JAPE RICHARDSON
THE BIG BOPPER
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
JAPE RICHARDSON Jay Miller Studio Crowley,
La. 1954/1955
Jiles Perry Richardson (vcl/ac gtr); Leon
“Pitches” Stirling (pno); Unk (ld gtr); Unk (dms).
Producer:
J.D. Miller
BOOGIE
WOOGIE (BOPPER’S BOGGIE WOOGIE) Feature (Uniss), Flyright FLY-532, Star LP-1020,
Rhino R1-70164
() Rhino
R2-70164, Recall RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109
Jasmine
JASCD-162
PET
NAMES Feature (Uniss/Lost)
()
SIPPIN’
CIDER Feature (Uniss/Lost)
()
NB(1):
FLYRIGHT FLY-532 “THE LEGENDARY JAY MILLER SESSIONS, Vol.11. LOUISIANA SWAMP
POP” released United Kingdom 1977.
NB(2):
STAR LP-1020 “OH BABY THAT’S WHAT I LIKE” released Europe 1984.
NB(3):
RHINO R1-70164 “HELLOOO BABY! THE BEST OF THE BIG BOPPER (1954-1959)” released
1987.
NB(4):
RHINO R2-70164 “HELLOOO BABY! THE BEST OF BIG BOPPER (1944-59)” released 1989.
NB(5): BEAR FAMILY BCD-17109 “HELLOOO BABY! YOU KNOW WHAT I
LIKE!” released Germany July 2010
JAPE RICHARDSON And the Japetts
Gold
Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. ca. August 1957
(vcl/ac gtr); Harold F. “Hal” Harris (ld
gtr); Herbert Leroy “Herby” Remington (stl gtr-1); Charles “Doc” Lewis (pno);
poss J.T. “Tiny” Smith (stg bs); William “Bill” Kimbrough (dms); Unk (chrs-2). Producer:
Harold Westcott “Pappy” Daily
ST-2643/ BEGGAR
TO A KING -1-2 Mercury-Starday 71219, Mercury-Starday 71219X45
YW-15027 (J.P.
Richardson) (Starrite BMI) Tommy T.O.M.-536, Star LP-1020, Rhino R1-70164, Rhino R2-70164
Spectrum CD 554 906, El Toro ETCD-1021, Recall RR-08-001
Bear
Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
ST-2644 YESTERDAY,
TODAY AND TOMORROW (Starday
(Uniss)
()
ST-2645 SOMEONE
WATCHING OVER YOU Starday
(Uniss), Recall R-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109
()
ST-2646/ CRAZY
BLUES Mercury-Starday 71219, Mercury-Starday 71219X45
YW-15028 (J.P.
Richardson) (Starrite BMI) Tommy T.O.M. 536, Phillips International 6336-257
Mercury
6463-057, Mercury 6685 139, Phillips 6685 139
Mercury
6463-084, Star LP-1020, Rhino R1-70164
Rhino
R2-70164, Big Tone BTCD-5704, Club PR PRLP-010
Big
Tone BTCD-6000, Pan American CD-56001, Spectrum CD 554 906
El
Toro ETCD-1021, Recall RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109
Jasmine JASCD-162, Sleazy SR83
NB(1): Billboard Monday 16th September 1957-VOX JOX-J.P. (Jape)
Richardson, KTRM, Beaumont, Tex., has signed an exclusive contract as
writer-artist for MERCURY-STARDAY.
NB(2):
MERCURY-STARDAY 71219/MERCURY-STARDAY 71219X45 released Wednesday 16th October 1957.
NB(3):
MERCURY-STARDAY 71219/MERCURY-STARDAY 71219X45 reviewed Billboard Reviews of
New C&W Records Monday 4th November 1957.
NB(4): ST-2643/YW-15027 & ST-2646/YW-15028 leased to Mercury
Records by H.W. “Pappy” Daily. The recording “YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW”
was mentioned as being recorded by Jape Richardson for release at the above
session. The recording is not shown in the Mercury session files.
