Sonny Curtis

 *09-05-1937 Meadow, TX
3rd version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Walter Gabriel, Vladimir Pikora, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS see also The Crickets
20 January 1953 unknown – Sonny Curtis
001 83848 THE BEST WAY TO HOLD A GIRL Coral 9-61023
002 83849 SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA BE SORRY Coral 9-60954
003 83850 NO MORE TEARS Coral 9-61023
004 83851 FOREVER YOURS Coral 9-60954
Late 1954 or early 1955 [demo sessions] Nesman Recording Studio, Wichita Falls, TX – Sonny Curtis (Sonny Curtis [vcl/gt], Buddy Holly [ld gt], Larry Williams [bass])
00401 BECAUSE YOU LOVE ME Rev-Ola CR-REV 174
00402 DALLAS BOOGIE Rev-Ola CR-REV 174
00403 I'LL MISS MY HEART Rev-Ola CR-REV 174
00404 ONE IN A MILLION Rev-Ola CR-REV 174
00405 QUEEN OF THE BALLROOM Rev-Ola CR-REV 174
00406 THIS BOTTLE Rev-Ola CR-REV 174
Rev-Ola CR-REV 174 BUDDY HOLLY – GOTTA ROLL – THE EARLY RECORDINGS 1949-1955 (UK, 2006)
ca. April 1958 unknown – Sonny Curtis
005 MB-10909 WRONG AGAIN 45-15754
006 MB-10910 LAUGHING STOCK 45-15754
ca. May 1958 unknown – Sonny Curtis
007 MB-11138 A PRETTY GITL 45-15799/BCD 17660
008 MB-11139 WILLA MAE JONES 45-15799
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17660 THAT'LL FLAT GIT VOL.41 /  ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT AND HAMILTON RECORDS (GER, 2023)
12 November 1958 Norman Petty Studio, 1313 West 7th St., Clovis, NM – Sonny Curtis (Sonny Curtis [vcl/gt], Joe B. Mauldin [bass], Jerry Allison [drums], Vi Petty [piano] + The Roses: David Bigham, Robert Linville, Ray Bush [bck vcl]) [purchased masters, registered January 1960]
009 108559 RED HEADED STRANGER 62207
010 108560 TALK ABOUT MY BABY 62207/CDCHD 699 FR 1007
ACE CDCHD 699 WEST TEXAS BOP (UK, 1999); FARMER FR 1007 BUDDY HOLLY DAYS 30 RARE SOUND-A-LIKES (1998)
2 August 1963 [20:00-23:00] Western Recorders,  6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Sonny Curtis [vcl],  Billy Strange [gt], Tommy Tedesco [gt],  Ray Pohlman/Jimmy Bond [bass], Hal Blaine [drums],  Leon Russell [piano])
011 10077 LAST SONG I'M EVER GONNA SING (NASHVILLE) Dimension 1017
012 10078 SO USED TO LOVING YOU 1017 1024
17 January 1964 [11:00-14:00]  United Recorders, 6050 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Sonny Curtis [vcl], Tommy Allsup [gt], Glen Campbell [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Lyle Ritz [bass], Jerry Allison [drums], Leon Russell [keyboards])
013 10092 A BEATLE I WANT TO BE 1024
22 January 1964 Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
014 SHE LOVES YOU Imperial LP-12276
015 RINGO'S THEME (THIS BOY) Imperial LP-12276
016 PLEASE, PLEASE ME Imperial LP-12276
017 DO YOU WANT TO KNOW A SECRET Imperial LP-12276
018 BALLAD FOR A BEATLE Imperial LP-12276
019 A HARD DAY'S NIGHT Imperial LP-12276
020 ALL MY LOVING Imperial LP-12276
021 AND I LOVE HER Imperial LP-12276
022 THINGS WE SAID TODAY Imperial LP-12276
023 LITTLE CHILD Imperial LP-12276
024 P.S. I LOVE YOU Imperial LP-12276
025 IF I FELL Imperial LP-12276
ca June 1964 Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
026 LB-1891 I PLEDGE MY LOVE TO YOU F-55710
027 LB-1892 BO DIDDLEY BEACH Liberty F-55710
ca July 1966 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
028 M-103 MY WAY OF LIFE Viva 602/V-36012
029 M-104 LAST CALL 602
12 August/September/November 1966  Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
030 M-172 DESTINY'S CHILD 607/V-36012
031 M-173 THE COLLECTOR 607/V-36021
ca July 1967 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
032 V-224 I WANNA GO BUMMING AROUND 617/V-36012
033 V-225 I'M A GYPSY MAN 617/V-36012
Fall 1967 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
034 V-265 HUNG UP IN YOUR EYES Viva 636/V-36012 RRSC-32707-CD
035 V-266 DAY DRINKER Viva 626/V-36012
