*04-03-1936 Forest Hill, Lecompte Rapides Paris LA, +30-05-2019
By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1957 unknown, LA – Jay Chevalier
001 ROCKIN' ROLL ANGEL Cajun 45-101 /BCK 27123 Eagle ? BB-CD-55087
CDCD 809 LP 2053 WLP 8889
002 DOWN HEART BREAK TRAIL Cajun 45-101
EAGLE ? COOL BABY COOL (GER, 1980); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55087
WAILING WILDCAT (GER, 1999); LUCKY CDCR 809 ROCKABILLY GOLD VOL.9 (UK, 1996); BUFFALO
BOP LP 2053 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED VOL.41 (GER, 1985); COLLECTOR WLP 8889 ROCKIN’IN LOUISIANA VOL. 1 (NED,
1985)
1959 (or 1961) unknown, LA – Jay Chevalier
003 BILLY CANNON Pel 201 /BCK 27123 CL 1005 LP 16 LP 2053 BB-CD-55087
004 HIGH SCHOOL DAYS ALMOST OVER Pel 201
BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55087 WAILING WILDCAT (GER, 1999); BUFFALO
BOP LP 2053 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED VOL.41 (GER, 1985); COLLECTOR CL 1005
TEN LONG FINGERS (NED ,1967); FLAME LP 16 DESPERATE ROCK AND ROLL VOL.16 (UK,
1994)
Summer 1959 unknown, LA – Jay Chevalier
005 CP 2184/8591 BALLAD OF MARC ELISHE Recco 1002/BCK 27123
006 CP 2185/8592 BALLAD OF EARL K. LONG Recco 1002 /BCK
27123
1960 unknown, LA – Jay Chevalier
007 CASTRO ROCK Goldbang G-1105 /BCK 27123 GLC 114 CDCHD 442
008 MONA Goldbang G-1105/BCK 27123
GOLDBAND-CHARLY GLC 114 JOLIE BLONDE ROCKS AND ROLL
(UK, 1984); ACE CDCHD 442 BOPPING TONIGHT (UK, 1993)
1961 Baton Rouge, LA – Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana Long
Shots
009 64-266 I LULA FRANCANA (MY LOUISIANA MAID) Montel MX 902
010 64-267 TRUE SO TRUE Montel MX 902
1961 unknown – Jay Chevalier
011 MR. FOOTBALL Montel 906
012 CUTTIN‘ CANE Montel 906/BCK 27123
1961 unknown, LA – Jay Chevalier
013 BIG CLOUD PT. 1 Speedy 1005 /WLP 8889
014 BIG CLOUD PT. 2 Speedy 1005
Early 1962 unknown – Jay Chevalier and The Features
015 CHECK OUT TIME Crest 45-1097 /BCK 27123 RSRCD 017
016 IT DOESN'T MATTER Crest 45-1097 /BCK 27123
ROCKSTAR RSRCD 017 TALK ABOUT A PARTY THE CREST
RECORDS STORY (UK, 1999)
1962 unknown – Jay Chevalier
017 KHRUSCHEV AND THE DEVIL Cotton Town Jubilee 102 STCD 36
018 TOO MANY BUBBLES Cotton Town Jubilee 102/LP 103
BB-CD-55073 STCD 36
BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55073 RHYTHM AND BOOZE (GER, 1998); STOMPERTIME
STCD 36 MEMPHIS ROCKABILLIES,HILLIBLLLIES AND HONKY TONKERS VOL.6 (UK, 2016)
1962-1963 unknown – Jay Chevalier (Producer: Gene Williams,
Ness Sechrest)
019 COME BACK TO LOUISIANA Cotton Town Jubilee LP 103 BCK 27123 Rundell LP 015 STCD 36
020 SATAN'S GROUND Cotton Town Jubilee LP 103 BCK 27123 Rundell LP 015
021 JOLIE BLOND Cotton Town Jubilee LP 103 BCK 27123
022 A WISH OR TWO Cotton Town Jubilee LP 103
023 AMERICAN HISTORY Cotton Town Jubilee LP 103 BCK 27123
024 BILL BAILEY AIN'T GOING HOME Cotton Town Jubilee LP
103 BCK 27123 Rundell LP 015 STCD 36
025 LOUISIANA LIVING Cotton Town Jubilee 110/LP 103 STCD
36
026 SIMPLY AND SOFTLY Cotton Town Jubilee 110/LP 103
027 HEART OF HER MAN Cotton Town Jubilee LP 103
028 BROOM STICK COWBOY Cotton Town Jubilee LP 103
029 JOHNNY'S HOLDING THE REASON I CRY Cotton Town Jubilee LP
103 BCK 27123
RUNDELL LP 015 COTTON TOWN JUBILEE (GER, 1992)
Ca 1960s unknown –
Jay Chevalier
030 HIGH SCHOOL HOP BCK 27123
031 KEEPING LATE HOURS BCK 27123
032 ROCKIN' ROLL ANGEL
BB 2053
BUFFALO BOP LP 2053 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED, VOL. 41
(GER, 1985)
1966 unknown – Jay Chevalier
