Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Carolina Cotton

 Helen Hagstrom, *20-10-1925, +10-06-1997
4th version
By Lillies Ohlsson, Michel Ruppli, Sharon Marie, Mario Manciotti, Marc Alesina, Thieu Van DeVorst, with help of carolinacotton.org
SESSIONS
also actress
May 1946 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL - Deuce Spriggins and His Western Band (Carolina Cotton - [-* duet vcl], The Plainsmen)
001 355 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU* Mercury 6010
002 356 I BEEN DOWN IN TEXAS -* 6010
30 October 1946 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – Hank Penny Orchestra aka Carolina Cotton Pickers (Hank Penny [leader], Carolina Cotton [vcl], Fred Cianci [], Ralph Miele [steel], Doye O´Dell [gt/vcl?], Max Fidler [], Bob Caudana [accordion], poss Eddie Bennett [piano])
003 K2242 MOCKING BIRD YODEL King 816/Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 JASMCD 3566
004 K2243 HAPPIE ON THE PRAIRIE unissued
005 K2244 THREE MILES SOUTH OF CASH (IN ARKANSAS) 572 /Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
006 K2245 YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME unissued
007 K2246 SINGING ON THE TRAIL 572/Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 BACM CD D 093
008 K2247 I’D LOVE TO BE A COWGIRL unissued
009 K2248 I LOVE TO YODEL 816/LP 876 Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 JASMCD 3554
010 K2249 YODEL MOUNTAIN unissued
AUDIO LAB 1566 SWING BILLIES VOL. 2 (1962); KING LP 876 WESTERN SWING (1964); JASMINE JASMCD 3554 I LOVE TO YODEL! BEST OF YODEL VOL.2 (UK, 2005); JASMINE JASMCD 3566 CHIME BELLS BEST OF COUNTRY YODEL VOL.3 (UK, 2008); BACM CD D D 093 SOPPIN'UP THE GRAVY (UK, 2004)
1947 Hollywood, CA – Henry Schelb (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Henry Schelb [organ])
011 CCR 228 YOU´VE GOT ME WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER (Broom Bros) Crystal 157 Kit Fox 002 CCD 286 KAT CD 15
012 CCR 229 CHIME BELLS – Crystal 157/ Kit Fox 002 CCD 286
KRAZY KAT CD 15 SWINGING WEST 1940S WESTERN SWING  (UK, 1997)
Ca 1947/1948 [soundtracks Hoedown] Hollywood, CA – Carolina Cotton (unknown musicians)
01201 OH WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE (AKA DUTCH WARBLER) -original
acetate from the film/Kit Fox 002
01202 BETCHA I GETCHA CCD 286
1949 Hollywood, CA - Carolina Cotton (musicians incl Paul Sells)
013 75-38 THE OLD SQUARE DANCE IS BACK AGAIN – Mastertone 75-38/Kit Fox 002
014 75-39 PUT YOUR SHOES ON LUCY – Mastertone 75-39/Kit Fox 002
015 75-40 THE HOOSEGOW SERENADE – Mastertone 75-40/Kit Fox 002
6 March 1950 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Carolina Cotton (possinly Jack Shook [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Owen Bradley [piano])
016 50-S-6034 YOU‘RE GETTING A GOOD GIRL MGM 10692/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 CCD 286
017 50-S-6035 LOVIN‘ DUCKY DADDY K10798/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 002 JASMCD 3511 JASMCS 3538 JASMCD 3561/2
018 50-S-6036 BETCHA I GETCHA 10692/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 CCD 286
019 50-S-6037 BOO HOO BLUES K10798/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 002 CCD 286
JASMINE JASMCD 3511 ERNEST TUBB PRESENTS COUNTRY HOEDOWN SONG (UK, 2000); JASMINE JASMCD 3538 ROUNDING UP THE GALS GREAT FEMALE COUNTRY VOCALS VOL.1 (UK, 2001); JASMINE JASMCD 3561/2 HILLBILLY BOP 1948/1950 (UK, 2005, 2CD)
17 September 1951 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (Joe Andrws [vcl], Carolina Cotton [vcl*], Cotton Whittington [gt], Ocie Stockard [banjo], Bobby Koeffer [steel], Joe Ferguson [bass], Paul Magee [drums], Bob Wills [fiddle], Joe Holley [fiddle], Skeeter Elkins [piano])
020 51-S-3135-4 YOU ALWAYS KEEP ME IN HOT WATER* K11130/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 CCD 286
021 51-S-3136-4 ‘CAUSE I‘M IN LOVE* K11130/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 CCD 286
022 51-S-3137 THREE MILES SOUTH OF CASH IN ARKANSAS * K11288 515 313-7 / Kit Fox 002 CCD 286 FA 173
023 51-S-3138-8 I‘M ALL ALONE* K11288 515 313-7 / Kit Fox 002 CCD 286
000 51-S-3139 THREE LITTLE KITTENS unissued
FREMEAUX FA 173 COUNTRY MUSIC 1940/1948 (FRA, 1999, 2CD)
ca early 1952 [soundtrack Apache Country] Hollywood, CA – Carolina Cotton and Gene Autry, /with Pat Buttroom, Tom London [vcl] (Jerry Scoggins [gt], Bert Dodson [bass], Frad Martin [accordion])
02301 THE COVERED WAGON ROLLED RIGHT ALONG* Cattle LP-128
02302 CRIME WILL NEVER PAY Cattle LP-128 CCD 286
Soundtrack issued on May 30, 1952
6 August 1952 New York City - Carolina Cotton (LeRoy Holmes Orchestra) [*double vocal overdubbed]
024 52-S-296-3/52-XY-461 NOLA* K11329/ Cattle LP-128 Cattle Compact CCD-286 Kit Fox 001 RGNET 1174
025 52-S-297/52-XY-462 YODEL, YODEL, YODEL K11329/ Cattle LP-128 Cattle Compact CCD-286 Kit Fox 001
WORLD MUSIC NETWORK MUSIC ROUGH GUIDES RGNET 1174 YODEL  (UK, 2006)



RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS (incomplete)
1945 [radio transcriptions]  Hollywood – Merle Travis with Carolina Cotton
I LOVE TO YODEL  Synergie
WHY DID I FALL FOR ABNER  Synergie CD 14
COUNTRY ROUTES CD 14 MERLE TRAVIS COUNTRY HOEDOWN SHOWS (UK, 1994)
Unknown info – Carolina Cotton
WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE  Synergie
TEXAS HOME  Synergie
ca 1945/46 [unknown radio show] unknown – Deuce Spriggins Orchestra (Carolina Cotton [vcl], poss. Incl.: Bud Langley [gt], Ralph Miele [steel], Deuce Spriggins [bass], Red Fox [drums], Don Piano [drums], Rex Call [fiddle], Tex Atchison [fiddle], Frank ”Gibby” Gibson [fiddle], Frank Buckley [accordion], Stan Ellison [accordion], Eddie Bennett [piano] + poss. The Plainsmen (Charley Morgan [gt], Andy Parker [lead gt, fiddle], Hank Caldwell [bass])
I’D LOVE TO BE A COW GIRL (BUT I‘M SCARED OF COWS) Kit Fox 002
RAGTIME COWBOY JOE -transcription – Kit Fox 002
I BEEN DOWN IN TEXAS – Kit Fox 002
WHAT´S THE MATTER WITH YOU (Columbia film ”Singing On The Trail”) original acetate, Kit Fox 001
MAMA YO QUIERO -acetate unknown radio show Kit Fox 001
1946 [AFRS Ranch House Party] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Foy Willing [vcl, rhythm gt], poss. Al Sloey [vcl], Scotty Harrell [vcl], Johnny Paul [fiddle], Bud Sievert [accordion])
YODEL MOUNTAIN Kit Fox 002 JASMCD 3508
YOU AND MY OLD GUITAR – transcription - Kit Fox 001
YOU BELONG TO MY HEART – transcription – Kit Fox 002
JASMINE JASMCD 3508 GREAT COUNTRY SHADOWS ON THE TRAIL (UK, 2000)
1946 [AFRS Ranch House Party] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – Andy Parker and The Plainsmen (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Andy Parker [lead gt/fiddle], Charley Morgan [gt], Hank Caldwell [bass])
WEARY LONESOME BLUES -transcription, Kit Fox 002
Btw 1949/1951 [Redd Harper´s Hollywood Roundup #234] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – The Saddle Kings (Carolina Cotton [vcl] + unknown musicians)
HE´S A TOUGH HOMBRE – Kit Fox 002
14 September 1951 [Snader transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Carolina Cotton (Bob Wills [vcl-1], Cottin Whittington [gt], Bobby Koeffer [steel], Joe ferguson [bass], Joe Holley [fiddle], Bob Wills [fiddle]
YODEL MOUNTAIN Cattle LP-128 BCD 16550
THREE MILES SOUTH OF CASH -1 BCD 16550
Btw 1952/1954 [Carolina Cotton Calls #4, transcription – yet-to-be-named-group] poss, Hollywood, CA – Carolina Cotton (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Charlie Aldridge [gt/vcl], Frank ”Abner” Wilder [banjo/mandolin], Johnny Paul [fiddle], Frank Takach [clarinet/ fiddle], Art Wenzel [accordion])
RANCHO GRANDE Kit Fox 001
I´M GONNA ROUND UP MY BLUES Kit Fox 001
BE HONEST WITH ME Kit Fox 002
OH DEM GOLDEN SLIPPERS Kit Fox 002
TENNESSEE SATURDAY NIGHT Kit Fox 001
Btw 1952/1954 [Carolina Cotton Calls #88] poss. Hollywood, CA – The Rhythm Riders (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Slim Duncan [gt/vcl], Joe Maphis [el gt/ac gt], Mike Barton [bass], George Bamby [accordion], Darol Rice [clarinet])
CAROLINA COTTON CALLS #88 (AFRS) Kit Fox 001
CAROLINA COTTON CALLS #89 (AFRS) Kit Fox 002
ca 1955 [Navy Country Hoedown #55] Hollywood, CA – Tex Williams Band (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Tex Williams [leader], Dickey Phillips [lead gt/fiddle], Jimmie Widener [gt], Wayne Burdick [steel], Arthur Tracey [accordion])
TATER PIE Kit Fox 001
GLAD RAGS Kit Fox 002
ca 1956 [Navy Country Hoedown #21] unknown – Ernest Tubb´s Texas Troubadours (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Ernest Tubb [leader], Billy Byrd [lead gt], Rusty Gabbard [rhythm gt,], Dickie Harris [steel], Jack Drake [bass], poss.Tommy Jackson [fiddle])
CATTLE CALL Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001 JASMCD 3511
According to Cattle LP-128 cover tracks was recorded ca 1951
JASMINE JASMCD 3511 ERNEST TUBB PRESENTS COUNTRY  (UK, 2000)
ca 1958 [Navy Country Hoedown #93] poss. Hollywood, CA – Merle Travis Band (Carolina Cotton [vcl] + probably parts of Hank Penny´s band)
I‘M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER – Kit Fox 002

