Monday, May 26, 2014

Roy Hall (by Dick Grant)



ROY “THE HOUND” HALL
1949-1953
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys
                          Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detrroit, Mi.:      1949                                                                                             
James Faye “Roy” Hall (pno); Thomas “Tommy” Odom (t/off gtr); Jack Luker (rhy gtr); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl/fdl); Harvey William “Flash” Griner (stg bs); Trio (vcl-1).     Producer: Dorothy Summers “Devora” Brown

126 A                  NO ROSE IN SAN ANTONE                                                             Fortune 126 A, TRG CD-505101, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Ted Edlin-Roy Hall)                                                                        
126 B                  DIRTY BOOGIE                -1                                   Fortune 126 B, Fortune 126 B, Fortune LP-3001
                          (F.Brumbalough) (Trianon Publications BMI)               Fortune LP-3001, TRG CD-505101
                                                                                                                               Bear Family BCD-16747, One Day Music DAY3CD-58
                                                                                                                               B.A.C.M. CD D-442

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys
                          Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detroit, Mi.:       1949
Roy Hall (pno); Tommy Odin  (sic); (t/off gtr); Arleigh “Arlie” Barber (rhy gtr); Bud White (vcl-2/fdl); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl/narration-3/fdl); Christopher “Chris” Wells (stl gtr); Flash Griner (stg bs); Trio (vcl-1)
                                                                                                                              Producer: Devora Brown

126 A                  OKEE DOAKS                                                        Fortune 126 A, TRG CD-505101, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Dorothy S.Brown-John Klein) (Trianon Publications BMI)                      
133 A                  NEVER MARRY A TENNESSEE GAL                       -1                       Fortune 133 A,          CD-505101,                CD D-442
                          ()
133 B                  WE NEVER GET TOO BIG TO CRY                          -2-3                                  133 B,                CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): FORTUNE 126 was issued TWICE with alternative ‘A’ sides. Some copies labelled “NO ROSE IN SAN ANTONE” are actually “OKEE DOAKS”.
NB(2): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases-Saturday 31st December 1949-FORTUNE 133.
NB(3): FORTUNE 126 “NO ROSE IN SAN ANTONE”/“DIRTY BOOGIE” released Tuesday 3rd January 1950.
NB(4): FORTUNE 133 released Tuesday 3rd January 1950.
NB(5): FORTUNE Records Advert Billboard Saturday 14th April 1951-FORTUNE 126 “OKEE DOAKS”/“DIRTY BOOGIE”.
NB(6): FORTUNE 126 “OKEE DOAKS”/“DIRTY BOOGIE” released Tuesday 17th April 1951.
NB(7): FORTUNE RECORDS was based at based at 11629 LINWOOD, Detroit.
NB(8): FORTUNE LP-3001 “THE ORIGINAL SKEETS McDONALD’S TATTOOED LADY plus Eleven Other Sizzlers” released 1961 (1st Press) (Female on Bed) (Red Label).
NB(9): FORTUNE LP-3001 “THE ORIGINAL SKEETS McDONALD’S TATTOOED LADY plus Eleven Other Sizzlers” released 1962 (2nd Press) (Upright Female).
NB(10): ONE DAY MUSIC DAY3CD-58 “DIRTY BOOGIE-THE FORTUNE RECORDS STORY” released United Kingdom 2014.
NB(11): B.A.C.M. CD D-442 “ROY HALL AND HIS COHUTTA MOUNTAIN BOYS-I’M THE BOSS-COMPLETE DETROIT & NASHVILLE RECORDINGS 1949-1953” released United Kingdom February 2014.

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys
                          Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detroit, Mi.:       1950
Roy Hall (pno); Tommy Odom (t/off gtr); Bud White (vcl-2/rhy gtr); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl-1/fdl); Flash Griner (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               Producer: Devora Brown

139 A                  FIVE YEARS IN PRISON  -1                                   Fortune 139 A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (B.Young) (Trianon Publications BMI)
139 B                  MY FRECKLE FACE GAL  -2                                 139 B,                 CD D-442
                          ()

NB: FORTUNE 139 released Tuesday 4th April 1950.

