O. B. McClinton

Obie Burnett McClinton *25-04-1940 Senatobia, MS, +23-09-1987

3rd version

By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Michel Ruppli, Goran Adolph, Russell Rosen, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS

1963 unknown – O.B. McClinton as Oboe

001 SOB 63-189 TRADIN' STAMPS Bele Street 1001 Savoy 1619

002 SOB 63-190 MOTHER-IN-LAW TROUBLE Bele Street 1001 Savoy 1619

December 1963 unknown – O.B. McClinton as Oboe

003 GW 121063A THE DAY THE WORLD CRIED, part 1 Goldwax 102

004 GW 121063B THE DAY THE WORLD CRIED, part 2 Goldwax 102 

1964 unknown – O.B. McClinton as Oboe with The Keys

005 SHE'S BETTER THAN YOU Goldwax 104

006 TOO SLOW  Goldwax 104

1966 unknown – O.B. McClinton as Oboe

007 6680 TRYING TO MAKE IT Goldwax 304

008 6681 I'M JUST THAT KIND OF FOOL FOR YOU Goldwax 304

1971 Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN   – O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Chip Young [el gt], Curly Chalker/Weldon Myrick [steel], Henry Strzelecki/Junior Huskey [bass],  Jerry Carrigan [drums], Ronnie Oats [piano], Farrel Morris [percussion], Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery [bck vcl]. Producer: Jim Malloy)

009 EM-00624 COUNTRY MUSIC, THAT'S MY THING Enterprise ENA-9033/ENS 1023

010 EM-00625 SAN BERNARDINO  ENA-9033/ENS 1023

011 EM-00807 BAD GUYS DON'T ALWAYS WEAR BLACK HATS ENA-9040/ENS 1023

012 EM-00816 THE BALLAD OF A STAMP LICKER ENA-9040/ENS 1023

013 YOU ONLY WANT ME FOR MY BODY ENS 1023

ca late 1971 Monument  Recording Studio, 114 17th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN   – O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Chip Young [el gt], Jerry Shook [rh gt], Pete Wade [rh gt], Curly Chalker [steel],  Henry Strzelecki [bass],  Jerry Carrigan [drums], Tommy Jackson/Buddy Spicher [fiddle-1], Ronnie Oats [piano], Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery [bck vcl]. Producer: Jim Malloy)

014 EM-00868 DEEP IN THE HEART OF ME Enterprise ENA 9044/ENS 1023 

015 EM-00869 SLIP AWAY ENA 9044/ENS 1023 

016 THE FEELING IS RIGHT -1 ENS 1023 

017 AND THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW ENS 1023 

018 OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE ENS 1023 

019 YOURS LOVE ENS 1023 

ca March 1972 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton

020 ES-00958  SIX PACK OF TROUBLE ENA-9051/ENS 1029

021 ES-00959 YOU DON'T LOVE ME  ENA-9051

ca August 1972 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: O.B. McClinton and Tommy Strong)

022 ES-01082 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME  ENA-9059

023 ES-01083 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU ENA-9059/ENS-1029

ca January 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: O.B. McClinton and Tommy Strong)

024 ES-01129 MY WHOLE WORLD IS FALLIN' DOWN ENA-9062/ENS 1029

025 ES-01130 MUSIC CITY, TENNESSEE  ENA-9062

ca May 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Chip Young [gt], Jerry Shook [gt], Pete Wade [gt], Weldon Myrick [steel], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Jerry Whitehurst/Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: O.B. McClinton and Tommy Strong)

026 ES-01200 I WISH IT WOULD RAIN ENA-9070/ENS 1029

027 ES-01201 OBIE FROM SENATOBIE  ENA-9070/ENS 1029

028 SHE'S THAT KIND ENS 1029

029 SOMETIMES I LIKE TO BE ALONE ENS 1029

030 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN ENS 1029

031 ES-01271 YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER ENA-9079

032 WALKING ON NEW GRASS ENS 1029

033 (IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT ENS 1029

034 ES-01215  THE UNLUCKIEST SONGWRITER IN NASHVILLE ENS-9084/ENS 1029

035 ES-01272 LET ME LOVE YOU LIKE I WANT TO  ENA-9079

1973 [live] unknown – O. B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], David M. Yettner[ld gt], Darrell McCall [rh gt], Michel L. Overby [steel],  Terry E. Yarbrough [bass], Henry M. Humsinger [fiddle],  Larry Robertson/Henry Strzelecki [drums]. Producer: O.B. McClinton, Tommy Strong)

