Calvin Boles

 *12-04-1925 Seymour, TX - +25-10-2004
by Praguefrank, Nightwatchman (notes on discogs site)
SESSIONS
October 1958 home recordings, Alamogordo, NM  – Calvin Boles
001 R1327-1 ROCK BUSTER 45-101
002 R1327-2 YOU BLAME IT ALL ON ME 45-101
Ca 1959 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles (Calvin Boles [vcl], Jimmy Furlow [rh gt],  Jim Temple [ld gt],  Calvin Turbeville / Elmo Davis [steel], Bill Chappel [bass], Junior Daugherty [fiddle])
003 WHEN MEXICAN JOE MET JOLE BLONDE  LPM-101 
004 I'VE PAID FOR MY BACK STREET AFFAIR  LPM-101 
005 MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS  LPM-101 
006 FROM ARROWS TO ROCKETS  LPM-101
007 LOVE ME NOW  LPM-101 
008 HOME OF THE BLUES  LPM-101 
009 PISTOL PACKIN’ MAMA  LPM-101 
010 WAITING FOR A TRAIN  LPM-101 
011 BALLAD OF JOHN PRATHER  LPM-101 
012 PRETTY LITTLE SNOWFLAKE  LPM-101 
013 LINDA  LPM-101 
014 LET’S SAY GOODBYE LIKE WE SAID HELLO  LPM-101 
1959 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
015 11459A HERE COMES THAT TRAIN 45-118/WLP-8836
016 11459B LOOKING FOR THE KEY 45-118 
WHITE LABEL WLP-8836 YUCCA RECORDS AND OTHER THINGS (NED, 1980)
1960 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
017 none RIDIN' ALONE IN A MODEL "T"  45-120
018 none DOWN THE ROAD I GO 45-120 
1960 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
019 THE SHOOTING STAR  LPM-102 
020 FINALLY TWENTY-ONE  LPM-102 
021 THE SNAKE SONG  LPM-102 
022 I'M SORRY FOR YOU  LPM-102 
023 PICTURE IN MY BILLFOLD  LPM-102 
024 WAITIN' AT THE STATION  LPM-102 
025 X 701 YOU GIGGLE TOO MUCH 45-124/ LPM-102 WLP-8836
026 GUITAR PICKIN' MAN  LPM-102 
027 HONKY TONKIN' ON HER MIND  LPM-102 
028 BROWNEYES CRYING ON THE SEASHORE  LPM-102 
029 X 702 BARFLY BLUES  45-124/LPM-102 
030 STOMPIN' ON A HARDWOOD FLOOR  LPM-102  
Ca early 1961 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
031 X1102 HOW CAN I PRETEND 45-128
032 X110 I'M SORRY FOR YOU 45-128
Ca late 1961 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
033 C13 IF YOU GOT A LOT OF DOUGH 45-141/WLP-8836
034 C14 EVERYBODY BUT ME 45-141 
1962 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
035 N08W-0340 PICTURE IN MY BILLFOLD 45-149 
036 N08W-0341 I'M A ONE WOMAN MAN 45-149
1963 Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
037 P4KB-1002 TEARDROPS BIG AND BLUE 45-153
038 P4KB-1003 FADED ROSE 45-153
039 HONKY TONKIN' ON MY MIND 45-154
040 I THOUGHT I COULD FORGET YOU 45-154
1963 poss. Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles – Calvin Boles (Calvin Boles [vcl/harmonica/drums], Jim Temple [el gt], Bob Prather [mandolin], Elmo Davis [steel], Bill Talley [bass], Bill Gross, Jr.[drums], John Cooper [fiddle/drums])
041 THE EARLY SETTLERS  LPS-103  
042 YUCCA-45-185-1 / C-1 / X-831 LOOKIN' FOR THAT UFO  45-185/LPS-103   
043 BILLY THE KID  LPS-103  
044  S4KM-3105/A-1 CHIEF GERONIMO  45-176/LPS-103   
045 S4KM-3106/A-2 THE SNAKE SONG  45-176/LPS-103   
046 OLIVER LEE  LPS-103   
047 MY OL' PINTO  LPS-103   
048 YUCCA-45-185-2 / C-2 / X-83 ROCK THE BABIES TO SLEEP 45-185/ LPS-103   
049 P4KM-0301 BALLAD OF JOHN PRATHER 45-157/ LPS-103   
050 BALLAD OF PAT GARRETT  LPS-103   
051 P4KM-0302 FROM ARROWS TO ROCKETS 45-157/ LPS-103
