Jesse Otto Rogers, *05-03-1913 Claremore, OK, +04-12-1973
3rd
version
by
Tony Russell, Michel Ruppli, Walter
Gabriel, Praguefrank, Murray
Kirch, Mario Manciotti, Steve Hathaway
SESSIONS
26 March
1934 Texas Hotel, San Antonio,
TX - Jesse Rodgers (Jesse Rogers
[vcl/gt])
001 BS-82620-1 WAY DOWN IN MISSISSIPPI
Bluebird 5499 Montgomery
Ward M-4523
002
BS-82621-1 THE RAMBLER'S YODEL 5443 Montgomery Ward M-4524
003
BS-82622-1-2 WHEN THE TEXAS MOON IS SHINING unissued
004
BS-82623-1 I WISH YOU WERE HERE, DEAR 5443 Montgomery Ward M-4524
2 April
1934 Texas Hotel, San Antonio,
TX - Jesse Rodgers (Jesse Rogers
[vcl/gt])
005
BS-82622-3 WHEN THE TEXAS
MOON IS SHINING 6256/CCD-259
006
BS-82762-1 MY WINDING RIVER HOME 5632 Montgomery
Ward M-4522
007
BS-82763-1 ALL ALONE 6256/CCD-259
008
BS-82764-1 YODELING RAILROAD BLUES 5689
009
BS-82765-1 ROUGHNECK BLUES 5689
010
BS-82766-1 MY MARY 5632 Montgomery
Ward M-7043
011
BS-82767-1 MY BROWN EYED TEXAS
ROSE 5499 23685
29
January 1935 Texas Hotel, San Antonio,
TX - Jesse Rodgers (Jesse Rogers
[vcl/gt], Dick Bunyard [steel])
012
BS-87738-1 RATTLESNAKE DADDY 5839 Montgomery
Ward M-4785
013
BS-87739-1 THE AUTO LOVE SONG 5839 Montgomery
Ward M-4785
014
BS-87740-1 LEAVE ME ALONE, SWEET MAMA 5942 Montgomery Ward M-5014
015
BS-87741-1 HEADIN' HOME 5853 Montgomery
Ward M-8487
016
BS-87742-1 THE EMPTY COT IN THE OLD BUNKHOUSE 5910 Montgomery Ward M-4555
017
BS-87743-1 AN OLD RUGGED ROAD 5910 Montgomery
Ward M-4555
018
BS-87744-1 DOWN IN THE HILLS 5958
019
BS-87745-1 LONELY DAYS IN TEXAS 5958 Montgomery Ward M-8488
020
BS-87746-1 YOU CAN BEAT ME TALKIN' BOUT YOU unissued
021
BS-87747-1 LET ME CALL YOU MINE 5853 Montgomery
Ward M-8487
12 August
1935 San Antonio, TX - Jesse Rodgers (Jesse Rogers [vcl/gt])
022
BS-94426-1 LONGING FOR YOU unissued
023
BS-94427-1 BE NOBODY'S DARLING BUT MINE 6066 Montgomery Ward M-4983
024
BS-94428-1 WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN 6143 Montgomery
Ward M-4788
025
BS-94429-1 (IN A LITTLE SHANTY) HUMMING TO MY HONEY 6066 Montgomery Ward M-4983/CCD-259
026
BS-94430-1 GIVE YOUR LOVE TO ME 6196 Montgomery
Ward M-8485 Montgomery
Ward M-5013
027
BS-94431-1 JESSE'S TALKING BLUES 6143 Montgomery Ward M-4788
028
BS-94432-1 HOT DOG BLUES 6087 Montgomery
Ward M-8486
029
BS-94433-1 WHEN I WAS A BOY FROM THE MOUNTAINS 6116 Montgomery Ward M-4858
030
BS-94434-1 OLD KENTUCKY CABIN 6116 Montgomery Ward M-8485
031
BS-94435-1 WINDOW SHOPPING MAMA 6087 Montgomery
Ward M-8486
28
February 1936 Texas Hotel, San Antonio,
TX - Jesse Rodgers (Jesse Rogers
[vcl/gt] + Kama Moana’s Hawaiians: Charles Kama [steel] + unknown musicians)
032 BS-99424-1
I'M WRITING TO YOU, LITTLE DARLING 6311 Montgomery Ward M-4787/CCD-259
033
BS-99425-1 OLD PINTO, MY PONY, MY PAL 6364 Montgomery Ward M-4786
034
BS-99426-1 LITTLE PRAIRIE TOWN 6311 Montgomery
Ward M-4787/CCD-259
035
BS-99427-1 SAN ANTONIO BLUES 6364 Montgomery Ward M-4786
036
BS-99428-1 LONELY HILLBILLY 6402 Montgomery
Ward M-8484
037
BS-99429-1 I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT A GAL NAMED SAL 6402 Montgomery Ward M-7043
27
