Lehman Monroe "Johnny" Tyler, *06-02-1918, AR,
+25-09-1961
4th version
by Henk Scholts, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Lillies Ohlsson, Al
Turner (Hillbilly Researcher site), Kevin Coffey, Thieu Van De Vorst, Carl
LaFong, Steve Hathaway
SESSIONS
1945 Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Johnny
Tyler and His Riders Of The Rio Grande
001 PLEASE MY DARLING THINK OF ME Fargo No #
002 GIVE ME BACK MY HEART Fargo No #
Summer 1945 Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Rocky Ship and
His Prairie Pioneers (Johnny Tyler [vcl] + unknown musicians)
003 AS1110-F1 I DIDN´T THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ME Fargo 1110
004 AS1110-E2 THIS TROUBLED MIND (O MINE) Fargo 1110
ca early 1946 poss. Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA –
Johnny Tyler’s Riders Of The Rio Grande
005 1110-7-1/F 1113A#2 I CAN´T TRUST YOU NOW Fargo 1113
006 1110-8-2/F 1113B#2 IF I KNEW JUST WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT Fargo 1113
2 releases are known with different master numbers
ca Spring 1946 poss. Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Vic
Bias’ Panhandle Playboys (Johnny Tyler [vcl] + unknown musicians)
007 1110-9-3/AS 1114A NOBODY’S FOOL Fargo 1114
008 1110-10-2/AS 1114B ROSE OF THE ALAMO Fargo 1114
2 releases are known with different master numbers
17 May 1946 unknown – Johnny Tyler and The Riders Of The Rio Grande (Johnny
Tyler [vcl/gt], Richard A. Hamilton, George Chumura (George and Dickie) [el
guitars], Carl Victor Bias [bass], Gil Wright [drums], Gerald "Jerry"
Wolfe [violin], Ardith "Red" Egner [vcl-1/violins] Robert D.
Armstrong [piano])
009 SRS 501/WM-102L OAKIE BOOGIE [OKIE
BOOGIE*] Stanchel 101 Bixby WM-500* Memo 3020A/Old-Timey LP 121 CD 9036 CCD 300
010 SRS 502/WM-101L YES I DO [YES-I-DO*]
-1 Stanchel 101 Bixby WM-500*
011 SRS 503 TROUBLES ON MY MIND Stanchel 102 Memo 3020A/Old-Timey LP 121
012 SRS 504 DORA DARLIN‘ Stanchel 102
Old-Timey LP 121
WESTERN SWING - BLUES, BOOGIE AND HONKY TONK (VOL. 6)
Bixby issued tracks as by Johnny Tyler and His Original
Hillbillies
29 January 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood CA -
Johnny Tyler and Riders of Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl], George Chumura [gt],
Richard Hamilton [gt], Judith Lee Cragin [gt], Robert Terry Fell
[gt/harmonica], Leodie Jackson [steel], Carl Victor Bias [bass], Ralph Gleason
[drums], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle], Norman Baker [fiddle], Robert Armstrong
[piano])
013 D7-VB-442 SO ROUND, SO FIRM, SO FULLY PACKED 20-2171 58-0028/LP-8205 HBR CD-021
014 D7-VB-443 FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE
20-2182/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD-021 Cattle Compact CCD-300
015 D7-VB-444 NEW PRETTY BLONDE (NEW JOLIE BLON) 20-2171 58-0058/LP-8205 HBR
CD-021
016 D7-VB-445 ROCKIN' CHAIR MONEY
20-2182/LP-8205 HBR CD-021
21 April 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA -
Johnny Tyler and Riders of Rio Grande (Johnny Taylor [vcl/gt], Joyce Red
Murrell [gt], George Chumura [gt], Richard A. Hamilton [gt], Richard F. Cole
[gt], Alan H. Barker [bass], John M. Mountjoy [drums], Norman E. Baker
[fiddle], James A.Pruett [piano])
017 D7-VB-506 TEXAS RED 20-2290/HBR CD-021
018 D7-VB-507 I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, BUT I'M GOING 20-2368/CD-9036 HBR
CD-021 CCD-300
019 D7-VB-508 OAKIE BOOGIE 20-2290/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
