*23-08-1932 Woodbury, TN, +12-06-2023
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst with help of www.706unionavenue.nl, Pete Hoppula’s www.koti.mbnet.fi
SESSIONS
15 October 1955 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN –
Jack Earls and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Johnny
Black [bass], Danny Wahlquist [drums])
001 -1 THEY CAN’T KEEP ME FROM YOU BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take 2:] BFX
15273 CPCD 8197-2
002 WHEN I DREAM BFX
15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935
003 -1 HEY JIM CPCD
8197 BCD 16935 [take-2:] BCD 16935
[take-3] HEY SLIM BCD 16935
004 -1 U 185 A FOOL FOR LOVING YOU Sun 240/ BFX 15273 CPCD
8197 BCD 16935 [take-2:] BFX 15273 BCD 16935
005 -1 CRAWDAD HOLE
CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take-2] CPCD 8197 BCD 16935
January 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls
and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Lucky Yarborough [gt], Tiny Dixon [steel],
Johnny Black [bass], Danny Wahlquist [drums])
006 -1 CRAWDAD HOLE
BFX 15273 BCD 16935 [take-2] BCD 16935 [take-3] BCD 16935
14 April 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack
Earls Jack Earls and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Luther
Perkins [gt], Johnny Black [bass], Danny
Wahlquist [drums])
007 U 184 SLOW DOWN Sun 240/ BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935
008 IF YOU DON’T MIND
CPCD 8197-2 BCD 16935
009 COME BACK HOME unissued/lost
Btw March/October 1956 [poss. 4 June] Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Johnny Black [bass], Danny Wahlquist [drums])010 -1 SIGN IT ON THE DOTTED LINE BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take-2] / CPCD 8197 BCD 16935
011 -1 MY GAL MARY ANN / BFX 15273 CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 BCD 16311 [take-2:] LP 1024 BCD 16935
012 WHEN I DREAM CPCD 8197 BCD 16935
013 -1 LET’S BOP CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [as ROCK BOP (ed.):] Olympic 007/Dial LP 004 [take-2:] BCD 16935 [take-3:] BCD 16935
014 -1 THEY CAN’T KEEP ME FROM YOU BCD 16935 [take-2:] BCD 16935
015 -1 HEY JIM BCD 16935 [take-21:] BCD 16935
SUN LP 1024 HOT SOUTHERN BOPPERS (UK, 1985); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16311 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.16/ ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF SUN RECORDS (GER, 1999)
19 January 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Jack Earls and The Jimbos (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Warren Gregory [gt], Billy Riley [bass], Johnny M. Van Eaton or Johnny Bernero [drums], Jerry Lee Lewis [piano])
016 -1 TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE LP 1024 BCD 16934 BCD 16210 [take-2:] CPCD 8197 BCD 16935 [take-32:] BCD 16935
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16210 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.14 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF SUN RECORDS (GER, 1997)
1973 Ry-Ho Recording Studio, Romulus, MI – Jack Earls (Jack
Earls [vcl/gt], Frank Childs [ld.gt], Don Rye [bass-1], Jeffery Lynn Howell
[bass-2], Phil Cuttrell [drums], ? [piano], Dianne Howell, Pamela Jo Howell
[bck vcl])
017 MISSISSIPPI MAN -1 Ry-Ho 107/Dial LP 004 BCD 16935
018 TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE -2
Ry-Ho 107/STEN 1 BCD 16935
DIAL LP 004 OLYMPIC ROCK (NED, 1977)
1975 Sound Patters Studio, Farmington, MI – Jack Earls
019 SHE SURE CAN ROCK ME Olympic OR 001/Dial LP 004 BCD
16935
020 CRAWDAD HOLE OR 001/Dial LP 004 STEN 1 BCD 16935 [alt.:]
STEN 1
1976 Olympic Records Studio, Detroit, MI – Jack Earls (Jack
Earls [vcl/gt], Johnny Clark [gt], Lee
Sloan [bass], Ace Avery [drums], Tom Stewart [piano])
021 FLIP FLOP AND FLY
OR 007/Dial LP 004 BCD 16935
1976 or 1977 Olympic Records Studio, Detroit, MI – Jack Earls
022 CALL ME SHORTY
STEN 1 BCD 16935
023 ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN STEN 1 BCD 16935
024 COMIN' BACK HOME STEN 1 BCD 16935
Ca 1987 Jack Earls Studio, Detroit, MI? – Jack Earls (Jack
Earls [vcl/gt], Jophnny blasco [ld gt], Steve Earls [rh gt], Lenny Earls [gt],
Mike Earls [drums])
025 BE BOP A LULA STEP 4/BCD 16935
1998 Joe Allans Recording Service, Ehallstahammar, SWE – Jack
Earls
026 GAME OF LOVE ENRECCD 113
027 -1 MY LITTLE MAMA ENRECCD 113
028 COMING BACK HOME ENRECCD
113
1999 Jack Earls Studio, Detroit, MI? – Jack Earls with The
Big Barn Combo (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Marvin Weyer [ld gt], Paul 'Smokey Links'