February 1937 Texas Hotel, San Antonio, TX - Jesse Rodgers (Jesse Rogers
[vcl/gt] + El Patio Trio (Bert Buddy and Homer)
038
BS-07397-1 WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS TELLING ON ME 6924 Montgomery Ward M-7206
039
BS-07398-1 THE LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE 7018 Montgomery Ward M-7205/CCD-259
040
BS-07399-1 ROUNDED UP IN GLORY 7209 Montgomery Ward M-8484
041
BS-07400-1 TROUBLED IN MIND AND BLUE 6924 Montgomery Ward M-7205
042
BS-07401-1 BACK IN JAIL AGAIN 7042 Montgomery Ward M-7206
043
BS-07402-1 I'M A ROAMIN' COWBOY 7209 Montgomery Ward M-7187
044
BS-07403 JUST ONE LITTLE KISS 7018 Montgomery Ward M-7207/CCD-259
045
BS-07404 SECOND CLASS HOTEL 7042 Montgomery Ward M-7207
ca Mid 1946
unknown - Jesse Rogers
046 SR
1730-2 I LOVE THE NAME OF TEXAS Sonora H 7012/CCD-259
047 SR
1731-2 WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN Sonora H 7012/CCD-259
048 SR
1732-2 WHEN IT'S SUNDOWN IN OLD SAN ANTONE Sonora H 7013/ LP 5093
049 SR
1733-2 HE'S TALL IN THE SADDLE Sonora H 7013/ LP 5093
050 SR
1734-2 THE CATTLE CALL Varsity 531 Sonora 1131/ LP 5093
051 SR
1735-2 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS Varsity 114 Varsity 539 Sonora 1130/ LP 5093
CCD-259
052 SR
1736-1 RIDIN' DOWN THE CANYON Varsity 574 Sonora 1129/LP 5093
053 SR
1737-1 WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE Varsity 532 Sonora 1132/ LP 5093
054 SR
1738-2 COWBOY'S HEAVEN Sonora H 7014
055 SR
1739-2 BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN Varsity 573 Sonora 1131/ LP 5093
056 SR
1740-1 ROLL ALONG PRAIRIE MOON Varsity 573 Sonora 1132/ LP 5093 CCD-259
057 SR
1741-2 PATENT LEATHER BOOTS Sonora 1130/ LP 5093 CCD-259
058 SR
1742-2 OLD CONESTOGA WAGON Varsity 574 Sonora 1129/ LP 5093 CCD-259
059 SR
1743-2 MY LOP-EARED MULE Sonora H 7014/CCD-259
ca late
1946 unknown - Jesse Rogers
060 SR
1925-1 TOMORROW TOU'LL BE SORRY THAT YOU BROKE MY HEART TODAY Sonora H
7036/CCD-259
061 DAYS
ARE LONG - NIGHTS ARE LONGES Sonora H 7032
062 GO
WEST, YOUNG MAN, GO WEST Sonora H 7032
063 SR
1928-1 MARY FROM MARYLAND Sonora
H 7036/CCD-259
ca 1948
poss. Philadelphia, PA - Jesse Rogers and his Forty-Niners (vcl with Cowboy
Band)
064 MOLLIE
DARLING (LET YOUR ANSWER BE A KISS)
Cowboy CR-601
065 THAT’S
WHAT SHE WROTE CR-601
ca
November 1948 unknown - Jesse Rogers
066 HERE
COMES SANTA CLAUS RCA 20-3243 21-0097 48-0100
067 BLUE
CHRISTMAS 20-3243 21-0097 48-0100
068
WITHIN THIS EVIL HEART OF MINE 21-0001/ Astro JR 4105
069
SWEETER THAN THE FLOWERS 21-0001/ Astro JR 4105
070
HADACOL BOOGIE 32-0001/CCD-259
071
COUNTRY BOY 32-0001/ Astro JR 4106 CCD-259
072 TENNESSEE
POLKA 32-0002/CCD-259 Astro JR 4105
073
WEDDING BELLS 32-0002/ Astro JR 4106 CD-259
074 MIND
YOUR OWN BUSINESS 33-0001/ Astro JR 4106 P 5093 CCD-259
075 WHY
DON'T YOU HAUL OFF AND LOVE ME 33-0001/ Astro JR 4106 LP 5093 CCD-259
076 I
WON'T GO HUNTIN' WITH YOU JAKE BUT I'LL GO CHASIN' WOMEN Astro JR 4105 CCD-259
Btw 1948/1950
unknown / Jesse Rogers
077 DARLIN‘
I’M BLUE JR 4105
078
CRY-BABY HEART JR 4105
079 I
WASTED A NICKEL JR 4105
080 LOVESICK
BLUES JR 4106
081 I