CAROLINA COTTON RADIO SHOWS (take from carolinacotton.org)
w/Dude Martin and his Roundup Gang (KPO & KYA, San Francisco and Richmond, ca. 1942-44)
COWBOY HIT REVUE (unknown, ca. 1942-44)...w/Dude Martin
HOLLYWOOD BARN DANCE (CBS, KNX Los Angeles, ca. 1944-45, and 5/12/48)...w/ Spade Cooley, from Riverside Rancho; w/ Deuce Spriggens, from Western Palisades Ballroom
CHICAGO BARN DANCE (?)
RANCHO ROUNDUP (KECA, 1945)
MELODY ROUNDUP (from Western Palisades Ballroom, KNX, ca. 1945-46)...w/ Deuce Spriggens
AFRS RANCH HOUSE PARTY (AFRS affiliates, 1946-47)...w/ Ken Curtis, Cottonseed Clark, Plainsmen, Foy Willing
Musical Roundup (with Vance Lane, KGER, 1946)...w/ Hank Penny, from the Riverside Rancho
CAROLINA COTTON (KGER, Long Beach, 1948)...own DJ show
KMPC WESTERNERS (aka Pappy Cheshire Show, KPMC, Los Angeles 1946-49)...w/Pappy Cheshire, Red Rowe, Plainsmen)
THE HITCHING POST (ABC, ca. 5/1/48)...w/ Ken Curtis
COUNTRY CARNIVAL (KMPC, ca. 11/48-49)
GILMORE OIL SHOW (KFI)
REDD HARPER'S HOLLYWOOD ROUNDUP (AFRS affiliates, 12/1949 and 4/1951)
CAROLINA COTTON CALLS (AFRS affiliates, 1952-54)...own show, with Saddle Kings, Rhythm Riders, (Slim Duncan, Hank Caldwell, Tex Atchison, George Bamby, Darol Rice), guests
BOB HOPE SHOW (unknown stations, transcriptions)
MEREDITH WILSON SHOW (syndicated, transcriptions)
HEDDA HOPPER SHOW (syndicated, transcriptions)
CAVALCADE OF WESTERN MUSIC (NBC, KFI Los Angeles, w/ Deuce Spriggens, Hank Penny, Tex Atchison, Plainsmen, Merle Travis, from Western Palisades Ballroom, 1945)
COMMAND PERFORMANCE (AFRS affiliates)
COUNTRY HOEDOWN (Navy, AFRS affiliates)...w/ Ernest Tubb, Merle Travis, Tex Williams
SMILEY BURNETTE SHOW (syndicated)
THE PETTICOAT MARSHALL (NBC, poss. audition only)...w/ Bob Seal
HILLBILLY RANCH HOUSE (aka Farm Ranch House, KTXL, San Angelo, TX, 8/7/1950)
NATIONAL BARN DANCE (KNRT, Des Moines, IA)
PAGING THE JUDGE (ABC)
The Old Corral (with Pappy Cheshire)