033 IF I CAN'T BE NEAR THE ONE I LOVE Flyright LP 556
FLYRIGHT LP 556 GET WITH IT!: MEMPHIS-STYLE ROCKABILLY &
COUNTRY (UK, 1980)
1967 unknown – Jay Chevalier
034 6380 BIG WHEELS Minaret M-120
035 6381 BIRMINGHAM JAIL Minaret M-120
036 SO 4052 JOLIE BLOUI 125
037 SO 4053 MY HEART WENT TO MY HEAD 125
Ca late 1960s unknown – Jay Chevalier
038 INTOXICATING RED Marathon PA 1053
039 A WOMAN I HAD TO PAY Marathon PA 1053
1970 unknown – Jay Chevalier
040 POLITICIAN BOOGY Blackbird CW 517
041 GOLD PLATED FRAME Blackbird CW 517
1971 [live] Dutchess Outpost, Port Huron, MI - Jay Chevalier
And The Louisiana Long Shots (Producer:
Marge Mathieson)
04101 INTRODUCTION Freedom FD 4878
04102 COLD, COLD HEART Freedom FD 4878
04103 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04104 I COULD NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOU Freedom FD 4878
04105 YOU WIN AGAIN Freedom FD 4878
04106 HALF AS MUCH Freedom FD 4878
04107 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Freedom FD 4878
04108 I CAN'T HELP IT IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU Freedom
FD 4878
04109 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04110 MANSION ON THE HILL Freedom FD 4878
04111 WEDDING BELLS Freedom FD 4878
04112 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04113 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Freedom FD 4878
04114 MY BUCKET`S GOT A HOLE IN IT Freedom FD 4878
04115 SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE Freedom FD 4878
04116 DEAR JOHN Freedom FD 4878
04117 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04118 KAW LIGA Freedom FD 4878
04119 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04120 JAMBALAYA Freedom FD 4878
04121 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04122 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Freedom FD 4878
04123 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04124 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Freedom FD 4878
04125 NARRATION Freedom FD 4878
04126 I SAW THE LIGHT Freedom FD 4878
04127 CONCLUSION Freedom FD 4878
Ca 1972 unknown – Jay Chevalier
042 BALLAD OF A "38" Contempo CON 00172
043 BIG RIVER STUD Contempo CON 00172
1970s unknown – Jay Chevalier
LONGSHOT
044 UR 1413A SOUTH TO LOUISIANA Longshot 1413
045 UR 1413B I'M LEAVING IT ALL UP TO YOU Longshot 1413
1977 unknown – Jay Chevalier (Producer: Bill Goodwin,
Scott-Ford-Sagona)
046 JOHN T. JONES Creole Gold CG 1110
1977 unknown – Jay Chevalier (Producer: Finley Duncan,
Scott-Ford-Sagona)
047 IF I CAN'T BE NEAR THE ONE I LOVE (I'LL LOVE THE ONE
NEAR) Creole Gold CG 1110
1978 Nashville, TN – Jay Chevalier (+ Weldon Myrick, Buddy
Emmons [steel], Tommy Williams [fiddle], The Carol Lee Singers. Producer: Bill
Goodwin, Earl Ramsey)
048 BAYOU BABY CG 1111
049 A WOMAN I HAD TO PAY
CG 1111
1978 poss. Nashville, TN – Shelley Ford and Jay Chevalier
(Producer: Joe Gibson)
050 A CAJUN TOAST CG 1113
051 UN TOAST CAJUN (FRENCH VERSION) CG 1113
1979 poss. Nashville, TN – Jay Chevalier and Shelley
Ford (Producer: George C. Warren, Joe
Gibson)
052 DISCO BLUES CG 1114
053 SUPER COUNTRY USA CG 1114
1979 poss. Nashville, TN – Jay Chevalier and Shelley
Ford as Jay and Shelley (+ Phil Baugh
[ld gt]. Producer: John Bennett Waters, Joe Gibson)
054 THE BALLAD OF JOHNNY B. GOODE CG 1115
055 SOME KIND OF FOOL CG 1115
056 TEXAS LADY CG 1116
1979 poss. Nashville, TN – Jay Chevalier and Shelley
Ford as Jay and Shelley (Producer: J.
