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1966 saw Reggie continuing as the session guitarist at Royal (referred to as Hi Studio in the books), while branching out even further into work at other Memphis studios like Sam Phillips Recording (aka Sun), Pepper, American, Sonic and on into Nashville, cutting with Chips Moman at studios like Columbia and Foster.
As Stax continued to crank out the hits around the corner, the industry was paying attention, and Hi began booking the studio and its musicians for 'outside' sessions on artists ranging from The Gentrys to Little Junior Parker
Reggie kept two books in 1966 and by April, besides noting the session leader, he was also keeping track of the musicians that played on each session (well, sometimes). By July, those notations had been reduced to a shorthand of initials; AC=Ace Cannon, BE=Bobby Emmons, FF=Fred Ford, JM=James Mitchell, LB=Larry Butler, ML=Mike Leech, RY=Reggie Young, SA=Satch Arnold, SC=Sammy Creason, TC=Tommy Cogbill and WM=Willie Mitchell...
In addition to over three hundred individual sessions, Reggie was still 'playing out', backing up Ace Cannon and others on more than forty gigs throughout the Mid-South. As the demand for his services increased, so did the number of recordings he appeared on for various labels besides Hi and M.O.C., and so we've added new sections for both single and LP releases for other companies as well.
Rather than duplicate audio tracks, if a known release is mentioned in the log-book section, it will be marked with an asterisk indicating that it is listed and playable below. Due to the nature of the project, there will always be conjecture about exactly which records Reggie was referring to within the pages of the books. Although he himself is doing his best, it is impossible for him to recall the details of these thousands of sessions, and so each page remains a work in progress. Rather than not list a possible record because we don't know for sure if he played on it, we have decided to include those with the highest degree of probability based on release dates and other pertinent information (like whether or not it sounds like Reggie), while presenting the case as to why we think it should be included on the liner notes pages... the 1966 notes are divided into two parts, part one covers Reggie's in-house Hi recordings, and part two focuses on his sessions for other labels, with more recordings being added to this page as they are discovered. As we find sessions Reggie played on that are not listed in the book, or find out further details about one that is, that information will be added in Blue Ink... there may be a pop quiz at any time!
We are counting on your feedback, detectives, to add to (or subtract from) that list based on further evidence.
Be sure to check out expanded 1966 liner note pages:
PART ONE - HI RECORDS
PART TWO - OUTSIDE LABELS
...then please join in the discussion. Thanks!
- special thanks to 45cat, BSNpubs, Peter Hoogers, John Broven, Colin Escott, Jay Halsey, Jenny Lynn Young, Georgette Keller and, of course, Reggie!
DATE | STUDIO or GIG LOCATION | SESSION LEADER or CLIENT | ARTIST | TRACKS |
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JANUARY 3 | ROYAL | EMMONS | GENE SIMMONS | 1. Love's Gonna Live Here 2. Sound Track like Lee Dorsey |
JANUARY 4 | ROYAL | ARNOLD | DONALD BRYANT | Cleared One Session |
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | One Tune About J.F.K. | |||
JANUARY 5 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | ED HUBBARD | Demo Two Hours - Sound Track | |
