Kenny Serratt (Serrat)

*20-10-1934 Manilla, AZ, +26-08-2015
4th version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Michal Gololobov, Mario Manciotti, Goran Adolph, Kent Heineman, Steve Hathaway, Russell Rosen, Henk Scholts
SESSIONS
1964 unknown – Kenny Seratt (Producer: J. Joiner)
001 LOOK AT ME TODAY Ser-att 102
002 MISS YOU FOR A VERY LONG TIME Ser-att 102
1964 or 1965 unknown – Kenny Seratt
003 WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO Seratt ?
004 STAR LIGHT Seratt ?
ca late 1966 unknown - Kenny Seratt (Producer: C.B. Zumbach)
005 BLINDED BY THE BRIGHT LIGHTS Crossfire 109
006 MEMORIES OF JIMMIE RODGERS Crossfire 109
1960s unknown - Kenny Seratt
007 SUMMER'N'ROSES Crossfire 112
008 DON'T DRAG MY NAME THRU THE MUD 112
009 I HURT HER THEN Crossfire 114
010 THE SONG IS TILL THE SAME 114
23 August 1972 Hollywood, CA - Kenny Serratt (Producer: Merle Haggard) [purchased masters]
011 72L-4067 GOODBYES COME HARD FOR ME MGM K 14435/SE-4941 Hillside 1001
012 72L-4068 THE MAN WHO PICKED THE WILDWOOD FLOWER K 14435/SE-4941
26 January 1973 Hollywood, CA - Kenny Serratt (Producer: Merle Haggard) [purchased masters]
013 73L-4742 THE WAY I LOSE MY MIND K14517/SE-4941 Hillside 1001
014 73L-4743 OUR LOVE JUST WANDERED OFF SE-4941 HSCD 2108
015 73L-4744 THIS JUST AIN'T NO GOOD DAY FOR LEAVIN' K14517/SE-4941 Hillside 2105
July 1973 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Kenny Serratt (Producer: Merle Haggard)
016 73L-5497 LOVE AND HONOR K 14636/SE 4941 Hillside 1001
017 73L-5498 THE RUNNING KIND K 14636/SE 4941
July 1973 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Kenny Serratt
018 73L-5510 THE SEASHORES OF OLD MEXICO K-14699/SE 4941 Hillside 2105
September 1973 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Kenny Serratt (Producer: Merle Haggard)
019 73L-5689 THERE'S JUST ONE WAY SE 4941
020 73L-5690 AFTER THE STORM IS OVER K14699/SE 4941 Hillside 1001
January 1974 Hollywood, CA - Kenny Serratt and Messengers [purchased masters]
021 74L-6097 JUST LIKE THE WIND M14707
022 74L-6098 TOO MANY BARROOMS M14707
023 74L-6099 IF DRINKING EASED THE PAIN unissued
ca. March 1975 poss. Hollywood, CA - Kenny Seratt (Producer: Steve Stone)
024 63295 LET'S HOLD ON TO WHAT WE'VE GOT ME 6024F
025 63296 NOT TOO OLD TO CRY ME-6014F
026 63297 IF I COULD HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY Melodyland ME-6014F/ MC6-508-S1
ca. April 1975 poss. Hollywood, CA - Kenny Seratt (Producer: Steve Stone)
027 63306 TRULY GREAT AMERICAN BLUES ME 6024F
ca. August 1975 poss. Hollywood, CA - Kenny Seratt (Producer: Steve Stone)
028 63627 SHE'S THE TRIP I'VE BEEN ON (SINCE YOU'VE BEEN GONE) MC 5007F/ MC6-508-S1 Hillside 2105
029 63628 SHE MADE ME LOVE YOU MORE H-6039F MC5007F/ MC6-508-S1
030 63629 I'VE BEEN THERE, TOO H-6039F/ MC6-508-S1
ca. October 1976 poss. Hollywood, CA - Kenny Seratt (Producer: Steve Stone)
031 64370 I THREW AWAY THE ROSE H 6049F/ MC6-508-S1
032 64371 DADDY, THEY'RE PLAYIN' A SONG ABOUT YOU H 6049F/ MC6-508-S1 Hillside 1001
Btw 1975/1976 poss. Hollywood, CA - Kenny Seratt (Producer: Steve Stone)
033 SO CLOSE I CAN TASTE IT MC MC6-508-S1 Hillside 1001
034 JULIANNE MC6-508-S1
035 WHERE DO I PUT HER MEMORY MC6-508-S1 Hillside 1001
036 LOSING YOU GOT THE BEST OF ME MC6-508-S1
1978 unknown - Kenny Seratt
037 BLUE JEANS AND DIAMOND RINGS ASR AS 201
038 IF GOD MADE A WOMAN ASR AS 201
ca October 1979 The Music Mill, 1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN - Kenny Seratt (MDJ Productions)
039 NEVER GONNA BE A COUNTRY STAR MDJ-KS-1001/ Big R BRA-1002 (UK)
040 DAMN GOOD DRINKIN' SONG MDJ-KS-1001/ Big R BRA-1002 (UK) Hillside 1001

