by Richard Weize, Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
Spring 1957 Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Gary
Shelton (Gary Shelton [vcl/piano] + orchestra and chorus conducted by Carl
Stevens)
001 YW-15719 BE HONEST WITH ME Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
002 YW-15720 MY HERO (from The Chocolate Soldier) Smash Y-2001/BCD 16270
BB-CD-55180
003 YW-15721 TEENAGE LOVE CALL Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
004 YW-15722 DON’T SEND ME AWAY Smash Y-2001/BCD 16270 BB-CD-55117
BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55117 TEENSCENE VOL.5 (GER, 2008); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55188 RHYTHM
FEET (GER, 2008)
Fall 1957 Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Gary
Shelton (Gary Shelton [vcl/piano] + orchestra and chorus conducted by Carl
Stevens)
005 YW-15790 I’VE COUNTED ON YOU Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
006 YW-15791 STRANGERS Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
007 YW-15792 THE CURSE OF AN ACHING HEART Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
1958 Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Gary Shelton (Gary Shelton
[vcl/piano], Buddy Shelton [drums] + unknown members of Gary’s own band)
008 YW-16516 MAYBE LATER, BABY Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
009 YW-16517 BE BOP LOVE Mercury unissued/BCD 16270 [with echo] Mercury
unissued/BCD 16270
1958 Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Gary Shelton (Gary Shelton
[vcl/piano] + orchestra and chorus conducted by Carl Stevens)
010 YW-16518-10 MY LITTLE CAROL Mercury unissued/BCD 16270 [take-18, with
chorus] Mercury unissued/BCD 16270 [alt.-fast version] Mercury unissued/BCD
16270
011 YW-16939 WALK TO THE DANCE Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
012 YW-16993 LONELY Mercury unissued/BCD 16270
ca May 1958 Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Gary Shelton (Gary
Shelton [vcl/piano] + Steve Bledsoe and Blue Jays: Don Heath [ld gt], Steve
Bledsoe [gt], Doug Morris [drums], Tone Blenders [bck vcl])
013 YW-17514 KISSIN’ AT THE DRIVE-IN 71310X45/ BCD 16270 Dunhill 7024 CLCD 4443
014 YW-17515 YOURS TILL I DIE 71310X45/ BCD 16270 Dunhill 7024
COLLECTOR CLCD 4443 RURAL ROCKIN’ HICKS (NED, 1998)
1958 Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Gary Shelton
(Gary Shelton [vcl/piano] + Steve Bledsoe and Blue Jays: Don Heath [ld gt],
Steve Bledsoe [gt], Doug Morris [drums])
015 J9OW-9367 THE TRANCE Regis 1001/ BCD 16270 Dunhill 7024 WLP 8850 BL 2082
BB-CD-55165
016 J9OW-9368 THE GREAT LOVER regis 1001 Mark M 145/ BCD 16270 Dunhill 7024
COLLECTOR WLP 8850 GREAT RARITIES FROM V.A. VOL.1 (NED,
1983); BUFFALO BOP BL 2082 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED VOL.65 (GER); BUFFALO BOP
BB-CD-55165 FEAR (GER, 2003)
1959 Boulevard Recording Studios, Chicago, IL – Gary Shelton
(Gary Shelton [vcl/piano] + Steve Bledsoe and Blue Jays: Don Heath [ld gt],
Steve Bledsoe [gt], Doug Morris [drums], Tone Blenders [bck vcl])
017 MA 8-1 STOP THE WORLD (MY BABY’S GONE) Mark M 143/ BCD 16270 Dunhill 7024
018 MA 8-2 GOODBYE LITTLE DARLIN‘ Mark M 143/ BCD 16270 Dunhill 7024 WLP 8998 CDLR
812 BB-CD-55060
019 MA 10-1 A PAYER AND A JUKEBOX Mark M 145/ BCD 16270
COLLECTOR WLP 8998 REBEL ROCK-A-BILLY-ROCK VOL.8 (NED,
1995); LUCKY CDLR 812 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.12 (UK, 1997); BUFFALO BOP
BB-CD 55060
29 June 1959 [19:00-22:30] Columbia Recording Studio, 207E 30th St., New York
