JIMMY
SIMPSON
SESSION
DISCOGRAPHY
JIMMY (J.D.) SIMPSON with Band Nashville, Tn: 1953
James Dudley “(J.D.)”/Jimmy”
Simpson (vcl/gtr); Unk (stl gtr); Unk (stg bs); Unk (vcl chrs-1).
Producer:
E3-KW-3957 RAMBLING BLUES Republic
7050, Republic 7050-45, Redita RLP-121
(Simpson) (Babb Music BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
E3-KW-3958 I HOPE SOME DAY YOU’LL THINK OF ME-1 Republic 7064, Republic 7064-45
(Simpson) (Babb Music BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
E3-KW-3960 OILFIELD BLUES Republic
7064, Republic 7064-45
(Simpson) (Babb Music BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
E3-KW-3961 I WATCHED THE SUN GO DOWN Republic
7050, Republic 7050-45, Redita RLP-128
(Simpson) (Babb Music BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
NB(1): Matrix No. E3-KW-3959 was allocated to the Radio
Four.
NB(2): REPUBLIC 7050/7050-45 released Tuesday
25th August 1953.
NB(3): REPUBLIC 7050/7050-45
reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 29th August
1953.
NB(4): REPUBLIC 7064/7064-45 released Tuesday 10th
November 1953.
NB(5): REPUBLIC 7064/7064-45 reviewed Billboard
C&W Saturday 7th November 1953.
NB(6): REPUBLIC 7064/7064-45 reviewed Billboard
C&W Saturday 28th November 1953.
NB(7): REDITA RLP-121 (2nd Series) “STEPPIN’ OUT
TONIGHT” released Holland
1981.
NB(8): REDITA RLP-128 (2nd Series) “NASHVILLE COUNTRY ROCK-HILLBILLY SWEETHEART” released Holland 1986.
NB(9): HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBRCD-064A “JIMMY
SIMPSON” released United Kingdom 2008.
JIMMY SIMPSON Nashville, Tn: Late
February 1954
(vcl/gtr); Unk (stl gtr); Unk
(pno); Unk (stg bs).
Producer:
E4KW-832 SITTIN’ ON THE DOORSTEP Republic
7080, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
(Jack Rhodes)
E4KW-833 DID WE OVERLOOK EACH OTHER
7080, HBRCD-064A
(M.Best-J.Simpson)
NB: REPUBLIC 7080 released Tuesday 6th April 1954.
JIMMY SIMPSON And His Oil Field Boys
Radio
Station WBDL Springfield, Tn: 1954
(vcl/gtr); Unk (stl gtr);
Unk (fdle); Unk (fdl);
Producer:
HI-3 I’M GONNA WIN YOUR LOVE Hidus
2002, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
(Simpson-Lou Allen) (Cedarwood Pub. Co. BMI)
HI-4 I DIE A LITTLE MORE EACH DAY
2002, HBRCD-064A
()
NB: HIDUS 2002 released 1954.
JIMMY SIMPSON And His Oil Field Boys
Radio
Station WBDL Springfield, Tn: 1954
(vcl/gtr); Unk (stl gtr);
Producer:
HI-9/ HONKY TONK SPREE Hidus
2005, White Label WLP-2805, Orbit CD-5907
E4KW-8142 (Rule-Simpson) (Cedarwood Pub. Co. BMI)
Hillbilly Researcher
HBRCD-064, Magnet MRCD-001
HI-10/ I’M A LIVE IT UP BOY Hidus
2005, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
E4KW-8143 (Carl Smith-Jim Denny) (Cedarwood Pub.
Co. BMI)
NB(1): HIDUS 2005 released 1954.
NB(2): ORBIT CD-5907 “ROCK N ROLL DANCE PARTY,
Vol.7.” released
NB(3): MAGNET MRCD-001 “TRADITIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC
MAKERS, Vol.1. RARE AND AUTHENTIC SONGS” released United Kingdom
JIMMY SIMPSON and his Oil Field Boys
Radio
Station WBDL Springfield, Tn: 1955
(vcl/gtr); Unk (stl gtr);
Producer:
HI-13 I BROKE MY HEART Hidus
45-2007, Collector CLCD-2852
(Louetha Cheney-Jimmy Simpson) (Cedarwood
Pub. Co. BMI) Cactus CACT
CD-5008, Orbit CD-5906
Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
HI-14 I’M A HIGH TONED PAPA Hidus 45-2007,
Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064
(Webb Pierce) (Cedarwood Pub. Co. BMI) Cactus CACT CD-5009
NB(1): HIDUS 45-2007 released Tuesday 22nd March
1955.
