Randy Sparks

Lloyd A. Sparks, *29-07-1933 Leavenworth, KS

2nd version

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank
SESSIONS also member of New Christy Minstrels and Back Porch Majority
26 March 1957 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks and Barney Kessel Orchestra (Randy Sparks [vcl], Barney Kessel [gt] + unknown musicians)
001 20792 I'LL BE TRUE unissued
002 20793-9 NO, NO NAPOLEON Verve V 10048/MGV 2083
003 20794-5 I'LL BE TRUE V 10048/MGV 2098
VERVE MGV-2083 TEEN TIME (1957); VERVE MGV-2098 SONGS FOR YOUR GIRLFRIEND (1959)
19 April 1957 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks and Barney Kessel Orchestra (Randy Sparks [vcl], Barney Kessel [gt] + unknown musicians)
004 20908-9 ONCE THEY WERE YOUNG V 10066/MGV 2083
005 20909-18 BRIGHT MOON, BRIGHT STAR V 10066/MGV 2098
006 20910 JAMAICA FISHERMAN V 10116
007 20911 SONG OF THE BOLO V 10100
1957 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
008 I REMEBER HER VK 10100
December 1957 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
009 21885-5/63-XY-605 WALKIN' THE LOW ROAD Verve VK 10116/MGV-2098 MGM SE-4154 SE 4256
30 April 1958 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
010 22238-8 I'LL FALL IN LOVE IN THE SPRING VK 10133/MGV 2126
011 22239-29 GOOD INTENTIONS VK 10133/MGV 2126
20 May 1958 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
012 22245-9 RAINY NIGHT MGV 2103
013 22246-18 DOWN THUNDER ROAD VK 10141/MGV 2103
014 22247-1 KING COTTON VK 10147/MGV 2103
015 22248-9 SOUTH COAST VK-10196/MGV 2103
28 May 1958 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
016 22249-8 FOR A WHILE (JUST FOR A LITTLE WHILE) MGV 2103
017 22250-2 GREENSLEEVES MGV 2103
018 22251-9 I LET HER GO MGV 2103
019 22252-3 EV'RYTIME WE SAY GOODBYE MGV 2103
020 22253-4 CATFISH MOLE MGV 2103
29 May 1958 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
021 22254-3 THE HANGMAN VK 10141/MGV 2103
022 22255-11 LITTLE GIRL BLUE MGV 2103
023 22256-1 STREETS OF LAREDO MGV 2103
024 22257 INVITATION TO THE BLUES unissued
1958 unknown – Randy Sparks
025 22334 STRANGE ARE THE WAYS OF LOVE VK 10147/MGV 2126
8 November 1958 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
026 22536-14 BALL AND CHAIN VK 10156
027 22537-7 LOVE, LOVE unissued
028 22538-8 THAT LUCKY OLD SUN VK 10156/MGV 2126
30 January 1959 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
029 25009-6 THESE THOUSAND HILLS VK 10167/MGV 2126
030 25010 I NEVER HAD A CHANCE VK 10167
031 25011-3 MAKE HER MINE VK 10177/MGV 2126
1959 unknown - Randy Sparks
032 26297-14 THE DIARY MGV 2126
033 26298-3 DONNA MGV 2126
3 June 1959 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
034 26386-11 VENUS MGV 2126
035 26387-9 CRACKERJACK RING VK 10177
036 26388-4 BIG NIGHT VK-10196
21 September 1959 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks
037 22906-12 DIS TRAIN unissued
038 22907-8 BIRMINGHAM TRAIN VK 10191/MGV 2126
039 22908-6 A GIRL LIKE YOU VK 10191
040 22909-10 PLANS unissued
16 June 1960 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks Three (Randy Sparks [vcl], Jimmy Bond [bass], Jackie Sparks [?], Paul Sykes [?])
041 23261-12 THERE AIN'T NO LOVE unissued
042 23262-9 ON SALLY BROWN MGV-2143
043 23263-13 ANNIE MGV-2143
044 23264-9 DON'T GET SERIOUS unissued
045 23265-16 A POCKETFUL OF BLUES VK 10225/MGV 2143
046 23266-20 HI JOLLY MGV-2143
5 and 6 July 1960 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks Three (Randy Sparks [vcl], Al Hendrickson [gt], Jimmy Bond [bass])
047 23280-12 THAT CUTE LITTLE WINDOW MGV 2143
048 23281 SHELING SONG unissued
049 23282-19 ONE MORE TIME MGV 2143
050 23283-6 JULIANNE VK 10225/MGV 2143
051 23284-12 OUT BEHIND THE BARN MGV 2143
052 23285-7 A ROVIN' GAMBLER MGV 2143
053 23286-13 EH WIM-OH-EH MGV 2143
054 23287-11 NOBODY KNOWS THE TROUBLE I'VE SEEN unissued
055 23288-18 THE MILL POND MGV 2143
056 23289-4 TROUBADOUR unissued
17 August 1960 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks Three
057 23342-11 THREE JOLLY COACHMEN MGV 2143
058 23343-2 CHEWING GUM unissued
27 July 1961 New York City – Randy Sparks
059 61-XY-740/61-VK-202 FLY BY NIGHT MGM K 13037 (unissued) Verve VK 10240
060 61-XY-741/61-VK-203 LONELY SONG IN MY HEART K 13037 (unissued) Verve VK 10240

