John Wesley Ryles

 *02-12-1950 Bastrop,IO
4th  version
by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Bill Daniels, Mario Manciotti, Jim Loessberg, Lennart Gustavsson, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
13 September 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I
001 NCO-98363 KAY Columbia 4-44682/CS-9788
002 NCO-98364 MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN THE WORLD IS A WOMAN 4-44966/CS-9788
003 NCO-98365 COME ON HOME AND SING THE BLUES TO DADDY 4-44682/CS-9788
December 1968* Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I (*In Columbia singles discography is recording date showed as July 1. This is an error (see release date of album) or second version (with original master number) for single issue was recorded on this day)
004 NCO 98696 WE'LL TRY A LITTLE BIT HARDER 4-45018/CS-9788
December 1968/January 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I
005 CATCH THE WIND CS-9788
006 WICHITA LINEMAN CS-9788
007 LITTLE GREEN APPLES CS-9788
008 ALL I WANT IS YOU CS-9788
009 WOMAN ,WOMAN CS-9788
010 MY SPECIAL ANGEL CS-9788
10 January 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I
011 NCO-98900 A MIGHTY FORTRESS IS OUR LOVE 4-44819/CS-9788
26 February 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I
012 NCO-98962 HEAVEN BELOW 4-44819
1 July 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I
013 NCO 100859 EVE MAGDALENA 4-44966
9 October 1969 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I
014 NCO 101164 THE WEAKEST KIND OF MAN 4-45018
29 January 1970 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles I
015 NCO 101303 THE HOUSE ON THE HILL 4-45119
016 NCO 101304 I'VE JUST BEEN WASTING MY TIME 4-45119
ca August 1970 poss. Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Tommy Allsup)
017 GN-195-1 YOUR KIND OF MAN GRT-33
018 GN-196-1 WASH MY SINS IN THE RIVER GRT-33
ca September 1971 Woodland Sound Studio A, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Tommy Allsup)
019 711-1563 RECONSIDER ME PL-81/PLP-517
020 711-1564 LOUISIANA PL-91/PLP-517
021 I HAVE NO ONE TO LOVE ME ANYMORE PLP-517
022 711-1566 THE LOVE OF THIS WOMAN PL-95/PLP-517
023 DANCE HER BY ME (ONE MORE TIME) PLP-517
024 HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT PLP-517
025 ROSE GARDEN PLP-517
026 LET ME TAKE HER OFF YOUR HANDS PLP-517
027 FIRE AND RAIN PLP-517
028 711-1573 MOBILE Plantation PL-81/PLP-517
February 1972 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles
029 711-1624 I ALMOST CALLED YOUR NAME PL-95/PLP-517 LP 9013
030 711-1625? DOWNTOWN U.S.A. PLP 521
031 711-1626 TWO SHADOWS ON THE WALL PL-91/PLP-517
JIN LP 9013 GOLDEN DOZEN HITS VOL.3 (1976); PLANTATION PLP 521 20 GREAT HITS (1977)
1973 Kenneth Sound Studio, Kenneth, MO – John Weskey Ryles
032 THE LEGEND OF  J.R. BAKER CW 7301
ca May 1974 prob. RCA Victor Studio, 30 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Roy Dea)
033 SATISFIED MAN RCA APBO-0320
034 MORE TODAY THAN YESTERDAY APBO-0320
ca November 1974 prob. RCA Victor Studio, 30 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Roy Dea)
035 WHEN SHE TURNS OFF LIGHTS PB-10146
036 LEANING ON YOUR LOVE PB-10146
ca November 1975 Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Johnny Morris)
037 TELL IT LIKE IT IS Music Mill IRDA-214 MMI-1001/4XJ-7964 Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits
038 RUN RIGHT BACK Music Mill IRDA-214 MMI-1001/4XJ-7964 Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits
ca May 1976 Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Johnny Morris)
