Bobby Harden

Bobby Lamoyne Harden, *27-06-1942 England, AR,  +30-05-2006

3rd version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS see also Harden Trio
1959 unknown – Bobby Harden
001 GETTING BETTER Westwood 202
002 I'M LOVING YOU, BABY 202
18 August 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
003 NCO 120271 MY HEART'S CAUGHT IN THE DOOR Columbia 4-44322
004 NCO 120272 unknown title unissued
005 NCO 120273 AFTER HAVING YOU 4-44322
29 March 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
006 NCO 98498 TEXARKANA 4-44543
007 NCO 98499 unknown title unissued
008 NCO 98500 DON'T DRIVE ME 4-44543
ca.April-May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Ralph David)
011 IN THE GHETTO SLP-443
012 INVITATION TO THE BLUES SLP-443
013 GET IT OVER SLP-443
014 ONE GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN SLP-443
015 YOU GAVE ME A MOUNTAIN SLP-443
016 GAMES PEOPLE PLAY SLP-443
017 HOLDING TO THE MEMORIES SLP-443
018 THE DAYS OF SAND AND SHOVELS SLP-443
ca. May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Ralph David)
019 S-9033 EXCEPT FOR ONE Starday 875/SLP-443
020 S-9036 THE WILD ONES 875/SLP-443

S-9034,9035 are probably two tracks for album SLP 443

ca. May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden and Karen Wheeler (Producer: Ralph David)
021 S-9042 WE GOT EACH OTHER 879/SLP 443
ca. May 1969 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden and Karen Wheeler (Producer: Ralph David)
022 S-9049 THE LOVE FOR A CHILD  879
ca. July 1970 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
023 M0DS-1054 TULSA Mega 615-0006
024 M0DS-1055 LITTLE BOY WONDER 615-0006
025 M0DS-1056 I WANTED LOVE FROM YOU MARY 615-0018

January 1971 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
026 M1AS-1177 MAMA'S SONG 615-0018
027 M1AS-1178 ST. VINCENT MOTOR HOTEL 615-0028
027a M1AS-1179 unknown title
028 M1AS-1180 JUST BECAUSE HE LOVED HER 615-0028

1971 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
029 M1AS-1334 SOMEONE WRITE A PERFECT MELODY 615-0053
030 M1AS-1335 or 36? EXCEPT FOR LOVE 615-0053

Possibly one more unknown track recorded
ca. July 1973 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
031 MRS. WILLINGHAM Metromedia Country BMBO-0068
032 THE GREENEST GRASS IN TOWN BMBO-0068
ca. 1973 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden (Producer: Jim Malloy)
033 HIT'N THE HEAD WITH NITE CLUB Papa Joe 709
034 WANT YOU BE MY BABY 709
ca. May 1974 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
035 14166 PLEASE COME TO BOSTON United Artists UA-XW459-W
036 14167? IT'S A LONG WAY BACK TO LITTLE ROCK UA-XW459-W
(purchased masters, filed on June 13, 1974; 14167 is blank in files, but listed as by Bobby Harden)
ca. December 1974 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
037 15186 ONE STEP UA-XW597-X
038 15187 HOLDING ON UA-XW597-X
purchased masters - filed on January 10,1975
29 April 1975 Jack Clement Recording Studio and Jack Track’s Recording Studio, Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
039 15794 ALL THE KING’S HORSES UA-XW662-Y
040 15795 A SONG I COULDN'T WRITE UA-XW662-Y UA-XW714-Y
041 16471 FLASHING, SCREAMING SILENT NEON SIGN UA-XW714-Y
16471 presumably recorded at same session as 15794/5
July 1976 Nashville, TN – Bobby Harden
041 17716 WHITE SILVER SANDS UA-XW859-Y
042 17717 RAINBOW MAN UA-XW859-Y
Bobby Harden recorded after 1976. Some info in albums list

ALBUMS
Starday S-SLP-443 The Nashville Sensation: Except For One; In The Ghetto; Invitation To The Blues; Get It Over; One Glimpse Of Heaven; You Gave Me A Mountain; Games People Play; Wild Ones; We Got Each Other (w.Karen Wheeler); Holding To The Memories; The Days Of Sand And Shovels - 69
All Pro AP-1018 Ode To The Bulldogs: Ode To The Bulldogs; The Mighty Junkyard Dawgs; Thank God I’m A Georgia Dog; Georgia Peach; Unbeaten And Untied; Georgia, You’re Where I Want To Be; Hershel, Man, You Move The Ball; Move Over, ’Gator; There Must Be A Hole; Dooley’s Dawgs – 05-08-81
All Pro AP-1019 Gator Country-University Of Florida: King Of The S. E. C;Yonder Comes A Bulldog;The Gator Express;Ref, I Didn’t Do It;Push ’Em Back;Ode To Coach Pell;Whup The Seminoles;The Gator’s Comin’ Thru;Florida, You’re Almost Like Heaven;Give ’Em Hell, Pell – 05-08-81 w. Arlene Harden

All Pro AP-1020 Seminole Fever: Seminole Fever; Yonder Comes A Buckeye; Five Games In A Row; Ask Nebraska; My Little Seminole; Ode To Coach Bowden; Six More Points; Seminoles Of Florida State No. 1; Warriors Of The Year; Touchdown; The Mighty Seminoles – 81 w. Arlene Harden
All Pro AP-1025 Razorback Fever-Arkansas: Razorback Fever; Arkansas, You’re Where I Want To Be; Touchdown; Son Of A Razorback; Ode To Billy Ray; Six More Points; The Brutal War; Thank God, I’m A Razorback; Ask Oklahoma; Move Over, Longhorns – 07-08-81
All Pro AP-1026 Ode To Paws And Claws: Paws And Claws; Ref, I Didn’t Do It; Yonder Comes A Rebel; There Must Be A Hole; Push ’Em Back; Enter The Snakepit; Love My Little Cajun; King Of The S. E. C; Tigers, Tough And Mean; Bear’s TV Blues – 10-08-81
All Pro AP-1028 This Is Rebel Country: Mississippi, The Only Place For Me; Tiger Mince Meat Pie; Coach Sloan’s Workin’ Overtime; Ode To The Purple T-Shirts; Where Were You Lookin’?; Ode To Coach Sloan; The Brutal War; Rebels Number 1; The Winnin’ Touchdown; Ode To Hotty Toddy – 11-08-81 w. Arlene Harden

All Pro AP-1041 Coke Is It! Big Red Country: Coke Is It (II vocal); Ode To The Huskers; Big Red Fan; Okie Knuckleheads Don’t Belong; We’re The Huskers; When You Play The Huskers; Coke Is It (II instr.); Coke Is It (I vocal); Husker Fever; There Must Be A Hole; Nebraska 67 – Kansas; Don’t Make A Husker Mad; Who Do You Think You’re From; Coke Is It (I instr.) – 82 w. Arlene Harden (rec. Pete’s Place, Nashville, TN`; Producer: Tommy Hill)
Streamliner 7 6959 6800 01 1 Night Shift: Up All Night (Jam Vamp); Back From The Dead; Right Place, Wrong Time; Yes Man; Living Under The Gun; Shakin’ Blues; Gimme Somethin’ To Eat; Wrong Number; Blues Zone; You’re Barkin’ Up The Wrong Tree – 30-04-98 w. Chris Carter

