Tommy Sosebee

*23-05-1923 Greenville, SC, +23-10-1967

3rd version
By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
Spring 1947 unknown – Crossroads Gang (Tommy Sosebee [vcl-1], Smiley Wilson [vcl-2], Tennessee Slim King [vcl-3])
C01/000 C 2090 RED SILK STOCKINGS AND GREEN PERFUME -2 Apollo 141
C02/000 C 2091 I’M SATISFIED WITH LILY -2 Apollo 141
C03/001 C 2092 CHANGE YOUR WAY OF LIVIN’ -1 Apollo 174
C04/002 C 2093 SCARS UPON MY HEART -1 Apollo 140
C05/000 C 2094 TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE -3 Apollo 151
C06/003 C 2095 JUST AN OLD FORGOTTEN LETTER -3 Apollo 151
C07/004 C 2096 DEATH MY ROADSIDE -1 Apollo 140
C08/005 C 2097 I DIDN’T HAVE TIME -1 Apollo 174
Split session with Smiley Wilson, Tennessee Slim King
1948 unknown – Crossroads Gang (Smiley Wilson [vcl-1])
C09 C 2120 GOTTA GET TO OKLAHOMA CITY Apollo 159
C10 C 2121 MY RANCH IN CALIFORNIA 159
C11 C 2122 YOU CALL VERYBODY DARLING -1 161
C12 C 2123 WHAT DO I CARE -1 161
C13 C 2124 THAT GOSPEL TRAIN IS COMING 160/ CD-9008
C14 C 2125 CRYIN‘ IN VAIN 160/ CD-9008
29 September 1949 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH – Tommy Sosebee (Producer: Paul Cohen)
006 75368/CIN 212? I THOUGHT I¢D DIE Coral 64026
007 75369/CIN 213? OLD KENTUCKY WALTZ Coral 64026
008 75370/CIN 214? MY TEARS ARE STILL FALLING Coral 64030/ CD-9008
009 75371/CIN 215? (I DON’T CARE) IF THE WORLD ENDS TOMORROW Coral 64030/ CD-9008
25 August 1950 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee
010 76765/NA 2202 COLUMBUS, G.A. 9-64062
011 76766/NA 2203 YOU CAN‘T ERASE MY MEMORY Coral 9-64071
012 76767/NA 2204 DREAM BABY Coral 9-64062
013 76768/NA 2205 I‘M SO LONESOME Coral 9-64071
014 76769/NA 2206 TAKE ME LORD Coral 9-64065
015 76770/NA 2207 GOD WALKS THESE HILLS WITH ME Coral 9-64065
11 January 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee (Producer: Paul Cohen)
016 80346/NA 2295 EASTER PARADE Coral 9-64080
017 80347/NA 2296 MAIL ORDER KISSES Coral 9-64087
018 80348/NA 2297 SHE‘S MY EASTER BILLY Coral 9-64080
12 January 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee (Producer: Paul Cohen)
019 80349/NA 2298 YOU‘RE ALWAYS BRAND NEW Coral 9-64087
020 80350/NA 2299 THE SINGING HILLS Coral 9-64094
021 80351/NA 2300 YOU‘RE FIXIN‘ TO BREAK MY HEART Coral 9-64094/ CD-9008
10 May 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee (Producer: Paul Cohen)
022 81016/NA 2398 WEDDING BLOSSOMS Coral 9-64097/ CD-9008
023 81017/NA 2399 HOMESICK, LONESOME AND SORRY Coral 9-64097/ CD-9008
024 81018/NA 2400 NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU Coral 9-64102/ CD-9008
025 81019/NA 2401 YEAR AFTER YEAR Coral 9-64102/ CD-9008
2 August 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Kenny Roberts and Tommy Sosebee (Producer: Paul Cohen)
026 81353/NA 2430 THE SISSY SONG Coral 9-64108
027 81354/NA 2431 SHE SAID Coral 9-64108
028 81355/NA 2432 LET JESUS COME INTO YOUR HEART Coral 9-64112
029 81356/NA 2433 IT’S GREAT TO BE A CHRISTIAN Coral 9-64112
2 August 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee (Producer: Paul Cohen)
030 81351/NA 2434 WINTER WONDERLAND Coral 9-64107
031 81352/NA 2435 NEW YEAR BELLS Coral 9-64107/ CD-9008
032 81349/NA 2436 DON‘T TRADE YOUR LOVE FOR GOLD Coral 9-64110/ CD-9008
033 81350/NA 2437 IF YOU DON‘T BELIEVE I‘M LEAVING Coral 9-64110
14 January 1952 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee
034 82146/NA 2591 SAVIOUR OF THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Coral 9-64144/ CD-9008
035 82147/NA 2592 THE LORD LIVES AT YOUR HOUSE Coral 9-64144/ CD-9008
036 82148/NA 2593 HOW CAN YOU SMILE Coral 9-64120
037 82149/NA 2594 DON‘T WASTE YOUR TEARS Coral 9-64120
22 May 1952 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee (Producer: Paul Cohen)
038 82914/NA 2725? LITTLE PAPOOSE unissued
039 82915/NA 2726? LOVE ME Coral 9-64158/ CD-9008
040 82916/NA 2727? MANY MILES Coral 9-64134
041 82917/NA 2728? PRETTY LITTLE GIRL Coral 9-64134
15 December 1952 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee
042 83852/NA 2908? TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU Coral 9-60916
043 83753/NA 2909? ALL NIGHT BOOGIE Coral 9-60916
044 83754/NA 2910? ANYWHERE, ANY PLACE, ANY TIME Coral 9-64164/ CD-9008
14 March 1953 Castle Studio, the Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee
045 84202/NA 2980? HONKY TONK WALTZ Coral 9-64158/ CD-9008
046 84203/NA 2981? NERVOUS FEELING Coral 9-64154
047 84204/NA 2982? LOVE IS DEEPER THAN PRIDE Coral 9-64154
048 84205/NA 2983? BARBERSHOP BOOGIE Coral 9-64164/CD-9008
19 February 1954 unknown – Tommy Sosebee
049 85924 I MAY BE LONESOME Coral 9-61330
050 85925 THAT'S WHAT I CALL LOVE Coral 9-61330 / CD-9008
17 August 1954 Bradley Studio, 21st St., Hillsboro Village, Nashville, TN – Tommy Sosebee
051 86684/BR 9026? IF I GIVE MY HEART TO YOU Coral 9-64183
052 86685/BR-9027? TIME Coral 61406/ CD-9008
053 86686/BR-9028? DON'T COUNT ME OUT Coral 9-64183/ CD-9008
054 86687/BR-9029? SITTIN' ON THE BACK SEAT unissued

