by Michel Ruppli, Dik DeHeer, Praguefrank, Bill
Daniels, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
15 December 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave.,
Cincinnati, OH – Boyd Bennett
001 K3509 PRECIOUS LITTLE SWEETHEART King 45-1201
002 K3510 TIME 45-1167
003 K3511 I'M WASTING MY TIME 45-1201
004 K3512 HOPELESS CASE 45-1167
November 1954 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Boyd
Bennett and Southlanders
005 K9522 LITTLE OLE YOU ALL unissued
006 K9523 WATERLOO 45-1413/ CHARLY 282
007 K9524 ONE GOOD CRY unissued
008 K9525 I‘VE GOT ENOUGH 45-1413
4 January 1955 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Boyd Bennett and Rockets (Boyd Bennett [vcl/drums], James Muzey [vcl -1], Roy Ayres [gt], Mickey Allen [rh gt], Kenny Cobb [bass], Bobby Jones [tenor sax]) [*overdubbed in 1960]
009 K9549 YOU UPSET ME BABY 45-1432/ CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039 BCD 17669 [alt.:] BJ 001
010 K9550 POISON IVY 45-1432/ CHARLY 282
011 K9551/K4698* SEVENTEEN -1 45-1470 EP-377/LP-536 LP-594 Sing 1160 CHCHD 1039 [overdub: *] 45-5374
012 K9552 LITTLE OLE YOU ALL 45-1470 EP-377/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHARLY 282 CHARLY 282
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17669 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.42 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAUILTS OF KING/FEDERAL/DE LUXE RECORDS (GER, 2023)
January 1955 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Boyd
Bennett and Rockets (James Muzey (Big Moe) [vcl-1])
013 K9563 BOOGIE AT MIDNIGHT -1 45-1443 EP-377/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHARLY 282
CHCHD 1039
014 K9564 EVERLOVIN' -1 45-1443/ CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
2 May 1955 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Boyd
Bennett and His Rockets (Boyd Bennett [vcl/drums], James Muzey (Big Moe) [vcl-1],
Roy Ayres [gt], Mickey Allen [rh gt], Kenny Cobb [bass], Bobby Jones [tenor
sax])
015 K3967 TENNESSEE ROCK AND ROLL -1 45-1475/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
016 K3968 SWITCHIE, WITCHIE, TWITCHIE unissued/ CHARLY 282
017 K3969 OO-OO-OO -1 45-1475 EP-377/ CHARLY 282
018 K3970 DIG LIKE YOU NEVER DUG EP-377/ CHARLY 282 BJ 001
5 July 1955 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Boyd
Bennett and Rockets (James Muzey (Big Moe) [vcl-1] [*overdubbed in 1960]
019 K9668 BANJO ROCK AND ROLL -1 45-1494/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
020 K9669/K4699* MY BOY FLAT-TOP -1 45-1494/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039 [overdubbed: *] 45-5374
021 K9670 COOL DISC JOCKEY 45-5282/ Sing 1160 CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
022 K9671 THE GROOVY AGE unissued/ CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
14 October 1955 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH –
Boyd Bennett and Rockets (Boyd Bennett [vcl/drums], James Muzey (Big Moe) [vcl
-1], Roy Ayres [gt], Mickey Allen [rh gt], Kenny Cobb [bass], Bobby Jones
[tenor sax])
