Orville Couch

*21-02-1935 Grapevine, TX, +26-05-2002
4th version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Kent Heineman, Xavier Maire, Kevin Coffey, Thieu Van De Vorst, David Malenkow, Wolf Ruediger Sommer
SESSIONS
Ca 1956-1957 Clifford Herring Sound Studio, 1705 W. 7th St., Fort Worth, TX – Orville Couch,* and Eddie McDuff (Orville Couch [vcl/gt], Eddie McDuff [vcl/gt], Paul Blunt [steel], Ray Yates [bass])
00001 MISERY*  BCD 16086
00002 CONVINCE ME  BCD 16086
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16086 BIG D JAMBOREE (GER, 2013, 8CD)
 ca. June 1957 poss. Gold Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX - Orville Couch
001 2595 I WILL IF YOU WILL Starday 45-326/BB-CD-55098
002 2596 YOU’RE DREAMIN‘ 45-305
003 2597 KING FOR A DAY 45-305
004 2598 FIVE CENT CANDY 45-326/TG 933 BB-CD-55098
TEXAS GOLD TG 933 STARDAY STORY VOL.3 (NED, 1993);  BUFFALO BOP 55098 BB-CD ROCKABILLY CAB (GER, 2001)
ca. July 1958 poss. Gold Star Recording Studio, 5626 Brock St., Houston, TX - Orville Couch
005 2795 LET IT HAPPEN Dixie 45-2007
006 2796 EASY DOES IT 45- 2008
mid-to-late 1950s Clifford Herring Sound Studio, 1705 W. 7th St., Fort Worth, TX – Orville Couch (Orville Couch [vcl/gt], Paul Blunt [steel], Ray Yates [bass],  Eddie McDuff [fiddle])
007 WAIT'S WHAT BROKE THE WAGON DOWN Dragon Street 70102 RRCD 3049
ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3049 THE GUYS AND GALS OF THE BIG D JAMBOREE (UK, 2002)
mid-to-late 1950s Clifford Herring Sound Studio, 1705 W. 7th St., Fort Worth, TX – Orville Couch and Eddie McDuff (Orville Couch [vcl/gt], Ray Yates [bass])
008 BE BOP CRAZY Dragon Street 70102/RCCD 3049
Ca late 1950s [demo session] Dal;las, TX or Fort Worth, TX – Orville Couch (Orville Couch [vcl/gt], Eddie McDuff [gt])
00801 MY GAL SPECS BCD 16086
00802 I‘M IN LOVE  BCD 16086
June 1960 Mercury Sound Studio, New York City – Orville Couch
009 YW-20169 BIG JIM SANDY Mercury 71718
010 YW-20170 DOWNTOWN 71718
Ca early 1960s [demo session] Dallas, TX – Orville Couch (Orville Couch [vcl/gt], Eddie McDuff [gt/hmny vcl], Chuck Jennings [gt], Harland Powell [bass], poss. Micky Williams [percussion])
01001 THE RECORD BCD 16086
01002 BAD DREAM BCD 16086
Ca late 1950s or early 1960s [poss. demo session] unknown – Orville Couch
01003 SWEET LOUELLA  unissued/WLP 8824
COLLECTOR WLP 8824 ROCK-A-BILLY ROCK (NED, 1980)
1962 unknown, TX – Orville Couch
011 62-2667* HELLO TROUBLE Custom 101 Vee Jay 470*/ Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177 JASCD 903
012 62-2668* ANYWHERE THERE'S A CROWD - 62 Custom 101 Vee Jay 470*
JASMINE JASCD 903 YOU'RE THE REASON 30 ONE HIT WONDERS US COUNTRY AND WESTERN  (UK,2014)
1963 unknown – Orville Couch
013 63-3211 HEY STRANGER unissued
014 63-3212 DID I MISS YOU Vee Jay 528/ Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD- CD-8177
1963 unknown – Orville Couch
015 63-3255 THE LONESOMES Vee Jay 528/ Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD- CD-8177
ca 1964 unknown – Orville Couch (Producer: Jim Shell)
016 108A WILD GIRL Action 108/WLP 8824 BB-CD-55077
017 108B A MIDNIGHT RENDEZVOUS Action 108
COLLECTOR WLP 8824 ROCK-A-BILLY ROCK (NED, 1980); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55077 DRY RUN (GER, 1999)
ca 1964 unknown – Orville Couch
018 1017 I HOPE OLD LONESOME CAN'T SWIM Trace 1017/8
019 1018 HELLO TROUBLE Trace 1017/8
020 1023 HAPPY (IT’S A LITTLE BROWN JUG) Trace 1023/24
021 1024 MAYBE THE NEXT TIME Trace 1023/4
1964 unknown – Orville Couch
022 64-3913 DANCE HER BY ME Vee Jay 589 LeCam LC 308/VJS-1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
