Walter LeRoy Moore, *24-09-1914 Circleville, OH, +17-08-1997
by Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Svein
Martin Pedersen
SESSIONS
1955 (1953?) poss. Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore with Frank
Totter’s Happy Rangers
001 THE CAT CAME BACK Cross Country CX 506 Apex 76078/Point
P 211 Cattle LP 44
002 STOP
CRACKIN' PEANUTS Cross Country CX 506 Apex 76078/ Point P 211
1955 poss. Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore and Juanita Moore
003 25R SHE MARRIED THE WRONG MAN CX 512 CX 525 76273
004 26R JUKE BOX BANJO CX 512
1956 poss. Wheeling, Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore and Juanita
Moore
005 WHERE IDAHO POTATOES GROW CX 525 76273
006 WHISPERING HOPE CX 516 76089/ Point P 211
007 NEW WILDWOOD FLOWER
CX 516 76089/ Point P 211 Cattle
LP 44
1956 WWVA Radio Station Studio, Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore and
Juanita Moore
008 DARK AS A DUNGEON CX 522
76354/ Point P 211
009 MY OWN SWEET DARLING WIFE CX 522 76354/ Point P 211
1956 WWVA Radio Station Studio, Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore and
Juanita Moore
010 37R LET'S SAY GOODBYE LIKE WE SAY HELLO CX 526 76432/ Point
P 211
011 38R REMEMBER ME CX 526 76432/ Point P 211
012 39R THE LOVE YOU PLANTED IN MY HEART CX-528 76105/ Point P 211
013 40R WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD CX-528 76105/ Point
P 211
014 41R PARADISE VALLEY CX 530 76136
015 42R THE LORD IS IS MY SHEPHERD CX 530 76163
1957 WWVA Radio Station Studio, Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore and
Juanita Moore
016 TWILIGHT IS STEALING CX 532 76178
017GOING DOWN THE COUNTRY CX 532 76178
018 DON’T THIS ROAD LOOK ROUGH AND ROCKY CX 534 76304
019 SWEETHEART OR STRANGER CX 534 76304
1958 WWVA Radio Station Studio, Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore
(Lee Moore [vcl], Hardrock Gunter [gt] + unknown musicians)
020 I’LL BE SOMEONE WHEN YOU’RE GONE Mark M 126
021 MANSION ON THE HILL Mark M 126
around 1960 WWVA Radio Station Studio, Wheeling, WV – Lee
Moore
022 TREASURES UNTOLD Wheeling EP 6001-1
023 EVENING TIME Wheeling EP 6001-1
024 OH SO MANY YEARS Wheeling EP 6001-1
025 THINK OF ME Wheeling EP 6001-1
1962 unknown – Lee Moore (Lee Moore [vcl/gt], Billy Edwards [banjo],
Danny Milhon [dobro], John Palmer [bass], Tater Tate [fiddle]. Producer: Lee
Sutton)
026 GOING DOWN THE COUNTRY Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
027 AN OLD LOG CABIN FOR SALE Rural Rhythm RR-More 137 LP
44
028 BEACH AT WAIKIKIA Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
029 WILDWOOD FLOWER Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
030 WILL THE ROSES BLOOM IN HEAVEN Rural Rhythm RR-More
137
031 OLD JOE CLARK Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
032 DREAMING OF A CABIN Rural Rhythm RR-More 137 LP 61
033 ROYAL TELEPHONE Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
034 REMEMBER ME Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
035 KEEP ON THE SUNNYSIDE Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
036 GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE Rural Rhythm RR-More
137
037 MOM IS DYING TONIGHT Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
038 DOBRO BLUES Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
039 DOWN WHERE THE RIVER BENDS Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
040 I LOVE YOU BEST OF ALL Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
041 OLD SPINNING WHEEL Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
042 I NEVER CAN LOVE YOU AGAIN Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
043 CANNON BALL NO. 3 Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
044 WRITE MOTHER Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
045 DOUBLE EAGLE Rural Rhythm RR-More 137
046 VACANT CABIN Rural Rhythm RRLM-137
047 PAUL’S MINISTRY RRLM-137
1963 WWVA Radio Station, Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore (Walter LeRoy "Lee"
Moore [vcl/gt], John Duffey [vcl/mandolin], Charlie Waller [vcl/rh gt], Eddie
Adcock [vcl/banjo], Tom Gray [vcl/bass].
