Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Clif Bruner (by Dick Grant)



CLIFF BRUNER
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

CLIFF BRUNER’S TEXAS WANDERERS          St. Anthony Hotel, 300 East Travis Street                                       San Antonio, Tx.                                                                           Friday 5th February 1937
Clifton Lafayette “Cliff” Bruner (fdl); Richard “Dickie” McBride (vcl-3/gtr); Randall “Red” Raley (vcl-2/gtr); Leo Herbert Raley (vcl-1/el mand); Joseph Rogers “Jo-Jo” Thames (tnr bjo); Frederick “Papa” Calhoun (pno); Russell Vernon “Hezzie” Bryant (stg bs); Band (vcl-4).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: David “Dave” Kapp

61636-A                     SO TIRED                                         -3                                                     Decca 5368 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Arthur Sizemore-George A. Little)
61637-A                     MILK COW BLUES                         -1                                                     Decca 5334 A, Texas Rose TXR-2710, Fremeaux & Associes FA-32
                                      (Arnold)                                                                                                                                        Bear Family BCD-15932
61638-A                     THE RIGHT KEY (BUT THE WRONG KEYHOLE)                                 -2                                  Decca 5401 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Eddie Green-Clarence Williams)
61639-A                     YOU GOT TO HI DE HI                                                                           -1-4                              Decca 5337 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      ()
61640-A                     IN THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT        -3                                                     Decca 5401 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Aubrey Mullican)
61640-B                     IN THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT        -3                                                     Decca (Uniss),                     BCD-15932
                                      (Aubrey Mullican)
61641-A                     SHINE                                                                                                       -3                                  Decca 5434 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Dabney-Mack-Brown)
61641-B                     SHINE                                                                                                       -3                                  Decca (Uniss),                     BCD-15932
                                      (Dabney-Mack-Brown)
61642-A                     CAN’T NOBODY TRUCK LIKE ME                                                        -1                                  Decca 5337 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      ()
61642-B                     CAN’T NOBODY TRUCK LIKE ME                                                        -1                                  Decca (Uniss),                     BCD-15932
                                      ()
61643-A                     BRINGIN’ HOME THE BACON     -3                                                     Decca 5334 B, MCA VIM-4016, Texas Rose TXR-2710
                                      (Bannister-Colwell-Van-Schenck)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Bear Family BCD-15932
61644-A                     UNDER THE SILVERY MOON       -3                                                     Decca 5368 B,         VIM-4016, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Conrad Galvin)
61645-A                     CORRINE CORRINA                       -1-3                                                 Decca 5350 A,         VIM-4016,                    BCD-15932
                                      (J.N. Williams-Bo Chatman)                                                                Primo PRMCD-6008
61646-A                     FOUR OR FIVE TIMES                                                                            -1                                  Decca 5350 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Marco H. Hellman-Byron Gay)
61646-A                     OH YOU PRETTY WOMAN           -1                                                     Decca 5469 A,                     BCD-15932
                                      ()
61648-A                     I AIN’T GONNA GIVE NOBODY NONE O’ THIS JELLY ROLL-1         Decca 5434 A,                     BCD-15932
                                      (Clarence Williams-Spencer Williams)
61649-A                     OLD FASHIONED LOVE                -3                                                     Decca 5469 B, MCA VIM-4016, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      ()

NB(1): It was not unusual for labels for the ‘A’ & ‘B’ sides of a record to have different release dates.
NB(2): A discrepancy is therefore noted: A notation reading 5334 A - Tuesday 23rd February 1937: 5334 B Wednesday 24th February 1937.
NB(3): DECCA 5334 released  Tuesday 23rd February 1937.
NB(4): DECCA 5337 released Wednesday 3rd March 1937.
NB(5): DECCA 5350 released Thursday 25th March 1937.
NB(4): DECCA 5368 released Thursday 29th April 1937.
NB(5): DECCA 5401 released Tuesday 13th July 1937.
NB(6): DECCA 5434 released Thursday 16th September 1937.
NB(7): DECCA 5469 released Monday 29th November 1937.
NB(8): MCA VIM-4016 “CLIFF BRUNER/THE RICE BROTHERS GANG” released Japan 1976.
NB(9): TEXAS ROSE TXR-2710 “CLIFF BRUNER’S TEXAS WANDERERS 1937-44” released 1983.
NB(10): FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES FA-32 “WESTERN SWING TEXAS 1928-1944” released France 1994.
NB(11): BEAR FAMILY BCD-15932 “CLIFF BRUNER and His TEXAS WANDERERS” released Germany Tuesday 18th March 1997.
NB(12): PRIMO PRMCD-6008 “WESTERN SWING:40 BOOTSTOMPERS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE” released United Kingdom 2006.

CLIFF BRUNER’S TEXAS WANDERERS-1      Adolphus Hotel, 1321 Commerce Street                                      Dallas, Tx.                                                                       Wednesday 8th December 1937
CLIFF BRUNER And His Boys-2
(vcl-3/fdl); Red Raley (vcl-5/gtr); Dickie McBride (vcl-8/gtr); Ernest “Deacon” Evans (el stl gtr); Richard “Dickie” Jones (vcl-4/fdl); Leo Raley (vcl-7/el mand); Jo-Jo Thames (vcl-6/tnr bjo); Doc Warren (pno); Hezzie Bryant (stg bs); Band (vcl-7).                                                         Producer: Dave Kapp 
                                       
62966-A                     OH HOW I MISS YOU TONIGHT -1-8                                                 Decca 5515 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Davis-Burke-Fisher)
62967-A                     ONE SWEET LETTER FROM YOU -1-3                                                 Decca 5529 A, Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      ()
62968-A                     DREAM TRAIN                                                                                        -1-7-8                          Decca 5499 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Billy Baskette-Charles Newman)
62969-A                     SUNBONNET SUE                                                                                  -2-8                              Decca 5485 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Gus Edwards)
62970-A                     TO-NIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME                                                         -1-8                              Decca 5582 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      ()
62971-A                     BY A WINDOW AT THE END OF THE LANE                                        -1-6                              Decca 5515 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Nat Vincent-Fred Howard)
62972-A                     GIRL OF MY DREAMS                                                                           -1-5                              Decca 5560 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      ()
62973-A                     I SAW YOUR FACE IN THE MOON                                                       -2-4                              Decca 5474, Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      ()
62974-A                     RED LIPS-KISS MY BLUES AWAY                                                         -1-7                              Decca 5529 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      ()
62975-A                     YOU CAN DEPEND ON ME                                                                  -1-6                              Decca 5543 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Charles Carpenter-Louis Dunlop-Earl Hines)
62976-A                     SUGAR                                                                                                     -1-7                              Decca 5560 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      ()
62977-A                     MY DADDY, MY MOTHER AND ME                                                   -2-?-5-8                       Decca 5485-B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Doc Warren-Dick Jones)
62978-A                     TRUCKIN’ ON DOWN                                                                           -1-5-9                          Decca 5582 B, Texas Rose TXR-2710,                    BCD-15932
                                      ()
62979-A                     RIVER, STAY ’WAY FROM MY DOOR                                                  -1-8                              Decca 5543 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Harry Wood-Mort Dixon)
62980-A                     BABY WON’T YOU PLEASE COME HOME                                          -1-8                              Decca 5499 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Clarence Williams-Charles Warfield)
62981-A                     BEAUMONT EAG                                                                                   (Inst)-2                        Decca 5474, MCA VIM-4016, Texas Rose TXR-2710
                                      ()                                                                                                                                                     Bear Family BCD-15932