023 64-3914 STRIKE A MATCH Vee Jay 589/VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
1964 unknown – Orville Couch
024 64-6716 HELLO DOLL Vee Jay 631/VJS-1087
025 64-6717 UNCLE RED Vee Jay 631/ VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
026 HELP ME GET MY COTTON IN Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
027 HONKEY TONK MAN Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
028 (SINCE YOU‘VE) GONE Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
029 HIS AND HERS Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
030 FRAULEIN Vee Jay VJS 1087 Audium AUD-CD-8177
031 COME ON BACK Vee Jay VJS 1087 VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
1965 unknown – Orville Couch
032 65-8612 BIG DADDY OF THE BAYOU Vee Jay 693
033 65-8613 GREENVILLE DINER Vee Jay 693/ VJS-1204 Audium AUD-CD-8177
1965 unknown – Orville Couch
034 65-8774 JUKE BOX unissued
035 65-8775 COLOR ME GONE Vee Jay 706
036 65-8776 WHY BABY WHY unissued
037 65-8777 YOU'RE A LITTLE HEARTACHE Vee Jay 706
December 1965 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Orville Couch (Producer: Fred Foster)
038 D12W-766 PERMANENT WAVE Monument 45-915
ca December 1965 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Orville Couch (Producer: Fred Foster)
039 D12W-773 DOWN HERE WHERE THE HURT BEGINS Monument 45-915
May 1966 Fred Foster Sound Studio, 319 17th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Orville Couch (Producer: Fred Foster)
040 E5W-855 FARMINGTON NEW MEXICO 45-949
041 E5W-856 THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE (ARE NOT FREE)45-949
ca. April 1968 [no 15265] unknown – Orville Couch [purchased masters, registered May 2, 1968]
042 62088 DOUBLE TROUBLE Tower 413
043 62089 JUST ANOTHER STRANGER Tower 413
044 62090 WON’T IT FEEL GOOD Tower 469
045 62091 DON’T LAUGH AT THE HONKY TONKS Tower 469
ca 1969 unknown – Orville Couch
046 GONE Charay C-63 (1) (2)
047 IF YOU REALLY WANT ME TO I'LL GO Charay C-63 )1)
048 PATSY Charay C-63 (2)
Early 1970 unknown – Orville Couch (Producer: Jim Shell)
049 LIKE A MIDNIGHT DREAM Stonegate 2601
050 40 YEARS OF MEMORIES Stonegate 2601
1970 unknown – Orville Couch and Bobbie Jean Carroll
051 WHY BABY WHY 2602
052 HIDE MY SHOES 2602
053 I AIN'T THROUGH WITH YOU YET 2604
054 MORE THAN HUMAN TONGUES CAN SAY 2604
1973 poss. Dallas, TX – Orville Couch (Producer: B.L. Bollman)
053 BI-183 CHEAT ON ME NOW Bollman Int. BI-940 5020
055 I'M SORRY WORLD Bollman Int. BI-940
056 PAYCHECK WEEKEND BI-941 5020
057 I LIKE HERE THERE BI-941
1974 poss. Dallas, TX – Orville Couch (Producer: B.L. Bollman)
058 BI 147-S CONSUMER BLUES BI 147/148-S
059 BI 148-S HEARTS DON'T BREAK BI 147/148-S
1975? poss Fort Worth, TX - Orville Couch (Producer: Major Bill Smith)
060 LC-810 DANCE HER BY ME  LeCam 308(1,2)
061 LC-811 HERE COME THE BLUES AGAIN LC 308(1)  
062 LC-845 BIG DADDY OF THE BAYOU  LeCam 308(2)
ca 1976 unknown – Orville Couch
063 5628A LOSIN' MY BABY TO A HONKY TONK Renegade R5628
064 5628B OVER GEORGIA Renegade R5628
Orville Couch recorded after 1975.Incomplete info in albums list

RADIO SHOWS
28 April 1956 [Big D Jamboree, show 2] Dallas Sportatorium, Dallas, TX – Orville Couch
SO DOGGONE LONESOME  BCD 16806
5 May 1956 [Big D Jamboree, show 6] Dallas Sportatorium, Dallas, TX – Orville Couch
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES BCD 16806
1 March 1958 [Big D Jamboree, show 78] Dallas Sportatorium, Dallas, TX – Orville Couch
KING FOR A DAY  RRCD 3043? BCD 16806
BALLAD OF A TEENAGE QUEEN RCCD 3042 BCD 16806
ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3042 LIVE AT THE BIG D JAMBOREE VOL.1 - ROCAKBILLY (UK, 2000); ROLLERCOASTER RCCD 3043 LIVE AT THE BIG D JAMBOREE VOL.2 COUNTRY/WESTERN (UK, 2000)
10 May 1958 [Big D Jamboree, show 83] Dallas Sportatorium, Dallas, TX – Orville Couch
KING FOR A DAY RRCD-3043? BCD 16806
Ca 14 June 1958 [Big D Jamboree, show 88] Dallas Sportatorium, Dallas, TX – Orville Couch
OVERNIGHT RRCD 3043  BCD 16806
Summer 1958 [Big D Jamboree, show 98] Dallas Sportatorium, Dallas, TX – Orville Couch
EASY DOES IT  MILLION 5 RCCD 3042 BCD 16806
MILLION 5 THE BEST OF DIXIE VOL.5 (NED, 1988)






ALBUMS
Vee Jay VJLP/VJS-1087 Hello Trouble: Hello Doll; Help Me Get My Cotton In; Honkey Tonk Man; Dance Her By Me; Strike A Match; Hello Trouble; (Since You've) Gone; His And Hers; Fraulein; Come On Back; The Lonesomes; Did I Miss You – 07-64
Vee Jay Int. VJS-1204 Honky Tonk Man: Honky Tonk Man; Hello Trouble; Dance Her By Me; Strike A Match; Gone;Uncle Red* ; His And Hers; Come On Back; The Lonesomes; Did I Miss You; Greenville Diner*; Help Me Get My Cotton In. – 77 (*previously unissued on album, (reissued in 2003 on Audium/Koch AUD-CD-8177)
(unknown label info and title) In His Care; Come Walk With Us; Haven't You Heard; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; Waiting At The End Of The Line; Life's Railway To Heaven; Just A Little Bit; Who's Gonna Teach The Children; Pass Me Not; Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies; By 3 Rusty Nails; You Can Hear The Babies Cry – 01 Living Well Ministries: Orville Couch / Kathy La Follette / Barbara Thomas

SINGLES
Starday (1957-58)
45-305 You're Dreaming / King For A Day - 06-57 (rev. July 1)
45-326 Five Cent Candy / I Will If You Will - 11-57
45-2007 Easy Does It / Let It Happen - 08-58 (released on Dixie)
Mercury (1960)
71718x45 Downtown / Big Jim Sandy – 29-10-60 (rev. Nov. 7)
Custom (1962, masters leased to Vee Jay)
101 Hello Trouble / Anywhere There's A Crowd – 09-62 (reissued on Vee Jay 470 in Nov. 1962)
Vee Jay (1963-65)
VJ 528 Did I Miss You / Lonesomes - 06-63 (rev. June 15)
VJ 589 Dance Her By Me / Strike A Match – 03-64 (rev. March 28)
VJ 631 Uncle Red / Hello Dolly – 12-64 (rev. Dec. 5)
VJ 693 Greenville Diner / Big Daddy Of The Bayou – 06-65
VJ 706 Color Me Gone / You're A Little Heartache – 11-65
Action (1964)
45-108 Wild Girl / A Midnight Rendezvous – 07-64
Trace (1964)
1017/1018 I Hope Old Lonesome Can't Swim / Hello Trouble – 64
1023/1024 Happy (It’s A Little Brown Jug) / Maybe The Next Time - 64
Monument (1965-66)
45-915 Permanent Wave / Down Here Where The Hurt Begins – 01-66 (rev. Jan. 29)
45-949 The Best Things In Life (Are Not Free) / Farmington New Mexico - 06-66
Tower (1968-69)
413 Double Trouble / Just Another Stranger - 68
469 Don't Laugh At The Honky Tonks / Won't It Feel Good – 04-69 (rev Apr. 12)
Charay (ca 1969)
C-63 Gone / If You Really Want Me To I'll Go - 69
C-63 Patsy / Gone - 69
Stonegate (1970)
2601 Like A Midnight Dream / 40 Years Of Memories – 02-70 (rev. Feb. 28)
2602 Why Baby Why / Hide My Shoes - 70? w. Bobbie Jean Carroll
2604 I Ain't Through With You Yet / More Than Human Tongues Can Say - 70? w. Bobbie Jean Carroll
Bollman International (1973-74)
BI-940 Cheat On Me Now / I'm Sorry World - 73
BI-941 Paycheck Weekend /I Like Here There - 73
BI 147/148-S Consumer Blues / Hearts Don't Break – 74
5020 Cheat On Me Now / Paycheck Weekend – 76
LeCam (1975?)
LC 308(1) Here Come The Blues Again / Dance Her By Me – 76?
LC 308(2) Big Daddy Of The Bayou / Dance Her By Me – 76?
Renegade (1976)
R5628 Losin' My Baby To A Honky Tonk / Over Georgia – 76