SINGLES
Westwood (1959)
202 Getting Better / I'm Loving You, Baby - 59
Columbia (1967-68)
4-44322 After Having You / My Heart's Caught In The Door – 10-10-67
4-44543 Don't Drive Me / Texarkana – 14-05-68 (rev. June 8)
Starday (1969)
45-875 Except For One / The Wild Ones - 07-69
45-879 Love For A Child / We Got Each Other - 10-69 w. Karen Wheeler
Mega (1970-71)
615-0006 Tulsa / Little Boy Wonder - 10-70 (rev. Oct. 31)
615-0018 I Wanted Love From You Mary / Mama's Song - 12-70
615-0028 St. Vincent Motor Hotel / Just Because He Loved Her - 06-71 (rev. June 12)
615-0053 Except For Love / Someone Write A Perfect Melody - 12-71
Metromedia Country (1973)
BMBO-0068 Mrs. Willingham / The Greenest Grass In Town - 08-73 (rev. Sept. 1)
Papa Joe (ca. 1973)
709 Hit'n The Head With Nite Club / Want You Be My Baby
United Artists (1974-76)
UA-XW459-W Please Come To Boston / It's A Long Way Back To Little Rock - 06-74
UA-XW597-X One Step / Holdin' On - 02-75
UA-XW662-Y All The King's Horses (And All The King's Men) / A Song I Couldn't Write - 06-75
UA-XW714-Y A Song I Couldn't Write / Flashing Screaming Silent Neon Sign - 09-75
UA-XW859-Y White Silver Sands / Rainbow Man - 09-76

All-Pro

AP-4501 Coke Is It II (Vocal); Coke Is It II (Instr.); Coke Is It I (Vocal) / Ode to the Huskers - 82

Randy Huston

*Las Vegas, NM

By Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov

SESSIONS

1993  unknown – Randy Huston

001 KEEPIN' THE NEW WEST WILD

002 CHARLIE

003 NOT JUST ALONG FOR THE RIDE

004 ONE COWBOY LEFT

005 RIGHT FROM THE HEART

006 LUCKY TO BE SAD

007 TEQUILA FOR ME

008 LOOKIN' THE WOLF IN THE EYE

009 MAKE MY MOTHER SMILE

010 ECHOS THROUGH THE CANYON

011 FOREVER

012 RIGHT AS RAIN (SANDY BOB AND BUSTER)

Tracks above issued on album Keepin' the New West Wild

2004 unknown – Randy Huston, *with Reprise

013 HOLE IN DADDY'S ROPE

014 ONE COWBOY LEFT

015 OLD JIM

016 AMERICA NEEDS THE COWBOY

017 RANGE HE RODE

018 AMAZING GRACE

019 OLD GRINGO

020 HURRICANE DECK

021 CHARLIE'S ANGELS

022 MARVIN

023 MAKE MY MOTHER SMILE

024 RANGE HE RODE*

025 ONE COWBOY LEFT*

026 MASTER'S CALL

Tracks above issued on album There's A Hole In Daddy's Rope

2014 Nashville, TN – Randy Huston and Hannah Huston
027 DAY OF THE COWBOY
028 COWBOYS AND GIRLS
029 GUARDIAN ANGEL
030 LUCKY
031 RIDES LIKE A GIRL
032 LOVING TODAY
033 COWBOY MAGAZINE
034 MEN IN BLUE
035 HOLE IN DADDY'S ROPE
036 I'M ALREADY A COWBOY
037 GOT IN IT FOR THE ROMANCE
038 CATTLE REST EASY
039 THANKS FOR TODAY
040 DAY OF THE COWBOY
Tracks above issued on album Cowboys And Girls

2021 poss. Nashville, TN – Randy Huston
041 WHERE THE STORMS GO TO DIE
042 REFLECTIONS
043 THE HANDS THAT HELD THE CHILD
044 RIDE OF MY LIFE
045 DUST OFF YOUR SADDLE
046 CAN'T PICK YOUR FAMILY
047 TIMES LIKE THESE
048 I AM THE STORM
049 WAY OF THE COWBOY
050 TUMBLEBUG BLUES
051 COWBOY CARD
052 THE KIND OF FRIEND YOU ARE
053 SCARECROW
054 WAY OF THE COWBOY REPRISE
Tracks above issued on album Times Like These

ALBUMS

Randy Huston ? (UPC634479079092) Keepin' the New West Wild: Keepin' the New West Wild; Charlie; Not Just Along For the Ride; One Cowboy Left; Right From the Heart; Lucky to Be Sad; Tequila For Me; Lookin' the Wolf in the Eye; Make My Mother Smile; Echos Through the Canyon; Forever; Right as Rain (Sandy Bob and Buster) – 93 (reissued in 2005 on Outside Circle RANDYHUSTON 2)

Outside Circle ? (UPC634479043284) There's A Hole In Daddy's Rope: Hole in Daddy's Rope; One Cowboy Left; Old Jim; America Needs the Cowboy; Range He Rode; Amazing Grace; Old Gringo; Hurricane Deck; Charlie's Angels; Marvin; Make My Mother Smile; Range He Rode (with Reprise); One Cowboy Left (with Reprise); Master's Call – 25-01-05  

Outside Circle ? Cowboys And Girls: Day Of The Cowboy;  Cowboys And Girls;  Guardian Angel;  Lucky;  Rides Like A Girl;  Loving Today;  Cowboy Magazine;  Men In Blue; Hole in Daddy's Rope;     I'm Already A Cowboy; Got In It For The Romance; Cattle Rest Easy; Thanks for Today; Day Of The Cowboy – 01-12-14 w. Hannah Huston
Outside Circle ? Times Like These: Where the Storms Go To Die;  Reflections;  The Hands That Held The Child;  Ride of My Life;  Dust Off Your Saddle;  Can't Pick Your Family;  Times Like These;  I Am the Storm;  Way of the Cowboy;  Tumblebug Blues;  Cowboy Card;  The Kind of Friend You Are;  Scarecrow;  Way of the Cowboy Reprise – 26-08-22
 

Quartette

By Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

Summer 1994 unknown, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church, Colleen Peterson)

001 THE CIRCLE Denon CAN 9016

002 DENIM BLUE EYES Denon CAN 9016

003 UNABASHEDLY BLUE Denon CAN 9016

004 SOUL TO THE BONE Denon CAN 9016

005 NEON COWBOY Denon CAN 9016

006 IT NEVER RAINS ON ME Denon CAN 9016

007 HARD TIMES Denon CAN 9016

008 COWBOYS AND RODEOS Denon CAN 9016

009 LOST BETWEEN BARREN SHORES Denon CAN 9016

010 PAPERE'S MILL Denon CAN 9016

011 HOBO GIRL Denon CAN 9016

012 WHEN GOD DIPS HIS PEN OF LOVE IN MY HEART Denon CAN 9016

013 RED HOT BLUES Denon CAN 9016

014 KING OF THE COWBOYS Denon CAN 9016

1995 unknown, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church, Colleen Peterson)

