Jimmy Day

James Clayton Day, *09-01-1934 Tuscaloosa, AL, +22-01-1999
4th version
by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov, Mario Manciotti, Carl LaFong, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS
ca. November 1954 KWKH Radio Station Studio, 327 Texas St., Shreveport, LA – Jimmy Day (Producer: Fabor Robinson)
001 RIPPIN’  OUT Abbott 175-45
002 BLUE WIND 175-45
1961 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day
003 SOUTHERN SUNDAY Starday SLP 138
004 LIBERTY DRIVE  London HA-B 8028
005 PUSHIN‘ PEDALS London HA-B 8028
Poss. from this date: 
006 ROAD STOP Starday SLP 350
007 RANCHER‘S STOMP Starday SLP 350
STARDAY SLP 138 NASHVILLE STEEL GUITAR  (1961); LONDON HA-B 8028 NATIONAL STEEL GUITAR (UK, 1962); STARDAY SLP 350 STARS OF THE STEEL GUITAR (1965)
November 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile 3, TN – Jimmy Day (Jimmy Day [steel], Harold Bradley [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Kelso Herston [rh gt], Buddy Killen/Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
008 YW-23302/PB-4509/PS-1183 STEEL GUITAR RAG Philips PHS-60016
009 YW-23303/PB-4510/PS-1184 INDIAN LOVE CALL Philips PHS-60016
010 YW-23304/PB-4511/PS-1185 GEORGIA STEEL GUITAR Philips PHS-60016
011 YW-23305/PB-4512/PS-1186 STEELIN' THE BLUES Philips PHS-60016
012 YW-23306/PB-4513/PS-1187 PANHANDLE RAG Philips PHS-60016
013 YW-23307/PB-4514/PS-1188 B. BOWMAN HOP Philips PHS-60016
December 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile 3, TN – Jimmy Day (Jimmy Day [steel], Harold Bradley [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Kelso Herston [rh gt], Buddy Killen/Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
014 YW-23346/PB-4515/PS-1219 TEXAS PLAYBOY RAG Philips PHS-60016
015 YW-23347/PB-4516/PS-1220 REMINGTON RIDE Philips PHS-60016
016 YW-23348/PB-4517/PS-1221 COCOANUT GROVE Philips PHS-60016
017 YW-23349/PB-4518/PS-1222 ROADSIDE RAG Philips PHS-60016
018 YW-23350/PB-4519/PS-1223 BUD'S BOUNCE Philips PHS-60016
019 YW-23351/PB-4520/PS-1224 BOOT HEEL DRAG Philips PHS-60016
November 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile 3, TN – Jimmy Day (Jimmy Day [steel], Harold Bradley [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Hargus Robbins [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
020 YW-22535/PB-5356/PS-2219 PLEASE HELP ME, I'M FALLING Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
021 YW-22536/PB-5357/PS-2220 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
022 YW-22537/PB-5358/PS-2221 AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
023 YW-22538/PB-5359/PS-2222 A FALLEN STAR Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
024 YW-22539/PB-5360/PS-2223 HE THINKS I STILL CARE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
025 YW-22540/PB-5361/PS-2224 MAKING BELIEVE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
026 YW-22541/PB-5362/PS-2225 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
027 YW-22542/PB-5363/PS-2226 WILD SIDE OF LIFE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
028 YW-22543/PB-5364/PS-2227 RELEASE ME Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
029 YW-22544/PB-5365/PS-2228 FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
030 YW-22545/PB-5366/PS-2229 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
031 YW-22546/PB-5367/PS-2230 I FALL TO PIECES Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
May 1965 Nashville, TN – The Swingbillies (Ralph Davis [vcl], Jerry Shook [gt], Jimmy Days [steel]) 
S01 2-33539 SWINGBILLY SING Cumberland SRC-69529
S02 2-33540 FOREVER Cumberland SRC-69529
S03 2.33541 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE
S04 2-33542 I’M JUST A GUITAR Cumberland SRC-69529
S05 2-33543 I GOT A FEELIN‘Cumberland SRC-69529
S06 2-33544 YOU DON’T KNOW ME Cumberland SRC-69529
S07 2-33545 JUST CALL ME LONESOME Cumberland SRC-69529
S08 2-33546 DETROIT CITY Cumberland SRC-69529
S09 2-33547 DANG ME Cumberland SRC-69529
S10 2-33548 SLOWLY Cumberland SRC-69529
1966 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day (+Buddy Emmons [steel] + unknown musicians. Producer: Pete Drake)