020 D7-VB-509 BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL 20-2368/HBR CD 021 CCD-300 CD 9005
BRONCO BUSTER CD 9005 WESTERN SWING, HONKY TONK AND BLUES
HIGHLIGHTS BY VARIOUS ARTISTS (GER)
11 August 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA -
Johnny Tyler and The Riders of The Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene
Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass],
Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Norman Baker [fiddle], Billy Hughes [duet
vck-1/fiddle], Robert Buchanon [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
021 D7-VB-1320 JEALOUS BLUES 20-3280/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
022 D7-VB-1321 CITY OF MEMPHIS 20-2503/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
023 D7-VB-1322 CORN BREAD AND BUTTER BEANS -1 20-3139 21-0020/CD-9036 HBR
CD-021 CCD-300
024 D7-VB-1323 OH, HOW YOU LIED 20-2503/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
16 October 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA -
Johnny Tyler and The Riders of The Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene
Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass],
Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Norman Baker [fiddle], Billy Hughes [fiddle], James
Pruett [piano])
025 D7-VB-1382 THAT WILD AND WICKED LOOK IN YOUR EYES 20-2620/LP-8205 HBR CD
021
026 D7-VB-1383 OLD McDONALD'S BOOGIE 20-2774 58-0071/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
027 D7-VB-1384 TELL A WOMAN 20-2656/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
028 D7-VB-1385 I NEVER SEE MY BABY ALONE 20-3280/Rambler LP-101 CD-9036 HBR CD
021 CCD-300
Rambler LP 101 TEXAS SAND ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN SWING
20 October 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA –
Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters (Luke Wills [ld vcl], Johnny Tyler [vcl-1], Tommy
Doss [gt], Richard P. Morgan [gt], J.L.Jenkins [steel], Darrell Jones [bass],
Johnny Edwards [drums], Sidney Barnes [piano], Robert M. Berg [fiddle], James
Holley [fiddle])
029 D7-VB-1307-3 HIGH VOLTAGE GAL* 20-2577/ BFX-15333
000 D7-VB 1805-1 A NICKEL IN THE JUKEBOX 20-3081/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact
CCD-300
000 D7-VB 1806-1 OKLAHOMA BLUES unissued/ BFX-15333
000 D7-VB 1807-2 A WOMAN WAS THE CAUSE OF IT ALL 21-0020/ BFX-15333 Cattle
Compact CCD-300
30 October 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA -
Johnny Tyler (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt],
Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], John Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Billy
Hughes [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
030 D7-VB-1837 LITTLE ROCK A-R-K 20-3139/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-0300
031 D7-VB-1838 NOTHIN' WON'T CURE THE BLUES 21-0105 48-0108 /HBR CD 021
032 D7-VB-1839 FIND 'EM, FOOL 'EM AND FORGET 'EM 20-2928/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
033 D7-VB-1840 PEEPIN' THROUGH A KEY HOLE (WATCHING JOLE BLON) 20-2620/LP-8205
HBR CD 021
034 D7-VB-1841 I GOT MINE 21-0105 48-0108/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-0300
5 November 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA –
Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters (Luke Wills [ld vcl], Lehmon "Johnny"
Tyler [vcl], Tommy Doss [gt], Richard P. Morgan [gt], J.L.Jenkins [steel],