03501 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU ENS 1037

03502 THE LORD KNOWS I'M DRINKING ENS 1037

03503 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN ENS 1037

03504 HOLLYWOOD STAR ENS 1037

03505 ALL I HAVE TO OFFER YOU IS ME ENS 1037

03506 IS ANYBODY GOIN' TO SAN ANTONE ENS 1037

03507 I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE STOPPED LOVING ME ENS 1037

03508 (I'M SO) AFRAID OF LOSING YOU AGAIN ENS 1037

03509 KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING ENS 1037

03510 HEARTBREAK HOTEL ENS 1037

03511 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU ENS 1037

ca August 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton

036 I WANT YOU IN THE MORNING ENA-9084/ENS 1029

ca December 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton  (Producer: Larry Butler)

037 ES-01399 SOMETHING BETTER ENA 9091/ENS 7506

038 ES-01400 I'D RATHER BE A STRANGER  ENA 9091

ca April 1974 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton  (Producer: Larry Butler)

039 ES-01490 IF YOU LOVED HER THAT WAY ENA 9100/ENS 7506 CMT 731

040 CLEAN YOUR OWN TABLES ENS 7506

041 GOODBYE ENS 7506

042 I STILL GO TO MEMPHIS IN MY MIND ENS 7506

043 IT GETS LONESOME ENS 7506

044 SLIPPIN' AWAY ENS 7506

045 HALLELUJAH ENS 7506

046 LEAN ON ME ENA 9107 ENA 9108 /ENS 7506

047 DIXIE (SHE WAS MAMA TO ME) ENS 7506

048 MR. MILLER'S GRANDDAUGHTER ENA 9100/ENS 7506

ca July 1974 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton  (Producer: Larry Butler)

049 BLIND, CRIPPED AND CRAZY ENA-9107  ENA 9110

050 YOURS AND MINE ENA 9108

051 LITTLE BOY BLUE  ENA-9110

From unknown Enterprise session:
051a THE FINER THINGS IN LIFE unissued/Craft 02888
CRAFT 8 88072 0288 3 STAX COUNTRY

5 September 1975 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville 3, TN – O.B. McClinton

052 2-52296 JUST IN CASE  Mercury 73720

053 2-52297 SHE’LL NEVER BE THAT EASY 73777

054 2-52298 YOU'RE DYNAMITE  73720

19 November 1975 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)

055 2-52309 HAPPY HOLIDAY INN, NORTH ROOM 109  73817

056 2-52310 IT¢S SO GOOD LOVIN¢ YOU  73777¨

057 2-52311 LET’S LET'S JUST CELEBRATE THE TEMPORARY 73861

December 1975 Nashville, TN – O. B. McClinton [purchased master]

058 2-52323/2-52419* [edited]  BLACK SPECK 73817 

28 September 1976 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton

059 2-52475 SWEET THANK  73861

060 2-52476 PAM   unissued

061 2-52477 SHE’S GOT THAT GOOD MORNING IN HER EYE unissued

062 2-52478 I SECOND THAT EMOTION  unissued

ca. March 1977 Nashville, TN – O. B. McClinton (Producer: Ron Chancey)

063 29471 COUNTRY ROOTS Dot DO-17704

064 29472 TAK TO MY CHILDREN’S MAMA DO-17735

065 29473 (PTA) PART-TIME ASSOCIATION DO-17704 DO-17735

ca. June 1977 Nashville, TN – O. B. McClinton (Producer: Ron Chancey)

066 29561 CATFISH BATES DO-17719

067 29562 WHO'S MAKING LOVE  DO-17719

ca April 1978 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton

068 HELLO THIS IS ANNA Epic 8-50563

069 LET'S GET IT ON Epic 8-50563

070 NATURAL LOVE Epic 8-50620

071 I CAN'T GET OVER LAST NIGHT Epic 8-50620

ca February 1979 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: Buddy Killen)