NB(5):
TOMMY T.O.M. 536 “WE STILL REMEMBER:RARE RECORDINGS Vol.1.” released 1974.
NB(6): PHILLIPS INTERNATIONAL 6336-257 “MERCURY ROCKABILLIES”
released United Kingdom 1975.
NB(7): MERCURY 6463-057 “ROCK! ROCK! ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: CHANTILLY
LACE-THE BIG BOPPER” released Germany 1980.
NB(8): MERCURY 6463-084
“MERCURY ROCKABILLIES” released United Kingdom 1981.
NB(9): BIG TONE BTCD-5704 “MERCURY ROCKABILLIES And LOUISIANA
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” released United Kingdom 1993.
NB(10): CLUB PR PRLP-010 “PURE ROCKABILLY, VOL.10. released
United Kingdom 1996.
NB(11): BIG TONE BTCD-6000 “MERCURY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, Vol.1.”
released United Kingdom
NB(12): PAN AMERICAN CD-56001 “MY LOVIN’ BABY” released
Switzerland
NB(13): SPECTRUM CD 554 906 “THE BEST OF THE BIG BOPPER”
released August 1999.
NB(14): EL TORO ETCD-1021 “WINTER DANCE PARTY 50th ANNIVERSARY”
released Spain January 2009.
NB(15): FANTASTIC VOYAGE FVDD142 “TEXAS TORNADOS:ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
FROM THE LONE STAR STATE” released United Kingdom 2012.
NB(16): SLEAZY SR-83 released Spain January 2014.
JAPE RICHARDSON With The Echoes
Gold
Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. ca. February 1958
Jiles Perry “The Big Bopper” Richardson
(vcl/ac gtr); Hal Harris (ld gtr); Doc Lewis (pno-4); Lewis Lincoln “Link”
Davis (t/sax-3); poss J.T. “Tiny” Smith (stg bs); Unk (dms); Unk (chrs-5). Producer:
“Pappy” Daily
YW-16343 MONKEY SONG (YOU MADE A MONKEY OUT OF ME) Mercury 71312, Mercury
71312X45, Mercury 71312 X 45
(J.P.
Richardson) (Starrite BMI) Mercury 45302, Teenage Heaven THZ-476, Mercury 6463-057
Mercury
6685 139, Phillips 6685 139, Star LP-1020, Rhino R1-70164
Rhino
R2-70164, Spectrum CD 554 906, El Toro ETCD-1021
Recall
RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
YW-16344 A
TEEN AGE MOON (IN A ROCK & ROLL WORLD) Mercury
71312, Mercury 71312X45, Mercury 71312 X 45
(J.P.
Richardson) (Starrite) Mercury 45302, United Artists UAL-3185, United Artists UAS-6185
Teenage
Heaven THZ-476, Star LP-1020, Rhino
R2-70164
Spectrum
CD 554 906, Recall RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109
Jasmine
JASCD-162
NB(1): MERCURY 71312/MERCURY 71312X45 Reviewed Billboard Reviews
of New Pop Records Monday 12th May 1958.
NB(2): MERCURY 71312/MERCURY 71312X45 released Friday 23rd May
1958.
NB(3): MERCURY 71312 X 45 released New Zealand May 1959.
NB(4): MERCURY 45302 released Australia May 1959.
NB(5): Both of the above recordings leased to Mercury Records by
“Pappy” Daily.
NB(6): UNITED ARTISTS UAL-3185/UNITED ARTISTS UAS-6185 “THE
GREAT COUNTRY HITS, Vol.2.” released 1963.
NB(7): TEENAGE HEAVEN THZ-476 “TEENAGE MOON” released 1976.
NB(8): MERCURY 6685 139 “ROCK! ROCK! ROCK ‘N’ ROLL1” (15 LP Box
Set) released Germany 1980.
NB(9): PHILLIPS 6685 139 “ROCK! ROCK! ROCK ‘N’ ROLL” (15 LP Box
Set) released United Kingdom 1980.
