Bill Watkins

Billy Lee Watkins, *02-10-1931 Corbin, KY

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Adam Komorowski

SESSIONS

1958 Cincinnati, OH – Bill Watkins (w. Roscoe Porter’s Orchestra)

001 ARS 10000 SPACE LOVE Allied ARS-10000 /1

002 ARS 10001 SANDMAN OF LOVE Allied ARS-10000/1

Summer 1958 Cincinnati, OH – Bill Watkins

003 CP 2135 MISSED THE WORKHOUSE Lucky 0006/Bb-CD-55003 CDLR 813 PRLP 006 WLP 8857 [alt.:] MESSED AT THE WORKHOUSE RUN 006 LP 409

004 CP 2136 TIME WILL MAKE YOU PAY 0006

Poss. from session above:

005 BIG GUITAR  CLCD 4417 RUN 006 LEE 409 MLP 101

006 RED CADILLAC  RUN 006 /Bb-CD-55093 [alt.] LEE 409

RUNDELL RUN 006 CINCINNATI ROCK AND ROLL (GER, 1987); COLLECTOR CLCD 4417 GREAT ROCKERS FROM CINCINNATI (NED, 1993); LEE 409 CINCINNATI ROCK AND ROLL 1950S (1979); MIMA MLP 001 TOR ROCKING TRACKS (10“ LP, 1997); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55003 BAD BOY (GER, 1993); LUCKY CDLR 813 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.13 (UK, 1997); CLUB PRLP-006 PURE ROCKABILLY VOL.6 (UK, 1996); COLLECTOR WLP 8857 THE LUCKY LABEL (NED, 1983); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55093 ROCKING CADILLAC (GER, 2000)

1965 Cincinnati, OH – Bill Watkins

007 14321 I GOT TROUBLES  Tip-Toe 14321-2/CLCD 4417 90200 Bb-CD-55179 WLP 8857

008 14322 LIPS TOO COLD TO KISS Tip-Toe 14321-2

EAGLE 90200 CHICKEN ARE ROCKIN’ VOL.1 (GER, 1993); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55179 GOT TROUBLES (GER, 2006);

1980? Cincinnati, OH – Bill Watkins (producer; Axie Watkins, Bill Watkins*)

009 8020A BABY DON'T LOVE ME NO MORE  Tip-Toe TT 001/LPL 8904

010 8020B PIECES FROM MY HEART* Tip-Toe TT 001

January-March 1988 Tip Toe Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH – Bill Watkins (Bill Watkins [vcl/ac gt], Gary Ruble [ld gt/bck vcl], Gordon Larkin [gt], Herman Cress [bass/bck vcl], Mike Mahoney [drums], Sandra (Watkins) Felix [bck vcl]. Producer: Randy McNuttProducer: Randy McNutt)

011 RED CADILLAC  Rockhouse LPL 8904 270104-2

012 ROCKABILLY BUDDY  Rockhouse LPL 8904

013 WORKIN' IN A PAPER MILL  Rockhouse LPL 8904

014 ROCK-A-ROCK-A-BOOGIE  Rockhouse LPL 8904

015 GIRL I LOVE YOU SO  Rockhouse LPL 8904

016 HEY, MOSE  Rockhouse LPL 8904

017 NAGGING WOMAN  Rockhouse LPL 8904

018 BIG GUITAR  Rockhouse LPL 8904

019 DOWN-HOME TROUBLES  Rockhouse LPL 8904

020 AXIE IS HER NAME  Rockhouse LPL 8904

021 ROCKABILLY WILLIE  Rockhouse LPL 8904

022 GIVE ME THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION  Rockhouse LPL 8904

023 ROCKABYE BOOGIE  Rockhouse LPL 8904

1994 Tip Toe Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH – Bill Watkins (Bill Watkins [vcl/gt/ tambourine],  Gary Ruble [ld gt-1], Mike Brock [ld gt-2/bass-3], Mike Elliott [ld gt-4], Rusty York [ld gt-8/harmonica-9], Mike Freeman [bass],  Maxwell Scharf [drums],  Wayne Willetts [drums-5], Dumpy Rice [piano/ac gt]. Producer: Randy McNutt)

024 PLATINUM BLOND -2-3  Gee Dee 270104-2

025 PICKING MY BIG GUITAR -2  Gee Dee 270104-2

026 ALL ABOUT THE FIFTIES -2  Gee Dee 270104-2

027 MEMPHIS NUMBER ONE -2-3  Gee Dee 270104-2

028 ROCK AND ROLL BLUES -2-3  Gee Dee 270104-2

029 MUCH TOO MUCH FOR ME -3-7-8-9  Gee Dee 270104-2

030 GOD IS LOVE SWEET LOVE  -4 Gee Dee 270104-2

031 SILVER EAGLE  -2-3-7-9 Gee Dee 270104-2

032 COWBOY  -2-3 Gee Dee 270104-2

033 WINDING ROAD  Gee Dee 270104-2

034 POOR BOY -7-9  Gee Dee 270104-2

035 DEVIL'S WOMAN -4  Gee Dee 270104-2

036 CINCINNATI NUMBER ONE  -2-3-7-9 Gee Dee 270104-2

037 TIME THAT SLIPPED AWAY  -1 Gee Dee 270104-2

038 TIGER -7  Gee Dee 270104-2

039 DADDY OF THEM ALL -4  Gee Dee 270104-2  

ALBUMS

Rockhouse [NED] LPL 8904 Return Of The Cincinnati Rocker: Red Cadillac; Rockabilly Buddy; Workin' In A Paper Mill; Rock-A-Rock-A-Boogie; Girl I Love You So; Hey, Mose; Nagging Woman; Big Guitar; Down-Home Troubles; Axie Is Her Name; Rockabilly Willie; Give Me That Old-Time Religion; Rockabye Boogie; Baby Don't Love Me No More – 89

Gee Dee CD 270104-2 That Rockin' Country Man: Red Cadillac; Platinum Blond; Picking My Big Guitar; All About The Fifties; Memphis Number One; Rock and Roll Blues; Much Too Much For Me; God Is Love Sweet Love; Silver Eagle; Cowboy; Winding Road; Poor Boy; Devil's Woman; Cincinnati Number One; Time That Slipped Away; Tiger; Daddy Of Them All - 94

SINGLES

Allied (1958)

ARS-10000/1 Space Love / Sandman Of Love – 58

Lucky (1959)

0006 Missed The Workhouse / Time Will Make You Pay – 09-59 (rev. Sept. 14)

Tip-Toe (1965)

14321 I Got Troubles / Lips Too Cold To Kiss – 65

TT001 Baby Don't Love Me No More / Pieces From My Heart