Tommy Crank

William Thomas Crank, *13-04-1926 McKee, KY, +13-06-2007
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS  
1965 unknown, MI - Tommy Crank And Sharon Harrison With Zeke Peters And Johnny Crank
001 IT’S ME AGAIN LORD PEP-1097
002 DON’T TURN ME AWAY PEP-1097
003 unknown title PEP-1097
004 unknown title PEP-1097
1966 unknown, MI – Tommy Crank  and The Gospel Rangers
005 WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE A 0001
006 TROUBLE THE WATER A 0001
007 THE NIGHT I FIRST PRAYED A 0001
008 YOU GOTTA PRAY A 0001
1968 unknown – Tommy Crank and The Golden String
009 HEAVEN'S GATE LPS 1001
010 EACH MILE OF THE WAY LPS 1001
011 WAY UP ON THE MOUNTAIN LPS 1001
012 HOUSE OF GOLD LPS 1001
013 DRUNKARDS PLEA LPS 1001
014 WHERE THE ROSES NEVER FADE LPS 1001
015 BIBLE OF MY HEART LPS 1001
016 WINDOWS OF HEAVEN LPS 1001
017 FAMILY REUNION LPS 1001
018 I'VE GOT TO MAKE IT LPS 1001
019 PAUL AND SILAS LPS 1001
020 HE INCLUDED ME LPS 1001
1972 Bill Carpenter Studio, Brighton, MI -Tommy Crank (Tommy Crank [vcl/gt], Eddie Carroll [flat top gt], Tom Rains [mandolin], Buddy Blaylock [banjo], John Sullivan [bass], Virgil Shouse [fiddle], Juanita Carpenter, Shirley Crank [vcl])
021 AIN'T NO GRAVE GONNA HOLD MY BODY DOWN OHS 90007
022 IT TAKES A LOT OF JESUS OHS 90007
023 YOU'D BETTER WAKE UP OHS 90007
024 YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE OHS 90007
025 CANAAN'S LAND OHS 90007
026 AFTER AWHILE OHS 90007
027 WHEN MY TIME COMES TO GO OHS 90007
028 THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE OHS 90007
029 THERE'S A LEAK IN THIS OLD BUILDING OHS 90007
030 WALKIN IN JERUSALEM JUST LIKE JOHN OHS 90007
031 LITTLE DAVID OHS 90007
032  SATISFIED OHS 90007
30 June 1973 Jewel Recording Studio, 1594 Kinney Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Tommy Crank (Tommy Crank [vcl/rh gt], Robert  McNeely [gt], William Lyons [banjo], Charles Walton [mandolin], Reginald  Wallace [dobro], Eugene Turner [bass], Harlin Kazy / Raymond Hall [fiddle])
033 LORD I WANT TO GO HOME ILP 111  
034 CASTLE IN HEAVEN ILP 111  
035 WHAT A FEELING JUST TO KNOW ILP 111
036 MOTHERS PRAYERS ILP 111  
037 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME ILP 111  
038 DON'T TURN ME AWAY IR 12/ ILP 111
039 YOU'D BETTER WAKE UP ILP 111  
040 YOU'VE GOTTA PRAY ILP 111  
041 IT TAKES A LOT OF JESUS IR 12/ ILP 111
042 IT'S KEEPING ME ALIVE ILP 111
1976 Melody Sound Studio, Hamilton, OH – Tommy Crank (Tommy Crank [vcl/gt], Joe Isaacs [vcl/flat top gt], Vernon Bowling [vcl/mandolin], Ernest Wells [banjo], Alvin Ison [dobro], Jeff Morgan [bass], Ralph Murphy [fiddle], Lily Isaacs [vcl])
043 HEAVEN'S LIGHT IS SHINING ON ME PTSLP 530
044 WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE PTSLP 530  
045 WHILE THE AGES ROLL ON PTSLP 530  
046 CUP OF LONELINESS PTSLP 530  
047 HE TOOK YOUR PLACE PTSLP 530
048 I BELIEVE I'LL GO BACK HOME PTSLP 530
049 THE WICKED PATH OF SIN PTSLP 530  
050 HEAVEN ON MY MIND PTSLP 530
051 OH! THOSE TOMBS PTSLP 530  
052 CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN PTSLP 530
053 WANDERING SOUL PTSLP 530
Tommy Crank recorded after 1976. Incomplete info in albums list