NB(1): CLIFF BRUNER does not appear on “BEAUMONT RAG”.
NB(2): DECCA 5474 released Tuesday 18th January 1938.
NB(3): DECCA 5485 released  Friday 4th February 1938.
NB(4): It was not unusual for labels for the ‘A’ & ‘B’ sides of a record to have different release dates.
NB(5): A discrepancy is therefore noted: A notation reading 5499 A - Monday 14th March 1938: 5499 B - Saturday 12th March 1938
NB(6): DECCA 5499 released Monday 14th March 1938. 
NB(7): DECCA 5515 released Monday 11th April 1938.
NB(8): DECCA 5529 released Monday 9th May 1938.
NB(9): DECCA 5543 released Thursday 19th May 1938.
NB(10): DECCA 5560 released Monday 11th July 1938.
NB(11: DECCA 5582 released Monday 22nd August 1938.

CLIFF BRUNER’S TEXAS WANDERERS                    Gunter Hotel, 205 East Houston Street                               San Antonio, Tx.                                                               Tuesday 13th September 1938
(vcl-1/fdl); Dickie McBride (vcl-3/gtr); Robert Lee “Bob” Dunn (amp stl gtr); Leo Raley (amp mandola); Jo-Jo Thames (tnr bjo); Aubrey Wilson “Moon” Mullican (vcl-2/pno); Hezzie Bryant (stg bs); Trio (vcl-4).                            Producer: Dave Kapp

64500-A                     ANNIE LAURIE                                                                                        -3                                  Decca 5647 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (-)
64501-A                     BRING IT ON HOME TO GRANDMA                                                  -1-4                              Decca 5619 A,                    BCD-15932, JSP JSP-7742
                                      (Richard Jones)
64502-A                     EASE MY WORRIED MIND           -1-2                                                 Decca 5610 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      ()
64503-A                     REMEMBER                                                                                            -3                                  Decca 5647 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Aubrey Mullican)
64504-A                     IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW                                                        -3                                  Decca 5604 A, Melotone 45321, Decca 46011 A
                                      (Floyd Tillman)                                                                                                                             Bear Family BCD-15932, Rhino-Atlantic R2 72441
                                      (Floyd Tillman-Jimmie Davis)                                                            
64505-A                     MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN                                                   -1-2-3(lead)-4           Decca 5638 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      ()
64506-A                     OVER MOONLIT WATERS            -3                                                     Decca 5672 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Mathilda Bilbro)
64507-A                     DRAGGIN’ THE BOW                                                                            (Inst)                            Decca 5610, String STR-801, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Curt Massey)                                                                                                                             Proper PVCD-106

NB(1): DECCA 5604 released Friday 30th September 1938.
NB(2): MELOTONE 45321 released Canada 1938.
NB(3): DECCA 5610 released Thursday 20th October 1938.
NB(4): DECCA 5619 released Tuesday 1st November 1938.
NB(5): DECCA 5638 released Monday 16th January 1939.
NB(6): DECCA 5647 released Thursday 2nd February 1939.
NB(7): DECCA 5672 released Monday 10th April 1939.
NB(8): DECCA 46011 released Thursday 18th July 1946.
NB(9): STRING STR-801 “BEER PARLOR JIVE” released United Kingdom 1975.
NB(10): RHINO-ATLANTIC R2 72441 “HEROES OF COUNTRY MUSIC, Vol.2. LEGENDS OF HONKY TONK” released United Kingdom April 1996.
NB(11): PRPER PVCD-106 “MOON MULLICAN-I’LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE” released United Kingdom August 2002.
NB(12): JSP JSP-7742 “WESTERN SWING AND COUNTRY JAZZ” released United Kingdom 2005.
CLIFF BRUNER’S TEXAS WANDERERS-1                Gunter Hotel, 205 East Houston Street                               San Antonio, Tx. Wednesday 14th September 1938                                     
CLIFF BRUNER And His Boys with MOON MULLICAN-2
(vcl-3/fdl); Dickie McBride (vcl-4/gtr); Bob Dunn (amp stl gtr); Leo Raley (amp mandola); Jo-Jo Thames (vcl-6/tnr bjo); Moon Mullican (vcl-5/pno); Hezzie Bryant (stg bs).                                                                                                                                                                                 Producer: Dave Kapp

64508-A                     YEARNING JUST FOR YOU           -1-3-4                                             Decca 5638 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Benny Davis-Joe Burke)
64509-A                     OLD JOE TURNER BLUES             -1-5                                                 Decca 5660 B, Decca 46096 A, Bear Family BCD-15932, JSP JSP-7742
                                      (-)
64510-A                     WHEN YOU’RE SMILING (THE WHOLE WORLD SMILES WITH YOU)-1-5                                     5660 A,            46096 B, String STR-801
                                      (Mark Fisher-Joe Goodwin-Larry Shay)                                                                                 Rhino Atlantic R2 72440, Bear Family BCD-15932, Proper PVCD-106
                                                                                                                                                                                             Sanctuary Living Era ASV CD AJA-5214, Magnet MRCD-010
64511-A                     (I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY) SISTER KATE                           -1-5                              Decca 5624 A, Bear Family BCD-15932, Proper PVCD-106
                                      (A.J. Piron)                                                                                                                                    JSP JSP-7742
64512-A                     SITTIN’ ON THE MOON                -1-6                                                 Decca 5619 B, Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (-)
64512-B                     SITTIN’ ON THE MOON                -1-6                                                 Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (-)
64513-A                     KANGAROO BLUES                       -2-5                                                 Decca 5624 B, Coral 64001, String STR-805, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ollie Shepherd)                                                                                                                         Proper Properbox 6, Proper PVCD-106
64514-A                     I’LL KEEP ON LOVING YOU                                                                  -1-2-5                          Decca 5672 A, Coral 64001, Texas Rose TXR-2710
                                      (Floyd Tillman)                                                                                                                             Bear Family BCD-15932
64515-A                     I HATE TO LOSE YOU                     -1-5                                                 Decca 5604 B, Melotone 45321, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Grant Clarke-Archie Gottler)

