Molly O' Day

*09-07-1923 Mcveigh, KY.,+05-12-1987

2nd version

by Richard Weize, Robert Platt, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
14 December 1946 CBS Studio, Radio Station WBBM, The Wrigley Building, 410 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL – Molly O’Day (Molly O’Day [vcl/gt/banjo], Lynn Davis [vcl/gt], George “Speedy” Krise [dobro], Mac Wiseman [bass], Cecil “Skeets” Williamson [fiddle]. Producer: Art Satherley)
001 CCO 4695 TRAMP ON THE STREET 37559 20187/OHCS 101 OHCD 196 BCD 15565
002 CCO 4696 WHEN GOD COMES TO GATHER HIS JEWELS 37981 20389/HL 7299 OHCS 196 BCD 15565
003 CCO 4697 THE BLACK SHEEP RETURNED TO THE FOLD 20534/ BCD 15565
004 CCO 4698 PUT MY RUBBER DOLL AWAY 37559 20187/HL 7299 OHCS 196 BCD 15565
005 CCO 4699 THE DRUNKEN DRIVER 37938 20376/HL 7299 BCD 15565
006 CCO 4700 TEAR STAINED LETTER 37981 20389/ BCD 15565
007 CCO 4701 BENEATH THE LONELY MOUND OF CLAY 20514/BCD 15565
008 CCO 4702 SIX MORE MILES 37938 20376/HL-7299 BCD 15565
28 December 1947 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Molly O’Day (Molly O’Day [vcl/gt], Lynn Davis [gt], George "Speedy" Krise [dobro], Carl Smith [bass]. Producer: Art Satherley)
009 CO 38757 SINGING WATERFALL 20514/HL 7299 OHCD 196 BCD 15565
010 CO 38758 AT THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW 20494/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
011 CO 38759 MATTHEW TWENTY-FOUR 20534/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
012 CO 38760 I DON'T CARE IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES 20413/HL 7299 OHCD 196 BCD 15565
013 CO 38761 A HERO'S DEATH 20441/HL 7299/ OHCD 196 BCD 15565
28 December 1947 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Molly O’Day (Molly O’Day [vcl/gt], Lynn Davis [gt], George "Speedy" Krise [dobro], Carl Smith [bass]. Producer: Art Satherley)
014 CO 38766 I'LL NEVER SEE SUNSHINE AGAIN 20413/ BCD 15565
015 CO 38767 TOO LATE-TOO LATE 20463/HL 7299 OHCS 196 BCD 15565
016 CO 38768 WHY DO YOU WEEP DEAR WILLOW 20463/ BCD 15565
017 CO 38769 DON'T FORGET THE FAMILY PRAYER 20441/OHCS 196 BCD 15565
018 CO 38770 I HEARD MY MOTHER WEEPING 20494/HL 7299 BCD 15565
4 April 1949 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Molly O' Day (Molly O’Day, [ld gt], Lynn Davis [vcl/gt], prob. Jimmie Selph [steel], H.E. "Aytchie" Burns [bass], James "Slim" Martin or Cecil "Skeets" Williamson [fiddle]. Producer: Art Satherley)
019 CO 40661/NASH 700? MOTHER'S GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 20657/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
020 CO 40662/NASH 701? THE EVENING TRAIN 20601/ BCD 15565
021 CO 40663/NASH 702? THIS IS THE END 20629/HL 7299 OHCS 196 BCD 15565
022 CO 40664/NASH 703? FIFTEEN YEARS AGO 20601/ BCD 15565
023 CO 40665/NASH 704? POOR ELLEN SMITH 20601/OHCS 196 BCD 15565
024 CO 46666/NASH 705? COMING DOWN FROM GOD 20584/ OHCS 196 BCD 15565
025 CO 40667/NASH 706? TEARDROPS FALLING IN THE SNOW 20584/HL 7299 BCD 15565
026 CO 40668/NASH 707? WITH YOU ON MY MIND 20657/ BCD 15565
20 June 1950 poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville 3, TN - Molly O‘ Day (Molly O’Day [vcl/gt], Lynn Davis [vcl/gt], ? [steel], ? [bass], ? [fiddle})
027 HCO 4101 IF YOU SEE MY SAVIOUR 20745/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
028 HCO 4102 HEAVEN'S RADIO 20732/OHCD 196 BCD 15565
029 HCO 4103 WHEN MY TIME COMES TO GO 20745/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
030 HCO 4104 DON'T SELL DADDY ANYMORE WHISKEY 20732/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
4 August 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Molly O’Day and Lynn Davis (Molly O’Day [vcl/banjo], Lynn Davis [vcl/gt], Clell "Cousin Jody" Summey [steel], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Grady Martin [fiddle]. Producer: Art Satherley)
031 CO 46803/NASH 1277? HIGHER IN MY PRAYERS 4-20864/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
032 CO 46804/NASH 1278? TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY HOME 4-20890/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
033 CO 46805/NASH 1279? IT'S DIFFERENT NOW 4-20864/ BCD 15565
034 CO 46806/NASH 1280? WHEN THE ANGELS ROLLED THE STONE AWAY 4-20937/ BCD 15565
035 CO 46807/NASH 1281? IT'S ALL COMING TRUE 20937/ BCD 15565
036 CO 46808/NASH 1282? WHEN WE SEE OUR REDEEMER'S FACE 4-20890/OHCS 101 BCD 15565
1961 Chesepeake, OH – Molly O' Day (Producer: Bob Mooney) [master numbers assigned by Starday]
037 M8OW-2604/7735 LIVING THE RIGHT LIFE NOW REM 310/LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
038 M8OW-2605/7736 I'D LIKE TO TALK IT OVER WITH HIM REM 310/LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
039 7737 WHEN THE ANGELS ROLLED THE STONE AWAY REM LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
040 7738 TRAVELING THE HIGHWAY HOME REM EP-502//LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
041 7739 COMING DOWN FROM GOD REM EP-502//LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
042 7740 I'M GOING HOME ON THE MORNING TRAIN REM EP-502/LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
043 7741 I HAVE BUT ONE GOAL REM LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
044 7742 I'LL FACE NOBODY'S RECORD BUT MINE REM LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
045 7743 HE HAS CALLED ME BY MY NAME REM LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
046 7744 KING JESUS WILL ROLL ALL MY BURDENS AWAY REM EP-502/LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
047 7745 I'M GOING TO WALK RIGHT IN REM LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
048 7746 WHEN MY TIME COMES TO GO EP-502/REM LP-1001 Starday SLP-367
049 OH, WHAT A DAY REM EP-502/Starday SLP-367
1967 Richmond Dale, VA – Molly O’Day (Molly O’Day [vcl/ac gt], Lynn Davis [banjo/ bck vcl])

