MUSIC CITY 801 AL BENNETT WITH THE COUNTRY TRAVELERS It’s All In The Cards (801.A) (Eyster – Fairweather) (Stern. BMI) Little Drop Of Rain (801.B) (Al Bennett) (Music City Pub. Co. BMI)
MUSIC CITY 802 PEARL CHURCHILL WITH THE COUNTRY TRAVELERS The Little White Cross (Pearl Churchill) (Music City Pub. Co. BMI) My Wedding Band (Pearl Churchill) (Music City Pub. Co. BMI)
NUGGET 1 EARL PETERSON AND THE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST Michigan Waltz (1-A) (769) (deadwax 779) (Earl Peterson) (No Publisher Noted) Take Me Back To Michigan (1-B) (770) (deadwax 770) (Earl Peterson) (No Publisher Noted)
Label has the notation “Michigan’s Own Singing Cowboy” NUGGET 1 was also issued with coloured wax.
LONGHORN 101 LESTER AND DAROLD “THE MELODY COWHANDS” Drive Inn Blues (101-A) (Woytek)(No Publisher Noted) Walkin’ Marie (101-B) (Woytek – Fritsch)(No Publisher Noted)
ORBIT 101 SANDY STANTON WITH THE “RHYTHM RANCH HANDS” Heart For Sale (101.A) (Melody Paschall) (Orbit Pub Co.BMI) Little Dog In The Street (101.B) (Melody Paschall) (Orbit Pub Co.BMI)
WALT McCOY SPECIAL 201 / 202 WALT McCOY I Wanta Be Loved (201) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) You’re The One (202) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
HUMMINGBIRD R-1076/ R-1077 DOUG HARDEN WITH THE DESERT SUNS Dig That Ford (R-1076) (D. Harden) (Shasta Pub. Co. BMI) Good For Nothing Woman (R-1077) (George A. Taylor – Sharen A. Pease) (Shasta Pub. Co. BMI)
BAMA 2200 WALTER (TEX) DIXSON AND HIS RADIO RAMBLERS Honky Tonk Swing (2-A) (Walter (Tex) Dixson) (No Publisher Noted) I’m Sorry For You (2-B) (Walter Hickey) (No Publisher Noted)
BAMA 2200 was reviewed in BILLBOARD on 30th June 1951.
CANYON RPM 101/102 BUDDY AND HIS BUDDIES Out Of Sight Out Of Mind (Vocal – Paul Moyers) (RPM 101) (Bud Watkins) (No Publisher Noted) I Didn’t Even Cry (Vocal – Paul Moyers) (RPM 102) (Bud Watkins) (No Publisher Noted)
DELTA 100 NORMAN NETTLES Is It True What They Say About Hawaii (100-A) (N. Nettles) (Arlene Music Pub. BMI) I’ve Got The Right Key Baby (But I Can’t Get In) (100-B) (N. Nettles) (Arlene Music Pub. BMI)
ATLAS 1 BOB & JIM WITH THE BLUE RIDGE RANGERS Little Temptation (1-A) (Jim Edwards) (No Publisher Noted) In The Beautiful Sky (1-B) (Jim Edwards) (No Publisher Noted)
DIXIE 101 AL URBAN Since You’re Gone (101.A) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) If You Could Only Love Me (101.B) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
BLUE KEY 100 POTOMAC VALLEY BOYS Weary Heart (Vocal – Freida) (A) (E4-KB-3301) (Howard Marks) (BMI) Do I Make Your Heart Ache (Vocal – Freida & Charlie) (B) (E4-KB-3302) (Charlie Freeland) (BMI)
PEACH STATE 101 UNCLE NED AND HIS HAYLOFT JAMBOREE I’ll Wait For You (Vocal – Fonzy Gray) (101.A) (Uncle Ned) (No Publisher Noted) Too Many Parties (Recitation - Uncle Ned) (101.B) (Rose) (No Publisher Noted)
CARDINAL 101 MEL COX AND THE FLYING X RANCH BOYS Waltz Of Yesterday (101.A) (Cox) (BMI) JIMMIE CULBERTSON AND THE FLYING X RANCH BOYS Dry Ice (101.B) (Allpress – Ford) (BMI)
COUNTRY No# MARVIN KIRKLAND WITH STRING BAND A Sad Letter (Side 1) (E3KB 0600) (Billy Barton – M. Kirkland) (American BMI) Its Just Got To End (Side 2) (E3KB 0601) (Billy Barton – M. Kirkland) (American BMI)
CAROLINA C-1001 CURT HINSON Down Deep In My Heart (A) (Hinson) ASCAP Let’s See You Smile (B) (Hinson – Molinaro) ASCAP
CAROLINA C-1001 was reviewed in BILLBOARD on the 25th April 1953. CAROLINA C-1001 was reissued on GOTHAM 431. Composer credits and publishing data taken from GOTHAM release.