023 K9700 THE MOST -1 45-4853/ Swing 4950 CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
024 K9701 HIGH SCHOOL HOP 45-5282/ Sing 1160 CHARLY 282
025 K9702 DESPERATELY 45-4853
026 K9703 DO YOU MEAN WHAT YOU SAY? Unissued
027 K9704 SARASOTA unissued
30 December 1955 New York City – Boyt Bennett (Count Basie Orchestra)
028 K8675 PARTNERS FOR LIFE 45-4874/LP-594 CHARLY 282
029 K8676 RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER 45-4874/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHARLY 282 CHCHD
1039
26 January 1956 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave.,
Cincinnati, OH – Moon Mullican With Boyd Bennett and His Rockets (Moon Mullican
[vcl/piano], Roy Ayres [ld gt], ? [steel-2/omit-3], Skip Pendergraff or Kenneth
Kenny Cobb [bass], Boyd Bennett [hmny vcl-1/drums], Robert Bobby Jones [tenor
sax/omit t/sax-4], The Rockets [chrs-5/omit-6])
030 K4033 I’M MAD AT YOU -3-6 King 45-4915 Quality K-4374/King LP-628 LP-937
EP-368 Western 2001, King KCD-628 SEECD-705, Ace CDCHD-997
031 K4034 HONOLULU ROCK-A-ROLL-A -2-4-5 King 45-4894 King EP-368 Parlophone
MSP-6254 R-4195/King LP-555 Club 002 Fed EP-08 SeeForMiles SEECD-705, Ace
CDCHD-997Rev -Ola BANDSTAND CR REV21 Encore NV-04
032 K4035 SEVEN NIGHTS TO ROCK -3-6 King 45-4894 45-5172 King EP-368 Parlophone
MSP-6254 R-4195/King LP-628 LP-937 Western 2001 SeeForMiles SEECD-705 Ace
CDCHD-777 Fed EP-08 Varese Sarabande VSCD-665902 Ace CDCHD-848 Ace CDCHD-997
033 K4036 ROCK AND ROLL MR. BULLFROG -1-3-6 King 45-4915 Quality K-4374 King
EP-368/ SEECD-705 Ace CDCHD-975 CDCHD-997 Encore NV-04
034 K4037 MAYBE IT’SALL FOR THE BEST -2-4-6 King 45-4937/Ace CDCHD-997
035 K4038 HEY SHAH -2-4-6 King 45-4937/Ace CDCHD-997
036 K4039 IF YOU DON’T WANT NO MORE OF MY LOVING -6 45-4979/CDCHD-997
037 K4040 KEEP ALIGHT IN THE WINDOW FOR ME -4-6 45-4979 Parlophone
GEP-8794/King LP-628 King LP-937, SeeForMiles SEECD-705 Ace CDCHD-997
PARLOPHONE MSP-6254 released United United Kingdom July 1956; PARLOPHONE R-4195
released United Kingdom July 1956
17 February 1956 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH –
Boyd Bennett and Rockets (Boyd Bennett [vcl/drums], James Muzey [vcl -1], Roy
Ayres [gt], Mickey Allen [rh gt], Kenny Cobb [bass], Bobby Jones [tenor sax])
038 K9729 BLUE SUEDE SHOES 45-4903/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
039 K9730 MUMBLES BLUES -1 45-4903/LP-594 CHARLY 282 CHCHD 1039
040 K9731 THE GROOVY AGE -1 45-4925/ CHARLY 282
29 March 1956 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Boyd Bennett
and Rockets (James Muzey (Big Moe) [vcl-1])
041 K9746 A LOCK OF YOUR HAIR 45-4985
042 K9747 LET ME LOVE YOU 45-4925
043 K9748 ROCKIN′ UP THE STORM -1 45-4985/ Swing 4950 CHCHD 1039
1 July 1956 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Boyd
Bennett and Rockets (Boyd Bennett [vcl/drums], James Muzey (Big Moe) [vcl -1/duet
vcl-2], Roy Ayres [gt], Mickey Allen [rh gt], Skip Pendergraff [bass], Bobby Jones [tenor sax])
044 K9803-1 HIT THAT JIVE JACK -2 45-4953/LP-594 Sing 1160 Swing 4950 CHARLY
282 CHCHD 1039