Ca 1979 The Music Mill, 1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN - Kenny Serratt

041 CRAZY ARMS

042 A FOOL SUCH AS I

043 REAL COUNTRY LOVE

044 SWINGING TO THE BEAT

045 TEXAS LADY

046 RIGHT NEXT TO HER MEMORY

047 FOUR MAN HANGIN’

048 TRAVELING WITH THE LORD

049 MANSION ON THE HILL

050 I’M MISSING KISSING YOU

051 LYIN’ LOOK IN HER EYES *

052 I’D RATHER BE HAPPY

053 SMILE FOR ME MY FRIEND*

054 BINGO GIRL

Tracks above issued on album I Want To Be A Millionaire, *also on album Smile For Me My Friend
January 1980 The Music Mill, 1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN - Kenny Seratt (Kenny Seratt [vcl], Jack Eubanks [gt], Fred Newell [ld gt], Billy Reynolds [rh gt], Stu Basone [steel], Big Jim Vest [pedal steel], David Smith [bass gt], Leo Jackson [drums], Willi Rainsford [piano], The Wire Choir [strings], Rita Faglio, Sudi Baker, Curtis Young, Doana Cooper, Ellen Massie [bck vcl]. Producer: Harold Shedd, Larry McBride)
055 SATURDAY NIGHT IN DALLAS MDJ-1003/Big R BRA-1002 (UK)
056 UNTIL THE BITTER END MDJ-1005/Big R BRA-1002 (UK) Hillside 1001
057 MOST WANTED WOMAN IN TOWN Big R BRA-1002 (UK)
058 SIDEWALKS ARE GREY MDJ-1008/ Big R BRA-1002 (UK) Hillside 1001
058 HONKY TONK NIGHTS MDJ-1008/ Big R BRA-1002 (UK) Hillside 2105
059 WE MADE MEMORIES MDJ-1003/ Big R BRA-1002 (UK) Hillside 1001
060 GIVING UP EASY Big R BRA-1002 (UK) Hillside 2105
061 HUNG OVER ON LOVE Big R BRA-1002 (UK) 1001
February 1980 The Music Mill, 1710 Roy Acuff Place, Nashville, TN - Kenny Serratt (Kenny Serratt [vcl], Jack Eubanks [gt], Fred Newell [ld gt], Billy Reynolds [rh gt], Jim Baker/Gene O‘ Neal [steel], David Smith [bass gt], Lee Jackson [drums], Willie Rainsford [piano], Doana Cooper, Gary Musick [bck vcl]. Producer: Kenny Serratt, Drew Taylor)
062 RIDIN' THE BIG "A" Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
063 QUEEN OF THE ROAD Big R BRS 06/BRA-1007 (UK)
064 IT AIN'T NO GOOD TO LOVE A TRUCK DRIVIN' MAN Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
065 DIESEL DEVIL Big R BRS 06/ BRA-1007 (UK)
066 I'M TRUCKIN' MY WAY TO GLORY MDJ-1005/Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
067 JODY'S ON THE RUN Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
068 I'VE GOT A TRUCK Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
069 NO LONGER MINE Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
070 SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD Big R BRA-1007 (UK) In a Different Key
071 WHITE LINE FEVER Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
072 SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN Big R BRA-1007 (UK)
1980 [live] The Grapevine Opry, Grapevine Palace Theatre, 300 South MainSt., Grapevine, TX - Kenny Seratt
07201 Intro  ASR 011
07202 GIVE ME A LITTLE AND I'LL WRITE YOU A SONG ASR 011
07203 ALWAYS CHASIN' RAINBOWS ASR 011
07204 HIDE ME ASR 011
07205 WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN IT'S OVER  ASR 011
07206 THERE'S JUST ONE WAY ASR 011
07207 TOO MANY BAR ROOMS ASR 011
07208 NOTHING GOOD IN GOODBYE ASR 011
07209 THAT SILVER HAIRED DADDY OF MINE ASR 011
07210 DON'T PUT GRANDMA IN A REST HOME ASR 011
07211 JESUS MAKES THE SUNSHINE IN MY LIFE ASR 011
1981 unknown - Kenny Serratt
073 LIVE WITH A GIRL Casablanca NB 2331
074 LOVE ON THE RUN NB 2331
1981 unknown - Kenny Serratt
075 I NEVER GO AROUND MIRRORS Hillside HS81-06/1001  *
076 YOU'RE FREE IN THIS LOVE OF MINE Hillside HS81-06/1001

