Charlie Poole (and North Carolina Ramblers)

*22-03-1892 Spray, NC, + 21-05-1931

2nd version

By Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Murray Kirch

SESSIONS
27 July 1925 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Norman Woodlieff [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo), Posey Rorer [fiddle])
001 140786-1 THE GIRL I LEFT IN SUNNY TENNESSEE Columbia 15043 D/ County LP-540
002 140787-1 I'M THE MAN THAT RODE THE MULE ROUND THE WORLD Columbia 15043 D/County LP-540
003 140788-2 CAN I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT? Columbia 15038 D/County LP-509
004 140789-1 DON'T LET THE DEAL GO DOWN Columbia 15038 D/Coiunty LP-505
16 September 1926 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Rosey Rorer [fiddle])
005 W142627-1 FLYING' CLOUDS Columbia 15106 D Velvet Tone 2488-V Clarion 5428-C/ County LP-540
006 W142631-1,2 WILD HORSES Columbia 15279 D/ County LP-509
007 W142632-1 FORKS OF SANDY Columbia 15106 D/HLP-8005
008 W142633-2 MOUNTAIN REEL Columbia 15279 D/ County LP-505
17 September 1926 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [vcl-2/gt], Charlie Poole [vcl-1/banjo], Rosey Rorer [fiddle])
009 W142637-1 GOOD-BYE BOOZE -1 Columbia 15138 D/ County LP-516
010 W142638-1 MONKEY ON A STRING -1 Columbia 15099 D/ County LP-509
011 W142639-1 MINSTREL HALL -2 unissued
012 W142640-1 THE BRAVE ENGINEER -2 Columbia 15174 D/JSP 7734
18 September 1926 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Rosey Rorer [fiddle])
013 W142641-1 TOO YOUNG TO MARRY Columbia 15127 D/CO-CD-3516

014 W142642-1 RAGTIME ANNIE Columbia 15127 D/ County LP-509
015 W142643 LITTLE DOG WALTZ unissued
016 W142644-1 A KISS WALTZ unissued/HLP-8005 County LP-540 CD-3508
017 W142645-2 LEAVING HOME Columbia 15116 D/ County LP-505
018 W142646-1 BUDDED ROSE Columbia 15138 D/ County LP-516
20 September 1926 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Rosey Rorer [fiddle])
019 W142657-3 THERE'LL COME A TIME Columbia 15116 D Velvet Tone 2492-V Clarion 5432-C/ County LP-509
020 W142658-2 WHITE HOUSE BLUES Columbia 15099 D/ County LP-505
021 W142659-1,2 THE HIGHWAY MAN Columbia 15160 D/ County LP-516
022 W142660-1 HUNGRY HASH HOUSE Columbia 15160 D Velvet Tone 2492-V Clarion 5432-C/County LP-516
25 July 1927 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Rosey Rorer [fiddle])
023 W144509-1 IF I LOSE, I DON'T CARE Columbia 15215 D/County LP-509
024 W144510 ON THE BATTLE FIELDS OF BELGIUM unissued
025 W144511-1 YOU AIN'T TALKING TO ME Columbia 15193 D/HLP-8005
026 W144512-2 COON FROM TENNESSEE Columbia 15215 D/ County LP-540
027 W144513 WHEN I LEFT MY GOOD OLD HOME unissued
028 W144514-3 THE LETTER THAT NEVER CAME Columbia 15179 D/ County LP-505
029 W144515-1 TAKE A DRINK ON ME Columbia 15193 D/ County LP-505
030 W144516-1,2 FALLING BY THE WAYSIDE Columbia 15179 D/ County LP-540
26 July 1927 New York City - North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [vcl-2/gt], Charlie Poole [vcl-1/banjo], Rosey Rorer [fiddle])
031 W144517 DOWN IN GEORGIA -1 unissued
032 W144518-1 SUNSET MARCH -1 Columbia 15184 D/Arbor 201
033 W144519 TEASING FRITZ -1 unissued
034 W144520 THE WRECK OF THE VIRGINIAN TRAIN NO.3 -+2 Columbia 15174 D/HLP-8005
035 W144521-2 DON'T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN MEDLEY -1 Columbia 15184 D/ County LP-505
23 July 1928 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Lonnie Austin [fiddle])
036 W146767-2 A YOUNG BOY LEFT HIS HOME ONE DAY Columbia 15584 D/HLP-8005
037 W146768-2 MY WIFE WENT AWAY AND LEFT ME Columbia 15584 D/CO-CD-3516