048 VACANT CABIN Essgee EP-463
049 PAUL’S MINISTRY EP-463
050 MOTHER’S CALL Essgee EP-463
051 I HAVE DUSTED OFF THE BIBLE EP-463
052 LEGEND OF THE DOGWOOD TREE EP-463 LP 44 Rural Rhythm RRGT 167
053 GIVE ME YOUR LOVE EP-463 LP 44
ca 1964 poss. Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore
054 THE CAT CAME BACK ARC A 603
055 SOMEWHERE SOMEBODY’S WAITING FOR YOU ARC A 603
056 MY LITTLE CABIN HOME ARC A 603
057 BOLL WEEVIL ARC A 603
058 WILDWOOD FLOWER ARC A 603
059 RED RIVER VALLEY ARC A 603
060 SING ME A HILLBILLY BALLAD ARC A 603
061 GIVE MY LOVE TO NELL ARC A 603
062 SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN NIGHTS ARC A 603 LP 44
063 JUST A STRAND OF YELLOW CURL ARC A 603
064 DARK AS A DUNGEON ARC A 603
065 YOU ARE MY LOVE ARC A 603
1965 poss. Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore
066 CANNONBALL #3 ARC AS 676
067 HELLO VIETNAM ARC AS 676
068 BEFORE I MET YOU ARC AS 676
069 WHERE THE IDAHO POTATO GROWS ARC AS 676
070 MANSION ON THE HILL ARC AS 676
071 I'LL BE LONESOME WHEN YOU'RE GONE ARC AS 676
072 I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE ARC AS 676 LP 44
073 TRUCK DRIVER'S PRAYER ARC AS 676
074 COME PAL WITH ME ARC AS 676
075 TREASURES UNTOLD ARC AS 676
076 DON'T THIS ROAD LOOK ROUGH AND ROCKY ARC AS 676
077 LONELY FOR YOU BLUE EYES ARC AS 676
1961-1967 poss. Wheeling, WV – Lee Moore
078 NO LETTER TODAY
Cattle LP 44
079 WHERE THE WATER LILLIES GROW Cattle LP 44
080 THIS SONG IS JUST FOR YOU Cattle LP 44
081 HE IS COMING TO US DEAD
Cattle LP 44
082 JUST A MESSAGE TO THE ONE I LOVE Cattle LP 44
083 DON'T WRITE TO MOTHER TOO LATE Cattle LP 44
084 MY SAVIOUR FIRST OF ALL
Cattle LP 44
unknown info – Lee Moore, *with Anne Monroe
085 BIG WHEEL CANNONBALL
Cattle LP 61
086 TWILIGHT IS STEALING
Cattle LP 61
087 I’M AWFULLY WELL
Cattle LP 61
088 I’LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT Cattle LP 61
088 TIS SWEET TO BE REMEMBERED Cattle LP 61
090 MY MOTHER’S CALL
Cattle LP 61
091 PUT ME IN YOUR POCKET
Cattle LP 61
092 THE CONVICT AND THE ROSE
Cattle LP 61
093 THE GREAT JUDGEMENT MORNING Cattle LP 61
094 YOU ARE MY FLOWER
Cattle LP 61
095 PINS AND NEEDLES (IN MY HEART) Cattle LP 61
096 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT* Cattle LP 61
097 WHERE THE IDAHO POTATO GROWS Cattle LP 61
1967 unknown – Lee Moore (Lee Moore [vcl/gt], Danny Milhon
[gt/dobro], Tater
Tate [gt/fiddle], Billy Edwards [banjo], John Palmer [bass]. Producer: Lee
Sutton
098 LITTLE GIRL DRESSED IN BLUE Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
099 YOUR OWN SWEET DARLING WIFE Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
100 MY MOTHER'S GRAVE Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
101 AUTOMOBILE OF LIFE Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
102 ANSWER TO THE MAPLE ON THE HILL Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
103 SHE'S SOME DAISY FOR 19 YEARS OLD Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
104 YOU ARE MY LOVE Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
105 HEAVENLY CANNON BALL Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
106 STRAND FROM A YELLOW CURL Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
107 WHEN MOTHER PLAYED THE ORGAN Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
