Alvidine Dina Coker, *25-10-1938 Bakersfield, CA, +14-02-2023
Alvis (Al) Coker *Conway, AR
Alvis (Sandy) Coker Jr, *1940 Bakersfield, CA
2nd version
By Dick Grant, Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
16 March 1954 KWKH Radio Statio Studio, 327 Texas St., Shreveport, LA – Alvadean Coker (Alvadean Coker [vcl] + poss. Thomas Bishop [gt], Jimmy Day [steel], Donald Davis [bass], Joseph Herman Big Red Hayes [fiddle], Kenneth Allen Little Red Hayes [fiddle], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Fabor Robinson)
A01 163B AWITCH’S WALTZ Abbott 163/BCD 16742
A02 163A SUGAR DOLL Abbott 163/ BCD 16742
A03 167B PINNOLO THE PUPPY Abbott 167/ BCD 16742
A04 167A FUNNY LITTLE THINGS Abbott 167/ BCD 16742
ca July 1954 poss. KWKH Radio Statio Studio, 327 Texas St., Shreveport, LA – Alvadean Coker [-1]/Sandy Coker Band [2] (Alavadean Coker [vcl-1], Al Coker sr. [gt], Sandy Coker Jr. [gt/fiddle-2], poss. Jimmy Day [steel], Geraldine Coker [bass], poss. Linda Coker [piano]. Producer: Fabor Robinson)
A05 169A I SOLD OUT MY HEART -1 Abbott 169/ BCD 16742
A06 168B CRYING HEART -1 Abbott 169/ BCD 16742 [alt.] BCD 16742
S01 171A MEADOWLARK MELODY -2 –instr.- Abbott 171/ BCD 16742 BCD 15936
S02 171B TOSS OVER -2 –instr.- Abbott 171/ BCD 16742
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15936 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.8 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF ABBOTT FABOR RADIO RECORDS (GER, 1996)
31 January 1955 [18:00-21:00] Abbott Studio, Escondido Canyon, Malibu, CA – Jim Reeves and Alvadean Coker (Jim Reeves [vcl], Alvadean Coker [vcl], Alvis Cocker [gt], Roy Lanham [gt], Dusty Rhodes [bass], Geraldine Coker [fiddle], Sandy Coker [fiddle]. Producer: Fabor Robinson)
A07 none/G2-WW-5112 ARE YOU THE ONE Abbott 184/LP 5001 TJR 002 BCD 16566 BCD 16341 CD 200407 BCD 17356 JASMCD 3684-5 ACTRCD 9071 CD 1293 RTRCD 13 /[o. 4/11/68] LSP 4112 BCD 16742
LP 1955 USA ABBOTT LP 5001 JIM REEVES SINGS (1955); RCA LSP 4112 JIM REEVES AND SOME FRIENDS (1969); CMH TJR-002 JAMES TRAVIS IN THE BEGINNING VOL.2 (GER, 1982); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15656 WELCOME TO MY WORLD (GER, 1994, 16CD); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16341 JIM REEVES CONNECTION (GER, 2004); TRAVIS CD 200407 ABBOTT TAPES HISTORICAL RECORDINGS VOL.3 (UK, 2004); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17356 COMPLETE ABBOTT RECORDINGS PLUS (GER, 2014, 3CD); JASMINE JASMCD 3684/3685 HITLIST AND THEN SOME 1953/1962 (UK, 2017, 2CD); ACROBAT ACTRCD 9071 COMPLETE SINGLES AS/BS 1949/1962 (ACTRCD 9071 (2018); BGO CD 1293 JIM REEVES 4 LPS ON CD (EU, 2017, 2CD); REEL TO REEL RTRCD 13 SINGLES/EPS 1949/1962 (UK, 2020, 4CD)
February 1955 Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Alvadean Coker and The Cokers (Alvadean Coker [vcl], Al Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], Sandy Coker [fiddle], Linda Coker [piano]. Producer: Fabor Roboinson)
A08 176A/MSC 840 WE‘RE GONNA BOP 176/LP 1031 Bb-CD-55010 BCD 15936 BCD 16742 PROPERBOX 103 BACM CD D 366 [alt.] BCD 15836 BCD 16742
A09 176B/MSC 841 DO DEE OODLE DEE DO (I’M IN LOVE) 176/ BCD 16742 BACM CD D 366
