Charlie Phillips

*02-07-1937 Clovis, NM

2nd version

by Richard Weize, John Ingman, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

ca 1954-1955 [demo session] unknown, NM – Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl/gt])

00001 PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME unissued

00002 COURTIN’ IN THE RAIN unissued

March or April 1956 [demo session]  Bob Tucker garage studio, 2309 Duckworth St., Clovis, NM – Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Pete Wallace [ld gt], Jimmy Schell [rh gt], Dudley Hughes [bass], Joel Brown [drums])

00003 ONE FADED ROSE unissued/RCEP 134 ETCD 1016

00004 SUGARTIME  RCEP 134/ BCD 16840 SMG no # ETCD 1016

EL TORO ETCD 1016 NOT FADE AWAY BUDDY HOLLY 1957 THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS (ESP 2008,3CD)

24 April 1957 [demo session] Norman Petty Studio, 1313 W 7th St., Clovis, NM – Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl/gt])

unknown demos

17/18 July 1957 Norman Petty Studio, 1313 West 7th St., Clovis, NM - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl/gt], Buddy Holly [gt/hmny vcl*], Jack Vaughan [rh gt], Jimmy Blakley [steel], George Atwood [bass], Jerry Allison [drums], Vi Petty [piano], Norman Petty [organ]. Producer: Norman Petty)

001 103259 ONE FADED ROSE* Coral 9-61908/BCD 16840 SMG no # ETCD 1016

002 103260 SUGARTIME  Coral 9-61908/BCD 16840 SMG no # ETCD 1016

edited by Norman Petty on July 26

late 1957 Norman Petty Studio, 1313 West 7th St., Clovis, NM - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl/gt], prob. Jimmy Schell [gt], Dudley Hughes [bass], Joel Brown [drums]. Producer: Norman Petty)

003 BE MY BRIDE unissued/RCEP 134

004 HAVE I STAYED AWAY TOO LONG  unissued

15 February 1958 Bell Sound Studio, 237 W 54th St., New York City - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Benny Barnes [gt] + orchestra conducted by Milton DeLugg. Producer: Milton De Lugg)

005 104386 BE MY BRIDE  Coral 9-61970 /Bear Family BCD-15971 BCD 16840 SMG no # MCF 3035 CD 5707 BCD 15971

006 104387 TOO MANY TEARS  Coral 9-61970/BCD 16840

MCA MCF 3035 RARE ROCKABILLY VOL.4  (UK, 1979); BIG TONE CD 5707 MCA ROCKABILLIES VOL.3  (UK, 1993); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15971 THAT’LL GIT IT VOL.9 ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF DECCA RECORDS   (GER, 2001)

Spring 1958 [demo session] unknown – Charlie Phillips

00601 FAKER  RCEP 134/BCD 16840

10 August 1958 [14:00-17:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Don Guess [bass], Bill Purce [piano] + more unknown musicians. Producer: Paul Cohen or Owen Bradley)

007 none/NA 10349  FAKER unissued-lost

008 none/NA 10350  I WON’T BE AROUND unissued-lost

20 September 1959 Norman Petty Studio, 1313 West 7th St., Clovis, NM - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl/gt], Bill Pickering [hmny vcl], Jack C. Smith [ld gt], Jack Vaughn [rh gt], Joe B. Mauldin [bass], Mike Mitchell [drums], Norman Petty [organ])

009 CO 67337 WELCOME TO THE WEDDING Columbia 4-42035/BCD 16840 

010 CO 67338 NO MORE SUGARTIME  4-42035/BCD 16840

21 September 1961 [20:00-23:30] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Harold Bradley [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Grady Martin [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Bill Pursell [piano], Darrell McCall [bck vcl]. Producer: Don Law)

011 CO 68363/OB 2649 GUESS I'LL NEVER LEARN  4-42289/BCD 16840 

012 CO 68364/OB 2650 NOW THAT IT'S OVER  4-42289/BCD 16840 

split session with The Settlers

1962 [demo session] unknown – Charlie Phillips

01201 WELCOME TO MY WORLD  SMG no #

26 June 1962 [19:00-23:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Harold Bradley [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Grady Martin [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano], prob. Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Don Law)

013 CO 75920/CB 228 NO ONE TO LOVE  4-42691/BCD 16840 

014 CO 75921/CB 229 'TILL SUNDAY  4-42691/BCD 16840 

015 CO 75922/CB 230 CANCEL THE CALL  4-42526/BCD 16840 

016 CO 75923/CB 231 YOU'RE MOVING AWAY  4-42526/BCD 16840 

9 May 1963 [19:00-23:00] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Harold Bradley [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Grady Martin [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano], prob. Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Don Law)