038 W146769-2 I CANNOT CALL HER MOTHER Columbia 15307 D/JSP 7734
039 W146770-2 I ONCE LOVED A SAILOR Columbia 15385 D/HLP-8005
040 W146771-2 THE HUSBAND AND WIFE WERE ANGRY ONE NIGHT Columbia 15342 D/HLP-8005
041 W146772-1 HANGMAN, HANGMAN, SLACK THE ROPE Columbia 15385 D
042 W146773-1 RAMBLIN‘ BLUES Columbia 15286 D/ County LP-505
043 W146774-2 TOOK MY GAL A-WALKING Columbia 15672 D/ County LP-505
044 W146775-1 WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT BABIES Columbia 15307 D/HLP-8005
045 W146776-2 JEALOUS MARY Columbia 15342 D/ County LP-540
046 W146778-1 OLD AND ONLY IN THE WAY Columbia 15672 D/lp 516
047 W146779-2 SHOOTIN' CREEK Columbia 15286 D/County LP-505
6 May 1929 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Lonnie Austin [fiddle])
048 W148469-3 BILL MASON Columbia 15407 D/ County LP-509
049 W148470-1 GOOD-BYE MARY DEAR Columbia 15456 D/ County LP-516
050 W148471-1 LEAVING DEAR OLD IRELAND Columbia 15425 D/ County LP-516
051 W148472-1 THE BALTIMORE FIRE Columbia 15509 D/ County LP-509
7 May 1929 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Lonnie Austin [fiddle])
052 W148474-1 THE WAYWARD BOY Columbia 15456 D
053 W148475-2 SWEET SUNNY SOUTH Columbia 15425 D/County LP-505
054 W148476-2 HE RAMBLED Columbia 15407 D/ County LP-505
055 W148477-1 THE MOTHER'S PLEA FOR HER SON Columbia 15509 D
8,9 or 10 May 1929 New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers aka Highlanders (Roy Harvey [vcl-1/gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Lonnie Austin [fiddle], Lucy Terry [piano])
056 2909-1 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Paramount 3184 Broadway 8152/Arbor 201
057 2910-2 RICHMOND SQUARE Paramount 3184 Broadway 8152/Arbor 201
058 2911-2 FLOP EARED MULE Paramount 3171/ Arbor 201
059 2912-1 LYNCHBURG TOWN Paramount 3171/ Arbor 201
060 2913-1 SAN ANTONIO -1 Paramount 3177 32267 Broadway 8288/jsp 7734
061 2914-1 WHAT IS A HOME WITHOUT BABIES -1 Paramount 3177 32267 Broadway 8288
062 2915-1 TENNESSEE BLUES Paramount 3200 Broadway 8146 QRS R-9016/ Arbor 201
063 2916-1 MAY I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN TONIGHT, MISTER? Paramount 3200/ Arbor 201 Broadway 8146 QRS R-9016
11 May 1929 New York City - Allegheny Highlanders (Roy Harvey [vcl/gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Lonnie Austin [fiddle], Odell Smith [fiddle], Lucy Terry [piano])
064 E29788 A TRIP TO NEW YORK – PART 1 Brunswick 324/ Arbor 201
065 E29789 A TRIP TO NEW YORK – PART 2 Brunswick 324/ Arbor 201
066 E29900 A TRIP TO NEW YORK – PART 3 Brunswick 325/ Arbor 201
067 E29901 A TRIP TO NEW YORK – PART 4 Brunswick 325/ Arbor 201