CAROLINA C-1002 (No Information)
CAROLINA C-1003 CURT HINSON Your Old Love Is Haunting You Still (A) (Hinson – Moss) (BMI) Cotton Picking Baby (B) (Hinson – Molinaro) (BMI)
CLIFTON 6100 COWBOY JACK Trust Me Darling (1-A) (Cowboy Jack) (No Publisher Noted) Fond Affections (2-A) (Author Domain)!
CLIFTON 6101 COWBOY JACK AND THE THREE J’s Trust Me Darling (6101-1) (1-A) (Cowboy Jack) (No Publisher Noted) Rover Is My Name (6101-2) (2-A) (Cowboy Jack) (No Publisher Noted)
“Trust Me Darling” on CLIFTON 6101 is a re-recording of the song first issued on CLIFTON 6100.
CLIFTON 6100 and 6101 are Research Craft Pressings.
DELTA 600 SLIM LAY AND THE CROSSROADS FOLLIES GANG Talkin’ About Susie (Vocal – R. C. Johnson) (6536) (Lay) (No Publisher Noted) I’ll Never Find Another You (Vocal – R. C. Johnson) (6537) (Lay) (No Publisher Noted)
Both recording were leased or sold to MGM, however, the recordings were not released on the label.
SNAKE RIVER OUTLAW 101 SNAKE RIVER OUTLAWS Orange Blossom Special (101.A) (Instrumental) (No Composer Credits) (No Publisher Noted) ORVILLE FOCHTMAN (Vocal) With SNAKE RIVER OUTLAWS I Won’t Go Huntin’ Jake (But I’ll Go Chasin’ Woman) (101.B) (No Composer Credits) (No Publisher Noted)
BOULEVARD 101 CASEY CLARK AND HIS LAZY RANCH BOYS Out Of The Darkness (Vocal – Herb Williams & Trio) (A) (Mary E. Clark) (Kencee Music. BMI) Chokin The Reeds (Instrumental) (B) (No Composer Credit) (Kencee Music. BMI)
COLEMAN CR 02 MELVIN PRICE AND HIS SANTE FE RANGERS [sic] Without You (A) (deadwax CR 002.B) (Melvin Price) (No Publisher Noted) I Always Make You Cry (B) (deadwax CR 002.A) (Melvin Price) (No Publisher Noted)
KDC 101 KEN MONTGOMERY AND THE RHYTHM WRANGLERS Engine No. 9 (A) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) Heartaches And Tears (B) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
COVERED WAGON 100-2 CHUCK ROGERS AND HIS TENNESSEE CHECKER PLAYERS Tennessee Baby (A) (deadwax CW 102.A) (Chuck Rogers) (Smoky Mt. Music. BMI) I Trusted Blue Eyes Too Long (B) (deadwax CW 102.B) (C. Rogers – L. Mann) (Lous Music. BMI)
BILLBOARD Reported (2nd July 1949) that Chuck Rogers owned the COVERED WAGON label, he was also the A&R man for the Knoxville based DIXIE label (Billboard info from Dick Grant)
ARDENE 501 PETE SHERMAN AND HIS WESTERN SHOWBOYS I Didn’t Know (Vocal – Andre Twins) (A) (M. Sorenson) (No Publisher Noted) All Alone (Vocal – Moe) (B) (Sherman) (No Publisher Noted)
CHECKER 761 TOMMY TRENT Paper Boy Boogie (6986) (No Composer Credit) (Cambridge Music Co) Sweetheart I Am Missing You (6987) (No Composer Credit) (Fowler Pub Co)
BONNIE BLUE 1001 RUTH DALTON WITH WAYNE JOHNSON AND THE BOYS You Used To Be My Sweetheart (A) (Dale Noe – Bill Hillman) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP) A’ Pickin’ And A’ Singin’ (B) (Wayne Johnson) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)
BONNIE BLUE 1002 WAYNE JOHNSTON AND THE BOYS A Page From The Past (Vocal - Ted Faith) (A) (Wayne Johnson – Art Kibbe) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP) My Mem’ries Of You (Vocal - Ted Faith) (B) (Wayne Johnson) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)