Other shows were broadcast on KFWB (8/24/48), KXOX (Sweetwater, TX), KGXL, and military shows on WBG and WBAH . This is only a partial list. Some shows were recorded on transcription records. Others were found in script form, and are unknown whether they ever aired.

CAROLINA COTTON TELEVISION SHOWS (take from carolinacotton.org)
(stations in Los Angeles Area, unless otherwise noted. Shows with an asterisk * are Carolina's own shows.)

G.E. HOUSE PARTY (6/6/47)
SUNSET RANCH (KTLA, 1948)...w/Cottonseed Clark, Pat Buttram, Ken Curtis
CURT MASSEY SHOW (ABC, ca. 6/24/48)
MEET THE MISSUS (CBS, ca. 11/4/48)
CAN YOU PICTURE THIS (KNBH, ca. 5/6/49)...w/ Jerry Lawrence
FOREMAN PHILLIPS TOWN HALL (may be radio show, 5/22/49)
COMPOSER CORNER (WJZ-TV, NYC, ca. 8/24/49)...w/ Harry Link
AT HOME WITH THE HARMONS (KFI, ca. 11/6/49)...w/ Tommy Harmon, Jock Mahoney
THE VILLAGE BARN (NYC area, ca. 8/49 on WNET and WBNT, and 1/1950)
JARVIS SHOW (KLAC, 5/18/50)
INDEPENDENCE DRIVE, US SAVINGS BONDS (ca. 7/50)
HOLLYWOOD STUDIO PARTY (KTTV, ca. 9/28/50)
IT'S FUN TO BE YOUNG (ca. 10/13/50)...w/ Mickey Finn
FOREMAN PHILLIPS WESTERN PARADE OF STARS (ABC, ca. 10/14/50)...w/ Bob Oates, Saddle Kings, Britt Wood, Walley Dempsey, Arkansas Slim Andrews
CITY OF HOPE MARATHON (ca. 6/14/51)
GOOD EGG OF THE WEEK (KNBH, ca. 4/20/51)...w/ Al Buffington
HOLLYWOOD REEL (KTLA, 9/25/51)
TALENT JURY (KLAC, ca. 2/1/52)
JUKE BOX JURY (ca. 11/52)
ALL STAR REVUE (NBC, ca. 2/16/52)...w/ Jack Carson
BILL LAYDEN SHOW (KTTV, 5/19/53)
LADIES ALWAYS WIN (KNX-TV, 5/22/53)
MERLE AND JUNE TRAVIS SHOW (ca. 7/30/53)
BIG SHOW FOR POLIO BENEFIT (KIVA, Yuma AZ,ca. 2/2/54 & 12/6/55)...United Funds Telethon
USO / HOLLYWOOD COORDINATING COMMITTEE, OPERATION ENTERTAINMENT (NBC, ca. 9/20/54)
ARIZONA HAYRIDE (KRVX-TV, 10/30/54)
SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN BENEFIT, Abilene TX (ca. 1/19/55)
WHAT'S MY LINE (ca. 4/1/56)
WEMBLY ICE RINK (ca. 5/27/56, w/ Bob Crosby)
Navy stage performances (NBC, KNBH Ch 4)
TOWN HALL PARTY (ca. 5/57)
MEET THE PRESS
PEOPLE ARE FUNNY
HOMETOWN JAMBOREE SHOW (KTLA, ca. 5/6/49)...w/ Cliffie Stone
HORSE RANCH
HOME FOLKS HAYRIDE (KTTV, ca. 6/25/51...Carolina was with program 5 weeks)
WESTERN VARIETIES (KTLA, 5/53, 1955, 1956, and 10th Anniversary, 1957)
HOFFMAN HAYRIDE (1950s)
CAROLINA COTTON RANCH TIME (KLAC ch 13)*
THE TENTH WORD
FOREMAN PHILLIPS ROUNDUP (Ch 7)
ABC BARN DANCE (poss. same as Chicago Barn Dance, Chicago)
Unknown show (KXIL, ca. 8/1/50)
CLAIM TO FAME
JOHNNY DUGAN SHOW
HOWDY DOODY (unknown episode)