23 January 1930 New York City - Charlie Poole, * and Roy Harvey and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Odell Smith [fiddle])
068 W149900-1 SWEET SIXTEEN Columbia 15519 D/ County LP-505
069 W149901-2 MY GYPSY GIRL Columbia 15519 D/ County LP-509
070 W149902-1 THE ONLY GIRL I EVER LOVED Columbia 15711 D/HLP-8005
071 W149903 I LEFT MY GERMAN HOME unissued
072 W149904-2 WRITE LETTER TO MY MOTHER Columbia 15711 D/ County LP-516
073 W149905 WHEN I‘M FAR AWAY unissued
074 W149906-1 IF THE RIVER WERE WHISKEY Columbia 15545 D/ County LP-509
075 W149907-1 IT'S MOVIN' DAY Columbia 15545 D/ County LP-509
076 W149908-1 SOUTHERN MEDLEY* Columbia 15615 D/HLP-8005
077 W149909-3 HONEYSUCKLE* Columbia 15615 D/County LP-540
9 September 1930 Columbia Recording Studio, 1819 Broadway, New York City - Charlie Poole and North Carolina Ramblers (Roy Harvey [gt], Charlie Poole [vcl/banjo], Odell Smith [fiddle])
078 W150773-1 GOOD-BYE SWEET LIZA JANE Columbia 15601 D/County LP-516
079 W150774-2 LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP Columbia 15601 D/County LP-516
080 W150775-2 ONE MOONLIGHT NIGHT Columbia 15688 D/LP-509
081 W150776 LITTLE DOCTOR FELL IN THE WELL unissued
082 W150777-2 JUST KEEP WAITING TILL THE GOOD TIMES COME Columbia 15636 D/JSP 7734
083 W150778-2 MOTHER‘S LAST FAREWELL KISS unissued
084 W150779-2 MILWAUKEE BLUES Columbia 15688 D/County LP-540
085 W150780-2 WHERE THE WHIPPOORWILL IS WHISPERING GOOD-NIGHT Columbia 15636 D/HLP-8005

Note: album references listed only for first album issue

ALBUMS
County 505 Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers: White House Blues; Sweet Sunny South; Shootin' Creek; He Rambled; Letter That Never Came; Sweet Sixteen; Leaving Home; Took My Gal A-Walkin'; Ramblin' Blues; Mountain Reel; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Take A Drink On Me – 65 (Reissued in 1994 on CD-3501 with 4 added songs)

County 509 Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers. Vol. 2: If The River Was Whiskey; The Baltimore Fire; Wild Horses; There'll Come A Time; Ragtime Annie; Bill Mason; My Gypsy Girl; If I Lose, I Don¢t Care; One Moonlight Night; Monkey On A String; Can I Sleep In Your Barn; It's Movin' Day – 66 (Reissued in 1996 on CD-3508 with added songs)

County 516 The Legend Of Charlie Poole, vol. 3: Look Before You Leap; Hungry Hash House; Old and Only In The Way; Write A Letter To My Mother; Goodbye Booze; Mu Wife Went Away And Left Me; Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane; Leaving Dear Old Ireland; Budded Rose; The Highway Man; Goodbye Mary Dear; Milwaukee Blues – 68
Historical HLP-8005 A Young Boy Left His Home One Day: Where The Whip-Poor-Will Is Whispering Goodnight; Forks Of Sandy; You Ain't Talkin' To Me; What Is Home Without Babies; The Wreck Of Virginian No. 3; Southern Medley; A Young Boy Left His Home One Day; A Kiss Waltz; The Only Girl I Ever Loved; I Once Loved A Sailor; The Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night; Mother's Farewell Kiss – 68 (Reissued in 1981 on Biograph BLP-6005)
Arbor 201 Charlie Poole And The Highlanders: Richmond Square; Tennessee Blues; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Medley; Flop-Eared Mule; Kitty Waltz Yodel; May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister; Lynchburg Town; A Trip To New York: On The Train; The Audition; In New York; In The Studio; Sunset March; Railroad Blues; Under The Double Eagle – 12-70
County 540 Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers, Vol. 4: Honeysuckle; Coon From Tennessee; Flying Clouds; Kiss Waltz; Jealous Mary; Southern Medley; I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Round The World; Falling By The Wayside; Baby Rose; The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee; Mother's Last Farewell Kiss; You Ain't Talkin' To Me - 76

County CO-CD-3501 Charlie Poole And The North Carolina Ramblers – Old Time Songs:  White House Blues; Sweet Sunny South; Shootin' Creek; He Rambled; Letter That Never Came; Mountain Reel; You Ain't Talkin' To Me; Sweet Sixteen; Leaving Home; Took My Gal A Walkin'; Monkey On A String; Ramblin' Blues; Flying Clouds; Falling By The Wayside; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues; Take A Drink On Me – 94