039 I'M GONNA MAKE IT WITHOUT YOU IRDA-240/4XJ-7964 Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits Country Woman
040 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN IRDA-240/4XJ-7964 Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits
ca 1975-1976 Nashville, TN – John Wesley Ryles
041 I JUST HAD YOU ON MY MIND 4XJ-7964  Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits Country Woman
042 LIVING AGAIN 4XJ-7964  Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits Country Woman
043 COUNTRY WOMAN 4XJ-7964 Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits Country Woman
044 TRYING MY BEST TO LOVE YOU DOWN 4XJ-7964   Tell It Like It Is Greatest Hits
ca. November 1976 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Johnny Morris)
045 29324 FOOL Dot DOA-17679/DO-2089
046 29325 I FOUGHT THE LAW DOA-17679
ca. March 1977 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Johnny Morris)
047 29455 ONCE IN A LIFETIME THING DO-17698/DO-2089
048 29456 WILD ROSE OF VIRGINIA DO-17698
May 1977 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Johnny Morris)
049 29520 WARMING LOVE DO-17733/DO 2089
050 29521 EASY AB-12348/DO-2089
ca Spring 1977 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL  - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Johnny Morris)
051 HERE I STAND DO-2089
052 LYING IN THE ARMS OF LOVE DO-2089
053 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN DO-2089
054 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT DO-2089
055 OUT OF YOUR HEART DO-2089
056 TELL IT LIKE IT IS DO-2089
ca September 1977 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL - John Wesley Ryles (John Wesley Ryles [vcl], Kenny bell [ld gt], Jerry Wallace [ac gt], Jerry Bridges/Black Lelland [bass], Roger Clark [drums], Tony Hamos/ Randy McCormick [keyboards]. Producer: Johnny Morris)
057 29639 THAT ALL OVER FEELING AB-12410/AB-1056
058 29640 MAKING LOVE DON'T MAKE IT LOVE AB-12348/AB-1056
ca September 1977 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL - John Wesley Ryles (John Wesley Ryles [vcl], Kenny bell [ld gt], Jerry Wallace [ac gt], Jerry Bridges/Black Lelland [bass], Roger Clark [drums], Tony Hamos/ Randy McCormick [keyboards]. Producer: Johnny Morris)
059 29652 SHINE ON ME (THE SUN STILL SHINES WHEN IT RAINS) DO-17733/AB-1056
ca September 1977 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL - John Wesley Ryles (John Wesley Ryles [vcl], Kenny bell [ld gt], Jerry Wallace [ac gt], Jerry Bridges/Black Lelland [bass], Roger Clark [drums], Tony Hamos/ Randy McCormick [keyboards]. Producer: Johnny Morris)
060 DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING AB-1056
061 WE CAN MAKE THE PIECES FIT AGAIN AB-1056
062 CRY NO MORE MY LADY AB-1056
063 ALL DAY RAIN AB-1056
064 I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR LOVE SONG AB-1056
ca September 1977 The Music Mill Studio, 3614 Jackson Hwy, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield, AL - John Wesley Ryles (John Wesley Ryles [vcl], Kenny bell [ld gt], Jerry Wallace [ac gt], Jerry Bridges/Black Lelland [bass], Roger Clark [drums], Tony Hamos/ Randy McCormick [keyboards]. Producer: Johnny Morris)
065 29678 THE NEXT TIME AB-12375/AB-1056
066 29679 KAY AB-12375/AB-1056
ca February 1978 Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (John Wesley Ryles [vcl] + Eddy Anderson, Tommy Cogbill, Kenny Bell, Bobby Emmons, Buddy Emmons, Ken Laxton, Mike Severs, Terry Skinner, Jerry Wallace, Billy Puett, Dennis Good, Bill Dekle, Ron Keller, Skip Lane, Sheldon Kurland Strings, strings and horns arr. by Ken Laxton and Bill Dekle. Producer: Johnny Morris)
067 51078 SOMEDAY YOU WILL AB-12410 /AY-1112