*also on album Smile For Me My Friend
Ca early 1980s unknown – Kenny Seratt

077 SMILE FOR ME MY FRIEND

078 IT’S SUCH A PRETTY WORLD TODAY

079 DO YOU EVER THINK OF DALLAS

080 MISSING KISSING YOU

081 HIDE ME

082 JUST LIKE THE WIND

083 TOO MANY BARROOMS

084 BEST BIG MISTAKE I EVER NMADE

085 REAL COUNTRY LOVE

086 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN

Tracks above issued on album Smile For Me My Friend

ca early 1980s unknown - Kenny Serratt

087 OLD FLAMES

088 I’LL JUST STAY HERE AND DRINK

089 IT IS NO SECRET  Sings Gospel

090 I’M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY

091 PLEASE DON’T TELL ME HOW THE STORY ENDS

092 RELEASE ME

093 SHE THINKS I STILL CARE

094 LET ME BE THERE

095 THE WAY I AM

Tracks above issued on album In A Different Keyca early1980s unknown - Kenny Serratt
096 HANK AND LEFTY RAISED MY SOUL Hillside 1001
097 HUNGOVER ON LOVE Hillside 1001
098 I FOUND HEAVEN IN A TEXAS HONKY TONK Hillside 1001
099 I'D RATHER BE HAPPY Hillside 1001
100 RIGHT NEXT TO HER MEMORY
1980s and later prob. Nashville, TN - Kenny Serratt
101 LONG BLACK VEIL Hillside 2105
102 CIGARETTE AND COFFEE BLUES Hillside 2105
103 I'VE GOT A DARLIN' FOR A WIFE Hillside 2105
105 THIS JUST AIN'T NO GOOD DAY FOR LEAVIN' Hillside 2105
107 BROTHERS STRANGERS and FRIENDS Hillside 2105
108 I'M AN OLD OLD MAN Hillside 2105
112 BLUE JEANS AND DIAMOND RINGS Hillside 2105
113 SHE ONLY MADE ME LOVE YOU MORE Hillside 2105
114 THE SHOE GOES ON THE OTHER FOOT TONIGHT Hillside 2105
115 NORMAL MAN'S GRIND Hillside 2105
116 LOVE ME unissued
117 YOUR SIDE OF THE BED HSCD 2108
118 STRONG ENOUGH TO CLOSE MY EYES HSCD 2108
HILLSIDE HSCD 2108 ON THE ROAD AGAIN (2012)
Ca 1980s Woodside Studio, 2908 Epperly, Del City, OK – Kenny Seratt
119 THE PATH WAY
120 LOVE LIFTED ME
121 HOW GREAT THOU ART
122 JUST ONE WAY
122 WHEN WE ALL GET TO HEAVEN
123 LEAN ON JESUS
124 HAVEN OF REST
125 JESUS MAKES THE SUNSHINE IN MY LIFE
126 JOY UNSPEAKABLE
127 TRUCKING MY WAY TO GLORY
128 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD
129 ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD
130 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
Tracks above issued on album Kenny Seratt Sings Gospel
1989 poss. Woodside Studio, 2908 Epperly, Del City, OK – Kenny Seratt, *with Chisay
131 TEXAS TWO-STEP CHRISTMAS Woodside 1014
132 FOR THE KIDS SAKE* Woodside 1014
ca 1991 prob. Woodside Studio, 2908 Epperly, Del City, OK - Kenny Seratt
133 COUNTRY LIVING Woodside 00020
134 DJ FOR A DAY Woodside 00020
135 AFTER LAST NIGHT Woodside 00020
136 MY WIFE Woodside 00020
137 I´D RATHER BE HAPPY Woodside 00020
138 YOU CAN´T SELL A HOME Woodside 00020
139 YOU ALWAYS BELIEVED ME (WHEN I LIED) Woodside 00020
140 IF THEY CAN´T SAY I LOVE YOU Woodside 00020
141 JUST PASSIN´ THROUGH Woodside 00020
142 THOUGHT OF LOSING YOU Woodside 00020
143 4 MEN HANGIN‘ Woodside 00020
144 TWO STEPPIN‘ COWBOY SONG Woodside 00020
1991 or sooner  prob. Woodside Studio, 2908 Epperly, Del City, OK - Kenny Seratt (Producer: Bob Wood)
145 WORLD WIDE CHRISTMAS WCD 0002 IP 4
INDIE POOL IP 4 INDIE POOL, VOL. 4 (1991)
note: there are no details on most of 1980s albums. Recording data are approximated

