Sammy Reginald Johns, *07-02-1946 Charlotte, NC, +04-01-2013
3rd
version
By
Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1964 Unknown – Sammy Johns and The Devilles (Sammy Johns [vcl], James
Murray [harmonica] + unknown musicians)
001 C-64-187/SO 607 MAKING TRACKS
Derrick 1000 Kedlen 129
002 C-64-188 WORD DON’T COME MY WAY Kedlen 129
1973 The Sound Pit, Atlanta, GA – Sammy Johns (arr. By Jefferson Lee.
Producer: Jefferson Lee)
003 4376 EARLY MORNING LOVE GRC
2021/GA-5003 BS-3063 COL-CD-5033
1973 The Sound Pit, Atlanta, GA – Sammy Johns (Producer: Jay Senter, Larry
Knechtel)
004 4485/TCA6749 CHEVY VAN* GRC 2046
WBS-8441 MCA-53398/GA-5003 BS-3063 COL-CD-5033
005 4486 HANG MY HEAD AND MOAN GRC
2046/GA-5003 BS-3063
*GRC and WB tracks may be different, running time: time 2:54, 2:57
1973-74 The Sound Pit, Atlanta, GA – Sammy Johns (Sammy Johns [vcl/ac gt],
James Burton [gt], Dean Parks [gt],
Buddy Emmons [steel], Chuck Rainey [bass], Larry Knechtel [bass/gt], Jim Gordon
[drums/percussion], Mylon Lefevre, Herb Pedersen, The Blackberries [bck vcl])
006 JENNY GRC GA-5003
007 4953 RAG DOLL GRC 2062/GA-5003
BS-3063 COL-CD-5033
008 4228/RCA6130* FRIENDS OF MINE GRC 2062 *WBS-8224/GA-5003 COL-CD-5033
009 AMERICA GRC 1001 WBS-8270/GA-5003
COL-CD-5033
010 HOLY MOTHER, AGING FATHER GRC 2021/GA-5003 COL-CD-5033
011 LET THE SUN SHINE GRC GA-5003
012 WAY OUT JESUS [WAY OUT TEARS*] GRC GA-5003 COL-CD-5033*
013 SHAKE A HAND GRC 1003/ COL-CD-5033
014 RUN BOY RUN GRC 1007/COL-CD-5033
1973 or 1976
unknown – Sammy Johns
015 SANDY HILL COL-CD-5033
016 CRY COL-CD-5033
017 BAYOU
BABY COL-CD-5033
018 WE WILL
SHINE COL-CD-5033
1976
Hollywood, CA – Sammy Johns (Producer: Jay Senter, Larry Knechtel)
019 COUNTRY
LADY WB BS-3063
020 YOU'RE
SO SWEET WB BS-3063
021
TCA6129 PEAS IN A POD WB
WBS-8224/BS-3063 COL-CD-5033
022 TCA6423
BLESS MY SOUL WB WBS-8270/BS-3063
023 JENNY WB
BS-3063
024 TCA6738
HEY, MR. DREAMER WB WBS-8335/BS-3063
025 FEMALE
CHAUVINIST SOW WBS-8335
1977 unknown
– Sammy Johns
026 MUSIC OF THE
BAND WBS-8441
1980 unknown
– Sammy Johns
027 RW 38792 FALLING
OVER YOU Real World 7307
028 SIX FEET TALL
AND HANDSOME Real World 7307
1981 poss.