Summer 1960 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks (Producer: Allen Stanton)

061 JULIE KNOWS Columbia 4-43138

062 AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW Columbia 4-43138
8 February 1966 [soundtrack The Singing Nun] Hollywood, CA – Debbie Reynolds [vcl-1], Randy Sparks [vcl-2] + Orchestra conducted by Hary Sukman)
000 66-XY-21 OVERTURE MGM 1SE-7ST
063 66-XY-22 BROTHER JOHN -2 MGM 1SE-7ST SE 242-2
064 66-XY-23 DOMINIQUE -1-2 MGM 1SE-7ST SE 242-2
065 66-XY-24 LOVELY -2 MGM 1SE-7ST
066 66-XY-25 A PIED PIPER (PETIT PIERROT) -1-2 MGM 1SE-7ST
000 66-XY-26 DIRGE DIAMBULE KABANDA AND KYRIE FROM MISSA LUBA MGM 1SE-7ST 9 February 1966 [soundtrack The Singing Nun] Hollywood, CA – Debbie Reynolds [vcl-1], Randy Sparks [vcl-2] + Orchestra conducted by Hary Sukman)
000 66-XY-27 I’D LIKE TO BE -1 MGM 1SE-7ST
000 66-XY-28 AVEC TOI -1 MGM 1SE-7ST
067 66-XY-29 IT’S A MIRACLE -1-2 MGM K-13528/1SE-7ST
068 66-XY-30 SISTER ADELE -1-2 MGM 1SE-7ST
069 66-XY-31 BEYOND THE STARS -1-2 MGM 1SE-7ST
000 66-XY-32 PUT ON YOUR PRETTY SKIRT -1 MGM 1SE-7ST
070 66-XY-33 RAINDROPS -1-2 MGM K13528/1SE-7ST
1969 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks (featuring Shelby Flint and Christopher Smith ; Jim Helms, conductor ; Ric Natoli, narrator)

071 HANG YOUR HAT ON THE WIND Disneyland DQ 1332

072 WIND AND SAND Disneyland DQ 1332

073 THEM FLYIN' MACHINES Disneyland DQ 1332

074 SHADOWS OF EAGLES Disneyland DQ 1332

075 CATCH THE WIND AND HOLD IT Disneyland DQ 1332

076 GREEN PASTURES Disneyland DQ 1332

077 ALL THAT GLITTERS Disneyland DQ 1332

078  MUDHOLE Disneyland DQ 1332

079  SAY GOOD DAY Disneyland DQ 1332

080 HANG YOUR HAT ON THE WIND Disneyland DQ 1332

081 TIME SPACE Disneyland DQ 1332

082 INDIAN COWBOY Disneyland DQ 1332

083 STAY AS LONG AS YOU CAN Disneyland DQ 1332

084 THE OLD MEN Disneyland DQ 1332

085 MISSION THEME Disneyland DQ 1332

086 WIND AND SAND Disneyland DQ 1332

087 STAY AS LONG AS YOU CAN Disneyland DQ 1332

088 HANG YOUR HAT ON THE WIND Disneyland DQ 1332
Unknown tracks for Disneyland 1332
1970 [soundtrack Angel Unchained] poss. Hollywood - Randy Sparks (arranged and conducted by Jim Helms)
089 A-1086 FOLLOWING A DREAM AI A-1037
090 IN YOUR NEW WORLD AI A-1037
091 RIDE THE MERRY GO ROUND / BEMUSEMENT AI A-1037
092 MERRILEE  AI A-1037

093 MANDY, HOW'S THE WORLD AI A-1037
094 BORASCA AI A-1037
095 MERRILEE / SCRAMBLER'S THEME AI A-1037
096 CHOPPER CHARLEY and MOTOGUZZI MOLLY AI A-1037
097 BY FORCE AI A-1037
098 MANDY, HOW'S THE WORLD / FOLLOWING A DREAM AI A-1037
099 IN YOUR NEW WORLD AI A-1037
9 February 1971 Hollywood, CA – Randy Sparks (Producer: Michael Viner)
100 71L-2098 HAZY SUNSHINE MGM K-14237/SE 4759
101 71L-2099 WELCOME TO CALIFORNIA MGM SE 4759
102 71L-2100 THAT GYPSY WOMAN MGM SE 4759
103 71L-2101 AND I LOVE YOU MGM K-14237/SE 4759
104 71L-2102 MOUNTAINS OF GLASS MGM SE 4759
105 71L-2103 A SONG OF HOPE MGM SE 4759
106 71L-2104 WHISKEY MGM SE 4759
107 71L-2105 IN THE HURRICANE'S EYE MGM SE 4759
108 71L-2106 HIGHWAYS ARE CIRCLES MGM SE 4759
109 71L-2107 BREMERTON MGM SE 4759
110 71L-2108 BANNER MGM SE 4759
111 71L-2109 BOTH SIDES OF THE MOUNTAIN MGM SE 4759