045 K9804-8 RABBITT-EYE PINK AND CHARCOAL BLACK -1 45-4953/LP-594 Sing 1160 Swing 4950 CHCHD 1039
29 January 1957 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH –
Boyd Bennett and Rockets (James Muzey (Big Moe) [vcl-1])
046 K9930 BIG BOY -instr.- 45-5049/ CHCHD 1039
047 K9931 BIG JAY SHUFFLE – instr.- 45-5021/ CHCHD 1039
048 K9932 PUT THE CHAIN ON THE DOOR -1 45-5049/LP-594 CHCHD 1039 BCD 17669
049 K9933 I′M MOVING ON 45-5021/ CHCHD 1039
17 November 1957 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH -
Boyd Bennett
050 K4156-1 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY 45-5097/ Swing 4950
051 K4157 HER MOMMA DOESN′T THINK IT′S RIGHT 45-5113
052 K4158 BOY MEETS GIRL 45-5097/LP-594 Swing 4950
053 K4159 SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED 45-5113/ Swing 4950
27 January 1958 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH - Boyd Bennett
054 K4176 CLICK CLACK 45-5115/LP-594 Sing 1160 Swing 4950 CHCHD 1039
055 K4177 MOVE 45-5115/LP-594 Sing 1160 CHCHD 1039 BCD 17672
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17672 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.44 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF KING/FEDERAL/AUDIO LAB/DE LUXE RECORDS (GER, 2023)
27 January 1958 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH –
Cecil McNabb with Boyd Bennett Orchestra
K 4178
056 K 4178 CLOCK TICKING RHYTHM King 45-5116/ CDCHD 1039 GT7-2237
057 K-4179 NOTHING LIKE THIS 45-5116/Swing 4950 CHCHD 1039
GT7-2237
March 1958 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Boyd Bennett
058 YW-17078 TEAR IT UP Mercury 71409X45
April 1958 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville,
TN – Boyd Bennett
059 YW-17079 TIGHT TIGHTS 71409X45/ Swing 4950
May 1959 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN
– Boyd Bennett
060 YW-18638/PB-2037 BOOGIE BEAR 71479x45/ Swing 4950
061 YW-18639 LOVER’S NIGHT 71537x45
062 YW-18640 NAUGHTY ROCK AND ROLL 71537x45/ Swing 4950
063 YW-18641 A BOY CAN TELL 71479x45
ca. January 1960 poss. New York City – Boyd Bennett (Al Henderson [vcl-1])
064 YW-19707 IT‘S WONDERFUL 71605X45
065 YW-19708 AMO,. AMAS, AMAT 71605X45
066 YW-19709 SEVENTEEN -1 71648X45/ Swing
4950
067 YW-19710 SARASOTA 71648X45
September 1960 poss. Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Boyd Bennett
068 YW-20245 BIG JUNIOR 71724/Swing 4950
069 YW-20246 THE BRAIN 71813/ Swing 4950
070 YW-20247 HERSHEY BAR 71724/ Swing 4950
071 YW-20248 COFFEE BREAK 71813/ Swing 4950
February 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville,
TN – Boyd Bennett
072 YW-20318/PS-541 FAR AWAY FEVER unissued
073 YW-20319/PS-542 LAUGING GIRL, CRYING BOY unissued
February 1962 unknown – Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra
074 K 11082 THE LEMON TWIST 45-5612/BJ 001
075 K 11083 ALL STAR NOW 45-5612/BJ 001
27 March 1963 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave.,
Cincinnati, OH - Boyd Bennett
076 K11468 TEENAGE YEARS 45-5738
077 K11469 YOU AND ME AND LOVE unissued, probably rejected
078 K11470 HEAR ME TALKING 45-5738/ Swing 4950