1963 poss. Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles   
052 PK4M-6795 STOMPIN' ON A HARDWOOD FLOOR 45-161
053 PK4M-6796 BOWNEYES CRYING ON THE SEASHORE 45-161
1963 poss. Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles
054 B-1 99 YEARS 45-164
055 B-2 I GOT A GAL 45-164 
1964 poss. Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Bones
056 C-1 TEAR JERKIN' MUSIC 45-173/YLPS-106
057 C-2 ANYTHING MY BABY LIKES 45-173
1964 poss. Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM– Calvin Bones (+ Don Powell [steel], Bill Taley [bass] + unknown musicians)
058 RK4M-3723/H-2 YOU MADE ME A CLOWN 45-175
059 RK4M-3724/H-3 TODAY MY WORLD CAME TO AN END 45-175 
1965 poss. Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Bones (+ Bill Talley [gt], Jim Furlow [steel] + more unknown musicians)
060 C-1 THAT JOKER'S OUT OF TOWN 45-187 / LPS 104
061 C-2 THIS OL' TRAIN  45-187
1965 Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Boles with The Rocket City Playboys (Calvin Boles [vcl/rh gt], Jimmy Furlow [steel], Bill Talley [vcl/bass/ ld gt], Jim Patterson [bass], Ken Eaton [drums], Joe R. Cooper / Val Gomez[fiddle], Betty Boles  [vcl])
Val Gomez [fiddle]) 
062 RUBBER DOLLIE  LPS-104 
063 JUST A KISS AWAY  LPS-104 
064 MEMPHIS  LPS-104 
065 FURLOW IN HAWAII  LPS-104 
066 IN MY DREAMS  LPS-104 
067 SATURDAY NITE BOOGIE  LPS-104 
068 MR. JUKE BOX  LPS-104 
069 GONNA GET RICH IN 66  LPS-104 
070 TEXAS FIDDLER  LPS-104 
071 TIME TO MOVE ALONG  LPS-104 
072 C-1 COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS  45-192/LPS-104  
073 C-2 LEAVE MY BABY ALONE 45-192/LPS-105
1967 poss. Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Bole (Calvin Bole [vcl/rh gt/ harmonica/ snare drum], Bill Tailey [various instruments],  + Calvin Tuberville [steel], Ed Berkler played [bass])
074 U4KM-6458 TURN BACK THE PAGES 45-198 /LPS-105
075 U4KM-6459 DOC SCURLOCK 45-198
076 NINE MONTHS TO LIVE  LPS-105 
077 BREAK IT ONE MORE TIME  LPS-105 
078 FASTEST GUN ALIVE  LPS-105 
079 TO GET MY BABY BACK  LPS-105 
080 ALWAYS IN A HURRY  LPS-105 
081 LOSING AGAIN  LPS-105 
082 PLACE DOWN IN DALLAS  LPS-105 
083 UNCLE JOHN  LPS-105 
084 DOZER MAN  LPS-105 
085 TIME TO MOVE ALONG  LPS-105 
1968 unknown – Calvin Boles
086 W4KM-8496/C-1 YOU I DIDN'T GET 45-204
087 W4KM-8497/C-2 MAN BEHIND THE BAR 45-204
1968 Yucca Studios, Alamogordo, NM – Calvin Bole (+ Howard Bush [ld gt],  Bill Talley [bass], + more unknown musicians) [overdub sessions: Wichita, KS: Don Powell [steel]]
088 X4KM-8339 COME ON, EVERYBODY  45-205/LPS-106 
089 FADED ROSE  LPS-106 
090 RIDIN' ALONE IN A MODEL T  LPS-106 
091 NEW MEXICO WALTZ  LPS-106 
092 GOT A HOLE IN MY POCKET  LPS-106 
093 SIDELINES OF YOUR HEART  LPS-106 
094 X4KM-8340 JUST A ROUNDER  45-205/LPS-106 
095 TRAIL OF TEARDROPS  LPS-106 
096 ONE WAY STREET  LPS-106 
097 WAITIN' AT THE STATION  LPS-106 
098 LESS OF ME  LPS-106  
1969 unknown – Calvin Bole
099 H-1 HEY BIG BROTHER 4-207/YLPS-107
100 H-2 TODAY MY WORLD CAME TO AN END 45-207
Ca 1970 unknown – Calvin Bole (Calvin Bole [vcl/gt], Calvin Turbeville [gt/steel/ banjo],  Bill Tailey [gt/ bass], Weldon Burks  [gt],  Howard Bush [gt],  Jim Temple [gt])
101 MY BABY’S COMING HOME  YLPS-107  
102 I DON’T BELIEVE  YLPS-107  
103 SUGARFOOT RAG  YLPS-107  
