Little David Wilkins

*18-05-1945 Parsons, TN

3rd version

by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Brent Emanuel, Lennart Gustavsson, with help of 706unionavenue.com

SESSIONS
12 March 1962 Sun  Studio, 639 Madison Ave., Memphis, TN – Little David Wilkins  (David Wilkins [vcl/piano], Ruck Shutt [gt]. Roland Jane [gt or bass], Scotty Moore [bass], Al Jackson [drums], Bobby Wood [piano], Martin Willis [sax]. Producer: Sam Phillips)
001 P 479 THANKS A LOT Phillips Int. 3581
002 P 480 THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT YOU Phillips Int. 3581

003 BROKEN HEARTS  unissued

004 CRYING IS MY MIDDLE NAME  unissued

005 I COULD WRITE A BOOK  unissued

006 I FOUND OUT unissued

007 IT WAS GOOD WHILE IT LASTED unissued

008 I’VE GOT A NEW HEARTCHE  unissued

009 TEN LITTLE HEARTBEATS unissued

1962 [prob. demo session] Sun  Studio, 639 Madison Ave., Memphis, TN – Little David Wilkins  (David Wilkins [vcl/piano] + unknown musicians)

00901 HAPPINESS WE KNEW  unissued

00902 I MISS YOU unissued

00903 HOME OF THE BLUES  unissued

00904 LOVE ME DARLING unissued

00905 TRAIN OF LOVE unissued

00906 YOU WIN AGAIN  unissued
ca. December 1968 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Little David Wilkins (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
010 711-423 JUST BLOW IN HIS EAR PL-11
011 711-424 THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTED PL-11
ca. July 1969 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – David Wilkins (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
012 711-570 IRVING PL-30
013 711-571 MAGGIE PL-23
014 LITTLE DAB WILL DO ME PL-23
015 YOU GET BURNED PL-30
ca. January 1970 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – David Wilkins (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
016 711-950 SHE HATES TO BE ALONE PL-70
017 711-951 PUT A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME PL-53
018 711-952 YESTERDAY, TOMORROW AND TODAY PL-53 PL-70