ALBUMS
MGM SE-4941 Love And Honor: Love And Honor; This Job Ain't No Good Day For Leavin'; The Running Kind; The Way I Lose My Mind; There's Just One Way; Goodbyes Come Hard For Me; The Man Who Picked The Wildwood Flower; The Seashores Of Old Mexico; After The Storm Is Over; Our Love Just Wandered Off – 11-73
Music City MC6-508-S1 Kenny Serratt: So Close I Can Taste It; I Threw Away The Rose; I've Been There Too; She Made Me Love You More; If I Could Have It Any Other Way; Daddy They're Playing A Song About You; Julianne; Where Do I Put Her Memory; She's The Trip I've Been On (Since You've Been Gone); Losing You Got The Best Of Me - 77
MDJ ? I Want To be A Millionaire… And That’s My Final Answer: Crazy Arms; A Fool Such As I; Real Country Love; Swinging To The Beat; Texas Lady; Right Next To Her Memory; Four Man Hangin’; Traveling With The Lord; Mansion on The Hill; I’m Missing Kissing You; Kyin’ Look In her Eyes; I’d Rather Be Happy; Smile For Me My Friend; Bingo Girl – ca 80 (possibly cassette only, reissued on CD-R)

Killroy [NED] KIL 19980 KL Saturday Night In Dallas: Saturday Night In Dallas; The Bitter End; Most Wanted Woman In Town; Sidewalks Are Grey; A Damn Good Drinking Song; Honky Tonk Nights; We Made Memories; Never Gonna Be A Country Star; Giving Up Easy; Hung Over On Love – 80  (also on UK Big R BRA 1002, in 1981)
ASR ASR-011 Give Me A Title And I'll Write You Song: Give Me A Little And I'll Write You A Song; Always Chasin' Rainbows; Hide Me;What Do You Do When It's Over; There's Just One Way; Too Many Bar Rooms; Nothing Good In Goodbye; That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine; Don't Put Grandma In A Rest Home; Jesus Makes The Sunshine In My Life – 81 (UK issue on Big R BRA-1005)
Big R [UK] BRA-1007 Ridin' The Big A: Ridin' The Big "A"; Queen Of The Road; It Ain't No Good To Love A Truck Drivin' Man; Diesel Devil; I'm Truckin' My Way To Glory; Jody's On The Run; I've Got A Truck; No Longer Mine; Six Days On The Road; White Line Fever; Snow On The Mountain - 82
? Smile For Me My Friend: Smile For Me My Friend; It’s Such A Pretty World Today; Lying Look In Your Eyes; Do You Ever Think Of dallas; Missing Kissing You; Hide Me; Just Like The Wind; Too Many Barrooms; I Never Go Around Mirros; Best Big Mistake I Ever Made; Real Country Love; Today I Started Loving You Again -  (possibly cassette only, reissued on CD-R)

? In A Different Key: Old Flames; I’ll Just Stay Here And Drink; It is No Secret; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; Please Don’t Tell me How The Story Ends; Release Me; Six Days On The Road; She Thinks I Still Care; Let me Be There; The Way I Am - ? (possibly cassette only, reissued on CD-R)

? Do You Ever Think Of Dallas?: Always Chasing Rainbows -Live-; Best Big Mistake I Made; Do You Ever Think Of Dallas; Don't Put Grandma In A Rest Home -Live-; Give Me A Title And I'll Write You A Song; Hide Me -Live-; I Never Go Around Mirrors; I'm Missing Kissing You Goodnight; It's Such A Pretty World Today; Jesus Makes The Sunshine In My Life -Live-; Just Like The Wind; Right Next To Her Memory – 8- (some tracks previously issued on album BRA 1005)

Woodside no # Kenny Seratt Sings Gospel:  It Is No Secret; Are You Washed In The Blood; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; The Path Way; Love Lifted Me; How Great Thou Art;  Just One Way; When We All Get To Heaven; Lean On Jesus; Haven Of Rest; Jesus Makes The Sunshine In My Life; Joy Unspeakable; Trucking My Way To Glory; Nothing But The Blood - ?   (cassette. rec. Woodside Studio, 2908 Epperly, Del City, OK)