There are possibly many other shows where Carolina guest-starred. She did a skit on the Bob Hope Show, but it's unknown whether this was radio or TV (or both). She made video-taped shows during an early '50s tour of Texas. She may have been on a program called Cottonwood Corral. There are scripts to shows like Jax All-Star Jubilee (Jackson Brewing Co, New Orleans LA) and Teen Time in Wonderland (written by Carolina's manager, Bobbie Bennett!), and it's unclear whether these were broadcast.


ALBUMS
Cattle [GER] LP-128 I Love To Yodel:
I Love To Yodel; Mocking Bird Hill; Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas); Singing On the Trail; Boo Hoo Blues; Lovin‘ Ducky Daddy; You’re Gettin‘ A Good Girl; Betcha I Betcha; Yodel, Yodel, Yodel; Nola; ‘Cause I’m In Love; You Always Keep Me In Hot Water; Crime Will Never Pay; The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along; Yodel Mountain; The Cattle Call – 93
Cattle [GER] CCD 286 Yodel Yodel Yodel: I Love To Yodel*; I'd Love To Be A Cowgirl (But I'm A Scared Of Cows)*; 'Cause I'm In Love*; Lovin' Ducky Daddy*; Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas)*; Betcha I Getcha; You Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger; Chime Bells; Yodel Mountain*; Why Did I Fall For Abner*; When The Bloom Is On The Sage*; Texas Home*; I'm All Alone; Yodel, Yodel, Yodel; Nola; You're Gettin' A Good Girl; Cattle Call*; Boo Hoo Blues; Crime Will Never; Betcha I Getcha; You Always Keep Me In Hot Water Over You; Three Miles South Of Cash; Lovin' Ducky Daddy; 'Cause I'm In Love; Three Miles South Of Cash*  - 03 (*radio transcriptions)
Kit Fox KFCD 001 Carolina Cotton –Yodeling Bombshell, Volume 1:
Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas); I Love To Yodel; What´s The Matter With You; Singing On The Trail; You And My Old Guitar; Mockingbird Yodel; Mama Yo Quiero; I Betcha I Getcha; Tennessee Saturday Night; Cattle Call; You Always Keep Me In Hot Water; You´re Gettin´ A Good Girl; Rancho Grande; Cause I´m In Love; Yodel Yodel Yodel; I´m Gonna Round Up My Blues; Tater Pie; Nola; Carolina Cotton Calls #88(AFRS) - 05
Kit Fox KFCD 002 Carolina Cotton - Yodeling Blonde Bombshell, Volume 2: Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas); Put Your Shoes On Lucy; Boo Hoo Blues; Lovin´ Ducky Daddy; Hoosegow Serenade; I´d Love To Be A Cowgirl; Ragtime Cowboy Joe; Be Honest With Me; You Belong To My Heart; I Been Down In Texas; Yodel Mountain; The Old Square Dance Is Back Again; Chime Bells; You´ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger; Glad Rags; I´m All Alone; He´s A Tough Hombre; I´m Gonna Sit Right Down(And Write Myself A Letter); Oh Dem Golden Slippers; Weary Lonesome Blues; Carolina Cotton Calls #89 – 09
Synergie Omp. ? Texas Home:  I Love To Yodel -Live-;   I'd Love To Be A Cowgirl (But I'm Scared Of Cows);  'Cause I'm In Love;  Lovin' Ducky Daddy;  Three Miles South Of Cash In Arkansas;  I Betcha I Getcha -Live-;  You've Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger;  Chime Bells;  Yodel Mountain;  Why Did I Fall For Abner?;  When The Bloom Is On The Sage; Texas Home;  I'm All Alone /W.Bob Wills;  Yodel Yodel Yodel;  Nola;  You're Gettin' A Good Girl;  Cattle Call -Live-;  Boo Hoo Blues;  Crime Will Never Pay;  I Betcha I Getcha; You Always Keep Me In Hot Water;   Three Miles South Of Cash In Arkansas;  Lovin' Ducky Daddy;  'Cause I'm In Love;  Three Miles South Of Cash In Arkansas - 05-09

