Jessie
Wanda Crupe, *13-02-1919 Bethany, WV, +18-11-2007
2nd
version
by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst, David Epstein
SESSIONS
December 1947 Cleveland Recording Studio, Cleveland, OH – Chickie Williams (+ Jimmie Hutchison [banjo], Joey Black [steel] + unknown musicians)
001 BEYOND THE SUNSET Wheeling DW 1001 /CD 9055
002 BRIGHT RED HORIZON DW 1001/CD 9055
BRONCO BUSTER CD 9055 HISTORICAL JEWELS BY VARIOUS FEMALE COUNTRY JEWELS (GER, 2000)
1949 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc, Chickie and Cy Williams
003 RED WING DW 1008/WLP 1542
1950 Cleveland Recording Studio, Cleveland, OH – Chickie Williams
004 (PLEASE) WHISPER THRU THE STARS DW 1005
005 WE’D BETTER SAY GOODBYE DW 1005
25/26 November 1951 Cleveland Recording Studio, Cleveland, OH – Chickie Williams, *and Doc Williams
006 THIS LITTLE ROSARY DW 1004
007 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER DW 1004
008 FIREFLY WALTZ* DW 1009/WLP 9001
22/23 July 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Chickie Williams
009 GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU TONIGHT DW 1012
010 WHIPPOORWILL VALLEY DW 1012
22 September 1952 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
011 ONE HEART, ONE LIFE DW 1017/WLP 9001
21 October 1954 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Chickie Williams
012 STORM (TWO OLD PALS) –narration- DW 1019
013 WINTERTIME IN MAINE DW 1019
21 November 1954 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Doc and Chickie Williams
014 POLKA DOTS AND POLKA DREAMS DP 5001 WLP 5001
1955 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV - Doc and Chickie Williams (Doc Williams [vcl/gt], Carl Gay [el gt], Bob Gay [rh gt], Raymond Couture [banjo], Harold Gay [steel], Bill Callahan [bass], Cy Williams [fiddle])
015 NIGHT WIND WALTZ DW 1007/WLP 9001 CD-WR-505
16 June 1955 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
016 PITTSBURGH POLKA DW 1023 K1431/LP 2
1 December 1958 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
017 END OF THE TRAIL Quality K1834/WLP 9001
1959 WWVA Studios, Wheeling, WV – Chickie Williams
018 BEYOND THE SUNSET/SHOULD YOU GO FIRST AND I REMAIN Wheeling WLP 4001
019 LITTLE JOE Wheeling WLP 4001
020 WHERE THE SILVERY COLORADO WENDS ITS WAY Wheeling WLP 4001
021 MY MOTHERS PICTURE Wheeling WLP 4001
022 THE PICTURE TURNED TOWARD THE WALL Wheeling WLP 4001
023 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET WLP 4001
024 IN THE BAGGAGE COACH AHEAD Wheeling WLP 4001
025 DOWN ON THE OLD PLANTATION Wheeling WLP 4001
026 FADED OLD LOVE LETTERS Wheeling WLP 4001
027 FALLEN LEAF Wheeling WLP 4001
028 THE PARLOR IS A PLEASANT PLACE Wheeling WLP 4001
2 August 1960 Doc Williams Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
029 SR 5004 OH MY HAPPY HEART Nashville NV 5025 EP 5001/Wheeling WLP 5001 CD-WR-808
29 September 1960 Doc Williams Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
030 THE LAST MILE OF THE WAY Wheeling EP 5001/WLP 5001
031 A PETAL FROM A FADED ROSE Wheeling EP 5001WLP 5001
June 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
032 WHEN I’M GONE YOU’LL SOON FOFGET DW 1031/LP 8282
033 I’M DRIFTING BACK TO DREAMLAND DW 1031/LP 8282
Summer 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
034 WHIPPOOR-WILL VALLEY Wheeling WLP 8001
035 LITTLE OLD LOCKET OF GOLD Wheeling WLP 8001
036 I’M TYING THE LEAVES Wheeling WLP 8001
037 WINTERTIME IN MAINE Wheeling WLP 8001