015 RUNAWAY HEART Denon CAN 9024

016 NO PLACE LIKE HOME Denon CAN 9024

017 INSPIRATION Denon CAN 9024

018 SPRING OF '45 Denon CAN 9024

019 THIS SHE KNOWS Denon CAN 9024

020 WHEN I CAN READ MY TITLES CLEAR  Denon CAN 9024

021 A ROAD LESS TRAVELLED ON Denon CAN 9024

022 THE BEST IS YET TO COME Denon CAN 9024

023 PIECE BY PIECE Denon CAN 9024

024 ALISON LIVES BY THE BIG BEND Denon CAN 9024

025 STREET OF THE MARIACHI Denon CAN 9024

026 JUST LIKE A WOMAN Denon CAN 9024

027 THE PROMISED LAND Denon CAN 9024

1995 unknown, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church, Colleen Peterson)

028 VERSION 1 - WITH REVERB FOR USE IN SMALL VENUES Denon CAN 9025

029 VERSION 2 : WITHOUT REVERB FOR USE IN LARGE VENUES (ARENAS, STADIUMS, ETC.) Denon CAN 9025

August 1996 [CMT-TV Special] Metalworks Recording Studio, Missisauga, Ontario, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church, Colleen Peterson + Rick Whitelaw [gt], Don Rooke [kona gt], Dan Whiteley [mandolin], George Koller [bass/cello], Claude Desjardins [drums/percussion],Oliver Schroes [fiddle], John Sheard [piano], Chris Whitely [harmonica], Barbara Ackerman [flute/picollo],  La Jeunesse Northhumberland Girls Choir, Marie Anderson, Dierdle Morrell [bck vcl. Producer: Deelan O’Doherty)

030 IT'S CHRISTMAS Denon CAN 1225

031 HOLY CHRISTMAS NIGHT Denon CAN 1225

032 NOW IT'S CHRISTMAS Denon CAN 1225

033 O COME, O COME EMMANUEL Denon CAN 1225  Taryden TH 003

034 WHEN WAS JESUS BORN Denon CAN 1225

035 A CHRISTMAS DREAM Denon CAN 1225

036 THE ANGELS WEPT Denon CAN 1225

037 THIS YEAR MY CHRISTMAS WISH IS MEXICO Denon CAN 1225

038 WHAT CHILD IS THIS Denon CAN 1225

039 CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR Denon CAN 1225

040 HUSH BABY JESUS Denon CAN 1225

041 SILENT NIGHT Denon CAN 1225 

TARYDEN TH 003 WISHFULL CHRISTMAS (1997)

1998 unknown, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church and Gwen Swick)

042 I DON'T WANT TO CRY

043 ME AND MY LOVE AND I

044 SENTINEL CROW

045 IN THE BEAUTY OF THE DAY

046 ASK ME

047 ALL THINGS CAN CHANGE

048 E.Z.

049 I DON'T BELIEVE I DO BELIEVE

050 A LOVE THAT JUST WON'T STRAY

051 I WALK THESE RAILS

052 LONG CHAIN OF LOVE

053 RAIN ON THE HIGHWAY

Tracks above issued on albu In The Beauty Of The Day

2002 unknown, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church and Gwen Swick)

054 I SEE A STAR Outside 1073 

055 MESSAGE FROM MARY Outside 1073

056 SANTA, PLEASE Outside 1073 

057 HOPE, PEACE, JOY AND LOVE Outside 1073 

058 THREE WISE MEN Outside 1073

059 IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER Outside 1073 

060 THE MIRACLE OF CHRISTMAS Outside 1073 

061 SNOWFLAKES FROM HEAVEN Outside 1073 

062 SEND SOMEONE  FOR ME Outside 1073 

063 A CHRISTMAS WALTZ Outside 1073 

064 O HOLY NIGHT Outside 1073 

065 THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREE Outside 1073 

066 SANS DAY CAROL Outside 1073 

067 ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT Outside 1073

2003 [sessions for Beautiful – A Tribute To Gordon Lightfoot] Canterbury Music Company, ?, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church , Gwen Swick [vcl/gt] + Kevin Breith [gt], Denis Keldie [steel/mandolin], Randall Coryell [bass], George Koller [Hammond organ]. Producer: Danny Greenspon)

068 SONG FOR A WINTER’S NIGHT Borealis [CAN] BVDNBN 500

2007 unknown, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church and Gwen Swick)

069 DOWN AT THE FAIR Quartette 1228

070 TWENTY SHADES OF BLUE Quartette 1228

071 THAT'S  WHAT YOU ALWAYS SAY TO MY HEART Quartette 1228

072 WHERE LOVE LIES Quartette 1228

073 ALL THESE THINGS ARE YOU Quartette 1228

074 WHO'S FOOLIN' WHO Quartette 1228

075 NOTHING CAN MAKE THE WORLD RIGHT AGAIN Quartette 1228

076 TELL MY LORD Quartette 1228

077 SING A SONG OF SADNESS Quartette 1228

078 MY INVITATION Quartette 1228

079 MARIE ANTOINETTE Quartette 1228

080 I MEAN WHAT I SAY Quartette 1228

081 I CAN'T WAIT Quartette 1228

2013 unknown, CAN – Quartette (Sylvia Tyson, Caitlin Hanford, Cindy Church and Gwen Swick)

082 ROCKS AND ROSES

083 FIRST LOVE WALTZ

084 CRY BABY

085 ALL I KNOW/CONQUERALL

086 I'LL KEEP YOU IN MY HEART

087 SWEET AGONY

088 ARKANSAS TRAVELOGUE

089 HOLDING YOU

090 WILDERNESS

091 SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT

Tracks above issued on album Rocks And Roses

ALBUMS

Denon [CAN] CAN 9016 Quartette: The Circle; Denim Blue Eyes; Unabashedly Blue; Soul To The Bone; Neon Cowboy; It Never Rains On Me; Hard Times; Cowboys And Rodeos; Lost Between Barren Shores; Papere's Mill; Hobo Girl; When God Dips His Pen Of Love In My Heart; Red Hot Blues; King Of The Cowboys – 15-11-94

Denon [CAN] CAN 9024 Work Of The Heart: Runaway Heart; No Place Like Home; Inspiration; Spring Of '45; This She Knows; When I Can Read My Titles Clear ; A Road Less Travelled On; The Best Is Yet To Come; Piece By Piece;Alison Lives By The Big Bend; Street Of The Mariachi; Just Like A Woman; The Promised Land - 95

Denon [CAN] CAN 9025 O’Canada - Proceeds to Frontier College: Version 1 - with reverb for use in small venues; Version 2 : without reverb for use in large venues (arenas, stadiums, etc.). – 15-11-95

Denon [CAN] CAN 1225 It’s Christmas: It's Christmas; Holy Christmas Night; Now It's Christmas; O Come, O Come Emmanuel; When Was Jesus Born; A Christmas Dream; The Angels Wept; This Year My Christmas Wish Is Mexico; What Child Is This; Christmas Came Early This Year; Hush Baby Jesus; Silent Night – 15-11-96