JANUARY 7 | ROYAL | GENE SIMMONS | 1. Listen To Me Lie - Demo | |
JANUARY 9 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | STONEY (Little Boy) | 1. Cotton Patch* 2. Young Years* |
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JANUARY 10 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. Orig (like Soul Serenade) 2. Orig. - Demo |
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JANUARY 12 | ROYAL | YOUNG | GENE SIMMONS | Bat Man* - Demo |
JANUARY 13 | ROYAL | CHIPS MOMAN | JOE WILLIAMS | 1. Treat Me Like A Toy 2. Night Before Goodbye |
JANUARY 17 | ROYAL | MGM RECORDS | THE GENTRYS | 1. Let's Dance 2. This Time* Two Sessions |
JANUARY 18 | ROYAL | YOUNG | TED FORD | |
MGM RECORDS | THE GENTRYS | 1. I'm A Rambling Man - One Session | ||
JANUARY 19 | PEPPER | Two Sessions | ||
ROYAL | MGM RECORDS | THE GENTRYS | One Session | |
JANUARY 20 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. Orig. (like Sam the Sham) Demo | |
JANUARY 21 | ROYAL | YOUNG | BILL BLACK'S COMBO | 1. Orig. - Demo writers: Young-Creason-Cogbill- Mitchell-Butler |
JANUARY 24 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. Orig. 2. Orig. (Rept) - Demo |
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JANUARY 25 | LARRY ROGERS | Two Tunes | ||
JANUARY 27 | LONGVIEW, TX Reo Palm Isle Club | ACE CANNON | ||
JANUARY 29 | TEXARKANA, TX Pines Ballroom | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 1 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. Orig - writer: Butler One Session |
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FEBRUARY 4 | FORT BRAGG, NC Officers Club | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 5 | FORT BRAGG, NC NCO | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 6 | FORT BRAGG, NC E4 Club | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 8 | ROYAL | YOUNG | TWO BOYS (Country) | 1. Love You Baby - Demo |
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | ED HUBBARD | Three Hour Demo | ||
FEBRUARY 9 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | JUBILEE RECORDS | BLIND BOY | 4 Tunes - One Session |
PEPPER | One Session | |||
FEBRUARY 11 | ROYAL | LARRY ROGERS | Two Tunes | |
BATESVILLE, MS Skeet Club | ACE CANNON | |||
FEBRUARY 12 | GREENVILLE, MS Moose Club | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 14 | ROYAL | EMMONS | NARVEL FELTS | One Session 1. If I Didn't Care 2. I'll Never Be Free 3. White Linen 4. Only You |
FEBRUARY 15 | ROYAL | ARNOLD | NORMAN WEST | One Session 1. Hey Little Girl (released 5/67) 2. Baby That's Good 3. Please Don't Go (released 5/67) |
FEBRUARY 18 | BILOXI, MS Kessler Field Air Base | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 19 | BILOXI, MS Kessler Field Air Base | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 20 | BILOXI, MS Kessler Field Air Base | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 21 | ROYAL | YOUNG | DONALD BRYANT | 1. Demo |
PEPPER | One Session | |||
FEBRUARY 22 | ROYAL | MGM RECORDS | THE GENTRYS | Two Tunes - One Session |
ROYAL | CHIPS MOMAN | GROUP FROM CANADA | One Tune | |
FEBRUARY 23 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
FEBRUARY 24 | ROYAL | ACE CANNON | One Session 1. Boots Made For Walking 2. Louie Louie 3. More |
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FEBRUARY 25 | MEMPHIS, TN Gateway Club | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 26 | JONESBORO, AR Moose Lodge | ACE CANNON | ||
FEBRUARY 28 | ROYAL | EMMONS | NARVEL FELTS | Demo 1. 2. When a Boy and Girl Fall in Love |