ALBUMS
Jessup LPS 1001 Sing Their Most Requested Hyms: Heaven's Gate; Each Mile Of The Way; Way Up On The Mountain; House Of Gold; Drunkards Plea; Where The Roses Never Fade; Bible Of My Heart; Windows Of Heaven; Family Reunion; I've Got To Make It; Paul And Silas; He Included Me – 68 And The Golden Strings (MX: 80719)
Old Homestead OHS 90007 Tommy Crank Sings Revival Songs: Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down; It Takes A Lot Of Jesus; You'd Better Wake Up; You've Got To Move; Canaan's Land; After Awhile; When My Time Comes To Go; This Little Light Of Mine; There's A Leak In This Old Building; Walkin In Jerusalem Just Like John; Little David; Satisfied – 72 (reissued in 1976 on Pine Tree PTSLP-525)
Irma ILP 111 Tommy Crank Sings Bluegrass Mountain Gospel:  Lord I Want To Go Home; Castle In Heaven; What A Feeling Just To Know; Mothers Prayers; We're Going To Have A Good Time; Don't Turn Me Away; You'd Better Wake Up; You've Gotta Pray; It Takes A Lot Of Jesus; It's Keeping Me Alive – 73 (reissued on Pine Tree PTSLP 524 in 1975 and on Golden Eagle Prod. GEP 02 in 2011)
Pine Tree Records  PTSLP 530 Best Bluegrass Gospel: Heaven's Light Is Shining On Me; Weighed In The Balance; While The Ages Roll On; Cup Of Loneliness; He Took Your Place; I Believe I'll Go Back Home; The Wicked Path Of Sin; Heaven On My Mind; Oh! Those Tombs; Can The Circle Be Unbroken; Wandering Soul– 76

Later albums (details unknown)
Crosscut CR 1079 Tommy Crank, vol. 1: (tracks unknown) - 0-
Crosscut CR 1080 Tommy Crank, vol. 2: (tracks unknown) -  0-
Golden Eagle Prod. GEP 01 Stop That Train: (tracks unknown) -  0-
Golden Eagle Prod. GEP 03 Best Of Bluegrass Gospel:   0- (possibly reissue of PTSLP 530)
Golden Eagle Prod. GEP 04 Best Bluegrass Gospel: Ain't No Grave;  After While;  When My Time Comes To Go; Heaven's Light Is Shining On Me;  Weighed In The Balance;  While The Ages Roll On; Wicked Path Of Sin;  Heaven On My Mind;  Sing Me A Song About Jesus;  Heavenly Echoes; Righteous Pathway; King Jesus;  Holiness Man; Hunt The Souls Of My People;  Hello Central;  At The End Of My Journey;  I Feel Something Moving;  Mountain Preacher Man;  Old Cross Roads;  Sing On;  This Train; When He Reached Down His Hand For Me – 0- (poss. sampler)
Golden Eagle Prod. GEP 05 Tommy Crank And His Gospel Mountainers: (tracks unkown) - 04

EPs
PEP-1097 It’s Me Again Lord; Don’t Turn Me Away / ?; ?  - 65Tommy Crank And Sharon Harrison With Zeke Peters And Johnny Crank
Tyro A 0001 Weighed In The Balance: Weighed In The Balance; Trouble The Water / The Night I First Prayed; You Gotta Pray – 66 (MX: 15977/8)

SINGLES
Irma (1973)
IR 12 It Takes A Lot of Jesus / Don’t Turn Me Away – 73