City – Gary Shelton (Gary Shelton [vcl], Everett Barksdale [gt], John
Piyyarelli [gt], Dolores Dickens [bass], Joe Marshall, Jr. [drums], Bert Keyes
[piano], Warren Luckey [sax])
020 CO 62569/JZSP-49154 HONEY BEE Alpine AE 56/ BCD 16270 Dunhill 7024
021 CO 62571/JZSP-49155 TILL THE END OF THE LINE Alpine AE 56/ BCD 16270
Dunhill 7024
split session with Fred Anisfield
late April 1961 Chicago, IL – Troy Shondell
022 LB 1268 THIS TIME Goldcrest 161 Liberty F-55353/Everest 5206 Sunset
SUS-5174 Dunhill 7024 CM 1-2-3 CDCHCD 446
023 LB 1269 GIRL AFTER GIRL Goldcrest 161 Liberty F-55353/Everest 5206 SUS 5174
Dunhill 7024
tracks above originally issued on Gaye label
CANDLELITE MUSIC CM 1/2/3/ COUNTRY MUSIC CAVALCADE (1980); ACE
CDCHD 446 RADIO GOLD VOL.2 (UK, 1993)
Fall 1961 Hollywood, CA– Troy Shondell (Producer: Snuff
Garrett)
024 LB-1332 ISLAND IN THE SKY Liberty 55398/Everest 5204 Sunset SUS-5174
Dunhill 7024
025 LB-1333 TEARS FROM AN ANGEL Liberty 55398/Everest 5206 Sunset SUS-5174
Dunhill 7024
Early 1962 Hollywood, CA– Troy Shondell (Producer: Snuff
Garrett)
026 LB-4500 NA-NE-NO 55445/5206 Dunhill 7024
027 LB-1403 JUST BECAUSE 55445/Everest 5206 Sunset SUS-5174 Dunhill 7024
1962 Hollywood, CA – Troy Shondell
028 LA 131 GONE Everest 2015/5206
029 LA 132 SOME PEOPLE NEVER LEARN Everest 2015/5206 Sunset SUS-5174 Dunhill
7024
1962 Hollywood, CA – Troy Shondell
030 LA 144 I'VE GOT A WOMAN Everest 2018/5206 Sunset SUS-5174 Dunhill 7024
031 THE GLIDER Everest 5206 Dunhill 7024
032 I DON'T KNOW Everest 5206 Sunset SUS-5174
033 THINKIN' Everest 5206 Dunhill 7024
1962 Hollywood, CA – Troy Shondell
034 LA 169 NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL Everest 2018/5206 Sunset SUS-5174
Early 1963 Hollywood, CA – Troy Shondell and His Snowmen
035 LA 330 LITTLE MIS TEASE 2041/ Dunhill 7024
036 LA 331 TROUBLE 2041
23 October 1964 Nashville, TN - Troy Shondell [purchased masters]
037 115343/NA 13143 WALKIN‘ IN A MEMORY Decca 31712/ Dunhill 7024
038 115344/NA 13144 I COULD HAVE LOVED YOU SO WELL unissued
039 115345/NA 13145 YOU CAN‘T CATCH ME 31712
ca August 1965 Nashvile, TN – Troy Shondell (Producer: Jerry Bradley)
040 JUST LIKE ME S-174
041 ZTSB-101543 JUST A DREAM S-174
ca 26 October 1965 Nashvile, TN – Troy Shondell (Producer: Jerry Bradley)
042 ZAPFX-6510261 BIG WINDY CITY RIC 184
043 ZAPFX-6510262 I THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE MINE RIC 184
recording date according to master number
1966 unknown – Try Shondell and The 69ers
044 T4KM-4825 MONEY HONEY 3 Rivers 007
045 T4KM-4826 TRY ME 3 Rivers 007
1966 unknown – Try Shondell and The 69ers
046 BABY DON'T DO IT 3 Rivers 820T-0333
047 WHEN I FALL APART 3 Rivers 800T 0333
Mid 1967 Nashvile, TN – Troy Shondell (Producer: Don Gant)
048 TR-003 LET ME LOVE YOU TRX 5015
049 TR-004 HERE IT COMES AGAIN TRX 5001/ Dunhill 7024
050 TR-005 A ROSE AND A BABY RUTH TRX 5001 TRX 5019/ Dunhill 7024
Summer 1967 Nashvile, TN – Troy Shondell (Producer: Don Gant)
051 TR-012 HEAD MAN TRX 5003
052 TR-013 SHE'S GOT EVERYTHING SHE NEEDS TRX 5003
053 TR-014 LET'S GO ALL THE WAY TRX 5015
Fall 1968 Nashvile, TN – Troy Shondell (Producer: Don Gant)
054 TR-068 SOMETHING WRONG IN INDIANA TRX 5019
Mid 1969 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
055 AND WE MADE LOVE ITC 105
056 IMITATION WOMAN ITC 105 StarFox 00022
late 1970 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
057 TONIGHT IT MIGHT WORK OUT Cinda 2-71070
058 IN SO DEEP Cinda 2-71070
late 1972 Nashville, TN – Troy Shondell (Producer: W.A.R. Inc..)