Kit Fox KFCD 003? Yodeling Blonde Bombshell, Vol. 3:  When Pay Day Rolls Around;  Cachita;  Grandma's Old Arm Chair;  I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes;  The Cowboy's Life;  Yodel Your Troubles Away;  Oh Romeo;  Happy on the Prairie;  Foggy Mountain Top; Farolito;  Naughty Yodel;  Cimarron;  Sugar Hill;  All I Do Is Dream of You;  After You've Gone;  Popcorn Polka;  Walking My Baby Back Home;  Bless Your Heart;  Sally Get Your Hocake Done;  Alpine Milkman Yodel;  Three Miles South of Cash (In Arkansas);  Carolina Cotton Calls #90  – 01-10-19 (tracks from radio shows)

SINGLES
Mercury (1946)
6010 What‘s The Matter With You / I Been Down In Texas – 06-46 (rev. June 29)
King (1946)
572 Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas) / Singing On The Trail – 11-46 (rev. Nov. 9)
816 Mockingbird Yodel / I Love To Yodel – 11-49
Crystal (1947)
157 You´ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger / Chime Bells -48
Mastertone
75-39/40 Put Your Shoes On Lucy / Hoosegow Serenade
75-37/38 [probably not C.C.] / The Old Square Dance Is Back Again
MGM (1950-52)
10692 You‘re Gettin‘ A Good Girl / Betcha I Getcha – 04-50 (rev. Apr. 22)
K10798 Boo Hoo Blues / Lovin’ Ducky Daddy – 09-50 (rev. Oct. 7)
K11130 You Alway Keep Me In Hot Water / Cause I‘m In Love – 01-52
K11288 Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas) / I‘m All Alone – 07-52 (reissued on 515 313-7) w. Bob Wills
K11329 Nola / Yodel, Yodel, Yodel – 10-52


