Rooftop Singers

 by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS  
1962 unknown, CA – The Rooftop Singers (Erik Darling [vcl/gt], Bill Svanoe [vcl/gt], Lynne Taylor [vcl])
001 N8OW-1167/ZTSP 86942 WALK RIGHT IN VRS-35017/ VSD-2136 VCD-79457 79749 VCD 73158 JASCD-903
002 N8OW-1168/ZTSP 86943 COOL WATER VRS-35017 /VSD-2136 79749

JASMINE JASCD-903 YOU'RE THE REASON - 30 ONE HIT WONDERS US
COUNTRY AND WESTERN (UK, 2014)
Ca early 1963 unknown, CA – The Rooftop Singers (Erik Darling [vcl/gt], Bill Svanoe [vcl/gt], Lynne Taylor [vcl], Wendell Marshall [bass],  Bobby Donaldson [drums])
003 HEY, BOYS VSD-2136 79749
004 P4KM-2210 SHOES VRS-35019 /VSD-2136 79749
005 HOUSTON SPECIAL VSD-2136 79749 VCD 73158
006 PRKM-2209 TOM CAT VRS-35019/VSD-2136 VCD-79457 79749 VCD 73158
007 SOMEBODY CAME HOME VRS-35034 /VSD-2136 79749 VCD 73158
008 YOU DON'T KNOW VSD-2136 VCD-79457 79749 VCD 73158
009 STAGOLEE VSD-2136
010 RAINED FIVE DAYS VSD-2136
011 HAM AND EGGS VRS-35034 / VSD-2136 VCD-79457
012 HA HA THISAWAY VSD-2136 VCD-79457 79749 VCD 73158
013 BRANDY LEAVE ME ALONE VSD-2136 79749
1963 unknown, CA – The Rooftop Singers (Erik Darling [vcl/gt], Bill Svanoe [vcl/gt], Lynne Taylor [vcl])
014 GOOD TIME VSD-79134 79749
015 18-19 [EIGHTEEN-NINETEEN] (WHOA, BUCK) VSD-79134 VCD-79457 79749
016 DIP YOUR FINGERS VSD-79134 79749
017 I'M ON MY WAY VSD-79134 79749
018 SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES VSD-79134 VCD-79457 79749 VCD 73158
019 WORKING ON THE RAILROAD VSD-79134 VCD-79457 79749
020 OLD JOE CLARK VSD-79134 VCD-79457 79749
021 HAIL JOHN VSD-79134 79749
022 P4KM-9332/ZTSP 89617 IT DON'T MEAN A THING VRS-35020 /VSD-79134 VCD-79457 79749 VCD 73158
023 P4KM-9331/ZTSP 89616 MAMA DON'T ALLOW VRS-35020 /VSD-79134 VCD-79457 79749 VCD 73158
024 SHADY GROVE VSD-79134
025 R.C. FROG VSD-79134 VCD-79457 79749
026 PK4M-4461 SAIL AWAY LADIES VRS-35024 /VSD-79134
027 ROCK ISLAND LINE VSD-79134
028 PK4M-4462 TWELVE STRING VRS-35024/79749
1965 unknown, CA – The Rooftop Singers (Erik Darling [vcl/gt], Bill Svanoe [vcl/gt], Lynne Taylor [vcl], + Russ Savakus/ David C. Sibley [bass], Johnny Cresci/ Ted Sommer [drums])
029 S4KM-6654 RAINY RIVER VRS-35029 /VSD-79190 VCD-79457
030 MY BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT VSD-79190
031 THAT AIN'T LOVE VSD-79190 VCD-79457
032 GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK VSD-79190
033 SOMEBODY TOUCHED ME VSD-79190
034 S4KM-6655 BUDDY, WON'T YOU ROLL DOWN THE LINE VRS-35029 / VSD-79190
035 PEACH PICKIN' TIME IN GEORGIA VSD-79190 VCD-79457
036 EZEKIEL VSD-79190 VCD-79457
037 CHOUCOUNNE VSD-79190
038 NOAH VSD-79190
039 I FEEL THE SPIRIT VSD-79190
040 ALABAMA BOUND VSD-79190
041 I HEAR A RUMBLE VSD-79190
Btw 1963-1965 unknown, CA – The Rooftop Singers
042 I’M JUST HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL Vanguard 79749
043 RISSELTY, ROSSELTY  Vanguard 79749
044 WILD MOUNTAIN THYME Vanguard 79749
045 SWING DOWN, CHARIOT Vanguard 79749
046 THOSE BROWN EYES  Vanguard 79749
1965 unknown, CA – Project X (Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe, Pat Street, Scott McKenzie, Susan Manchester)
P01 GOT NO REASON TO CRY VRS-35033 / VCD 73158
P02 THAT AIN'T LOVE VRS-35033
P03 MOLLY AND THE MONSTERS VRS-35037
P04 DON'T YOU THINK IT'S FINE VRS-35037
1967 unknown – The Rooftop Singers
047 67C-12779 KITES Atco 45-6526
August 1967 unknown – The Rooftop Singers
048 67C-12870 MY LIFE IS MY OWN Atco 45-6526