017 CO 78729/CB 655 LATER TONIGHT  4-42851/BCD 16840

018 CO 78730/CB 656 THIS IS THE HOUSE  4-42851/BCD 16840

019 CO 78731/CB 657 PLEASE HELP ME BELIEVE  4-43014/BCD 16840 

020 CO 78732/CB 658 STREETS OF LONELINESS  4-43014/BCD 16840   

1965 Robin Hood Brians Studio, Tyler, TX – Charlie Phillips  (Charlie Phillips [vcl/ac gt], Tommy Tomlinson [gt], Tillman Franks [bass] + more unknown musicians)

021 SoN 35611 BIG BALL'S IN COWTOWN Longhorn LH 574 Boyd 7202/BCD 16840 SMG no #

022 SoN 35612 RAINBOW IN THE VALLEY  Longhorn LH 574 Boyd 7202/BCD 16840 

20 March 1967 [20:00-23:00] Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA- Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Glen Campbell [gt/hmny vcl], Al Casey [gt], Louis Morell [gt], Carl West [steel], Chuck Berghofer [bass], Hal Blaine [drums], Michael Melovin [piano]. Producer: Rusty Steagall)

023 K4857 THE BRIDGE I CAN'T BURN  Reprise unissued/BCD 16840 

024 K4874 SOUVENIRS OF SORROW  0581/BCD 16840 

025 K4875 BE CAREFUL, GO EASY, WALK SLOW  0581/BCD 16840 

026 K4876 I'M TRAPPED  unissued/BCD 16840 

1969/1970 [two sessions] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN - Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Hargus Robbins [piano] + unknown musicians. Producer: John Capps)

027 YOUR GOING IS COMING K-Ark 874 [1979 remix] C-1079

028 JUST LET THE FLOWERS GROW K-Ark 874 [1979 remix] C-1079

029 TWENTY FOOLS AGO  935/BCD 16840  [1979 remix] C-1079

030 BLUE BLUE BOTTLE  935/BCD 16840  [1979 remix] C-1079

031 BALLAD OF BILL JONES 986

032 BEFORE THE NEXT DAYBREAK’S GONE 986 [1979 remix] C-1079

1960s or  1970s unknown – Charlie Phillips

033 HURRY UP SUNDOWN  BCD 16840 

034 I'LL TAKE WHAT'S LEFT OF YOU  BCD 16840 

035 LISTEN (COULD IT BE HER)  BCD 16840 

036 PHONEY ANGEL  BCD 16840 

037 R/R MEDLEY: WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN'/JOHNNY B. GOODE/THE TWIST/ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK/SUGARTIME  BCD 16840

038 YOU'RE MY LSD  BCD 16840 

1974 Oklahoma City, OK – Charlie Phillips (Producer: Tom Hartman)

039 BEND ME STRAIGHT AGAIN Artco 5014 [1979 remix] C-1079

040 WHO ARE YOU  Artco 5014/BCD 16840   [1979 remix] C-1079

041 I WALK ALONE TOMORROW  Artco unissued/BCD 16840   [1979 remix] C-1079

042 BIG BALL’S IN COWTOWN Artco unissued [1979 remix] C-1079

043 SUGERTIME Artco unissued [1979 remix] C-1079

044 I'M GIVING HER LOVE  Artco unissued/BCD 16840 [1979 remix] C-1079

045 RAINBOW IN THE VALLEY Artco unissued [1979 remix] C-1079

1976 or 1977 Nashville, TN – Charlie Phillips

046 BIG BALL’S IN COWTOWN  K-Tel ?/ SMG no #

047 I GUESS I’LL NEVER LEARN K-Tel ?/JASCD 903

048 SUGARTIME K-Tel ?

JASMINE JASCD 903 YOU’RE THE REASON 30 0NE HOT WONDERS US COUNTRY AND WESTERN (UK, 2014)

Fall 1977 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Charlie Phillips

049 WILD SIDE OF HOUSTON Spirit 11-77

050 NO GREATER LOVE Spirit 11-77

May 1980 Norman Petty Studio, 3206 Main St., Clovis, NM – Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl], Billy Stull [gt], Scott Nelson [bass], Lynn Williams [drums], Mike Price [keyboards]. Producer: John Sisco)

051 GOIN’AWAY Oak 1025/SMG no #

052 SHAMBLES OF MY HEART Oak 1025/SMG no #

1980-early 1983 Norman Petty Studio, 3206 Main St., Clovis, NM – Charlie Phillips (Producer: John Sisco, Billy Stull)

