQP 2084 ST 4400
1969 and sooner unknown  – Kenny Biggs and His Talismen (Kenny Biggs [vcl/gt], Wayne Kincaid [steel], Wayne Barnes [el bass], Bill Lynn [drums])
013 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Gateway CQP 2084  
014 THE HIGHWAYMAN Gateway CQP 2084  PLAYBOY Gateway CQP 2084  
015 THE AUCTIONEER Gateway CQP 2084  
016 DON'T SQUEEZE MY SHARMON Gateway CQP 2084  
017 IF IT PLEASES YOU Gateway CQP 2084  
018 THE OTHER WOMAN Gateway CQP 2084  
019 JAMBALAYA Gateway CQP 2084  
Late 1960s poss. Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling, WV – Kenny Biggs
020 THERE'S NO EXCUSE Jamboree LP 101 Pinancle ST 4400   
JAMBOREE LP 101 JAMBOREE U.S.A.
Ca August 1970 poss. Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling, WV – Kenny Biggs
021 0949A CHASING RAINBOWS JUSA 1001/Pinnacle 4400
022 0949B ENOUGH TO GO AROUND  JUSA-1001/Pinancle 4400
Ca 1971 Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling, WV – Kenny Biggs (Kenny Biggs [vcl], Roger Hoard [ld gt], Ray Coture [rh gt], Jerry Brightman [steel], Rick Erickson [bass], Greg Steele [drums])
023 OH, LONESOME ME BW 2062  
024 FOR THE GOOD TIMES BW 2062  
025 COUNTRY MUSIC STAR BW 2039/BW 2062  
026 RELEASE ME BW 2062 Pinnacle 4400
027 UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN BW 2062  
028 CRAZY ARMS BW 2062  
029 WABASH CANNON BALL BW 2062  
030 ROSE GARDEN BW 2062  
031 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT BW 2062  
032 HEY! GOOD LOOKIN' BW 2062  
033 SONG OF SADNESS BW 2062  
034 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES BW 2062  
035 TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN`  BW 2062
036 IT'S A WOMAN  B-W 2039/Pinnacle 4400
1970-1972 unknown – Kenny Biggs
037 TOO LONELY TOO LONG Pinancle ST 4400  
038 MY LITTLE MAKE ME HAPPY THINGS Pinancle ST 4400  
038 BEFORE THERE WAS YOU Pinancle ST 4400  
040 A MIND OF MY OWN Pinancle ST 4400  
041 TELL ME WHAT TO DO ABOUT TODAY Pinancle ST 4400  
1973 unknown - Kenny Biggs and Jackie Smith
043 NR 4058-1 SHAME AND SCANDAL Pinnacle P-1036
044 NR 4058-2 FUNNY FACE P-1036

ALBUMS

Gateway Recordings CQP 2084 Loving You (Is What I Do The Best): Loving You Is What I Do The Best;  Lonliness;  San Antonio Rose;  The Highwayman;  Playboy;  The Auctioneer;  I Spell Love;  The Worst Fools Of All;  Don't Squeeze My Sharmon;  If It Pleases You;  The Other Woman;  Jambalaya  - ca 69 Kenny Biggs And His Talismen

B-W 2062  Kenny Biggs On Stage: Oh, Lonesome Me; For The Good Times; Country Music Star; Release Me; Under Your Spell Again; Crazy Arms; Wabash Cannon Ball; Rose Garden; Help Me Make It Through The Night; Hey! Good Lookin'; Song Of Sadness; Columbus Stockade Blues; Truck Drivin' Man - 71?

Pinnacle ST 4400 Chasing Rainbows: Chasing Rainbows; It's A Woman; Too Lonely Too Long; Loneliness; My Little Make Me Happy Things; Enough To Go Around; Before There Was You; A Mind Of My Own; Tell Me What To Do About Today; Country Music Star; I Spell Love; There's No Excuse – ca 72

EPs

B-W BWLP-625 The Bigg Sound: It Wasn’t Easy; I’ll keep Foolin‘ Around; There’s No Excuse / Corina; Once Again Baby; Swingin‘ Swanee Rock – 65 (MX; S4LM 5395/6)

SINGLES

B-W
615/616 There’s No Excuse / Swingin’ Swanee Rock – 15-06-61 (rev. July 3; reissued in 1962 on Acadia 1006)
Chart (1966)
1345 Loving You Is What I Do Best / My Little Make Me Happy Thing – 07-66 (rev. July 16)
Tiara (1967)
CW 301 The Worst Fools Of All / Tell Me What To Do About Today – 67
RPI
RPI 102 I Spell Love / Loneliness – 04-69 (rev. Apr. 12)
Jamboree U.S.A.
JUSA 1001 Chasing Rainbows / Enough To Go Around – 10-70 (rev. Oct. 17)
B-W (1972)
2039 Country Music Star / It's A Woman – 72
Pinnacle (1973)
P-1036 Shame And Scandal / Funny Face – 73  w. Jackie Smith