032 TK4M-4894 IF NOT FOR JENNIFER New Star 623P-4894/SGS 1380
033 TK4M-4897 I HAVE NO PLACE TO GO New Star 623P-4894/SGS 1380
ca. July 1967 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day (Producer: Pete Drake)
034 ST 5045/ZTSB 132485 I’M LIVING FOR A SONG (I’D DIE TO SING) ST 181/SGS 1380
035 ST-5046/ZTSB 132486 NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF ST-181/SGS 1380
1974 unknown, AUS – Jimmy Day (Producer: Spencer Lee)
036 MISTY
037 WITHOUT YOU
038 SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
039 AND I LOVE YOU SO
040 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
041 MY LOVE
042 AS TIME GOES BY
043 THE TWELFTH OF NEVER
044 I DON'T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM
045 I WISH YOU LOVE
046 JEAN
047 TAMMY
048 PAPER ROSES
tracks above issued on album Romanric Guitar
1975 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day (Jimmy Day [steel], Pete Wade [ld gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt], Harold Bradley [rh gt/bass gt], Eddie Roger/Henry Strzelecki [bass], Steve Bess [drums], Tommy Jackson/Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Gene Dunlap/Hargus Robbins [piano], The Mooresounds [vcl]. Producer: DeWitt Scott, Jimmy Day)
049 WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS NOT A HOME  Midland MD 10010  
050 AM I LOSING YOU  Midland MD 10010  
051 LONELY STREET  Midland MD 10010  
052 HEARTBREAK AVENUE  Midland MD 10010  
053 WINDOW UP ABOVE  Midland MD 10010  
054 SAD SONGS AND WALTZES  Midland MD 10010 
055 CRAZY ARMS  Midland MD 10010  
056 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU  Midland MD 10010 
057 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER  Midland MD 10010  
058 CITY LIGHTS  Midland MD 10010  
059 PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN  Midland MD 10010  
060 WHISKEY RIVER  Midland MD 10010  
1980 Pete’s Place, 809 18th Ave. South, Nashville,  TN  – Jimmy Day and his Buddies (Jimmy Day [steel]/rh gt/el gt], Buddy Emmons [bass],  Buddy Harman [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle/viola]. Producer: Jurgen Kopp, Jimmy Day)
061 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART  Texas Music TM 381 
062 YOU WIN AGAIN  Texas Music TM 381 
063 WINDOW SHOPPING  Texas Music TM 381
064 HONKY TONK BLUES  Texas Music TM 381 
065 HEY GOOD LOOKIN'  Texas Music TM 381 
066 I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU)  Texas Music TM 381
067 COLD COLD HEART  Texas Music TM 381
068 SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE  Texas Music TM 381 
069 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME  Texas Music TM 381
070 RAMBLIN' MAN  Texas Music TM 381 
1981 unknown – Jimmy Day
071 MUDSLIDE Fifer FR-1981-1003-S 
072 DAYDREAM  Fifer FR-1981-1003-S
1980s Bobbe Seymour Studios, ? – Bobbe Seymour and Jimmy Day
073 FOR THE GOOD TIMES
074 FRAULINE
075 THE NEARNESS OF YOU
076 TAKE ME AS I AM
077 I WON'T MENTION IT AGAIN
078 APRIL'S FOOL
079 I JUST DESTROYED THE WORLD
080 LILY DALE
081 SWEET DREAMS
082 DON'T YOU EVER GET TIRED
083 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
084 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY 
Tracks above issued on album Masters of The E9th Steel Guitar
1985 Cedar Creek Recording Studio, Austin, TX – Jimmy Day (Jimmy Day [pedal steel], Steve Mendell [bass], Andy McMahon [keyobards]. Producer: Jimmy Day)
085 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Jimmy day JD 71185 
086 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Jimmy day JD 71185 
087 WHISPERING HOPE Jimmy day JD 71185  
088 IN THE GARDEN Jimmy day JD 71185 
089 WHERE WE'LL NEVER GROW OLD Jimmy day JD 71185 
090 WHEN THEY RING THOSE GOLDEN BELLS Jimmy day JD 71185  
091 JESUS LOVES ME Jimmy day JD 71185  
092 IT IS NO SECRET Jimmy day JD 71185  
093 HOW GREAT THOU ART Jimmy day JD 71185 
094 SOFTLY AND TENDERLY Jimmy day JD 71185
1980s unknown – Jimmy Day
095 LET IT BE ME
096  I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT
097 I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME
098 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
099 STORMS NEVER LAST
100 SEASONS OF MY HEART
101 WEDDING BELLS
102 HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY
103 DANNY BOY
104 GREENSLEEVES 
tracks above issued on cassette Mr. Country Soul: 
1980s Pedernales Recording Studio, Spicewood, TX – Jimmy Day )Jimmy Day [steel/rh gt], David Zettner [bass], Freddy Fletcher [drums], Danny Levin [piano/fiddle]. Producer“ Jimmz Day)
105 DRIVIN' NAILS IN MY COFFIN JD 001S 
106 BUBBLES IN MY BEER JD 001S 
107 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME ANYMORE JD 001S 
108 DEEP WATER JD 001S  
109 DARKNESS ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH JD 001S 
110 CHICKEN SHACK JD 001S 
111 I'M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER JD 001S  
112 BLUE STEEL BLUES JD 001S 
113 NIGHTLIFE JD 001S 
114 SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW JD 001S 
1980s Arlyn Studio, Austin, TX – Texas Outlaw Jam Band (Jimmy Day [steel], Willie Nelson [gt], Bucky Meadows [gt], David Zettner [bass], Mark Kuykendall [drums], Danny Levin [fiddle/viola/cello/keyboards],  Bobbie Nelson [piano]:  
T01 SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE
T02 FRAULEIN
T03 WESTFALIA WALTZ
T04 TUXEDO JUNCTION
T05 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
T06 UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN
T07 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY
T08 I JUST DESTROYED THE WORLD I'M LIVING IN
T09 TAKE THE A TRAIN
T10 WATERMELON MAN
T11 FAREWELL PARTY 
tracks above issued on cassette The Texas Outlaw Jam Band
poss. 1980s unknown – Jimmy Day
115 RAINY DAY BLUES SGS 1380
116 I DIDN'T SLEEP A WINK LAST NIGHT  SGS 1380
117 THE WAY YOU SEE ME  SGS 1380
ca 1992 unknown, TX – Herb Remington and Jimmy Day
118 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Glad Music CD-7014
119 COCONUT GROVE Glad Music CD-7014
120 BOOT HEEL DRAG Glad Music CD-7014
121 STEEL GUITAR WALTZ Glad Music CD-7014
122 REMINGTON RIDE Glad Music CD-7014
123 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING Glad Music CD-7014
124 B. BOWMAN HOP Glad Music CD-7014
125 JEAN STREET SWING Glad Music CD-7014
126 RIGHT OR WRONG Glad Music CD-7014
127 MILK COW BLUES Glad Music CD-7014
128 LONESOME Glad Music CD-7014
January/February 1995 unknown, TX -  The Offenders [Jimmy Day], with Johnny Bush [-1], Willie Nelson [-2] (Jimmy Day [steel], Willie Nelson [vcl-2/gt], David Zettner [bass], Johnny Bush [vcl-1/drums]. Producer: Jimmy Day
O01 CAN'T GET THE HELL OUT OF  -1 BCD-16124  
O02 LINDA ON MY MIND BCD-16124  
O03 I'M SO ASHAMED -2 BCD-16124  
O04 DAYBREAK BCD-16124  
O05 WALK ME TO THE DOOR -1 BCD-16124 
O06 SLEEPWALK BCD-16124  
O07 ARE YOU SURE THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE -1 BCD-16124  
O08 SHE'S NOT FOR YOU BCD-16124  
O09 I KNOW I LOVE YOU -1 BCD-16124  
O10 THERE SHE GOES BCD-16124  
O11 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' BCD-16124  
O12 RAINY DAY BLUES -2 BCD-16124  
Spring 1998 [sessions for The Texas Reunion] Austin To Boston Studio, 3578 Rocking J Rd, Round Rock, TX – Jimmy Day and Scott Walls (Scott Walls / Jimmy Day [steel],  Mike Farmer [ac gt], Justin Trevino [bass], Phil Farjardo [drums]. Producer: Cliff Keeling)
129 JUST OUT OF REACH Skinny 1001

ALBUMS
Philips PHM 200-016/PHS 600-016 Golden Steel Guitar Hits:Steel Guitar Rag; Panhandle Rag; Roadside Rag; Texas Playboy Rag; Remington Ride; Cocoanut Grove; Boot Heel Drag; Bud's Bounce; B. Bowman Hop; Georgia Steel Guitar; Steelin' The Blues; Indian Love Call – 62 (Reissued on Vintage Classics VC-18, also as part of Bear Family BCD 15583 in 1992)
Philips PHM 200-075/PHS 600-075 Steel And Strings: Please Help Me, I'm Falling; I Love You Because; Am I That Easy To Forget; A Fallen Star; He Thinks I Still Care; Making Believe; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Wild Side Of Life; Release Me; Funny How Time Slips Away; I Can't Stop Loving You; I Fall To Pieces – 63 (reissued on Vintage Classics VC-19, also as part of Bear Family BCD 15583 in 1992)