BONNIE BLUE 1003 WAYNE JOHNSTON AND THE BOYS She Didn’t Remember My Name (Vocal - Ted Faith) (A) (Wayne Johnston – Fabian Andre) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP) Bluebonnet Schottische (Instrumental) (B) (Wayne Johnston – Fabian Andre) (Blue Bonnet Songs. ASCAP)
BONNIE BLUE 1004 TED FAITH WITH WAYNE JOHNSTON AND THE BOYS I Wish That I Didn’t Know () I’m Gonna Walk Right Out My Front Door ()
LENTEX 1001 CLAY HARVEY AND HIS LEN-TEXANS I’m Only A Star In Old Glory (A) (Dick Reynolds – Lola Mae McGraw) (No Publisher Noted) You Let Me Down (B) (Dick & Bill Reynolds) (No Publisher Noted)
VALLEY TROUBADOURS Corner Of My Heart (Vocal – Fred Henderson) (H-100) (Henderson) (Tin Pan Valley Pub. BMI) That’s Out (Vocal – Fred Henderson) (H-101) (Henderson) (Tin Pan Valley Pub. BMI)
LIBERTY 1/2 ZEKE CLEMENTS (GRAND OLE’ OP’RY STAR) New Smoke On The Water (1) (deadwax 3-B) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) I’ll Have To Live And Learn (2) (deadwax 3-A) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
BILLBOARD announced (1st December 1945) that Zeke Clements had started LIBERTY Records
LIBERTY 3/4 ZEKE CLEMENTS (GRAND OLE’ OP’RY STAR) Honest I’m Honest With You (3) (deadwax 4-B ZC) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) You’re Free Again (4) (deadwax 4-A ZC) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
“You’re Free Again” has notation on label - From The Columbia Picture “Two-Fisted Stranger” “Honest I’m Honest” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10019 “You’re Free Again” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10014
LIBERTY 5 ZEKE CLEMENTS (GRAND OLE’ OP’RY STAR) Blue Mexico Skies (A) (deadwax 5-A ZC) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) Looking For An Angel Like You (B) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
“Blue Mexico Skies” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10013 “Looking For An Angel Like You” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10021.
LIBERTY 6 PAUL HOWARD AND HIS ARKANSAW COTTON PICKERS You Left A Red Cross On My Heart (A) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) I’ve Been Lonesome Since You Went Away (B) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
LIBERTY 6 was reissued on KING 789
LIBERTY 7 JOHN DANIELS QUARTET Crossing Over Jordan () () No Disappointment Up There () ()
LIBERTY 8 / BLAZON 8 ZEKE CLEMENTS AND HIS WESTERN SWING GANG Oklahoma Blues (A) (Clements) (No Publisher Noted) Am I Too Late (B) (Clements) (No Publisher Noted)
“Oklahoma Blues” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10017 “Am I Too Late” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10019
Advert in BILLBOARD (9th February 1946) for LIBERTY 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 available from distributors in Birmingham, Ala; Memphis, Tn; New Orleans, La; Nashville, Tn, and Big Spring, Texas.
