William Whitney Pursell, *Oakland, CA
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Carl G. Cederblad, Hans Sandberg
SESSIONS
23 August 1962 Columbia
Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill
Pursell [piano], Thomas Grady Martin [gt/leader], Harold R. Bradley [bass gt], Homer
L. “Boots” Randolph [sax], Anita Kerr Singers [bck
vcl] + more unknown musicians. Arr. by Bill Justis. Producer: Don Law, Frank
Jones)
001 CO 76633 A WOUND TIME CAN’T ERASE
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COL-CD-5850
002 CO 76635 OUR WINTER LOVE
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003 CO 76636 DARK ALLEY
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18 October 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + orch. Dir. By Grady
Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
004 CO 77080/CB 373? LOVED
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August (CO 76634) -October 1962 Columbia Recording Studio,
804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + orch.
Dir. By Grady Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
005 THERE’LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT Columbia CS-8792 COL-CD-5850
006 FOUR WALLS
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007 BORN TO LOSE
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008 I WALK THE LINE
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009 LOVE CAN’T WAIT
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010 BYE BYE LOVE
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011 I CAN’T HELP IT (IF I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) Columbia CS-8792 COL-CD-5850
23 October 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + orch. Dir. By Grady
Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
012 CO 77086 REMEMEBER ME
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013 CO 77087 I'LL NEVER BE FREE 4-43090
25 October 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + orch. Dir. By Grady
Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
014 CO 77090 STRANGER
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3 May 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill
Pursell [piano] + orch. Dir. By Grady Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
015 CO 78727/CB 653? FAREWELL TO ADRA Columbia 4-42832/CS-8877 COL-CD-5850
016 CO 78728/CB 654? CRYING
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May-July 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill
Pursell [piano] + orch. Dir. By Grady Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
017 CHASING A DREAM
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018 NEVER AND FOREVER
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019 THEME FROM A DREAM
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020 LONELY Columbia
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021 MORE (THEME FROM THE FILM "MONDO CANE") Columbia CS-8877
022 COLUMBINE
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023 LONELY STREET
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024 SUMMER IS GONE
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17 May 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill
Pursell [piano] + orch. Dir. By Grady Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
025 CO 78755 PRIDE
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12 July 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill
Pursell [piano] + orch. Dir. By Grady Martin. Producer: Don Law, Frank Jones)
026 CO 79383 AUTUMN MAGIC
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9 December 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + unknown musicians)
027 NCO 80081 THEME FROM CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. 4-42970/
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19 February 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + unknown musicians)
028 NCO 82574 MADRILENA
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029 NCO 82575 A REMEMBERED LOVE Columbia 4-43255/CS-9221
30 June 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + unknown musicians)
030 NCO 82789 QUIET NIGHTS OF QUIET STARS = CORCORADO Columbia 4-43380/CS-9221
Ca June-July 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + unknown musicians)
031 PEOPLE (FROM THE MUSICAL PRODUCTION "FUNNY
GIRL") Columbia CS-9221
032 WHO CAN I TURN TO (WHEN NOBODY NEEDS ME) (FROM THE
MUSICAL PRODUCTION "THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT") Columbia CS-9221
033 WHEN I FALL IN LOVE
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034 ONCE I LOVE = O MORRO
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035 BRASILIA Columbia
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036 AUTUMN Columbia
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037 BLUES FOR JULIE
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6 July 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + unknown musicians)
038 NCO 82800 YOU’VE LOST THAT LOVIN’ FEELIN’ Columbia 4-43380/CS-9221
7 March 1966 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South,
Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + unknown musicians)
039 NCO 83257 LOVE THEME FROM SUPERMAN 4-43593
040 NCO 83258 SOUL SHALL IT BE 4-43593
1966 Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Producer: Ted Jarrett,
John Harvey)
041 SPS 20 HEARTBEAT Spar 9008/SP 3008
unknown tracks for SP 3008
1966 Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Producer: Wm. Beasley)
051 SPS 22 I REALLY DON’T WANT TO KNOW Spar 9010/SP 3010
052 FADED LOVE Spar
9010/SP 3010?
053 HALF AS MUCH Spar SP 3010
054 MY WORLD’S A BLUE WORLD Spar SP 3010
055 WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU Spar SP 3010
056 ARE YOU SINCERE Spar SP 3010
057 DETOUR Spar SP 3010
058 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Spar SP 3010
059 DETROIT CITY Spar SP 3010
060 I FALL TO PIECES Spar SP 3010
061 YOU DON’T KNOW ME Spar SP 3010
062 ALMOST PERSUADED Spar SP 3010
ca early 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave.
South, Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell (Bill Pursell [piano] + unknown musicians.