WISH I HAD A NICKEL JR 4106
Spring 1949 poss. Sellers Co. Studio, 2102 Jackson St.,
Dallas, TX - Jesse Rogers as Jessie Rogers
- Jesse Rogers and his
Forty-Niners
082 C
2253 THE DRUNKARD’S CHILD Apollo 209
083 C
2265 IT’S NOBODY’S FAULT BUT YOUR OWN - Apollo 209
ca June
1950 unknown - Jesse Rogers
084 GREAT
BIG NEEDLE 48-0350/ Astro JR 4106
085 I'VE
GOT FIVE DOLLARS AND IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT 48-0350
086
SLIPPIN' AROUND WITH JOLE BLON 48-0359/ Astro JR 4105 CCD-259
087
FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS 48-0359/Astro JR 4105 CCD-259
ca
September 1950 unknown - Jesse Rogers
088 I CAN
FOOL THE WORLD (BUT I CANNOT FOOL MY HEART) 48-0389/ Astro JR 4105 LP 5093
089 (I
WANT SOME) PLAIN OLD LOVIN' 48-0389/ Astro JR 4106 LP 5093
090
BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES 48-0454/ Astro JR 4106
091
TELLIN' MY BABY BYE 48-0454
27 September
1952 Philadelphia, PA - Jesse Rogers
092
52-S-6107 RED, WHITE AND BLUE CHRISTMAS MGM K11369/ LP 5093
093
52-S-6108 AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS K11369/ LP 5093
094
52-S-6109 THE DEVIL'S PITCHFORK K11422
095
52-S-6110 HOWLIN' AND A-PROWLIN' K11422
14
February 1954 Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville
3, TN - Jesse Rogers
096
54-S-5/54-XY-62 I NEVER KNEW I NEEDED YOU K11884
097
54-S-6/54-XY-63 FOLDIN' MONEY K11742
098
54-S-7/54-XY-64 YOU'RE SORRY FOR YOURSELF K11742
099
54-S-8/54-XY-65 I GOTTA LOVE JUST LIKE I LIKE K11884
10 March
1955 [21:00-24:00] Allegro Recording Studio, New York City - Jesse Rogers &
Rio Grande Playboys
100
55-S-413/55-XY-293 THE WALTZ YOU SAVED FOR ME K11983
101
55-S-414/55-XY-294 THE ONE ROSE unissued
102
55-S-415/55-XY-295 IMPATIENT HEART K11983
103
55-S-416/55-XY-296 I CAN’T FACE THE FUTURE unissued
ca
January 1957 Philadelphia, PA - Jesse Rogers
104 JUKE
BOX CANNONBALL Arcade 143
105 YOU
CAN‘T HANG THAT MONKEY ON MY BACK Arcade 143
1960
unknown - Jesse Rogers
106 NIGHT
WIND Arcade 162
107 SAY
IT AGAIN 162
ca
September 1961 unknown - Jesse Rogers
108 JUMP,
CATS, JUMP Arcade AR-169
109
YOU’VE CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE INTO A SONG AR-169
unknown info - Jesse Rogers
110 T. T. BOOGIE
unknown info - Jesse Rogers
110 T. T. BOOGIE
ALBUMS
Astro
JR-4105 Finders Keepers-Losers Weepers: Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers; I Can Fool,
The World; Within This Evil Heart Of Mine; Darlin‘ I’m Blue; Sweeter Than The
Flowers; Tennessee Polka; Cry-Baby Heart; But I’ll Go Chasin‘ Women; Slippin‘
Around With Jole Blon; I Wasted A Nickel – 73? (RCA recordings)
Astro
JR-4106 Yesterday’s Winner, Is A Loser
Today: Why Don’t You Haul Off And Love Me; Wedding
Bells; Mind Your Own Business; Lovesick Blues; Country Boy; Beautiful Brown Eyes; A
Drunkard’s Child; Plain Old Lovin‘; Great Big Needle; I’ve Got Five Dollars And
It’s Saturday Night; I Wish I Had A Nickel – 73? (RCA recordings)
Cowgirlboy
[GER] LP-5093 Jesse Rogers His Country And Western Yodeling Days: Ridin‘ Down The Canyon; Old Conesta Wagon; Patent Leather Boots; The Yellow Rose Of Texas; The Cattle