NB(1): Plain takes of matrix nos. 64513 & 64515 may also have been issued.
NB(2): DECCA 5624 released Monday 12th December 1938.
NB(3): DECCA 5638 released Monday 16th January 1939.
NB(4): DECCA 5660 released Sunday 12th March 1939.
NB(5): DECCA 46096 released Saturday 10th January 1948.
NB(6): CORAL 64001 released Friday 1st October 1948.
NB(7): STRING STR-805 “STOMPIN’ AT THE HONKY TONK” released United Kingdom 1978.
NB(8): MAGNET MRCD-010 “TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC MAKERS, Vol.10-HILLBILLY SWING” released United Kingdom
NB(9): RHINO ATLANTIC R2 72440 “HEROES OF COUNTRY MUSIC, LEGENDS OF WESTERN SWING, Vol.1.” released 1996.
NB(10): PROPER PROPERBOX 6 “DOUGHBOYS, PLAYBOYS AND COWBOYS” released United Kingdom 1999.
NB(11): SANCTUARY LIVING ERA ASV CD AJA-5214 “WESTERN SWING-HOT HILLBILLY JAZZ & BLUES 1935-47” released United Kingdom 2000.

CLIFF BRUNER And His BOYS-1                             Rice Hotel, 909 Texas Avenue                                                Houston, Tx. Saturday 26th August 1939                                     
BRUNO Y SUS RANCHEROS-2
(vcl-3/fdl); Dickie McBride (gtr); Bob Dunn (amp stl gtr); John “Johnny” Thames (tnr bjo); Moon Mullican (vcl-4/pno); Hezzie Bryant (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Dave Kapp
                                                        
66300-A                     JESSIE                                                                                                       (Inst)-1-2                    Decca 5679 A, Decca 10464, Decca 46051, String STR-801
                                      (-)                                                                                                                                                   Bear Family BCD-15932, Proper PVCD-106, Charly CDGR-182-2
                                                                                                                                                                                             Pazzazz 1PAZZ040-1
66301-A                     OVER THE HILL                                                                                       -1-3-4                          Decca 5785 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)
66302-A                     I’LL KEEP ON SMILING                                                                          -1-4                              Decca 5808-B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)
66303-A                     TRUCK DRIVER’S BLUES               -1-3-4                                             Decca 5725 A, Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)                                                                                                                                Proper Properbox 6, Proper PVCD-106, Fremeaux & Associes FA-32 
66304-A                     I’M TIRED OF YOU                         -1-4                                                 Decca 5725 B, Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)                                                                                                                                Proper RVCD-106, Fremeaux  & Associes FA-160
66305-A                     BECAUSE                                         -1-4                                                 Decca 5819 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)
66306-A                     I’LL FORGIVE YOU (BUT I CAN’T FORGET)                                         -1-4                              Decca 5808 A, MCA VIM-4016, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Shelly Lee Alley)
66307-A                     I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU      -1-4                                                 Decca 5819 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)              

NB(1): DECCA 10464 as by BRUNO Y SUS RANCHEROS is a MEXICAN release - “JESUITA” (JESSIE). 
NB(2): It was not unusual for record labels for the ‘A’ & ‘B’ sides of a record to have different release dates.
NB(3): A discrepancy is therefore noted: A notation reading 5808A - 4th March 1940-                            corrected to 11th April 1940: 5808B - 4th March 1940.
NB(4): DECCA 5725 released Tuesday 5th September 1939.
NB(5): DECCA 5769 released Wednesday 6th December 1939.
NB(6): DECCA 10464 released Mexico Wednesday 6th December 1939.
NB(7): DECCA 5785 released Thursday 18th January 1940.
NB(8): DECCA 5808 released either Monday 4th March 1940 or Thursday 11th April 1940.
NB(9): DECCA 5819 released Monday 25th March 1940.
NB(10): DECCA 46051 released Thursday 3rd June 1947.
NB(11): CHARLY CDGR-0182-2 “SMILE & JIVE” released United Kingdom 1997.
NB(12): FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES FA-160 “COUNTRY BOOGIE 1939-1947” released France 1998.
NB(13): PAZZAZZ 1PAZZ040-1 “KINGS OF WESTERN SWING” released United Kingdom 2004.

FLOYD TILLMAN                                                       Rice Hotel, 909 Texas Avenue                                                Houston, Tx.                                                                             Tuesday 29th August 1939
Floyd Tillman (vcl/ld gtr); Cliff Bruner (fdl); Bob Dunn (amp stl gtr); Leo Raley (amp mandola); Moon Mullican (pno); Hezzie Bryant (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Dave Kapp

66325-A                     I DIDN’T KNOW                                                                                                                           Decca 5741
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
66326-A                     THERE MUST BE SOMEONE FOR ME                                                                                       Decca 5783 A
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
66327-A                     I’M ALWAYS DREAMING OF YOU                                                                                             Decca 5801, MCA MCAD-10189
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
66328-A                     DON’T BE BLUE                                                                                                                            Decca 5741, Decca 46182, MCA MCAD-10189
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
66329-A                     I NEVER FELT THIS WAY BEFORE                                                                                               Decca 5783 B
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
66330-A                     MAYBE I’LL GET BY WITHOUT YOU                                                                                          Decca 5801, MCA MCAD-10189
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
66331-A                     I’D SETTLE DOWN FOR YOU                                                                Decca 5761,         MCAD-10189 
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
66332-A                     IT HAD TO BE THAT WAY                                                                                 5761
                                      (Floyd Tillman)

NB(1): DECCA 5741 released Monday 9th October 1939.
NB(2): DECCA 5761 released Wednesday 16th November 1939.
NB(3): DECCA 5783 released Tuesday 9th January 1940.
NB(4): DECCA 5801 released Tuesday 30th January 1940.
NB(5): DECCA 46182 released Friday 2nd September 1948.
NB(6): MCA MCAD-10189 “FLOYD TILLMAN” released                                                

CLIFFBRUNER And His Boys-1                     Rice Hotel, 909 Texas Avenue                                                          Houston, Tn. Friday 1st September 1939                                     
BRUNO Y SUS RANCHEROS-2
(vcl-3/fdl); Dickie McBride (gtr); Bob Dunn (amp stl gtr); Johnny Thames (tnr bjo); J.R. Chatwell (fdl-4); Moon Mullican (vcl-5/pno); Hezzie Bryant (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Dave Kapp