Karen Cruise

 By Thieu Van DeVorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS

1990s unknown – Karen Cruise (Producer: Tommy Allsup)
001 YOU CAN COUNT ON ME
002 DON’T WATCH HIS FACE
003 I’M GOING TO LOVE YOU
004 LOVE WE STILL AGAIN
005 THE REAL THING
006 AM I STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU
007 MY TRUE LOVE
008 YOUR HEART IS SAFE WITH ME
009 IN MY DREAMS
010 THAT BOY
011 THE MORE I LOVE
012 OTHER GUYS
Tracks above issued on album Karen Cruise
1997 MR + D Studios, Burnaby, BC, CAN – Karen Cruise (Karen Cruise [vcl], Tom McKillip [gt/bck vcl], Jim Dorin [steel], John Dymond [bass], Jerry Adolphe [drums], Ian Cameron [fiddle], Craig Zurba [keyboards/tambourine], Shelley Preston [bck vcl]. Producer: Craig Zurba, Tom McKillip
013 CAN'T KEEP MY HEART FROM LOVING YOU KCCD 0597  
014 DRIVING ME CRAZY KCCD 0597
015 NOT IN SO MANY WORDS KCCD 0597  
016 RIDE 'EM COWBOY KCCD 0597  
017 CROSSROADS KCCD 0597  
018 FAMILY TIES KCCD 0597  
019 ANYTHING FOR YOU KCCD 0597  
020 ARMS OF LOVE KCCD 0597  
021 FOR ALWAYS KCCD 0597  
022 CLOSE YOUR EYES KCCD 0597  
1998 unknown, CAN – Karen Cruise
023 OUR SONG KCCD 0998
024 THE DREAM LIVES ON KCCD 0998
025 STRONG ENOUGH TO LEAN ON KCCD 0998
026 REAL LOVE KCCD 0998
027 BANKS OF THE RIVER KCCD 0998
028 FRIENDS KCCD 0998
029 BEHIND THE WHEEL KCCD 0998
030TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE WHO KNOWS KCCD 0998
031 ANOTHER DAWN KCCD 0998
032 OUR LOVE WILL STAND  KCCD 0998
2005 unknown, CAN – Karen Cruise
033 SECOND CHANCES
034 THE BEAUTY THAT SURROUNDS
035 WHAT HE`S DONE FOR ME
036 JESUS IS WAITING JUST FOR YOU
037 I BELIEVE
038 BEST FRIEND
039 HOW DO I KNOW THAT I `M FORGIVEN
040 HE`S JUST A PRAYER AWAY
041 WHEN I CALL
042 DOWN BY THE RIVER
043 OUR CHILDREN`S PRAYER
044 THE REASON I SING
Tracks above issued on album The Reason I Sing
2007 unknown, CAN – Karen Cruise
045 WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN
046 ALL I CAN SEE IS THE CROSS
047 MORE LIKE YOU JESUS
048 THAT'S WHEN I PRAY
049 MY OWN WAY
050 NEVER BE ALONE
051 TREE OF LIFE
052 FACE TO FACE
053 SHADOW OF THE CROSS
054 PLEASE HELP YOUR CHILDREN
055 A SINNER LIKE ME
Tracks above issued on album The Hem Of The Garment
2011 unknown, CAN – Karen Cruise
056 DO'S AND DON'TS
057 FIGHTING A GIANT
058 SO GOOD TO BE HOME
059 HE'LL MAKE IT RIGHT
060 SPECIAL GIFT
061 IF ONLY I'LL COME
062 NEVER TURNED AWAY
063 SOLID GROUND
064 THE GARDEN
065 IT WASN'T ME
066 THE OVERFLOW OF YOUR LOVE
067 ONE STEP CLOSER TO YOU
068 THE STRAY
Tracks above issued on album The Overflow Of Your Love



ALBUMS
Woodside Prod. [CAN] no # Karen Cruise:
You Can Count On Me; Don’t Watch His Face; I’m Going To Love You; Love We Still Again; The Real Thing; Am I Still In Love With You; My True Love; Your Heart Is Safe With Me; In My Dreams; That Boy; The More I Love; Other Guys – 9-?
Karen Cruise [CAN] KCCD 0597 For Always: Can't Keep My Heart From Loving You; Driving Me Crazy; Not In So Many Words; Ride 'Em Cowboy; Crossroads; Family Ties; Anything For You; Arms Of Love; For Always; Close Your Eyes - 97
Karen Cruise [CAN] KCCD 0998 Strong Enough To Lean On: Our Song; The Dream Lives On; Strong Enough To Lean On; Real Love; Banks Of The River; Friends; Behind The Wheel; Take It From Someone Who Knows; Another Dawn; Our Love Will Stand - 98
Karen Cruise [CAN] ? The Reason I Sing: Second Chances; The Beauty That Surrounds; What He`s Done For Me; Jesus Is Waiting Just For You; I Believe; Best Friend; How Do I Know That I `m Forgiven; He`s Just A Prayer Away; When I Call; Down By The River; Our Children`s Prayer; The Reason I Sing - 05
Karen Cruise [CAN] ? The Hem Of The Garment: When I Get To Heaven; All I Can See Is The Cross; More Like You Jesus; That's When I Pray; My Own Way; Never Be Alone; Tree Of Life; Face To Face; Shadow Of The Cross; Please Help Your Children; A Sinner Like Me - 07
Karen Cruise [CAN] ? The Overflow Of Your Love: Do's and Don'ts; Fighting a Giant; So Good to Be Home; He'll Make It Right; Special Gift; If Only I'll Come; Never Turned Away; Solid Ground; The Garden; It Wasn't Me; The Overflow of Your Love; One Step Closer to You; The Stray - 12-01-12

