By Mario Manciotti + Shane Hughes, Ian Saddler, Dave Sax,
Phil Tricker, Al Turner (on Kentucky label discography), Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS also member of Boys of Indiana
1952 Cincinnati, OH – Preston Ward with Billy Thomas
001 7004 ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL 524
1952 Cincinnati, OH – Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy
Thomas
002 7017 GIVING EVERYTHING AWAY Kentucky 525
003 7023 BOIL THEM CABBAGE DOWN 525
1952 Cincinnati, OH – Jim Stacey and Billy Thomas and Echo
Valley Boys, *and Jerry Helt
004 7081 INSTRUCTIONS - BASIC RIGHT AND LEFT THROUGH* 528
005 7082 SOLDIER'S JOY* 528
005 7082 SOLDIER'S JOY* 528
006 7083 BASIC STAR 529
007 7084 TENNESSEE WAGONEER 529
007 7084 TENNESSEE WAGONEER 529
1952 Cincinnati, OH – Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy
Thomas
008 7090 BLACK MOUNTAIN RAG 531 /HBR 023
009 7091 VINE STREET STOMP 531/HBR 023
HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR 023 KENTUCKY LABEL (UK, 2000)
Ca 1952 Cincinnati, OH – Billy Thomas
010 ALABAMA JUBILEE Big 4 Hits 26
011 DOWN YONDER Big 4 Hits 26
012 RAGGED BILL Big 4 Hits 26
013 WHATCHA GONNA DO NOW Big 4 Hits 100 109
014 HERE COMES SANTA CLAUS Big 4 Hits 110
015 COMPANY’S COMING Big 4 Hits 115 126
016 WALTZ OF THE WIND Big 4 Hits 121
017 FREIGHT TRAIN BLUES Big 4 Hits 121
018 MARY OF THE WILD MOOR Big 4 Hits 122
019 THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL Big 4 Hits 591-4
SINGLES
Kentucky (1952)
524 [Preston Ward with Billy Thomas:] Orange Blossom Special;
[Preston Ward with Harry Adams:] How Can I Help Lovin' You - 52
525 Giving Everything
Away / Boil Them Cabbage Down – 52 Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy Thomas
528 Instructions -
Basic Right And Left Through / Soldier's Joy – 52 Jim Stacey and Billy Thomas
and Echo Valley Boys
529 Basic Star / Tennessee
Wagoneer - 52
531 Black Mountain
Rag / Vine Street Stomp – 52 Harry Adams And The Herd with Billy Thomas
Big 4 Hits (Eps)
26 Alabama Jubilee; Down Yonder / Ragged Bill; [Sonny Osborne:]
Cotton Eyed Joe – 53 (MX 8135/8082)
100 [Billy Thomas:] Whatcha Gonna Do Now; [Dick Lambert:] This
Ole House / [Bill Ruff:] I'm Too Big To Cry; [Billy Thomas:] Female Hercules –
54 (MX: 8492/3)
109 [Billy Thomas:] Whatcha Gonna Do Now; [Dick Lambert:] This
Ole House / {Eddie Moore:] You're Not Mine Anymore; More And More – 54 (MX
8492/8518)
110 [Preston Ward:] Blue Christmas; [Eddie Williams:] Frosty
The Snowman / [Billy Thomas:] Here Comes
Santa Claus; [Frank Roberts:] Winter
Wonderland – 54 (MX 8519/20)
115 [Preston Ward:] Two Glasses Joe; [Frank Roberts:] More Than Anything Else In
This World / [Billy Thomas:] Company's
Coming; [Delbert Barker:] She's Done Give Her Heart To Me – 54 (MX 8552/3)
121 [Billy Thomas:] Waltz Of The Wind; Freight Train Blues /
[Preston Ward:] Precious Jewel; [Jimmie Watson:] When The Work's All Done This
Fall – 54 (MX 8572/3)
122 [Billy Thomas:] Mary
Of The Wild Moor; [Delbert Barker:] Cattle Call; Bury Me Not On The Lone
Prairie; Jesse James – 54 (MX: 8574/5)
126 [Frank Thomas:] More Than Anything Else In The World; [Billy
Thomas:] Company's Coming / [The Nunn
Sisters:] Open Up Your Heart; [Preston Ward:] New Green Light - 54 (MX
8603/4)
591-4 [Eddie Williams:]
Cigaretts And Coffee Blues; [Billy
Thomas:] That's The Way I Feel / [Jim
Hayes:] Your Making A Fool Out Of Me; [Joe
Cannonball Lewis:] Anyone's Baby – 58 (MX 9263/4)