66349-A                     STAR DUST                                                                                              (Inst)-1                        Decca 5743 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Hoagy Carmichael-Mitchell Parish)
66350-A                     THE OTHER WAY                                                                                    -1-4-5                          Decca 5753 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)
66351-A                     PEGGY LOU                                                                                            (Inst)-1-2-4                Decca 5797 A, Decca 10464, Texas Rose TXR-2710
                                      (Cliff Bruner)                                                                                                                               Bear Family BCD-15932
66352-A                     SINGIN’ THE LOW DOWN BLUE DOWN LOW                                 -1-4-5                          Decca 5743 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)
66353-A                     IT’S ALL OVER NOW (I WON’T WORRY)                                            -1-5                              Decca 5785 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Lew Porter-Johnny Lange)
66354-A                     TELL ME WHY LITTLE GIRL TELL ME WHY                                         -1-4--5                         Decca 5797 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)
66355-A                     THE GIRL THAT YOU LOVED LONG AGO                                           -1-4-5                          Decca 5769 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)                                 
66356-A                     LITTLE WHITE LIES                         -1-4-5                                             Decca 5753 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Walter Donaldson)
66356-B                     LITTLE WHITE LIES                         -1-4--5                                           Decca (Uniss),                     BCD-15932
                                      (Walter Donaldson)
66357-A                     KELLY SWING                                                                                         (Inst)-1                        Decca 5728 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (-)
66358-A                     SAN ANTONIO ROSE                     (Inst)-1                                           Decca 5728 A, Decca 46051, MCA VIM-4016, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Bob Wills)                                                                                                                                   Proper Properbox 6

NB(1): DECCA 10464 as by “BRUNO Y SUS RANCHEROS” is a MEXICAN release - “MARIA LUISA” (PEGGY LOU).
NB(2): DECCA 5728 released Monday 18th September 1939.
NB(3): DECCA 5743 released Monday 9th October 1939.
NB(4): DECCA 5753 released Tuesday 8th November 1939.
NB(5): DECCA 5797 released Wednesday 30th January 1940.

CLIFF BRUNER And His Boys                        Rice Hotel, 909 Texas Avenue                                                          Houston, Tx. Friday 5th April 1940                                     
(vcl-2/ld tnr gtr-1/fdl); Bob Dunn (amp stl gtr); Moon Mullican (vcl-3/pno); Logan “Tex Conger” Snodgrass (stg bs) or Hezzie Bryant (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Dave Kapp

92014-A                     TAKE ME BACK AGAIN                 -2                                                     Decca 5836 A, Melotone 45358-A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ted Daffan)
92015-A                     YOU DON’T LOVE ME BUT I’LL ALWAYS CARE                                 -2                                  Decca 5849 A, Melotone 45358-B, Decca X-1945
                                      (Lou Wayne)                                                                                                                                Bear Family BCD-15932
92016-A                     I’M HEADIN’ FOR THAT RANCH IN THE SKY                                     -1-3                              Decca 5836 B, Decca X-1945, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Bobby Gregory)
92017-A                     OVER THE TRAIL                                                                                                                           Decca 5849 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Elton Britt-Uncle Fraley)

NB(1): DECCA 5836 released Thursday 2nd May 1940.
NB(2): DECCA 5849 released Wednesday 19th June 1940.
NB(3): MELOTONE 45358 released Canada 1940.
NB(4): DECCA X-1945 released Australia 1940.

CLIFF BRUNER and His Boys-1                     Rice Hotel, 909 Texas Avenue                                                          Houston, Tx. Monday 8th April 1940                                     
CLIFF BRUNER AND HIS BOYS-2
(vcl-1/fdl); Tex Conger(gtr-3); Bob Dunn (amp stl gtr); Moon Mullican (vcl-2/pno); Hezzie Bryant (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Dave Kapp

92052-A                     TEN PRETTY GIRLS                         (Inst)-3-4                                       Decca 5824 A, Melotone 45349-A, Decca 46098
                                      (Will Grosz-Jimmy Kennedy)                                                             Bear Family BCD-15932
92053-A                     SORRY (I’LL SAY I’M SORRY)        -2-3-4                                             Decca 5860 B, Melotone 45371-B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Lou Wayne)
92053-B                     SORRY (I’LL SAY I’M SORRY)        -2-3-4                                             Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15952
                                      (Lou Wayne)
92054-A                     SPARKLING BLUE EYES                 -2-3-4                                             Decca 5824 B, Melotone 45349-B, Decca 46098
                                      (Billy Cox)                                                                                                                                     Bear Family BCD-15932
92055-A                     NEW FALLING RAIN BLUES         -2                                                     Decca 5860 A, Melotone 45371-A, String STR-805
                                      (Georgia South)                                                                                                                          Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932, Proper PVCD-106
92055-B                     NEW FALLING RAIN BLUES         -2                                                     Decca (Uniss),  Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Georgia South)
92056-A                     I’LL KEEP THINKING OF YOU       -2-3-4                                             Decca 5871 A, Melotone 45381-A, Decca 46011 B, Decca FM-5161
                                      (Shelly Lee Alley)
92057-A                     ’NEATH THE PURPLE ON THE HILLS                                                   -1-3-4                                       5871 B,                    45381-B, Bear Family BCD-15932                                                                                                 
                                      (Logan Snodgrass)
92057-B                     ’NEATH THE PURPLE ON THE HILLS                                                   -1-3-4                          Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Logan Snodgrass)

NB(1): DECCA 5824 released Wednesday 24th April 1940. 
NB(2): DECCA 5860 released Thursday 20th June 1940.
NB(3): DECCA 5871 released Thursday 8th August 1940.
NB(4): MELOTONE 45349 released Canada 1940.
NB(5): MELOTONE 45371 released Canada 1940.
NB(6): MELOTONE 45381 released Canada 1940.
NB(7); DECCA 46011 released Thursday 18th July 1946.                                             
NB(8): DECCA FM-5161 released South Africa
NB(9): The reverse of DECCA FM-5161 is by JIMMIE DAVIS.
NB(10): DECCA 46098 released Saturday 10th January 1948. 

CHARLES MITCHELL and his Orchestra                                                                                 Dallas, Tx.                    Friday 11th April 1941
Charles Mitchell (amp stl gtr); Tex Swaim  (gtr); Cliff Bruner (vcl-1/fdl); Moon Mullican (vcl-2/pno);  James “Jim” Hewlett (tpt); Herschel Woodal (stg bs).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Eli Oberstein

063090-1                   JERSEY SIDE JIVE                                                                                     (Inst)                            Bluebird B-8716
                                      ()
063-091-1                 RAINBOW ISLAND                        -1-2                                                 Bluebird B-8736
                                      ()
063092-1                   BROKEN HEARTED                        -2                                                     Bluebird B-8757
                                      ()
063093-1                   MY ISLAND REVERIE                     -2                                                     Bluebird B-8799
                                      ()
063094-1                   THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN ON OUR LOVE                                    -2                                  Bluebird B-8716
                                      ()
063095-1                   I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU                 -2                                                     Bluebird B-8757
                                      ()
063096-1                   FAITHFUL LITTLE COWBOY          -2                                                     Bluebird B-8799
                                      ()
063097-1                   YOU DON’T LOVE ME ANY MORE (LITTLE DARLING)                     -2                                  Bluebird B-8736
                                      ()

NB(1): BLUEBIRD B-8716 released May 1941.
NB(2): BLUEBIRD B-8736 released May 1941.
NB(3): BLUEBIRD B-8757 released June 1941.
NB(4): BLUEBIRD B-8799 released August 1941.