NB(10): RECALL RR-08-001 “THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED-IN MEMORY OF
THE BIG BOPPER” released United Kingdom January 2008.
BIG BOPPER-1 Gold Star Recording Studio,
5626 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. June 1958
THE BIG BOPPER-2
(vcl); Hal Harris (ld
gtr); De Armand A. “Eddie” Noack Jr. (rhy gtr); Robert “Bobby”
Mizzell (pno); Link Davis (t/sax); poss J.T. “Tiny” Smith (stg bs) or Martin
Glenn Barber (stg bs); Bill Kimbrough (dms). Producer “Pappy” Daily
1016/ PURPLE
PEOPLE EATER MEETS (THE) WITCH DOCTOR D 45-1008, D 45-1008, D 1008, Mercury 71343, Mercury
71343X45
YW-17624 (R.
Johnson-J.P. Richardson) (Ken-Rick Pub. Co. BMI) Mercury 71343X, Mercury 45249, Mercury S45-4315
(Rick
Johnson-J.P. Richardson) (Ken-Rick Publ. Co. BMI) Mercury AMT-1002, Mercury
45-AMT-1002, Mercury 45-AMT-1002
Mercury
B 45-800, Mercury ZEP-10004, Mercury M 14-208
Mercury
957-065, Mercury EP 60,144, Mercury 6463-057
Mercury
6685 139, Phillips 6685 139, Star
LP-1020, Rhino R2-70164
Spectrum
CD 554 906, El Toro ETCD-1021, Recall RR-08-001
Bear
Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
1017/ CHANTILLY
LACE D 45-1008, D 45-1008, D 1008, Mercury 71343, Mercury
71343X45
YW-17625 (J.P. Richardson) (Glad Music
BMI) Mercury
71343X, Mercury 45249, Mercury S45-4315
Mercury
AMT-1002, Mercury
45-AMT-1002, Mercury 45-AMT-1002
Mercury
B 45-800, Mercury ZEP-10004, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury
M 14-208, Mercury 957-065, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MMC-14008, Mercury EP-104
Wing
WB-17,000, Mercury C-30072, Mercury-Wing MGW-12211
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Increase INCM-2003
Contour
687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365, Mercury CS-6009
Increase
INCM-2003, Mercury 6052 612, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury
PRA EP 104, Mercury TOP 029, Mercury 6498-130
Mercury
6463-057, Mercury 6685 139, Phillips 6685 139
Imperial
House WU-3590, Arc Records 022-82, Increase
INCM-2003
Old
Gold OG-9483-A, Increase INCM-2003, Eric 4104
Collectables
COL-4234A, Increase INCM-2003, Mercury LP 832 902
Mercury
Timepieces 872 802-7, Rhino
R1-70164, Increase INCM-2003
Mercury
LP 832 902, Rhino R2-70164, Unknown Label CD-553 868
Increase
INCM-2003, MCA MCD-32338, Spectrum CD 554 906
El
Toro ETCD-1021, Recall RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109
Jasmine
JASCD-162
CHANTILLY LACE D (Uniss), Tommy T.O.M. 536
(J.P. Richardson) (Glad Music
BMI)
NB(1):
D 45-1008 released Monday 30th June 1958.
NB(2):
D 45-1008 reviewed Billboard Reviews of New Pop Record Monday 7th July 1958.
NB(3): D 45-1008 leased to Mercury Records.
NB(4): MERCURY 71343/MERCURY 71343X45 released July 1958.
NB(5): MERCURY 71343X released Canada July 1958.
NB(6): MERCURY 71343/MERCURY 71343X45 entered Billboard Hot 100
chart Monday 4th August 1958, #6, 22 weeks.
NB(7): D 45-1008 released August 1958.
NB(8): MERCURY 45249 released Australia August 1958.
NB(10): MERCURY S45-4315 released New Zealand August 1958.
NB(11): MERCURY AMT-1002/MERCURY 45-AMT-1002 released United
Kingdom October 1958.
NB(12): MERCURY 45-AMT-1002 released TWICE with slightly
different label printing.