ROUNDER LP 1031 WILD,WILD YOUNG WOMEN (1987); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55010 TEENAGE DOLL! (GER, 1994); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15936 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.8 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF ABBOTT FABOR RADIO RECORDS (GER, 1996); PROPER PROPERBOX 103 BOPPIN' HILLBILLY RED HOT ROCKABILLY (UK, 2006, 4CD); BACM CD D 366 COUNTRY MUSIC LADIES OF THE 1950'S VOLUME 1 (UK, 2011)
30 July 1956 Music City Recordings, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Coker Family (Alvis Coker [vcl-1/gt], Sandy Coker [vcl-2/gt], Geraldine Coker [bass]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
AS01 100409/NA 9465 DON’T GO BABY (DON’T GO) -1 9-30053/Bear Family BCD-15733 BCD 16742 CD 5706 LP 1756
AS02 100410/NA 9466 I LAUGHED AND WALKED AWAY -1 9-30053/ BCD 16742
S03 100411/NA 9467 FREE WHEELIN’ -2 –instr.- unissued/ BCD 16742
S04 100412/NA 9468 ROCK ISLAND LINE -2 –instr.- 9-30051/ BCD 16742
MCA LP 1756 RARE ROCKABILLY VOL.2 (UK, 1977); BIG TONE CD 5706 MCA ROCKABILLIES VOL.2 (UK, 1993); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15733 THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT VOL. 6/ ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF US DECCA RECORDS (GER, 1994)
31 July 1956 Music City Recordings, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Coker Family (Alvadean Coker [vcl -1], Sandy Coker [gt-2], Alvis Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
A10 100403/NA 9472 INSUFFICIENT LOVE -1 9-30052/ BCD 16742 BACM CD D 366
A11 100404/NA 9473 THERE’S A TEAR IN THE EYE OF THE MAN IN THE MOON -1 9-30052/ BCD 16742 BACM CD D 366
A12 100405/NA 9474 ARE YOU IN THE MOOD FOR LOVIN‘ -1 unissued/ BCD 16742
A13 100406/NA 9475 BABY I LIKE YOUR STYLE –1 unissued/ BCD 16742
S05 100407/NA 9476 SANDY’S RAG –2 unissued/ BCD 16742
S06 100408/NA 9477 GITFIDDLE RAG -2 9-30051/ BCD 16742
19 July 1957 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Al Coker [-1], Alvadean Coker [-2] (Alvis Coker [vcl-1/gt], Alvadean Coker [vcl-2], Sandy Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], Anita Kerr Quartet: Anita Kerr, Louis Nunley, Gil Wright, Dottie Dillar [vcl chorus]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
A14 103112/NA 9923 PLAYING CUPID -2 9-30580/ BCD 16742
AL01 103117/NA 9924 ONE MORE CHANCE -1 9-30490/ BCD 16742
AL02 103118/NA 9925 LET’S DO IT AGAIN -1 9-30490/ BCD 16742
21 July 1957 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Alvadean Coker (Alavadean Coker [vcl], Alvis Coker [gt], Sandy Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], Anita Kerr Quartet: Anita Kerr, Louis Nunley, Gil Wright, Dottie Dillar [vcl chorus]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
A15 103115/NA 9938? DOUBLE DATE unissued/ BCD 16742
A16 103116/NA 9939? IT’S NEARLY OVER 9-30580/ BCD 16742
21 July 1957 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Sandy Cocker (Sandy Coker [gt], Alvis Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], poss. Linda Coker [piano]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
S07 103153/NA 9940 GOOD FEELIN’ –instr.- unissued/ BCD 16742
S08 103154/NA 9941 UNDER COVER –instr.- 9-30534/ BCD 16742
S09 103155/NA 9942 TENDER MOMENTS –instr.- unissued/ BCD 16742
