Ruby Wright (Wells)

*27-10-1939 Nashville, TN, +27-09-2009

3rd version
by Praguefrank, Larry Davis, Michel Ruppli, Bill Daniels, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS also member of Nita, Rita and Ruby, see also Johnnie and Jack
21 February 1954 [13:00-16:00] Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN -Ruby Wells (+Johnny Wright, Jack Anglin, Culley Holt, Louis Innis, Shot Jackson, Ernie Newton, Benny Martin, Buddy Harman. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
001 E4-VB-3641 WHY FALL SO SLOWLY (WHEN GOD MADE ME FOR YOU) RCA 47-5686
002 E4-VB-3642 KISS ME 47-5686
May 1954 Thomas Productions, 109 13th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Ruby Wells, * and Grandpa Jones (Producer: Stephen Sholes)
003 E4-VB-4194 BACK UP BUDDY IF YOU DON'T WANT A WHIPPIN' 47-5770
004 E4-VB-4195 LOOKIN' BACK TO SEE* 47-5770
005 E4-VB-4196 A KISS AND A PROMISE 47-5849
006 E4-VB-4197 I’M NOT ASHAMED TO CRY 47-5849
17 November 1954 [19:45-23:15] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Ruby Wells (Ruby Wells [vcl], Bud Isaacs [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Marvin Hughes [piano]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
007 E4-VB-6021 HEARTS OF STONE 47-5955
008 E4-VB-6022 YOU CLUBBERED ME 47-5955
20 April 1955 [13:00-16:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Ruby Wells (Ruby Wells [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Jack Shook [gt], Bob Foster [steel], Lightnin Chance [bass], Farris Coursey [drums], John Gordy [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Chet Atkins)
009 F2-WB-2221 FIGHTING THE BLUES 47-6131
010 F2-WB-2222 ROLLIN‘ STONE 47-6131
ca September 1961 poss. RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Wright Sisters (Ruby Wright and Carol Sue Wright)
W01 MO9W-5709 THAT'S OKAY Cadence 1411
W02 MO9W-5710 CRAZY OVER YOU Cadence 1411

Summer 1964 Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright (Producer: Grady Martin)

011 24048/K 10047 DERN YA Ric S-126-64 /Kapp KS-3508
012 24049/K 10050 SUCH A SILLY NOTION Ric S-126-64 /Kapp KS-3508
RIC leased to Kapp in 1965
Fall 1964 Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright (Producer: Grady Martin)
013 24592/K 10052 BILLY BROKE MY HEART AT WALGREENS (I CRIED ALL THE WAY TO SEARS) S-145-64 /Kapp KS-3508
014 24593/K 10053 YOU'RE NOT REALLY LEAVING (ARE YOU) S-145-64/Kapp KS-3508
RIC leased masters to Kapp in 1965 

