Warren Smith

by Richard Weize, Marc Alesina, Praguefrank, Bill Daniels, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
5 February 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith (Buddy Holobaugh [gt], Jan Ledbetter [bass], Johnny Benero [drums], Joe Baugh [piano]. Producer: Sam Phillips)
001 U 186 ROCK'N'ROLL RUBY 239/ Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119 [alt.] BCD-15514 CD-8119
002 U 187 I'D RATHER BE SAFE THAN SORRY 239/ Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
August 1956 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith (Al Hopson [gt], Brad Suggs [gt], Marcus Van Story [bass], Johnny Benero [drums], Joe Baugh [piano]. Producer: Sam Phillips)
003 U-218 BLACKJACK DAVID 250/ CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
004 U 219 UBANGI STOMP 250/ Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
January 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
005 THE DARKEST CLOUD unissued/ BCD-15514 CD-8119
006 SO LONG I'M GONE unissued/ BCD-15514
January 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
007 SO LONG I'M GONE unissued/ BCD-15514 CD-8119
008 WHO TOOK MY BABY CR 30115 (va) Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
February 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
009 U 248 SO LONG I'M GONE 268/ Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
February 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
010 U 249 MISS FROGGIE 268/ Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
ca. 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
011 RED CADILLAC AND A BLACK MOUSTACHE 6467 025 Sunnyvale 9330-907¨CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119 [alt.] Sunnyvale 9330-907
012 STOP THE WORLD LP 1025 BCD-15514 CD-8119 [alt.] CD-8119
16 October 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
013 U 286 GOT LOVE IF YOU WANT IT 286/ Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
ca. October 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
014 U 287 I FELL IN LOVE 286/BCD-15514 CD-8119
ca. 1957 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
01401 DEAR JOHN [demo] unissued
015 DEAR JOHN CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
016 HANK SNOW MEDLEY [aka GOLDEN ROCKET] [t.4] unissued/ BCD-15514 CD-8119
017 DO I LOVE YOU Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
23 February 1958 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith (Al Hopson [gt], Stan Kesler [bass], J.M. van Eaton [drums], Jimmy Wilson [piano])
018 URANIUM ROCK Sun 6467025 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
17 March 1958 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
019 GOODBYE MR. LOVE unissued/ BCD-15514 CD-8119
020 URANIUM ROCK 6467025 BCD-15514 CD-8119
ca. 1958 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
021 OLD LONESOME FEELING [incomplete] BCD-15514 CD-8119
022 TELL ME WHO SHM 863 BCD-15514 CD-8119
023 TONIGHT WILL BE THE LAST NIGHT CR 30115 (va) Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
ca. late 1958 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
024 SWEET, SWEET GIRL unissued/ BCD-15514 CD-8119
7 January 1959 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith (Billy Riley [gt], Sid Manker [gt], Cliff Acred [bass], Jimmy Van Eaton [drums], Charlie Rich [piano])
025 U 342 GOODBYE MR. LOVE 314/ Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514
026 DEAR JOHN unissued/ BCD-15514
027 U 343 SWEET, SWEET GIRL [o.13/1/59] 314/ CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
btw. 1956/1959 Sun Studio, 706 Union Ave., Memphis, TN – Warren Smith
028 I COULDN'T TAKE THE CHANCE BCD-15514 CD-8119
029 I LIKE YOUR KIND OF LOVE CR 30115 (va) Sunnyvale 9330-907 CR-30132 BCD-15514 CD-8119
030 MY HANGING DAY unissued/ BCD-15514 CD-8119
1959 Hollywood, CA - Warren Smith aka Warren Baker
031 HAWAIIAN EYE WB 5113
032 THE MAN AND THE CHALLENGE 5113
033 MIDNIGHT IN BETHLEHEM 5118
034 LITTLE BITTY BABY 5118
fall 1959 Hollywood, CA - Warren Smith
035 DEAR SANTA 5129
036 MEANING OF CHRISTMAS 5129
9 March 1960 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Warren Smith
037 LB 1072 CAVE IN 55248/BCD 15495 (1)
038 LB 1073 I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL FALL IN LOVE AGAIN 55248/LST 7199 /BCD 15495
039 AFTER THE BOY GETS THE GIRL LST 7199/BCD 15495
17 November 1960 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Warren Smith
040 LB 1180 A WHOLE LOT OF NOTHIN' 55302/BCD 15495
041 LB 1181 ODDS AND ENDS (BITS AND PIECES) 55302/LST 7199/BCD 15495
042 CALL OF THE WILD unissued /BCD 15495
4 May 1961 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Warren Smith