S10 103156/NA 9943 HONKY TONK FREEZE –instr.- 9-30534/Doghouse CD 004 BCD 16742 BCD 17584
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17584 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.32 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DECCA BRUNSWICK AND CORAL RECORDS (GER, 2019)
ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BCD 16742 We're Gonna Bop - The Complete Coker Family Recordings On Abbott And Decca - 1954-1957: [Alvadean Coker:] Witch's Waltz; Sugar Doll; Pinnolo The Puppy; Funny Little Things; I Sold Out My Heart; Crying Heart; Meadowlark Melody; Toss Over; The Cokers Feat: [Alavadean Coker, Jim Reeves:] Are You The One; [Alavadean Coker:] We're Gonna Bop; Do Dee Oodle Dee Do (I'm In Love); [ Al Coker:] Don't Go Baby (Don't Go); I Laughed And Walked Away; [Sandy Coker:] Free Wheelin'; Rock Island Line; [Alavadean Coker:] Insufficient Love; There's A Tear In The Eye Of The Man In The Moon; Are You In The Mood For Lovin'; [Al Coker:] Baby I Like Your Style; [Sandy Coker:] Sandy's Rag; Gitfiddle Rag; [Alavadean Coker:] Playing Cupid; One More Chance; [Al Coker:] Let's Do It Again; [Alavadean Coker:] Double Date; It's Nearly Over; [Sandy Coker:] Good Feelin'; Undercover; Tender Moments; Honky Tonk Freeze; [Alavadean Coker:] Crying Heart [Alt]; We're Gonna Bop [Alt] – 02-15
16 March 1954 KWKH Radio Statio Studio, 327 Texas St., Shreveport, LA – Alvadean Coker (Alvadean Coker [vcl] + poss. Thomas Bishop [gt], Jimmy Day [steel], Donald Davis [bass], Joseph Herman Big Red Hayes [fiddle], Kenneth Allen Little Red Hayes [fiddle], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Fabor Robinson)
A01 163B AWITCH’S WALTZ Abbott 163/BCD 16742
A02 163A SUGAR DOLL Abbott 163/ BCD 16742
A03 167B PINNOLO THE PUPPY Abbott 167/ BCD 16742
A04 167A FUNNY LITTLE THINGS Abbott 167/ BCD 16742
ca July 1954 poss. KWKH Radio Statio Studio, 327 Texas St., Shreveport, LA – Alvadean Coker [-1]/Sandy Coker Band [2] (Alavadean Coker [vcl-1], Al Coker sr. [gt], Sandy Coker Jr. [gt/fiddle-2], poss. Jimmy Day [steel], Geraldine Coker [bass], poss. Linda Coker [piano]. Producer: Fabor Robinson)
A05 169A I SOLD OUT MY HEART -1 Abbott 169/ BCD 16742
A06 168B CRYING HEART -1 Abbott 169/ BCD 16742 [alt.] BCD 16742
S01 171A MEADOWLARK MELODY -2 –instr.- Abbott 171/ BCD 16742 BCD 15936
S02 171B TOSS OVER -2 –instr.- Abbott 171/ BCD 16742
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15936 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.8 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF ABBOTT FABOR RADIO RECORDS (GER, 1996)
31 January 1955 [18:00-21:00] Abbott Studio, Escondido Canyon, Malibu, CA – Jim Reeves and Alvadean Coker (Jim Reeves [vcl], Alvadean Coker [vcl], Alvis Cocker [gt], Roy Lanham [gt], Dusty Rhodes [bass], Geraldine Coker [fiddle], Sandy Coker [fiddle]. Producer: Fabor Robinson)
A07 none/G2-WW-5112 ARE YOU THE ONE Abbott 184/LP 5001 TJR 002 BCD 16566 BCD 16341 CD 200407 BCD 17356 JASMCD 3684-5 ACTRCD 9071 CD 1293 RTRCD 13 /[o. 4/11/68] LSP 4112 BCD 16742