072 THE REAL THING  Epic 8-50698

073 THE CRACK OF DAWN  Epic 8-50698

074 SOAP Epic 8-50749 CMT 924

075 MISS SARA LEE  Epic 8-50749

1980 Nashville, TN - O.B. McClinton (Producer: Nelson Larkin, Earl Conley)

076 COWBOY NATIONAL ANTHEM Lakeshore LSM 911  

077 NOT EXACTLY FREE Sunbird SBR 7554/Lakeshore LSM 911 CMT 731

078 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU Lakeshore LSM 911  

079 DON'T TRUST A COWBOY (WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE LOW) Lakeshore LSM 911

080 I'M JUST AN OLD CHUNK OF COAL Lakeshore LSM 911  

081 CALIFORNIA COWBOY Lakeshore LSM 911

082 FAMILY TRADITION Lakeshore LSM 911

083 ALL PURPOSE WOMAN Lakeshore LSM 911  

084 ELVIRA Lakeshore LSM 911

085 LONGING FOR THE HIGH Lakeshore LSM 911  

086 CHOCOLATE COWBOY Lakeshore LSM 911  

087 OLD FLAMES CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU Lakeshore LSM 911  

088 THIS TIME I'VE HURT HER MORE (THAN SHE LOVES ME) Lakeshore LSM 911

089 MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS Lakeshore LSM 911  

090 LOOKING FOR LOVE Lakeshore LSM 911  

091 CROSSEYED CLYDE Lakeshore LSM 911  

092 DON'T JUDGE A COWBOY BY HIS BOOTS Lakeshore LSM 911  

093 LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE COWGIRLS Lakeshore LSM 911  

094 WALKING AFTER KIM Sunbird SBR 7554/Lakeshore LSM 911  CMT 731

095 BLANKET ON THE GROUND Lakeshore LSM 911 

1984 unknown - O.B. McClinton

096 HONKY TONK TAN Moonshine MS-3024  CMT 924

097 unknown title  Moonshine MS-3024

prob. 1985 unknown - O.B. McClinton

098 SOAP Suffolk SMI1-104

099 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Suffolk SMI1-104

100 LADY DIANA Suffolk SMI1-104

101 SWINGIN' Suffolk SMI1-104  

102 BOP Suffolk SMI1-104  

103 AMERICAN MADE Suffolk SMI1-104  

104 (DON'T MESS WITH) MY TOOT TOOT Suffolk SMI1-104  

105 KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING' Suffolk SMI1-104  

106 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS Suffolk SMI1-104

107 I CAN´T  STOP LOVING YOU Suffolk SMI1-105

108 BORN TO LOOSE Suffolk SMI1-105

109 MAKIN´ BELIEVE Suffolk SMI1-105

110 COLD, COLD HEART Suffolk SMI1-105  

111 DON´T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU Suffolk SMI1-105  

112 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING Suffolk SMI1-105  

113 I CAN´T HELP IT Suffolk SMI1-105

114 KING OF THE ROAD Suffolk SMI1-105  

115 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY Suffolk SMI1-105  

1986 poss. Nashville, TN  – O.B. McClinton (Producer: O.B. McClinton, Gene Breeden)

116 NR 16424 EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT OL' HERB (THE WHOPPER SONG) Track 1212

1986 unknown - O.B. McClinton

117 BACK TO SENATOBIA Columbia S.P. P 20336 

118 TABLE FOR TWO Columbia S.P. P 20336 

119 BACK ROAD INTO TOWN Columbia S.P. P 20336 

120 ME OR MIKE Columbia S.P. P 20336 

121 TAKIN´ A REST Columbia S.P. P 20336 

122 ROBOT MAN Columbia S.P. P 20336

123 LOVE CONNECTION Columbia S.P. P 20336 

124 NEW YORK TIMES Columbia S.P. P 20336 

125 WHICH HAND DO YOU TAKE Columbia S.P. P 20336 

126 HONKY TONK TAN Columbia S.P. P 20336

tracks above may have been issued in 1986 on album O.B. McClinton on Hometown label

late 1986 Chelsea Recording Studio, Brentwood, TN - O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Pete Bordonali [ld/ac gt], Fred Newell [ld gt], Lloyd Green [steel/dobro], Ralph Childs [bass], Gene Chrisman [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Rodger Morris/Tony Magliore [keyboards]. Producer: Andy DiMartino)