MARCH 3 | ROYAL | HANNA-BARBERA | GILITEENS | 1. 2. |
MARCH 5 | MEMPHIS, TN Gateway Club | ACE CANNON | ||
MARCH 6 | TEXARKANA, TX Elks Club | ACE CANNON | ||
MARCH 7 | ROYAL | YOUNG | NARVEL FELTS | One Song |
VENIECE | One Song - Session | |||
PEPPER | One Session | |||
MARCH 10-11 | LONGVIEW, TX Red Palm Isle Club | ACE CANNON | ||
MARCH 12 | LUBBOCK, TX | ACE CANNON | ||
MARCH 14 | ROYAL | EMMONS | VENIECE | Demo 1. 2. |
MARCH 15 | ROYAL | LARRY ROGERS | Sound Track | |
PEPPER | One Session | |||
MARCH 16 | ROYAL | YOUNG | DONALD BRYANT | Demo 1. 2. |
MARCH 17 | ROYAL | EMMONS | BILL BLACK'S COMBO | Session Four Tunes |
MARCH 18 | GREENWOOD, MS VFW Hall | ACE CANNON | ||
MARCH 19 | BATESVILLE, MS Skeet Lodge | ACE CANNON | ||
MARCH 21 | ROYAL | YOUNG | NARVEL FELTS | 1. 2. |
DONALD BRYANT | 1. Love's Gonna Live Here* - Session | |||
MARCH 24 | ROYAL | YOUNG | ACE CANNON | 1. Afraid 2. |
NORMAN WEST | Overdub - Session | |||
MARCH 28 | ROYAL | YOUNG | ACE CANNON | 1. Dedicated To The One I Love* 2. Mockingbird* |
PEPPER | One Session | |||
MARCH 29 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | ED HUBBARD | Demo | |
MARCH 30 | ROYAL | ARNOLD | BILL BLACK'S COMBO | 1. Cheating Heart 2. Half As Much 3. Hey Good Looking* 4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry |
MEMPHIS, TN Volcano Club | ACE CANNON | MARCH 31 APRIL 1-2 | MEMPHIS, TN Volcano Club | ACE CANNON |
APRIL 4 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. Taste Of Honey 2. In Crowd 3. Rock Around The Clock 4. Hot Cha 5. Honky Tonk |
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VENIECE | 1. Got To Get You Out Of My Mind | |||
APRIL 5 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. What Now My Love 2. Green Berets 3. Java |
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TOMMY JAY | 1. Springtime Coming* | |||
MEMPHIS, TN Volcano Club | ACE CANNON | |||
APRIL 7 | PEPPER | Overdub | ||
MEMPHIS, TN Volcano Club | ACE CANNON | |||
APRIL 8 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. Wooly Bully 2. Blueberry Hill 3. 364-5789 |
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DONALD BRYANT | 1. Tune like 364-5789 | |||
CLARKSDALE, MS VFW Hall | ACE CANNON | |||
APRIL 9 | DYERSBURG, TN Moose Lodge | ACE CANNON | ||
APRIL 11 | ROYAL | YOUNG | BILL BLACK'S COMBO | 1. I Walk The Line 2. Bouquet Of Roses 3. Anytime |
GIRL | 1. Lover's Dream | |||
NORMAN WEST | 1. Where Did Our Love Go - Demo | |||
PEPPER | One Session | |||
APRIL 12 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BOY FROM ALA | 1. 2. 3. |
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APRIL 13 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | MAN FROM IOWA | 4 Tunes | |
APRIL 14 | AMERICAN | LARRY ROGERS | 4 Demos | |
APRIL 15 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | 1. Secret Agent Man 2. Sandpiper - Cleared Don and Mary |
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COLUMBUS, MS | ACE CANNON | |||
APRIL 16 | PEACOCK | ISAAC HAYES | 3 Tunes - One Session | |
COLUMBUS, MS | ACE CANNON | |||
APRIL 18 | MEMPHIS, TN Peabody Hotel - Prom | ACE CANNON | ||
APRIL 19 | FORT SMITH, AR Music Box | ACE CANNON | ||
APRIL 20 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
APRIL 22 | PARIS LANDING, TN Maxine's Club | ACE CANNON | ||
APRIL 23 | PEPPER | ERNIE BERNHARDT | ||
GREENVIEW, MS American Legion | ACE CANNON | |||
APRIL 25 | ROYAL | EMMONS 1,2 CREASON 1 W. JACKSON 1,2 HORACE MITCHELL 2,3,4 ARCHEY MITCHELL 3,4 W. MITCHELL J. MITCHELL COGBILL YOUNG FORD | JANET WALLACE | 1. Do You Love 2. Hurting Over You* 3. It's A Crime 4. Without A Reason* (session) |