LP 1955 USA ABBOTT LP 5001 JIM REEVES SINGS (1955); RCA LSP 4112 JIM REEVES AND SOME FRIENDS (1969); CMH TJR-002 JAMES TRAVIS IN THE BEGINNING VOL.2 (GER, 1982); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15656 WELCOME TO MY WORLD (GER, 1994, 16CD); BEAR FAMILY BCD 16341 JIM REEVES CONNECTION (GER, 2004); TRAVIS CD 200407 ABBOTT TAPES HISTORICAL RECORDINGS VOL.3 (UK, 2004); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17356 COMPLETE ABBOTT RECORDINGS PLUS (GER, 2014, 3CD); JASMINE JASMCD 3684/3685 HITLIST AND THEN SOME 1953/1962 (UK, 2017, 2CD); ACROBAT ACTRCD 9071 COMPLETE SINGLES AS/BS 1949/1962 (ACTRCD 9071 (2018); BGO CD 1293 JIM REEVES 4 LPS ON CD (EU, 2017, 2CD); REEL TO REEL RTRCD 13 SINGLES/EPS 1949/1962 (UK, 2020, 4CD)
February 1955 Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Alvadean Coker and The Cokers (Alvadean Coker [vcl], Al Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], Sandy Coker [fiddle], Linda Coker [piano]. Producer: Fabor Roboinson)
A08 176A/MSC 840 WE‘RE GONNA BOP 176/LP 1031 Bb-CD-55010 BCD 15936 BCD 16742 PROPERBOX 103 BACM CD D 366 [alt.] BCD 15836 BCD 16742
A09 176B/MSC 841 DO DEE OODLE DEE DO (I’M IN LOVE) 176/ BCD 16742 BACM CD D 366
ROUNDER LP 1031 WILD,WILD YOUNG WOMEN (1987); BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55010 TEENAGE DOLL! (GER, 1994); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15936 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.8 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF ABBOTT FABOR RADIO RECORDS (GER, 1996); PROPER PROPERBOX 103 BOPPIN' HILLBILLY RED HOT ROCKABILLY (UK, 2006, 4CD); BACM CD D 366 COUNTRY MUSIC LADIES OF THE 1950'S VOLUME 1 (UK, 2011)
30 July 1956 Music City Recordings, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Coker Family (Alvis Coker [vcl-1/gt], Sandy Coker [vcl-2/gt], Geraldine Coker [bass]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
AS01 100409/NA 9465 DON’T GO BABY (DON’T GO) -1 9-30053/Bear Family BCD-15733 BCD 16742 CD 5706 LP 1756
AS02 100410/NA 9466 I LAUGHED AND WALKED AWAY -1 9-30053/ BCD 16742
S03 100411/NA 9467 FREE WHEELIN’ -2 –instr.- unissued/ BCD 16742
S04 100412/NA 9468 ROCK ISLAND LINE -2 –instr.- 9-30051/ BCD 16742
MCA LP 1756 RARE ROCKABILLY VOL.2 (UK, 1977); BIG TONE CD 5706 MCA ROCKABILLIES VOL.2 (UK, 1993); BEAR FAMILY BCD 15733 THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT VOL. 6/ ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF US DECCA RECORDS (GER, 1994)
31 July 1956 Music City Recordings, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Coker Family (Alvadean Coker [vcl -1], Sandy Coker [gt-2], Alvis Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
A10 100403/NA 9472 INSUFFICIENT LOVE -1 9-30052/ BCD 16742 BACM CD D 366
A11 100404/NA 9473 THERE’S A TEAR IN THE EYE OF THE MAN IN THE MOON -1 9-30052/ BCD 16742 BACM CD D 366
A12 100405/NA 9474 ARE YOU IN THE MOOD FOR LOVIN‘ -1 unissued/ BCD 16742
A13 100406/NA 9475 BABY I LIKE YOUR STYLE –1 unissued/ BCD 16742
S05 100407/NA 9476 SANDY’S RAG –2 unissued/ BCD 16742
S06 100408/NA 9477 GITFIDDLE RAG -2 9-30051/ BCD 16742
19 July 1957 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Al Coker [-1], Alvadean Coker [-2] (Alvis Coker [vcl-1/gt], Alvadean Coker [vcl-2], Sandy Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], Anita Kerr Quartet: Anita Kerr, Louis Nunley, Gil Wright, Dottie Dillar [vcl chorus]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
