MAY HAWKS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
MAY HAWKS with Lester Thomas and his Southern
Pals
United
Sound Systems Studio, 2nd Avenue Detroit,
Mi.: Late
1952
Lily May Hawks (vcl/o/dubbed
vcl/gtr); Lester Thomas (rhy gtr); Roy Hall (pno);
Producer:
Dorothy Summers “Devora” Brown
173-A JEALOUS LOVE Fortune 173-A, Fortune
45-173-A
(Dorothy S.Brown)
(4 Star Sales-BMI) Old
Homestead
OHCD-4042
173-B YEAR AFTER YEAR Fortune 173-B,
45-173-B
(Lester Thomas-Clyde
Orr-Don Large) (Trianon Publications BMI) Old Homestead OHCD-4042
NB(1): FORTUNE 173/45-173 reviewed Billboard C&W
Saturday 11th July 1953
NB(2): FORTUNE 173/45-173 released Tuesday 14th July
1953.
NOTE: BILLBOARD SATURDAY 11th July 1953- COUNTRY
& WESTERN RECORD REVIEWS
MAY HAWKS
FORTUNE 173
JEALOUS LOVE 73
An appealing story-ballad, with imaginative
lyrics, receives a good performance from the thrush, with the aid of some
“dubins.” Side has merit and could get attention with enough exposure. With a
more imaginative arrangement this could have been a great side, but it’s still
a good one for the market.
YEAR AFTER YEAR 65
Story ballad is sung adequately by the chantress,
but it doesn’t have the freshness of the flip.
MAY HAWKS The Tennessee Thrush
Detroit, Mi.: 1953
(vcl/gtr); Unk
(pno); The Spellbinders (chrs);
Producer:
Donald “Don” Large
L-706-A NO TEARS LITTLE DARLING Horizon L-706-A, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
()
L-706-B I AIN’T NO SPRING CHICKEN L-706-B, OHCD-4042
(May Hawks)
(ASCAP) HMC
2013D10
NB(1): HORIZON L-706 released 1953.
NB(2): HORIZON Records was a division of Don
Large Enterprises Inc, Detroit,
Mi.
MAY HAWKS with Chuck Hatfield and his
Treble-Aires
United
Sound Systems Studio, 2nd Avenue Detroit,
Mi.: 1954
(vcl/gtr); Albert
“Al Allen” Punturi (ld gtr); Dorothy “Dee” Cardis (gtr); Charles E. “Chuck” Hatfield (stl gtr); Raymond
“Curly Ray” Cline (fdl);Victor “Vic Cardis” Kardos (fdl); Charles N. “Charlie”
Cline (bjo); Betty Lee “Boots” Gilbert
(stg bs) or Ezra Cline (stg bs). Producer:
Devora Brown
178-C WASTED YEARS Fortune 178-A, Fortune 45-178-A
() Old
Homestead
OHCD-4042
179-C MEET ME DOWN IN NASHVILLE (AT THE OP’RY
TONIGHT Fortune 179-B, Fortune 45-179-B, Collector CLCD-2862
(Dorothy S. Brown)
(Trianon Publications BMI) Old Homestead OHCD-4042, HMC
2013D10
NB(1): FORTUNE 178/179 released Tuesday 26th
October 1954
NB(2): FORTUNE 45-178/45-179 released Tuesday
26th October 1954.
NB(3): COLLECTOR CLCD-2862 “DETROIT
IN THE 1950s, Vol.2.” released Holland
1998.
MAY HAWKS and LESTER THOMAS with Chuck Hatfield
and his Treble-Aires-1
MAY HAWKS with Chuck Hatfield and his
Treble-Aires-2
United
Sound Systems Studio, 2nd Avenue Detroit,
Mi.: 1954
May Hawks
(vcl-3/gtr); Lester Thomas (vcl-4/rhy gtr); Al Allen (ld gtr); Dee Cardis
(gtr); Chuck Hatfield (stl gtr); Ray Cline (fdl) or Vic Cardis (fdl); poss
Charlie Cline (bjo); Boots Gilbert (stg bs) or Ezra Cline (stg bs).
. Producer: Devora Brown
F-9 STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT -1-3-4 Fortune
182-A, Fortune 45-182-A
() Old
Homestead
OHCD-4042, HMC 2013D10
F-10 BABY, YOU’RE A BYGONE NOW -2-3 Fortune 182-B, Fortune 45-182-B
() Old
Homestead OHCD-4042, 2013D10
NB: FORTUNE 182/45-182 released Tuesday 9th
November 1954.
