Thursday, October 2, 2025

Alden (Shorty) Holloway

 Alden William Holloway, *26-01-1925 Moko, AR, +01-01-2013
2nd version
By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1951  unknown - Shorty Holloway and his Prairie Ramblers
001 OP 153 I'M A MARRIED MAN OP 118
002 OP 154 IF I CAN'T BE YOUR LOVER (LET ME BE YOUR PET OP 118
003 OP 159  BUTTERFLIES IN MY HEART OP 121
004 OP 160 TELEPHONE BLUES OP 121
1953 unknown - Shorty Holloway and his Prairie Ramblers
005 OP 124?* COTTON PICKIN‘ BOOGIE Northwest OP 149 
006 OP 215 WHY CAN’T I GO BACK Northwest OP 149
*possibly incorrect, (should be 214)
1955 unknown - Shorty Holloway and his Prairie Ramblers
007 OP 326 I WANT TO SQUEEZE YOU OP 201 
008 OP 327 PRAY PRAY OP 201 
1955 unknown - Shorty Holloway and his Prairie Ramblers
009 OP 360 BEAUMONT BLUES Northwest OP 214X45
010 OP 361 RABBIT EARS Northwest OP 214X45
1957 unknown - Alden Holloway and his Prairie Ramblers
011 OP 470 WOODPECKER LOVE OP 263
012 OP 471 RED ROSE OF ARKANSAS  OP 263
1958 poss. Alden Holloway home, Richland, WA - Alden Holloway and his Tri City Boys
013 714A CHIQUITA Starday 45-714
014 714B LOVING IS MY BUSINESS Starday 45-714
ca. May 1959 unknown - Alden Holloway  
015 ST-2953 BLAST OFF  Dixie 45-2020 
016 ST-2954 SWINGING THE ROCK  45-2020
1967 Richland, WA - Shorty Holloway
017 20949 WALKING THE BLUES AWAY Big Sound No.#/BS 102
018 20950 OKLAHOMA SWEETHEART Big Sound No.#
1968 Richland, WA  - Alden Holloway
019 23849 YOU’VE GOTTA LIVE IT RIGHT Big Sound No.#
020 23850 I CRIED LIKE A BABY  Big Sound No.#
1968 Richland, WA  - Shorty Holloway
021 BACK UP AND PUSH  Big Sound BS 102
022 BOIL THEM CABBAGE DOWN BS 102 
023 KELLY WALTZ BS 102 
024 FADED LOVE BS 102 
025 WAY DOWN YONDER BS 102 
026 BOGGIE ON GUITAR BS 102 
027 WEDNESDAY NIGHT WALTZ BS 102 
028 RED WHITE AND BLUES BS 102
029 RUBBER DOLLY BS 102 BULLY OF THE TOWN BS 102   – 68
1989 unknown – Shorty Holloway and The Variety
030 U23849 YOU’VE GOTTA LIVE IT RIGHT Big Sound no #
031 U23849 COUNT ME OUT no #

ALBUMS
Big Sound BS 102 Fiddle Back Up And Push:  Back Up and Push; Boil Them Cabbage Down; Kelly Waltz; Faded Love; Way Down Yonder; Walking The Blues Away; Boggie On Guitar; Wednesday Night Waltz; Red White and Blues; Rubber Dolly; Bully Of The Town  – 68 as by Shorty Holloway


SINGLES
Northwest 
OP 118 I'm A Married Man / If I Can't Be Your Lover (Let Me Be Your Pet – 51
OP 121 Butterflies In My Heart / Telephone Blues - 51
OP 149 Cotton Pickin‘ Boogie / Why Can’t I Go Back - 53
OP 201 I Want To Squeeze You / Pray Pray - 55
OP 214x45 Beaumont Blues / Rabbit Ears – 06-55 as Shorty Holloway
OP 263x45 Woodpecker Love / Red Rose Of Arkansas - 56
Starday 
45-714 Chiquita / Loving Is My Business – ca 06-58
Dixie 
45-2020 Blast Off / Swinging the Rock – 07-59 (reissued in GER on Dee Jay Jamboree 45-130)
Big Sound (1968)
No # Walking the Blues Away  / Oklahoma Sweetheart – 68
No # You’ve Gotta Live It Right / I Cried Like A Baby – 69
No #  You’ve Gotta Live It Right / Count Me Out - 89



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