038 LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Wheeling WLP 8001
039 MAY WE ALL MEET AGAIN Wheeling WLP 8001
040 WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER Wheeling WLP 8001
041 GYPSY’S WARNING Wheeling WLP 8001
042 SINCE MY MOTHER’S DEAD AND GONE Wheeling WLP 8001
043 ROCKING ALONE IN AN OLD ROCKING CHAIR Wheeling WLP 8001
044 GALWAY BAY Wheeling WLP 8001
045 ‘NEATH THE OLD OLIVE TREE Wheeling WLP 8001
Summer 1965 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Doc and Chickie Williams
046 YOUR FATHER IS ALWAYS AT HOME WLP 2542 OHCD 4008 CD-WR-70
047 SEARCHING FOR HIS GRAVE WLP 2542
048 LET ME REST BENEATH THE PINES WLP 2542
049 WHEN THE BEES GO BUZZIN' ALONG WLP 2542 CD-WR-808
050 DOWN AT THE OLD VILLAGE STORE WLP 2542
051 SoN 14461 ECHO OF THE NORTH DW 1033/WLP 2542
052 SoN 14462 POLKA DOTS AND POLKA DREAMS DW 1033
8 July 1965 Mills Studio, East Sparta, OH – Doc and Chickie Williams
053 THE PRISONER AT THE BAR WLP 2542
054 BROKEN VOWS WLP 2542
055 MARY DEAR WLP 2542
056 I'M JUST GOING DOWN TO THE GATE WLP 2542
9 July 1965 Mills Studio, East Sparta, OH – Doc and Chickie Williams
057 WILLY ROY (THE CRIPPLED BOY) WLP 2542
058 I'M WATCHING THE TRAIN PASSING BY WLP 2542
059 SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES unissued
20 October 1966 RCA Victor Studio, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Doc and Chickie Williams
060 I HEAR A RAINBOW 1034/WLP 5151
9 September 1967 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
061 I’LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN Wheeling WLP 1313
062 I HAVE KNOWN Wheeling WLP 1313
063 DON’T MAKE ME GO TO BED Wheeling WLP 1313
064 WHISPER THRU THE STARS Wheeling WLP 1313
065 GOD SENT MY LITTLE GIRL Wheeling WLP 1313
066 M-O-T-H-E-R Wheeling WLP 1313
067 I’M JUST DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER Wheeling WLP 1313
068 BIRD WITH A BROKEN WING Wheeling WLP 1313
11 September 1967 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
069 LULLABY FOR BABY Wheeling 1038/WLP 1313
070 NORTHWINDS Wheeling 1038/WLP 1313
071 LET’S PRETEND Wheeling WLP 1313
072 IN THE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES Wheeling WLP 1313
18 September 1970 Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Doc and Chickie Williams
073 A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE WLP 9292
6 March 1972 Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling WV – Doc Williams [1], Chickie Williams [2], Dapper Dan Martin [3])
074 HE SAID HE HAD A FRIEND -1-2 WLPS 1972
075 JOHN AND MARSHA -2-3 WLPS 1972
7 March 1972 Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling WV – Chickie Williams
076 FOUR IN THE MORNING WLPS 1972
8 March 1972 Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling WV – Doc Williams [1], Chickie Williams [2])
077 THE WHIPPOORWILL SONG -1-2 WLPS 1972 CD-WR-808
078 ZEB TURNEY’S GAL -2 WLPS 1972
14 September 1972 Fred Carter, Jr. Studio, Goodletsville, TN – Doc and Chickie Williams
079 HE SAID HE HAD A FRIEND 1047/WLPS 1972
080 PLEASE CALL MY NAME unissued
12 May 1974 Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Chickie Williams (+ Barbara Kemp, Doc Williams [bck vcl] + unknown musicians)
081 JUST A MELODY CLP 2001
082 CREPE ON THE LITTLE CABIN DOOR CLP 2001
083 SNOWBIRD CLP 2001
084 COUNTRY ROADS CLP 2001
085 THE WORLDS MEANEST MOTHER Doxx 1049/CLP 2001
086 MAYTIME CLP 2001
087 TAKE ME BACK TO RENFRO VALLEY CLP 2001