Nashville, TN – Sammy Johns (Producer: James Stroud)
029 COMMON MAN
Elektra E-47189
030 EASY TO BE
WITH YOU E-47189
031 LOVE ME OFF
THE ROAD E-47248 MCA-53398
032 THIS TIME E-47248
Fall 1982
unknown – Sammy Johns
033 THERE, I'VE
SAID IT AGAIN Southern Tracks ST 1010
034 ALL WRAPPED UP
IN YOUR LOVE Southern Tracks ST 1010
ST-1031 ST-1036/ STCD-0123
1984 unknown
– Sammy Johns (Producer: Doug Johnson, Tom Long)
035 U 12184 I'D
RATHER BE HURT BY YOU ST 1031
1985 unknown
– Sammy Johns
036 U12980 DESPERADO
LOVE ST 1036/ STCD-0123
1985 unknown
– Sammy Johns
037 U14123 YOU
JUST MADE ME UP IN YOUR MIND ST 1046/ STCD-0123
038 U14123 LIFETIME
THING ST 1046
1987 unknown
– Sammy Johns (Producer: Sonny Limbo, Doug Johnson)
039 U18055 TENNESSEE
VALLEY GIRL ST 1075 ST 1096
040 U18055 ROCK ME
LIKE A BABY ST 1075
041 U19755 EARLY
MORNING LOVE ST 1086
1988 unknown
– Sammy Johns (Producer: Bill Mueller)
042 U21685 SAM'S
SONGS (CHEVY VAN, COMMON MAN, AMERICA) ST 1096
1991 unknown
– Sammy Johns
043 DANCIN' AND
GLANCIN' AGAIN STCD-0020/ STCD-0123
044 A NEW LIFE
BEGUN STCD-0020
Btw
1982/2000 Old House Studio, Gastonia, NC- Sammy Johns (Sammy Johns [vcl], Marty
Cofield [gt/banjo], Bo Baity [bass])
045 RAG DOLL STCD-0123
046 GOOD BYE
EYES STCD-0123
047 HOLDIN'
ON STCD-0123
048 HEY
MISTER DREAMER STCD-0123
049 GONE BUT
NOT FORGOTTEN STCD-0123
050
AMERICA STCD-0123
ALBUMS
GRC GA-5003 Sammy
Johns: Early
Morning Love; Chevy Van; Jenny; Rag Doll; Hang My Head And Moan; Friends Of
Mine; America; Holy Mother, Aging Father; Let The Sun Shine; Way Out Tears – 02-73
Warner
Brothers BS-3063 Sammy
Johns Sings "The Van": Chevy Van; Early Morning Love; Hang My Head And Moan;
Ragdoll; Country Lady; You're So Sweet; Peas In A Pod; Bless My Soul; Jenny;
Hey, Mr. Dreamer – 77 (original soundtrack)
Collectables
COL-CD-5033-2 Golden Classics: Early Morning
Love; Chevy Van; Cry; Peas In A Pod; Bayou Bay; Friends Of Mine; Way Out Tears;
Sandy Hill; Shake A Hand; America; Holy Mother, Aging Father; Rag Doll; We Will
Shine; Run Boy Run – 22-04-94
Southern Tracks
STCD-0123 Honky-Tonk Moon: All Wrapped Up; Rag Doll; Good Bye
Eyes; Dancin' Again; You Made Me Up; Holdin' On; Desperado Love; Hey Mister
Dreamer; Gone But Not Forgotten; America
– 07-11-00
SINGLES
Kedlen
(1964)
129 Making
Tracks / Word Don’t Come My Way - 64
Derrick 1000 [Sammy Johns:] Making Tracks / [Kip
Anderson:] I Wanna Be The Only One
GRC (1973-75)
GRC-1001 Shake A
Hand / ? - 73
GRC-1007 America /
Run Boy Run - 73
GRC-2021 Early
Morning Love / Holy Mother, Aging Father – 08-74 (rev. Aug. 10)
GRC-2046 Chevy Van
/ Hang My Head And Moan – 01-75
GRC-2062 Friends
Of Mine / Rag Doll – 05-75
Warner Brothers
(1976-77)
WBS 8224 Peas In A
Pod / Friends Of Mine - ca. 26-05-76
WBS 8270 America /
Bless My Soul – 09-76 (rev. Oct. 9)
WBS 8335 Hey,
Mister Dreamer / Female Chauvinist Sow – 02-77
WBS 8441 Chevy Van
/ Music Of The Band – 08-77
Real World (1980)
RW 7307 Falling
Over You / Six Feet Tall And Handsome – 09-80 (rev. Sept. 6)
Elektra
(1981)
E-47189 Common Man
/ Easy To Be With You – 08-81 (rev. Aug. 29)
E-47248 Love Me
Off The Road / This Time – 11-81
Southern Tracks
(1982-)
ST 1010 There,
I've Said It Again / All Wrapped Up In Your Love - 11-82 (rev. Nov. 20)
ST 1031 I'd Rather
Be Hurt By You / All Wrapped Up In Your Love - 84
ST 1036 Desperado
Love / All Wrapped Up In Your Love – 03-85 (rev. March 30)
ST 1046 You Just
Made Me Up In Your Mind / Lifetime Thing – ca. 11-85
ST 1075 Tennessee
Valley Girl / Rock Me Like A Baby – ca. 03-87
ST 1086 Early
Morning Love / ? – ca. 08-87
ST 1096 Sam's
Songs (Chevy Van, Common Man, America) / Tennessee Valley Girl - 88
MCA-53398 Chevy
Van / Love Me Off The Road - 08-88
(released on MCA)
STCD-0020 Dancin'
And Glancin' Again / A New Life Begun – 91 (CD single)
