ca. July 1949 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave,
Cincinnati, OH – Johnny Rion (Johnny Rion [vcl], Zeke Turner [gt], Zeb Turner
[gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle])
001 K2923 HAND PRINTS
ON THE WINDOW PANE King 829/BACM CD D 654
002 K2924 A PACKAGE
TIED IN BLUE 810/BACM CD D 654
003 K2925 BUND CHILDREN‘S
PRAYER 829/BACM CD D 654
004 K2926 SUNNY
TENNESSEE 810/BACM CD D 654
Ca late 1949 [demo session] unknown – J. Rion
00401 HAPPY ANNIVERSAY TO YOU acetate-unissued/BACM CD D 654
00402 I CAN’T FIND MY WAY (OUT OF YOUR HEART)
acetate-unissued/BACM CD D 654
Around 1950 unknown – Ann Rion [-1]/Jerry Hansen [-2]
000 LOVE BUG BOOGIE [-1] Local Artists RC6-2/BACM CD D 654
000 FOX HUNTER’S POLKA [-2] RC6-2//BACM CD D 654
Ca 1951 unknown – Johnny Rion and The Trail Hitters
005 I GET THE BLUES Blue Ribbon RC6-2 /BACM CD D 654
006 THESE TEARS DON'T LIE Blue Ribbon RC6-2/BACM CD D 654
1950s
unknown – Johnny Rion
007 A GOODNIGHT WALTZ Embassy 3801
008 CELL TWENTY FOUR
Embassy 3801
1950s
unknown – Johnny Rion and Chubby Ann Rion
009 10A HONEY PLEASE LISTEN TO ME Embassy 3802/BACM CD D 654
010 11B I'M THINKING OF SETTLIN' DOWN Embassy 3802/BACM CD D
654
15 January
1953* unknown - Johnny Rion
011 10389A/83821
THAT HEAVEN BOUND TRAIN Embassy 10389
Coral 9-64148//BACM CD D 654
[alt.] Coral 9-64148/ JASMCD
3562/3 BACM CD D 654
012 10389B/83822
WHEN YOU ARE AWAY Embassy 10389 Coral
9-64148/BACM CD D 654
*possibly
mastering date
JASMINE
JASMCD 3562/3 A TRIBUTE TO HANK WILLIAMS (UK, 2006)
early 1956 poss. Nashville, TN – Johnny Rion (Johnny Rion
[vcl], Chet Atkins [ld gt], Van Howard [rh gt], Roy Wiggins [steel], Curly
Rhodes [bass], Dale Potter [fiddle]. Producer: Red Sovine)
013 1009 YOU'RE THE ONE FOR ME ABC 45-9694/ BACM CD D 654
014 1010 OUR LOVE IS JUST FADING AWAY ABC 45-9694/ BACM CD D
654
015 UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE WESTERN STARS unissued
016 A LITTLE MORE EACH DAY unissued
017 I CAN'T FIND MY WAY OUT OF YOUR HEART unissued
1959 unknown – Johnny Rion
018 13427A I WALKED IN THE FOOTSTEPS OG JESUS New Life 13427/LP
18165 BACM CD D 654
019 13427B I WON’T HAVE TO CROSS JORDAN ALONE 13427 /LP
18165 BACM CD D 654
Unknown info – Johnny Rion
A LITTLE MORE EACH DAY unissued
I CAN'T FIND MY WAY OUT OF YOUR HEART unissued
DEAR DAD [1]
GO HOME [2]
LIFE’S PRISON OF SIN [3]
[1] song copyrighted April 22, 1965
[2] song copyighted October 22, 1957
[3] song copyrighted April 5, 1965
1972 unknown – Johnny Rion, *with Anne Rion
SWEAT ON MY BROW* Open Road 17770 R 2760 New Life R 11913 BACM
CD D 654
A FADED GARDENIA Open Road 17770 BACM CD D 654
IRON MOUNTAIN BABY SONG Open Road R2760 New Life R 11913
Ca 1974 and sooner unknown – Johnny Rion with guitar
LIFE’S PRISON OF SIN New Life LP 18165