Outside Music [CAN] no # In the Beauty of the Day: I Don't Want To Cry; Me And My Love And I; Sentinel Crow; In The Beauty Of The Day; Ask Me; All Things Can Change;  E.Z.; I Don't Believe I Do Believe; A Love That Just Won't Stray;  I Walk These Rails; Long Chain Of Love; Rain On The Highway – 15-11-98

Outside Music [CAN] 23339-1073-2 I See a Star: I See A Star; Message From Mary; Santa, Please; Hope, Peace, Joy And Love; Three Wise Men; In The Bleak Midwinter; The Miracle Of Christmas; Snowflakes From Heaven; Send Someone  For Me; A Christmas Waltz; O Holy Night; The Perfect Christmas Tree; Sans Day Carol; All Through The Night – 15-11-02

Quartette [CAN] 23339-1228-2 Down At The Fair: Down At The Fair; Twenty Shades Of Blue; That's  What You Always Say To My Heart; Where Love Lies; All These Things Are You; Who's Foolin' Who; Nothing Can Make The World Right Again; Tell My Lord; Sing A Song Of Sadness; My Invitation; Marie Antoinette; I Mean What I Say; I Can't Wait – 25-09-07

Outside Music [CAN] ? Rocks And Roses:  Rocks and Roses;  First Love Waltz;  Cry Baby;  All I know/Conquerall; I'll Keep You In My Heart;  Sweet Agony;  Arkansas Travelogue;  Holding You;  Wilderness;  Song For A Winter's Night – 12-11-13 (contains also bonus CD 20 Years of Quartette:  The Circle;  Me and My Love and I;  Hobo Girl;  Spring of '45;  A Love That Just Won't Stray;  I Don't Want To Cry;  All Things Can Change;  A Christmas Waltz;  A Road Less Travelled;  No Place Like Home)

Johnny Western

*28-10-1934 Two Harbor, MN

2nd version

by Richard Weize, Bernd Siegemund, Praguefrank, Vaclav Zpatecka, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson

SESSIONS
Summer 1952 WCAL Radio Station Studio, St. Olaf, Northfield, MN – Johnny Western (John Fields [gt/bass/steel]

001 45-VR-52-301-B THE VIOLET AND THE ROSE WALTZ Joco 301/BCD-15552
002 45-VR-52-301-A GIVE ME MORE MORE MORE Joco 301/ BCD-15552
003 LET OLD MOTHER NATURE HAVE HER WAY Joco 302/ BCD-15552
004 LITTLE BUFFALO BILL Joco 302/ BCD-15552
005 LOVE ME LOVE ME Joco 304/ BCD-15552
006 HONEY HOW SWEET CAN YOU BE Joco 304/ BCD-15552
August 1958 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Richard Boone [narration], Billy Strange [gt], Bobby Gibbons [gt], Donald Duffy [bass], Muddy Berry [drums] + Jack Halloran Singers) [purchased masters]
007 CO 61576/JZSP 44700 THE BALLAD OF PALADIN 4-41260/BCD-15552 CK 46031 R2-71263 Rounder 1103
008 CO 61577/JZSP 44701 THE GUNS OF RIO MUERTO 4-41260/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552

COLUMBIA CK 46031 COLUMBIA COUNTRY CLASSICS VOL.3 AMERICANA (1990); RHINO R2 71263 SONGS OF THE WEST (1993, 4 CD SET); ROUNDER 1103 STAMPEDE WESTERN MUSIC
14 August 1959 [19:00-21:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Luther Perkins [gt], Bob Johnson [gt], Marshall Grant [bass], Fury Kazak [drums], James Wilson [piano]+ Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Don Law)
010 CO 62906/OB 1923 TEN YEARS 4-41500/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552
19 August 1959 [14:00-17:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Billy Byrd [gt], Hank Garland [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano] + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Don Law)
011 CO 62907/OB 1929 ONLY THE LONELY 4-41500/ BCD-15552
012 CO 62908/OB 1930 DELIA'S GONE 4-41652/ BCD-15552
013 CO 62909/OB 1931 UH HUH! unissued/ BCD-15552
17 February 1960 [20:30-23:30] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Harold Bradley [gt], Hank Garland [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano], Robert Bays [french horn] + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Don Law)
014 CO 64722/OB 2094 TIME HAS RUN OUT ON ME Columbia unissued/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552
015 CO 64723/OB 2095 DON'T CRY LITTLE GIRL 4-41652/ BCD-15552
016 CO 64724/OB 2096 THE BALLAD OF PALADIN unissued/ BCD-15552
around 1960 [live -Radio broadcasts] unknown – Johnny Western
01601 STAY A LITTLE LONGER BCD-15552
01602 BALLAD OF PALADIN BCD-15552
01603 LONELY STREET BCD-15552
01604 YOU WEREN'T ASHAMED TO KISS ME LAST NIGHT BCD-15552
01605 ROLLIN' DUST BCD-15552
01606 JOHN HENRY BCD-15552
01607 REMEMBER ME BCD-15552
01608 WAYWARD WIND BCD-15552
01609 GOTTA TRAVEL ON BCD-15552
01610 COWPOKE BCD-15552
01611 GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY BCD-15552
01612 I STILL MISS SOMEONE BCD-15552
01613 ONLY THE LONELY BCD-15552
01600 I TAKE A GIRL FOR MINE [TEXAS BILL STRENGTH] BCD-15552
01614 DELIA'S GONE BCD-15552
01615 I WALK THE LINE BCD-15552
01616 LILIES GROW HIGH BCD-15552
01617 STAY A LITTLE LONGER BCD-15552
25 November 1960 [20:00-24:00] Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Western Johnny Western [vcl], (Grady Martin [gt], Harold Bradley [gt], Hank Garland [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Gordon Terry [fiddle], Floyd Cramer [piano], Robert Bays [french horn] + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Don Law)
017 CO 65596/OB 2320 DARLIN' COREY 4-41921/ BCD-15552
018 5 CO 65597/OB 2321 THE BALLAD OF PALADIN CS-8588 BFX-15081 BCD-15552
019 CO 65598/OB 2322 WILLOWGREEN 4-41921/ BCD-15552
24 February 1961 [20:00-23:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Billy Strange [gt], Billy Lathum, Buddy Clark [bass], Irving Kluger [drums], Hubert Anderson [vibes] + strings section + vocal chorus. Producer: Don Law and Frank Jones)
020 RHCO 46879 THE BIG BATTLE 4-42301/ BCD-15552
021 RHCO 46880 FORTY SHADES OF GREEN 4-41995/ BCD-15552
17 June 1961 [14:30-17:30] CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Johnny Bond [gt], Howard Roberts [gt], Donald Duffy [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], James Wilson [piano]. Producer: Don Law)
022 HCO 70227 ECHO OF YOUR VOICE 4-42161/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552
023 HCO 70228 STRANGER DRIVE AWAY Col. unissued/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552
024 HCO 70229 I LOVE YOU MORE unissued/ BCD-15552