108 THE CAT CAME BACK Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
109 STREAMLINED CANNONBALL Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
110 STRAWBERRY ROAN Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
111 I BELIEVE THAT GOOD OLD BIBLE Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
112 THE DEEPENING SNOW Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
113 THE WEARY TRAVELER Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
114 WHEN FATHER HUNG THE PAPER ON THE WALL Rural Rhythm RRLM
202
115 I'M GOING HOME THIS EVENING Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
116 WRECK OF THE HAPPY VALLEY Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
117 SINGLE LIFE IS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME Rural Rhythm RRLM 202
1970s unknown – Lee Moore
118 NR-9743-1 I CRIED AGAIN Tenn-Can TC 103
119 NR-9743-2 WORRIED MAN
Tenn-Can TC 103
120 NR-9744-1 I SAW THE LIGHT Tenn-Can TC 104
121 NR-9744-2 I ONLY WANT A BUDDY Tenn-Can TC 104
July 1979 [live-Brandywine Mountain Music Festival] Concordville,
PA - The Bailes Brothers with Lee Moore (Walter Bailes [ld vcl/gt], Kyle Bailes
[gt/ mouth harp/hmny, vcl], Ernest
Ferguson [mandolin], Lee Moore [ld vcl-1/dobro/gt], Bob Montgomery [spoken
intro])
12101 I HAVE DUSTED OFF THE BIBLE
12102 WE SOLD EVERYTHING DOWN HERE
12103 GIVE MOTHER MY CROWN
12104 I HEAR MY MOTHER CALL -1
12105 YOU PLAYED ON RADIO SHOWS
12106 I ONLY WANT A BUDDY -1
12107 WILL THE ANGELS HAVE A SWEETHEART
tracks above issued on cassette, details unknown
1986 unknown – Lee Moore
122 THE CAT CAME BACK Revonah RS-710
123 NEW WILDWOOD FLOWER
Revonah RS-710
ALBUMS
Point [CAN] P 211 Lee Moore’s Country Hits: The Cat Came
Back; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold; Dark As A Dungeon; Remember Me; New
Wildwood Flower; Whispering Hope; The Love You Planted In My Heart; My Own
Sweet Darling Wife; Stop Crackin' Peanuts; Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
– 62 And Juanita Moore (reissued on MCA Coral CB 30043 in 1973)
Rural Rhythm RR-More 137 Lee Moore Sings Radio Favorites Of
Country Music: Going Down the Country; An Old Log Cabin For Sale; Beach At
Waikikia; Wildwood Flower; Will the Roses Bloom In Heaven; Old Joe Clark; Dreaming
of a Cabin; Royal Telephone; Remember Me; Keep On the Sunnyside; Vacant Cabin; Gathering
Flowers From the Hillside; Mom is Dying Tonight; Dobro Blues; Down Where the
River Bends; I Love You Best of All; Old Spinning Wheel; I Never Can Love You
Again; Cannon Ball No. 3; Write Mother; Double Eagle; Paul's Ministry – 62 (reissued on cassette in 1992 and on CD RHYC-137 in 2013)
ARC [CAN] A 606 WWWA’s Coffee-Drinking Nighthawk Lee Moore
Plays And Sings The Cat Came Back And Other Favourites: The Cat Came Back;
Somewhere Somebody’s Waiting For You; My Little Cabin Home; Boll Weevil;
Wildwood Flower; Red River Valley; Sing Me A Hillbilly Ballad; Give My Love To
Nell; Seven Days And Seven Nights; Just A Strand Of Yellow Curl; Dark As A
Dungeon; You Are My Love – ca 65 (also
on Paragon PGS 559 )
ARC [CAN] A/AS 676 More Coffee Drinking Night Hawk: Cannonball
#3; Hello Vietnam; Before I Met You; Where the Idaho Potato Grows; Mansion on the Hill; I'll be Lonesome When You're Gone; I'll Sail My Ship Alone; Truck Driver's