WILLIE MITCHELL | TOMMY JAY DONALD & MARY (SPLIT SESSION) | TOMMY JAY 1,3,4 Springtime* DONALD & MARY Been So Long* Lover's Dream It's So Hard |
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APRIL 29 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BOY FROM N.Y. | Session 10am | |
APRIL 30 | MONROE, LA Rainbow Inn | ACE CANNON | ||
MAY 1 | TEXARKANA, TX Elks Club | ACE CANNON | ||
MAY 2 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
MAY 7 | JONESBORO, AR Moose Lodge | ACE CANNON | ||
MAY 12 | PEPPER | Two Sessions | ||
MAY 13 | LECOMPTE, LA La Paloma Club | ACE CANNON | ||
MAY 13 | LAROSE, LA High School | ACE CANNON | ||
MAY 16 | ROYAL | LEADER: YOUNG COGBILL CREASON EMMONS J. MITCHELL 1. W. MITCHELL 1. FORD 1. | LORECE THOMPSON | Demo 1. You Give Me Heartaches 2. Since You've Been Gone |
MAY 17 | AMERICAN | MGM RECORDS | THE GENTRYS | One Session |
CHIPS MOMAN | 2 Tunes for Chips | |||
MAY 22 | AMERICAN | BOYS FROM ATLANTA | ||
MAY 23 | ROYAL | LEADER: W. MITCHELL YOUNG EMMONS J. MITCHELL S. CREASON B. MILLER | LORECE THOMPSON | 1. What About You (session) |
MAY 24 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
One Hour Demo (Vennie) | ||||
MAY 25 | AMERICAN | MGM RECORDS | THE GENTRYS | One Session |
MAY 30 | PEPPER | One Hour | ||
JUNE 1 | SONIC | LARRY ROGERS | Two Tunes (Country) | |
JUNE 3 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BOBBY WOOD | Overdub for Religious Album | |
STAN KESLER | Overdub | |||
JUNE 5 | AMERICAN | GOLDWAX RECORDS | JAMES CARR | 4 Tunes |
JUNE 7 | PEPPER | One Tune | ||
JUNE 9 | AMERICAN | MGM RECORDS | THE GENTRYS | One Session |
PEPPER | One Session | |||
JUNE 10 | AMERICAN | ROOSEVELT GRIER | 2 Tunes 1. Sophisticated Woman* 2. Deputy Dog* |
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JUNE 11 | AMERICAN | ROOSEVELT GRIER | 2 Tunes | |
TALL GIRL | One Tune for Demo | |||
JUNE 12 | AMERICAN | RAY SCOTT | 2 Tunes (Country) | |
ROYAL | ALBERT & LUKE | Two Tunes (Country) Two Overdubs |
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JUNE 13 | ROYAL | LEADER: EMMONS YOUNG CREASON COGBILL FORD | GENE SIMMONS | One Tune Song: I Got Chains |
JUNE 14 | ROYAL | LEADER: YOUNG CREASON EMMONS LEECH FORD MILLER J. MITCHELL | DONALD BRYANT | One Tune (S.O.S.) (released 4/67) |
JUNE 17 | ROYAL | LEADER: YOUNG EMMONS CREASON LEECH MILLER FORD J. MITCHELL | SPLIT SESSION BRYANT & SIMMONS | One Tune |
JUNE 21 | ROYAL | LEADER: W. MITCHELL YOUNG EMMONS CREASON LEECH FORD J. MITCHELL | WILLIE MITCHELL | One Tune (orig.) |
PEPPER | One Session | |||
JUNE 23 | ROYAL | CHARLES & SATCH | One Tune | |
TWO GIRLS | Five Tunes - Demo | |||
JUNE 24 | ROYAL | PAUL CRAFT | ||
JUNE 29 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
JUNE 30 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
JULY 2 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | JERRY LEE LEWIS | One Session | |
BOBBY WOOD | One Session | |||
JULY 5 | NEWPORT CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL | Two Arrangements | ||
JULY 6 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
JULY 7 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BOBBY WOOD | Two Tunes One tune to finish 7/2 session |
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JULY 11 | ROYAL | TC JM SC FF BE RY WM | SPLIT SESSION SIMMONS & WEST | GENE SIMMONS - Meat In The Pan* NORMAN WEST - Lonely Soldier Boy - Hide The Hurt |
JULY 12 | AMERICAN | LARRY ROGERS | Demo (Country) | |