County CO-CD-3508 Charlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers – Oldtime Songs, vol. 2: If The River Was Whiskey; Bill Mason; Baltimore Fire; Honeysuckle; My Gypsy Girl;  Ragtime Annie; It's Movin' Day; Budded Rose; Kiss Waltz; Jealous Mary; Wild Horse; If I Lose, I Don't Care; There'll Come A Time; Southern Melody; Mother's Last Farewell Kiss; One Moonlight Night - 96

County CO-CD-3516 The Legend Of Charlie Poole - Volume 3: Original Recordings 1926-1930: Look Before You Leap; Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane;  Leaving Dear Old Ireland; Hungry Hash House;  Milwaukee Blues; Goodbye Booze;  Too Young To Marry; The Highwayman; Write A Letter To My Mother;  The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee; My Wife Went Away And Left Me;  Old And Only In The Way; I Once Loved A Sailor; Forks Of Sandy; I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World;  Goodbye Mary Dear - 98
JSP [UK] JSPCD-7734 Charlie Poole With The North Carolina Ramblers And The Highlanders: A Home Without Babies; A Letter To My Mother; A Letter To My Mother; A Trip To New York Part 1; A Trip To New York Part 2; A Trip To New York Part 3; A Trip To New York Part 4; A Young Boy Left His Home One Day; As We Parted At The Gate; Baltimore Fire; Bill Mason; Bill Mason; Blue Eyes; Budded Rose; Budded Roses; Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues; Falling By The Wayside; Flop Eared Mule; Flyin' Clouds; Forks Of Sandy; From Tennessee; George Collins; Give My Love To Nell; Goodbye Booze; Goodbye Mary Dear; Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane; He Rambled; Home Without Love; Honeysuckle; Hungry Hash House; Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night; I Cannot Call Her Mother; I Once Loved A Sailor; I'll Be There Mary Dear; I'm Glad I'm Married; If I Lose, I Don't Care; If The River Was Whiskey; It's Movin' Day; Jealous Mary; Just Keep Waiting Till The Good Time Comes; Kitty Blye; Leaving Dear Old Ireland; Leaving Home; Look Before You Leap; Lynchburg Town; May I Sleep In Your Barn; Milwaukee Blues; Monkey On A String; Mountain Reel; My Gypsy Girl; My Mother And My Sweetheart; My Wife Went Away And Left Me; Old And Only In The Way; On The Streets Of Glory; Pearl Bryant; Please Papa Come Home; Poor Little Joe; Ragtime Annie; Ramblin' Blues; Richmond Square; San Antonio; She Is Only A Bird In A Gilded Cage; Shootin' Creek; Southern Medley; Sunset March; Sweet Sefrain; Sweet Sixteen; Sweet Sunny South; Sweet Sunny South; Take A Drink On Me; Take Back The Ring; Take Me Back To Home And Mother; Tennessee Blues; The Bluefield Murder; The Brave Engineer; The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee; The Highwayman; The Letter That Never Came; The Man That Rode The Mule Around The World; The Old Clay Pipe; The Only Girl I Ever Loved; There'll Come A Time; There'll Come A Time; There's A Mother Old And Gray Who Needs Me Now; Too Young To Marry; Took My Gal A Walkin'; Under The Double Eagle; We Will Outshine The Sun; What Is Home Without Babies; White House Blues; Wild Horse; Wreck Of The Virginian No.3; You Ain't Talkin' To Me – 25-01-05 (4CD)