Colvin, John Bennett Waters, Joe Gibson)
057 NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN
CG 1116
1979 unknown – Jay Chevalier and The Louisian Hotshot [-1]/
Jay and The Dukemen
058 BLAZE -1 Duke DR 1111
059 BALLAD OF DAVID DUKE
-2 DR 1111
1990s Pajun Studios, Alexandria, LA - Jay Chevalier And The
Louisiana Long Shots (Producer: Jay Chevalier, Junior Basco)
060 COME BACK TO LOUISIANA
CG 3001 CG 5001-3
061 KATRINA CG 3001
062 LOST IN LOUISIANA 1959
CG 3001 CG 5001-3
063 NEW ORLEANS BLUES
CG 3001 CG 5001-3
064 ROCK AND ROLL BLUES
CG 3001 CG 5001-3
065 JOHN T. JONES CG
3001
066 BAYOU BABY CG
3001
067 BALLAD OF SHERIFF HARRY LEE CG 3001
068 BALLAD OF EARL K. LONG
CG 3001 CG 5001-3
069 BILLY CANNON CG
3001 CG 5001-3
070 RUN ELIAN RUN CG
3001
071 MISSISSIPPI ROSE
CG 3001
072 MELINDA CG 3001
073 LOUISIANA LIVING
CG 3001
074 KEEPING LATE HOURS
CG 3001 CG 5001-3
075 TOO MANY BUBBLES
CG 3001
076 SATANS GROUND CG
3001
077 NINE TIMES OUT OF TEN
CG 3001 CG 5001-3
078 JOHNNY'S HOLDING
CG 3001
079 CHECK OUT TIME CG
3001
18 June 1994 Praet Recording Studio, Alexandria, LA - Jay
Chevalier And The Louisiana Long Shots
080 THE BALLAD OF
SHERIFF HARRY LEE Star Gaze 5001-2
081 TEXAS LADY Star
Gaze 5001-2 CG 5001-3
082 BLAZE Star Gaze
5001-2 CG 5001-3
083 SOME KIND OF FOOL
Star Gaze 5001-2 CG 5001-3
084 A CAJUN TOAST
Star Gaze 5001-2
085 TY COBB...LET HIM SLIDE
Star Gaze 5001-2
086 GEORGIA SUNSHINE
Star Gaze 5001-2
087 IT'S RAININ' OVER THE ROCKIES Star Gaze 5001-2
088 MELINDA Star Gaze
5001-2
089 AMERICA'S RED CROSS
Star Gaze 5001-2
090 PERSONAL MESSAGE
Star Gaze 5001-2
2001 or sooner unknown - Jay Chevalier And The Louisiana
Long Shots
091 THE LEGEND OF JOHNNY BE GOOD CG 5001-3
092 ROCK N' ROLL ANGEL CG 5001-3
093 CASTRO ROCK CG 5001-3
094 IF YOU'LL PICK UP ALL THE PIECES CG 5001-3
095 SUPER COUNTRY USA CG 5001-3
096 SOMEWHERE IN ARIZONA CG 5001-3
097 COLD COLD HEART CG 5001-3
098 SAN ANTONIO ROSE CG 5001-3
099 IN THE GARDEN CG 5001-3
ALBUMS
Cotton Town Jubilee
LP-103 Jay Chevalier And The Louisiana Long Shots At The Golden Nugget:
Come Back To Louisiana; Satan's Ground; Jolie Blond; A Wish Or Two; American
History; Bill Bailey Ain't Going Home; Louisiana Living; Simply & Softly;
Heart Of Her Man; Broom Stick Cowboy; Too Many Bubbles; Johnny's Holding The
Reason I Cry – 64
Freedom FD 4878 A
Tribute To Hank Williams: Introduction; Cold, Cold Heart; Narration; I
Could Never Be Ashamed Of You; You Win Again; Half As Much; Take These Chains
From My Heart; I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You; Narration;
Mansion On The Hill; Wedding Bells; Narration; Hey Good Lookin'; My Bucket`s
Got A Hole In It; Settin' The Woods On Fire; Dear John; Narration; Kaw Liga;
Narration; Jambalaya; Narration; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; Narration; Your
Cheatin' Heart; Narration; I Saw The Light; Conclusion - 71
Creole Gold CG 3001
Come Back To Louisiana: Come Back To Louisiana; Katrina; Lost In Louisiana
1959; New Orleans Blues; Rock And Roll Blues; John T. Jones; Bayou Baby; Ballad
Of Sheriff Harry Lee; Ballad Of Earl K. Long; Billy Cannon; Run Elian Run; Mississippi
Rose; Melinda; Louisiana Living; Keeping Late Hours; Too Many Bubbles; Satans
Ground; Nine Times Out Of Ten; Johnny's Holding; Check Out Time – 9-
Star Gaze 5001-2 The
Ballad Of Sheriff Harry Lee: The
Ballad Of Sheriff Harry Lee; Texas Lady; Blaze; Some Kind Of Fool; A Cajun
Toast; Ty Cobb...Let Him Slide; Georgia
Sunshine; It's Rainin' Over The Rockies; Melinda; America's Red Cross;
Perosonal Message - 94
Creole Gold CG 5001-3
Lost In Louisiana 1959: Lost In Louisiana 1959; New Orleans Blues; Rock And
Roll Blues; The Legend Of Johnny Be Good; Rock N' Roll Angel; Ballad Of Earl K.