053 LONELY WOMEN SMG no #

054 MORE AND MORE SMG no #

055 NUEVO LAREDO SMG no #

056 BACK IN THE SHADOWS SMG no #

057 YESTERDAY PASSED MY WAY AGAIN SMG no #

058 MEMORY NUMBER ONE SMG no #

059 NOW THAT IT’S OVER SMG no #

060 IT’S A HEARTACHE SMG no #

061 BROTHER JUKEBOX SMG no #

062 WOMAN, WOMAN SMG no #

063 LOVE QUEEN SMG no #

064 SOUVENIRS OF SORROW SMG no #

065 CAN’T YOU SEE I’M TRYING SMG no #

066 I GUESS I’LL NEVER LEARN SMG no #

1982 [live] unknown – Charlie Phillips

06601 BYE BYE LOVE  SMG no #

8 September 1987 [overdub session] Norman Petty Studio, 3206 Main St., Clovis, NM – Charlie Phillips (Charlie Phillips [vcl]) [backing tracks by Windy wood and Sons of The West)

067 HAS ANYBODY SEEN ME LATELY Rimstone LP?

068 WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? Rimstone LP?

Unknown info – Charlie Phillips

069 ROY’S ROMP

Tracks above issued o Hrabal Publ. CHARLIE PHILLIPS AND THE COUNTRY KINGS

ALBUMS

No label C-1079 unknown title: Your Going Is Coming; Just Let The Flowers Grow;  Twenty Fools Ago;  Blue Blue Bottle; Before The Next Daybreak’s Gone;  Bend Me Straight Again;  Who Are You; I Walk Alone Tomorrow; Big Ball’s In Cowtown; Sugertime; I'm Giving Her Love; Rainbow In The Valley – 79 (cassette. Remixed Artco and K-Ark tracks)

Sugar Music Group no # Full Circle/The Last Norman Petty Sessions: Lonely Women; More And More; Nuevo Laredo; Back In The Shadows; Yesterday Passed My Way Again; Memory Number One; Now That It’s Over; It’s A Heartache; Going Away; Brother Jukebox; Shambles Of My Home; Woman, Woman; Love Queen; Souvenirs Of Sorrow; Can’t You See I’m Trying; I Guess I’ll never Learn; The Big Ball In Cowtown; Norman Petty Interview; Sugartime; One Faded Rose; Be My Pride; Sugartime; Welcome To My World; Bye Bye Love - 08

Bear Family [GER] BCD 16840 Sugartime: I'm Trapped; Bridge I Can't Burn; Souvenirs of Sorrow; Be Careful, Go Easy, Walk Slow; Sugartime; Be My Bride; Too Many Tears; Faker; One Faded Rose; No More Sugartime; Welcome to the Wedding; Guess I'll Never Learn; Now That It's Over; No One To Love; 'Till Sunday; Cancel the Call; You're Moving Away; Later Tonight; This is the House; Please Help Me Believe; Streets of Loneliness; Big Ball's in Cowtown; Rainbow In The Valley; Twenty Fools Ago; Blue Blue Bottle; Who Are You; I Walk Alone Tomorrow; Hurry Up Sundown; I'm Giving Her Love; I'll Take What's Left of You; Listen (Could It Be Her); Phoney Angel; You're My LSD; R&R Medley: Whole Lotta Shakin'/Johnny B. Goode/The Twist/Rock Around the Clock/Sugartime; Sugartime Demo – 11

EPs

Roller Coaster [UK] RCEP 134 Sugartime; Be My Bride / Faker; One Faded Rose – 08-11 (MX: 94277H1/H2)

Good Time ? Country Rarities: Blue Blue Bottle; I'm Givin Her Love; I Walk Alone Tomorrow; Rainbow in the Valley; Twenty Fools Ago; Who Are You? – 17-09-21 (recording info uknown, not in sessions)

SINGLES

Coral

9-61908 Sugartime / One Faded Rose – 10-57

9-61970 Be My Bride / Too Many Tears – 04-58  (Rev. Apr. 5)

Columbia

4-42035  Welcome To The Wedding / No More Sugartime – 29-05-61

4-42289 I Guess I'll Never Learn / Now That It's Over – 26-01-62

4-42526 Cancel The Call / You're Moving Away – 14-09-62

4-42691 No One To Love / 'Til Sunday – 08-02-63 (rev. March 9)

4-42851 This Is The House / Later Tonight– 27-08-63

4-43014 Please Help Me Believe / The Street Of Loneliness – 24-03-64

Longhorn (1966)

LH 574  The Big Ball Is In Cowtown / Rainbow In The Valley – 66 (reissued on Boyd BB-7202)

Reprise (1967)

0581 Souvenirs Of Sorrow / Be Careful, Go Easy, Walk Slow – 67

K-Ark   (1969-1971)

K-874 Your Going Is Coming / Just Let The Flowers Grow - 69

K-935 Twenty Fools Ago / Blue Blue Bottle - 70

K-986  Ballad Of Bill Jones / Before The Next Daybreak's Gone - 71

Artco (1974)

5014  Bend Me Straight Again / Who Are You - 74

Spirit (1977)

11-77 Wild Side Of Houston / No Greater Love - 77

Oak (1980)

1025 Goin’away / Shambles Of My Heart - 80