127 TURN THE MUSIC ON  Epic 34-06682/FE 40674

128 THE ONLY ONE  Epic FE 40674

129 LOVE BREAK  Epic FE 40674

130 MY E.S.P.  Epic FE 40674

131 STILL A WANTED MAN  Epic 34-07124/FE 40674  

132 (COUNTRY MUSIC IS) AMERICAN SOUL  Epic 34-06682/FE 40674  

133 LOVE IS LIKE A LEAF IN THE WIND  Epic FE 40674  

134 GOOD MORNING LOVE LOOK  Epic FE 40674  

135 I LOVE YOUR FACE  Epic 34-07124/FE 40674  

136 I WON'T LET YOU GET OVER ME  Epic FE 40674

ALBUMS

Enterprise ENS-1023  O.B.McClinton Country:  Deep In The Heart Of Me;  Slip Away;  The Feeling Is Right;  And The Time Is Right Now;  Okie From Muskogee;  Yours Love;  Ballad Of A Stamp Licker;  San Bernardino;  Country Music, That's My Thing;  You Only Want Me For My Body;  Bad Guys Don't Always Wear Black Hats – 03-72

Enterprise ENS-1029 Obie From Senatobie: I Want You In The Morning; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; She's That Kind; My Whole World Is Falling Down; Sometimes I Like To Be Alone; I Wish It Would Rain; Today I Started Loving You Again; Walking On New Grass; (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right; Obie From Senatobie; Six Pack Of Trouble; The Unluckiest Songwriter In Nashville – 05-73

Enterprise ENS-1037 O.B. McClinton Live At Randy's Rodeo: Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; The Lord Knows I'm Drinking; Today I Started Loving You Again; Hollywood Star; All I Have To Offer You Is Me; Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone; I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me; (I'm So) Afraid Of Losing You Again; Kiss An Angel Good Morning; Heartbreak Hotel; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - 73

Enterprise ENS-7506 If You Loved Her That Way: If You Loved Her That Way; Clean Your Own Tables; Goodbye; I Still Go To Memphis In My Mind; It Gets Lonesome; Slippin' Away; Something Better; Hallelujah; Lean On Me; Dixie (She Was Mama To Me); Mr. Miller's Granddaughter - 74

Lakeshore Music LSM-911 The Chocolate Cowboy: Cowboy National Anthem; Not Exactly Free; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; Don't Trust A Cowboy; I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal; California Cowboy; Family Tradition; All Purpose Woman; Elvira; Longing For The High; Chocolate Cowboy; Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You; This Time I've Hurt Her More (Than She Loves Me); Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys; Looking For Love; Crosseyed Clyde; Don't Judge A Cowboy By His Boots; Let's Hear It For The Cowgirls; Walking After Kim; Blanket On The Ground – 81

Brylen BN-4409 O.B.: Cowboy National Anthem; Not Exactly Free; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; Don't Trust A Cowboy; I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal; California Cowboy; Family Tradition; All Purpose Woman; Elvira; Longing For The High – 82 (tracks from LSM 911)

Hometown/Suffolk Marketing  SMI-1-104-H O.B. Mcclinton. Album No. 1: Soap; Hey Good Lookin'; Lady Diana; Swingin'; Bop; American Made; (Don't Mess With) My Toot Toot; Kiss An Angel Good Morning'; Battle Of New Orleans – 86

Hometown/Suffolk Marketing  SMI-1-105-H O.B. Mcclinton. Album No. 2: I Can´t  Stop Loving You;Born To Loose;Makin´ Believe;Cold, Cold Heart; Don´t Let The Green Grass Fool You; There Goes My Everything; I Can´t Help It; King Of The Road; Red Roses For A Blue Lady - 86

Hometown ? O.B.McClinton: Back To Senatobia; Table For Two; Back Road Into Town; Me Or Mike; Takin´ A Rest; Robot Man; Love Connection; New York Times; Which Hand Do You Take; Honky Tonk Tan – 86 (reissued on CBS Special Products P 20336 Just For You on March 1, 1988)