29 January 1973 Bradley’s Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Little David Wilkins [vcl], Pete Wade [ld gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Harold Bradley [gt/ bass gt],   Pete Drake [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], David Briggs [piano], The Nashville Sounds [bck vcl].  Producer: Owen Bradley)
019 MC-1209 TO MY ONE AND ONLY MCA-40034/MCA-445
020 MC-1210 LOVE IN THE BACK SEAT MCA-40034/MCA-2215 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
021 MC-1211 TOO MUCH HOLDBACK MCA-40115/MCA-445
022 MC-1212 YOU CAN’T STOP ME FROM LOVING YOU MCA-40115/MCA-445
7 November 1973 Bradley’s Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Little David Wilkins [vcl], Pete Wade [ld gt], Ray Edenton [gt],  Pete Drake [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums],  Hargus Robbins [piano], The Nashville Sounds [bck vcl].Producer: Owen Bradley)
023 MC-2421 WE’LL GO TOGETHER ONE MORE TIME unissued
024 MC-2422 GEORGIA KEEPS PULLING ON MY RING MCA-40200/MCA-445 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
025 MC-2423 RUN IT BY ME ONE MORE TIME MCA-40200/MCA-2215
026 MC-2424 WHOEVER TURNED YOU ON (FORGOT TO TURN YOU OFF) MCA-40345/MCA-445 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
027 MC-2425 MAKIN' LOVE IN WALTZ TIME MCA-40734/MCA-445 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
028 MC-2426 DON'T MAKE ME STOP LOVING HER MCA-40427/MCA-2215
28 June 1974 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Producer: Owen Bradley)
029 MC-3209 BUTTER BEANS MCA-40345/MCA-445 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
030 MC-3210 COMIN' ON STRONG MCA-445 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
15 July 1974 Bradley’s Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Producer: Owen Bradley)
031 MC-3264 HE CRIES LIKE A BABY MCA-40668/MCA-445
032 MC-3265 JUST ONE BAR BEHIND unissued
033 MC-3266 MY LOVE FOR YOU MCA-40299/MCA-40449
034 MC-3267 NOT TONIGHT I'VE GOT A HEADACHE MCA-40299/MCA-445 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
16 May 1975 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Little David Wilkins [vcl], Pete Wade [ld gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt],  Harold Bradley [el gt/bass], Pete Drake [steel], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Willie Ackerman [drums],  Ron Oats [piano], The Holladay Sisters [bck vcl]. Producer: Owen Bradley)
035 MC-4145 ONE MONKEY DON'T STOP NO SHOW MCA-40427/MCA-2215 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
036 MC-4146 THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH MCA-40646/MCA-2215
037 MC-4147 THE KING OF ALL TAVERNS MCA-40646/MCA-2215 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
30 September 1975 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Little David Wilkins [vcl], Pete Wade [ld gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Harold Bradley [el gt/bass], Pete Drake [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano], Bill Puett [alto sax], Norman Ray [tnr sax], Don Sheffield, Bill McElhiney, George Tidwell [trumpet], The Holladay Sisters [bck vcl]  Producer: Owen Bradley)
038 MC-4534 THE GOOD NIGHT SPECIAL MCA-40510/MCA-2215 NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
039 MC-4535 LET'S DO SOMETHING (EVEN IF IT'S WRONG) MCA-40510/MCA-2215
11 May 1976 Bradley's Barn, Bender’s Ferry Road, Mt. Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Little David Wilkins [vcl], Pete Wade [ld gt], Jimmy Capps [rh gt], Harold Bradley [el gt/bass], Pete Drake [steel], Steve Shaffer [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], David Briggs [piano], The Holladay Sisters [bck vcl]. Producer: Owen Bradley)
040 MC-5257 DISCO-TEX MCA-40579/MCA-2215
041 MC-5258 HALF THE WAY IN, HALF THE WAY OUT MCA-40579/MCA-2215
9 September 1976 Bradley's Barn, 722 Bender’s Ferry Road, Mt. Juliet, TN – Little David Wilkins (Producer: Owen Bradley)
042 MC-5605 IS EVERYBODY READY? MCA-40734
043 MC-5606 LOVE ME TILL IT STOPS HURTING unissued
044 MC-5607 HE'LL PLAY THE MUSIC (BUT YOU CAN‘T MAKE HIM DANCE) MCA-40668/ NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
ca. September 1977 Fireside Recording Studio, 813 18th Ave. South , Nashville, TN – Little David Wilkins
045 AGREE TO DISAGREE Playboy ZS8-5822/KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
046 HER OLD STOMPING GROUND Playboy ZS8-5822/KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
ca. January 1978 Fireside Recording Studio, 813 18th Ave. South,  Nashville, TN – Little David Wilkins
047 DON'T STOP THE MUSIC ZS8-5825/ CGRR-5806CD
048 THE ONLY GOOD PART OF LEAVING ZS8-5825/KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD NQD-6063-CD Aaron 28392
ca. May 1978 Fireside Recording Studio, 813 18th Ave. South,  Nashville, TN – Little David Wilkins (Producer: Eddie Kilroy)
049 IF THERE'S AN EASY WAY FOR LOVE TO DIE Playboy 8-50571/KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
050 AIN'T IT A SHAME Playboy KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
051 IT TOOK A STRANGER TO CHANGE HER Playboy KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
052 UM UM GOOD LOVING YOU Playboy KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
053 SHE'S COMING BACK IN PIECES Playboy KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
054 IT'S MY LIFE Playboy KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
055 IT'S LONG WAY TO HEAVEN Playboy KZ-35028 CGRR-5806CD
056 MOTEL ROOMS AND RAINY DAYS Playboy 8-50571/ CGRR-5806CD
ca Mid 1986 Nashville, TN – Little David Wilkins
057 LADY IN DISTRESS Jere 1003

058 unknown title Jere 1003

ca May 1987 Nashville, TN – Johnny Russell and Little David Wilkins
059 BUTTERBEANS 16th Avenue B-70401
060 STONE COUNTRY 16th Avenue B-70401
061 IT'S QUITTIN' TIME 16th Avenue B-70406
062 I OWE, I OWE 16th Avenue B-70406
Little David Wilkins recorded after 1987, see albums list

ALBUMS
MCA MCA-445 Little David Wilkins: Not Tonight; To My One And Only; Butter Beans; My Love For You; He Cries Like A Baby; Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring; Too Much Hold Back; Whoever Turned You On Forget To Turn You Off; Comin' On Strong; You Can't Stop Me From Loving You; Makin' Love In Waltz Time – 10-74
MCA MCA-2215 King Of All The Taverns: Love In The Back Seat; The Good Night Special; Make Me Stop Loving Her; Run It By Me One More Time; Half The Way In, Half The Way Out; Disco Tex; King Of All The Taverns; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show; The Greatest Show On Earth; Let's Do Something (Even If It's Wrong) – 09-76
Playboy KZ-35028 New Horizons: New Horizons; Agree to Disagree; If There's An Easy Way For Love to Die; Ain't It a Shame; The Only Good Part of Leaving; Her Old Stomping Ground; It Took a Stranger to Change Her; Um! Um! Good Loving You; She's Coming Back in Pieces; It's My Life; It's a Long Way to Heaven – 78 (reissued in 2006 on Circle G CGRR-5806-CD with bonus tracks: Motel Rooms and Rainy Days; Don't Stop the Music)

LD 104 On the Road: (tracks unknown) - ? (live)
Aaron NQD-6063-CD Little David Wilkins: One Monkey Don't Stop No Show; Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring; The Goodnight Special; Who Ever Turned You On (Forgot To Turn You Off); Butter Beans; Agree To Disagree; Love In The Back Seat; He'll Play The Music; (But You Can't Make Him Dance); Comin' On Strong; Not Tonight I've Got A Headache; Makin' Love In Waltz Time; The Only Good Part Of Leaving; King Of All The Taverns – 01