THE PURPLE ROBE New Life LP 18165
WHERE COULD I GO New Life LP 18165
ZION’S HILL New Life LP 18165
SATAN’S IRON COURTAIN New Life LP 18165
MY LOVED ONES ARE WAITING FOR ME New Life LP 18165
SOMEONE I LOVE HAS GONE TO SLEEP New Life LP 18165
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS New Life LP 18165
IF I COULD HEAR MY MOTHER PRAY AGAIN New Life LP 18165
ARE YOU WASHED IN THE BLOOD New Life LP 18165
1970s unknown – Johnny Rion
W237 GOODBYE MOM W-237/W-238 / JASMCD 3562/3
W238 IT'S LATER THAN YOU REALIZE W-237/W-238/ JASMCD 3562/3
ALBUMS
New Life ? Hymn Time
with Johnny Rion: (tracks unknown)
New Life LP 18165/R-2674
Johnny Rion With Guitar: I Walked In The Footsteps Of jesus; I Won’t
Have To Cross Jordan Alone; Life’s Prison Of Sin; The Purple Robe; Where Could
I Go; Zion’s Hill; Satan’s Iron Courtain; My Loved Ones Are Waiting For Me;
Someone I Love Has Gone To Sleep; The Ten Commandments; If I Could Hear My
Mother Pray Again; Are You Washed In The Blood
- ca 74
two more albums recorded on new Life
BACM [UK] CD D 654 Sunny Tennessee: Hand Prints On
The Window Pane; A Package Tied In Blue; Blind Child’s Prayer; Sunny Tennessee;
Happy Anniversary To You; I Can’t Find My Way Out Of Your Heart; Love Bug
Boogie; Fox Hunter’s Polka; I Get The Blues; These Tears Don’t Lie; That Heaven
Bound Train; When You Are Away; That Heaven Bound Train (2); Cell Twenty Four; Honey
Please Listen To Me; I’m Thinkin’ Of Settlin’ Down; I Walked In The Footsteps
Of Jesus; I Won’t Have To Cross Jordan Alone; Goodbye Mom; It’s Later Than You
Realise; That Heaven Bound Train [Cal Shrum Ranch House]; You’re The One For Me;
Our Love Is Fading; A Faded Gardenia; Sweat On My Brow – 02-20
SINGLES
King (1949)
810 Sunny Tennessee / Package Tied In Blue –
10-49
829 Blind Child's Prayer / Handprints On The
Window Pane – 12-49 (rev. Dec. 31)
Blue Ribbon (ca 1951)
RC6-2 I Get The Blues / These Tears Don't Lie –
51?
Embassy (1950s)
10389 That
Heaven Bound Train / When You Are Away – 03-53 (number is in deadwax, Johnny
Rion not credited on label.reissued on Coral 9-64148, rev. March 21)
3801 Goodnight Waltz / Cell Twenty Four - 5-
3802 Honey, Please Listen To Me / I'm Thinking Of Settlin'
Down – 5- w. Chubbie Annie
ABC (1956)
45-9694 Our Love Is
Fading / You’re The One For Me – ca 04-56 (Canadian issue on Sparton 254)
New Life
13427 I Walked In The Footsteps Of Jesus / I Won’t Have To
Cross Jordan Alone – 59
(reissued in 1964 on Loyal L.P. 177)
Open Road
17770 Sweat On My Brow (w. A. Rion) / A Faded Gardenia - 72
R2760 Iron Mountain Baby Song / Sweat On My Brow (w. A. Rion)
- 7-
New Life
R11913 Iron Mountain Baby Song / Sweat On My Brow (w. A Rion)
– 7- Johnny Rion with Guitar (reissue of Open Road R2760)
W-237/W-238 Goodbye Mom / It's Later Than You Realize