104 THAT’S ALRIGHT  YLPS-107  
105 BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX  YLPS-107  
106 PUPPY DOG  YLPS-107  
107 YOU’RE GONNA WONDER ABOUT ME  YLPS-107  
108 TODAY MY WORLD CAME TO AN END  YLPS-107  
109 OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE  YLPS-107  
110 WALKIN’ BESIDE YOU  YLPS-107  
1972 unknown – Calvin Boles, *with Betty Boles
111 B4KM-7573 BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK* 45-210
112 B4KM-7574 DIRTY OLD MAN 45-210
1972 unknown – Calvin Boles,
113 A-1 TEN MILES AHEAD OF MYSELF 45-210
114 A-2 ALWAYS ANOTHER 45-212
October 1973 Nashville, TN – Calvin Boles [1], Betty Boles [2] (Producer: Royce Clark)
115 X4337 LITTLE BETTY WANTS TO PLAY -1-2  45-215 45-237/YLPS-108 
B01 CAUTION DON'T LEAVE BABY UNATTENDED -2  45-216/YLPS-108 
116 X4338 WE LIT THE CANDLE OF LOVE AND WE BLEW IT -1-2  45-215/YLPS-108
B02 I'VE KNOWN A MILLION TRUCKERS -2 YLPS-108 
117 GOT A HOLE IN MY POCKET  -1 YLPS-108 
B03 COMMON LOVE -2  YLPS-108 
118 L-1 LOCAL YOKEL -1-2  45-218 45-231/YLPS-108 
119 C-1 HITCH-HIKER'S DIARY -1 45-217/YLPS-108 
B04 I'LL COME UP A-SWINGING -2  45-216/YLPS-108 
120 L-2 DOES A WILD BEAR LIVE IN THE WOODS -1-2 45-218/YLPS-108 
121 C-2 IN THE SHADOWS ALONE -1  45-217/YLPS-108
1974 Nashville, TN –  Calvin Boles (Producer: Richard Hieronymus)
122 C-A SKINNY LITTLE RUNT 45-221
123 C-B MAY AND DECEMBER 45-221
1975 Nashville, TN – Calvin and Betty Boles
124 BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK 45-222
125 WE GOT CREDIT 45-222
1977  Nashville, TN – Calvin Boles
126 C-A SKINNY LITTLE RUNT 45-226
127 C-B HITCH HIKERS DIARY 45-226
1977 Nashville, TN – Calvin Cal Boles
128 45-227A ALL EXPENSES PAID AND A COMPANY CAR 45-227/YLPS 110
129 45-227B LOOKIN' FOR THAT UFO -45-227/YLPS 110
Ca 1978 Nashville, TN –  Calvin and Betty Boles 
130 YOU AIN'T GONNA GET IT FROM ME 45-231 45-237/YLPS-110?
+ more unknown tracks for album YLPS-110




ALBUMS note: YLPS 109 not by Calvin Boles (Gene Booth)
Yucca LPM-101 Favorites and Originals: When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blonde; I've Paid For My Back Street Affair; Mind Your Own Business; From Arrows To Rockets; Love Me Now; Home Of The Blues; Pistol Packin’ Mama; Waiting For A Train; Ballad Of John Prather; Pretty Little Snowflake; Linda; Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello – 59?
Yucca LPM-102 This Is Calvin Bones: The Shooting Star; Finally Twenty-One; The Snake Song; I'm Sorry For You; Picture In My Billfold; Waitin' At The Station; You Giggle Too Much; Guitar Pickin' Man; Honky Tonkin' On Her Mind; Browneyes Crying On The Seashore; Barfly Blues; Stompin' On A Hardwood Floor - 60
Yucca LPM/LPS-103 New Mexico: Ballads Of The Southwest: New Mexico; The Early Settlers; Lookin' For That UFO;  Billy The Kid; Chief Geronimo;  The Snake Song;  Oliver Lee;  My Ol' Pinto;  Rock The Babies To Sleep;  Ballad Of John Prather;  Ballad Of Pat Garrett;  From Arrows To Rockets - 63
Yucca LPM/LPS-104 Saturday Night With The Rocket City Playboys: Rubber Dollie; Just A Kiss Away; Memphis; Furlow In Hawaii; In My Dreams; That Jocker's Out Of Town; Saturday Nite Boogie; Mr. Juke Box; Gonna Get Rich In 66; Texas Fiddler; Time To Move Along; Count Your Blessings – 66? 