6 December 1961 [13:00-16:30] CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Johnny Bond [gt], Howard Roberts [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Allan Reuss [gt], Donald Duffy [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Hubert Anderson [percusion], Billy Liebert [accordion] + horns + Sons Of The Pioneers.Producer: Irving Thompson)
025 HCO 70442 LONELY MAN CS 8588 BFX-15081 BCD-15552
026 HCO 70443 HANNAH LEE (HIGH ARE THE GALLOWS) CS 8588 BFX-15081 BCD-15552
027 HCO 70444 STREETS OF LAREDO CS 8588 HS-11191 BCD-15552
7 December 1961 [13:00-16:00] CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Johnny Bond [gt], Howard Roberts [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Allan Reuss [gt], Donald Duffy [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Hubert Anderson [percusion], Billy Liebert [accordion] + horns + Sons Of The Pioneers.Producer: Irving Thompson)
028 HCO 70445 COWPOKE CS 8588 BCD-15552
029 HCO 70446 THE LILLIES GROW HIGH CS 8588 BCD-15552
030 HCO 70447 COTTONWOOD TREE CS 8588 BCD-15552
031 HCO 70448 ROLLIN' DUST CS 8588 BFX-15081 BCD-15552
8 December 1961 [13:00-16:00] CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Johnny Bond [gt], Howard Roberts [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Allan Reuss [gt], Donald Duffy [bass], Muddy Berry [drums], Hubert Anderson [percusion], Billy Liebert [accordion] + horns + Sons Of The Pioneers.Producer: Irving Thompson)
032 HCO 70454 THE SEARCHERS CS 8588 BFX-15081 BCD-15552
033 HCO 70455 NINETEEN MEN CS 8588 BFX-15081 BCD-15552
034 HCO 70456 THE LONG TALL SHADOW CS 8588 BFX-15081 BCD-15552
035 HCO 70457 THE LAST ROUND-UP CS 8588 BCD-15552
17 April 1962 [20:00-23:30] CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Western Johnny Western [vcl], (Luther Perkins [gt], Marshall Grant [bass], W.C. Holland [drums], Billy Liebert [accordion]. Producer: Don Law)
036 HCO 70694/RZSP-70694 THE GUNFIGHTER 4-42525/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552
037 HCO 70695/RZSP-70695 GERONIMO Columbia unissued/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552
23 May 1963 [10:30-13:30] Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Harold Bradley [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], William Ackerman [drums], Bill Pursell [piano] + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Don Law and Frank Jones)
038 CO 78867/CB-666 ALL BY MY LONESOME Col. unissued/ BFX-15081 BCD-15552
039 CO 78868/CB-667 JUST FOR THE RECORD 4-42818/BCD-15552
040 CO 78869/CB-668 KATHY COME HOME 4-42818/ BCD-15552
20 October 1963 [live] Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO – Johnny Western (Leon McAuliffe and The Cimarron band)
04001 THE BALLAD OF PALADIN Starday SLP-263
12 August 1964 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Jerry Reed [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Billy Bursell [piano] + Bill Justis Orchestra [strings]. Producer: Shelby Singleton)
041 2-33298 LIGHT THE FUSE Philips 40231/ BCD-15552
042 2-33299 TURN ANROUND AND LOOK AT ME unissued/ BCD-15552
043 2-33300 TENDER YEARS Philips 40231/ BCD-15552
044 2-33301 SINCERELY YOUR FRIEND unissued/ BCD-15552
December 1966 Cavern Studio, Independence, MO – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Dennis Crews [gt], Larry Good [rh gt], Joe Green [steel], John Pearson [bass], Bill Hargraves [drums], Gene Dunlop [piano]. Producer: John Parsons)
045 7-7611B THE VIOLET AND A ROSE Hep 2938/ BCD-15552
046 7-7611A RUBY (DON'T TAKE YOUR LOVE TO TOWN) Hep 2938/ BCD-15552
047 USED TO JRC 007 BCD-15552
048 I'LL TRY HARD TO FORGET YOU JRC 007 BCD-15552
1970 Cavern Studio, Independence, MO – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Dennis Crews [gt], Larry Good [rh gt], John Pearson [bass], Bill Hargraves [drums]. Producer: John Parsons)
049 THE STREETS OF OLD DODGE CITY ROMO SP/ BCD-15552
8 June 1973 [19:00-22:00] Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of Cash, Hendersonville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Harold Bradley [gt], Jerry Shook [gt], Hal Rugg [steel], John Williams [bass], William Ackerman [drums], Jerry Smith [piano])
050 WHOEVER FINDS THIS, I LOVE YOU JRC 007 BCD-15552
051 THE SINGIN' MAN JRC 007 BCD-15552
052 THE LAST TIME I SAW PHOENIX JRC 007 BCD-15552
053 THE HUSTLER JRC 007 BCD-15552
May 1976 Sound Spectrum Recording, House Of Cash, Hendersonville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Harold Bradley [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Hal Rugg [steel], John Williams [bass], Buddy Harman [drums] + vocal chorus)
054 MR. RODEO COWBOY JRC-007 BCD-15552
1981 Audio Recorders of Arizona, 3703 North 7th St., Phoenix, AR – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Art Sparer [gt], Danny Sneed [steel], Wayne Moore [bass], Robert Siler [drums], Rick Gilbreath [piano]. Producer: Tim Ramsey and Bill Carey)
055 FORTY SHADES OF GREEN JRC-007 BCD-15552
056 YOU WOUDLN‘T KNOW LOVE JRC-007 BCD-15552
057 ARIZONA MORNING JRC-007 BCD-15552
17/20 September 1984 Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl], Art Sparer [gt], Billy Strange [gt], Jack Clement [rh gt], Harold Bradley [gt], Joe Allen [bass], Kenny Malone [drums] + vocal chorus. Producer: Art Sparer)
058 GHOST RIDERS IN THE SKY AR-1001 BCD-15429
059 GUNFIGHT AT O.K. CORRAL AR-1001 BCD-15429
060 THE GUNFIGHTER AR-1001 BCD-15429
061 DON'T TAKE YOUR GUNS TO TOWN AR-1001 BCD-15429
062 RINGO AR-1001 BCD-15429
063 THE HANGIN' TREE AR-1001 BCD-15429
064 CROSS THE BRAZOS AT WACO AR-1001 BCD-15429
065 MEDLEY: JOHNNY YUMA THE REBEL/BONANZA/BALLAD OF PALADIN AR-1001 BCD-15429
066 RAWHIDE AR-1001 BCD-15429
067 THE SEARCHERS AR-1001 BCD-15429
068 HIGH NOON AR-1001 BCD-15429
069 SONG OF THE BANDIT AR-1001 BCD-15429
070 HANNAH LEE AR-1001 BCD-15429
071 THE LILLIES GROW HIGH AR-1001 BCD-15429
072 BALLAD OF BOOT HILL AR-1001 BCD-15429
073 MEDLEY: CHEYENNE/WYATT EARP/BAT MASTERSON AR-1001 BCD-15429

1985 unknown, GER – Johnny Western and Wild Canyon (Producer: Juerg Siemer)

074 ECHO OF YOUR VOICE BPR 1985 BCD 17005

075 TO ALL THE GIRLS I’VE LOVED BEFORE BPR 1985 BCD 17005

BEAR FAMILY BPR 1985 BEAR FAMILY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL (GER, 1985); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17005 FR 1975-1995 20 YEARS BEAR FAMILY RECORDS (GER, 1995, 4 CD SET);
February 1995 KFDI Studio, Wichita, KA – Johnny Western (Johnny Western [vcl/gt])