088 SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES CLP 2001
089 ONE HAS MY NAME CLP 2001
090 A EVENING PRAYER CLP 2001
1974 poss. Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Chickie Williams
091 NORTHWIND 1049
092 BEYOND THE SUNSET 1050
093 AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME 1051
Chickie Williams recorded after 1974, some info in albums list
001 BEYOND THE SUNSET Wheeling DW 1001 /CD 9055
002 BRIGHT RED HORIZON DW 1001/CD 9055
BRONCO BUSTER CD 9055 HISTORICAL JEWELS BY VARIOUS FEMALE COUNTRY JEWELS (GER, 2000)
1949 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc, Chickie and Cy Williams
003 RED WING DW 1008/WLP 1542
1950 Cleveland Recording Studio, Cleveland, OH – Chickie Williams
004 (PLEASE) WHISPER THRU THE STARS DW 1005
005 WE’D BETTER SAY GOODBYE DW 1005
25/26 November 1951 Cleveland Recording Studio, Cleveland, OH – Chickie Williams, *and Doc Williams
006 THIS LITTLE ROSARY DW 1004
007 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER DW 1004
008 FIREFLY WALTZ* DW 1009/WLP 9001
22/23 July 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Chickie Williams
009 GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU TONIGHT DW 1012
010 WHIPPOORWILL VALLEY DW 1012
22 September 1952 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
011 ONE HEART, ONE LIFE DW 1017/WLP 9001
21 October 1954 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Chickie Williams
012 STORM (TWO OLD PALS) –narration- DW 1019
013 WINTERTIME IN MAINE DW 1019
21 November 1954 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewester Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Doc and Chickie Williams
014 POLKA DOTS AND POLKA DREAMS DP 5001 WLP 5001
1955 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV - Doc and Chickie Williams (Doc Williams [vcl/gt], Carl Gay [el gt], Bob Gay [rh gt], Raymond Couture [banjo], Harold Gay [steel], Bill Callahan [bass], Cy Williams [fiddle])
015 NIGHT WIND WALTZ DW 1007/WLP 9001 CD-WR-505
16 June 1955 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
016 PITTSBURGH POLKA DW 1023 K1431/LP 2
1 December 1958 James M. Black Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
017 END OF THE TRAIL Quality K1834/WLP 9001
1959 WWVA Studios, Wheeling, WV – Chickie Williams
018 BEYOND THE SUNSET/SHOULD YOU GO FIRST AND I REMAIN Wheeling WLP 4001
019 LITTLE JOE Wheeling WLP 4001
020 WHERE THE SILVERY COLORADO WENDS ITS WAY Wheeling WLP 4001
021 MY MOTHERS PICTURE Wheeling WLP 4001
022 THE PICTURE TURNED TOWARD THE WALL Wheeling WLP 4001
023 LITTLE ROSEWOOD CASKET WLP 4001
024 IN THE BAGGAGE COACH AHEAD Wheeling WLP 4001
025 DOWN ON THE OLD PLANTATION Wheeling WLP 4001
026 FADED OLD LOVE LETTERS Wheeling WLP 4001
027 FALLEN LEAF Wheeling WLP 4001
028 THE PARLOR IS A PLEASANT PLACE Wheeling WLP 4001
2 August 1960 Doc Williams Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
029 SR 5004 OH MY HAPPY HEART Nashville NV 5025 EP 5001/Wheeling WLP 5001 CD-WR-808
29 September 1960 Doc Williams Studio, Wheeling, WV – Doc and Chickie Williams
030 THE LAST MILE OF THE WAY Wheeling EP 5001/WLP 5001
031 A PETAL FROM A FADED ROSE Wheeling EP 5001WLP 5001
June 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
032 WHEN I’M GONE YOU’LL SOON FOFGET DW 1031/LP 8282
033 I’M DRIFTING BACK TO DREAMLAND DW 1031/LP 8282
Summer 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
034 WHIPPOOR-WILL VALLEY Wheeling WLP 8001
035 LITTLE OLD LOCKET OF GOLD Wheeling WLP 8001