Prayer; Come Pal With Me; Treasures Untold; Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky; Lonely for You Blue Eyes - 65
Rural Rhythm R.R.L.M. 202 Everybody’s Favorite: Little Girl Dressed In
Blue; Your Own Sweet Darling Wife; My Mother's Grave; Automobile Of Life; Answer
To The Maple On The Hill; She's Some Daisy For 19 Years Old; You Are My Love;
Heavenly Cannon Ball; Strand From A Yellow Curl; When Mother Played The Organ;
The Cat Came Back; Streamlined Cannonball; Strawberry Roan; I Believe That Good
Old Bible; The Deepening Snow; The Weary Traveler; When Father Hung The Paper
On The Wall; I'm Going Home This Evening; Wreck Of The Happy Valley; Single Life Is Good Enough For Me – 68
(reissued on RHY 202 in 1998)
Cattle [GER] LP-44 Wheeling’s
Coffee Drinking Night Hawk: The Cat Came Back Wildwood Flower; I'll Sail My Ship Alone; No Letter Today; Where The Water Lillies Grow; This Song Is Just For You; He Is Coming To Us
Dead; Seven Days And Seven Nights; Just A Message To The One I Love; Don't
Write To Mother Too Late; Give Me Your Love And I'll Give You Mine (ca 1963); An Old Log Cabin For Sale; My Saviour First Of
All; Legend Of The Dogwood Tree – 83
Cattle [GER] LP-61 A Living Legend In Country Music: Big
Wheel Cannonball; Twilight Is Stealing; I’m Awfully Well; I’ll Be All Smiles
Tonight; Tis Sweet To Be Remembered; My Mother’s Call; Put Me In Your Pocket;
The Convict And The Rose; The Great Judgement Morning; You Are My Flower; Pins
And Needles (In My Heart); I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Where The Idaho
Potato Grows; Dreaming Of A Little Cabin - 84
SINGLES
Cross Country
CX 506 The Cat Came Back / Stop Crackin' Peanuts – 55 (w.
Frank Totter’s Happy Rangers) (Canadian issue on Apex 76078)
CX 512 She Married The Wrong Man / Juke Box Banjo – 55 and
Juanita
CX 516 Whispering Hope / New Wildwood Flower - 56 (Canadian issue on Apex 76089)
CX 522 Dark As A Dungeon / My Own Sweet Darling Wife – 56
and Juanita (Canadian issue on Apex 76354
in 1958)
CX 525 She Married The Wrong Man / Where Idaho Potatoes Grow
(?) – 56 and Juanita
CX 526 Let's Say Goodbye Like We Say Hallo / Remember Me –
56 and Juanita (Canadian issue on Apex 76432)
CX-528 The love You Planted In My Heart / When My Blue Moon
Turns To Gold – 56 and Juanita (Canadian
issue on Apex 76105)
CX 530 Paradise Valley / The Lord Is Is My Shepherd - 57 and
Juanita (Canadian issue on Apex 76163)
CX 532 Twilight Is Stealing / Going Down The Country - 57
and Juanita (Canadian issue on Apex 76178)
CX 534 Don’t This Road Look Rough And Rocky / Sweetheart Or
Stranger - 58 and Juanita (Canadian issue on Apex 76304)
Apex 76273 Where Idaho Potatoes Grow / She Married The Wrong
Man – 58 (Canadian issue)
Mark (1958)
M 126 I’ll Be Someone When You’re Gone / Mansion On The Hill
– 58
Wheeling
(EP)
EP 6001-1 Treasures Untold; Evening Time / Oh So Many Years;
Think Of Me
Ess-Gee (1963)
(EP)
EP 463 Coffee Drinking Night Hawk: Mother's Call; Vacant Cabin;
Paul's Ministry / I Have Dusted Off The Bible; Legend Of The Dogwood Tree; Give Me You Love – 6- (33 RPM EP; MX P4LM
6769/70)
Tenn-Can
TC 103 I Cried Again / Worried Man – 7- (NR 9743-1/2)
TC 104 I Saw The Light / I Only Want A Buddy – 7- (NR
9744-1/
Revonah (1986)
RS-710 The Cat Came Back / New Wildwood Flower - 86