ALBUMS
Bronco Buster [GER] CD 9008 The Voice Of The Hills: Barber Shop Boogie; Time; Cryin' In Vain; That Gospel Train Is Coming; Anywhere, Anyplace, Anytime; (I Don't Care) If The World Ends Tomorrow; My Tears Are Still Falling For You; Don't Count Me Out; Love Me; Don't Trade Your Love For Gold; The Lord Lives At Your House; Honky Tonk Waltz; That's What I Call Love; Wedding Blossoms; Homesick, Lonesome And Sorry; No Good Without You; Year After Year; Saviour Of The Old Rugged Cross; You're Fixin' To Break My Heart; New Year Bells - 95

BACM [UK] CD D 615 At The Ozark Jubilee And On The Record: Angry*;  Eat A Little More and Old Joe Clark*; My Confession*; Alimony and Wrangler Boogie*; Appalachian Blues; Don't Waste Your Tears;  Love Is Deeper Than Pride; New Year Bells; The Singing Hills; How Can You Smile; No Good Without You; Honky Tonk Waltz; Don't Trade Your Love For Gold; Year After Year; All Night Boogie; You're Fixing To Break My Heart; Winter Wonderland; Mail Order Kisses; You're Always Brand New; Nervous Feeling; If You Don't Believe I'm Leavin';  Fast Talkin' Agent;  Till I Waltz Again With You* -  11-18 (singles and *Ozark Jubilee Transcriptions, 1953)

 


SINGLES
Apollo (1946)
140 Scars Upon My Heart / Death My Roadside – 03-47 (rev. March 29)
174 Change Your Way Of Livin’ / I Didn’t Have Time - 47
Coral (1949-1954)
64026 Crossroads Gang Apollo 140 Death By The Roadside / Scars Upon My Heart – 11-49 (rev. Nov. 12)
9-64030 My Tears Are Still Falling For You - 02-50
9-64062 Dream Baby / Columbus, Georgia – 10-50 (rev. Oct. 14)
9-64065 Take Me, Lord / God Walks These Hills With Me – 11-50
9-64071 I’m So Lonesome / You Can’t Erase My Memory – 01-51 (rev. Jan. 13)
9-64080 She’s My Easter Lily / Easter Parade – 03-51 (rev. March 17)
9-64087 Mail Order Kisses / You’re Alywas Brand New – 04-51 (rev. Apr. 14)
9-64094 Singing Hills / You’re Fixin‘ To Break My Heart – 07-51
9-64102 No Good Without You / Year After Year – 09-51
9-64108 The Sissy Song / She Said – 09-51 w. Kenny Roberts (rev. Sept. 15)

9-64107 Winter Wonderland / New Year Bells – 11-51
9-64110 Don’t Trade Your Love For Gold / If You Don’t Believe I’m Leaving – 11-51 (rev. Nov. 17)

9-64112 Let Jesus Come Into Your Heart / It’s Great To Be A Christian – 11-51 w. Kenny Roberts (rev. Dec. 1)

9-64120 How Can You Smile? / Don't Waste Your Tears – 03-52 (rev. March 8)
9-64134 Many Miles / Pretty Little Girl – 07-52
9-64144 Saviour Of The Rugged Cross / Lord Lives At Your House – 11-52 (rev. Nov. 15)
9-60916 All Night Boogie / Till I Wltz With You – 01-53 (rev. Jan. 17)
9-64154 Love Is Deeper Than Pride / Nervous Feeling – 04-53
9-64158 Honky Tonk Waltz / Love Me – 06-53 (rev. June 27)
9-64164 Barber Shop Boogie / Anywhere, Anyplace, Anytime – 09-53 (rev. Oct. 3)
9-64183 If I Give My Heart To You / Don't Count Me Out – 09-54 (rev. Oct. 2)
9-61330 I May Be Lonesome / Sittin‘ In The Backseat – 01-55 (rev. Jan. 22)
9-61406 Time / What’s What I Call Love - 04-55