LIBERTY 9 JOHN DANIELS QUARTET Gonna’ Row My Boat (A) () No Darkness (Can Hide My Lord From Me) (B) ()
BLAZON 10 ZEKE CLEMENTS AND HIS WESTERN SWING GANG Nobody Loves Me (A) (Clements) (No Publisher Noted) It’s My Life (B) (Clements) (No Publisher Noted)
“Nobody Loves Me” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10013 “It’s My Life” was reissued on BLACK & WHITE 10014
BLAZON 11 ZEKE CLEMENTS AND HIS WESTERN SWING GANG I’ll Face The World With A Smile (A) () ? ()
“I’ll Face The World With A Smile” was reissued BLACK & WHITE 10017.
Hear "You Left A Red Cross On My Heart"
Listing originally published in The Hillbilly Researcher # 6 – January / February 1990. Acknowledgement - Dave Sax.
OLLIT 2001 TOMMY LITTLE AND SUNRISE RANGERS Mean Mean Woman (A) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted) One Time Too Often (B) (No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
DELTA No# RAY ROGERS AND THE MELODY COWBOYS The Wonders Of The West (UB 2839) (Joe Mancuso) (No Publisher Noted) How Can You Be So Mean (UB 2840) (Ray Rogers – Gordon Kirst) (No Publisher Noted)
Hear “How Can You Be So Mean"
DELTA record is very Lo-Fi and shellac is poor quality
Ray Rogers 1947 Airshot Radio Station, W.D.S.U New Orleans
QUEEN 145 MARK JOHNSON Heartbreak Waltz (Piano Instrumental) (+) (Lewis – Johnson) (American. BMI) Backin’ Up (Piano Instrumental) (-) (Lewis – Johnson) (American. BMI)
QUEEN 146 (No Information)
QUEEN 147 HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS Invitation (Vocal – Ben Nix) (147.A) (Red Hayes) (Starrite Pub.BMI) Medley (Instrumental) (147.B) (Arr: Hoyle Nix) (No Publisher Noted) PD.
QUEEN 148 HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS Choose The One You Want (Vocal – Ben Nix) (148.A) (Red Hayes) (Starrite Pub.BMI) San Antonio Rose (Instrumental) (148.B) (Bob Wills) (Bourne Inc. ASCAP)
QUEEN 149 JAY-BOB HOWDY WITH HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS Real Rockin Daddy (Vocal – Jay-Bob Howdy) (149.A) (Miller – Howdy) (Clearance BMI) DEONNE DOME WITH HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS Another You (Vocal – Deonne Dome) (149.B) (G. E. Kennerly) (TNT Pub BMI)
QUEEN 149 HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS Real Rockin Daddy (Uncredited Vocal) (149.A) (Miller – Howdy) (Acuff Rose. BMI) Another You (Uncredited Vocal) (149.B) (G. E. Kennerly) (TNT Pub. BMI)
Note: Label credits for QUEEN 149 differ. The first entry above, the one credited to Jay-Bob Howdy / Deonne Dome, was taken from a 45rpm copy of the record. The second entry above, the one just credited to Hoyle Nix, was taken from a 78rpm record. Jay-Bob Howdy incidentally is Wink Lewis.
Deonne Dome (Real Name: Evelyn Bradford Balis) (Photo courtesy Danny Balis)
QUEEN 150 (No Information)
QUEEN 151 WELDON ROGERS Please Return My Broken Heart (151.A) (Rogers) (Queen-ette. BMI) I’m Building A ? ? ? (On The Moon) (151.B) (Rogers) (TNT Pub. BMI)
QUEEN 152 (No Information)
QUEEN 153 WINK LEWIS – BUZ BUSBY BAND Stand Still (153.A) (Tanner) (TNT Pub. BMI) Low Ball Blues (153.B) (Pruitt) (Queen-ette. BMI)
QUEEN 154 TEXAS FRANK HUGHES AND HIS TEXAS MELODY BOYS Will You (Vocal – R. D. Thatcher) (154.A) () My Heart (Vocal – R. D. Thatcher) (154.B) ()
QUEEN 155 (No Information)
QUEEN 156
Note: QUEEN 156 was assigned to a release by A. B. (Buddy) Pruitt, but it is unknown if this record was actually issued.
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