NB(13): MERCURY B 45-800 released Sweden 1958.
NB(14): MERCURY ZEP-10004 “THE BIG BOPPER” released United
Kingdom March 1959.
NB(15): MERCURY M 14-208 “BIG BOPPER” released France March
1959.
NB(16): MERCURY 957-065 released Holland 1959.
NB(17): MERCURY EP 60,144 “BIG BOPPER-CHANTILLY LACE” released
Sweden
NB(18): MERCURY MG-20402 “HELLOOO BABY” released 1959.
NB(19): MERCURY MG-20402 “HELLOOO BABY” released Australia 1959.
NB(20): MERCURY MMC-14008 “HELLOOO BABY” released United Kingdom
1959.
NB(21): MERCURY EP-104 “HELLOOO BABY” released 1959
NB(22): WING WB-17,000 78rpm/45rpm released
NB(23): MERCURY CELEBRITY SERIES C-30072 released 1960.
NB(24): MERCURY-WING MGW-12211 “SINGIN’ & SWINGIN’” released
1963.
NB(25): MERCURY MG-20402 “HELLOOO BABY” released 1964.
NB(26): MERCURY MG-20402 “HELLOOO BABY” released late 1960s.
NB(27): INCREASE INCM-2003 “CRUISIN’ 1958” released June 1970.
NB(28): INCREASE INCM-2003 “CRUSIN’ 1958” released Canada June
1970.
NB(29): CONTOUR 687-0531 “THE BIG BOPPER-CHANTILLY LACE”
released United Kingdom 1971.
NB(30): MERCURY 6498 130 “THANKS & GOODBYE-THE LEGENDS”
released Germany 1972.
NB(31): PICKWICK SPC-3365 “THE BIG BOPPER-CHANTILLY LACE”
released 1973.
NB(32): MERCURY CELEBRITY SERIES CS-6009 released Canada 1973.
NB(33): MERCURY 6052 612 released United Kingdom Friday 3rd May
1974.
NB(34): MERCURY MG-20402 “HELLOOO BABY” released 1975.
NB(35): MERCURY PRA EP 104 “HELLOOO BABY” pressed in New Zealand
for Discontinued Records, Sydney, released Australia
NB(36): MERCURY TOP 029 released Canada
NB(37): ARC Records 022-082 released Holland 1982.
NB(38): IMPERIAL HOUSE WU-3590 “ROCKABILLY!” released 1982.
NB(39) INCREASE INCM-2003 “CRUSIN’ 1958” released 1983.
NB(30): OLD GOLD OG-9483-A released United Kingdom 1985.
NB(41): ERIC 4104 released 1986.
NB(42): COLLECTABLES COL-4234A released 1986.
NB(43): INCREASE INCM-2003 “CRUSIN’ 1958” released 1986.
NB(44): INCREASE INCM-2003 “CRUISIN’ 1958” released 1988.
NB(45): MERCURY LP 832 902 “THE BIG BOPPER-CHANTILLY LACE”
released 1988.
NB(46): MERCURY TIMEPIECES 872 802-7 released
NB(47): INCREASE INCM-2003 “CRUISIN’ 1958” released 1993.
NB(48): MCA MCD-32338 “THE REAL BUDDY HOLLY STORY” released
Germany 1995.
NB(49): UNKNOWN LABEL 553 868 “AND THE TRAIN KEPT A’ROLLIN’”
released 1997.
NB(50): JASMINE JASCD-162 “OH BABY THAT’S WHAT I LIKE” released
United Kingdom Friday 15th April 2011.
BIG BOPPER Gold Star Recording Studio,
5626 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. July 1958
(vcl); Hal Harris (ld gtr);
Eddie Noack (rhy gtr); Bobby Mizzell (pno); Link Davis (t/sax); poss J.T. “Tiny”
Smith (stg bs); Bill Kimbrough (dms).