CLIFF BRUNER And His Boys                                  Biggs’ Studio                                                                                 Dallas, Tx. Monday 28th April 1941                                                                                               
(vcl-2/ld tnr gtr-1/fdl); Oliver G. “Sock” Underwood (gtr); Charles Mitchell (el stl gtr); John Bruce “Roscoe” Pierce (vcl-4/tnr bjo); Moon Mullican (vcl-3/pno); Herschel Woodal (stg bs).                                                                                                                                                        Producer: Dave Kapp

93707-A                     DRAFT BOARD BLUES                                                                           -4                                  Decca 5953 A, Melotone 45444, Texas Rose TXR-2710
                                      (Cliff Bruner-Aubrey Mullican)                                                                                               Bear Family BCD-15932, Proper Properbox 6, EMI Plus 724357641722
                                                                                                                                                                                             Proper PVCD-106, Fremeaux & Associes FA-32
93708-A                     I’LL BE FAITHFUL                                                                                    -2                                  Decca 6012 A, Melotone 45481, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner)
93709-A                     JESSIE’S SISTER                                                                                        (Inst)                            Decca 5974 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner)
93710-A                     LET ME SMILE MY LAST SMILE AT YOU                                              -1-2                              Decca 5961 B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner-Jimmie Davis)
93711-A                     TEQUILLA RAG                                                                                       (Inst)                            Decca 5953 B, Melotone 45444, Old Timey OT-116
                                      (Cliff Bruner-Aubrey Mullican)                                                                                               Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932
93712-A                     RED RIVER ROSE                                                                                    -2                                  Decca 6012 B, Melotone 45481,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner)             
93713-A                     MY TIME WILL COME SOMEDAY                                                        -1-2-3                          Decca 5974 A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner-Jimmie Davis)
93714-A                     THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN ON OUR LOVE                                    -1-2                              Decca 5961 A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner-Charles Mitchell-Moon Mullican)

NB(1): Though the DECCA HILLBILLY DISCOGRAPHY 1927-1945 states that the above recording session took place at Biggs’ Studio, it may well have taken place at the Baker Hotel.
NB(2): DECCA 5953 released Monday 19th May 1941.
NB(3): MELOTONE 45444 released Canada 1941.
NB(4): DECCA 5961 released Thursday 19th June 1941.
NB(5): DECCA 5974 released Thursday 7th August 1941.
NB(6): DECCA 6012 released Tuesday 30th December 1941.
NB(7): MELOTONE 45481 released Canada 1941.
NB(8): OLD TIMEY OT-116 “WESTERN SWING, Vol.2.” released 1975.
NB(9): EMI PLUS 724357641722 “SOUTHERN STYLE WESTERN SWING” released United Kingdom 2002.

BUDDY JONES                                                                    Biggs’ Studio                                                                       Dallas, Tx.                                                                                       Tuesday 29th April 1941
Oscar Bergen “Buddy Jones” Riley (vcl/gtr); Sock Underwood (gtr); Cliff Bruner (fdl-1/el tnr gtr-2); William “Bill” Vitovsky (amp stl gtr); Roscoe Pierce (tnr bjo); Moon Mullican (pno); Herschel Woodal (stg bs).                          Producer: Dave Kapp

93722-A                     DON’T EVER LEAVE ME ALONE   1-2                                                  Decca 5950 A, BACM CD D-014
                                      (Buster Jones)
93723-A                     HONEY DON’T TURN ME DOWN                                                       -1                                  Decca 5984 A, Cattle CCD-206, Proper PVCD-106
                                      (Buddy Jones-Jimmie Davis)                                                             Proper Properbox 83
93724-A                     YOU’VE GOT JUST WHAT IT TAKES                                                     -1                                  Decca 6013 A, BACM CD D-014
                                      (Buster Jones)
93725-A                     RED WAGON                                                                                          -2                                  Decca (Uniss)
                                      (Richard M. Jones)
93725-B                     RED WAGON                                                                                          -2                                  Decca 5950 B, Cattle CCD-206,             PVCD-106
                                      (Richard M. Jones)                                                                               Proper Properbox 83

NB(1): Though the DECCA HILLBILLY DISCOGRAPHY 1927-1945 states that the above recording session took place at Biggs’ Studio, it may well have taken place at the Baker Hotel.
NB(2): DECCA 5950 released Monday 12th May 1941.
NB(3): DECCA 5984 released Monday 15th September 1941.
NB(4): DECCA 6013 released Tuesday 30th December 1941.
NB(5): CATTLE CCD-206 “BUDDY JONES-THE LOUISIANA HONKY TONK BOY” released Germany
NB(6): PROPER PROPERBOX 83 “STOMPIN’ SINGERS & WESTERN SWINGERS” released United Kingdom 2004.
NB(7): BACM CD D-014 “BUDDY JONES-POLICE OFFICER & HONKY TONK SINGER” released United Kingdom

BUDDY JONES                                                                    Biggs’ Studio                                                                       Dallas, Tx. Wednesday 30th April 1941                                     
Buddy Jones (vcl/gtr); Sock Underwood (gtr); Cliff Bruner (fdl); Bill Vitovsky (amp stl gtr); Roscoe Pierce (tnr bjo); Moon Mullican (pno); Moon Mullican (pno); Herschel Wooda lstg bs).                                                                                                                                                       Producer: Dave Kapp

93726-A                     WHAT IS LIFE LIVED ALONE                                                                 Decca 5984 B, Decca 46079 A, BACM CD D-014
                                      (Buddy Jones)
93727-A                     GONNA CHANGE MY BUSINESS ALL AROUND                                                                     Decca 5967 A, Melotone 45456,        CD D-014
                                      (Buddy Jones)
93728-A                     IF I’M WRONG, I’M SORRY                                                                  Decca 6013 B, Cattle CCD-206
                                      (Buddy Jones)
93729-A                     MEAN HANGOVER BLUES                                                                   Decca 5967 B, Melotone 45456,        CD D-014
                                      (Buddy Jones)
NB(1): Though the DECCA HILLBILLY DISCOGRAPHY 1927-1945 states that the above recording session took place at Biggs’ Studio, it may well have taken place at the Baker Hotel.
NB(2): DECCA 5967 released Wednesday 9th July 1941.
NB(3): MELOTONE 45456 released Canada 1941.