059 THIS TIME Writers and Artists 001
060 YOUR LOVE KEEPS COMING ON Writers and Artists 001
1973 unknown – Troy Shondell
061 THIS TIME (WEW’RE REALLY MAKING UP)
Brite Star BSP 2453
062 YOUR NOBODY’S CHILD Brite Star BSP 2453
1973-74 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
063 RIP IT UP BSP-2459/ Dunhill 7024
064 STILL LOVING YOU BSP-2459 / Dunhill 7024
065 LOVE STUFF Brite Star 4691
066 DEEPER AND DEEPER IN LOVE Brite Star 4691
Spring 1975 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Shondell prod.)
067 LRC-133A ANGEL IRDA #18
068 LRC-133B TAKE ME WOMAN IRDA #18
1975 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell,
Grisham)
069 (SITTIN’ HERE) LOVIN’ YOU Telesonic T 804
070 Unknown title Telesonic T 804
071 WE NEED NOBODY T 806
072 GOOD TIMES T 806
1976 Nashville, TN– Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
073 THAT SAME MISTAKE AGAIN Sunrise IRDA 317
074 CANDY COATED WORLD
IRDA 317
1977 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
075 I WONDER WHO'S KISSING HER NOW Star Fox 77-2/ Churchill 67243 Star Fox
SF-1020
076 DOCTOR LOVE Star Fox 77-2 77-4-1/ Star Fox SF-1020
077 STILL LOVING YOU Star Fox 77-4-1 CD 00022 / Star Fox SF-1020
078 THE WAY IT USED TO BE Star Fox 77-8-10/ Churchill 67243
079 DEEPER AND DEEPER Star Fox 77-8-10/ Star Fox SF-1020
1977 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
080 EVERYDAY Churchill 67243
081 SEA IF LOVE Churchill 67243
082 SMOKEY MOUNTAIN NIGHTS Churchill 67243
083 MY LOVE WILL TURN TO GOLD Churchill 67243 Star Fox SF-1020
084 THE GIRL OF MY BEST FRIEND Churchill 67243
085 HE TOOK HER Churchill 67243 Star Fox SF-1020
086 MY GIRL Churchill 67243
087 THAT SAME MISTAKE AGAIN Churchill 67243 Star Fox SF-1020
1977 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
088 RIP IT UP Star Fox SF-1020
089 OH BOY Star Fox SF-1020
090 SOLITARY MAN Star Fox SF-1020
091 THIS TIME Star Fox SF-1020
092 ALL I CAN DO Star Fox SF-1020
1978 unknown – Troy Shondell (Producer: Troy Shondell)
093 C 1338 RIP IT UP – OH BOY CDC 00044
094 LIKE A MOVIE Commercial CDC 00031/ Dunhill 7024
095 THE TENDER SIDE OF ME
CDC 00038
096 C 1342 SO CLOSE I CAN TASTE IT Commercial CDC 00031/ Star Fox SF-1020
Unknown info – Troy Shondell
I‘VE GOT IT* Dunhill
7024
RUGGED RALPH THE RAPID RABBIT RUNNER* Dunhill 7024
According to oldwaxblogspot.com this is not Troy Shondell
Troy Shondell recorded after 1978, some info in albums list
ALBUMS
Everest BR 5206/SD 1206 The Many Sides Of Troy Shondell: This Time; I've
Got a Woman; Gone; Na Ne No; The Glider; Girl After Girl; Just Because; Tears
From an Angel; Island in the Sky; Some People Never Learn; I Don't Know; No
Fool Like an Old Fool; Thinkin' – 02-63 (Canadian issue on London HA-Y 8128)
Sunset SUM-1174/SUS-5174 This Time: Island In The Sky; Just Because;
Some People Never Learn; I Don't Know; Tears From An Angel; This Time; I've Got
A Woman; Girl After Girl; Gone; No Fool Like An Old Fool – 67
Churchill 67243 Wanted Dead Or Alive: Everyday; Sea Of Love; The Way It
Used To Be; Smokey Mountain Nights; My Love Will Turn To Gold; The Girl Of My
Best Friend; I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now; He Took Her; My Girl; That Same
Mistake Again - 77
Star Fox SF 1020 Still Loving You: That Same Mistake Again; Still Loving
You; Rip It Up; Oh Boy; Deeper And Deeper; Solitary Man; He Took Her; Doctor
Love; This Time; I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now; So Close (I Can Taste It); All