Producer:
“Pappy” Daily
YW-17733 CHANTILLY LACE Mercury
MEP-53A
(J.P. Richardson) (Glad Music
BMI)
NB(1): MERCURY MEP-53 (For Broadcast only) (DJ) released July
1958.
NB(2): The above recording is an EDITED version (51 sec.) Disc
Jockey version of YW-17625.
BIG BOPPER-1 Gold Star Recording Studio,
5626 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. ca. October 1958
THE
BIG BOPPER-2
(vcl/ac gtr); Hal Harris (ld
gtr); Bobby Mizzell (pno-3/org-4) or Doc Lewis (pno-3/org-4); Link Davis
(t/sax); poss J.T. “Tiny” Smith (stg bs); Bill Kimbrough (dms). Producer:
“Pappy” Daily
YW-18021 LITTLE
RED RIDING HOOD -1-2-3 Mercury 71375, Mercury
71375X45, Mercury AMT-1017
(J.P. Richardson) (Starrite
BMI) Mercury
45-AMT-1017, Mercury 45263, Mercury S45-4323
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury ZEP-10004, Mercury M 14-208
Mercury
EP 60,144, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury
MMC-14008, Mercury-Wing MGW-12211
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Contour 687-0531
Pickwick SPC-3365, Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury 6463-057
Mercury
6685 139, Phillips 6685 139, Rhino R1-70164
Rhino
R2-70164, Mercury LP 832 902, Big Tone BTCD-6000
Spectrum CD 554 906, Recall RR-08-001, El Toro ETCD-1021
Bear
Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
YW-18022 BIG
BOPPER’S WEDDING -1-2-4 Mercury 71375, Mercury
71375X45, Mercury AMT-1017
(J.P. Richardson) (Starrite
BMI) Mercury
45-AMT-1017, Mercury 45263, Mercury S45-4323
Mercury MG-20402, Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury ZEP-10004
Mercury
M 14-208, Mercury EP 60,144, Mercury
MG-20402
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MMC-14008, Mercury EP-104
Mercury
C-30072, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
Contour
687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365, Mercury CS-6009
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury 6463-057, Mercury 6685 139
Phillips
6685 139, Rhino R1-70164, Rhino
R2-70164
Mercury
LP 832 902, Mercury Timepieces 872 802-7
Spectrum
CD 554 906, Recall RR-08-001, El Toro ETCD-1021
Bear
Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
YW-18023 PINK
PETTICOATS -2-3 Mercury
71482X45, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
(J.P. Richardson) (Glad Music BMI) Mercury
MMC-14008, Mercury ZEP-10027, Mercury EP-104
Wing W-45412, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
Contour
687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury
6463-057, Mercury 6685 139, Phillips 6685 139
Rhino R1-70164, Rhino R2-70164, Mercury LP 832 902
Spectrum CD 554 906, Recall RR-08-001, Jasmine JASCD-162
NB(1):
MERCURY 71375/MERCURY 71375X45 released Thursday 2nd October 1958.
NB(2): MERCURY 71375/MERCURY 71375X45 reviewed Billboard Pop Monday
10th November 1958.
NB(3): “LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD” entered Billboard Hot 100 chart Monday
1st December 1958, #72, 4 weeks.
NB(4): “BIG BOPPER’S WEDDING” entered Billboard Hot 100 chart Monday
1st December 1958, #38, 7 weeks.
NB(5): MERCURY AMT-1017/MERCURY 45-AMT-1017 released United
Kingdom January 1959.
NB(6): MERCURY 45263 released Australia January 1959.
NB(7): MERCURY S45-4323 released New Zealand January 1959.
NB(8):
MERCURY 71482X45 released Tuesday 16th June 1959.
NB(9): MERCURY 71482X45 reviewed Billboard Pop Monday Monday 6th
July 1959.
NB(10): MERCURY ZEP-10027 “PINK PETTICOATS STARRING THE BIG
BOPPER” released United Kingdom September 1959.
NB(11): WING W-45412 released Australia 1961.
