Jack Earls

*23-08-1932 Woodbury, TN, +12-06-2023

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst with help of www.706unionavenue.nl, Pete Hoppula’s www.koti.mbnet.fi

SESSIONS

15 October 1955 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Johnny Black [bass], Danny Wahlquist [drums])

001 -1 THEY CAN’T KEEP ME FROM YOU  BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take 2:] BFX 15273 CPCD 8197-2

002 WHEN I DREAM  BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935

003 -1 HEY JIM  CPCD 8197 BCD 16935  [take-2:] BCD 16935 [take-3]  HEY SLIM  BCD 16935

004 -1 U 185 A FOOL FOR LOVING YOU Sun 240/ BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take-2:] BFX 15273 BCD 16935

005 -1 CRAWDAD HOLE  CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take-2] CPCD 8197 BCD 16935

January 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Lucky Yarborough [gt], Tiny Dixon [steel], Johnny Black [bass], Danny Wahlquist [drums])

006 -1 CRAWDAD HOLE  BFX 15273 BCD 16935 [take-2] BCD 16935 [take-3] BCD 16935

14 April 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls Jack Earls and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Luther Perkins [gt],  Johnny Black [bass], Danny Wahlquist [drums])

007 U 184 SLOW DOWN Sun 240/ BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935

008 IF YOU DON’T MIND  CPCD 8197-2  BCD 16935

009 COME BACK HOME unissued/lost

Btw March/October 1956 [poss. 4 June] Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls  and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Johnny Black [bass], Danny Wahlquist [drums])
010 -1 SIGN IT ON THE DOTTED LINE  BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take-2] / CPCD 8197 BCD 16935
011 -1 MY GAL MARY ANN / BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 BCD 16311 [take-2:] LP 1024 BCD 16935
012 WHEN I DREAM   CPCD 8197 BCD 16935
013 -1 LET’S BOP  CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [as  ROCK BOP (ed.):] Olympic 007/Dial LP 004  [take-2:] BCD 16935 [take-3:] BCD 16935
014 -1 THEY CAN’T KEEP ME FROM YOU  BCD 16935 [take-2:] BCD 16935
015 -1 HEY JIM  BCD 16935 [take-21:] BCD 16935
SUN LP 1024 HOT SOUTHERN BOPPERS (UK, 1985); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16311 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.16/ ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF SUN RECORDS (GER, 1999)
19 January 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls  and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Billy Riley [bass], Johnny M. Van Eaton or Johnny Bernero [drums], Jerry Lee Lewis [piano])
016 -1 TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE  LP 1024 BCD 16934 BCD 16210 [take-2:] CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take-32:] BCD 16935
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16210 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.14 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF SUN RECORDS (GER, 1997)

1973 Ry-Ho Recording Studio, Romulus, MI – Jack Earls (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Frank Childs [ld.gt], Don Rye [bass-1], Jeffery Lynn Howell [bass-2], Phil Cuttrell [drums], ? [piano], Dianne Howell, Pamela Jo Howell [bck vcl])

017 MISSISSIPPI MAN -1 Ry-Ho 107/Dial LP 004 BCD 16935

018 TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE -2  Ry-Ho 107/STEN 1 BCD 16935

DIAL LP 004 OLYMPIC ROCK (NED, 1977)

1975 Sound Patters Studio, Farmington, MI – Jack Earls

019 SHE SURE CAN ROCK ME Olympic OR 001/Dial LP 004 BCD 16935

020 CRAWDAD HOLE OR 001/Dial LP 004 STEN 1 BCD 16935 [alt.:] STEN 1

1976 Olympic Records Studio, Detroit, MI – Jack Earls (Jack Earls [vcl/gt],  Johnny Clark [gt], Lee Sloan [bass], Ace Avery [drums], Tom Stewart [piano])

021 FLIP FLOP AND FLY  OR 007/Dial LP 004 BCD 16935

1976 or 1977 Olympic Records Studio, Detroit, MI – Jack Earls

022 CALL ME SHORTY  STEN 1 BCD 16935

023 ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN STEN 1 BCD 16935

024 COMIN' BACK HOME STEN 1 BCD 16935

Ca 1987 Jack Earls Studio, Detroit, MI? – Jack Earls (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Jophnny blasco [ld gt], Steve Earls [rh gt], Lenny Earls [gt], Mike Earls [drums])

025 BE BOP A LULA STEP 4/BCD 16935

1998 Joe Allans Recording Service, Ehallstahammar, SWE – Jack Earls

026 GAME OF LOVE ENRECCD 113

027 -1 MY LITTLE MAMA   ENRECCD 113

028 COMING BACK HOME  ENRECCD 113

1999 Jack Earls Studio, Detroit, MI? – Jack Earls with The Big Barn Combo (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Marvin Weyer [ld gt], Paul 'Smokey Links' Cooks [gt], Kenneth 'Kenny Bruce' Bignotti [bass], Jeffrey 'Loney Charles' Irwin [drums])

029 I STARTED ROCKIN' A LONG TIME AGO STEP 4  [unedited:] /BCD 16935

2000 Enviken Studios, Enviken, SWE – Jack Earls

030 HONKY TONK  ENRECCD 113

031 WHEN I DREAM  ENRECCD 113

032 TRYING TO FIND MY WAY  ENRECCD 113

033 BABY LOVE ENRECCD 113

031 TRIBUTE TO CARL PERKINS ENRECCD 113
14 October 2000 [live] Gävle Concert Hall, Gävle, SWE – Jack Earls with the Sleazy Rustic Boys (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Jonas Olpers [gt], Jyrki Juvonen [steel], Sören Andreassen [bass],  Patrik Staffanson [dums])