036 A FOOL NEVER LEARNS Viva V-36012
037 WALK RIGHT BACK Viva V-36012
038 WHERE WILL THE WORDS COME FROM Viva V-36012
039 V-270 HOLIDAY FOR CLOWNS Viva 634/V-36012
040 BEGGAR'S BLUES Viva V-36012
041 I FOUGHT THE LAW Viva V-36012 RRSC-32707-CD
ca November 1967 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
042 V-293 ATLANTA, GEORGIA STRAY 626/V-36021
ca May 1968 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
043 V-311 THE STRAIGHT LIFE 630/V-36021 RRSC-32707-CD
044 V-312 HOW LITTLE MEN CARE 630/V-36021
1969 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
045 V-354 DAY GIG 634/V-36021
1969 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
046 V-369 GIRL OF THE NIGHT 636/V-36021
1969 Amigo Studios, North Hollywood, CA – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Snuff Garrett)
047 SOUL FEVER V-36021
048 THIS IS THE LAST SONG I’M EVER GONNA SING V-36021
049 THIS TIME TOMORROW V-36021
050 I HATE TO SEE ME GO V-36021
051 TODAY MY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS CAME BACK TO TOWN V-36021
052 (YOU’VE GOT) NOTHIN‘ TO BE ASHAMED OF V-36021
Fall 1970 unknown – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Sonny Curtis, Glenn Hardin)
053 Z4KS-4020 LOVE IS ALL AROUND Ovation OV/1006
054 Z4KS-4021 HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE OV/1006
Spring 1971 unknown – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Glenn D. Hardin)
055 9202 UNSAINTLY JUDY OV/1023
056 9203 YOU DON'T BELONG IN THIS PLACE OV/1023
ca March 1972 unknown – Sonny Curtis
057 TRUE LOVE WAYS Barnaby ZS7-2061
058 ROCKIN' 50'S ROCK AND ROLL ZS7-2061
1972 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Bob Montgomery)
059 2317 SUNNY MORNIN' A and M 1359-S
060 LIGHTS OF L.A. 1359-S
October 1973 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Bob Montgomery)
061 2-50997 ROCK'N ROLL (I GAVE YOU THE BEST YEARS OF MY LIFE) Mercury 73438
062 2-50998 MY MAMA SURE LEFT ME SOME GOOD OLD DAYS 73438
10 July 1975 [no 13762] Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Bob Montgomery)
063 81387 LOVESICK BLUES 4158
064 81388 WHEN IT'S JUST YOU AND ME 4227 4240
065 81389 IT'S ONLY A QUESTION OF TIME 4158 4227
February 1976 [no 13812] Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis
066 81519 WHERE'S PATRICIA NOW 4240
1979 Sound Stage Studio, 10 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis and The Hitmen (Sonny Curtis [vcl/rh gt], Reggie Young [el gt], Bobby Thompson [rh gt], Joe Osborn [bass], Larrie Londin [drums] + Buddy Emmons [steel], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Shane Keister/ Bobby Wood [keyboards], Shelly Kurland Strings, Bergen White, Diane Tidwell,  Sherry Kramer, St.Louis Jaycees Background Singers [bck vcl]. Produced by Hitmen Productions Inc.)
067 THE COWBOY SINGER Elektra E-46526 /6E-227  
068 WALK RIGHT BACK Elektra E-46568/6E-227 RRSC-32707-CD
069 SO USED TO LOVING YOU Elektra E-47129/6E-227
070 TENNESSEE Elektra 6E-227
071 DO YOU REMEMBER ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN Elektra E-46568/6E-227 RRSC-32707-CD
072 IT'S NOT EASY BEING FIFTEEN Elektra 6E-227 RRSC-32707-CD
073 I FOUGHT THE LAW Elektra 6E-227  
074 I'LL STAY WITH YOU Elektra 6E-227  
075 CHEATIN' CLOUDS Elektra E-46526 / 6E-227
076 AIN'T NOBODY HONEST Elektra E-46616/6E-227 RRSC-32707-CD
1980 Sound Stage Studio, 10 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis and The Hitmen (Sonny Curtis [vcl/rh gt], Reggie Young [el gt], Bobby Thompson [rh gt], Joe Osborn [bass], Larrie Londin [drums] + Buddy Emmons/Weldon Myrick [steel], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Shane Keister/ Larry Knechtel/Hargus Robbins/Bobby Woods [keyboards], Arleen Harden, Gordon Payne, Bergen White, Diane Tidwell, Sherry Kramer, Duanne West, Sudie Calloway [bck vcl]. Produced by Hitmen Productions Inc.)
