Gene Martin

 4th version
By Praguefrank, Kurt Rokitta, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
1955 unknown – Gene Martin
001 LOVER'S RHAPSODY Big Town 120
002 WORK WITH IT 120
ca August 1957 poss. Bakersfield, CA – Gene Martin
003 126A I WOULDN’T GIVE A NICKEL Bakersfield 126 /Classics 724
004 126B CRYING ON THE OUTSIDE Bakersfield 126
CLASSICS 724 JUST AROUND BAKERSFIELD (SWE, 2009)
1957 poss. Bakersfield, CA– Gene Martin and The Desert Stars
005 132A PAIR OF EMPTY ARMS Bakersfield 132
006 132B MAKE IT SOON 132
October 1958 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St. Nashville, TN – Gene Martin
007 J2-WB-6924 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY
008 J2-WB-6925 WHO-WA
009 J2-WB-6926 WALKIN' DOWN THE ROAD
1959 unknown – Gene Martin
010 SO 608 BREAK IT TO ME GENTLY Look 1001
011 SO 609 MY DATE WITH YOU LAST NIGHT Look 1001
ca. December 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Gene Martin
012 HUGLEY WEAVER:INTRODUCTION /WEATHER FORECAST/TAKE ME BACK TO CRAIGROCK/CORNSTARK WILLY: JUST BECAUSE Starday SLP-226  
013 FLATT and SCRUGGS: ROLL IN MY SWEET BABY’S ARMS Starday SLP-226  
014 THE BLUEGRASSMEN:BLUEGRASS DARLING Starday SLP-226  
015 WAYNE RANEY: GREENBACK DOLLAR/HUGHLEY WEAVER:  I'LL BE BACK WHEN I RETURN, LITTLE DARLING Starday SLP-226  
016 HUGHLEY WEAVER: BACKSTAGE AT THE GRAND OLE OPRY/ERNEST TUBB: SHOW HER LOTS OF GOLD/ HANK SNOW: I’M MOVING ON Starday SLP-226  
017 WEBB PIERCE: SLOWLY/JOHNNY CASH: I WALK THE LINE Starday SLP-226  
COWBOY COPAS: ALABAM/TEX RITTER: RED RIVER SWEETHEART Starday SLP-226  
018 EDDY ARNOLD: DOBRO DARLING/BILL MONROE: LITTLE DARLING/ROY ACUFF: THE ACUFF CAVE – 63 IMPERSONATIONS OF MENTIONED ARTISTS, ALL TRACKS BY GENE MARTIN]
Impersonations of mentioned artists, all tracks by Gene Martin, recorded before the live audience
January 1963 prob. RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Gene Martin
019 PPA4-0081 BIRMINGHAM JAIL Reader’s Digest RD-9M RDS 44 RDA 12-A
020 PPA4-0082 SAN ANTONIO ROSE  Reader’s Digest RD-9M RDS 44 RDA 12-A
021 PPA4-0083 WABASH CANNON BALL Reader’s Digest RD-9M RDS 44 RDA 12-A
022 PPA4-0084 THE WRECK OF THE OLD 97 Reader’s Digest RD-9M RDS 44 RDA 12-A
023 PPA4-0085 CURLY HEADED BABY Reader’s Digest RD-9M RDS 44 RDA 12-A
024 PPA4-0086 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Reader’s Digest RD-9M RDS 44 RDA 12-A
ca. June 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - June Stearns and Gene Martin
025 ST-6402 THREE SIDES TO THE STORY 639/ SLP 261 SLP-274
026 ST-6403 FAMILY MAN 660
STARDAY SLP 261 SLIPPIN‘ AROUND (1964); STARDAY SLP-274 THE COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL (1964)
July 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - June Stearns and Gene Martin
027 ST-6494 SLIPPIN' AROUND 7012/SLP 261
028 ST-6496 ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE SLP-261/SLP 261
029 ST-6497 WE'VE GOT THINGS IN COMMON 660
December 1963 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN or Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Gene Martin
030 PWA4-0591 ROLL ALONG KENTUCKY MOON Reader’s Digest RD 9M
031 PWA4-0592 WAITING FOR A TRAIN Reader’s Digest RD 9M
032 PWA4-0593 MULE SKINNER BLUES Reader’s Digest RD 9M
033 PWA4-0594 MISS THE MISSISSIPPI AND YOU Reader’s Digest RD 9M
034 PWA4-0595 "T" FOR TEXAS Reader’s Digest RD 9M
035 PWA4-0596 BRAKEMAN'S BLUES Reader’s Digest RD 9M
1964 or sooner unknown – Gene Martin
036 THE LONGEST TRAIN London HAB 8164
037 MISTER PIANO MAN HAB 8164
LONDON HAB 8164 COUNTRY MUSIC CANNONBALL (UK, 1964)
1973 unknown – Gene Martin
038 WILMA ARM 8025  
039 THANKS FOR ALL THE YESTERDAYS ARM 8025


ALBUMS
Starday SLP-226 Country and Western Confidential/A Backstage Expose: Hugley Weaver:Introduction /Weather Forecast/Take Me Back To Craigrock/Cornstark Willy: Just Because; Flatt And Scruggs: Roll In My Sweet Baby’s Arms; The Bluegrassmen:Bluegrass Darling; Wayne Raney: Greenback Dollar/Hughley Weaver:  I'll Be Back When I Return, Little Darling; Hughley Weaver: Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry/Ernest Tubb: Show Her Lots Of Gold/ Hank Snow: I’m Moving On; Webb Pierce: Slowly/Johnny Cash: I Walk The Line; Cowboy Copas: Alabam/Tex Ritter: Red River Sweetheart; Eddy Arnold: Dobro Darling/Bill Monroe: Little Darling/Roy Acuff: The Acuff Cave – 63 (Impersonations of mentioned artists, all tracks by Gene Martin]
Reader’s Digest RD-9M Country and Western Music Jamboree: Birmingham Jail; San Antonio Rose; Wabash Cannon Ball; The Wreck Of The Old 97; Curly Headed Baby; Frankie And Johnny; Roll Along Kentucky Moon; Waiting For A Train; Mule Skinner Blues; Miss The Mississippi And You; T For Texas; Brakeman's Blues – 63 (9 album set, only Gene Martin Tracks listed. A part reissued on 3 LPs on  RDA-12A in 1964 and RDS 44  in 1968)

SINGLES
Big Town (1955)
120 Lover's Rhapsody / Work With It - 55
Bakersfield (1957)
126 I Wouldn’t Give A Nickel / Crying On The Outside – 09-57 (rev. Oct. 7)
132 Pair Of Empty Arms / Make It Soon - 57
Look (1959)
1001 Break It To Me Gently / My Date With You Last Night – 07-59 (rev. Aug. 3)
Starday (1963-)
639 Just Another Song [June Stearns] / Three Sides To the Story {june Srearns and Gene Martin]– 07-63
660 Family Man / We've Got Things In Common – 01-64 w. June Stearns
7012 Slipping Around (w. June Stearns) / [Willis Brothers:] The Wild Side Of Life – 64
Gene Martin (1973)
ARM 8025 Wilma / Thanks For All The Yesterdays – 73

Probably different artist:
Barbary Coast (ca 1964)
1000 Cherry Pie / Dang Me – ca 64
Redfern (1964)
708 Let’s Moan / You Take Her Home
Kanwic
HFS 216 [Gene Martin And The Renegades:] Honky Tonk / [Vern Harris:]  Pretty Eyes