036 I’M TYING THE LEAVES Wheeling WLP 8001
037 WINTERTIME IN MAINE Wheeling WLP 8001
038 LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Wheeling WLP 8001
039 MAY WE ALL MEET AGAIN Wheeling WLP 8001
040 WHEN YOUR HAIR HAS TURNED TO SILVER Wheeling WLP 8001
041 GYPSY’S WARNING Wheeling WLP 8001
042 SINCE MY MOTHER’S DEAD AND GONE Wheeling WLP 8001
043 ROCKING ALONE IN AN OLD ROCKING CHAIR Wheeling WLP 8001
044 GALWAY BAY Wheeling WLP 8001
045 ‘NEATH THE OLD OLIVE TREE Wheeling WLP 8001
Summer 1965 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Doc and Chickie Williams
046 YOUR FATHER IS ALWAYS AT HOME WLP 2542 OHCD 4008 CD-WR-70
047 SEARCHING FOR HIS GRAVE WLP 2542
048 LET ME REST BENEATH THE PINES WLP 2542
049 WHEN THE BEES GO BUZZIN' ALONG WLP 2542 CD-WR-808
050 DOWN AT THE OLD VILLAGE STORE WLP 2542
051 SoN 14461 ECHO OF THE NORTH DW 1033/WLP 2542
052 SoN 14462 POLKA DOTS AND POLKA DREAMS DW 1033
8 July 1965 Mills Studio, East Sparta, OH – Doc and Chickie Williams
053 THE PRISONER AT THE BAR WLP 2542
054 BROKEN VOWS WLP 2542
055 MARY DEAR WLP 2542
056 I'M JUST GOING DOWN TO THE GATE WLP 2542
9 July 1965 Mills Studio, East Sparta, OH – Doc and Chickie Williams
057 WILLY ROY (THE CRIPPLED BOY) WLP 2542
058 I'M WATCHING THE TRAIN PASSING BY WLP 2542
059 SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES unissued
20 October 1966 RCA Victor Studio, Toronto, Ontario, CAN – Doc and Chickie Williams
060 I HEAR A RAINBOW 1034/WLP 5151
9 September 1967 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
061 I’LL TAKE YOU HOME AGAIN KATHLEEN Wheeling WLP 1313
062 I HAVE KNOWN Wheeling WLP 1313
063 DON’T MAKE ME GO TO BED Wheeling WLP 1313
064 WHISPER THRU THE STARS Wheeling WLP 1313
065 GOD SENT MY LITTLE GIRL Wheeling WLP 1313
066 M-O-T-H-E-R Wheeling WLP 1313
067 I’M JUST DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER Wheeling WLP 1313
068 BIRD WITH A BROKEN WING Wheeling WLP 1313
11 September 1967 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Chickie Williams
069 LULLABY FOR BABY Wheeling 1038/WLP 1313
070 NORTHWINDS Wheeling 1038/WLP 1313
071 LET’S PRETEND Wheeling WLP 1313
072 IN THE BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES Wheeling WLP 1313
18 September 1970 Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Doc and Chickie Williams
073 A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE WLP 9292
6 March 1972 Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling WV – Doc Williams [1], Chickie Williams [2], Dapper Dan Martin [3])
074 HE SAID HE HAD A FRIEND -1-2 WLPS 1972
075 JOHN AND MARSHA -2-3 WLPS 1972
7 March 1972 Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling WV – Chickie Williams
076 FOUR IN THE MORNING WLPS 1972
8 March 1972 Jamboree Recording Studio, Wheeling WV – Doc Williams [1], Chickie Williams [2])
077 THE WHIPPOORWILL SONG -1-2 WLPS 1972 CD-WR-808
078 ZEB TURNEY’S GAL -2 WLPS 1972
14 September 1972 Fred Carter, Jr. Studio, Goodletsville, TN – Doc and Chickie Williams
079 HE SAID HE HAD A FRIEND 1047/WLPS 1972
080 PLEASE CALL MY NAME unissued
12 May 1974 Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Chickie Williams (+ Barbara Kemp, Doc Williams [bck vcl] + unknown musicians)
081 JUST A MELODY CLP 2001
082 CREPE ON THE LITTLE CABIN DOOR CLP 2001
083 SNOWBIRD CLP 2001
084 COUNTRY ROADS CLP 2001
085 THE WORLDS MEANEST MOTHER Doxx 1049/CLP 2001
086 MAYTIME CLP 2001
087 TAKE ME BACK TO RENFRO VALLEY CLP 2001