Epic FE-40674 The Only One: Turn The Music On; The Only One; Love Break; My E.S.P.; Still A Wanted Man; (Country Music Is) American Soul; Love Is Like A Leaf In The Wind; Good Morning Love Look; I Love Your Face; I Won't Let You Get Over Me – 23-02-87 (reissued on CSP P-20335 on March 1, 1988)

SINGLES

Bele Street (1963) as Oboe

1001 Tradin' Stamps / Mother-In-Law Trouble – 63 (also on Savoy 1619 in June 1963)

Goldwax  (1965-66)   as Oboe           

102 The Day The World Cried, part 1 / The Day The World Cried, part 2 – 01-64

104 She's Better Than You / Too Slow - 64

304 Trying To Make It / I'm Just That Kind Of Fool For You – 04-66

Enterprise  (1971-74, subsidiary of Stax)             

ENA-9033 Country Music, That's My Thing / San Bernardino – 06-71

ENA-9040 Bad Guys Don't Always Wear Black Hats / Ballad Of A Stamp Licker – 11-71                               

ENA-9044 Deep In The Heart Of Me / Slip Away – 02-72

ENA-9051 Six Pack Of Trouble / You Don't Love Me - 05-72

ENA-9059 Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You / Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - 09-72                              

ENA-9062 My Whole World Is Fallin' Down / Music City, Tennessee - 02-73

ENA-9070 I Wish It Would Rain / Obie From Senatobie - 05-73 (rev. June 9)

ENA-9079 You Don't Miss Your Water / Let Me Love You Like I Want To – 08-73

ENA-9084 The Unluckiest Songwriter In Nashville / I Want You In The Morning - 11-73  (rev. Nov. 17)                            

ENA-9091 Something Better / I'd Rather Be A Stranger  - 01-74

ENA-9100 If You Loved Her That Way / Mister Miller's Granddaughter - 05-74                                  

ENA-9107 Blind, Cripped And Crazy / Lean On Me - 74

ENA-9108 Yours And Mine / Lean On Me - 11-74 (rev. Nov. 30)

ENA-9110 Little Boy Blue / Blind, Cripped And Crazy - 01-75

Mercury (1975-76)               

73720 Just In Case / Woman, You're Dynamite - 09-75

73777 It's So Good Loving / She'll Never Be That Easy – 18-02-76

73817 Happy Day Inn North (Room 309) / Black Speck – 11-06-76

73861 Let's Just Celebrate The Temporary / Sweet Thang - 10-76    

ABC-Dot (1977)                 

DO-17704 Country Roots / (PTA) Part-Time Association – 10-05-77        

DO-17719 Catfish Bates /  Who's Making Love - 08-77

DO-17735 (PTA) Part-Time Association / Talk To My Children's Mama – 22-11-77                                  

Epic  (1978-79)                

8-50563 Hello This Is Anna / Let's Get It On – 23-05-78

8-50620 Natural Love / I Can't Get Over Last Night – 24-10-78

8-50698 The Real Thing / The Crack Of Dawn – 10-04-79

8-50749 Soap / Miss Sara Lee – 19-07-79

Sunbird  (1980)              

SBR 7554 Not Exactly Free / Walking After Kim - 08-80

Moonshine  (1984)             

MS-3024 Honky Tonk Tan / Honky Tonk Tan - 05-84 (poss. Promo only)

Track (1986)                                 

TK 1212 Everybody's Talking About Ol' Herb (The Whopper Song) / Everybody's Talking About Ol' Herb (The Whopper Song) - 86 (promo)                   

Epic   (1986)                

34-06682 Turn The Music On / American Soul - 01-87

34-07124 Still A Wanted Man / I Love Your Face - 05-87

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 303: Six-Pack Of Troubles;  Obie From Sanatobie;  Don’t Let The Green Grass Fool You;  Today I Started Loving You Again – ca 07-73 (live, as O.B. McKlinton; MX 71898)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 555: Talk To My Children Mama;  Lucille- Ca 04-78 (live; MX 75541)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 731:   Not Exactly Free;  If You Loved Her That Way;  Walking After Kim – Ca 06-81 (Studio Recordings)
U.S. Air Force - Country Music Time # 924:  Soap;  Honky Tonk Tan – ca 11-84 (studio recordings)