MAY HAWK New
York City, NY.: 1954
(vcl);
Producer:
E4-LB-6184 PASTIME
GIRL X
0084, X 4X-0084,
Old Homestead OHCD-4042
(Clyde Orr) (Voca
ASCAP) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-071, HMC 2013D10
E4-LB-6185 DON’T LET THEM
SEE MY FACE X 0084, X 4X-0084, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
(May Hawks) (Voca
ASCAP) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-071, HMC 2013D10
NB(1): X Records Advert Billboard Saturday 22nd
January 1955-X 0084/X 4X-0084.
NB(2): X 0084/4X 0084 released Tuesday 25th January
1955.
NB(3): X 0084 reviewed Billboard Reviews of New
C&W Records-Saturday 29th January 1955.
NB(4): X Records Advert Billboard Saturday 12th
February 1955-X 0084/4X 0084.
NB(5): X Records is a RCA VICTOR subsidiary
label.
NB(6): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-4042 “A MEMORY OR TWO-1950s
RECORDINGS FROM DETROIT’S GOLDEN AGE OF HILLBILLY MUSIC” released 2003.
NB(7): HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBRCD-071 “HILLBILLIES WITH A
APPEAL MASTER” released United Kingdom 2004.
NOTE: BILLBOARD Saturday 29th January 1955 REVIEWS
OF NEW C&W RECORDS.
MAY HAWK
X 0084
DON’T LET THEM SEE MY FACE 70
Whether or not this is suitable song material
will be judged by listeners. It tells of the ravages of cancer and the hope of
being made whole again in the hereafter. A touching performance by the thrush.
PASTIME GIRL 68
Her emotions are more serious than his, we are
told, in this gently sung weeper. Mighty pleasant singing by May Hawk.
NOTE: BILLBOARD Saturday 5th March 1955 FOLK
TALENT AND TUNES
May Hawks, artist and deejay of WJR, Detroit,
stopped by for a visit with Thom Hall, WKYW, Louisville, Ky., while en route to
Tennessee recently.
MAY HAWKS &
LES THOMAS
Detroit, Mi.: 1956
(vcl/gtr); Lester Thomas
(vcl/rhy gtr);
Producer:
JEALOUSY Vs BOSSY (Uniss), Old Homestead
OHCD-4042, HMC 2013D10
(Clyde Orr-Les
Thomas)
103-A JEALOUSY Vs BOSSY Coin
103-A, OHCD-4042, 2013D10
(Clyde Orr-Les
Thomas)
103-B SOFT LIPS AND POISON KISSES 103-B, OHCD-4042, 2013D10
()
NB(1): COIN 103 released September 1956.
NB(2): COIN Records based in North Hollywood, Ca.
MAY HAWKS Detroit,
Mi.: 1957
(vcl/gtr);
Lester Thomas (rhy gtr);
Producer:
HARD TO GET (Uniss),
Old Homestead OHCD-4042
()
CARD FROM MY BOUQUET (Uniss), OHCD-4042
()
MAY HAWKS Detroit,
Mi.: 1957
(vcl/gtr);
Lester Thomas (vcl/rhy gtr);
Producer:
45-684-A TALK A LITTLE LOUDER Starday
45-684-A, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
(May Hawks-Les
Thomas) (Starrite-BMI) B.A.C.M.
CD D-395, HMC 2013D10
45-684-B FOREVER AND A DAY Starday
45-684-B,
OHCD-4042
(May Hawks-Les
Thomas) (Starrite-BMI) HMC
2013D10
NB(1): STARDAY 45-684 released December 1957.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-684 reviewed Billboard C&W Monday
27th January 1958.
NB(3): STARDAY 45-684 is a STARDAY custom
pressing.
NB(4): B.A.C.M. CD D-395 “CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY, Vol.3.”
released United Kingdom 2012.
NB(5): HMC HMC 2013D10 “HILLBILLY FAVORITES, Vol.9.” released
2013.
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, MALCOM CHAPMAN, AL
TURNER & DAVE SAX with
acknowledgements to Barry John, Craig Maki, Keith Cady, Mario Mancioti, Thieu
Van De Vorst & Frantisek Frank.
2005-2014.