Call; Back In The Saddle Again; Roll Along Prairie Moon; When The Bloom Is On The Sage; Why Don’t You Haul Off And Love Me; Mind Your Own Business; Red, White And Blue Christmas; An Old Fashioned Christmas; When It’s Sundown In Old San Antone; He’s Tall In The Saddle; (I Want Some) Plain Old Lovin‘; I Can Fool
The World (But I Cannot Fool My Heart) - 93
Cattle
Compact [GER] CCD-259 Wedding Bells: Wedding Bells; Hadacol Boogie; Tennessee
Polka; Cry Baby Heart; Country Boy; (I Won't Go Huntin', Jake) But I'll Go
Chasin' Women; Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me; Mind Your Own Business;
Slippin' Around With Jole Blon; Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers; All Alone; I'm
Writing To You, Little Darling (The Answer To "Nobody's Darling); Just One
Little Kiss; Little Prairie Town; The Little Girl Dressed In Blue; When The
Texas Moon Is Shining; (In A Little Shanty) Hummin' To My Honey; I Love The
Name Of Texas; Mary From Maryland; Old Conesta Wagon; Patent Leather Boots;
Roll Along Prairie Moon; Tomorrow, You'll Be Sorry That You Broke My Heart
Today; When The Sun Goes Down; Yellow Rose Of Texas; My Lop-Eared Mule - 02
(=Wanderers Of The Wasteland).
BACM
[UK] CD D 284 Songs Of The Hills And Plains: When The Sun Goes Down; Jesse's Talking
Blues; When I Was A Boy From The Mountains; Old Kentucky Cabin; Old Pinto, My
Pony, My Pal; San Antonio Blues; Lonely Hillbilly; Tell You About A Gal Named
Sal; What You're Doing Is Telling On Me; Troubled In Mind And Blue; Back In
Jail Again; I'm A Roamin' Cowboy; Second Class Hotel; When The Bloom Is On The
Sage; Beautiful Brown Eyes; A Drunkard's Child; Plain Old Lovin'; Great Big
Needle; I've Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night; I Can Fool The World But
Cannot Fool My Heart; Days Are Long Nights Are Lonely; Go West Young Man;
Impatient Heart; The Waltz You Saved For Me - 09
SINGLES
Victor
(1934-37)
Bluebird
B-5443 I Wish You Were Here Dear / The Rambler's Yodel - 34
(reissued on Montgomery Ward M-4524)
B-5499 My Brown Eyed Texas Rose / Way Down In Mississippi -
34 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-4523)
B-5632 My Mary / My Winding River Home - 34 (reissued on Montgomery
Ward M-4522)
B-5689 Roughneck Blues / Yodeling Railroad Blues - 34
B-5839 Rattlesnake Daddy / The Auto Love Song - 35 (reissued
on Montgomery Ward M-4785)
B-5853 Let Me Call You Mine / Headin' Home- 35
B-5910 The Empty Cot In The Old Bunkhouse / An Old Rugged
Road - 35 (reissued on Montgomery Ward M-4555)
B-5942 Leave Me Alone Sweet Mama / ? (not Jesse Rogers) - 35
B-5958 Down In The Hills / Lonely Days In Texas – 35
B-6311 I'm Writing To You, Little Darling / Little
Prairie Town -36
B-6942 Back In Troubled In Mind And Blue / Telling On Me -
37
B-7018 The Little Girl Dressed In Blue / Just One
Little Kiss -37
B-7042 Back In Jail Again / Second Class Hotel - 37
Montgomery
Ward
M-4786
Old Pinto, My Pony, My Pal / San Antonio Blues
M-4787
Little Prairie Town / I'm Writing To You, Little Darling
M-4788
When The Sun Goes Down / Jesse's Talking Blues
M-4858