079 K11471 BA BAH WO WO unissued, probably rejected
1963 unknown – Al Henderson with Boyd Bennett Orchestra
080 B 6709 SHE SAYS CRAZY King 45-5736/ Swing 4950 BJ 001
081 B 6710 LAUGHING GIRL, CRYING BOY King 45-5736/ Swing
4950
14 March 1964 Louisville, KY – Boyd Bennett
082 6403147 KISS OF THUNDER Benjon 102
083 6403148 BAH DAH Benjon 102
1965 Louisville, KY – Boyd Bennett
084 SoN 18721 TIME Kernel 2050
085 SoN 18722 YOU AND ME AND LOVE Kernel 2050 /BJ 001
Later info is fragmental
details unknown – Boyd Bennett
I'M GLAD I'M A BOY Benjon BJ 001
CAT WALK Benjon BJ 001
IT'S OUR NIGHT TONIGHT [Jeff Lynn, kernel 106. 1961] Benjon
BJ 001
DARLIN' PLEASE BE GOOD TO ME [VERS. 1] [Jeff Lynn, kernel
106. 1961]/Benjon BJ 001
WHO'S IT GONNA BE Benjon BJ 001
STEAMBOAT -instr.- Benjon
BJ 001
FT. KNOX BOOGIE –instr.- Benjon BJ 001
YOUR MOTHER DOESN'T THINK IT'S RIGHT Swing 4950 Benjon BJ 001
ROCK O NAILS –instr.- Benjon BJ 001
HARLEM NOCTURNE [Jimmy McDonald – sax] Benjon BJ 001
DARLIN' PLEASE BE GOOD TO ME [VERS. 2] Benjon BJ 001
BABY BA WO WO WO Benjon BJ 001
1980 Rainbow Sound Inc., Dallas, TX – Boyd Bennett
DON'T YOU THINK IT GETS SWEETER Rainbow R 2727
IT'S MY DESIRE Rainbow R 2727
HOW GREAT THOU ART Rainbow R 2727
JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE BenJom 105/Rainbow R 2727
THE RUGGED OLD CROSS Rainbow R 2727
RISE AGAIN Rainbow R 2727
HE'LL UNDERSTAND AND SAY WELL DONE Rainbow R 2727
MORE OF YOU Rainbow R 2727
BECAUSE HE LIVES Rainbow R 2727
ONE DAY AT A TIME BenJon 105/ Rainbow R 2727
Boyd Bennett also recorded 3 more gospel albums
ALBUMS
King 594 Boyd Bennett: Seventeen; Partners For Life;
Little Ole You-All; Click Clack; Right Around The Corner; Rabbit-Eye Pink And
Charcoal Black; Tennessee Rock And Roll; My Boy Flat Top; Move; Mumbles Blues;
Blue Suede Shoes; Boogie At Midnight; Hit The Jive Jack; Banjo Rock And Roll;
Put The Chain On The Door; Boy Meets Girl – 08-58
Rainbow Sound R-2727-LPS It Gets Sweeter: Don't You Think It
Gets Sweeter; It's My Desire; How Great Thou Art; Just A Closer Walk With Thee;
The Rugged Old Cross; Rise Again; He'll Understand And Say Well Done; More Of
You; Because He Lives; One Day At A Time – 80
? Sings My Soul: (details
unknown)
Rainbow Sound 5418 Steps Into The
Sunshine: (details unknown)
? Boyd Bennett Sings Your Favorite
Hymns: (details unknown)
Benjon Productions BJ
001 Old Time Rock And Roll: Seventeen; Mumbles Blues; You Upset Me Baby;
Partners For Life; I'm Glad I'm A Boy*; Big Boy; Little Ole You-All; Everlovin';
Boy Meets Girl; Cat Walk*; Rockin' Up A Storm; Poison Ivy; The Groovy Age; It's
Our Night Tonight*; Oo-Oo-Oo; High School Hop; Who's It Gonna Be*; You and Me
And Love; She Says "Crazy"; Boogie At Midnight; Label shot My Boy;
Big Junior; Coffee Break; Darlin' Please Be Good To Me [vers. 1]*; Steamboat*;
You Upset Me Baby [alt. vers.]*; All Star Boy; Ft. Knox Boogie*; Hear Me
Talking; Rabbit-Eye Pink And Charcoal Black; Put The Chain On The Door; Tight
Tights; Big Jay Shuffle; Your Mother Doesn't Think It's Right*; The Lemon Twist
; Naughty Rock And Roll; Rock A Nails*; Laughing Girl, Crying Boy; Lover's
