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.
always good work, many thanks !!!
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