4, 24 September 1964 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Mel Tillis (+ Wayne Moss [gt-first session], Ray Edenton [gt-second session], Jimmy Day [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Kelso Herston [bass gt-first session], Harold Bradley [bass gt-second session], Buddy Harman [drums], Grover Lavender [fiddle-first session], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Grady Martin)
014a LOVE, LOVE, LOVE M 4001
014b ARE YOU SINCERE M 4001
014c WATERLOO M 4001
014d I’VE GOT A NEW HEARTACHE M 4001
014e UNLOVED – UNWANTED M 4001
014f B.J. THE D.J. M 4001
014g WHY, WHY M 4001
014h LET FORGIVENESS IN M 4001
Tracks above (edited versions?)  were used as parts of medleys by Red Sovine, Ruby Wright, Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker
1965 Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright
015 K 10051 UP THE PATH AND IN MY DOOR S-157-65 /Kapp KS-3508
016 K 10048 WEBSTER, YOU WROTE THE BOOK S-157-65/Kapp KS-3508
017 K 10055 ADIOS, ALOHA S-166-65/Kapp KS-3508
018 K 10049 THE SMILE ON MY LIPS S-166-65/Kapp KS-3508
RIC leased masters to Kapp in 1965
ca 1965 Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright
019 K 10054 HURTACHE Kapp KS-3508
020 K 10059 ONCE A DAY Kapp KS-3508
021 K 10060 SMARTY BRITCHES Kapp KS-3508
022 K 10057 THE GAY DIVORCEE Kapp KS-3508
023 K 10056 THE CHEWING GUM unissued
024 K 10058 BON VOYAGE Kapp KS-3508*
*listed in Kapp files as on KS 3508 but not included on the album
RIC leased masters to Kapp in 1965
26 May 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Ruby and Sue Wright
025 116159/NA 13590 HEAVEN +o DL-74679
026 116160/NA 13591 THANK GOD FOR A MOTHER LIKE MINE + DL-74679
ca July 1966 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright (Producer: Billy Sherrill)
027 NEW PLACE TO HANG YOUR HAT Epic 5-10055
028 A KICK IN THE CONSCIENCE 5-10055
ca February 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright
029 (I CAN FIND) A BETTER DEAL THAN THAT 5-10150
030 EVERYTIME, ALL THE TIME 5-10150
ca. February 1970 Singleton Sound Studio, 3106 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright
031 711-980 YESTER ME YESTER YOU YESTERDAY Plantation PL-51/PLP-521
032 LISTEN TO THE WORDS PL-51
033 THAT'S ALL I WANT FROM YOU PLP-519
ca. May 1972 Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright (Producer: Cliff Williamson)
034 1163 HE'S A NIGHT OWL Chart CH-5171
035 1164 THE FIRE THAT BURNS AT HOME Chart CH-5171
ca. April 1977 Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright (Producer: Johnny Wright)
036 COUNTRYFIED AND PROUD Scorpion SC 0534
037 BETWEEN THE RAIN AND THE ROSES SC 0534
1978 Nashville, TN – Ruby Wright
038 I DON'T FEEL LIKE LIVING TODAY Second Generation SGRS-2112
039 HANGIN' ON SGRS-2112

4, 24 September 1964 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Mel Tillis (+ Wayne Moss [gt-first session], Ray Edenton [gt-second session], Jimmy Day [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Kelso Herston [bass gt-first session], Harold Bradley [bass gt-second session], Buddy Harman [drums], Grover Lavender [fiddle-first session], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Grady Martin)
053 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE M 4001
054 ARE YOU SINCERE M 4001
055 WATERLOO M 4001
056 I’VE GOT A NEW HEARTACHE M 4001
057 UNLOVED – UNWANTED M 4001
058 B.J. THE D.J. M 4001
059 WHY, WHY M 4001
060 LET FORGIVENESS IN M 4001
Tracks above (edited versions?)  were used as parts of medleys by Red Sovine, Ruby Wright, Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker




ALBUMS
Recording Industries Corp. [RCI] M-4001 43 Award Winning Country Hits, By Four Country Stars: [Medley 1 (3:09)]: Mel Tillis -Holiday For Love / Ruby Wright -Love, Love Love  / Red Sovine -Lonesome 7-7203; [Medley 2 (2:28)]: Ruby Wright -Are You Sincere / Red Sovine - Sands Of Gold / Mel Tillis - How Do You Talk To A Baby /  Red Sovine - Honky Tonk Man; [Medley 3 (3:08):] Red Sovine -    Hello Out There  / Wayne Walker - I Don't Care / Mel Tillis - I Ain't Never / Wayne Walker – Pride; [Medley 4 (2:55):] Wayne Walker -A Little Heartache / Ruby Wright - Waterloo / Mel Tillis - Crazy Wild Desire / Wayne Walker - One More Time; [Medley 5 (2:11):] Mel Tillis - Emotions / Wayne Walker - You're Not Mine Anymore / Ruby Wright - I've Got A New Heartache; [Medley 6 (2:48):] Red Sovine -I'm Tired / Mel Tillis - Detroit City / Mel Tillis -The Comeback / Wayne Walker - The Long Black Veil ; [Medley 7 (2:42)]: Mel Tillis -No Love Have I /Ruby Wright - Unloved - Unwanted / Red Sovine - Take Time / Mel Tillis -According To My Heart; [Medley 8:(2:45):] Ruby Wright -B.J. The D.J. / Mel Tillis - Burning Memories / Wayne Walker - Memory No. 1 / Red Sovine -Heart Over Mind; [Medley 9 (2:41):] Red Sovine -Yes, I Know Why / Wayne Walker - Fallen Angel / Mel Tillis - Grin And Bear It; [Medley 10 (2:40):] Ruby Wright - Why, Why / Wayne Walker - Sweet Lips  / Red Sovine - Before I Met You; [Medley 11: (2:29):] Red Sovine -Little Rosa / Wayne Walker - Amigo's Guitar / Red Sovine - Grin And Bear It; [Medley 12 (2:24):] Mel Tillis – Partners; Red Sovine - A Thousand Miles Ago / –Ruby Wright - Let Forgiveness In / Wayne Walker - Leavin' On Your Mind – 64 (12 Medleys by Red Sovine, Ruby Wright, Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker; (MX: SRP 7186/7187; also on Cinema City CC 102)