ROYAL | TC BE JM RY SC WM FF | DONALD BRYANT | Lonely Soldier Boy* | |
AMERICAN | MITT ADDINGTON | Demo | ||
JULY 14 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
JULY 15 | COLUMBIA STUDIO Nashville, TN | MGM RECORDS (actually Cameo-Parkway) | BOBBY MARCHAN | One Session 1. Shake Your Tambourine* 2. Just Be Yourself* |
JULY 18 | ROYAL | BILL CARRINGTON | Eight Tunes | |
JULY 19 | ROYAL | BILL CARRINGTON | ||
PEPPER | One Session | |||
JULY 20 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
JULY 21 | ROYAL | LEADER: EMMONS RY SC TC | SPLIT SESSION GENE SIMMONS & TOMMY JAY | Two Tunes |
JULY 22 | PARIS LANDING, TN | ACE CANNON | ||
JULY 23 | JONESBORO, AR | ACE CANNON | ||
JULY 25 | ROYAL | AC RY BE SA TC | ACE CANNON | One Tune (Wham) |
JULY 28 | ROYAL | WM JM FF SC ML LB RY CLARENCE | WILLIE MITCHELL | Three Tunes on Willie & One on Norman West |
JULY 30 | MONROE, LA (12-4) TEXARKANA, TX Elks Club | ACE CANNON | ||
AUGUST 1 | ROYAL | MERCURY RECORDS | LITTLE JUNIOR PARKER | Four Tunes |
AUGUST 3 | FLORENCE, AL | AMERICAN RECORDS | WHITE GROUP with COLORED SINGER | |
AUGUST 5 | MEMPHIS, TN Gateway Club | ACE CANNON | ||
AUGUST 6 | Tea Dance - then UNION CITY, TN | ACE CANNON | ||
AUGUST 16 | ROYAL | MERCURY RECORDS | LITTLE JUNIOR PARKER | Two Sessions |
AUGUST 17 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
AUGUST 19 | NASHVILLE | SANDY POSEY | One Session | |
AUGUST 20 | MEMPHIS, TN Rivermont Club | ACE CANNON | ||
AUGUST 23 | NASHVILLE | SANDY POSEY | One Session | |
AUGUST 24 | NASHVILLE | SANDY POSEY | One Session | |
AUGUST 25 | NASHVILLE | SANDY POSEY | One Session | |
AUGUST 26 | FLORENCE, AL | GIRL | One Session | |
AUGUST 29 | NASHVILLE | SANDY POSEY | One Session | |
ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | Two Tunes One Tune (86 miles) |
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AUGUST 30 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
AUGUST 31 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BARBARA & THE BROWNS | Three Tunes - One Session | ||
SEPTEMBER 5 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BARBARA & THE BROWNS | Two Tunes 1. Got To Be Somebody 2. I'm Gonna Start A War |
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SEPTEMBER 7 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | Four Tunes | |
SEPTEMBER 8 | ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | Four Tunes | |
ACE CANNON | Four Tunes | |||
SEPTEMBER 10 | MILLINGTON, TN | TOMMY TUCKER | ||
SEPTEMBER 11 | AMERICAN | THE SANDS | Two Tunes | |
SEPTEMBER 12 | ROYAL | JANET & THE JAYS DONALD BRYANT | Two Tunes | |
SEPTEMBER 14 | NASHVILLE | MERCURY RECORDS | JOHN HURLEY | One Session |
SEPTEMBER 15 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
SEPTEMBER 17 | AMERICAN | Country Demo | ||
SEPTEMBER 19 | ROYAL | LEADER: YOUNG | BILL BLACK'S COMBO | Five Tunes - One Country Tune (Listen To Me Lie) |
SEPTEMBER 20 | ROYAL | ACE CANNON | Four Tunes | |
BO-LEGS | R&B FROM NY | Four Tunes - One Session | ||
SEPTEMBER 21 | ROYAL | LEADER: YOUNG | DONALD BRYANT | Two Tunes |
SEPTEMBER 24 | PEPPER | Three Sessions | ||
MILLINGTON, TN | BOBBY WOOD | |||
SEPTEMBER 25 | PEPPER | Three Sessions | ||
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SCOTT MOORE | One Session | ||
SEPTEMBER 26 | ROYAL | ACE CANNON | Four Tunes | |
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SCREEN GEMS | DICKEY LEE | Demo | |
SEPTEMBER 27 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SCREEN GEMS | DICKEY LEE | Demo |
SEPTEMBER 28 | ROYAL | DON ROBEY SESSION BO-LEGS | One Session | |