Darrell Jones [bass], Johnny Edwards [drums], Robert M. Berg [fiddle], James
Holley [fiddle] Sidney Barnes [piano])
035 D7-VB 1847-1 NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO A WOMAN 20-3210/ BFX-15333 CCD-300 TRG
036 D7-VB 1848-1 I’M A MARRIED MAN 20-2901/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact CCD-300
TRG
037 D7-VB 1849-1 CORN FED ARKANSAS GAL 21-0020/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact
CCD-300 TRG
038 D7-VB 1850-2 IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY 20-2901/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact
CCD-300 TRG
14 November 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA -
Johnny Tyler (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt],
Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Norman Bake
[fiddle], Billy Hughes [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
039 D7-VB-1897 ALMOST EVERY TIME 21-0017/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
040 D7-VB-1898-1 SWAMP WOMAN BLUES unissued
041 D7-VB-1899 PULL ME OUT OF THIS GRAVE unissued
042 D7-VB-2100 FIDDLIN' JOE 20-2928/HBR CD 021
043 D7-VB-2101 CAN'T GET MY FOOT OFF THE RAIL 20-2656/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD
021 CCD-300
2 December 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA -
Johnny Tyler and Riders of Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Richard Hamilton
[gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], Johnnie Edwards [drums],Robert
T.Fell [harmonica], Billy Hughes [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
044 D7-VB-1898-2 SWAMP WOMAN BLUES 20-2774 58-0071/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
045 D7-VB-2137 TWO CAN PLAY YOUR GAME 21-0017/CD 9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
046 D7-VB-2138 WHAT MAKES YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO unissued
047 D7-VB-2139 IT AIN'T FAR TO THE BAR 21-0053/HBR CD 021 CCD-300 CD 9005
048 D7-VB-2140 GRAVY TRAIN 21-0053/CD 9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
early 1953 unknown - Johnny Tyler
049 XSP-713-45 TAKE YOUR BLUES AND GO Specialty 713/HBR CD 60B
050 SP-713-45 A SINNER'S SONG Specialty 713/ HBR CD 60B
25 July 1953 unknown - Johnny Tyler
051 XSP 717-45 HILLBILLY PREACHER 717/ HBR CD 60B
052 SP-713-45 I'M GREATFUL TO YOU 717/ HBR CD 60B
26 March 1955 poss. Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler
053 45-EK-1000A DEVIL'S HOT ROD Ekko 45-1000/CD-9036
054 45-EK-1000B WORDS YOU FORGOT RO SAY Ekko 45-1000
055 45-EK-1002AA WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE 45-1001 45-EK-1002
056 45-EK-1002A SHIP WITH THE GOLDEN SAIL 45-1001 45-EK-1002
Fall 1955 poss. Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler
057 EB-1345/45-U-3014-1 ONE WAY HEART Liberty 55007
058 EB-1346/45-U-3015-1 HEADS UP Liberty 55007
6 October 1956 poss. Gold Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX -
Johnny Tyler (unknown musicians)
059 ST-2474 COUNTY FAIR Starday 45-263 Rural Rhytm 515/RRNOT 153 Crown CST-321
060 ST-2475 LIE TO ME, BABY 45-263 Rural Rhytm 515/CD-9036
ca. 1956 poss. Gold Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX - Johnny
Tyler, * and Jack Williams aka Johnny and Jack (Nashville Playboys)
061 SINGING THE BLUES Tops R 296-49
062 I'VE GOT A NEW HEARTACHE* Tops R 296-49
063 YOU'RE RUNNING WILD* Tops R 296-49
April 1957 unknown - Johnny Tyler