Columbia/Legacy C3K-92780 You Ain't Talkin To Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music: Shootin' Creek;  Baltimore Fire; Leaving Home; There'll Come a Time; White House Blues; The Highwayman; Hungry Hash House; The Letter That Never Came; Take a Drink on Me; Husband and Wife Were Angry One Night; Ramblin' Blues; Took My Gal A-Walkin'; Old and Only in the Way; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues; Bill Mason; A Kiss Waltz; Flop Eared Mule; Pt. 1, A Trip to New York; Sweet Sixteen; Write a Letter to My Mother; If the River Was Whiskey; Mother's Last Farewell Kiss; Milwaukee Blues; Where the Whippoorwill Is Whispering Good-Night;  The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee; Sunny Tennessee; Bulldog Down in Sunny Tennessee; Moving Day; It's Movin' Day; Home Home Sweet; I'm the Man That Rode the Mule 'Round the World; Man That Rode the Mule Around the World; Lynchburg Town; Going Down to Lynchburg Town/Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Some One; Monkey on a String; Monkey on a String; Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight Mister; Mister May I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight; Married Life Blues; The Infanta March; Sunset March; I'll Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms; Goodbye Eliza Jane; Good-Bye Sweet Liza Jane; Good-Bye Booze; Goodbye Booze; You Ain't Talking to Me; You Ain't Talkin' to Me;  I Don't Care If I Lose; The Battleship of Maine; Budded Rose; Standing by a Window; Uncle Dave's Beloved Solo; Come Take a Trip in My Airship; I Once Loved a Sailor; Dixie Medley; She Has Gone and Left Me My Wife; My Wife Went Away and Left Me; Baby Rose; Just Keep Waiting Till the Good Time Comes; Shuffle Shuffle Feet; Coon From Tennessee; Coon From Tennessee; On the Banks of the Kaney; Dixie Medley; Southern Medley; The Man That Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was a Married Man; Sweet Sunny South; Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South; Oh! Didn't He Ramble; He Rambled – 17-05-05 (3CD)

Proper [UK] PROPERBOX 153 The Essential Charlie Poole:  Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee;  I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World; Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues; Flyin' Clouds; Wild Horse; Forks Of Sandy; Mountain Reel; Good-Bye Booze; Monkey On A String; Too Young To Marry; Ragtime Annie; A Kiss Waltz; Leaving Home; Budded Rose; There'll Come A Time; White House Blues; The Highway Man; Hungry Hash House; I Don't Care If I Lose; You Ain't Talkin' To Me; Coon From Tennessee; The Letter That Never Came; Take A Drink On Me; Falling By The Wayside; Sunset March;; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Medley; A Young Boy Left His Home One Day; My Wife Went Away And Left Me; Husband and Wife Were Angry One Night; Ramblin' Blues; Old And Only In The Way; Shootin' Creek; Baltimore Fire; Sweet Sunny South; He Rambled; Under The Double Eagle; Richmond Square; Flop Eared Mule; Lynchburg Town; Brave Engineer; Dark Eyes; Poor Boy Willie; When The Bees Are In The Hive; Daisies Won't Tell; The Wreck Of Virginian No. 3; I Cannot Call Her Mother; Pearl Bryant; Bill Mason; Kitty Blye; The Bluefield Murder; Mary Dear I'll Be There; What Is Home Without Love; As We Sat Beneath The Maple On The Hill; San Antonio; What Is A Home Without Babies; A Trip To New York [Part 1]; A Trip To New York [Part 2]; A Trip To New York [Part 3]; A Trip To New York [Part 4]; Just Pickin'; Beckley Rag; Underneath The Sugar Moon; Lonesome Weary Blues; Sweet Sixteen; My Gypsy Girl; The Only Girl I Ever Loved; Write A Letter To My Mother; If The River Was Whiskey; It's Moving Day; Southern Medley; Honeysuckle; Greasy Wagon; Mother's Waltz; Back To The Blue Ridge; Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane; Look Before You Leap; Just Keep Waiting Till The Good Times Come; Mother's Last Farewell Kiss; Where The Whippoorwill Is Whispering Good-Night - 24-08-09 (4 CD box)

Monk [ITA] MK 206 Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night: Shootin' Creek; Baltimore Fire; Leaving Home; There'll Come A Time; White House Blues; The Highwayman; Hungry Hash House;  The Letter That Never Came; Take A Drink On Me; Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night; Ramblin' Blues; Took My Gal A-Walkin'; Old And Only In The Way; Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues; Bill Mason; A Kiss Waltz – ca 09

Monk [ITA] MK 326 I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule 'Round The World: Sweet Sixteen; Write A Letter To My Mother;  If The River Was Whiskey; Mother's Last Farewell Kiss; Milwaukee Blues;  Where The Whippoorwill Is Whispering Good-Night; The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee; It’s Movin’ Day; I’m The Man That Rode The Mule ‘Round The World; Monkey On A String; Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister; Sunset March – 10