050 I'LL SHOUT AND SHINE Queen City 80313

051 WHEN I INHERIT MY MANSION Queen City 80313

052 WHEN JUDGEMENT REACHES HOME Queen City 80313

053 IT WON'T BE LONG Queen City 80313

054 SNOW COVERED MOUND Queen City 80313

055 BLIND CHILD Queen City 80313

056 GOOD MAN OF THE HOUSE IS COMING HOME Queen City 80313

057 JUST AS THE SUN WENT DOWN Queen City 80313

058 CROSSING OVER THE RIVER Queen City 80313

059 THANK GOD FOR MY CHRISTIAN HOME Queen City 80313

060 HE WAS WAITING AT THE ALTAR Queen City 80313

061 SINNER MAN WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE Queen City 80313

ALBUMS

REM LP-1001 Molly O' Day Sings Again/ 12 Sacred Songs: Living The Right Life Now; I'd Like To Talk It Over With Him; When The Angels Rolled The Stone Away; Travelling The Highway Home; Coming Down From God; I'm Going Home On The Morning Train; I Have But One Goal; I'll Face Nobody's Record But Mine; He Has Called Me By My Name; King Jesus Will Roll All Burdens Away; I'm Going To Walk Right In; When My Time Comes To Go – 61 (MO8P-3864/5; Reissued in 1966 on Starday SLP-367 The Living Legend Of Country Music, on Gusto GT7-0876-2 in 2008 and on Old Homestead OHCS-312 The Soul Of Molly Day, vol.1 with one song added: What A Day )
Harmony HL-7299 The Unforgettable Molly O' Day: Teardrops Falling In The Snow; Singing Waterfall; Drunken River; When God Comes To Gather His Jewels; Hero's Death; Too Late-Too Late; This Is The End; I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes; I Heard My Mother Weeping; Put My Rubber Doll Away – 06-63
Queen City 80313 The Heart And Soul Of Molly O'Day: I'll Shout And Shine; When I Inherit My Mansion; When Judgement Reaches Home; It Won't Be Long; Snow Covered Mound; Blind Child; Good Man Of The House Is Coming Home; Just As The Sun Went Down; Crossing Over The River; Thank God For My Christian Home; He Was Waiting At The Altar; Sinner Man Where You Gonna Hide – 67 (Reissued on Chime 169, GRS 71267 and Old Homestead OHCS-313 The Soul Of Molly Day, vol.2)
Old Homestead OHCS-101 Sacred Collection: The Tramp Of The Street; Matthew Twenty Four; I Heard My Mother Weeping; At The First Fall Of Snow; Mother's Gone But Not Forgotten; Coming Down From God; Teardrops Falling In The Snow; If You See My Saviour; When My Times Come To Go; Don‘t Sell Daddy Anymore Whiskey; Higher In My Prayers; Traveling The Highway Home; When We See Our Redemeer's Face; Something Got Hold Of Me*; Waiting For The Boys*; A Hero's Death* – 75 (singles and *radio transcriptions)