Aaron 28392 Top 10 Hits Plus 3: One Monkey Don't Sop No Show; Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring; Goodnight Special; Who Ever Turned You on (Forgot to Turn You Off); Butter Beans; Agree To Disagree; Love in the Back Seat; He'll Play the Music (But You Can't Make Him Dance); Comin' On Strong; Not Tonight I've Got a Headache; Makin' Love in Waltz Time; Only Good Part of Leaving; King of All the Taverns - 12-04-04
Circle G Ranch  ?  Boogie Woogie Man: Boogie Woogie Man; Coming on Strong; Bubba Won a Million on the Lottery; Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show; Agree to Disagree; Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired; Whoever Turned You On Forgot to Turn You Off; Lady In Distress; Got Grass on My Back; Red Beans, Rice, And Alligator Tail; Bread and Butter; You Can't Go Back; Fat Man; Hang Together or Hang It Up; Butterbeans; Peace In The Valley – 07-07-05

Little David Wilkins ? Farther Down The Road: Farther Down The Road; I Wanna Wake Up With You.; Boogie Woogie Man.; I Stand The Tallest; Lady In Distress; Raider Of The Lost Heart; Her Memory Took Me By Surprise; You Shoot To Kill; I Think It Hurt Me When I Fell; Try Me On For Size; I’m Into Something Good; Flat Champagne And Wilted Roses; Bicycle Rider; Louisiana Killer; Lay Your Feelings On My Heart; One O’clock People In A Twelve O’clock Town – 27-09-14

Little David Wilkins ? Hero: Hero; Butterbeans; I'm Into Something Good; Georgia Keep Pulling On My Ring; Hillbilly Cat; Coming On Strong; Farther Down The Road; Boogie Woogie Man; Right Here Waiting; Louisiana Killer;One Monkey Don't Stop No Show; TROUBLE; If You're Gone;I Stand the Tallest (w. Leon Everette); Ghetto Gospel; See You Again - 16

 

EPs

Charly [UK]

? You Get Burned: You Get Burned; Yesterday, Tomorro and Today; Put A Little Lovi’On me; Colorado Queenie; Just Blow In His Ear – 24-06-06 (digital)

SINGLES
Phillips Int. (1962)
3581 Thanks A Lot / There's Something About You – 06-62
Plantation (1969-70)
PL-11 Just Blow In His Hair / The Government – 02-69 (rev. March 15)
PL-23 Maggie / Little Dab Will Do Me - 06-69
PL-30 Irving / You Get Burned - 09-69
PL-53 Put A Little Lovin' On Me / Yesterday, Tomorrow And Today - 03-70
PL-70 She Hates To Be Alone / Yesterday, Tomorrow And Today - 12-70 (rev. Jan. 16, 1971)
PL-129 Put A Little Lovin' On Me / Yesterday Tomorrow And Today – 75 (reissue)
MCA (1973-77)
MCA-40034 To My One And Only / Love In The Backseat - 04-73
MCA-40115 Too Much Hold Back / You Can't Stop Me From Loving You - 09-73 (rev. Oct. 6)
MCA-40200 Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring / Run It By Me One More Time - 03-74
MCA-40299 Not Tonight / My Love For You - 09-74 (rev. Sept. 14)
MCA-40345 Butter Beans / Whoever Turned You On Forgot To Turn You Off – 12-74 (rev. Jan. 11, 1975)
MCA-40427 One Monkey Don't Stop No Show / Don¢t Make Me Stop Loving Her - 07-75 (rev. Aug. 9)
MCA-40510 The Good Night Special / Let's Do Something (Even If It's Wrong) – ca. 14-01-76
MCA-40579 Disco-Tex / Half The Way In, Half The Way Out - 06-76
MCA-40646 The Greatest Show On Earth / King Of All The Taverns - 10-76
MCA-40668 He'll Play The Music (But You Can't Make Him Dance) / He Cries Like A Baby - 01-77
MCA-40734 Is Everybody Ready? / Makin' Love In Waltz Time - 06-77 (rev. June 11)
Playboy (1978) / Epic (1978)
ZS8-5822 Agree To Disagree / Her Old Stomping Ground - 10-78 (rev. Oct. 15)
ZS8-5825 Don't Stop The Music / Only Good Part Of Leaving - 02-78
8-50571 If There's An Easy Way For Love To Die / Motel Rooms - 07-78
Jere (1986)
1003 Lady In Distress / ? – 07-86

B-70401 Butterbeans / Stone Country – 03-06-87 w. Johnny Russell
B-70406 It's Quittin' Time / I Owe, I Owe - 10-87 w. Johnny Russell

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 390: Too Much Hold Back; Not Tonight; I Just Had You On My Mind – [Sue Richards]; We Should Be Together [Sergeant Ray Mccammon}; Coming On Strong  – Ca 03-75 (MX: 73304)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 640: Too Much Hold Back; Butter Beans; One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show – ca 10-79 (studio recordings; MX 75844)