Producer: Billy Sherrill)
063 BROWN
SUGAR Epic 5-10148
064 NEVER
ON SUNDAY Epic 5-10148
ca. January 1969 Nashville, TN – Bill Pursell
065 MB-24191 WINTER WAVES 45-17217
066 MB-24192 GEARY STREET 45-17217
1976 Nashville, TN - Bill Pursell And The Nashville Sweat
Band And Aides (Bill Pursell [piano/arr/conductor], Pete Bordonali [gt], Harold
Bradley [gt], Robert Teague [gt], John Pell [gt], Henry Strezelecki [el bass],
Mike Leech [el bass], Eddie Byers [drums], Robert Mater [drums], Farrell Morris
[percussion], Ty Corbett [percussion], Lea Jane Berinati [vcl acc], Ginger
Hollady [vcl acc], Mary Holladay [vcl acc], Janie Fricke [vcl acc/section
leader], Yvonne Hodges [vcl acc], Sheri Cramer [vcl acc], Sheldon Kurland
[violin], Carl Gorodetzky [violin], George Binkley III [violin], Stephanie Wolf
[violin], Virginia Christensen [violin], Pamela Sixfin [violin], Steven Smith
[violin], Sam Terranova [violin], Lennie Haight [violin], Gary Vanosdale
[viola], Marvin Chantry [viola], Roy Christensen [cello], Martha NcCrory
[cello], Cindy Reynolds [harp], George Tidwell [trumpet], Don Sheffield
[trumpet], Barry McDonald [trumpet], George Cunningham [trumpet], David
Converse [trumpet], Eberhard Ramm [French horn], Bill Puett [flute/alto
sax/baritone sax], Dennis Solee [tenor sax], Timmy Thomas (cuica). Producer:
Gene Nash)
067 WALK RIGHT IN Alston 3731/4405 RCA LP 30000
068 BUMP ME BABY (EL CUMBANCHERO) Alston 3728/4405 RCA LP
30000
069 CACHITA Alston 3731/4405 RCA LP 30000
070 EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK Alston 4405 RCA LP 30000
071 HOLD MY HAND WHEN WE‘RE GOING HOME Alston 4405 RCA LP 30000
072 NOW Alston 3721/4405 RCA LP 30000
073 SANDWICH SPREAD Alston 3728/4405 RCA LP 30000
074 PETER PIPER PUMPED HIS PECKS Alston 4405 RCA LP 30000
075 DEJA VU Alston 3721/4405 RCA LP 30000
ALBUMS
Columbia CL-1992/CS-8792 Our Winter Love Introducing The
Piano Magic Of Bill Pursell: Our Winter Love; There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight;
Four Walls; A Wound Time Can’t Erase; Born To Lose; Loved; Stranger; I Walk The
Line; Love Can’t Wait; Bye Bye Love; I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With
You); Dark Alley – 03-63
Columbia CL-2077/CS-8877 Chasing A Dream: Chasing A Dream;
Never And Forever; Pride; Theme From A Dream; Lonely; Crying; More (Theme From
The Film "Mondo Cane"); Farewell To Adra; Columbine; Lonely Street;
Autumn Magic; Summer Is Gone – 09-63
Columbia CL-2421/CS-9221 A Remembered Love: A Remembered
Love; People (From The Musical Production "Funny Girl"); Who Can I
Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me) (From The Musical Production "The Roar Of
The Greasepaint"); When I Fall In Love; Once I Love = O Morro; Brasilia;
You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’; Autumn; Blues For Julie; Quiet Nights Of Quiet
Stars = Corcorado; Madrilena - 65
Spar SP 3008 Tower Suite: (tracks unknown) – ca 66
Spar SP 3010 Bill Pursell...At The Piano. The "IN" Sound Of Country
And Western Music: Faded Love; Half As Much; My World’s A Blue World; Walking
The Floor Over You; Are You Sincere; Detour; San Antonio Rose; I Really Don’t
Want To Know; Detroit City; I Fall To Pieces; You Don’t Know Me; Almost
Persuaded – 11-66 (MX: SPS 4024/5)
Alston 4405 Bill Pursell And The Nashville Sweat Band And
Aides: Walk Right In; Bump Me Baby (El Cumbanchero); Cachita; Every Day Of The
Week; Hold Me Hand When Were Going Home; Now; Sandwich Spread; Peter Piper
Pumped His Pecks;Deja Vu – 76 (Canadian issue on Qualoity SV 1944, German issue on RCA PL 30000)
Collectables COL-CD-5850 Our Winter Love/A Golden Classic
Edition: Our Winter Love; There'll Be No Teardrops
Tonight; Four Walls; A Wound Time Can't Erase; Born to
Lose; Loved; Stranger; I Walk the Line; Love Can't
Wait; Bye Bye Love; I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With
You); Dark Alley; Fairwell to Adra*; Pride*; Autumm Magic
(Taratuga)*; The Theme from Captain Newman (Blue Grotto)*; Crying* –
14-03-06 (reissue of CS-8792 with *bonus tracks)
SINGLES
Columbia
4-42619 Our Winter
Love / A Wound Time Can’t Erase – 02-11-62 (rev. Dec. 1)
4-42780 Loved /
Stranger – 12-04-63
4-42832 Farewell To
Adra / Pride – 23-07-63
4-42876 Dark Alley /
Autumn Magic – 09-63
4-42970 Theme From
Captain Newman, M.D. / Remember Me – 02-64
4-43090 I'll Never Be
Free / Crying – 14-07-64 (rev. July 25)
4-43255 Madrilena /
Remembered Love – 03-65 (rev. Apr. 4)
4-33077 Our Winter
Love / I Walk The Line – 04-65
4-43380 Quiet Nights
Of Quiet Stars / You’ve Lost That Lovin‘ Feelin‘ – 23-08-65 (rev. Sept. 11)
4-43570 [The Ned Odum
Boys:] It's Superman / [Bill Pursell:] Love Theme From Superman - 66
4-43593 Love Theme
From Superman / Soul Shall It Be – 04-04-66
Spar
9008 [Herbert Hunter:] I Was Born To Love You / [Bill Pursell:] Heartbeat
- 66
9010 I Really Don’t Want To Know / Faded Love – 66
Epic
5-10148
Brown Sugar / Never On Sunday – 03-67
Dot (1969)
45-17217 Geary Street / Winter Waves – 03-68
Alston
(1976) w. Nashville Sweat Band and Aides
3721 Now / Deja Vu – 07-76
3728 Bump Me Baby / Sandwich Spread - 76
3731 Cachita / Walk Right In - 76