ca February or September 1978 Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (John Wesley Ryles [vcl] + Eddy Anderson, Tommy Cogbill, Kenny Bell, Bobby Emmons, Buddy Emmons, Ken Laxton, Mike Severs, Terry Skinner, Jerry Wallace, Billy Puett, Dennis Good, Bill Dekle, Ron Keller, Skip Lane, Sheldon Kurland Strings, strings and horns arr. by Ken Laxton and Bill Dekle. Producer: Johnny Morris)
068 PATCHES AY-1112
069 SOME KIND OF MIRACLE AY-1112
070 WHEN IT BEGINS TO END AY-1112
071 LOVE COMING DOWN AY-1112
072 DON'T WASTE IT ON ME AY-1112
073 FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS AY-1112
ca September 1978 Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (John Wesley Ryles [vcl] + Eddy Anderson, Tommy Cogbill, Kenny Bell, Bobby Emmons, Buddy Emmons, Ken Laxton, Mike Severs, Terry Skinner, Jerry Wallace, Billy Puett, Dennis Good, Bill Dekle, Ron Keller, Skip Lane, Sheldon Kurland Strings, strings and horns arr. by Ken Laxton and Bill Dekle. Producer: Johnny Morris)
074 51206 IT'S RAINING OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR AB-12432/AY-1112
075 51210 LOVE AIN'T MADE FOR FOOLS AB-12432/AY-1112
076 51211 SHE'S ON MY MIND MCA-41033/AY-1112
ca. April 1979 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN or Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (musicians similar as below. Producer: Bob Montgomery)
077 MC-8438 LIBERATED WOMAN MCA-41033/MCA-3183
078 MC-8439 LET THE NIGHT BEGIN MCA-41278/MCA-3183
July 1979 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN or Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN  - John Wesley Ryles (musicians similar as below. Producer: Bob Montgomery)
079 MC-9100 PERFECT STRANGERS MCA-41184/MCA-3183
080 MC-9103 NOTHING BUT LOVE MCA-41184/ MCA-3183
081 MC-9105 YOU ARE ALWAYS ON MY MIND MCA-41124/MCA-3183
July/August 1979 Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN / Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (coll. pers. MCA 3183: John Wesley Ryles [vcl/bck vcl], Pete Wade/ Reggie Young [ld gt], Kenny Bell [ld gt/rh gt],  Jimmy Capps [rh gt], Steve Schaffer [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Ron Oates [keyboards], Larry keith,Lea Jane Berinati, Lisa Silver [bck vcl]. Producer: Bob Montgomery)
082 IT'S ALL COMING BACK TO ME NOW MCA-3183
083 I SURRENDER MCA-3183
084 MOTHERS AND DADDYS MCA-3183
085 I LOVED 'EM ALL MCA-3183
086 WE'VE JUST GOT TO GET TOGETHER AGAIN MCA-3183
August 1979 Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN or Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Bob Montgomery)
087 MC-9277 MY ANGEL GOT HER WINGS TODAY MCA-41124/ MCA-3183
ca. April 1980 Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles
088 MC-10448 MAY I BORROW SOME SUGAR FROM YOU MCA-41278
ca. September 1980 Woodland Sound Studio A, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Ron Chancey)
089 MC-10778 CHEATER'S TRAP MCA-51013
090 MC-10779 TWO BED'S - TOO BAD MCA-51013
ca. September 1980 Woodland Sound Studio A, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Ron Chancey)
091 MC-10793 I'M NOT THAT CRAZY ANYMORE MCA-51128
092 MC-10794 SOMEWHERE TO COME WHEN IT RAINS MCA-51080
093 MC-10795 YOUR OLD LOVE LETTERS (ALWAYS GET THE BETTER OF ME) MCA-51080
ca. May 1981 Woodland Sound Studio A, 1011 Woodland St., Nashville, TN - John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Ron Chancey)
094 MC-11693/MC-11694  MATHILDA MCA-51128 MCA 51128(dj) [edited*:] MCA 51128
095 MC-11695 SLOW EMOTION MCA-51174
096 MC-11696 KISS AND SAY GOODBYE MCA-51174
April 1982 Nashville, TN – John Wesley Ryles (Producer: Ron Oats)