Night; Click Clack; Hershey Bar; Banjo Rock And Roll; Blue Suede Shoes; Hit
That Jive Jack; Right Around The Corner; Harlem Nocturne*; Sentimental Journey;
I'm Moving On; The Most; Switchie, Witchie, Twitchie; Cool Disc Jockey; Baby Ba
Wo Wo Wo; Waterloo; Dig Like You Never Dug*; Tennessee Rock And Roll; Darlin'
Please Be Good To Me [vers. 2]*; [Jery Cox:] Maria; Boogie Bear – 97 (3 CD,
*unknown origin, poss. demo)
BenJon Productions no
# Gospel Favorites: Mansion Over The Hilltop; Precious Lord; It Is No
Secret; Softly And Tenderly; Let The Lower Lights Be Burning; Love Lifted Me;
In The Garden; What A Friend We have In Jesus; Peace In The Valley; May The
Good Lord Bless And Keep You; Christ Alone; He Hideth My Soul; What A
Difference; Don’t You Think It gets Sweeter; Old Rugged Cross; One Day At A
Time; He’ll Understand; Its ‚My Desire;
How Great Thou Art; Because He Lives; Rise Again; More Of You; Just A Closer
Walk With Thee; Old Time Religion; I’ll Meet You In The Morning; Step Into The
Sunshine; All The Time In The World; From The Start; I Am Loved; Piece In the
Midst Of The Storm; Fill Up My Cup Lord; Whatever It Takes; He Keeps Me
singing; You’re The Only Friend; More About Jesus; In The Sweet Bye And Bye;
Love Comin’Down; Tell Me His story; Toucnhing Jesus - ? (3 CDs, 1980 recordings)
BB 595 Mr. Boogie Bear - Volume #2:Baby Ba Wo Wo Wo
(stereo); Big Junior; Boy Meets
Girl; Coffee Break; All Star Boogie
(instrumental); Crazy (stereo); Darlin' Please Be Good to Me; Hear Me Talkin'; Hershey Bar; Cat Walk (instrumental); I'm Glad I'm a Boy; It's Our Night Tonight; Laughing Girl, Crying Boy; Lemon Twist;
Harlem Nocture (instrumental);
Maria; Naughty Rock and Roll;
Sentimental Journey; Lovers Night
(instrumental); Tight Tights; Who's It
Gonna Be; Rock-O-Nails
(instrumental); You And Me Love
(stereo); Your Mother Doesn't Think It's
Right; Steamboat (instrumental); Boogie Bear;
A Boy Can Tell; We Ship World Wide
Gusto GT7-2237
Seventeen: Seventeen; Right Around The Corner; Boogie At Midnight;
Cool Disc Jockey; Big Jay Shuffle; The Most; Banjo Rock ‘N’ Roll; The Groovy
Age; Big Boy; Rockin’ Up A Storm; Clock Ticking Rhythm (W/ Cecil Mcnabb Jr.); Nothing
Like This (W/ Cecil Mcnabb Jr.); Move (W/ Cecil Mcnabb Jr.) – 10-01-12
EPs
King
EP-377 Boy Bennett And His Rockets: Seventeen;
Boogie At Midnight /
Oo-Oo-Oo; Little Ole You – 56
(MX: KEP 355/6)
EP-383 Rock And Roll: Right Around The Corner; The Most / My Boy Flat Top; Tennessee Rock And Roll – 56 (MX: KEP 367/80
SINGLES
King (1952-1963)
45-1167 Time / A Hopeless Case – 02-53
45-1201 Precious Little Sweetheart / I’m Wasting My Time – 04-53
45-1413 Waterloo / I’ve Had Enough – 11-54
45-1432 You Upset My Baby / Poison Ivy – 08-01-55 vcl Big Moe (rev. Jan. 15)
45-1443 Boogie At Midnight / Everlovin’ – 01-02-55 (rev. Feb. 5)
45-1470 Seventeen [Big Moe vcl] / Little Ole You-All – 14-05-55 (rev. may 14)
45-1475 Tennessee Rock And Roll / Oo-Oo-Oo – 05-55 vcl Big Moe (rev. May 28)
45-1494 Banjo Rock And Roll / My Boy Flat Top – 15-08-55 vcl Big Moe (rev.