I Can Do; My Love Will Turn To Gold - 78
Commercial ? Troy Shondell, The Ordinary Man: (tracks unknown) – 02-78
(info from BB, Feb 18, 1978)
Dunhill 7024 The Trance: Trance; This Time; Yours Til I Die; Goodbye
Little Darlin Goodbye; Stop The World; Gone; Girl After Girl; Great Lover;
Honey Bee; Till The End Of The Line; Some People Never Learn; Just Because;
Walking In A Memory; Thinkin'; Like A Movie; Still Loving You; Kissin' At The
Drive-In; I've Got It; Rugged Ralph The Rapid Rabbit Runner; Rip It Up; I've
Got A Woman; Hey There Little Miss Tease; Island In The Sky; I Don't Know;
Tears From An Angel; Glider; Here It Comes Again; A Rose And A Baby Ruth; Na Ne
No – 07-94
AVM Starmaker AVM
3141Vintage Gold: If I
Didn't Care; This Time (Were Really Breaking Up); New Orleans; Then You Can
Tell Me Goodbye; Mony Mony; Dream Lover; Lovin' Arms; I Can't Help Myself;
Tragedy; Goin' Up,Goin' Down; No One Knows; Save The Last Dance; Smokin';
Goodnight My Love – 95 (cassette)
Goldcrest 797 Rock and Roll Rebel: C'mon Everybody; Goodbye Little
Darlin'; Kissin' At The Drive In; The Trance; Girl After Girl; You Can't Catch
Me; Love Stuff; Rip It Up - Oh Boy; This Time (version 2); Hello Josephine;
Slow Down; Rockin' Pneumonia; Let's Go All The Way; No Fool Like An Old Fool;
I've Got A Woman; Just Because; Head Man; Island In The Sky – ca 97
Bear Family [GER] BCD-16270 Kissin' At The Drive-In - Gary Shelton Aka Troy
Shondell: Kissin' At The Drive-In; Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye; Be
Honest With Me; My Hero [From The Chocolate Soldier]; Lonely; Honey Bee; Till
The End Of The Line; The Trance; Stop The World (My Baby's Gone); I've Counted
On You; Yours Till I Die; Maybe Later, Baby; The Great Lover; Be Bop Love; Walk
To The Dance; My Little Carol [fast version]; A Prayer And A Jukebox; My Little
Carol [without chorus]; Strangers; The Curse Of An Aching Heart; Don't Send Me
Away; Be Bop Love [with echo]; Tennage Love Call; My Little Carol [with chorus]
– 09-99
Acrobat 4231 This Time - The Best Of Troy Shondell: This Time; I Got A
Woman; Gone; Na-Ne-No; The Glider; Girl After Girl; Just Because; Tears From An
Angel; Island In The Sky; Some People Never Learn; I Don't Know; No Fool Like
An Old Fool; Thinkin'; Little Miss Tease; Trouble – 10-06
Gary Shelton ? (UPC837101336437)
Time: Time (Eyes To See); Are You Still Here?; Many Rooms; Let Go Of
Yesterday; Trip To Tomorrow; Autumn Gaze; A Time For Everything; Keep His Words
In Mind; Reprise - 07
Essential Media Group ESMM942311554.2 The Many Sides Of Troy Shondell: This
Time; I Got A Woman; Gone; Na-Ne-No; The Glider; Girl After Girl; Just Because;
Tears From An Angel; Island In The Sky; Some People Never Learn; I Don't Know;
No Fool Like An Old Fool; Thinkin'; Little Miss Tease; Trouble – 09-07
Dunhill 7024 The
Trance: Trance; This Time; Yours Til I Die; Goodbye Little Darlin Goodbye;
Stop the World; Gone; Girl After Girl; Great Lover; Honey Bee; Till the End of
the Line; Some People Never Learn; Just Because; Walking in a Memory; Thinkin';
Like a Movie; Still Loving You; Kissin' at the Drive-In; I've Got It; Rugged
Ralph the Rapid Rabbit Runner; Rip It Up; I've Got a Woman; Hey There Little
Miss Tease; Island In the Sky; I Don't Know; Tears From An Angel; Glider; Here
It Comes Again; Rose And A Baby Ruth; Na NE Do – 29-01-13
unknown details:
The Roots Of Rock and Roll: Hello Josephine; Rip It Up; This Should Go