043 LB 1249 OLD LONESOME FEELING 55336/BCD 15495
044 LB 1248 CALL OF THE WILD 55336//BCD 15495
045 LB 1440 BOOK OF BROKEN HEARTS 55475/BCD 15495
046 I FALL TO PIECES LST 7199/BCD 15495
047 FOOLIN' AROUND LST 7199/BCD 15495
048 TAKE GOOD CARE OF HER LST 7199/BCD 15495
049 PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN LST 7199/BCD 15495
050 JUST CALL ME LONESOME LST 7199/BCD 15495
051 HEARTBREAK AVENUE LST 7199 /BCD 15495
052 I STILL MISS SOMEONE LST 7199/BCD 15495
053 KISSING MY PILLOW LST 7199/BCD 15495
054 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU LST 7199/BCD 15495
May or June 1961 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Warren Smith
055 LB 1279 WHY I'M WALKING 54361/BCD 15495
056 LB 1280 WHY BABY WHY 54361/BCD 15495
15 August 1961 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Warren Smith
057 LB 1352 FIVE MINUTES OF THE LATEST BLUES 55409/BCD 15495
058 PUT ME BACK TOGETHER AGAIN unissued /BCD 15495
059 LB 1353 BAD NEWS GETS AROUND 55409/BCD 15495
060 LB 1441 A HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS OF HURT 55475 /BCD 15495
ca. 1963 unknown - Warren Smith
061 LB 1708 THAT'S WHY I SING IN A HONKY TONK 55615
062 LB 1709 BIG CITY WAYS 55615 /BCD 15495
2 April 1964 United Studio, Hollywood, CA. – Warren Smith
063 LB 1962 BLUE SMOKE 55699 /BCD 15495
064 LB 1963 JUDGE AND JURY 55699 /BCD 15495
065 SHE PICKED A PERFECT DAY unissued
ca. spring 1966 Pasadena Sound, 227 E. Sterling St., Pasadena, TX – Warren Smith
066 FUTURE X Skill 007 /BCD 15495
067 SHE LIKES ATTENTION 007 /BCD 15495
ca. April 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile 3, TN – Warren Smith (Producer: Norris Wilson)
068 2-41129 WHEN THE HEARTACHES GET TO ME Mercury 72825
069 2-41130 LIE TO ME 72825
1972 unknown – Warren Smith
070 TILL YOU CAN MAKE IT Jubal 172
071 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA 172
072 I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL FALL IN LOVE TODAY 272
073 DID YOU TELL HIM 272
1973 unknown – Warren Smith
074 ONE MORE TIME 473
075 WOMAN'S NEVER BEEN AS GONE 473
December 1976/June 1977 Real To Reel Studio, Dallas, TX – Warren Smith (Warren Smith [vcl], Mike Boyd [gt], David T. Garner [gt], Ron Morgan [gt], Morris Rose [gt], Rick Sparks [gt/steel], Mark Tulbert [steel], Dick Dunn/Frank Delson [drums], David Willisms/Ton Cunningham [piano]. Producer: Michael Cattin)
075 BOOK OF BROKEN HEARTS Lake Country LP-506
076 THAT'S WHY I SING IN A HONKY TONK Lake Country LP-506
077 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER Lake Country LP-506
078 BLUE SUEDE SHOES Lake Country LP-506
079 I DON'T BELIEVE I'LL FALL IN LOVE TODAY Lake Country LP-506
080 ROCK 'N' ROLL RUBY Lake Country LP-506
081 BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA Lake Country LP-506
082 UBANGI STOMP Lake Country LP-506
083 FOLSOM PRISON BLUES Lake Country LP-506
084 ROLL OVER BEETHOVEN Lake Country LP-506
085 MEDLEY: MOVIN' ON - RHUMBA BOOGIE - GOLDEN ROCKET Lake Country LP-506
086 THAT'S ALL RIGHT MAMA Lake Country LP-506
087 RED CADILLAC AND A BLACK MOUSTACHE Lake Country LP-506
30 April 1977 [live] Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, UK - Warren Smith [-1], Buddy Knox [-2], Charlie Feathers [-3], Jack Scott [-4] (Dave Travis [gt/hmny vcl], Roger James [ld gt/hmnz vcl], Doug Perry [bass/hmny vcl], Howard Tibble [drums/hmny vcl], ? [sax], Bubba Feathers [ld gt with -3])
08701 UBANGI STOMP -1 Harvest SHSM-2024
08702 ROCK'N'ROLL RUBY -1 Harvest SHSM-2024
08703 BLUE SUEDE SHOES -1 Harvest SHSM-2024
08704 I'M MOVIN' ON -1 Harvest SHSM-2024
08705 UBANGI STOMP [Encore] -1 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 LOVEY DOVEY -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 I THINK I'M GONNA KILL MYSELF -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 THAT'LL BE THE DAY -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 OH BOY -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 PEGGY SUE -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 THAT'LL BE THE DAY -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 HULA LOVE -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 PARTY DOLL -2 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 EVERYBODY'S LOVIN' MY BABY -3 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 ONE HAND LOSE -3 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 TONGUE TIED JILL -3 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 I FORGOT TO REMEMBER TO FORGET -3 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 PEEPIN' EYES -3 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT -3 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 MY BABY'S GONE -4 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 LEROY -4 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 GERALDINE -4 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 THE WAY I WALK -4 Harvest SHSM-2024