097 WE'VE GOT TO START MEETING LIKE THIS Primero PR-1004
098 HIDEAWAY Primero PR-1004 PR-1016
099 JUST ONCE Primero PR-1016
Mid 1984 Nashville, TN – John Wesley Ryles
100 SHE TOOK IT TOO WELL 16th Avenue 500
095 unknown title 16th Avenue 500
early 1987 Nashville, TN – John Wesley Ryles
101 MIDNIGHT BLUE WB 7-28377
102 STARTING OVER AGAIN WB 7-28377
ca September 1987 Nashville, TN – John Wesley Ryles
103 LOUSIANA RAIN 7-28228
104 STRONG HEART 7-28228
ca February 1987 Nashville, TN – John Wesley Ryles
105 NOBODY KNOWS 7-27869
106 FREEDOM FEELS LIKE LONELINESS AGAIN 7-27869
John Wesley Ryles recorded after 1987, some info in albums list
fragments:

1991 or sooner unknown  – John Wesley Ryles
WE THREE KINGS Greatest Hits Elite 845658-2 DCD 535
ELITE 845658-2 A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS (1991); DISKY DCD 535 COUNTRY CHRISTMAS (ned, 1993)

ALBUMS
Columbia CS-9788 Kay: Kay; Catch The Wind; Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy; Most Beautiful Thing In The World Is A Woman; We'll Try A Little Bit Harder; Wichita Lineman; Little Green Apples; All I Want Is You; Woman ,Woman; A Mighty Fortress Is Our Love; My Special Angel - 03-69
ABC-Dot DO-2089 John Wesley Ryles: Fool; Here I Stand; Lying In The Arms Of Love; When A Man Loves A Woman; Warming Love; Once In A Lifetime; Easy; Tell It Like It Is;  Out Of Your Heart; In The Middle Of The Night - 17-08-77
Plantation PLP-517 Reconsider Me: Reconsider Me; Louisiana; The Love Of This Woman; Fire And Rain; I Have No One To Love Me Anymore; Two Shadows On The Wall; Dance Her By Me (One More Time); I Almost Called Your Name; Help Me Make It Through The Night; Mobile; Rose Garden; Let Me Take Her Off Your Hands - 10-77 (MX: XSY 151383/4)
ABC AB-1056 Shine On Me: Shine On Me; We Can Make The Pieces Fit Again; Next Time; Making Love Don't Make It Love; Cry No More My Lady; All Day Rain; I Don't Want To Hear Your Love Song; Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying; That All Over Feeling; Kay - 17-03-78 (reissued on MCA-643)
ABC AY-1112 Love's Sweet Pain: Someday You Will; Patches; She's On My Mind; Some Kind Of Miracle; When It Begins To End; Love Ain't Made For Fools; Love Coming Down; It's Raining Outside Your Door; Don't Waste It On Me; Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers - 09-01-79 (reissued on MCA-798)
MCA MCA-3183 Let The Night Begin: Liberated Woman; Let The Night Begin; It's All Coming Back To Me Now; I Surrender; Mothers And Daddys; You Are Always On My Mind; Perfect Strangers; Nothing But Love; I Loved 'Em All; We've Just Got To Get Together Again - 10-09-79 (MX: MCA 1965/6; reissued on MCA-750)
Accord 4XJ-7964 Tell It Like It Is: I Just Had You On My Mind; Living Again; Country Woman; Trying My Best To Love You Down; Tell It Like It Is; Run Right Back; When A Man Loves A Woman; I'm Gonna Make It Without You – 83 (cassette)
Joshua S. Vogel Records ? Josh Vogel’s Country Blues: Country Blues (John Wesley Ryles); Goin’ On Empty (Dana Hunt); The Stakes Are Too High (Tim Buppert);It Matters So Much to Me (Dana Hunt); Empty Without You (John Wesley Ryles); You’re So Good At Makin’ Love (John Wesley Ryles and Dana Hunt); When I Can Almost Taste It (Tim Buppert); Going Through the Motions (Dana Hunt);Maverick (John Wesley Ryles); To Love and Be Loved (John Wesley Ryles and Dana Hunt); This Is Where I Came In (Tim Buppert) - 04-01-07 John Wesley Ryles, Dana Hunt. Tim Buppert
Jukebox Ent. ? Tell It Like It is: Tragedy; His and Hers; Living Again; Country Woman; Trying My Best To Love You Down; Tell It Like It Is; Run Right Back; When A Man Loves A Woman; I'm Gonna Make It With You; Someday You Will Know; I Just Had You On My Mind – 26-05-09 (reissued in 2014 on Maestro Ent., Tragedy)