Allison Crowson

 By Thieu Van DeVorst
SESSIONS

September 1997 Cherry Ridge Studio, Floresville, TX – Allison Winn Crowson (Allison Crowson [vcl/ piano/ accordion], Tommy Detamore [ac gt/ steel], Joel Hamilton [el gt], Al Quaid [bass gt], John Owens [drums/bck vcl], Bobby Flores [fiddle/ bck vcl], Ronnie Huckaby [piano], Alli Crowson [baby sounds]. Producer: Clay Blaker)
001 NO ONE HAS TO TELL YOU
002 EVERYTHING BUT YOU
003 BURNIN LOVE
004 BUCKAROO
005 I’VE BEEN EVERYWHERE
006 UNDO THE RIGHT
007 PEANUTS POLKA
008 SUMMERTIME
009 ONLY A SHADOW
Tracks above issued on album No One Has To Tell You


ALBUMS
Allison Crowson no # No One Has To Tell You:
No One Has To Tell You; Everything But You; Burnin Love; Buckaroo; I’ve Been Everywhere; Undo The Right; Peanuts Polka; Summertime; Only A Shadow - 97

Diane Craig

 *Huntsville, AL
By Thieu Van DeVorst, Praguefrank
SESSIONS

2000 Sound Cell Recording Studio, Huntsville, AL – Diane Craig and The Summer Moon (Diane Craig [vcl/rh gt], Kenny Smith [ld/rh gt], Ricky Rorex [mandolin], Doug Craig [bass], Daniel Carwile [fiddle], Jerry Wells, Reta Wells Ferrell [hmny vcl] + Ronnie McCoury [mandolin-1]. Producer: Doug and Diane Craig)
001 THE LETTER  COR 2132
002 WHAT'S GONE WRONG  COR 2132
003 BLUE NIGHT
004 THE MARK
005 SNOW SHOES
006 DREAMS OF MY YOUTH
007 EVENIN'
008 LONE STAR STATE OF MIND
009 BETWEEN THE SUN AND MY SHADOW  COR 2132
010 DON'T THINK TWICE
011 THE WILD MAGNOLIA  COR 2132
012 RUNAWAY TRAIN
Tracks above issued on album Between The Sun And My Shadow
2002 Sound Cell Recording Studio, Huntsville, AL – Diane Craig (Diane Craig [vcl/rh gt], Brett Balch [ld gt/mandolin], John Narramore [dobro], Ricky Rorex /Shelly Herd [mandolin], Mike Shepard [bass],  Doug Craig [el bass], Tom Risher [percussion], Daniel Carwile [fiddle], Producer: Diane Craig)
013 HIGHWAY OF THE BLUES COR 2132
014 ANOTHER OLD POET COR 2132  
015 DUST BUNNIES COR 2132  
016 I'LL TAKE THE HIGHWAY COR 2132  
017 YOUR MAMA AIN'T WRONG COR 2132
018 FORTUNES TOLD COR 2132
019 LEAVIN' ALABAMA COR 2132  
020 THE GHOST OF TOWNES VAN ZANDT COR 2132  
021 I GUESS I ALWAYS WILL COR 2132

ALBUMS
Diane Craig no # Between The Sun And My Shadow:
The Letter; What's Gone Wrong; Blue Night; The Mark; Snow Shoes; Dreams of My Youth; Evenin'; Lone Star State of Mind; Between the Sun and My Shadow; Don't Think Twice; The Wild Magnolia; Runaway Train – 00 w. Summer Moon
CoraZong [NED] COR 2132 Fortunes Told: Highway Of The Blues; Another Old Poet; Dust Bunnies; I'll Take The Highway; Your Mama Ain't Wrong; What's Gone Wrong; Fortunes Told; Leavin' Alabama; The Ghost Of Townes Van Zandt; I Guess I Always Will; The Wild Magnolia; Between The Sun And My Shadow; The Letter - 02