BIG BOPPER-1 Gold Star Recording Studio,
5626 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. ca. Fall 1958
THE BIG BOPPER-2
(vcl/ac gtr); Hal Harris (ld
gtr); Doc Lewis (pno-4); Link Davis (t/sax-3); poss J.T. “Tiny” Smith (stg bs);
poss Bill Kimbrough (dms); Unk (chrs-5).
Producer:
“Pappy” Daily
YW-12072 OLD
MAID -2-3 Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
() Mercury MMC-14008, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury-Wing SRW-16424, Contour 687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury 6463-057, Rhino
R2-70164
Spectrum
CD 554 906, Recall RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109
Jasmine
JASCD-162
YW-12073 THE
PREACHER AND THE BEAR -2-3-4 Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
() Mercury MMC-14008, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury-Wing
SRW-16424, Contour 687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365
Mercury MG-20402, Mercury 6463-057, Rhino R1-70164
Rhino R2-70164,
Mercury LP 832 902, Spectrum CD 554 906
Recall
RR-08-001, Jasmine JASCD-162
YW-12074 IT’S
THE TRUTH RUTH -2-3-4 Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
(J.P.
Richardson) (Glad Music BMI) Mercury MMC-14008, Mercury MG-20402, Contour 687-0531
Pickwick
SPC-3365, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury 6463-057
YW-12075 WHITE
LIGHTNING -2-3-4 Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
(J.P.
Richardson) (Starrite BMI) Mercury MMC-14008, Mercury MG-20402
Mercury-Wing
SRW-16424, Contour 687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365
Mercury MG-20402, Mercury 6463-057, Rhino R1-70164
Rhino R2-70164,
Mercury LP 832 902, Spectrum CD 554 906
Recall
RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
Fantastic
Voyage FVDD142
YW-12076 STRANGE
KISSES -2-3-4 Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
() Mercury MMC-14008, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
Rhino
R2-70164, Spectrum CD 554 906, Recall RR-08-001
Jasmine
JASCD-162
YW-12077 THE
CLOCK -2-3-4-5 Mercury
71482X45, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
(J.P.
Richardson) (Glad Music BMI) Mercury
MMC-14008, Mercury MG-20402, Wing W-45412
Mercury-Wing
SRW-16424, Contour 687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365
Mercury MG-20402, Rhino R2-70164, Mercury LP 832 902
Recall
RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
YW-12078 WALKING
THROUGH MY DREAMS -2-3-4-5 Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402
(J.P. Richardson) (Glad Music BMI) Mercury MMC-14008
YW-12079 SOMEONE
WATCHING OVER YOU -1-2-4-5 Mercury 71416X45, Mercury 45277, Mercury S45-4329
(J.P.
Richardson) (Glad Music BMI) Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury MG-20402, Mercury MMC-14008
Mercury
MG-20402, Mercury-Wing
SRW-16424
United
Artists UAL-3159, Contour 687-0531, Pickwick SPC-3365
Tommy
T.O.M. 536, Mercury MG-20402, Rhino R1-70164
Rhino
R2-70164, Mercury LP 832 902, Spectrum CD 554 906
Recall
RR-08-001, Bear Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
BIG BOPPER-1 Gold Star Recording Studio,
5626 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. ca. November 1958
THE BIG BOPPER-2
(vcl); Hal Harris (ld gtr);
Bobby Mizzell (pno-5) or Doc Lewis (pno-5); Link Davis (hmny vcl-3/t/sax); poss
J.T. “Tiny” Smith (stg bs); Bill Kimbrough (dms); Unk (chrs-4). Producer:
“Pappy” Daily
YW-17853 ONE
MORE CHANCE -1 Mercury
(Uniss), Bear Family BCD-17109
()
YW-17854 IT’S
THE TRUTH RUTH -1-2-3-5 Mercury
71451X45, Mercury AMT-1046, Mercury 45292
() Star LP-1020, Rhino R1-70164, Mercury LP 832 902, Rhino R2-70164
Spectrum CD 554 906, Recall RR-08-001, Bear Family
BCD-17109
Jasmine
JASCD-162
YW-17855 WALKING
THROUGH MY DREAMS -1-2-4-5 Mercury
71416X45, Mercury EP-104, Mercury 45277
(J.P. Richardson) (Glad Music BMI) Mercury
S45-4329, Mercury 6463-057, Star LP-1020, Rhino
R1-70164
Mercury
LP 832 902, Rhino R2-70164, Spectrum CD 554 906
Recall
RR-08-001, Pan
American CD-56017, Bear Family BCD-17109
Jasmine
JASCD-162
YW-17856 THAT’S
WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT -1-2-4 Mercury
71451X45, Mercury AMT-1046, Mercury ZEP-10027
() Mercury 45292, Star LP-1020, Rhino R2-70164, Recall RR-08-001
Bear
Family BCD-17109, Jasmine JASCD-162
NB(1): MERCURY 71416X45 released Wednesday 28th January 1959.