Yucca LPM/LPS-105 Nine Months To Live: Nine Months To Live; Break It One More Time; Fastest Gun Alive; To Get My Baby Back; Always In A Hurry; Losing Again; Place Down In Dallas; Uncle John; Dozer Man; Turn Back The Pages; Leave My Baby Alone; Time To Move Along – 67 (MX: U 2143/4)
Yucca YLPM/YLPS-106 Country Dozen: Come On Everybody; Faded Rose; Ridin' Alone In A Model T; New Mexico Waltz; Got A Hole In My Pocket; Sidelines Of Your Heart; Just A Rounder; Trail Of Teardrops; One Way Street; Waitin' At The Station; Tear Jerkin' Music; Less Of Me – 68? 
Yucca YLPM/YLPS-107 Walkin’ Beside You: Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right: My Baby’s Coming Home; I Don’t Believe; Sugarfoot Rag; That’s Alright; By The Time I Get To Phoenix; Puppy Dog; You’re Gonna Wonder About Me; Today My World Came To An End; Okie From Muskogee; Hey, Big Brother; Walkin’ Beside You – 71?
Yucca YLPS-108 We Lit The Candle Of Love and We Blew It: Little Betty Wants To Play; Caution Don't Leave Baby Unattended; We Lit The Candle Of Love And We Blew It; I've Known A Million Truckers; Got A Hole In My Pocket; Common Love; Local Yokel; Hitch-Hiker's Diary; I'll Come Up A-Swinging; Does A Wild Bear Live In The Woods; In The Shadows Alone – ca 12-73 w. Betty Boles 
Yucca YLPS-110 From Alamagordo To Nashville:  (tracks unknown) - 78? With Betty Boles (possibly inissued)

SINGLES
Yucca
45-101 Rock Buster / You Blame It All On Me – ca 12-58
45-118 Here Comes That Train / Looking For The Key – 11-59
45-120 Ridin' Alone In A Model "T" / Down The Road I Go – 03-60 (rev. March 21)
45-124 You Giggle Too Much / Barfly Blues- 07-60 (rev. Aug. 1)
45-128 How Can I Pretend / I'm Sorry For You – 02-61 (rev. Feb. 13)
45-141 If You Got A Lot Of Dough / Everybody But Me – 01-62
45-149 I'm A One Woman Man / Picture In My Billfold – 10-62 (rev. Oct. 13)
45-153 Teardrips Big And Blue / Faded Rose- 63
45-154 Honky Tonkin' On My Mind / I Thought I Could Forget You - 63
45-157 From Arrows To Rockets / Ballad Of John Prather - 63
45-161 Bowneyes Crying On The Seashore / Stompin' On A Hardwood Floor  – 07-63
45-164 I Got A Gal / 99 Years - 63
45-173 Tear Jerkin' Music / Anything My Baby Likes - 64
45-175 You Made Me A Clown / Today My World Came To An End – 12-64 (rev. Cashbox Dec. 26)
45-176 Chief Geronimo / The Snake Song – 65
45-185 Lookin’ For That  UFO / Rock The Babies To Sleep- 65
45-187 That Joker's Out Of Town / This Ol' Train - 65
45-192 Count Your Blessings / Leave My Baby Alone - 66
45-198 Turn Back The Pages / Doc Scurlock - 67
45-204 You I Didn't Get / Man Behind The Bar – 68
45-205 Come On Everybody / Just A Rounder - 68
45-207 Hey Big Brother / Today My World Came To An End - 69
45-210 Back On The Right Track (w. Betty Boles) / Dirty Old Man  – 72
45-212 Ten Miles Ahead Of Myself / Always Another – 72
45-215 Little Betty Want’s To Play / We Lit The Candles Of Love and Blew It – 73 w. Betty Boles
45-216 Caution Don't Leave Baby Unattended / I'll Come Up A-Swingin' – 74  Betty Boles
45-217 Hitch Hikers Diary /  In The Shadows Alone - 74
45-218 Does A Wild Bear Live In The Woods / Local Yokel – 74 w. Betty Boles
45-221 Skinny Little Runt / May And December – 74
45-222 Back On The Right Track / We Got Credit – 75 w. Betty Boles
45-226 Skinny Little Runt / Hitch Hikers Diary - 77
45-227 All Expenses Paid A Company Car / Lookin' For That UFO - 78
45-231 You Ain't Gonna Get It From Me / Local Yokal – 78? W. Betty Boles
45-237 Little Betty Wants To Play / You Ain't Gonna Get It From Me – 78 w. Betty Boles