077 LOVE IS ALL AROUND Elektra E-46663/6E-283 RRSC-32707-CD
078 YOU MADE MY LIFE A SONG Elektra E-47048/6E-283
079 EAGER FOR THE EDGE Elektra 6E-283
080 THE REAL BUDDY HOLLY STORY Elektra E-46616/6E-283 RRSC-32707-CD
081 FIFTY WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER Elektra E-47048/6E-283
082 WILD SIDE OF LIFE Elektra 6E-283
083 COWBOY SINGER Elektra 6E-283
084 I FOUGHT THE LAW Elektra 6E-283
085 WALK RIGHT BACK Elektra 6E-283
086 THE CLONE SONG Elektra E-46663/6E-283
1981 Sound Stage Studio, 10 Music Circle South, Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis (Sonny Curtis [vcl/rh gt/bck vcl], Reggie Young [el gt], Bobby Thompson [ac gt], Sonny Garrish [steel], Joe Osborn [bass], Larrie Londin/Jerry Carrigan [drums] Shane Keister/ David Briggs/  Hargus Robbins [keyboards], Terry McMukkuab [harmonica], Diane Tidwell, Gordon Payne, Tom Brannon, Ricky Skaggs, Vickie Hampton, Sharon Hicks, Lisa Silver, Bergen White, Sherry Kramer [bck vcl]. Producer: Bobby Thompson, Reggie Young, Joe Osborn)
087 GOOD OL' GIRLS Elektra E-47129/6E-349
088 THERE I GO DREAMIN' AGAIN Elektra 6E-349
089 WILD OATS Elektra 6E-349
090 MARRIED WOMEN Elektra E-47176/6E-349
091 ROLLIN' Elektra 6E-349
092 MORE THAN I CAN SAY Elektra 6E-349 RRSC-32707-CD
093 SWEET MISERY Elektra 6E-349
094 OLD FASHIONED LOVE Elektra 6E-349
095 STAR-STUDDED NIGHTS Elektra 6E-349
096 I LIKE YOUR MUSIC Elektra E-47176/6E-349 RRSC-32707-CD
1981 poss. Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis
097 THE CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUT ROASTING ON A OPEN FIRE) Elektra E-47231
Summer 1982 Nashville, TN – Sonny Curtis (Producer: James Stroud)
098 TOGETHER ALONE 7-69942
099 DREAM WELL ALL OF YOU CHILDREN 7-69942
1985 Nashville, TN– Sonny Curtis (Producer: James Stroud)
100 I THINK I'M IN LOVE  Steam 82985 Songwork S1 /Colt 2003
101 NOW I'VE GOT A HEART OF GOLD  Songwork S2 Steam ST-110185 /Colt 2003 RRSC-32707-CD
102 WHY DID YOU SAY I DO TO ME Songwork S2 Steam ST-110185/Colt 2003
103 THERE'S A WHOLE LOT LESS TO ME THAN MEETS THE EYE Songwork S 1
ca 1985-1987 unknown – Sonny Curtis
104 HE WAS ON TO SOMETHING (SO HE MADE YOU)  Colt 2003  
105 IT'S ALL IN YOUR MIND  Colt 2003
106 REAL OLD FASHIONED BROKEN HEART  Colt 2003
107 AN OLD RAINBOW JUKEBOX AND YOU  Colt 2003   
108 I'M NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN  Colt 2003
109 TRUE LOVE WAYS  Colt 7002/2003
110 PLEASURE ISLAND  Colt 2003
111 LESS TO ME THAN MEETS THE EYE  Colt 2003
112 RAOUL  Colt 7002/2003   
1989 unknown – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Terry D. Choate)
113 I'M NO STRANGER TO THE RAIN Ritz 217/RITZCD-0055
114 HELLO MARY LOU Ritz RITZCD-0055
115 YOU'RE THE LESSON I NEVER LEARNED Ritz RITZCD-0055
116 WHEN AMARILLO BLOWS Songworks SWX 052089 Ritz 229/ RITZCD-0055
117 BACK WHEN HAS BEEN LOVER Ritz RITZCD-0055
118 I SAVED MY LAST NAME FOR YOU Songworks SWX 052089 Ritz RITZCD-0055
119 BAD CASE OF LOVE Songworks SWX 052089/Ritz RITZCD-0055 RRSC-32707-CD
120 THINK IT OVER Ritz RITZCD-0055
121 THAT'LL BE THE DAY Ritz RITZCD-0055
122 MORE THAN I CAN SAY Ritz 229/RITZCD-0055
123 WELL, ALRIGHT Ritz RITZCD-0055
124 ROCK AROUND WITH OLLIE VEE Ritz 217/RITZCD-0055
125 MIDNIGHT SHIFT Songworks SWX 052089 Ritz RITZCD-0055
1980s or later unknown – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Chuck Haines)
126 MY WORST ENEMY RRSC-32707-CD