Long; Castro Rock; Billy Cannon; Keeping Late Huors; If You'll Pick Up All The
Pieces; Come Back To Louisiana; Texas Lady; Blaze; Some Kind Of Fool; Super
Country Usa; Somewhere In Arizona; Nine Times Out Of Ten; Cold Cold Heart; San
Antonio Rose; In The Garden – 02 w. The Louisiana Long Shots
Hydra [GER] BCK 27123
Rockin' Country Sides: Castro Rock
(Jay Chevalier and Shelley Ford); Mona (Jay Chevalier and The Moon Men); Rock
and Roll Angel; Ballad Of Earl K. Long; Ballad Of Marc Elishe; Billy Cannon;
Highschool Hop; Big Cloud [Inst.] (Jay Chavalier and His Long Shots); It
Doesn't Matter (Jay Chevalier With The Features); Khrushchev And The Devil; Too
Many Bubbles; Come Back To Louisiana (Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana Hot);
Satan's Ground (Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana Hot); Bill Bailey Ain't Going
Home (Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana Hot); Check Out Time (Jay Chevalier With
The Features); Louisiana Living; Big Wheels (Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana
Hot); I'm Leaving It All Up To You (Jay Chevalier, Marjanne and The Louisiana
Singers); South To Louisiana (Jay Chevalier, Marjanne and The Louisiana
Singers); Keeping Late Hours; Cuttin' Cane; Mr. Football (Billy Cannon); Jolie
Blonde (Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana Hot); American History (Jay Chevalier
and The Louisiana Hot); Johnny's Holding The Reason Why I Cry (Jay Chevalier
and The Louisiana Hot); Bayou Baby (Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana Hot); John
T. Jones (Jay Chevalier and The Louisiana Hot); Blaze; Jambalaya [Live] (Jay
Chevalier and The Louisiana Hot) – 09-04
SINGLES
Cajun (1957)
C-45-101 Rockin' Roll Angel / Down Heart Break Trail – 57
Pel (1959)
201 Billy Cannon / High School Days Almost Over – 59 (or
1961)
Recco (1959)
1002 Ballad Of Earl K. Long / Ballad Of Marc Elishe – 08-59
Goldbang (1960)
G-1105 Castro Rock / Mona – 09-60
Montel (1961)
MX 902 I Lula Francana (My Louisiana Maid) / True So True - 08-61 Jay Chevalier And The Louisiana Long
Shots (rev. Aug. 7)
906 Mr. Football / Cuttin‘ Cane – 10-61
Speedy (1961)
1005 Big Cloud Pt. 1 / Big Cloud Pt. 2 – 09-61
Crest (1962)
45-1097 Check Out Time / It Doesn't Matter – 03-62 and The
Features (rev. March 24)
Cotton Town Jubilee (1962-63)
102 Khruschev And The Devil / Too Many Bubbles – 12-62 (rev.
Dec. 29)
110 Louisiana Living / Simpely And Softly – 10-63 (rev. Oct.
26)
Minaret (1967)
M-120 Big Wheels / Birmingham Jail – 67
125 Jolie Bloui / My Heart Went To My Head - 67
Marathon
PA 1053 Intoxicating Red /
A Woman I Had To Pay – 69?
Blackbird (1970)
CW 517 Politician Boogy/ Gold Plated Frame - 70
Contempo
CON 00172 Ballad Of A "38" / Big River Stud – 72?
Longshot
1413 I'm Leaving It All Up To You / South To Louisiana – 7-
Creole Gold
CG 1110 John T. Jones / If I Can't Be Near The One I Love
(I'll Love The One Near) – 77
CG 1111 Bayou Baby / A Woman I Had To Pay – 78
CG 1113 A Cajun Toast / Un Toast Cajun (French Version) – 78
w. Shelley Ford
CG 1114 Disco Blues / Super Country USA – 79 w. Shelley Ford
CG 1115 The Ballad of Johnny B. Goode / Some Kind of Fool –
79 Jay and Shelley
CG 1116 Texas Lady / Nine Times Out Of Ten – 79 Jay and
Shelley
Duke
DR 1111 [Jay Chevalier And The Louisiana Longshots:] Blaze / [Jay And The Dukemen:] Ballad Of David Duke – 79