076 BOBBY THE COWBOY BEAR BCD 17005

ALBUMS
Columbia CL-1788/CS-8588 Have Gun, Will Travel: Ballad Of Paladin; Searchers; Cowpoke; Rollin' Dust; Hannah Lee (High Are The Gallows); Streets Of Laredo; Long Tall Shadow; Lillies Grow High; Cottonwood Tree; Nineteen Men; Lonely Man; Last Round-Up – 10-05-62 (MX: XLP 55816/7(m); XSP 55818/9(s))

Bear Family BFX-15070 Johnny Western: The Last Time I Saw Phoenix; Whoever Finds This, I Love You;  The Hustler;  The Singin' Man;  Forty Shades Of Green;  Mr. Rodeo Cowboy;  You Wouldn't Know Love;  I'll Try Hard To Forget You If I Can;  Used To; Arizona Morning - 80

Bear Family [GER] BFX-15081/CSP LSP 15184 The Gunfighter: Ballad Of Paladin; Guns Of Rio Muerto; Lonely Man; Rollin' Dust; Hannah Lee (High Are The Gallows); Long Tall Shadow; Nineteen Men; Searchers; Gunfighter; Geronimo; Echo Of Your Voice; Ten Years; Uh Huh; Stranger Drive Away; All By My Lonesome; Time Has Run Out On Me – 15-11-81
JRC-007/FC 38389 Johnny Western - Arizona Morning: The Last Time I Saw Phoenix; Whoever Finds This, I Love You; Hustler; Singin' Man; Forty Shades Of Green; Mr. Rodeo Cowboy; You Wouldn't Know Love; I'll Try Hard To Forget You If I Can; Used To; Arizona Morning – 82 (also on Bear Family BFX 15070 Johnny Western)
Americana AR-0001 Johnny Western Sings 20 Great Classics And Legends: Ghost Riders In The Sky; Gunfight At O.K. Corral; Gunfighter; Don't Take Your Guns To Town; Ringo; Hangin' Tree; Cross The Brazos At Waco; Medley: Johnny Yuma The Rebel/Bonanza/Ballad Of Paladin; Rawhide; Searchers; High Noon; Song Of The Bandit; Hannah Lee; Lillies Grow High; Ballad Of Boot Hill; Medley: Cheyenne/Wyatt Earp/Bat Masterson – 84 (reissued on Bear Family BCD 15429 Gunfight At O.K. Corral in 1989)

Bear Family BCD-15552 Heroes And Cowboys: The Ballad Of Paladin; The Guns Of Rio Muerto [with Richard BOONE]; The Gunfighter; Geronimo; The Ballad Of Paladin; The Lonely Man; Hannah Lee (High Are The Gallows); The Streets Of Laredo; Cowpoke; The Lilies Grow High; Cottonwood Tree; Rollin' Dust; The Searchers; Nineteen Men; The Long Tall Shadow; The Last Roundup; The Ballad Of Paladin; The Streets Of Old Dodge City; Mr. Rodeo Cowboy; The Singin' Man; The Big Battle; Forty Shades Of Green; Violet And A Rose; Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses); Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way; Little Buffalo Bill; Love Me, Love Me, Love Me; Honey, How Sweet Can You Be;  Echo Of Your Voice; Ten Years; Uh Huh!; Delia's Gone; Time Has Run Out On Me; Willowgreen; Don't Cry Little Girl; Darling Corey; Stranger, Drive Away; I Love You More; All By My Lonesome; Just For The Record; Kathy Come Home; Only The Lonely; Light The Fuse; Tender Years; Turn Around And Look At Me; Sincerely Your Friend; Violet And A Rose; Ruby, Don't Take Your Love ToTown; Used To; I'll Try Hard To Forget You If I Can; Whoever Finds This, I Love You; The Last Time I Saw Phoenix; The Hustler; Forty Shades Of Green; You Wouldn't Know Love; Arizona Morning;  Stay A Little Longer, Stay All Night (theme); The Ballad Of Paladin; Lonely Street; You Weren't Ashamed To Kiss Me Last Night; Rollin' Dust; John Henry; Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You); The Wayward Wind; Gotta Travel On; Cowpoke; (Ghost) Riders In The Sky; I Still Miss Someone; Only The Lonely; I Take A Country Girl For Mine (Texas Bill STRENGHT); Delia's Gone; I Walk The Line; The Lilies Grow High; Stay A Little Longer, Stay All Night (theme) – 91 (3 LP box)


SINGLES
J-O-C-O (1952)
45-301 Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) / The Violet And The Rose Waltz - 52
45-302 Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way / Little Buffalo Bill - 52
45-304 Love Me Love Me / Honey, How Sweet Can You Be - 52
Columbia (1958-63)
4-41260 The Ballad Of Paladin / The Guns Of Rio Huerto (w. Richard Boone) – 22-08-58
4-41500 Ten Years / Only The Lonely – ca. 12-10-59
4-41652 Delia's Gone / Don't Cry, Little Girl - 04-60
4-41921 Darlin' Corey / Willowgreen – 23-12-60 (rev. Dec. 31)
4-42161 The Ballad Of Paladin [1960 version] / Echo Of Your Voice - 09-61
4-42525 Gunfighter / Cowpoke – 17-08-62
4-42818 Just For The Record / Kathy Come Home – 09-07-63
Philips (1964)
40231 Light The Fuse / Tender Years – 10-64
Hep (1967)

No. 2938 Ruby (Don't Take Your Love To Town) / The Violet And A Rose - 67

 

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
The United States Army – Country Style USA #282:  Ballad Of Paladin; Lonely Street; How Blind Could I Be [The Playboys]; You Weren’t Ashamed To Kiss Me Last Night – 60 (MX: GXTV 66687)
 