NB(2): HIDUS 45-2007 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday
26th March 1955.
NB(3): COLLECTOR CLCD-2852 “BOPPIN’ HILLBILLY
SERIES-BOPPIN’ TONIGHT, Vol.2.” released Holland 1996.
NB(4): ORBIT CD-5906 “ROCK N ROLL DANCE PARTY,
Vol.6.” released
NB(5): CACTUS CACT CD-5008 “ROCKIN’ HILLBILLY,
Vol.9.” released
NB(6): CACTUS CACT CD-5009 “ROCKIN’ HILLBILLY,
Vol.10.” released
JIMMY SIMPSON and the Oilfield Playboys
Radio
Station KRUS Ruston, La: 1956
(vcl/gtr); with Unk Musicians
Producer:
Jiffy Fowler
JF-45-5 BLUE AS I CAN BE Jiffy
45-210, White Label WLP-2825
(Simpson-Best-Fletcher) (Jiffy Pub. Co.
BMI) Legend LP-1006, Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-005
Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
JF-45-6 JUST THE KIND OF MAN Jiffy 45-210,
Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-005
(J.Simpson-M.Best) (Jiffy Pub. Co. BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
NB(1): JIFFY 45-210 released Tuesday 28th
February 1956.
NB(2): JIFFY 45-210 reviewed Billboard C&W
Record Reviews Monday 3rd February 1958.
NB(3): WHITE LABEL WLP-2825 “BOPPIN’ HILLBILLY,
Vol.25.” released Holland 1993.
NB(4): LEGEND LP-1006 “GRAND DADDY’S ROCKIN’
Vol.4.” released France 1995.
NB(5): HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBRCD-005 “JIFFY
RECORDS” released United Kingdom
JIMMY SIMPSON and his Oilfield Playboys Big
Spring, Tx: 1956
(vcl/gtr); with Unk Musicians
Producer:
45-595-A CAN I COME HOME Big
State 595, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
(J.Rhodes-J.Simpson) (Starrite-BMI) B.A.C.M
CD D-390, Fantastic Voyage GVTD174
45-595-B MEMORIES OF YOU Big
State 595, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
(Jack Rhodes-J.Simpson) (Starrite-BMI)
NB(1): BIG STATE 595 released November 1956.
NB(2): BMI Clearance - January 1957.
NB(3): B.A.C.M CD D-390 “CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY, Vol.2.”
released United Kingdom 2012.
NB(4): FANTASTIC VOYAGE FTVD174 “TEENAGE BLUES”
released United Kingdom 2013.
JIMMY SIMPSON And The Oilfield Boys Nashville,
Tn: 1959
(vcl/gtr); with Unk Musicians
Producer:
JB-2438 BREAKER OF MY HEART Caprock
45-113, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
(J.Simpson) (Larrah Pub. Co. BMI)
JB-2439 I’M AN OILFIELD BOY 45-113, HBRCD-064A
(M.Best-J.Simpson) (Larrah Pub. Co. BMI)
NB(1): Both of the above recordings were leased to SIMS
Records & remain UNISSUED on SIMS.
NB(2): CAPROCK 45-113 released Tuesday 14th July
1959.
NB(3): CAPROCK 45-113 reviewed Billboard C&W
Monday 20th July 1959.
JIMMY SIMPSON-1
NED MILES-2 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson
Road Madison, Tn: 1961
(vcl); with Unk Musicians
Producer:
John Thomas “Tommy” Hill
ST-4664 THE ALCAN RUN -1 Starday 45-538 A, Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
(J.Simpson-M.Best)
(Starday-BMI)
ST-4665 OLD TIMER -1 Starday 45-538 B, Starday SLP-312
(Harlan Howard) (Pamper-BMI) Sourdough SLP-201, Sourdough CD-103
Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
4666 A YEAR AND A DAY -1-2 Nashville NV-5022,
Continental Maple Leaf CML-1014
(Jimmy Simpson) (Tronic BMI) Continental Maple Leaf
CMS-1014, Palace M-718
Buckingham PST-718, Countryville M-18
Countryville
S-18, Sourdough
SLP-201
Hillbilly Researcher
HBRCD-064A
4667 LIFE GOES
ON “I WONDER WHY” -1-2 Nashville NV-5022, Palace M-
(Harlan Howard) (Pamper Music BMI) Sourdough
SLP-201, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
NB(1): STARDAY 45-538 released Tuesday 7th March
1961.