Old Homestead OHCS-140 Radio Favorites: Mule Skinner Blues; It’s All Coming true; Goodnight Darling; When The Angels Rolled The Stone Away; I Wish I Was Single Girl Again; Beneath That Lonely Mound Of Clay; Too Late To Worry; Six More Miles; The Tear Stained Letter; The Black Sheep Returned; It’s Different Now; Why Do You Weep Dear Willow; Fifteen Years Ago Today; Evening Train; Don’t Forget The Family Prayer; Drunken Driver - 06-82 (radio transcriptions)
Old Homestead OHCS-196 In Memory: Poor Ellen Smith; A Hero's Death; Put My Rubber Doll Away; Coming Down From God; Heaven's Radio; When God Comes To Gather His Jewels; Singing Waterfall; Too Late, Too Late; I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes; This Is The End; Don't Forget Family Prayer; Jesus Said*; Tramp On The Street; Oh Broken Heart*; Take Up Thy Cross*; Take Your Burdens To The Lord*; Deeper Then The Stains Have Gone – 90 (*radio transcription?)
Bear Family [GER] BCD 15565 Cumberland Mountain Folks: Tramp on the Street; When God Comes and Gather His Jewels; The Black Sheep Returned to the Fold; Put My Rubber Doll Away; The Drunken Driver; Tear Stained Letter; Lonely Mound of Clay; Six More Miles; Singing Waterfall; At the First Fall of Snow;  Matthew Twenty-Four; I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes; A Hero's Death; I'll Never See Sunshine Again; Too Late - Too Late; Why Do You Weep Dear Willow; Don't Forget the Family Prayer; I Heard My Mother Weeping; Mother's Gone But Not Forgotten; The Evening Train; This Is the End; Fifteen Years Ago; Poor Ellen Smith; Coming Down from God; Teardrops Falling in the Snow; With You on My Mind; If You See My Saviour; Heaven's Radio; When My Time Comes to Go; Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey; Higher in My Prayers; Travelling the Highway Home; It's Different Now; When the Angels Rolled the Stone Away; It's All Coming True; When We See Our Redeemer's Face  – 92 (double, Columbia)

EPs

Columbia
B 2826 The Tramp On The Street; Don’t Sell Daddy No More Whiskey / The Black Sheep Returned To The Fold; Matthew 24 – 08-59 (MX: ZEP 47173/4; rev. Aug. 31)
REM (ca. 1962)
EP 502 I'm Going Home On The Morning Train;  Oh What A Day;  King Jesus Will Roll All Burdens Away / When My Time Comes To Go;  Traveling The Highway Home;  Coming Down From God All – 63 (MX: PK4B-53831/4)

SINGLES
Columbia (1947-51)
37559 Put My Rubber Doll Away / The Tramp On The Street – ca. 14-07-47
37938 The Drunken Driver / Six More Miles - 10-47 (rev. Oct. 18)
37981 The Tear Stained Letter / When God Comes And Gather His Jewels - 12-47  (rev. dec. 20)

38138 I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes / I'll Never See Sunshine Again - 03-48 (rev. March 23)
20187 Put My Rubber Doll Away / The Tramp On The Street – ca. 04-48 (reissue)
20376 The Drunken Driver / Six More Miles – ca. 04-48 (reissue)
20389 The Tear Stained Letter / When God Comes And Gather His Jewels - ca. 04-48 (reissue)
20413 I Don't Care If Tomorrow Never Comes / I'll Never See Sunshine Again – ca. 04-48 (reissue)
20441 Don't Forget The Family Prayer / A Hero's Death - 06-48 (rev. June 26)
20463 Too Late-Too Late / Why Do You Weep? - 07-48
20494 At The First Fall Of Snow / I Heard My Mother Weeping - 09-48
20514 Singing Waterfall / Beneath That Lonely Mound Of Clay - 12-48 (rev. Dec. 11)
20534/2-110 The Black Sheep Returned To The Fold / Matthew Twenty-Four - 01-49
20584/2-227 Coming Down From God / Teardrops Falling In The Snow - 06-49 (rev. June 11)
20601/2-297 Evening Train / Fifteen Years Ago Today - 07-49
20629/2-365 Poor Ellen Smith / This Is The End - 10-49
20657/2-451 With You In Mind / Mother's Gone But Not Forgotten - 01-50 (rev. Jan. 14)
20732/2-740 Heaven's Radio / Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey - 09-50
20745/2-798 When My Time Comes To Go / If You See My Savior - 11-50
20864 Higher In My Prayers / It's Different Now - 09-51 w. Lynn Davis
20890 Traveling The Highway Home / When We See The Redeemer's Face - 12-51 w. Lynn Davis
4-20937 It's All Coming True / When The Angels Rolled The Stone Away – ca. 09-05-52 w. Lynn Davis (rev. May 10)
4-52013 The Tramp On The Street / Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey - 02-08-54 (reissue)
4-54007-S Matthew Twenty-Four / The Black Sheep Returned To The Fold – (reissue of 20534)

REM (1961)

310 Living The Right Life Now / I’d Like To Talk It Over With Him – 11-61 (rev. Nov. 13)