064 GOD'S GONNA TURN US TO DUST Rural Rhythm SPEC RR 509 512/Crown CST-321
CD-9036
065 COAL MINOR’S BLUES Rural Rhythm 509 [3:11] [COAL MINER] SPEC RR
509 [2:44]
066 [THE] DEVIL'S SLATE Rural Rhythm 509[2:55] SPEC RR 509[2:15]/CST-321
067 BAD LUCK (THEY CALL ME) Rural Rhythm 509 SPEC RR 509 [2:28]/CST-321
068 LEGEND OF BILLY THE KID Rural Rhythm
509[2:55] /RRNOT 153
June 1957 unknown - Johnny Tyler
069 DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER Rural Rhythm 510/RRNS 150 (va)/HBR CD 009
070 IF I'M TO BEAR THE NAME Rural Rhythm 510/HBR CD 009
late 1957 unknown - Johnny Tyler
071 FLOWERS WHILE YOU'RE LIVING Rural Rhythm 512
072 YAK YAK Rural Rhythm 512 /CST-321 HBR CD 009
073 IT FELT SO GOOD Rural Rhythm 512/HBR CD 009
HILLBILLY
RESEARCHER HBR CD 009 RURAL RHYTHM CALIFORNIA HILLBILLY and COUNTRY MUSIC 1955
TO 1960 (UK, 1999)
ALBUMS
Crown CLP-5321/CST-321 Country Music Stars: [Al Terry:] [Al Terry:] Say A
Prayer For Me; When You Broke The Rules Of Love; Without You; I Nearly Made A
Fool Of My Heart; What Can I Do; [Johnny Tyler:] Devil's Slate; Bad Luck (Done
Got Me); Yak Yak; God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust; County Fair - 63 Al Terry +
Johnny Tyler
Castle [GER] LP-8205 Country and Western In The 40's and 50's / vol. 5:
City Of Memphis; Peepin’ Through The Key Hole (Watching Jolie Blond); That
Wicked Look In Your Eye; Don’y Telephone-Don’t Telegraph (Tell A Woman); I
Can’t Get My Foot Off The Rail; Find‘em, Fool’em And Forget’em; I got Mine; So
Round So Firm So Fully Packed; New Pretty Blonde (New Jolie Blonde); Freight
Train Boogie; Rockin’ Chair Money; Oh How You Lied - 82
Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9036 Swingin‘ and Rockin‘ Western Style:
Little Rock A-R-K; Gravy Train; Oakie Boogie; I Don't Know Where To Go, But I'm
Goin'; Old Mcdonald's Boogie; Two Can Play Your Game; Swamp Woman Blues;
Devil's Hot Rod Can't; Lie To Me, Baby I Got; Almost Every Time; Jealous Blues;
Cornbread And Butter Beans; See My Baby Alone; County Fair; God's Gonna Turn Us
To Dust; Oakie Boogie; City Of Memphis; Get My Foot Off The Rail; Baby I Got
Mine; Freight Train Boogie - 97
Hillbilly Researcher [UK] HBR CD 021 Oakie Boogie: So Round,
So Firm, So Fully Packed; Freight Train Boogie; New Pretty Blonde (New Jole
Blon); Rockin' Chair Money; Texas Red Find; I Don't Know Where To Go, But I'm
Goin' ; Oakie Boogie; Behind The Eight Ball; Jealous Blues; City Of Memphis;
Cornbread And Butterbeans; Oh How You Lied; That Wicked Look In Your Eyes; Old
Mcdonald's Boogie; Tell A Woman; I Never See My Baby Alone; Little Rock A-R-K;
Nothin' Won't Cure The Blues; Find 'Em, Fool 'Em And Forget 'Em; Peepin'
Through The Keyhole (Watching Jole Blon); I Got Mine; Almost Every Time;
Fiddlin' Joe; Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail; Swamp Woman Blues; Two Can Play
Your Game; It Ain't Far To The Bar; Boogie Gravy Train - 00
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD-300 Two Dozen Western Swing And Boogie Jewels:
A Nickel In The Jukebox; A Woman Was The Cause Of It All; Almost Every Time;
Behind The Eight Ball; Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail; City Of Memphis; Corn
Fed Arkansas Gal; Cornbread And Butter Beans; Freight Train Boogie; Gravy
Train; I Don't Know Where To Go, But I'm Goin'; I Got Mine; I Never See My Baby
Alone; I'm A Married Man; Is It True What They Say; It Ain't Far To The Bar;
Jealous Blues; Little Rock A-R-K; Never Turn Your Back To A Woman; Oakie Boogie