JIMMIE DAVIS                                                                     Biggs’ Studio                                                                       Dallas, Tx. Friday 2nd May 1941                                                                           
James Houston “Jimmie” Davis (vcl); Cliff Bruner (el tnr gtr); Tex Swaim (gtr); Charles Mitchell (amp stl gtr); Moon Mullican (pno); Jim Hewlett (tpt); Herschel Woodal (stg bs).                                                                                                                                                                        Producer: Dave Kapp

93750-A                     I’M KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR AGAIN                                                                                  Decca 5989 A, Melotone 45469-A
                                      (Jimmie Davis)
93750-B                     I’M KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR AGAIN                                                                                  Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-16216
                                      (Jimmie Davis)
93751-A                     WHAT MORE CAN I SAY                                                                       Decca (Uniss),                    BCD-16216
                                      (Jimmie Davis)
93751-B                     WHAT MORE CAN I SAY                                                                       Decca 6025 B,                   BCD-16216
                                      (Jimmie Davis)
93752-A                     I TOLD YOU SO                                                                                                                             Decca 5966 B, Melotone 45455-B, Decca FM-5136
                                      (Rex Griffin-Jimmie Davis)                                                                                                       Bear Family BCD-16216                                                                                                          
93753-A                     I HUNG MY HEAD AND CRIED                                                            Decca 5978 A, Decca FM-5491, Bear Family BCD-16216
                                      (Jimmie Davis-Cliff Bruner)
93753-B                     I HUNG MY HEAD AND CRIED                                                            Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-16216
                                      (Jimmie Davis-Cliff Bruner)
93754-A                     I’LL BE TRUE TO THE ONE I LOVE                                                                                              Decca 5955 A,                   BCD-16216
                                      (Ike Cargill-E. Settlemyer)
93754-B                     I’LL BE TRUE TO THE ONE I LOVE                                                                                              Decca (Uniss),                    BCD-16216
                                      (Ike Cargill-E. Settlemyer)
93755-A                     JUST BECAUSE (OF YOU LITTLE GIRL)                                                                                      Decca 5978 B,                   BCD-16216
                                      (Bob Skyles-Jimmie Davis)
93755-B                     JUST BECAUSE (OF YOU LITTLE GIRL)                                                                                      Decca (Uniss),                    BCD-16216
                                      (Bob Skyles-Jimmie Davis)

NB(1): It was not unusual for labels for the ‘A’ & ‘B’ sides of a record to have different release dates.
NB(2): A discrepancy is therefore noted: A notation reading 5978 A - Friday 8th August 1941: 5978 B - Monday 11th August 1941.
NB(3): Though the DECCA HILLBILLY DISCOGRAPHY 1927-1945 states that the above recording session took place at Biggs’ Studio, it may well have taken place at the Baker Hotel.
NB(4): DECCA 5955 released Tuesday 27th May 1941.
NB(5): DECCA 5966 released Wednesday 9th July 1941.
NB(6): MELOTONE 45455 released Canada 1941.
NB(7): DECCA 5978 released Friday 8th August 1941.
NB(8): DECCA 5989 released Tuesday 30th September 1941.
NB(9): MELOTONE 45469 released Canada 1941.
NB(10): DECCA 6025 released Tuesday 27th January 1942.
NB(11): DECCA FM-5136 released South Africa
NB(12): DECCA FM-5491 released South Africa
NB(13): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16216 “JIMMIE DAVIS” released Germany 

CHARLES MITCHELL and his Orchestra                                                                                 Dallas, Tx.                    Friday 10th October 1941
(stl gtr); Leon Huff (vcl-2); Charles Burton (vcl-3); Tex Swaim (gtr); Cliff Bruner (fdl);                                   Moon Mullican (vcl-1/pno); Jim Hewlett (tpt); Herschel Woodal (stg bs).                                                                                                                                                                       Producer: Eli Oberstein

071160-1                   LITTLE STAR OF HEAVEN              -2                                                     Bluebird B-8935
                                      ()
071161-1                   TOO LATE TO START ALL OVER   -3                                                     Bluebird B-8892
                                      ()
071162-1                   MONITA                                                                                                  (Inst)                                          B-8892
                                      ()
071163-1                   I DREAMED OF AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR                                               -3                                  Bluebird B-8935
                                      ()
BS-071164-1             IF IT’S WRONG TO LOVE YOU     -2                                                     Bluebird 33-0508-B, Proper PVCD-106
                                      (Bonnie Dodd-Charles Mitchell)
071165-1                   LET’S GO DREAMING                                                                            -2                                  Bluebird B-9002
                                      ()
BS-071166-1             MEAN MAMA BLUES                                                                            -1                                  Bluebird 33-0508-A, Bronco Buster CD-9005, Krazy Kat KK CD 19
                                      (Moon Mulligan-Charles Mitchell) (sic)                                                                               Encore MU-4, Fremeaux & Associes FA-160, Proper PVCD-106
                                                                                                                                                                                             Proper Properbox 83
071167-1                   WHERE AN ANGEL WAITS FOR ME                                                    -1                                  Bluebird B-9002
                                      ()

NB(1): BLUEBIRD B-8892 released December 1941.
NB(2): BLUEBIRD B-8935 released March  1942.
NB(3): BLUEBIRD B-9002 released June 1942.
NB(4): BLUEBIRD 33-0508 released January 1944.
NB(5): VICTOR-BLUEBIRD Advert Billboard Saturday 29th January 1944-BLUEBIRD 33-0508.
NB(6): BRONCO BUSTER CD-9005 “WESTERN SWING, HONKY TONK & BLUES HIGHLIGHTS” released Germany 1995.
NB(7): KRAZY KAT KK CD 19 “JITTERBUG JIVE-HOT TEXAS SWING 1940-1941” released United Kingdom 1997.
NB(8): ENCORE MU-4 “MOON OVER MULLICAN” released

CLIFF BRUNER-1  
CLIF BRUNER-2 Decca Recording Studio, Phythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street New York City, N Y.  Monday 6th November 1944                                                                                                                            
(vcl-3/fdl); Arthur James “Buddy” Duhon (vcl-4/gtr); Harris Dodd (stl gtr); Lincoln Travis “Link” Davis (fdl/tnr sax); Moon Mullican (vcl-5/pno); Tex Conger (stg bs); Curly Deloche (dms).                                                                                                                                                        Producer: Dave Kapp