DETROIT RENTAL | One Session | |||
SEPTEMBER 29 | AMERICAN STUDIO, AL | |||
SEPTEMBER 30 | ROYAL | LEADER: YOUNG | BILL BLACK'S COMBO | "Repeat" |
GENE ? | RENTAL | CHARLIE & INEZ FOXX | One Session | |
OCTOBER 3 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SAM THE SHAM | One Session | |
OCTOBER 4 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SAM THE SHAM | One Session | |
OCTOBER 5 | ROYAL | MGM RECORDS | WAYNE CARSON | One Session |
OCTOBER 6 | ROYAL | MGM RECORDS | WAYNE CARSON | One Session |
OCTOBER 7 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SANDY PARKER | Two Hour Demo | |
OCTOBER 9 | AMERICAN | One Tune | ||
OCTOBER 10 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
ROYAL | WILLIE MITCHELL | Two Tunes | ||
OCTOBER 13 | ROYAL | GENE SIMMONS | Demo (Red) Dobro | |
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | JAMES CARR | One Session | ||
OCTOBER 16 | ROYAL | CHARLIE RICH | One Session | |
OCTOBER 17 | ROYAL | AIR FORCE BOYS | ||
OCTOBER 18 | ROYAL | AIR FORCE BOYS | ||
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | DICKEY LEE | |||
OCTOBER 19 | ROYAL | AIR FORCE BOYS | ||
OCTOBER 20 | ROYAL | DECCA RECORDS | DEBBIE TAYLOR | One Session |
PEPPER | One Session | |||
OCTOBER 21 | ROYAL | MUSICOR RECORDS New York | PORGY & ? | One Session |
OCTOBER 23 | ROYAL | BILL CANTRELL | "What Charlie Don't Know" | |
OCTOBER 29 | MILLINGTON, TN | TOMMY TUCKER | ||
NOVEMBER 5 | MILLINGTON, TN | CHARLES CHALMERS | ||
NOVEMBER 7 | ROYAL | LEADER: ARNOLD | NARVEL FELTS | Three Tunes |
NOVEMBER 10 | ROYAL | DON BRYANT | Four Demos | |
BIG AMOS | One Tune | |||
NOVEMBER 11 | COLUMBIA STUDIO Nashville, TN | MGM RECORDS | One Session | |
NOVEMBER 14 | ROYAL | DECCA RECORDS LEADER: BO-LEGS | ||
NOVEMBER 15 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | LARRY ROGERS | (Listen To Me Lie) | |
PARAGOULD, AR | ACE CANNON | |||
NOVEMBER 16 | ROYAL | LEADER: W. MITCHELL | GUY THAT TRAVELS WITH THE PLATTERS | One Session |
WILLIE MITCHELL | One Tune (Banana Boat Song) |
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SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | GOLDWAX RECORDS LEADER: LEECH | One Session (Country) | ||
NOVEMBER 17 | PEPPER | Two Sessions | ||
SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | DICKEY LEE | Schlitz Beer Commercial | ||
NOVEMBER 18 | NEWPORT, AR Silver Moon | TOMMY TUCKER | ||
NOVEMBER 19 | ROYAL | SANDY POSEY | Three Tunes - Demo | |
NOVEMBER 20 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | CHARLES CHALMERS | Two Tunes | |
NOVEMBER 21 | ROYAL | LEADER: W. MITCHELL | CHARLIE FOX | One Session |
NOVEMBER 22 | ROYAL | LEADER: BO-LEGS | JUNIOR PARKER | One Session |
PEPPER | One Session One Session (Vennie) |
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NOVEMBER 23 | ROYAL | LEADER: BO-LEGS | JUNIOR PARKER and LIGHT BOY | Two Sessions |
NOVEMBER 24 | ROYAL | LEADER: BO-LEGS | WILLIE HIGHTOWER and TALL BOY with all the hair | One Session |
NOVEMBER 25 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | STAN KESLER | TWO GIRLS from FOREST CITY | Five Tunes |
NOVEMBER 26 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SAM'S SON | One Session Two Country Tunes Two R&B Tunes | |
NOVEMBER 27 | ROYAL | JANET & THE JAYS | One Tune Demo - Willie |
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GOLDWAX RECORDS | JAMES CARR | One Tune (Dark End Of The Street*) |
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NOVEMBER 28 | ROYAL | LEADER: W. MITCHELL | O.V. WRIGHT | One Session |
