Mickey Hawks

David Michael "Mickey" Hawks, *17-07-1940 Thomasville, NC, +31-08-1989

By Adam Komorowski

SESSIONS

ca April 1958 Robbins Recording Studio, Greensborough, NC – Mickey Hawks with Moon Mullins and His Night Riders (Mickey Hawks [vcl/piano-1], Moon Mullins [sax], Bill Ballard [ld gt], John Owens [bass],  Bob Matthews [drums])

001 S 145 BIP BOP BOOM -1 Robin’s Red, Trend 45-113, Profile 4003/Collector LP 1008

002 S 144 ROCK ‘N’ ROLL RHYTHM Robin’s Red, Trend 45-113, Profile 4003/Collector LP 1008

Note: The Mart release credits only Moon Mullins & His Night Raiders.  This version has been released on White Label LP 8807.  The Profile release was re-mastered and remixed from the original tapes and was re-issued on Bison Bp Bb-LP 2012 and Sunjay SJLP 583.

March 1959 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – The Night Raiders [-1] feturing Mickey Hawks [-2] (Bill Ballard [ld gt], Mickey Hawks [vcl-2/piano], John Owens [bass],  Bob Matthews [drums], Moon Mullins [sax])

003 S 312 HIDI HIDI HIDI -2  Profile 4007/Collector LP 1008

004 S 313 COTTONPICKIN’ –instr.- -1  Profile 4007/Collector LP 1008

1959 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL – The Night Raiders feturing Mickey Hawks (Mickey Hawks [vcl/piano], Bill Ballard [ld gt], John Owens [bass],  Bob Matthews [drums], Moon Mullins [sax])

005 S 304 SCREAMN’ MIMI JEANIE Profile 4010/Collector LP 1008, Bison Bop Bb-LP 2012, Sunjay SJLP 583

006 S 305 I’M LOST  Profile 4010/ Collector LP 1008, Sunjay LP SJLP 583

007 LATE DATE TONIGHT unissued

008 DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE unissued

1961 Richmond, VA – Moon Mullins and The The Night Raiders (Moon Mullins [vcl-1/tmr sax-2], Bill Ballard [ld gt], John Owens [bass], Bob Matthews [drums], Mickey Hawkes [piano], chorus [-1])

000 S 1270 GONNA DANCE TONIGHT Pt 1 -1   Lance #005/ Sunjay SJLP 583

000 S 1271 GONNA DANCE TONIGHT Pt 2 –instr.-  -2  Lance #005, Sunjay SJLP 583

1962 Copeland Studio, Greensboro, NC – Mickey Hawks (Mickey Hawks [vcl/piano], Bill Ballard [ld gt], John Owen [bass], Bob Matthews [drums])

009 JAMBALAYA  C-Horse CHLP 689/ Star-Club CD 506002

010 YOU WIN AGAIN C-Horse CHLP 689/ Star-Club CD 506002

011 JAMMIN’   C-Horse CHLP 689 Star-Club CD 506002

012 WAY OUT WILLIE      C-Horse CHLP 689, Star-Club CD 506002

1968 Tobaccoville, VA – Moon Mullins and The Night Raiders (Mickey Hawks [vcl/piano],  Gwynn Kellum [vcl-1], Stoney Bowman [gt-1], Charles Caton [bass],  Leroy Butler [drums], Moon Mullins [sax])

013 AIN’T GONNA CRY   Piedmont 45-2044/Sunjay SJLP 583

014 BABY I GOT YOU -1  Piedmont 45-2044/ Sunjay SJLP 583

1971 Smyrna, GA – Mickey Hawks (Mickey Hawks [vcl/piano], Paul Smith [gt],  John Owen [bass], Jimmy Roach [drums], [overdub session: Mickey Hawks [organ-1]

015 YAH YAH Sunjay SJLP 583

016 BLUEBERRYHILL/A LITTLE COQUETTE/MONDAY -1 SJLP 583

017 MOTHER IN LAW SJLP 583

018 HELLO JOSEPHINE SJLP 583

1989 The Music Shoppe, Greensboro, NC – Mickey Hawks (Mickey Hawks [vcl/piano],  Harold Saunders [gt/bass], David Collands [drums], Monroe Lewis [sax], Austin Sisters [vcl chorus])

019 CH-89A ME AND MY HARLEY DAVIDSON C-Horse CH-89/CHLP 689

020 CH-89B THE GOOD OLD DAYS C-Horse CH-89/CHLP 689

021 THESE OLD BONES  C-Horse CHLP 689

022 THE FIFTIES GIRLS  C-Horse CHLP 689

023 JUMPIN’ FOR JOY  C-Horse CHLP 689

024 ROCKIN’ IN THE 50’s  C-Horse CHLP 689

025 COME BACK TO ME DARLIN’  C-Horse CHLP 689

ALBUMS

C-Horse CHLP-689 Invites You to Go Back in Time with Mickey Hawks And the Sounds of the 50s: These Old Bones; The Fifties Girls; Jumpin' For Joy; Rockin' In The 50's; Screamin' Mimi Jeanie; Bip Bop Boom; Me And My Harley-Davidson; The Good Old Days; Come Back To Me, Darlin'; Way Out Willie; Jammin' – 89

SunJay [SWE] SJLP 583 Bip Bop Boom: Bip Bop Boom; Rock And Roll Rhythm; Screamin' Mimi Jeanie; Hidi Hidi Hidi; Cotton Pickin; I'm Lost; Gonna Dance Tonight, Part 1; Gonna Dance Tonight, Part 2; Baby I Got You; Ain't Gonna Cry; Ya Ya; Blueberry Hill/Little Coquette/Blue Monday; Hello Josephine; Mother In Law; Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo; Bread And Butter; Rockin' Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Flu - Take 1; Rockin' Pneumonia and The Boogie Woogie Flu - Take 2; Fifties Girls; Jumpin' For Joy – 89

Star-Club [SWE] CD 506002 Bip Bop Boom: Mickey Hawks Message; Bip Bop Boom; Rock And Roll Rhythm; Screamin' Mimi Jeanie; Hidi Hidi Hidi; Cotton Pickin'; I'm Lost; Way Out Willie; Jammin'; Gonna Dance Tonight (Pt 1); Baby I Got You; Ain't Gonna Cry; Hello Josephine; Medley: Blueberry Hill / Little Coquette / Blue Monday; Rockin' In The Fifties; Jumpin' For Joy; Fifties Girls; These Old Bones; Me And My Harley Davidson; Come Back To Me Darlin'; The Good Old Days; Bip Bop Boom; [Unissued Acetates:] You Win Again; Jambalaya - 99

SINGLES

Profile

4002 Rock And Roll Rhythm / Bip Bop Boom – 10-58 (reissued in 1977 on RM RMA 1021 [UK])

4007 Hidi Hidi Hidi / Cottonpickin’ – 05-59 (rev. May 18)

4010 Screamin’ Mimi Jeanie / I’m Lost – 06-60

Piedmont

45-2044 Ain’t Gonna Cry / baby I Got You – 68 as by Moon Mullins and The Night Raiders

C-Horse

CH-89 Me And My Harley Davidson / The Good Old Days - 89