N-2797/                     IF IT’S WRONG TO LOVE              -2-3                                                 Coral 64042, Coral 9-64042, Bear Family BCD-15932                                                                                                                                
W72485-A                 (Charles Mitchell-Bonnie Dodd) (Peer International Corp. BMI)
N-2798/                     BORN TO BE BLUE                        -2-4                                                 Decca 46044 A, Decca E-FM-750,               BCD-15932                                                                                            
W72486-A                 (Cliff Bruner-Lou Wayne)
N-2799/                     BABY WON’T YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU’RE DO TO ME-1              Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
W72487-A                 (Cliff Bruner)
N-2800/                     SNOWFLAKES                                                                                         -2-4                              Decca 46026 B,                        BCD-15932                                                                           
W72488-A                 (Cliff Bruner-Lou Wayne)
N-2801/                     THAT’S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE SOUTH                                          -2-5                              Decca 46026 A, Rambler LP-101, Rockafeller US-7003
W72489-A                 (Andy Razaf)                                                                                                                                Bear Family BCD-15932, Proper Properbox 6, Proper PVCD-106
                                                                                                                                                                                             Primo PRCMCD-6008
N-2802/                     YOU TOOK EVERYTHING              -1-3                                                 Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
W72490-A                 (Lawton “Slim” Williams-Babe Fritsch)
N-2803/                     MY PRETTY BLONDE                     -2-3                                                 Decca 46033 A,                 BCD-15932
W72491-A                 (Link Davis)
N-2804/                     YOU ALWAYS HURT THE ONE YOU LOVE                                          -2-5                              Decca 46101 A,                 BCD-15932
W72492-A                 (Allen Roberts-Doris Fisher)

NB(1): DECCA 46026 released Tuesday 17th December 1946.
NB(2): DECCA 46033 released Monday 10th February 1947.
NB(3): DECCA 46044 released Thursday 15th May 1947.
NB(4): DECCA 46101 released Saturday 10th January 1948.
NB(5): DECCA E-FM-750 released United Kingdom
NB(6): CORAL 64042/CORAL 9-64042 released Monday 1st May 1950.
NB(7): CORAL 64042/CORAL 9-64042 released as by CLIF BRUNER
NB(8): RAMBLER LP-101 “TEXAS SAND-ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN SWING” released 1980.
NB(9): ROCKAFELLER US-7003 “ROCK AND ROLL:THE UNTOLD STORY, Vol.3.: WESTERN SWING” released

CLIFF BRUNER-1  
CLIF BRUNER-2          Decca Recording Studio, Phythian Temple, 135 West 70th Street                               New York City, N Y.                                                            Tuesday 7th November 1944
(vcl-3/fdl); Buddy Duhon (vcl-4/gtr); Harris Dodd (stl gtr); Link Davis (fdl/tnr sax); Moon Mullican (vcl-5/pno); Tex Conger (stg bs); Curly Deloche (dms).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Dave Kapp

N-2805/                     DON’T MAKE ME BLUE                -2-3                                                 Decca 46101 B, Texas Rose TXR-2710, Bear Family BCD-15932
W72493-A                 (Cliff Bruner-Logan Snodgrass)
N-2806/                     MOTHER GAVE A SON                 -1-3-5                                             Decca (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
W72494-AA               (Cliff Bruner-Aubrey Mullican)
N-2807/                     I’LL TRY NOT TO CRY                     -2-4                                                 Decca 46033 B, Coral 64042, Coral 9-64042, Texas Rose TXR-2710
W72495-A                 (Cliff Bruner-Moon Mullican) (Cross Music Company BMI)     Bear Family BCD-15932
N-2808/                     WON’T YOU MEND MY ACHING HEART?                                         -2-4                              Decca 46044 B, Bear Family BCD-15932
W72496-A                 (Cliff Bruner)
N-2809                       ROADSIDE RAG                                                                                                                            Decca World W-32A,            BCD-15932
                                      (Andrew Schroeder)
N-2810                       TOO WET TO PLOW                                                                              Decca World W-30A,            BCD-15932
                                      (Harris Dodd)                                                                                                                              Fremeaux & Associes FA-160
N-2811                       JESSIE                                                                                                       (Inst)                            Decca World W-30A,            BCD-15932
                                      (-)

NB(1): DECCA WORLD W-30A released
NB(2): DECCA WORLD W-32A released
NB(3): All 15 of the above recordings were meant to be released  on World. After a period of circulation they would be released on Decca. Finally several were released on DECCA WORLD.

CLIFF BRUNER                                                           Radio Station KTRM                                                                    Beaumont, Tx.                                                                            ca. Monday 5th May 1947
(vcl—1/fdl); Buddy Duhon (vcl-2/ld gtr); Harris Dodd (stl gtr); Moon Mullican (pno); John Wallace (stg bs); James “Jimmy” Harper (dms).
                                                                                                                                                                                              Producer: Lee Penny

828-1                          LUCILLE FROM MOBILE               -2                                                     Mercury (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Bruner-Burns)
828-2                          LUCILLE FROM MOBILE               -2                                                     Mercury 6046, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Bruner-Burns)
829                              FIREWATER                                                                                                                                   Mercury 6113, Mercury (Rejected/Lost)
                                      (Babe Fritsch-Lawton Williams)
830-1                          YOU WERE ALL THE WORLD TO ME                                                  -2                                  Mercury (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner)             
830-2                          YOU WERE ALL THE WORLD TO ME                                                  -2                                  Mercury 6046,                      BCD-15932
                                      (Cliff Bruner)
831                              SOMEONE TO TELL MY TROBLES TO                                                  -1                                  Mercury 6113, Mercury (Rejected/Lost)
                                      (Al Zaruba)

NB(1): MERCURY 6046 released Tuesday 1st July 1947.
NB(2): Billboard Advance Record Releases Folk Saturday 5th July 1947-MERCURY 6046.
NB(3): MERCURY 6113 Never Released-Master Tapes Lost.

CLIFF BRUNER AND HIS TEXAS WANDERERS-1
CLIFF BRUNER and his TEXAS WANDERERS-2    ACA Studio, 612 Westheimer            Houston, Tx.               Monday 1st August 1949
(vcl-1/fdl); Dewey Lee Bell (vcl-3/el gtr); Bob Dunn (stl gtr); Link Davis (vcl-2/fdl); Cotton Ervin (cln); John Wallace (stg bs); John Courville (dms).
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

ACA-1172                   YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A LONELY HEART                                 -2-5                              Ayo (Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Sam Ayo-Cliff Bruner)
ACA-1173                   HONEY WHAT YOU DOING TO ME                                                    -2-5                              Ayo (Uniss),                    BCD-15932
                                      ()
ACA-1174                   SANTA FE WALTZ                                                                                   (Inst)-1-2                    Ayo A-102-SA, Modern 20-697, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Ayo-Bruner)
ACA-1175                   RIO GRANDE POLKA                    (Inst)-1-2                                              B-102-SA,              20-697,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ayo-Bruner)
ACA-1176                   UNFAITHFUL ONE                         -1-2-3                                             Ayo A-103-SA, Modern 20-698,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Lyles-Bruner)
ACA-1177                   SAN ANTONIO BLUES                                                                           -1-2-4                                 B-103-SA,              20-698,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Bruner-Davis)

NB(1): AYO A-102-SA/AYO B-102-SA released 1949.
NB(2): AYO A-103-SA/AYO B-103-SA released 1949.
NB(3): MODERN 20-697 released 1949.
NB(4): MODERN 20-698 released 1949.