Woodside 00020 Now This Is Country!!: 4 Men Hangin´; Two Steppin´ Cowboy Song;Country Living;DJ For A Day;After Last Night;My Wife;I´d Rather Be Happy;You Can´t Sell A Home;You Always Believed Me (When I Lied);If They Can´t Say I Love You;Just Passin´ Through; Thought Of Losing you – 91 (possibly cassette only)
Hillside 1001 Best of Kenny Seratt, Vol. 1: The Way I Lose My Mind; After The Storm Is Over; Daddy, They're Playing A Song About You; Goodbye Comes Hard For Me; Hank And Lefty Raised My Country Soul; Hungover On Love; I Found Heaven In A Texas Honky Tonk; I Never Go Around Mirrors; I'd Rather Be Happy; Love And Honor; Sidewalks Are Gray; So Close I Can Taste It; Bitter End; Just A Damn Good Drinkin' Song; We Made Memories; Where Do I Put Her Memory; You're Free In This Love Of Mine - 19-01-01
Hillside 2105 Best of Kenny Seratt, Vol. 2: Long Black Veil; Cigarette and Coffee Blues; I've Got A Darlin' For A Wife; Just Between the Two of Us; This Just Ain't No Good Day for Leavin'; Giving Up Easy (Is Hard for Me to Do); Brothers Strangers and Friends; I'm An Old Old Man; Seashores Of Old Mexico; She's The Trip That I've Been On; Honky Tonkin' Night; Blue Jeans and Diamond Rings; She Only Made Me Love You More; Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight; Normal Man's Grind - 19-04-11

SINGLES
Ser-att (1964-65)
K 102 Look AT Me Today / Miss You For A Very Long Time - 64
?

1965 Where Did Our Love Go / Star Light - 65
Crossfire (1960s)
CF-109 Memories Of Jimmie Rodgers / Blinded By The Bright Lights - 02-67 (rev. Cashbox March 3)
CF-112 Summer'n'Roses / Don't Drag My Name Thru The Mud
CF-114 I Hurt Her Then / The Song Is Still The Same
MGM (1972-74)
K 14435 Goodbyes Come Hard For Me / The Man Who Picked The Wildwood Flower - 09-72 (rev. Sept. 7)
K 14517 This Just Ain't No Good Day For Leavin' / The Way I Lose My Mind - 03-73
K 14636 Love And Honor / The Running Kind - 08-73 (rev. Sept. 8)
K 14699 After The Storm Is Over / The Seashores Of Old Mexico - 73 (cancelled)
M 14707 Just Like The Wind / Too Many Barrooms - 03-74 and The Messangers
Motown (1975-77) as by Kenny Seratt
Melodyland
ME-6014F If I Could Have It Any Other Way / Not Too Old To Cry – 23-05-75
ME-6024F Let's Hold On To What We've Got / Truly Great American Blues – 26-09-75
Hitsville
H-6039F I've Been There, Too / She Made Me Love You More – 15-07-76
H-6049F Daddy, They're Playin' A Song About You / I Threw Away The Rose – 04-01-77 (rev. Jan. 22)
Music City
MC-5007F She's The Trip I've Been On (Since You've Been Gone) / She Only Made Me Love You More – 16-02-78 (rev. March 25)
ASR [Aunt Susie]  (1978-)
AS 201 Blue Jeans And Diamond Rings / If God Made A Woman - 78
MDJ (1979-80) as by Kenny Seratt
MDJ-KS-1001 Never Gonna Be A Country Star / A Damn Good Drinkin' Song - 11-79
MDJ-1003 Saturday Night In Dallas / We Made Memories - 04-80
MDJ-1005 Until The Bitter End / Truckin' My Way To Glory - 09-80 (rev. Sept. 6)
MDJ-1008 Sidewalks Are Grey / Honky Tonk Nights - 04-81
Casablanca (1981) as by Kenny Seratt
NB 2331 Live With A Girl / Love On The Run - 81
Hillside (1981) as by Kenny Seratt
HS81-06 I Never Go Around Mirrors / You're Free - 81
Big R [UK] (1981)
BRS02 The Bitter End / Saturday Night In Dallas – 81

BRS06 Diesel Devil / Queen Of The Road – 81?
Woodside
1014 Texas Two-Step Christmas / For The Kids Sake [By Chisai and Kenny Seratt] – 89

WCD 0002 World Wide Christmas – 91? (CD)