NB(2): MERCURY 71416X45 reviewed Billboard Pop Monday 2nd March
1959.
NB(3): MERCURY 45277 released Australia March 1959.
NB(4): MERCURY S45-4329 released New Zealand March 1959.
NB(5): MERCURY 71451X45 released Tuesday 31st March 1959.
NB(6): MERCURY 71451X45 reviewed Billboard Pop Monday 27th April
1959.
NB(7): MERCURY 71451X45 reviewed Cashbox Saturday 2nd May 1959.
NB(8): MERCURY AMT-1046 released United Kingdom May 1959.
NB(9): MERCURY 45292 released Australia May 1959.
JOHNNY PRESTON Gold Star Recording Studio,
5626 Brock Street Houston,
Tx. ca. December 1958
John Preston Courville (vcl);
Hal Harris (ld gtr); Doc Lewis (pno); Link Davis (t/sax); Buck Henson (stg bs);
Bill Kimbrough (dms); Jape Richardson/George
Jones (Indian Chants-1/William G. “Bill” Hall/”Pappy” Daily (chrs-2). Producer: “Pappy”
Daily
YW-17439-2/ MY
HEART KNOWS Mercury 71474, Mercury 71474X45, Mercury 71474X45
PB-3038 (J.P.
Richardson-J. Preston) (Big Bopper Music BMI) Mercury 71474X45, Mercury 71474X45, Mercury 71474X45
Mercury 71474x45, Mercury 71474, Mercury R21406, Mercury 45318
Mercury EP-1-3397, Mercury
ZEP-10078, Mercury EP-60266
Mercury
MS-95, Mercury AMT-1079, Mercury 45-AMT-1079
Mercury
957100, Mercury 870 013-7, Bear
Family BCD-15473
Collectables COL-5558, Castle Music
CMEDD-605,
Jasmine JASCD-162, Jasmine JASCD-771
YW-17440-3 RUNNING
BEAR -1-2 Mercury 71474, Mercury 71474X45, Mercury 71474X45
(J.P.
Richardson) (Big Bopper Music BMI) Mercury 71474X45, Mercury 71474X45, Mercury 71474X45
Mercury 71474x45, Mercury 71474, Mercury R21406, Mercury
45318
Mercury EP-1-3397, Mercury
ZEP-10078, Mercury EP-60266
Mercury
MS-95, Mercury AMT-1079, Mercury 45-AMT-1079
Mercury
957100, Mercury MG-20592, Mercury SR-60250
Wing
MGW-12246, Wing SRW-16246, Increase INCM-2005
Increase
INCM-2005, Increase INCM-2005, Mercury 6498-130
Increase
INCM-1960, Mercury 870 013-7, Demand
DS-005
SR
SR-60609, Bear Family BCD-15473, ST ST-60609, Stardust CD-5001
Collectables COL-5558, Stomper Time STCD-6, Increase INCM-1960
Fed
FED-11, Cosmopolitan Music CD-605
Castle Music CMEDD-605, PLT 116, Jasmine JASCD-162
Jasmine
JASCD-771
NB(1): MERCURY 71474/MERCURY 71474X45 released June 1959.