Cooks [gt], Kenneth 'Kenny Bruce' Bignotti [bass], Jeffrey 'Loney Charles'
Irwin [drums])
029 I STARTED ROCKIN' A LONG TIME AGO STEP 4 [unedited:] /BCD 16935
2000 Enviken Studios, Enviken, SWE – Jack Earls
030 HONKY TONK ENRECCD
113
031 WHEN I DREAM ENRECCD
113
032 TRYING TO FIND MY WAY ENRECCD 113
033 BABY LOVE ENRECCD 113
031 TRIBUTE TO CARL PERKINS ENRECCD 113
14 October 2000 [live] Gävle Concert Hall, Gävle, SWE – Jack Earls with the Sleazy Rustic Boys (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Jonas Olpers [gt], Jyrki Juvonen [steel], Sören Andreassen [bass], Patrik Staffanson [dums])
14 October 2000 [live] Gävle Concert Hall, Gävle, SWE – Jack Earls with the Sleazy Rustic Boys (Jack Earls [vcl/gt], Jonas Olpers [gt], Jyrki Juvonen [steel], Sören Andreassen [bass], Patrik Staffanson [dums])
03101 FLIP FLOP AND FLY Navajo 0101
03102 TAKE ME TO THAT PLACE Navajo 0101
03103 HEY JIM Navajo 0101
03104 SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE Navajo 0101
03105 LET'S BOP Navajo 0101
03106 THEY CAN'T KEEP ME FROM YOU Navajo 0101
03107 SHE SURE CAN ROCK ME Navajo 0101
03108 MY GAL MARY ANN Navajo 0101
03109 I STARTED ROCKING A LONG TIME AGO Navajo 0101
03110 GAME OF LOVE Navajo 0101
03111 ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN Navajo 0101
03112 MY LITTLE MAMA Navajo 0101
03113 CRAWDAD HOLE Navajo 0101
03114 COME ON LITTLE MAMA Navajo 0101
03115 A FOOL FOR LOVIN' YOU Navajo 0101
03116 ROCK AND ROLL RUBY Navajo 0101
03117 OH BABE Navajo 0101
03118 SLOW DOWN Navajo 0101
03119 MEDLEY OF CARL PERKINS Navajo 0101
ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BFX 15273 Let’s Bop: Let's Bop; Slow Down;
My Gal Mary-Ann; Sign On The Dotted Line; Crawdad Hole; They Can't Keep Me From
You; Hey Slim; Take Me To That Place; A Fool For Lovin' You; Hey Jim; When I
Dream; Crawdad Hole; If You Don't Mind; They Can't Keep Me From You - 90
Stomper Time [UK] STEN 1 Jack Earls Sings: Rock Bop (=Let's Bop); Crawdad Hole; She Sure
Can Rock Me; Roll Over Beethoven (alt. take); Take Me To That Place; Call Me
Shorty; Roll Over Beethoven; Comin' Back Home; Flip Flop And Fly; Crawdad Hole
(alt. take); Mississippi Man; Call Me Shorty (alt. take) – 96
Charly [UK] CDCP 8197-2 Hey Slim, Let’s Bop: Hey Jim; They
Can't Keep Me From You (vers. 1); Hey Slim; Crawdad Hole; When I Dream (vers.
1); Crawdad Hole (alt. vers. 1); Slow Down; A Fool For Lovin' You; Crawdad Hole
(alt. vers. 2); If You Don't Mind; Let's Bop; Sign On The Dotted Line (vers. 1);
My Gal Mary-Ann; Take Me To That Place (vers. 1); They Can't Keep Me From You
(vers. 2); When I Dream (vers. 2); Take Me To That Place (vers. 2); Sign On The
Dotted Line (vers. 2) - 99
Navajo 0101 Jack Earls Live: Flip Flop and Fly; Take Me To That Place; Hey
Jim; Sign On The Dotted Line; Let's Bop; They Can't Keep Me From You; She Sure
Can Rock Me; My Gal Mary Ann; I Started Rocking A Long Time Ago; Game Of Love; Roll
Over Beethoven; My Little Mama; Crawdad Hole; Come On Little Mama; A Fool For
Lovin' You; Rock and Roll Ruby; Oh Babe; Slow Down; Medley Of Carl Perkins - 01
Enviken [SWE] ENRECCD 113 Game Of Love: Honky Tonk; Game Of Love; My Little Mama (take
1); When I Dream; Trying To Find My Way; Coming Back Home; Baby Love; Tribute
To Carl Perkins - 02 Jack Earls And The
Sleazy Rustic Boys
Bear Family [GER] BCD 16935 Slow Down – The Sun Years Plus: Hey Jim; Let's Bop; Take Me To That Place; They
Can't Keep Me From You; Slow Down; A Fool For Loving You; Sign On The Dotted
Line; Hey Jim; Crawdad Hole; Crawdad Hole; When I Dream; My Gal Mary Ann; If
You Don't Mind; Let's Bop; Hey Jim; They Can't Keep Me From You; Crawdad Hole; Take
Me To That Place; When I Dream; Let's Bop; Sign On The Dotted Line; Hey Slim; A
Fool For Loving You; Crawdad Hole; Take Me To That Place; They Can't Keep Me
From You; Hey Jim; Let's Bop; Flip, Flop
And Fly; Crawdad Hole; Mississippi Man; Call Me Shorty; Take Me To That Place; She
Sure Can Rock Me; Roll Over Beethoven; Comin' Back Home; Crawdad Hole; Be Bop A
Lula; Rock Bop; Memories [interview]; I Started Rockin' A Long Time Ago– 05-10
(double)
EPs
Stompertime [UK] STEP 4 Slow Down/ It’s Jack Earls: Slow
Down; Rock Bop / Be-Bop-A-Lula; I Started Rockin' A Long Time
Ago - 99
SINGLES
Sun (1955-57)
240 Slow Down / A Fool For Lovin' You – 05-56
621 Let’s Bop / Whan I Dream – 79 (issued in France)
Ry-Ho (1973)
107 Mississippi Man / Take Me To That Place - 73
Olympic (1975-76)
45-OR 001 She Sure Can Rock Me / Crawdad Hole – 01-03-75
45-OR 007 Flip Flop And Fly / Rock Bop – 01-05-76
Enviken [SWE] (1998)
45-02 My Little Mama
/ Game Of Love - 98