NOVEMBER 29 | ROYAL | LEADER: W. MITCHELL | O.V. WRIGHT | One Session |
NOVEMBER 30 | ROYAL | LEADER: W. MITCHELL | O.V. WRIGHT | One Session |
DECEMBER 2 | PEPPER | One Session | ||
DECEMBER 3 | ROYAL | SATCH & CHARLES | One Tune | |
AMERICAN | CHIPS MOMAN | |||
DECEMBER 4 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | GOLDWAX RECORDS | BARBARA | One Session |
DECEMBER 5 | ROYAL | TOMMY TUCKER | One Session | |
AMERICAN | One Session | |||
DECEMBER 7 | COLUMBIA STUDIO Nashville, TN | BOBBY MARCHAN | One Session | |
DECEMBER 8 | ROYAL | PEACOCK RECORDS "BO" | CAROL FRAN | Two Sessions |
AMERICAN | TOMMY TUCKER | One Session | ||
(unkown) | PEN | STACY DAVIDSON | One Session | |
(unkown) | O.V. WRIGHT | One Session | ||
(unkown) | CHARLES CHALMERS | One Session | ||
(unkown) | LARRY ROGERS | |||
DECEMBER 19 | SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | PEN | TWO GIRLS from FOREST CITY | One Session |
DECEMBER 20 | FOSTER STUDIO Nashville, TN | SANDY POSEY | One Session - Overtime | |
DECEMBER 22 | FOSTER STUDIO Nashville, TN | SANDY POSEY | One Session - Overtime | |
DECEMBER 26 | ROYAL | LEADER: EMMONS | JANET & THE JAYS | Three Tunes |
DECEMBER 28 | ROYAL | LEADER: BO-LEGS | R&B from NASHVILLE | One Session |
LABEL | RELEASE NUMBER | SESSION DATES | R&B | POP | ARTIST | TITLE |
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BIRCHFIELD | No Release Number | JANUARY 5th SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | CHARLIE OWENS | That Devil Forrest Ballad Of Sam Davis | ||
BLACK GOLD | 500 | JANUARY 9th SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | LI'L SMOKEY MILLER | Cotton Patch Young Years | ||
MGM | 13495 | JANUARY 17-19 ROYAL | 77 | THE GENTRYS | Everyday I Have To Cry Don't Let It Be (This Time) | |
MINIT | 32000 | APRIL 16 297 N. MAIN | HOMER BANKS | A Lot Of Love Fighting To Win | ||
MINIT | 32008 | HOMER BANKS | Do You Know What | |||
MGM | 13561 | MAY 17 AMERICAN | THE GENTRYS | Woman Of The World There Are Two Sides To Every Story | ||
YOUNGSTOWN | 606 | MAY 22 AMERICAN | MODERN SOUL TRIO | That's Where It's At You're No Good | ||
YOUNGSTOWN | 609 | JUNE 10-11 AMERICAN | ROOSEVELT GRIER | High Society Woman Deputy Dog | ||
SMASH | 2053 | JULY 2 SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | JERRY LEE LEWIS | Memphis Beat If I Had It All To Do Over | ||
CAMEO | 429 | JULY 15 COLUMBIA (Nashville) | 14 | BOBBY MARCHAN | Shake Your Tambourine Just Be Yourself | |
MGM | 13612 | AUGUST 23-29 NASHVILLE | 12 | SANDY POSEY | Single Girl Blue Is My Best color | |
CADET | 5544 | AUGUST 31 & SEPTEMBER 5 SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BARBARA & THE BROWNS | I Don't Want To Have To Wait Plenty Of Room | ||
ATCO | 6549 | BARBARA BROWN | Can't Find No Happiness | |||
MERCURY | 72620 | AUGUST 1 & 16 ROYAL | JUNIOR PARKER | Just Like A Fish Baby Please | ||
FURY | 5002 | AUGUST ? ROYAL | WILLIE HIGHTOWER | If I Had A Hammer So Tired (Of Running Away) | ||
DECCA | 32048 | SEPTEMBER 20 ROYAL | DANNY WHITE | Taking Inventory Cracked Up Over You | ||
DECCA | 32106 | DANNY WHITE | You Can Never Keep A Good Man Down Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | |||
MGM | 13649 | OCTOBER 3-4 SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS | How Do You Catch A Girl The Love You Left Behind | ||
MGM | 13641 | OCTOBER 5-6 ROYAL | WAYNE CARSON | Me And My Little Noise Maker Julie Anna's Gone | ||
DECCA | 32090 | OCTOBER 20 ROYAL | DEBBIE TAYLOR | I Get The Blues The Last Laugh Is On The Blues | ||