03101 FLIP FLOP AND FLY Navajo 0101

03102 TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE Navajo 0101

03103 HEY JIM Navajo 0101

03104 SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE Navajo 0101

03105 LET'S BOP Navajo 0101

03106 THEY CAN'T KEEP ME FROM YOU Navajo 0101

03107 SHE SURE CAN ROCK ME Navajo 0101

03108 MY GAL MARY ANN Navajo 0101

03109 I STARTED ROCKING A LONG TIME AGO Navajo 0101

03110 GAME OF LOVE Navajo 0101

03111 ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN Navajo 0101

03112 MY LITTLE MAMA Navajo 0101

03113 CRAWDAD HOLE Navajo 0101

03114 COME ON LITTLE MAMA Navajo 0101

03115 A FOOL FOR LOVIN' YOU Navajo 0101

03116 ROCK AND ROLL RUBY Navajo 0101

03117 OH BABE Navajo 0101

03118 SLOW DOWN Navajo 0101

03119 MEDLEY OF CARL PERKINS Navajo 0101  

ALBUMS

Bear Family [GER] BFX 15273 Let’s Bop: Let's Bop; Slow Down; My Gal Mary-Ann; Sign On The Dotted Line; Crawdad Hole; They Can't Keep Me From You; Hey Slim; Take Me To That Place; A Fool For Lovin' You; Hey Jim; When I Dream; Crawdad Hole; If You Don't Mind; They Can't Keep Me From You - 90

Stomper Time [UK] STEN 1 Jack Earls Sings:  Rock Bop (=Let's Bop); Crawdad Hole; She Sure Can Rock Me; Roll Over Beethoven (alt. take); Take Me To That Place; Call Me Shorty; Roll Over Beethoven; Comin' Back Home; Flip Flop And Fly; Crawdad Hole (alt. take); Mississippi Man; Call Me Shorty (alt. take) – 96

Charly [UK] CDCP 8197-2 Hey Slim, Let’s Bop: Hey Jim; They Can't Keep Me From You (vers. 1); Hey Slim; Crawdad Hole; When I Dream (vers. 1); Crawdad Hole (alt. vers. 1); Slow Down; A Fool For Lovin' You; Crawdad Hole (alt. vers. 2); If You Don't Mind; Let's Bop; Sign On The Dotted Line (vers. 1); My Gal Mary-Ann; Take Me To That Place (vers. 1); They Can't Keep Me From You (vers. 2); When I Dream (vers. 2); Take Me To That Place (vers. 2); Sign On The Dotted Line (vers. 2) - 99

Navajo 0101 Jack Earls Live:  Flip Flop and Fly; Take Me To That Place; Hey Jim; Sign On The Dotted Line; Let's Bop; They Can't Keep Me From You; She Sure Can Rock Me; My Gal Mary Ann; I Started Rocking A Long Time Ago; Game Of Love; Roll Over Beethoven; My Little Mama; Crawdad Hole; Come On Little Mama; A Fool For Lovin' You; Rock and Roll Ruby; Oh Babe; Slow Down; Medley Of Carl Perkins - 01 

Enviken [SWE] ENRECCD 113 Game Of Love:  Honky Tonk; Game Of Love; My Little Mama (take 1); When I Dream; Trying To Find My Way; Coming Back Home; Baby Love; Tribute To Carl Perkins  - 02 Jack Earls And The Sleazy Rustic Boys

Bear Family [GER] BCD 16935 Slow Down – The Sun Years Plus:  Hey Jim; Let's Bop; Take Me To That Place; They Can't Keep Me From You; Slow Down; A Fool For Loving You; Sign On The Dotted Line; Hey Jim; Crawdad Hole; Crawdad Hole; When I Dream; My Gal Mary Ann; If You Don't Mind; Let's Bop; Hey Jim; They Can't Keep Me From You; Crawdad Hole; Take Me To That Place; When I Dream; Let's Bop; Sign On The Dotted Line; Hey Slim; A Fool For Loving You; Crawdad Hole; Take Me To That Place; They Can't Keep Me From You; Hey Jim; Let's Bop;  Flip, Flop And Fly; Crawdad Hole; Mississippi Man; Call Me Shorty; Take Me To That Place; She Sure Can Rock Me; Roll Over Beethoven; Comin' Back Home; Crawdad Hole; Be Bop A Lula; Rock Bop; Memories [interview]; I Started Rockin' A Long Time Ago– 05-10 (double)

EPs

Stompertime [UK] STEP 4 Slow Down/ It’s Jack Earls: Slow Down;  Rock Bop /  Be-Bop-A-Lula; I Started Rockin' A Long Time Ago - 99

SINGLES

Sun (1955-57)

240 Slow Down / A Fool For Lovin' You – 05-56

621 Let’s Bop / Whan I Dream – 79 (issued in France)

Ry-Ho (1973)

107 Mississippi Man / Take Me To That Place - 73

Olympic (1975-76)

45-OR 001 She Sure Can Rock Me / Crawdad Hole – 01-03-75

45-OR 007 Flip Flop And Fly / Rock Bop – 01-05-76

Enviken [SWE] (1998)

45-02  My Little Mama / Game Of Love - 98