Davis Sisters

Betty Jack Davis, *1932 Corbin, KY, + 02-08-1953/Georgie Davis

Maryfrances Pennick (Skeeter Davis), *30-12-1931 Dry Ridge, KY, +19-09-04

2nd version

by Richard Weize, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst, Dorothy Mercer, Vaclav Zpatecka, Steve Hathaway, Murray Kirch, Mario Manciotti, Lennart Gustavsson, David Epstein with help of Carcitycountry.com
SESSIONS
late 1952 [WJR Radio Broadcast transcriptions] Dairy Workers Hall, 15840 Second Ave., Highland Park, Detroit, MI - Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl], Paul Williams [gt], Ezra Cline [bass], Curley Ray Cline [fiddle], Roy Hall [piano])
00001 JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU unissued/BCD 15722
00002 IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS unissued /BCD 15722
00003 TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY TO CRY unissued/BCD 15722
00004 JAMBALAYA unissued/BCD 15722
late1952 Fortune Studio, 3942 3rd St., Detroit, MI – Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl], Leon Benson [rh gt], Cliff Southers [steel], ?  [bass], Roy Hall [piano])
001 6229* JEALOUS LOVE Fortune 170 4-Star 1630*/BCD 15722
late 1952 [demo session] poss. WJR Radio Studio, 3011 West Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI - Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl], Bud White [rh gt], Harvey Griner [bass], Rusty McDonald [fiddle], Roy Hall [piano])
00101 TOMORROW I'LL CRY unissued/BCD 15722
late 1952 or early 1953 [demo session] WJR Radio Studio, 3011 West Grand Blvd., Detroit, MI - Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl], ? [gt])
00102 TAKIN' TIME OUT FOR TEARS unissued/BCD 15722
early 1953 [WJR Radio Broadcast transcriptions]  Dairy Workers Gall, 15840 Second Ave., Highland Park, Detroit, MI - Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl], Boots Hatfield [vcl-1], Al Allen [el gt],  Chuck Hatfield [steel], Betty Gilbert [bass], Rusty McDonald [fiddle])
RAG MOP -1 unissued/BCD 15722
YOUR CHEATIN‘ HEART unissued/BCD 15722
CRYING STEEL GUITAR WALTZ unissued/BCD 15722
early 1953 Fortune Studio, 3942 3rd St., Detroit, MI – Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl],  Al Allen [el gt],  Paul Williams [rh gt], Chuck Hatfield [steel], poss. Ezra Cline [bass], Curly Eay Cline [fiddle]) [overdub sessions: [1] detail unknown]
002 HEARTBREAK AHEAD Fortune 175/BCD 15722 [1:] Fortune 175(b)/BCD 15722
early 1953 [demo session] poss. United Sound Sustems, Detroit, MI – Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl], Al Allen [el gt], Dorothy Cardis [rh gt], Chuck Hatfield [steel], Boots Gilbert [bass], Victor Cardis [fiddle])
00201 SORROW AND PAIN [fast version] unissued/BCD 15722
00202 YOU'RE GONE [swinging version] unissued/BCD 15722
 early 1953 Fortune Studio, 3942 3rd St., Detroit, MI – Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Skeeter Davis [vcl], Dorothy Cardis [rh gt], Al Allen [gt], Chuck Hatfield [steel], Boots Gilbert [bass], Victor Cardis [fiddle])
003 SORROW AND PAIN Fortune 174/BCD 15722
004 KAW-LIGA Fortune 174/BCD 15722
23 May 1953 [10:00-13:30] Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Betty Jack Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Velma Smith [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Hal Smith [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
005 E3-VB-0668 I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW 47-5345 EPA 5155/CAL-818 /BCD 15722 Lee Cash 1600 KNEWCD 717 RCA  12802-2  BCD 15791
006 E3-VB-0669 SORROW AND PAIN 47-5460/BCD 15722
007 E3-VB-0670 ROCK-A-BYE BOOGIE 47-5345/BCD 15722 Rounder 1031 IGOTCD 2556 CLCD 4494
008 E3-VB-0671 YOU'RE GONE 47-5345/BCD 15722

LEE CASH 1600 A/B THE HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC VOL.1 (2LP SET); KENWEST KNEWCD 717 HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC THE FIFTIES VOL.1 (UK, 1993, 2  CD SET); RCA 7432 12802 2 2 RCA NASHVILLE CLASSICS THE 50'S (1994);  BEAR FAMILY BCD 15791 AND THE ANSWER IS VOL.1 (GER, 1996); ROUNDER 1031 WILD WILD YOUNG WOMEN (1987); INDIGO IGOTCD 2556 ROOTS OF ROCKABILLY 1940/1953 (UK, 2004, 3 CD SET); COLLECTOR CLCD 4491 GIRLS GIRLS ROCKIN' (NED, 2006);
1 October 1953 [19:30-22:30] Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Velma Smith [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
009 E3-VB-2281 TOMORROW I'LL CRY unissued
010 E3-VB-2282 TAKIN' TIME OUT FOR TEARS unissued
11 November 1953 [10:00-14:00] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Al Chernet [gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Shorty Long [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
011 E3-VB-2282-2 TAKIN' TIME OUT FOR TEARS unissued/BCD 15722
012 E3-VB-2497-1 GOTTA GIT A GOIN' unissued/BCD 15722
12 November 1953 [09:30-12:30] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Al Chernet [gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Shorty Long [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
013 E3-VB-2610-1 I'VE CLOSED THE DOOR unissued/BCD 15722
014 E3-VB-2611-1 SHE LOVES HIM AND HE LOVES ME unissued/BCD 15722
28 December 1953 [19:00-22:00] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Al Chernet [gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Shorty Long [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
015 E3-VB-2282-3 TAKIN' TIME OUT FOR TEARS 47-5607/BCD 15722
016 E3-VB-2497-2 GOTTA GIT A-GOIN' 47-5607/BCD 15722
017 E3-VB-2610-2 I'VE CLOSED THE DOOR unissued/BCD 15722
018 E3-VB-2611-2 SHE LOVES HIM AND HE LOVES ME unissued/BCD 15722

29 December 1953 [09:30-12:30] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Al Chernet [gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Marty Gold [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
019 E3-VB-2932 YOU WEREN'T ASHAMED TO KISS ME LAST NIGHT 47-5701/BCD 15722
020 E3-VB-2933 WHEN I STOP LOVIN' YOU unissued
10 March 1954 [13:00-16:00] RCA Victor Studio, 30 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Homer Haynes [rh gt], Jethro Burns [mandolin], Holly Swanson [bass], Johnny Frigo [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
021 E4-VB-3232 FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP 47-5701/va CAL 679 Buddha 99829-2 /BCD 15722
022 E4-VB-3233 SINGLE GIRL unissued/Buddha 99829-2 /BCD 15722
9 May 1954 [live] Robinson Memorial Auditorium, Little Rock, AR - various artists (Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Bud Isaacs [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Don Slayman [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
02201 ROCK-A-BYE-BOOGIE LPM-3220 /BCD 15722
02202 I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU’LL EVER KNOW LPM-3220/BCD 15722
02203 GOTTA GIT A GOIN‘ LPM-3220/BCD 15722
16 August 1954 [15:00-18:00] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Al Chernet [gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Shorty Long [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
023 E4-VB-4963 JUST LIKE ME 47-5843/BCD 15722
024 E4-VB-4964 DON'T TAKE HIM FOR GRANTED 47-6409/BCD 15722
025 E3-VB-2610-3 I'VE CLOSED THE DOOR 47-6187/BCD 15722
17 August 1954 [14:00-17:00] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], George Barnes [gt], Billy Mure [rh gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Phil Kraus [drums], Shorty Long [fiddle], Mac Ceppos [fiddle], Marty Gold [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
026 E4-VB-4965 SHOW ME 47-5843/BCD 15722
027 E4-VB-4966 CHRISTMAS BOOGIE 47-5906/BCD 15722 R2-70195
028 E4-VB-4967 FIDDLE DIDDLE BOOGIE 47-6086/BCD 15722
029 E4-VB-4968 EVERLOVIN' (A ONE WAY LOVE) 47-5966/BCD 15722
RHINO R2 70195 HILLBILLY HOLIDAY (1988)