1980s or later unknown – Sonny Curtis (Producer: Sonny Curtis)
127 PARTY OF THE FIRST PART RRSC-32707-CD

ALBUMS
Imperial LP-9276/LP-12276 Beatle Hits Flamenco Guitar Style: She Loves You; Ringo's Theme (This Boy); Please, Please Me; Do You Want To Know A Secret; Ballad For A Beatle; A Hard Day's Night; All My Loving; And I Love Her; Things We Said Today; Little Child; P.S. I Love You; If I Fell – 64 (CD reissue in 2009)
Viva V-36012 The 1st Of Sonny Curtis: I Wanna Go Bummin' Around; My Way Of Life; Hung Up In Your Eyes; Day Drinker; Where Will The Words Come From; Destiny's Child; I'm A Gypsy Man; Holiday For Clowns; A Fool Never Learns; Walk Right Back; Beggar's Blues; I Fought The Law – 01-68 (reissued in 2021 on Good Time GTRCD 1169)
Viva V-36021 The Sonny Curtis Style: The Straight Life; Sould Fever, How Little Men Care; Girl Of The Night; This Is The Last Song I’m Ever Gonna Sing; Atlanta Georgia Stray; Day Gig, This Time Tomrorrow; I Hate To See Me Go; Today My Sleepless Nights Came Back To Town; The Collector; (You’ve Got) Nothin‘ To Be Ashamed Of - 69
Elektra 6E-227 Sonny Curtis: The Cowboy Singer; Walk Right Back; So Used To Loving You; Tennessee; Do You Remember Roll Over Beethoven; It's Not Easy Being Fifteen; I Fought The Law; I'll Stay With You; Cheatin' Clouds; Ain't Nobody Honest- 79
Elektra 6E-283 Love Is All Around: Love Is All Around; You Made My Life A Song; Eager For The Edge; The Real Buddy Holly Story; Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover; Wild Side Of Life; Cowboy Singer; I Fought The Law; Walk Right Back; The Clone Song – 11-07-80
Elektra 6E-349 Rollin': Good Ol' Girls; There I Go Dreamin' Again; Wild Oats; Married Women; Rollin'; More Than I Can Say; Sweet Misery; Old Fashioned Love; Star-Studded Nights; I Like Your Music – 03-07-81
Colt/Nightlite LP 2003 Spectrum: He Was On To Something (So He Made You); It's All In Your Mind; Real Old Fashioned Broken Heart; An Old Rainbow Jukebox And You;;I'm No Stranger To The Rain; True Love Ways; I Think I'm In Love; Now I've Got A Heart Of Gold; Why Did You Say "I Do" To Me; Pleasure Island; Less To Me Than Meets The Eye; Raoul – 08-87
Ritz [UK] LC-0055/CD 0055 No Stranger To The Rain: I'm No Stranger To The Rain; Hello Mary Lou; You're The Lesson I Never Learned; When Amarillo Blows; Back When Has Been Lover; I Saved My Last Name For You; Bad Case Of Love; Think It Over; That'll Be The Day; More Than I Can Say; Well, Alright; Rock Around With Ollie Vee; Midnight Shift – 09-90
BBC Transcription [UK] TCD 0077 On Stage: I Fought The Law; I'm Too Sexy For You; When Amarillo Blows; It's Not Easy Being Fifteen; Bad Case Of Love; The Real Buddy Holly Story; That'll Be The Day; Call Me The Breeze; The Party Of The First Part; He Was On To Something; Midnight Shift; You Are The Lesson I Never Learned; I'm No Stranger To The Rain; More Than I Can Say; Walk Right Back; Rock Around With Ollie Vee – 91 (from transcriptions, not in sessions)
Rollercoaster [UK] ROLL 3041 The Elektra Years, vol. 1: I Fought The Law; Walk Right Back; Real Buddy Holly Story; I Like Your Music; You Made My Life A Song; . Eager For The Edge; I'll Stay With You; There Go My Dreams; Cowboy Singer; So Used To Loving You; Tennessee I Love You; Star Studded Nights; Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover; Rollin‘ – 94 (sampler)