Kapp KL-1508/KS-3508 Dern Ya: Dern Ya; Billy Broke My Heart At Walgreen's; Such A Silly Notion; Hurtache; You're Not Really Leaving (Are You); Adios Aloha; Once A Day; A Smile On My Lips; Webster You Wrote The Book; Up The Path And In My Door; Smarty Britches; The Gay Divorcee – 12-66

SINGLES
RCA Victor (1954-57) aka Ruby Wells
47-5686 Why Fall So Slowly (When God Made Me For You) / Kiss Me – 04-54
47-5770 Back Up, Buddy, If You Don’t Want / Lookin‘ Back To See (w. Grandpa Jones) – 21-05-54
47-5849 A Kiss And A Promise / I'm Not Ashamed To Cry – 09-54 (rev. Sept. 20)
47-5955 Hearts Of Stone / You Clobbered Me – 12-54
Cadence (1961) Wright Sisters

1411 That's Okay / Crazy Over You - 61
RIC (1964-65, leased to Kapp)
S-126-64 Dern Ya / Such A Silly Notion - 08-64 (rev. Aug. 29)
S-145-64 Billy Broke My Heart At Walgreens (I Cried All The Way To Sears) / You're Not Really Leaving Me (Are You) – 12-64
S-157 Webster, You Wrote The Book / Up The Path (And In My Door) – 04-65
S-166 Adios, Aloha / The Smile On My Lips - 65
Epic (1966-67)
5-10055 New Place To Hang Your Hat / A Kick In The Conscience - 08-66
5-10150 (I Can Find) A Better Deal Than That / Everytime, All The Time – 14-04-67
Plantation (1970)
PL-51 Yester Me Yester You Yesterday / Listen To The Words - 04-70
Chart (1972)
CH-5171 There's A Night Owl / Fire That Burns In Home – ca.06-72
Scorpio (1977)
SC 0534 Countrified And Proud / Between The Rain And The Roses - 05-77
Second Generation (1978)
SGRS-2112 I Don't Feel Like Living Today / Hangin' On - 78

Nita, Rita, and Ruby

by Richard Weize, Praguefrank, Henk Scholts, Steve Hathaway, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst

SESSIONS

10 February 1955 [19:30-22:30] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Nita, Rita and Ruby (Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, Ruby Wells [vcl] + Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Farris Coursey [drums], John Gordy [piano]. Producer: Chet Atkins)

001 F2-WB-0241 ROCK LOVE  47-6050/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

002 F2-WB-0242 PLEDGING MY LOVE 47-6050/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

003 F2-WB-0243 BUT I LOVE YOU JUST THE SAME  47-6212/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

7 April 1955 [11:00-14:30] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Nita, Rita and Ruby (Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, Ruby Wells [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Brock Speer [fiddle], Marvin Hughes [piano] + Brock Speer [vcl-1]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)

004 F2-WB-2208 LOVEY LIPS  -1 47-6124/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

005 F2-WB-2209 GIVE ME LOVE   47-6124/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

006 F2-WB-2210 WHOSE BABY ARE YOU?  47-6212/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

007 F2-WB-2211 BORROWED DIAMONDS  unissued/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

26 October 1955 [19:00-22:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Nita, Rita and Ruby (Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, Ruby Wells [vcl],  Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Hank Garland [gt], Ernie Newton [bass], Farris Coursey [drums], Tommy Vaden [fiddle]. Producer: Chet Atkins)