A14 103112/NA 9923 PLAYING CUPID -2 9-30580/ BCD 16742
AL01 103117/NA 9924 ONE MORE CHANCE -1 9-30490/ BCD 16742
AL02 103118/NA 9925 LET’S DO IT AGAIN -1 9-30490/ BCD 16742
21 July 1957 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Alvadean Coker (Alavadean Coker [vcl], Alvis Coker [gt], Sandy Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], Anita Kerr Quartet: Anita Kerr, Louis Nunley, Gil Wright, Dottie Dillar [vcl chorus]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
A15 103115/NA 9938? DOUBLE DATE unissued/ BCD 16742
A16 103116/NA 9939? IT’S NEARLY OVER 9-30580/ BCD 16742
21 July 1957 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Sandy Cocker (Sandy Coker [gt], Alvis Coker [gt], Geraldine Coker [bass], poss. Linda Coker [piano]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
S07 103153/NA 9940 GOOD FEELIN’ –instr.- unissued/ BCD 16742
S08 103154/NA 9941 UNDER COVER –instr.- 9-30534/ BCD 16742
S09 103155/NA 9942 TENDER MOMENTS –instr.- unissued/ BCD 16742
S10 103156/NA 9943 HONKY TONK FREEZE –instr.- 9-30534/Doghouse CD 004 BCD 16742 BCD 17584
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17584 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.32 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DECCA BRUNSWICK AND CORAL RECORDS (GER, 2019)
ALBUMS
Bear Family [GER] BCD 16742 We're Gonna Bop - The Complete Coker Family Recordings On Abbott And Decca - 1954-1957: [Alvadean Coker:] Witch's Waltz; Sugar Doll; Pinnolo The Puppy; Funny Little Things; I Sold Out My Heart; Crying Heart; Meadowlark Melody; Toss Over; The Cokers Feat: [Alavadean Coker, Jim Reeves:] Are You The One; [Alavadean Coker:] We're Gonna Bop; Do Dee Oodle Dee Do (I'm In Love); [ Al Coker:] Don't Go Baby (Don't Go); I Laughed And Walked Away; [Sandy Coker:] Free Wheelin'; Rock Island Line; [Alavadean Coker:] Insufficient Love; There's A Tear In The Eye Of The Man In The Moon; Are You In The Mood For Lovin'; [Al Coker:] Baby I Like Your Style; [Sandy Coker:] Sandy's Rag; Gitfiddle Rag; [Alavadean Coker:] Playing Cupid; One More Chance; [Al Coker:] Let's Do It Again; [Alavadean Coker:] Double Date; It's Nearly Over; [Sandy Coker:] Good Feelin'; Undercover; Tender Moments; Honky Tonk Freeze; [Alavadean Coker:] Crying Heart [Alt]; We're Gonna Bop [Alt] – 02-15
SINGLES
Abbott (1954)
163-45 Witch‘s Waltz / Sugar Doll – 11-05-54 Alvadean Coker (rev. May 15)
167-45 Pinnolo The Puppy / Funny Little Things – 13-07-54 Alvadean Coker (rev. July 17)
169-45 I Sold Out My Heart / Crying Heart – 14-09-54 Alvadean Coker (rev. Sept. 17)
171-45 Meadowlark Melody / Toss Over – 12-10-54 Sandy Coker (rev. Oct. 16)
176-45 Do Dee Oodle Dee Do I’m In Love / We’re Gonna Bop – 26-02-55 Alvadean Coker (rev. Feb. 26; Canadian issue on Reo 8006)
Decca (1956) aka Al Coker
9-30051 Rock Island Line / Gitfiddle Rag – 11-09-56 Sandy Coker
9-30052 Insufficient Love / There’s A Tear In The Eyee Of The Man In The Moon – 11-09-56 Alvadean Coker
9-30053 Don’t Go Baby (Don’t Go) / I Laughed And Walked Away – 11-09-56 Alvis Coker
9-30490 Let’s Do It Again / One More Chance – 29-10-57 Al Coker
9-30534 Honky Tonk Freeze / Under Cover – 17-12-57 Sandy Coker
9-30580 Playing Cupid / It¢s Nearly Over – 18-02-58 Alvadean Coker