Cumberland MGC-25929/SRC-65929 Swingin' Country Greats: Forever; Just Call Me Lonesome; Detroit City; I'm Just A Guitar; Under The Double Eagle; Swingbilly Swing; Slowly; You Don't Know Me; Dang Me; I Got A Feelin' - 65 The Swingbillies - Vocals By Jerry Shook, Ralph Davis And Jimmy Day
Contour [AUS] 6870 655 Romantic Guitar: Misty; Without You; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; And I Love You So; When I Fall In Love; My Love; As Time Goes By; The Twelfth Of Never; I Don't Know How To Love Him; I Wish You Love; Jean; Tammy; Paper Roses - 75
Midland MD-JD-10010 All Those Years: Crazy Arms; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Heartaches By The Number; City Lights; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Whiskey River; When Your House Is Not A Home; Am I Losing You; Lonely Street; Heartbreak Avenue; Window Up Above; Sad Songs And Waltzes - 75 
Texas Music TM-381 Jimmy Day Salutes Don Helms: Your Cheatin' Heart; You Win Again; Window Shopping; Honky Tonk Blues; Hey Good Lookin'; I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You); Cold Cold Heart; Settin' The Woods On Fire; They'll Never Take Her Love From Me; Ramblin' Man – 80 w. the Buddies (Buddy Emmons, Buddy Harman, Buddy Spicher)
Bobbe Seymour Studios no # Masters Of The E9th Steel Guitar: For The Good Times; Frauline; The Nearness Of You; Take Me As I Am; I Won't Mention It Again; April's Fool; I Just Destroyed The World; Lily Dale; Sweet Dreams; Don't You Ever Get Tired; I Love You So Much; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - 8- w. Bobbe Seymour (cassette)
Jimmy Day JD-71185 In Jesus' Name We Play: What A Friend We Have In Jesus; The Old Rugged Cross; Whispering Hope; In The Garden; Where We'll Never Grow Old; When They Ring Those Golden Bells; Jesus Loves Me; It Is No Secret; How Great Thou Art; Softly And Tenderly – 11-07-85 
Steel Guitar Senteret [SWE] SGS 1380 For Jimmy Day Fans Only: I Have No Place To Go (New Star); If Not For Jennifer (New Star); The Way You See Me; Rainy Day Blues; No One To Blame (Stop 181); I'm Living For A Song (Stop 181); I Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night – 8-  (cassette)
J+M JD 001C  Mr. Country Soul: Let It Be Me;  I Wonder Where You Are Tonight;  I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name;  When Two Worlds Collide;  Storms Never Last; Seasons Of My Heart;  Wedding Bells;  He Stopped Loving Her Today;  Danny Boy;  Greensleeves – 8- (cassette)
J+M JD 001S Swing And Blues Southern Style:  Drivin' Nails In My Coffin; Bubbles In My Beer; Please Don't Leave Me Anymore; Deep Water;  Darkness On The Face Of The Earth; Chicken Shack; I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter;  Blue Steel Blues;  Nightlife; Somewhere Over The Rainbow – 8- (cassette)
? The Texas Outlaw Jam Band:  Smoke Smoke That Cigarette;  Fraulein; Westfalia Waltz;  Tuxedo Junction;  They'll Never Take Her Love From Me; Under Your Spell Again; Have I Told You Lately; I Just Destroyed The World I'm Living In; Take The A Train; Watermelon Man; Farewell Party – 8- (cassette)
Glad Music CD-7014 A Day With Herb Remington: San Antonio Rose; Coconut Grove; Boot Heel Drag; Steel Guitar Waltz; Remington Ride; Time Changes Everything; B. Bowman Hop; Jean Street Swing; Right Or Wrong; Milk Cow Blues; Lonesome –  92 w. Herb Remington
Bear Family BCD 16124 Re-Union: Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas: Can't Get The Hell Out Of Texas (vcl Johnny Bush); Linda On My Mind; I'm So Ashamed (vcl Willie Nelson); Daybreak; Walk Me To The Door (vcl Johnny Bush); Sleepwalk; Are You Sure This Is Where You Want To Be (vcl Johnny Bush); She's Not For You; I Know I Love You (vcl Johnny Bush); There She Goes; Hey Good Lookin'; Rainy Day Blues (vcl Willie Nelson) – 97 The Offenders

SINGLES
Abbott (1954) 
175-45 Rippin' Out / Blue Wind - 01-55
New Star (1966)
623P-4894 If Not For Jennifer / I Have No Place To Go - 66
Stop (1968) 
ST-181 No One To Blame But Yourself / I'm Living For A Song (I'd Die To Sing) - 05-68 
Fifer (1981) 
FR-1981-1003-S Mudslide / Daydream – 81