ROY HALL And His Cohutta Mountain Boys.
                                                                                                                               Nashville, Tn.:                                                          ca. April 1950
Roy Hall (pno); Harold “Hal” Clark (vcl/-2ld gtr); Tommy Odom (t/off gtr-3); Bud White (rhy gtr); Frankie Brumbalough (vcl-1/fdl); Flash Griner (stg bs).                                                                     Producer:

704A                   OLD FOLKS JAMBOREE   -1                                   Bullet 704 A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Hal Clark)
704B                   MULE BOOGIE                -1                                              704 B, TRG CD-505101, Bear Family BCD-16747
                          ()                                                                                                   B.A.C.M. CD D-442
712A                   AIN’T YOU AFRAID                                                -2-3                    Bullet 712 A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          (Hal Clark)
712B                   TURN MY PICTURE TO THE WALL                         -2-3                              712 B,                 CD D-442
                          (Hal Clark)         

NB(1): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 6th May 1950- BULLET 704.
NB(2): BULLET 704 released Tuesday 9th May 1950.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 9th September 1950-BULLET 712.
NB(4): BULLET 712 released Tuesday 12th September 1950.
NB(5): TRG CD-505101 “DIGGIN’ THAT ROCK-A-BILLY BOOGIE” released 1995.
NB(6): BEAR FAMILY BCD-16747 “ROY HALL ROCKS” released Germany Tuesday 21st June 2005.

THE EAGLES      -1          Citation Records, Music Hall Bldg, Madison                     Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1951
DICK POULTON And DICK DIXON Orch. The Eagles-2
Roy Hall (vcl-4/pno); Richard “Dick” Poulton (ld gtr-7); Richard “Dick” Dixon (stl gtr-7); Bud White (vcl-5/rhy gtr); Unk (bjo); Flash Griner (vcl-3/stg bs);  Elizabetth Lee “Boots” Gilbert (vcl-6); Dorothy “Dee” Gilbert (vcl-6); Bill Sova’s Ranch Boys ().                                                                                                                                                                                                            Producer: Louis Parker

1150A                 YOU CAN’T COME BACK - POLKA                          -1-3-4-5               Citation 1150-A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          ()
1150B                 WILD WILD MAN FROM TENNESSEE                     -1-3                                  1150-B,                CD D-442
                          ()
1151A                 SKINNY MINNIE FROM TEXAS CITY                       -2-3                    Citation 1151-A,                 CD D-442
                          ()
1151B                 I’M THE BOSS AROUND HERE                               2-4-7                                1151-B,                CD D-442
                          (Roy Hall-Lou Parker) (Mid-West Music BMI)
1152A                YOU’RE GONNA BE SORRY (FOR SLIPPIN’ AROUND)-2-3                 Citation 1152-A,                 CD D-442
                          ()
1152B                YOU’RE STILL THE CAPTAIN OF MY HEART-2-5-6                 1152-B,                 CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): CITATION 1150 released Tuesday 31st July 1951.
NB(2): Billboard C&W Records to Watch Saturday 4th August 1951-CITATION 1150.
NB(3): Billboard Advance Folk (Country & Western) Record Releases Saturday 4th August 1951-CITATION 1150.
NB(4): Billboard Country & Western (Folk) Record Reviews Saturday 4th August 1951-CITATION 1150.
NB(5): CITATION 1151 released September 1951.
NB(6): Billboard Advance Folk Record Releases Saturday 1st December 1951-CITATION 1151.
NB(7): CITATION 1152 released Tuesday 23rd October 1951.           
NB(8): Billboard Advance Rhythm & Blues Record Releases Saturday 27th October 1951-CITATION 1152.
NB(9): Billboard Country & Western (Folk) Record Reviews Saturday 27th October 1951-CITATION 1152.

FLOYD COMPTON And His Western Troubadors                                                                                                                                                                                                Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood           Detroit, Mi.:       1952                                                                                             
Floyd Compton (vcl-1/           ); Tommy Odom (vcl-2/t/off gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer: Devora Brown

5002A                 CARELESS LOVER                                                -1                       Renown 5002-A
                          ()
5002B                 SHE WON’T TURN OVER FOR ME                          -2                                      5002-B
                          ()

NB(1): RENOWN 5002 released 1952.
NB(2): RENOWN Records was a subsidiary of FORTUNE Records and based at 11629 Linwood, Detroit.