On Forever; Just A Dream; Just Because You Can't Catch Me; Still Loving You; No
Fool Like An Old Fool; New Orleans; Oh Donna; I Wander Whos Kissing Her Now;
Slow Down; Tragedy; No One Knows; Love Stuff; Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye; A
Rose and A Baby Ruth; Lovin Arms; Smokin'; Goodnight My Love; Mony Mony; This
Time "Were Really Breaking Up"
Still Rockin' U - Rockabilly Style: Down The Line; Slow Down; Imitation
Woman; Hey There Love Stuff; Goodbye Little Darlin'; Money Honey; You Can't
Catch Me; Trina Sue; C'mon Everybody; Party Doll; That Same Mistake Again;
Kissin' At The Drive In; Rip It Up - Oh Boy; Money Honey; Lookin' For Some New
Blue Jeans; Still Loving You; Hey There Love Stuff; This Time (version 3)
SINGLES
Smash/Mercury (1957/1958)
Y-2001x45 My Hero (From The Chocolate Soldier) / Don’t Send Me Away – 10-57
(rev. Oct. 28)
71310x45 Kissin’ At The Drive-In / Yours Till I Die – 16-05-58 (rev. June 30)
Mark/*Regis (1958)
*RR 1001 The Trance / The Great Lover – 09-58
M 143 Stop The World (My Baby’s Gone) / Goodbye Little Darlin‘ – ca 03-59
M 145 A Payer And A Jukebox / The Great Lover - 59
Alpine (1959)
AE 56 Honey Bee / Till The End Of The Line Alpine – 59
Goldcrest (1961)
161 This Time / Girl After Girl – 61 (also on Liberty F-55353, originally
ossued on Gaye in late June 1961 )
Liberty (1961-62)
F 55398 Island In The Sky / Tears From An Angel – 01-12-61
F 55445 Na-Ne-No / Just Because – 04-62 (rev. Apr. 21)
54529 This Time / Tears From An Angel – ca 63 (All Time
Series)
Everest (1962)
2015 Gone / Some People Never Learn – 09-62 (rev Sept. 22)
2018 No Fool Like An Old Fool / I've Got A Woman – 12-62 (rev. Dec. 8)
2041 Little Miss Tease / Trouble – 03-64 (rev. Apr. 4)
Decca (1964)
31712 Walkin' In A Memory / You Can't Catch Me – 11-64
Ric (1965)
S-174 Just Like Me / Just A Dream – 65 (rev. Noc. 25)
S 184 Big Windy City / I Thought That You Were Mine -12-65 (rev. Dec. 4)
3 Rivers (1966)
820T-007 Money Honey / Try Me - 66
820T-0333 Baby Don't Do It / When I Fall Apart - 66
TRX (1967-68)
TRX 5001 A Rose and A Baby Ruth / Here It Comes Again – 07-67 (rev. July 29)
TRX 5003 Head Man / She's Got Everything She Needs – 09-67
(rev. Sept. 30)
TRX 5015 Let's Go All The Way / Let Me Love You – 12-68
TRX 5019 Something Wrong In Indiana / A Rose And A Baby Ruth – 02-69 (Promo)
ITCC (1969)
SS 105 And We Made Love / Imitation Woman – 07-69
Cinda (1970)
2-71070 Tonight It Might Work Out / In So Deep – 02-71
Writers and Artists (1972)
001 This Time / Your Love Keeps Coming On – 02-73
Brite Star (1973-74)
BSP-2453 This Time (We’re Reeally Breaking Up) / Your Nobody’s Child - 73
BSP-2459 Rip It Up / Still Loving You – 74
BSP 4691 Love Stuff / Deeper And Deeper In Love
Cloud 9 [IRDA] (1975)
IRDA #18 Angel / Take Me Woman – 75
Telesonic (1975)
T 804 Sittin’ Here Lovin’ You / ? – 75
T 806 We Need Nobody / Good Times – 75
Sunrise (1976)
IRDA 317 That Same Mistake Again / Candy Coated World –
10-76 (rev. Oct. 16)
Star Fox/*Commercial
CDC 00022 Still Loving You / imitation Woman – 04-77
77-2 I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now / Doctor Love - 77
77-4-1 Still Loving You / Doctor Love - 77
77-8-1 The Way It Used To Be / Deeper And Deeper – 08-77
*CDC 00031 So Close I Can Taste It / Like A Movie – 11-77
*CDC 00038 The Tender Side Of Me / ? – 78
*CDC 00044 Rip It Up
– Oh Boy / ? – 78
?
I’m Looking For Some New Blue Jeans / ? - 88