Randy Sparks recorded after 1971, some info in albums list

ALBUMS
Verve MGV-2103 Randy Sparks: South Coast; Rainy Night; Down Thunder Road; I Let Her Go; Little Girl Blue; Catfish Hole; For A While (Just For A Little While); King Cotton; Streets Of Laredo; Greensleeves; The Hangman; Ev'rytime We Say Good-Bye – 58
Verve MGV-2126 Walkin‘ The Low Road: These Thousand Hills; I'll Fall In Love In The Spring; Birmingham Train; That Lucky Old Sun; A Girl Like You; Strange Are The Ways Of Love; Venus; Good Intentions; Donna; The Diary; Make Her Mine - 60
Verve MGV-2143 The Randy Sparks Three: Julianne; Three Jolly Coachmen; Pocket Full Of Blues; Oh! Sally Brown; Annie; Eh Wimonweh; Maria (One More Time); Hi Jolly; That Cute Little Window; A Rovin' Gamlber; The Mill Pond; Out Behind The Barn – 11-60
MGM 1SE-7ST Angel Unchained: (tracks in sessions list) – 66 w. Debbie Reynolds (original soundtrack]
Disneyland DQ-1332 Story Of Hang Your Hat On The Wind: Hang Your Hat On The Wind; Wind And Sand; Them Flyin' Machines; Shadows Of Eagles; Catch The Wind And Hold It; Green Pastures; All That Glitters; Mudhole; Say Good Day; Hang Your Hat On The Wind; Time Space; Indian Cowboy; Stay As Long As You Can; The Old Men; Mission Theme; Wind And Sand; Stay As Long As You Can; Hang Your Hat On The Wind – 69 (original soundtrack)
American International A-1037 Angel Unchained: Following A Dream; In Your New World; Ride The Merry Go Round/ Bemusement; Merrilee; Mandy, How's The World; Borasca; Merrilee / Scrambler's Theme; Chopper Charley and Motoguzzi Molly; By Force; Mandy, How's The World / Following A Dream; In Your New World – 70 (MX: A 5057/8)
MGM SE-4759 Hazy Sunshine: Hazy Sunshine; Welcome To California; That Gypsy Woman; And I Love You; Mountains Of Glass; A Song Of Hope; Whiskey; In The Hurricane's Eye; Highways Are Circles; Bremerton; Banner; Both Sides Of The Mountain –71

American Gramophone 48839 Oh Yes, I'm A Wonderful Person And Other Musical Adventures In Our Search For Greater Self-Esteem: Oh Yes, I'm A Wonderful Person;  I'm Good; Following The Ruts In The Road; I Like Me; The Princess And The Toad; A Pickup Is A Truck; The Band; To The Poets Of The World;  Fam'ly Tree; Peer Pressure; Oh Yes, I'm A Wonderful Person (Reprise) – 88 (rec. American Gramophone Studio, Lodi, CA)

American Gramophone ? Today and Other Old Fashioned Love Songs: (tracks unknown)

SINGLES
Verve (1957-61)
VK-10048X45 No, No Napoleon / I'll Be True - 57
VK-10066X45 Once They Were Young / Bright Moon, Bright Star - 57
VK-10100X45 Song Of The Bolo / I Remember Her – 11-57 (rev. Dec. 2)
VK-10116X45 Jamaica Fisherman / Walkin' The Low Road - 58
VK-10133X45 I'll Fall In Love In The Spring / Good Intentions – 05-58 (rev. May 26)
VK-10141X45 Down The Thunder Road / The Hangman – 07-58
VK-10147X45 King Cotton / Strange Are The Ways Of Love – 08-58
VK-10156X45 Ball And Chain / That Lucky Old Sun – 11-58 (rev. Dec. 1)
VK-10167/VS-706X45  These Thousand Hills / I Never Had A Chance – 03-59 (rev. March 9)
VK-10177X45 Make Her Mine / Crackerjack Ring - 59
VK-10191X45 Birmingham Train / A Girl Like You - 59
VK-10196X45 The Big Night / South Coast – 02-60
VK-10225X45 A Pocketful Of Blues / Julianne - 60
VK-10240X45 Fly By Night / Lonely Song In My Heart – 61

Columbia (1964)

4-43138 Julie Knows / At The End Of The Rainbow – 29-09-64 (rev. Oct. 17)
MGM
K 13528 It's A Miracle (Une Fleur) / Raindrops – 06-66 w. Debbie Reynolds, issued aka Debbie Reynolds

American Intl. (1970)

A-160 Following A Dream / In Your New World - 70
K 14237 And I Love You / Hazy Sunshine – 04-71 (rev. Apr. 24)