CLIFF BRUNER and his TEXAS WANDERERS        -1      ACA Studio, 612 Westheimer  Houston, Tx.               ca. November 1949
CLIFF BRUNER and his TEXAS WONDERERS-2 (sic)
RICHARD PRIME Orchestea-3 (sic)
RICHARD PRINE AND HIS ALL STARS-4
(vcl-5/fdl); Myrl “Rusty” McDonald (vcl-6/rhy gtr); Lee Bell (el gtr); Bob Dunn (stl gtr); poss Cotton Ervin (cln); poss John Wallace (stg bs); prob Richard Prine (dms).                                                                                                                                                                                           Producer:

ACA-1254                   OUT OF BUSINESS                                  -2-5                                       Ayo 107-A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Bruner & Lyle)
 ACA-1255                  I LOVED AND LOST                                 -3-6                                       Ayo 115-B
                                      (Prime) (sic)
ACA-1256                   MR. POSTMAN                                                                                      -2-5                              Ayo 107-B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Bruner)
ACA-1257                   OUCH                                                                                                      -1-5                              Ayo 105-B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ben Mullins)
ACA-1258                   NEAR ME                                                  -3-6                                       Ayo 104-A
                                      (Prime-Wills) (sic)
ACA-1259                   YOU TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A LONELY HEART                                 -1-5                              Ayo 105-A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Bruner & Ayo)

NB(1): AYO 104 released 1949.
NB(2): AYO 105 released 1949.
NB(3): AYO 107 released 1950.
NB(4): AYO 115 released 1950.

CLIFF BRUNER AND HIS TEXAS WONDERERS     
                                                                            ACA Studio, 5522 Washington Avenue    Houston, Tx.               May 1950
(vcl-1/fdl); Robert “Bobby” Lane (vcl-2/        );          Lee Bell (el gtr); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

ACA-1639                   DON’T FORGET THE ROSES                                                                  Ayo (Uniss/Lost)
                                      (Bruner)
ACA-1640                   NO ONE BUT YOU                                                                                 Ayo (Uniss/Lost)
                                      (Bruner-Lyle)
ACA-1641                   YOU BETTER DO BETTER BABY    -2                                                     Ayo 112-A, Bear Family BCD-15932
                                      (Audry N. Daly)
ACA-1642                   HARD LUCK BLUES                           -2                                                Ayo 112-B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Bruner and Lane)
ACA-1643                   SWEETEST LITTLE DANNY                 -1                                                Ayo 109-A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ruth S. Bennett)
ACA-1644                   I WAS A GAMBLER IN TEXAS           -2                                                Ayo 109-B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ruth Bennett)
ACA-1645                   YOU GOT TO GIVE ME WHAT’S MINE                                                -2                                  Ayo 113-A,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ruth S. Bennett)
ACA-1646                   I’M DYING BY PIECES DEAR             -2                                                       113-B,                    BCD-15932
                                      (Ruth S. Bennett)

NB(1): AYO 109 released June 1950.
NB(2): AYO 112 released 1950.
NB(3): The wax run-off of AYO 112-A states GOLD STAR * Process/ACA 1641/112-A.
NB(4): The wax run-off of AYO 112-B states GOLD STAR * Process/ACA 1642/112-B.
NB(3): AYO 113 released 1950.
NB(4): The wax run-off of AYO 113-A states ACA 1645/113 A/GOLD STAR * Process.
NB(5); The wax run-off of AYO 113-B states GOLD STAR * Process/ACA 1647/ 113 B.

CLIFF BRUNER With PEE WEE WHITEWING and The Others Brothers
                                                                                                                                                                                             poss Crowley, La.                                                                                                             1971
(fdl); W. K. “Pee Wee” Whitewing (stl gtr) plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer:

LH-7209                     WELCOME TO THE CLUB                                                                     Preview 1008
                                      (Jimmy Davis) (Jamil Music & Jimmy Davis Music Co. BMI)
LH-7210?                   FADED LOVE                                                                                                                                               1008
                                      ()

NB: PREVIEW 1008 released 1971.

CLIFF BRUNER                                                  Modern Sound Studios                                                                      Crowley, La.                                                                                                            Mid 1970s
(vcl/fdl); Ralph “Lefty” Nason (stl gtr); Charles “Doc” Lewis (pno); Sleepy Tompkins (); Bob Collins (); Neal Hart (); Sonny Stewart ().
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: 

                                      JESSE (sic)                                                                                               (Inst)                            Showtime LP-5002
                                      ()
                                      MAKE NO DIFFERENCE NOW (sic)                                                                                                            LP-5002
                                      (Floyd Tillman)
                                      PLAYING OF MY HEART                                                                                         LP-5002
                                      ()
                                      SALTY DOG RAG                                                                                    (Inst)                                             LP-5002
                                      ()
                                      LIEBESTRAUM                                                                                        (Inst)                                             LP-5002
                                      ()
                                      JAZZTIME                                             (Inst)                                                           LP-5002
                                      ()
                                      DON’T BE UNKIND                                                                                                 LP-5002
                                      ()
                                      TRUCK DRIVER BLUES        (sic)                                                                                                                LP-5002
                                      (Ted Daffan)
                                      CB WALTZ                                                                                                                                                      LP-5002
                                      ()
                                      I’M SITTING AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD                                                                                                LP-5002
                                      ()

NB: SHOWTIME LP-5002 “WATCH OUT FOR CLIFF” released

CLIFF BRUNER                                                  Dusty Dickerson Recording Studio                                                  Houston, Tx.                                                                                                                ca. 1980
(vcl/fdl); plus Unk Musicians
                                                                                                                                                                                             Producer: Cliff Bruner

                                      JESSE POLKA                                                                                                                                 Delta DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      MAIDEN’S PRAYER                                                                                         DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      CRAFTON BLUES                                                                                                                                   DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      GOODNIGHT WALTZ                                                                                                                  Delta DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      COTTON-EYED DISCO                                                                                                                           DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      SEPTEMBER SONG                                                                                          DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      BLACK AND BLUE                                                                                                                                  DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      FADED LOVE                                                                                                                                           DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      JOLE BLON                                                                                                                                              DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      BLESSED ASSURANCE                                                                                                                           DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      DRAGGIN’ THE BOW                                                                                                                            DLP-1137
                                      ()
                                      SWEET PRAISES                                                                                                                                      DLP-1137
                                      ()

NB: DELTA DLP-1137 “THEN AND NOW” released 1981.



DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, AL TURNER & PHIL TRICKER with acknowledgements to Tony Russell, Steve Hathaway, Mario Manciotti & Frantisek Frank.

1980-2016.
                                                          

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