NB(2): MERCURY 71474X45 released Canada June 1959.
NB(3): MERCURY Records Advert Billboard 27th June 1960-MERCURY
71474/MERCURY 71474X45.
NB(4): MERCURY 71474X45 reviewed Cashbox Saturday 4th July 1959.
NB(5): MERCURY 71474X45 reviewed Billboard Pop Monday 6th July
1959.
NB(6): MERCURY 71474x45 released 1959.
NB(7): MERCURY 71474X45 released Denmark 1959.
NB(8): MERCURY 71474 released New Zealand 1959.
NB(9): MERCURY 45318 released Australia 1959.
NB(10): MERCURY R21406 released Germany 1959.
NB(11): MERCURY 71474X45 (USA) released 1959.
NB(12): MERCURY 71474X45 (USA) released 1959.
NB(13): “RUNNING BEAR” entered Billboard Hot 100 Monday 18th
October 1959, #1, 27 weeks.
NB(14): MERCURY AMT-1079 (78rpm)/MERCURY 45-AMT-1079 released
United Kingdom January 1960.
NB(15): MERCURY MS-95 released Japan 1960.
NB(16): MERCURY 957100 released Holland 1960.
NB(17): MERCURY MG-20592/MERCURY SR-60250 “RUNNING BEAR”
released July 1960.
NB(18): MERCURY EP-1-3397 “RUNNING BEAR” released 1960.
NB(19): MERCURY ZEP-10078 “JOHNNY “RUNNING BEAR” PRESTON”
released United August 1960
NB(20): MERCURY EP-60266 “RUNNING BEAR” released Denmark August 1960.
NB(21): WING MGW-12246/WING SRW-16246 “RUNNING BEAR” released
July 1963.
NB(22): INCREASE INCM-2005 “CRUISIN’ 1960” released June 1970.
NB(23): INCREASE INCM-2005 “CRUISIN’ 1960” released Canada June
1970.
NB(24): INCREASE INCM-2005 “CRUISIN’ 1960” released 1972.
NB(25): INCREASE INCM-1960 “CRUISIN’ 1960” released 1986.
NB(26): DEMAND DS-005 “COME ROCK WITH ME” released 1986.
NB(27): MERCURY 870 013-7 released Germany 1987.
NB(28): SR SR-60609 “COME ROCK WITH ME” released 1988.
NB(29): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15473 “RUNNING BEAR” released Germany
1989.
NB(30): ST ST-60609 “COME ROCK WITH ME” released 1991.
NB(31): STARDUST CD-5001 “ALL TIME HITS OF JOHNNY PRESTON”
released 1992.
NB(32): COLLECTABLES COL-5558 “RUNNING BEAR-JOHNNY PRESTON”
released 1995.
NB(33): STOMPER TIME STCD-6 “THE BEST OF JOHNNY PRESTON”
released United Kingdom 1996.
NB(34): INCREASE INCD-1960 “CRUISIN’ 1960” released 1996.
NB(35): FED FED-11 “THE FED STORY, Vol.11.” released Norway
NB(36): COSMOPOLITAN Music CD-605 “GREAT SHAKIN’ FEVER” released
NB(37): CASTLE MUSIC CMEDD-605 “FEEL SO FINE:THE MERCURY
RECORDINGS 1959-1962” released United Kingdom 2002.
NB(38): PLT 116 BEAR’S GREATEST HITS/25 OF HIS HITS” released
2002.
NB(39): JASMINE JASCD-771 “RUNNING BEAR AND ALL HIS HITS”
released United Kingdom Friday 8th August 2014.
DISCOGRAPHY
ORIGINALLY compiled by ADAM KOMOROWSKI & DICK GRANT with acknowledgements
to ALAN CLARK, MICHEL RUPPLI, BILL DANIELS,
BILL
DANIELS, Tony Watson, Dik DeHeer, Steve Hathaway, Richard Weize, Stephen Ford,
Thieu Van De Vorst & Frantisek Frank.
1977-2016.
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