(Stanchel); Oakie Boogie (RCA); Old McDonald's Boogie; Swamp Woman Blues; Two
Can Play Your Game – 04
EPs
Tops 45-R296-49 I've Got A New Heartache [w. Jack Williams as Johnny and Jack];
You're Running Wild [w. Jack Williams as Johnny and Jack] / Singing The Blues [Johnny Tyler]; I'm A One Woman Man [Jack
Williams] - 57
Rural Rhythm 45-509 Johnny Tyler Sings American Folk Songs: Devil's Slate; Bad Luck (They Call Me) / Legend Of Billy The
Kid; Coal Minor’s Blues - 57 (1st edition)
Rural Rhythm 45-512 Flowers While You're Living; Yak Yak / It Felt So Good;
God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust - 58
Rural Rhythm SPEC RR 509 God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust; Coal Miner / The Devil's Slate; Bad Luck - 60 (MX: X-469/X-470;
45-509 with one different track)
SINGLES
Fargo (1945-46)
No # Please My Darling Think Of Me / Give Me Back My Heart – 45
1110 I Didn‘t Think This Could Happen To Me / This Troubled Mind (O Mine) – 45 Rocky
Ship (rev.Sept. 1945)
1113 I Can‘t Trust You Now / If I Knew Just Where You Are Tonight - 46
1114 Nobody‘s Fool / Rose Of The Alamo – 46 Vic Bias’ Panhandle Playboys
Stanchel (1946)
SR 101 Oakie Boogie / Yes I Do – 46 (also on Bixby WM-500: Okie Boogie /
Yes-I-Do) )
SR 102 Troubles On My Mind / Dora Darlin‘ - 46
Memo 3020 Oakie Boogie / Troubles On My Mind – 46 (also on Bixby WM-500 Memo
3020A)
RCA Victor (1947)
20-2171 So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed / New Pretty Blonde (New Pretty
Blon) 02-47 (Canadian issue on 58-0028; rev. March 1)
20-2182 Freight Train Boogie / Rockin' Chair Money - 03-47 (rev. Apr. 5)
20-2290 Oakie Boogie / Texas Red - 06-47 (rev. June 7)
20-2368 Behind The Eight Ball / I Don't Know Where To Go But I'm Goin' - 07-47
(rev. Aug. 9)
20-2503 City Of Memphis / Oh, How I Lied - 10-47 (rev. Nov. 1)
20-2620 Peepin' Through The Keyhole / That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eyes -
12-47
20-2656 Tell A Woman / Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail - 01-48 (rev. Feb. 14)
20-2774 Old McDonald's Boogie / Swamp Woman Blues - 03-48 (Canadian issue on
58-0071; rev. Apr. 3)
20-2928 Find 'Em, Fool 'Em And Forget 'Em / Fiddlin‘ Joe - 06-48 (rev. June 26)
20-3139 Little Rock A-R-K / Cornbread And Butter Beans - 10-48 (rev. Nov. 6)
20-3280 I Never See My Baby Alone / Jealous Blues - 12-48 (rev. Jan. 22, 1949)
21-0017 Almost Every Time / Two Can Play Your Game - 02-49 (rev. March 26)
21-0053 Ain’t Far To The Bar / Gravy Train - 05-49 (rev. May 7)
21-0105/48-0108 Nothin‘ Won't Cure The Blues / I Got Mine -09-49 (rev. Sept.
10)
Specialty (1953)
SP 713-45 Take Your Blues And Go/ A Sinner's Song - 02-53 (rev. Feb 14)
SP 717-45 I'm Greatful To You / Hillbilly Preacher – 07-53
Ekko (1955)
45-1000 Devil's Hot Rod / Words You Forgot To Say - 03-55
45-1001 [45-EK-1002] Ship With The Golden Sail / Where You Gonna Hide – 03-55
(rev. March 26; Label has issue number 45-EK-1002 A/AA on right hand side of
centre hole, and 45-1001 both sides at the bottom of the label. In the deadwax
there is EK-45-1002 A/AA)
Liberty (1955)
55007 One Way Heart / Heads Up – 11-55 (rev. Nov. 26)
Starday (1956)
45-263 Lie To Me, Baby / Country Fair - 10-56 (rev. Oct. 6)
Rural Rhythm (1957)
510 Devil On My Shoulder / If I'm To Bear The Name - 06-57 (rev. June 10)
RR-45-515 County fair / Lie To Me, Baby – 03-59 (reissue
of Starday 45-263)
519 Country Fair / [Roger Smith:] Centennial Whiskers - 06-59