18 August 1954 [14:00-17:00] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Billy Mure [rh gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Charles Grean [bass], Shorty Long [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
030 E4-VB-4977-1 COME BACK TO ME unissued/BCD 15722
031 E4-VB-4978-1 TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY TO CRY unissued/BCD 15722
032 E3-VB-2281-2 TOMORROW I'LL CRY 47-5906/BCD 15722
1 October 1954 [14:00-17:00] Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Jack Shook [rh gt], Don Helms [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Dale Potter [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
033 E4-VB-4977-2 COME BACK TO ME 47-6086/BCD 15722
034 E4-VB-4978-2 TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY TO CRY 47-5966/BCD 15722
035 E3-VB-2933-2 WHEN I STOP LOVING YOU unissued/BCD 15722
3 June 1955 [22:00-01:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Jack Shook [rh gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Charlies Grean [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Anita Kerr [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
036 F2-WB-3928 I'LL GET HIM BACK 47-6187/BCD 15722
037 F2-WB-3929-1 IT'S THE GIRL WHO GETS THE BLAME unissued/BCD 15722
038 F2-WB-3930 TOODLE-OOH (TO YOU) unissued/BCD 15722
27 September 1955 [20:00-23:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Charlie Haggman [rh gt], Joe Talbit III [rh gt], Bob Foster [steel], Ernie Newton [bass]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
039 F2-WB-6502 BABY BE MINE 47-6291/BCD 15722
040 F2-WB-6503 BLUES FOR COMPANY 47-6409/BCD 15722
041 F2-WB-3929-2 IT'S THE GIRL WHO GETS THE BLAME 47-6291/BCD 15722
2 March 1956 [10:00-13:00] RCA Victor Studio 1, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Eddie Thomas [gt], Al Chernet [rh gt], Herb Johnson [steel], Sandy Block [bass], Bunny Shawker [drums], Marty Gold [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
042 G2-WB-2427 LONELY AND BLUE 47-6490/BCD 15722
043 G2-WB-2428 LET'S GO STEADY unissued/BCD 15722
044 G2-WB-2429 LYING BROWN EYES 47-6490/BCD 15722
Spring 1956 Decoursey Baptist church, Decoursey, KY – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Ruby Williams [vcl/piano])
045 EVERYWHERE HE WENT unissued/BCD 15722
046 TAKE MY HAND, PRECIOUS LORD unissued/BCD 15722
047 DIG A LITTLE DEEPER IN GOD‘S LOVE /BCD 15722
1957 [demo session] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Davis Sisters (Skeeter Davis [vcl], Georgie Davis [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Sonny James [gt] Producer: Chet Atkins)
04701 IT WASN'T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS unissued/BCD 15722

 


ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15722 Memories: I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know; Sorrow And Pain; Rock-A-Bye Boogie; You're Gone; Sorrow And Pain [Fast Version]; You're Gone [Swinging Version]; Heartbreak Ahead [Overdub]; Jealous Love; Sorrow And Pain‘; Kawliga; Heartbreak Ahead; Rag Mop; Your Cheatin' Heart; Crying Steelguitar Waltz; Just When I Needed You; It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels; Tomorrow's Just Another Day To Cry; Tomorrow I'll Cry; Jambalaya; Taking Time Out For Tears; Rock-A-Bye Boogie [Alt]; Taking Time Out For Tears; Gotta Git A-Goin'; You Weren't Ashamed To Kiss Me Last Night; Foggy Mountain Top; Just Like Me; Don't Take Him For Granted; I've Closed The Door; Rock-A-Bye Boogie/I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know/Gotta Git A-Goin'; Taking Time Out For Tears; Gotta Git A-Goin'; I've Closed The Door; She Loves Him And He Loves Me; I've Closed The Door; She Loves Him And He Loves Me; Single Girl; Show Me; Christmas Boogie; Fiddle Diddle Boogie; Everlovin'; Come Back To Me; Tomorrow's Just Another Day To Cry; Tomorrow I'll Cry Over You; Come Back To Me; Tomorrow's Just Another Day To Cry; When I Stop Loving You; I'll Get Him Back; It's The Girl Who Gets The Blame; Toodle-Oot To You; Baby Be Mine; Blues For Company; It's The Girl Who Gets The Blame; Lonely And Blue; Let's Go Steady; Lying Brown Eyes; Everywhere He Went; Take My Hand Precious Lord; Dig A Little Deeper In God's Love; Dig A Little Deeper In God's Love; It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels [Skeeter solo] – 07-93 (complete 1952-57)

Probably bootlegs of homemade albums

Volume 1: Baby Be Mine;  Blues For Company;  Come Back To Me; Crying Steel Guitar Waltz; Dig A Little Deeper; Don't Take Him For Granted;  Everywhere He Went;  Foggy Mountain Top;  Gotta Get A-Going; Heartbreak Ahead; I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know; I'll Get Him Back;  It's A Girl Who Gets The Blame; Jambalaya; Jealous Love;  Just Like Me; Just When I Needed You

Volume 2:  Let's Go Steady;  Lonely And Blue;  Lying Brown Eyes;  Rock A Bye Boogie;  She Loves Him And He Loves Me;  Show Me;  Single Girl;  Sorrow And Pain;  Taking Time Out For Tears;  Tomorrow I'll Cry Over You;  When I Stop Loving You;  You Weren't Ashamed To Kiss Me Last Night

SINGLES

Fortune (1952-53) 

45-170 [The Davis Sisters with Roy Hall and His Cohutta Mountain Boys:] Jealous Love / [Roy Hall and His Cohutta Mountain Boys:] Going Down The Road Feeling Bad – 12-52 (adv. Jan. 3, 1953)
4-Star 45-1630 Jealous Love / [Jimmie Lane:] Firecracker Stomp – 03-53 (adv. March 28)
45-174 Sorrow And Pain / Kaw-Liga - 10-53 (rev. Oct. 10)
45-175 Heartbreak Ahead / [Chuck Mayfield and The Treble-Aires:] Steel Wool – 11-53 (rev. Nov. 28)
RCA Victor (1953-56)
47-5345 I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know / Rock-A-Bye Boogie - 06-53 (rev. June 20)
47-5460 Sorrow And Pain / You're Gone - 10-53 (rev. Oct. 31)
47-5607 Takin' Time Out For Tears / Gotta Git A-Goin' - 01-54 (rev. Jan. 23)
47-5701 Foggy Mountain Top / You Weren't Ashamed To Kiss Me Last Night - 04-54 (rev. May 8)
47-5843 Just Like Me / Show Me - 09-54 (rev. Sept. 11)
47-5906 The Christmas Boogie / Tomorrow I'll Cry - 11-54
47-5966 Everlovin' (A One Way Love) / Tomorrow's Just Another Day - 12-54
47-6086 Fiddle Diddle Boogie / Come Back To Me - 04-55
47-6187 I've Closed The Door / I'll Get Him Back - 07-55
47-6291 Baby, Be Mine / It's The Girl Who Gets The Blame  - 10-55 (rev. Oct. 22)
47-6409 Don't Take Him For Granted / Blues For Company - 01-56 (rev. Jan. 28)
47-6490 Lonely And Blue / Lying Brown Eyes - 04-56 (rev. Apr. 21)

447-0586 [The Davis Sisters:] I Forgot More Than You'll Never Know / [Skeeter Davis:] Set Him Free - 60