088 SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES CLP 2001
089 ONE HAS MY NAME CLP 2001
090 A EVENING PRAYER CLP 2001
1974 poss. Jewel Recording Company, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Chickie Williams
091 NORTHWIND 1049
092 BEYOND THE SUNSET 1050
093 AS LONG AS YOU LOVE ME 1051
Chickie Williams recorded after 1974, some info in albums list
ALBUMS
Wheeling WLP-4001 Chickie Williams Sings The Old Songs:
Beyond The Sunset Should You Go First And I Remain(Reading); Little Joe; In The
Baggage Coach Ahead; Down On The Old Plantation; Where The Silvery Colorado
Wend Its Way; My Mother’s Picture; Fallen Leaf; Faded Old Love Letters; The
Parlor Is A Pleasant Place; The Picture Turned Toward The Wall; Little Rosewood
Casket – 59
Wheeling WLP-8001 Fireside Songs: Whippoor-Will Valley;
Little Old Locket Of Gold; I’m Tying The Leaves; Wintertime In Maine; Letter
Edged In Black; May We All Meet Again; When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver;
Gypsy’s Warning; Since My Mother’s Dead And Gone; Rocking Alone In An Old
Rocking Chair; Galway Bay; ‘Neath The Old Olive Tree - 63
Wheeling WLP-2542 Doc And Chickie Williams Sing
Together: Echo Of The North; Down At The Old Village Store;
Let Me Rest Beneath The Pines; When The Bees Go Buzzin' Along; I'm Searching
For His Grave; Your Father Is Always At Home; I'm Watching The
Train Passing By; Mary Dear; Willy Roy (The Crippled Boy);
I'm Just Going Down To The Gate; Prisoner At The Bar; Broken
Vows - 66 w. Doc
Williams
Wheeling WLP-1313/WLPS-2313 From Out Of The Beautiful Hills
Of West Virginia: Lullaby For Baby; I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen; I Have
Known; Let’s Pretend; Don’t Make Me Go To Bed; Whisper Thru The Stars;
Northwinds; God Sent My Little Girl; M-O-T-H-E-R; I’m Just Driftwood On The
River; Bird With A Broken Wing; In The Blue Canadian Rockies - 67
DOXX CLP-2001 Just A Melody Of Love: Just A Melody; Crepe On
The Little Cabin Door; Snowbird; Country Roads; The Worlds Meanest Mother;
Maytime; Take Me Back To Renfro Valley; Springtime In The Rockies; One Has My
Name; A Evening Prayer – ca 74
GW 103 Full Circle: He Said He Had A Friend; Lonely; The Tie
That Binds; Tragic Romance; Flower From The Fields Of West Virginia; How Great
Thou Art; Just An Old Fashioned Locket; The Coupon Song; I’m Going From The
Cottonfields; There Are Times When I Am Lonely; Sweet Fern; Thank You For My
New Deal – 78 w. Doc Williams
SINGLES
Wheeling (1949-)
1001 Beyond The Sunset / Bright Red Horizon – 11-49 (rev. Nov. 26)
1001 Beyond The Sunset / Bright Red Horizon – 11-49 (rev. Nov. 26)
1004 This Little Rosary / Sweet Hour Of Prayer
1005 Whisper Thru The Stars / We'd Better Say Goodbye
1012 God Bless And Keep You Tonight / Whippoorwill Valley –
w. Doc Williams
1019 Wintertime In Maine / Storm
1023 Pittsburgh Polka (w. Doc Williams) / Joe's In The Dough
(Doc Williams) – 55
1026 Used To You (w. Doc Williams) / Old Ladies Home (Doc
Williams) – 57
1031 I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland / When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget – 04-62
1031 I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland / When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget – 04-62
1038 Lullabye For Baby / Northwinds
1047 He Said He Had A Friend / Happy Days Long Ago - 72 w. Doc Williams
Doxx 1049 World’s Meanest Mother / Northwind - 74
1050 Beyond The Sunset / As Long As You Love Me