When I Was A Boy From The Mountains / [Wilf Carter:] Cowboy Lullaby
M-4983
Hummin' To My Honey / Be Nobody's Darling But Mine
M-5013
I've Ranged, I've Roamed And I've Travelled / Why Did You Give Me Your Love
M-5014
Leave Me Alone Sweet Mama / [Jimmie
Rodgers:] My Good Gal’s Gone Blues
M-7043
I'll Tell You About A Gal Named Sal / My Mary
M-7187
I'm A Roaming Cowboy / [Sain Family:] Texas Trails
M-7205
Troubled In Mind And Blue / Little Girl Dressed In Blue
M-7206
Back In Jail Again / What You're Doing Is Telling On Me
M-7207
Just One Little Kiss / Second Class Hotel
M-8484
Rounded Up In Glory / Lonely Hillbilly
M-8485
Old Kentucky Cabin / Give Me Your Love
M-8486
Hot Dog Blues / Window Shopping Mama
M-8487
Let Me Call You Mine / Headin' Home
M-8488
Lonely Days In Texas / Down In The Hills
Sonora
(1946)
1129
Ridin' Down The Canyon / Old Conestoga Wagon
1130 The
Yellow Rose Of Texas / Patent Leather Boots
1131 The
Cattle Call / Back In The Saddle Again
1132 When
The Bloom Is On The Sage / Roll Along Prairie Moon
H7012
When The Sun Goes Down / I Love The Name Of Texas – 06-46 (rev. June 15)
H7013
He's Tall In The Saddle / When It’s Sundown In Old San Antone - 46
H7014 My
Lop Eared Mule / Cowboy’s Heaven - 46
H7032
Days Are Long - Nights Are Longer / Go West , Young Man, Go west - 01-47 (rev.Jan.
18)
H7036
Tomorrow You’ll Be Sorry / Mary From Maryland - 01-47
Varsity
114 The
Yellow Rose Of Texas / [Barbara Brown O.]
531 The
Cattle Call / [Red River Dave]
532 When
The Bloom Is On The Sage / [Red River Dave]
539
Yellow Rose Of Texas / [Red River Dave]
573 Back
In The Saddle Again / Roll Along Prairie Moon
574
Ridin' Down The Canyon / Old Conestoga Wagon
Cowboy (1948)
CR-601
Mollie Darling Let Your Answer Be A Kiss
/ That’s What She Wrote - 48
Apollo
209 The
Drunkard’s Child / It’s Nobody’s Fault But Your Own - 49
RCA
Victor/Bluebird* (1948, 1950-51)
20-3243
Here Comes Santa Claus / Blue Christmas - 11-48 (rev. Dec. 25)
21-0001
Within This Evil Heart../ Sweeter Than The Flowers - 01-49
*32-0001
Hadacol Boogie / Country Boy - 49
*32-0002 Tennessee
Polka / Wedding Bells – 49 w. ‘49ers (rev. August 6)
*33-0001
Mind Your Own Business / Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me - 49
21-0097/48-0100
Blue Christmas / Here Comes Santa Claus - 11-49
48-0350
Great Big Needle / I've Got Five Dollars - 06-50 (rev. June 17)
48-0359
Slippin' Around With Jole Blon / Finders Keepers - 08-50 (rev. Aug. 12)
48-0389 I
Can Fool The World / Plain Old Lovin' - 10-50
48-0454
Beautiful Brown Eyes / Tellin' My Baby Bye - 05-51 (rev. June 2)
MGM
K 11369
Red, White And Blue Christmas / An Old Fashioned Christmas - 11-52
K 11422
Howlin And A-Prowlin¢ / The Devil's Pitchfork - 01-53
K 11742
Foldin‘ Money / You’re Sorry For Yourself - 05-54
K 11884 I
Gotta Love Just Like I Like / I Never Knew I Needed You - 12-54
K 11983
The Waltz You Saved For Me / Impatient Heart - 04-55
Arcade
(1957)
45-AR-143
Juke Box Cannonball / You Can‘t Hang That Monkey On My Back - 57
45-AR-162
Night Wind / Say It Again - 60
45-AR-169
Jump, Cats, Jump / You’ve Changed My Whole Life Into A Song - 62