MUSICOR | 1221 | OCTOBER 21 ROYAL | PORGY & THE MONARCHS | My Heart Cries For You Think Twice | ||
CHART | 1006 | NOVEMBER 15 SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | JIM MORGAN | Listen To me Lie | ||
FURY | 5004 | NOVEMBER 24 ROYAL | WILLIE HIGHTOWER | I Love You (Yes I Do) Let's Walk Together | ||
GOLDWAX | 317 | NOVEMBER 27 ROYAL | 10 | 77 | JAMES CARR | The Dark End Of The Street Lovable Girl |
GOLDWAX | 318 | DECEMBER 4 SUN (Sam Phillips Recording) | BARBARA PERRY | Say You Need It Unlovable | ||
CAMEO | 453 | DECEMBER 7 COLUMBIA (Nashville) | BOBBY MARCHAN | Meet Me In Church Hooked | ||
ROULETTE | 4719 | DECEMBER 8 ROYAL | CAROL FRAN | So Close Out Of Sight Out Of Mind |
COVER ART | TITLE | RELEASE NUMBER | TRACKS | |
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WILLIE MITCHELL'S DRIVING BEAT | JUKEBOX EP SBG44 | Everything Is Gonna Be Alright / Nick-O-Demus / Time Ain't Long / I'm Moving On / Stone Face / That Driving Beat / Pep Talk / Fat Cat / Smiley | ||
ACE CANNON SWEET & TUFF | HL12030 SHL32030 JUKEBOX EP SBG 46 | Funny How Time Slips Away / One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) / Spanish Eyes / Al Di La / More / Goldfinger / These Boots Are Made For Walkin' / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Louie Louie / Hang On Sloopy / Mocking Bird Rock / Two For One | ||
WILLIE MITCHELL IT'S WHAT'S HAPPENIN' | HL12031 SHL32031 JUKEBOX EP SBG47 | What Now My Love / The In Crowd / Hot Cha / Taste of Honey / Secret Agent Man / Blueberry Hil / Bad Eye / 634-5789 / Honky Tonk / Wooly Bully / Java / Shadow of Your Smile | ||
BILL BLACK'S COMBO PLAYS ALL-TIMERS | HL12032 SHL32032 JUKEBOX EP SBG48 | Hey, Good Lookin' / Bouquet Of Roses / Together Again / Anytime / Mountain of Love / Your Cheatin' Heart / I Walk The Line / Half As Much / I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry / Act Naturally / Under Your Spell Again / Love's Gonna Live Here | ||
BILL BLACK'S COMBO BLACK LACE | HL12033 SHL32033 | You Call Everybody Darling / Jersey Bounce / Stardust / Stomping At The Savoy / Bunny Hop/Rambler / Begin The Beguine / Moonlight Serenade / Sugar Blues / Beer Barrel Polka / T.D.'s Boogie / South |
COVER ART | TITLE | RELEASE NUMBER | TRACKS | |
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THE GENTRYS GENTRY TIME | MGM E4346 SE4346 | I'm Gonna Look Straight Through You / Let's Dance / Don't Let It Be Me (This Time) / Everyday I Have To Cry / I Feel Love Coming On / A Little Bit Of Love (Can Work A Miracle) / Gimmie Love Now / Sunshine Girl / Ramblin' Man / Giving Love (Never Hurt Anybody) / In / I Didn't Think You Had It In You | ||
SANDY POSEY BORN A WOMAN | MGM E 4418 SE 4418 | This Time / You Got To Have Love To Be Happy / Satin Pillows / If Tears Had Color In Them / Arms Full Of Sin / It's All In The Game / Blue Is My Best Color / Strangers In The Night / Miss Lonely / Just Out Of Reach | ||
JUNIOR PARKER LIKE IT IS | MERCURY MG21101 SR61101 | Country Girl / You Can Make It If You Try / Wish Me Well / Hey Lawdy Mama / Sometimes I Wonder / (Ooh Wee Baby) That's The Way You Make Me Feel / Come Back Baby / Just Like A Fis/ Baby Please / You Ain't Got No Heart / Cracked Up Over You | ||
SANDY POSEY SINGLE GIRL | MGM E 4455 SE 4455 | Patterns / A Place In The Sun / I'm Your Puppet / Here Comes My Baby Back Again / Single Girl / Shattered / See Ya Round Onb The Rebound / Don't Touch Me / I've Been Loving You Too Long / The Twelfth Of Never | ||
THE BEST OF SAM THE SHAM & THE PHARAOHS | MGM E 4422 SE 4422 | Standing Ovation / Ready Or Not / I Wish It Were Me |