K-Tel ? Greatest Hits:  Kay; Once In A Lifetime Thing; Country Woman; Run Right Back; Tell It Like It Is; His And Hers; I Just Had You On My Mind; When A Man Loves A Woman; Living Again; Trying My Best To Love You Down; I'm Gonna Make It Without You;Tragedy; Someday You Will; O Holy Night;  We Three Kings Of Orient Are - 05-08-09

EPs
One Media Publishing ?  Country Woman: Country Woman;  I Just Had You On My Mind; Tragedy; I'm Gonna Make It Without You; Living Again; His and Hers;  Someday We Will Know . 06-12-10

SINGLES
Columbia (1968-70) as by John Wesley Ryles I
4-44682 Kay / Come On Home And Sing The Blues To Daddy – 30-10-68
4-44819 A Mighty Fortress Is Our Love / Heaven Below – 25-03-69
4-44966 Eve Magdalena / Most Beautiful Thing In The World Is A Woman – 05-08-69
4-45018 The Weakest Kind Of Man / We'll Try A Little – 04-11-69
4-33179 Kay / Heaven Below – 01-70 (reissue)
4-45119 House On The Hill / I've Just Been Wasting My Time – 17-03-70
GRT (1970)
GRT-33 Wash My Sins In The River / Your Kind Of Man - 11-70
Plantation (1971-72)
PL-81 Reconsider Me / Mobile - 10-71 (rev. Oct. 23)
PL-91 Two Shadows On The Wall / Louisiana - 72
PL-95 I Almost Called Your Name / The Love Of This Woman – 03-73 (rev. March 31)
Call of The Wild (1973)
CW 7301 The Legend of  J.R. Baker / The Legend of  J.R. Baker - 73
RCA Victor (1974)
APBO-0320 Satisfied Man / More Today Than Yesterday - 18-06-74
PB-10146 When She Turns Off Lights / Leaning On Your Love – 12-74 (rev. Dec. 26)
Music Mill (1975-76)
IRDA-214 Tell It Like It Is / Run Right Back - 12-75 (also on MMI-1001)
IRDA-240 I'm Gonna Make It Without You / When A Man Loves A Woman - 06-76
Dot (1977) / ABC (1978) / MCA (1979-81)
DOA-17679 Fool / I Fought The Law - 02-77
DO-17698 Once In A Lifetime Thing / Wild Rose Of West Virginia - 07-77
DO-17733 Shine On Me (The Sun Still Shines When It Rains) / Warming Love - 01-11-77
AB-12348 Easy / Making Love Don't Make It Love - 03-78
AB-12375 Key / The Next Time - 06-78
AB-12410 Someday You Will / That All Over Feeling - 30-08-78
AB-12432 Love Ain't Made For Fools / It's Raining Outside Your Door -17-11-78
MCA-41033 Liberated Woman 9438 / She's On My Mind - 14-05-79
MCA-41124 My Angel Got Her Wings Today / You Are Always On My Mind - 28-09-79
MCA-41184 Perfect Strangers 9100/ Nothing But Love - 02-80
MCA-41278 Let The Night Begin / May I Borrow Some Sugar From You - 23-06-80 (rev. July 5)
MCA-51013 Cheater's Trap / Two Bed's Too Bad - 13-10-80
MCA-51080 Somewhere To Come When It Rains / Your Old Love Letters (Always Get The Better Of Me) - 23-02-81
MCA-51128 Mathilda [edited] / I'm Not That Crazy Anymore- 06-06-81
MCA 51128 Mathilda [long version] / Mathilda [edited:] – 06-81 (promo)
MCA-51174 Kiss And Say Goodbye / Slow Emotion - 08-09-81
Primero (1982)
PR-1004 We've Got To Start Meeting Like This / Hideaway - 06-82
PR-1016 Just Once / Hideaway - 11-82
16th Avenue (1984)
500 She Took It Too Well / ? - 07-84
Warner Brothers (1987-88)
7-28377 Midnight Blue / Starting Over Again - 06-04-87
7-28228 Lousiana Rain / Strong Heart - 02-11-87
7-27869 Nobody Knows / Freedom Feels Like Loneliness Again - 09-05-88




TRANSCRIPTIONS DISCS
United States Airforce - Country Music Time # 101: My Way Of Life;  Kay; You’re Never Gonna See My Face Again [Penny DeHaven]; When The Grass Grows Over Me [Penny DeHaven]; Act Naturally – Ca 08-69
United States Airforce - Country Music Time Show # 121:  Kay;  Eva Magdalena;  Sweet Baby Girl [Peggy Little];Kay (Reprise) – ca 01-70 (MX: GXTV 222533)