NB(2): NASHVILLE NV-5022 released Wednesday 13th
September 1961.
NB3): NASHVILLE NV-5022 reviewed in Billboard Monday
18th September 1961.
NB(4): CONTINENTAL MAPLE LEAF CML/CMS-1014/PALACE
M-718/BUCKINGHAM PST-718/COUNTRYVILLE M/S-18 “COUNTRY AND WESTERN JAMBOREE
PERFORMANCES by LONZO AND OSCAR-AMERICA’S GREATEST COUNTRY COMEDIANS/RED
SOVINE-Top Singer and Performer” released January 1963.
NB(5): STARDAY SLP-312 “DOIN’ MY TIME” released
1965.
JIMMY SIMPSON
Starday
Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison,
Tn: 1962
(vcl/gtr); with Unk Musicians
Producer:
Tommy Hill
5663 MR. SUN Nashville
NV-5085, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064A
(Harlan Howard) (Red River Music BMI) Time
2:25
5664 BECAUSE OF YOU Nashville
(Uniss)
()
5665 WALKING, CRYING, HURTING
INSIDE Nashville
NV-5085, HBRCD-064A
(Jimmy Simpson) (Starday BMI) Time
2:10
5666 SITTING ON THE DOORSTEP Nashville
(Uniss)
(Jack Rhodes)
NB(1): Matrix No. 5663 also known by the title of “(MR.SUN)
TAKE YOUR TIME GOING DOWN”.
NB(2): NASHVILLE NV-5085 released ca. November 1962.
NB(3): NASHVILLE NV-5085 pressed at Phillips S.M.
JIMMY SIMPSON
Columbia
Recording Studio B, 804 16th Avenue South Nashville, Tn: 1965
(vcl); with Unk Musicians
Producer: Russell Sims
ZTSB-95680/ OILFIELD BOY Sims 233, Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
233-A (M.Beat-H-Green-J.Simpson) (Cape Ann Music Inc.
BMI)
ZTSB-95681/ SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN 233, Sourdough CD-103
233-B (Harlan Howard) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064A
NB(1): SIMS 233 released Tuesday 16th March 1965.
NB(2): SIMS 233 is a COLUMBIA custom pressing.
JIMMY SIMPSON Tacoma, Wash: 1967
(vcl/gtr); Oscar James Jimmy Patton (gtr); Lou Crenshaw (ld gtr);
Donnie Marvin (stl gtr); Unk (pno); Butch Simington (dms).
Producer: Jimmy Patton
SOURDOUGH BLUES Sourdough
LP-101, Sourdough CD-103
(Robert N. Zimmerman
& Jimmy Simpson) (Taku Pub. Co. BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064B
SI-WASH GAL Sourdough
LP-101, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064B
(Jimmy Simpson)
(Taku Pub. Co. BMI)
LAST FRONTIER WALTZ LP-101, Sourdough CD-103
(J. Simpson
& M. Simpson) (Taku Pub. Co. BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064B
NORTH TO THE LAST FRONTIER Sourdough
LP-101, Sourdough CD-103
(J.Simpson & Sgt. Gardner White Jr.) (Taku Pub. Co. BMI) Hillbilly Researcher
HBRCD-064B
WAS IT HIM, HER OR ME? Sourdough
LP-101, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064B
(M. Simpson & J.
Simpson) (Taku Pub. Co. BMI)
THE LONGEST RUN
LP-101, Sourdough
CD-103
(Jimmy Simpson)
(Taku Pub. Co. BMI) Hillbilly Researcher
HBRCD-064B
JIMMY SIMPSON Tacoma, Wash: 1967
(vcl/gtr); Jimmy Patton (gtr); Lou Crenshaw (ld gtr); Donnie Marvin
(stl gtr); Unk (pno); Butch Simington (dms).