Rabbit Ranch RRSC-32707-CD Sonny Curtis: I Fought The Law (And The Law Won); Walk Right Back; More Than I Can Say; Love Is All Around (The Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme); It's Not Easy Being Fifteen; Real Buddy Holly Story; The Straight Life; Hung Up In Your Eyes; Now I've Got A Heart Of Gold; Do You Remember Roll Over Beethoven; My Worst Enemy; Party Of The First Part; Bad Case Of Love; Ain't Nobody Honest; I Like Your Music - 07

EPs
Songworks [UK]
SWX 052089 Bad Case Of Love;  When Amarillo Blows /  I Saved My Last Name For You;  Midnight Shift – 20-05-89

SINGLES
Coral (1953)
9-60954 Someday You're Gonna Be Sorry / Forever Yours - 03-53 (rev. Apr. 4)
9-61023 The Best Way To Hold A Girl / No More Tears - 07-53 (rev. Aug. 1)
Dot (1958)
45-15754 Wrong Again / Laughing Stock - 04-58 (rev. Apr. 28)
45-15799 Willa Mae Jones / A Pretty Girl - 08-58
Coral (1960)
9-62207 Red Headed Stranger / Talk About My Baby - 20-05-60 (rev. May 23)
Dimension (1963-64)
D-1017 Last Song I'm Ever Gonna Sing (Nashville) / So Used To Loving You – 14-09-63
D-1024 A Beatle I Want To Be / So Used To Loving You – 02-64 (rev. Feb. 8)
Liberty (1964)
F-55710 Bo Diddley Beach / I Pledge My Love To You - 07-64
Viva (1966-69)
V 602 My Way Of Life / Last Call - 08-66
V 607 Destiny's Child / Collector - 66
V 617 I Wann Go Bumming Around / I'm A Gypsy Man - 08-67 (rev. Aug. 26)
V 626 Atlanta, Georgia Stray / Day Drinker - 01-68 (rev. Jan. 27)
V 630 Straight Life / How Little Men Care - 06-68 (rev. June 22)
V 634 Day Gig / Holiday For Clowns – 01-69 (rev. Jan. 18)
V 636 Girl Of The North / Hung Up In Your Eyes – 06-69
Ovation (1970-71)
956C-1006 Love Is All Around / Here There And Everywhere 09-11-70
OV/1023 You Don't Belong In This Place / Unsaintly Judy - 05-71 (rev. May 22)
Barnaby (1972)
ZS7-2061 True Love Ways / Rockin' 50's Rock And Roll – 05-72
A and M (1972)
1359-S Sunny Mornin' / Lights Of L.A. – 02-06-72
Mercury (1973)
73438 Rock¢n Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) / My Mama Sure Left Me Some Good Old Days - 11-73
Capitol (1975-76)
4158 Lovesick Blues / It's Only A Question Of Time - 10-75
4227 When It's Just You And Me / It's Only A Question Of Time - 01-76
4240 Where's Patricia Now / When It's Just You And Me - 03-76
Elektra (1979-82)
E-46526 Cheatin' Clouds / Cowboy Singer - 08-79 (rev. Sept. 1)
E-46568 Walk Right Back / Do You Remember Roll Over Beethoven - 11-79
E-46616 Real Buddy Holly Story / Ain't Nobody Honest - 03-80
E-46663 Love Is All Around / The Clone Song – 23-06-80
E-47048 Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover / You Made My Life A Song - 10-80 (rev. Oct. 11)
E-47129 Good Ol' Girls / So Used To Loving You – 30-03-81
E-47176 Married Woman / I Like Your Music - 08-81
E-47231 The Christmas Song (Chestnut Roasting On A Open Fire) / (Hank Williams Jr.:) Little Drummer Boy – 11-81
7-69942 Together Alone / Dream Well All Of You Children – 04-10--82
Songworks [UK]
S 1 I Think I'm In Love  / There's A Whole Lot Less To Me Than Meets The Eye - 85
S 2 Now I’ve Got A Heart Of Gold / Why did you say 'I do' to me?) – 13-09-85
Steam (1985)
82985 I Think I'm In Love / ? – 29-08-85
ST-110185 Now I've Got A Heart Of Gold / Why Did You Say I Do To Me - 01-11-85
Colt [UK]
7002 True Love Ways / Raoul – 87
Ritz [UK] (1991)
RITZ 217 I’m No Stranger To The Rain / Rock Around With Ollie Vee - 90
RITZ 229 More Than I Can Say / When Amarillo Blows - 04-91