ROY HALL          Brown Radio Productions, 240½ 4th Avenue North                        Nashville, Tn.:                                                                        1952
Roy Hall (pno); Bud White (rhy gtr); Unk (stg bs); Unk (dms).
                                                                                                                               Producer:

E2KB-2209          JOHN HENRY                 (Inst)                              Tennessee 835, Tennessee 835-45, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          ()
E2KB-2210          BACK UP AND PUSH       (Inst)                              Tennessee 813, Tennessee 813-45,                 CD D-442
                          ()
E2KB-2211          Unknown Title                  (inst)                               Tennessee (Uniss)
                          ()
E2KB-2212          GOLDEN SLIPPERS                                               (Inst)                  Tennessee 813,                     813-45,                CD D-442
                          ()
E2KB-2213          Unknown Title                  (inst)                               Tennessee (Uniss)
                          ()
E2KB-2214          PUT ON YOUR OD GREY BONNET                         (Inst)                  Tennessee 835, Tennessee 835-45, B.A.C. M CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): TENNESSEE 813/813-45 released 1952.
NB(2): TENNESSEE 835/835-45 released 1952.

THE DAVIS SISTERS      
                                      Dairy Workers Hall, 15840 Second Avenue                         Highland Park Mi.:                                                          Late 1952
Betty Jack Davis (vcl); Mary Frances “Skeeter Davis” Penick (vcl); Bud White (rhy gtr); Myrl “Rusty” McDonald (fdl); Roy Hall (pno).                                                                                                       M.C:

                          IT WASN’T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS                        WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss)
                          ()                                                                                                   Bear Family BCD-15722
                          JAMBALAYA                                                                                   WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss)
                          (Hank Williams)                                                      Bear Family BCD-15722
                          JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU                                                           WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss)
                          ()                                                                                                   Bear Family BCD-15722
                          TOMORROW’S JUST ANOTHER DAY TO CRY         WJR Radio Transcription (Uniss),                                                                                                                     ()                                                                                                   Bear Family BCD-15722
                         
NB: BEAR FAMILY BCD-15722 “MEMORIES” released Germany July 1993.

THE DAVIS SISTERS
                          poss. Radio Station WJR, 3011 West Grand Blvd  Detroit, Mi.:       Late 1952
Betty Jack Davis (vcl); Skeeter Davis (vcl); Bud White (rhy gtr); Roy Hall (pno); Flash Griner (stg bs).
                                                                                                                               M.C.:

                          TOMORROW I’LL CRY                                           (Demo/Uniss), Bear Family BCD-15722
                          (Skeeter and Betty Jack Davis) (Tannen Music Inc. BMI)


THE DAVIS SISTERS-1
THE DAVIS SISTERS with Roy Hall and His Cohutta Mountain Boys-2
DAVIS SISTERS with Roy Hall-3
DAVIS SISTERS-4           Fortune Recording Studio, 11629 Linwood                        Detroit, Mi.:                                                                     Late 1952
Betty Jack Davis (vcl); Mary Frances Penick (vcl); Leon Benson (rhy gtr); Clifford “Cliff” Southers (stl gtr); Roy Hall (pno). 
                                                                                                                               Producer: Devora Brown

170A/6229           JEALOUS LOVE               -1-2-3-4                           Fortune 170-A, Fortune 45-170-A, 4 Star 1630
                          (Dorothy S.Brown)                                                                           4 Star 45-1630, 4 Star ET-112, 4 Star ET-117
                          (Dorothy S,Brown) (4 Star Sales-BMI)                                                 Fortune LP-3004, Bear Family BCD-15722
                          (Dorothy S.Brown) (4 Star Sales-BMI)
170B                   GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD                Fortune 170, Fortune 45-170-A, B.A.C.M. CD D-442
                          ()

NB(1): FORTUNE 170/45-170 released Tuesday 30th December 1952.  
NB(2): FORTUNE Records Advert Billboard Saturday 10th January 1950-FORTUNE 170/45-170.
NB(3): “JEALOUS LOVE” purchased by 4 STAR Records during February 1953.
NB(4): 4 STAR 1630 released Tuesday 7th April 1953.
NB(5): 4 STAR ET-112 “VARIOUS ARTISTS” released April 1953.
NB(6): 4 STAR ET-117 “VARIOUS ARTISTS” released September 1953.
NB(7): FORTUNE LP-3004 “THE DAVIS SISTERS HITS” released ca. 1963. May have been reissued with the title of “JEALOUS HEART” and credited to SKEETER DAVIS.



DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT,  DAVE SAX, AL TURNER, CRAIG MAKI & KEITH CADY with acknowledgements to Michel Ruppli, Richard Weize, Thieu Van De Vorst, Dorothy Mercer

2000-2014.

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