Sept. 17)
45-4853 The Most [vcl Big Moe] /
Desperately – 11-55 (rev. Nov/ 26)
45-4874 Partners For Life / Right Around The Corner – 01-56 (rev. Jan. 28)
45-4903 Blue Suede Shoes / Mumbles Blues – 03-56 (rev. March 10)
45-4915 I'm Mad With You / Rock And Roll Mr. Bullfrog -
04-56 w. Moon Mullican (rev. April 21,Canadian issue of Quality K-4374)
45-4925 The Groovy Age / Let Me Love You – 04-56 (rev. Apr. 28)
45-4937 Maybe It's All For The Best / Hey Shut - 06-56 w. Moon Mullican (rev.
June 23)
45-4953 Hit That Jive, Jack (w. Big Moe) / Rabbit Eye Pink And Charcoal Black
[vcl Big Moe] – 08-56 (rev. Aug. 18)
45-4979 Keep A Light In The Window For Me / If You Don't Want No More Of My
Loving - 10-56 w. Moon Mullican
45-4985 A Lock Of Your Hair / Rocking Up A Storm [vcl Big Moe] – 10-56 (rev.
oct. 27)
45-5021 Big Jay Shuffle / I’m Moving On – 03-57 (rev. March 16)
45-5049 Big Boy / Put The Chain On The Door – 05-57 (rev. May 20)
45-5097 Sentimental Journey / Boy Meets Girl – 30-11-57 (rev. Dec. 16)
45-5113 Her Mamma Doesn’ T Think It’s Right / Signed, Sealed And Delivered –
02-58
45-5115 Click Clack / Move – 02-58 (rev. Feb. 17)
45-5116 Clockl Ticking Rhythm / Nothing Like This – 02-58
vcl Al Henderson
45-5282 Cool Dic Jockey / High School Hop – 10-59
45-5374 Seventeen / My Boy Flat Top – 07-60 (rev. July 18)
Gusto GT4-2080 Seventeen / My Boy Flat Top – 79 (reissue)
Mercury (1958-1961)
71409x45 Tight Tights / Tear It Up – 02-59
71479x45 Boogie Bear / A Boy Can Tell – 07-59 (rev. July 13)
71537x45 Naughty Rock And Roll / Lover's Night – 11-59 (rev. Nov. 16)
71605x45 It's Wonderful / Amo, Amas, Amat – 03-60 (rev. Apr. 4)
71648x45 Seventeen [vcl Al Henderson] / Sarasota - 06-60
71724 Big Junior / Hershey Bar - 11-60
71813 Coffee Break / The Brain – 06-61 (rev. June 26)
King (1963)
47-5612 The Lemon twist / All Star Now – 62 vcl Al Henderson
45-5736 She Says Crazy / Laughing Firl, Crying Boy – 04-63
vcl Al Henderson
45-5738 Teenage Years / Hear Me Talkin’ – 04-63 (rev. Apr. 27)
Benjon (1964)
102 Bah Dah / Kiss Of Thunder – 64
Kernel (1965)
2050 You And Me And Love / Time – 65
BenJon
BJ 105 One Day At A Time / Just A Closer Walk With Thee –
80?