ALBUMS (U.S. albums only listed)
Vanguard VRS-9123/VSD-2136 Walk Right In!: Walk Right In; Hey, Boys; Shoes; Houston Special; Tom Cat; Cool Water; Somebody Came Home; You Don't Know; Stagolee; Rained Five Days; Ham And Eggs; Ha Ha Thisaway; Brandy Leave Me Alone – 63
Vanguard VRS-9134/VSD-79134 Good Time!: Good Time; 18, 19 (Whoa, Buck); Dip Your Fingers; I'm On My Way; San Francisco Bay Blues; Working On The Railroad; Old Joe Clark; Hail John; It Don't Mean A Thing; Mama Don't Allow; Shady Grove; R.C. Frog; Sail Away Ladies; Rock Island Line – 03-64
Vanguard VRS-9190/VSD-79190 Rainy River: Rainy River; My Bucket's Got A Hole In It; That Ain't Love; Grandfather's Clock; Somebody Touched Me; Buddy, Won't You Roll; Peach Pickin' Time; Ezekiel; Choucounne; Noah; I Feel The Spirit; Alabama Bound; I Hear A Rumble – 65
Vanguard VCD 79457 The Best Of The Rooftop Singers: Walk Right In; Tom Cat; Ham and Eggs; Ha Ha Thisaway; San Francisco Bay Blues; Working On The Railroad; Old Joe Clark; Ezekiel; It Don't Mean A Thing; That Ain't Love; Rainy River; R.C. Frog; 1819; You Don't Know; Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia; Mama Don't Allow – 92
Vanguard 79749 The Best Of The Vanguard Years: Walk Right In; Dip Your Fingers; You Don't Know; I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail; Shoes; Houston Special; Tom Cat; Cool Water; Hail John; It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing); Risselty, Rosselty; Working On The Railroad; Somebody Came Home; Eighteen, Nineteen; Wild Mountain Thyme; San Francisco Bay Blues; Hey Boys; Old Joe Clark; R. C. Frog; Swing Down, Chariot; Those Brown Eyes; Mama Don't Allow; I'm On My Way; Ha Ha Thisaway; Brandy Leave Me Alone; Twelve String; Good Time! – 27-01-04
Vanguard VCD 73158 Vanguard Visionaires: Walk Right In; Tom Cat; You Don't Know; Somebody Came Home; Mama Don't Allow; Houston Special; Ha Ha Thisaway; San Francisco Bay Blues; It Don't Mean A Thing; Got No Reason To Cry - 07    


SINGLES (U.S. only)
Vanguard (1962-65)
VRS-35017 Walk Right In /  Cool Water – 12-62 (rev. Cashbox, Dec. 8)
VRS-35019 Tom Cat / Shoes – 03-63 (rev. March 23)
VRS-35020 Mama Don't Allow / It Don't Mean A Thing – 07-63 Rev. July 6)
VRS-35024 Sail Away Ladies / Twelve-String – 01-64 (rev. Jan. 18)
VRS-35029 Rainy River / Buddy, Won't You Roll Down The Line – 07-65 (rev. July 10)
VRS-35033 Got No Reason To Cry / That Ain't Love – 11-65  as Project X (rev. Nov. 27)
VRS-35034 Ham And Eggs / Somebody Came Home – 12-65
VRS-35037 Molly And The Monsters / Don't You Think It's Fine – 02-66 as Project X
Hip Pocket G.P. 37 Walk Right In / Tom Cat – 06-68 (reissue; reissued on Eric 6502 in 1972)
VRS-35114 Walk Right In / Cool Water – 70 (reissue of VRS 35017)
Atco (1967)
45-6526 Kites / My Life Is My Own – 09-67 (rev. Oct. 7)