Producer: Jimmy Patton
THE ALCAN RUN Sourdough LP-101, Sourdough
CD-103
(J. Simpson &
M. (Best) Simpson) (Starday Pub. BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064B
PIPELINER’S DAY Sourdough
LP-101, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064B
(Jimmy Simpson)
(Taku Pub. Co. BMI)
ALASKA’S EARTHQUAKE LP-101,
Sourdough CD-103
(Irwin Elswick & Jimmy Simpson) (Starrite
BMI) Hillbilly Researcher
HBRCD-064B
SOURDOUGH SHACK Sourdough LP-101, Sourdough CD-103
(Jimmy Simpson) (Taku
Pub. Co. BMI) Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-064B
OILFIELD BOY Sourdough
LP-101, HBRCD-064B
(Jimmy Simpson, M.
Best & h. Greene) (Cape Ane Music BMI)
SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA LP-101, Sourdough CD-103
(Tillman Franks
(Cedarwood Pub. Co. BMI) Hillbilly
Researcher HBRCD-064B
NB: Sourdough LP-101 “JIMMY SIMPSON THE OILFIELD
BOY Sings ALASKA” released 1967.
JIMMY SIMPSON poss
Spenard, Alaska: 1968/1969
(vcl/gtr); with Unk
Musicians
Producer:
KIANA KID Sourdough
SLP-201
(J.Simpson-M.
Simpson) (Taku BMI)
YOU DON’T KNOW MY MIND SLP-201
(J. Skinner)
(Acuff & Rose BMI)
PARTY FOR FOOLS SLP-201
(Red Simpson-J.
Simpson) (Taku BMI)
WILL YOU BE SATISFIED THAT WAY SLP-201
(J. Skinner)
(Ernest Tubb Music BMI)
STANDING AT THE END OF MY WORLD SLP-201
(Glenn Douglas)
(Ernest Tubb Music BMI)
HOMESICK FOR HEAVEN SLP-201
(Jimmy Simpson-Leon
Luallen) (Taku BMI)
BREAKER OF MY HEART
SLP-201
(Jimmy Simpson) (Taku
BMI)
NB: SOURDOUGH SLP-201 “JIMMY SIMPSON “THE OILFIED BOY” –
SINGS KIANA KID AND OTHER FAVORITE SONGS” released
JIMMY SIMPSON poss Spenard,
Alaska: 1969
(vcl/gtr); with Unk Musicians
Producer:
▲77486 WHITE
COLLARS AND NECKTIES Sourdough
45-110A, Sourdough SLP-201
(Jimmy Simpson-Roy Cantrell) (Taku Music
BMI)
▲77486X GOTTA TRAVEL
ON 45-110B, SLP-201
(P.Clayton-B.Ehrich-D.Lazar-T.Fix) (Sanga
Music Inc. BMI)
NB: SOURDOUGH 45-110 released August 1969.
JIMMY SIMPSON poss
Spenard, Alaska
(vcl/gtr);
Producer:
IDITAROD TRAIL Sourdough
CD-103
(Jimmy Simpson)
(Taku Pub. Co. BMI)
PUB WITH NO BEER CD-103
(Gordon Parsons)
(Beechwood BMI)
THE GOLD RUSH IS OVER Sourdough CD-103
(Cindy Walker)
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN CD-103
(Bill Anderson-Don
Wayne)
WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE ARTIC CD-103
(Jimmy Simpson)
(Taku Pub. Co. BMI)
THE STORY OF DAPPER DAN CD-103
()
ALCAN RUN OF 40 YEARS AGO CD-103
(Jimmy Simpson)
(Taku Pub. Co. BMI)
I’M A GOLD MINER CD-103
()
YUKON MEMORIES CD-103
()
I’M TIRED OF PULLING THE WAGON CD-103
(Jimmy Simpson)
(Taku Pub. Co. BMI)
NB: SOURDOUGH CD-103 “JIMMY SIMPSON SINGS OF IDITAROD TRAIL
(AND OTHER ALASKAN AND YUKON SONGS) released
Discography compiled by DICK GRANT & AL TURNER with
acknowledgements to PHIL TRICKER & PASI KOSKELA.
1990-2013.