008 F2-WB-6512 HI DE ANK TUM  47-6332/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

009 F2-WB-6513 AT THE OLD TOWN HALL  47-6532/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

010 F2-WB-6514 JIMMY UNKNOWN  47-6332/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

25 January 1956 [19:00-22:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Nita, Rita and Ruby (Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, Ruby Wells [vcl], Chet Atkins [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Donald Davis [steel], Bob Moore [bass], Farris Coursey [drums], Owen Bradley [piano]. Producer: Chet Atkins)

011 G2-WB-0223 LAST NIGHT IN MY DREAMS  47-6532/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

012 G2-WB-0224 LEROY  47-6445/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

013 G2-WB-0225 NOT ANY MORE 47-6445/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

27 February 1957 [19:00-22:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Nita, Rita and Ruby (Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, Ruby Wells [vcl], Ray Edenton [gt], Gene Stuart [gt], Junior Huskey [bass], Buddy Harman [drums]. Producer: Chet Atkins)

014 H2-WB-0658 LOSIN‘ MY BABY AGAIN  47-6883/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

015 H2-WB-0659 MY MAN TRUE TO ME  47-6883/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

016 H2-WB-0660 I JUST WON‘T CARE ANYMORE  unissued/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

2 July 1957 [19:00-22:00] RCA Victor Studio, Methodist Television, Radio and Film Commission, 1525 McGavock St., Nashville, TN – Nita, Rita and Ruby (Anita Carter, Rita Robbins, Ruby Wells [vcl], Ray Edenton [gt], Hank Garland [gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano] + The Jordanaires. Producer: Chet Atkins)

017 H2-WB-0778 (HE SAID YEAH) BABY,YOU’RE THE ONE  47-6989/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

018 H2-WB-0779 MY SWEET LOVE AIN?T AROUND  unissued/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

019 H2-WB-0780 YOU CAME TO THE PROM ALONE  47-6989/BFX-15176 BCD-16414

ALBUMS

Bear Family [GER] BFX-15176 Rock Love:  Rock Love; Lovey Lips;  Leroy; Not Any More; Jimmy Unknown; Pledging My Love; Last Night In My Dreams; Whose Baby Are Yo; Give Me Love;  Baby You're The One;  I Just Won't Care Anymore; Losin' My Baby Again; You Came To The Prom Alone; No Sweet Love Ain't Around;  But I Love You Just The Same; My Man True To Me; At The Old Town Hall; Borrowed Diamonds; Hi De Ank Tum - 85 

Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3786 Whose Baby Are You?: Rock Love; Pledging My Love; Lovey Lips; Give Me Love; Whose Baby Are You?; But I Love You The Same; Borrowed Diamonds; Whose Baby Are You? (Live); Hi De Ank Tum;  Jimmy Unknown;  Leroy;  Not Anymore;  At The Old Town Hall;  Last Night In My Dreams;  Losing My Baby Again;  My Man True To Me;  I Just Won't Care Anymore;  (He Said Yeah) Baby You're The One;  You Came To The Prom Alone; My Sweet Love Ain't Around;  Ruby Wells: Hearts Of Stone;  Ruby Wells: You Clobbered Me; Anita Carter: Making Believe; Rita Robbins: Two Hearts Two Kisses (Make One Love) (with Don Winters);  Anita Carter: That's What Makes The Jukebox Play; Ruby Wells: Rolling Stone;  Ruby Wells: Fighting The Blues;  Anita Carter:  Here We Are Again;  Rita Robbins: Get Away;  Anita Carter: A Tear Fell;  Rita Robbins:  Before You Go (With Don Winters);  Rita Robbins: Teenage Crash;  Anita Carter: Maybe  - 10-06-22

 

SINGLES

RCA Victor (1955-56)

20/47-6050 Rock Love / Pledging My Love - 03-55 (rev. March 5)

20/47-6124 Lovey Lips / Give Me Love – 06-55

20/47-6212 But I Love You Just The Same / Whose Baby Are You? - 08-55 (rev. Aug. 13)

20/47-6332 Hi De And Tum / Jimmy Unknown – 11-55 (rev. Nov. 12)

20/47-6445 Leroy / Not Any More - 02-56 (rev. March 3)

20/47-6532 At The Old Town Hall / Last Night In My Dreams - 09-56

20/47-6883 My Man True To me / Losing My Baby Again – 04-57 (rev. Apr. 20)

20/47-6989 (He Said Yeah) Baby You're The One / You Came To The Prom Alone - 07-57 (rev. July 22)