Tompkins Square TSQ 2875 The Complete Paramount And Brunswick Recordings, 1929: Lynchburg Town; San Antonio; Richmond Square; May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister; A Trip To New York, Part I; A Trip To New York, Part II;  A Trip To New York, Part III; A Trip To New York, Part IV; Flop Eared Mule; Tennessee Blues; Under The Double Eagle; What Is Home Without Babies – 13

SINGLES
Columbia (1925-30)
15038-D Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight / Don't Let The Deal Go Down - 09-25
15043-D The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Round The World -10-25
15099-D Monkey On A String / White House Blues - 10-26
15106-D Forks Of Sandy / Flying' Clouds – ca 10-26
15116-D Leaving Home / There'll Come A Time - 12-26
15127-D Ragtime Annie / Too Young To Marry - 03-27
15138-D Goodbye Booze / Budded Rose - 04-27
15160-D The Highway Man / Hungry Hash House - 07-27
15179-D A Letter That Never Came / Falling By The Ways - 08-27
15184-D Sunset March / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down – ca. 09-27
15193-D Take A Drink On Me / You Ain't Talking To Me – ca. 10-27
15215-D Coon From Tennessee / If I Lose, I Don't Care - 12-27
15279-D Mountain Reel / Wild Horses - 08-28
15286-D Ramblin Blues / Shootin' Creek - 09-28
15307-D I Cannot Call Her Mother / What Is Home Without Babies - 11-28
15342-D Jealous Mary / Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night - 01-29
15385-D Hangman, Hangman, Slack The Rope / I Once Loved A Sailor - 04-29
15407-D Bill Mason / He Rambled - 05-29
15425-D Leaving Dear Old Ireland / Sweet Sunny South - 06-29
15456-D Goodbye Mary Dear / The Wayward Boy – 08-29
15509-D The Mother's Plea For Her Son / The Baltimore Fire - 01-30
15519-D My Gypsy Girl / Sweet Sixteen - 03-30
15545-D It's Movin' Day / If The River Were Whiskey - 06-30
15584-D Young Boy Left His Home One Day / My Wife Went Away And Left Me - 09-30
15601-D Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane / Look Before You Leap - 11-30
15615-D Honeysuckle / Southern Medley - 01-31 w. Roy Harvey
15636-D Where The Whippoorwill Is Whispering Goodnight / Just Keep Waiting Till The Good Times Come - 03-31
15672-D Old And Only In The Way / Took My Gal A Walking - 06-31
15688-D Milwaukee Blues / One Moonlit Night - 08-31
15711-D The Only Girl I Ever Loved / Write Letter To My Mother - 11-31
Paramount (1929)
3171 Flop Eared Mule / Lynchburg Town
3177 San Antonio / What Is A Home Without Babies - (also on Broadway 8288, Banner 32267)
3184 Under The Double Eagle / Richmond Square (also on Broadway 8152)
3200 Tennessee Blues / May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister? - (also on Broadway 8146, QRS R-9016)
Brunswick (1929) Allegheny Highlanders
324 A Trip To New York – Part 1 / A Trip To New York – Part 2
325 A Trip To New York – Part 3 / A Trip To New York – Part 4

Ray Scott, 1929

Harold Raymond Scott, *26-03-1929 Bicknell, IN, +17-10-1999

By Praguefrank with help of RCS site and 706unionavenue.com

SESSIONS

1956 [demo session] Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Ray Scott (Ray Scott [vcl/gt], Roland Janes [gt], Marvin Pepper [bass], Jimmy Van Eaton [drums], Jimmy Wilson [piano])

00001 BOPPIN’WIGWAM WILLIE  WLP 8913

00002 BOYS MEET GIRLS  WLP 8913

00003 FOOL HE USED TO BE  WLP 8913

00004 JUST DON’T  FIGURE WLP 8913

00005 I’M GONNA MAKE YOU LOVE ME  BCD 16405

00006 JUST BEHIND YOUR SMILE WLP 8913

00007 MY LIFE’S DESIRE Magnum Force MFLP 062 WLP 8913

00008 SAN ANTONE  WLP 8913

00009 SO LONG, I’M GONE WLP 8913

00010 TONIGHT WILL BE THE LAST NIGHT  WLP 8913 BCD 16405

00011 THE TRAIN’S DONE GONE WLP 8913

00012 WEDDING BELLS WLP 8913

00013 WHISPERING WINDS WLP 8913

00014 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY  WLP 8913

Mid 1957 Memphis, TN – Ray Scott and The Four Recorders

001 E 220 MY LIFE’S DESIRE Erwin 700/MFLP 062

002 E 221 BOPPING WIG WAM BILLIE  700/CLCD 4412

Ca late 1957 Memphis, TN – Ray Scott and The Demens

003 D-108 YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY Satellite S 104 /WLP 8913

004 D-109 SAY ANYTHING BUT NOT GOODBYE Satellite S 104/WLP 8913

Mid 1959 Memphis, TN – Ray Scott

005 S 103 TONIGHT WILL BE THE LAST TIME Stomper Time S-1161/WLP 8913 CLCD 4412

006 S 104 BOY MEETS GIRL Stomper Time S-1161/WLP 8913 CLCD 4412

Early 1959 Memphis, TN – Ray Scott

007 E 105 THE TRAIN’S DONE GONE Erwin E-688/WLP 8904 CLCD 4412

008 E 106 JUST BEHIND YOUR SMILE Erwin E-688 /WLP 8904 CLCD 4412

1961 unknown – Ray Scott

009 710 I‘LL NEVER BE A DREAMER RCT 503  504

010 711 MY HANGIN‘ DAY RCT 503

011 FOREVER MORE  504

1963  unknown – Ray Scott

012 LOVING WANTING YOU  RCT unissued/WLP 8913

Unknown info – Ray Scott

013 FOLSOM PRISON BLUES CLCD 4412  

014 HAUNTED HOUSE CLCD 4412  

015 HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS CLCD 4412  

1970s unknown – Ray Scott

016 GOODBYE LITTLE GIRL CLCD 4412  

017 BOLL WEEVIL JUNCTION CLCD 4412  

018 YOU'RE THE ONE THAT DONE IT CLCD

019 ONE OF THESE DAYS CLCD 4412  

020 MEMPHIS CLCD 4412  

021 HIGH HEEL SNEAKERS CLCD 4412  

1970s [live] unknown – Ray Scott

02101 JOSEPHINE  CLCD 4412

02102 GONE GONE GONE CLCD 4412

ALBUMS

White Label [NED] WLP 8913 You Drive Me Crazy: Boppin' Wigwam Willie [demo]; Tonite Will Be The Last Time; Boy Meets Girl [demo]; I Just Don't Figure; Loving Wanting You; Whispering Winds; Fool He Used To Be; Say Anything But Not Goodbye; Boy Meets Girl; The Train's Done Gone [demo]; Just Behind Your Smile [demo]; You Drive Me Crazy; San Antone [demo]; My Life's Desire [demo]; I'll Never Be A Dreamer; Wedding Bells [demo]; So Long, I'm Gone- 89

Collector [NED] CLCD 4412 You Drive Me Crazy: Bopping Wig Wam Willie; I'll Never Be A Dreamer; Goodbye Little Girl*; Boll Weevil Junction*; You're The One That Done It*; The Train's Done Gone; Just Behind Your Smile; You Drive Me Crazy; So Long, I'm Gone[ alt.]; High Heel Sneakers*; One Of These Days*; Memphis*; Folsom Prison Blues; Haunted House; Boy Meets Girl; Tonight Will Be The Last Time; I Just Don't Figure [alt.]; Whispering Winds [alt.];  San Antone; Loving Wanting You; Say Anything But Not Goodbye; High Heel Sneakers*; Josephine [demo]; Gone, Gone, Gone [demo] -  93 * 70's recording, previously unissued

SINGLES

Erwin  (1957) 

700 Boppin' Wigwam Willie / My Life’s Desire  - 08-57 (rev. Aug. 26)

Satellite (1957)

104 You Drive Me Crazy / Say Anything But Not Goodbye – 58 w. The Demens

Stomper Time (1959)

S-1161 Boy Meets Girl / Tonight Will Be The Last Time – 09-59

Erwin  (1960) 

E-688 Just Behind Your Smile / The Train’s Done Gone – 04-60

RCT (1961)

503 I“ll Never Be A Dreamer / My Hangin‘ Day - 61

504 I“ll Never Be A Dreamer / Forever More - 61