08700 GO WILD LITTLE SADIE -4 Harvest SHSM-2024
Liberty masters compilled with help of Richard Weize's sessionography, BCD-15495
Thanks to Mark Alesina

ALBUMS
Liberty LRP-3199/LST-7199 The First Country Collection Of Warren Smith: Odds And Ends (Bits And Pieces); I Fall To Pieces; Foolin' Around; Take Good Care Of Her; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Just Call Me Lonesome; I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today; Heartbreak Avenue; After The Boy Gets The Girl; I Still Miss Someone; Kissing My Pillow; I Can't Stop Loving You - 61
Lake Country[SUI] LPS-506 The Legendary Warren Smith: Book Of Broken Hearts; That's Why I Sing In A Honky Tonk; Heartaches By The Number; Blue Suede Shoes; I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today; Rock 'n' Roll Ruby; Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea; Ubangi Stomp; Folsom Prison Blues; Roll Over Beethoven; Medley: Movin' On - Rhumba Boogie - Golden Rocket; That's All Right Mama; Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache – 77 (reissued in 1981 on Charly CRM-2026 The Last Detail in 1981)
GRT-Sunnyvale 9330-907 The Sun Story, Vol. 7: Rock 'N' Roll Ruby; Miss Froggie; I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry; I Like Your Kind Of Love; Tonight Will Be The Last Night; Do I Love You; Ubangi Stomp; So Long I'm Gone; Got Love If You Want It; Who Took My Baby; Goodbye Mr. Love; Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache; Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache [alt.] - 77
Charly [UK] CR-30132 Legendary Sun Performers: Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache; Rock 'N' Roll Ruby; Ubangi Stomp; Miss Froggie; Got Love If You Want It; So Long I'm Gone; Uranium Rock; Dear John; The Golden Rocket; I Like Your Kinda Love; Sweet Sweet Girl; Tonight Will Be The Last Night; Who; I 'D Rather Be Safe Than Sorry; Black Jack David; Goodbye Mr. Love – 11-77
EMI/Harvest [UK] SHSM 2024 Four Rock'N'Roll Legends:[Warren Smith:] Ubangi Stomp; Rock'n'Roll Ruby; Blue Suede Shoes; I'm Moving On; Ubangi Stomp; [Buddy Knox:] Lovey Dovey; I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself; That'll Be The Day; Oh Boy; Peggy Sue; That'll Be The Day; Hula Love; Party Doll; [Charlie Feathers:] Everybody's Lovin' My Baby; One Hand Loose; Tongue Tied Jill; I Forgot To Remember To Forget; Peepin' Eyes; Good Rockin' Tonight; [Jack Scott:] My Baby's Gone; Leroy; Geraldine; The Way I Walk; Go Wild Little Sadie - 78 (live at the Rainbow Theatre, London, on April 30, 1977, double)
Big Beat [FRA] BBR-806 Memorial Album: Rock 'n' Roll Ruby; Roll Over Beethoven; Folsom Prison Blues; Book Of Broken Hearts; Medley : Movin' On - Rumba Boogie - Golden Rocket; Ubangi Stomp; Blue Suede Shoes; Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea; Red Cadillac And Black Moustache; That's All Right Mamma – 81 (10“ LP)
Charly [UK] 94 So Long, I'm Gone: Rock & Roll Ruby; I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry; Black Jack David; Ubangi Stomp; Tell Me Who; Tonight Will Be The Last Night; Darkest Cloud; So Long, I'm Gone; So Long, I'm Gone [original version]; Who Took My Baby; Miss Froggie; Stop The World; Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache; Got Love If You Want It; I Fell In Love; Hank Snow Medley; Do I Love You?; Uranium Rock; Goodbye Mr. Love; Goodbye Mr. Love [original version]; Sweet, Sweet Girl; Dear John; I Couldn't Take The Chance; I Like Your Kind Of Love - 88
Bear Family [GER] BCD 15495 Call Of The Wild: Cave In; A Whole Lot Of Nothin'; Call Of The Wild; Old Lonesome Feeling; Book Of Broken Hearts; Odds And Ends; Why I'm Walking; After The Boy Gets The Girl; I Fall To Pieces; Foolin' Around; Take Good Care Of Her; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Just Call Me Lonesome; Heartbreak Avenue; I Still Miss Someone; Kissing My Pillow; I Can't Stop Loving You; I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today; Why Baby Why (with Shirley Collie); Five Minutes Of The Latest Blues; Bad News Gets Around; A Hundred And Sixty Lbs. Of Hurt; Put Me Back Together Again; Call Of The Wild; She Likes Attention; Future X; That's Why I Sing In A Honky Tonk; Big City Ways; Blue Smoke; Judge And Jury - 90
Bear Family [GER] BCD 15514 Classic Recordings 1956-1959: Rock 'n' Roll Ruby; I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry; Rock 'n' Roll Ruby; Black Jack David; Ubangi Stomp; The Darkest Cloud; So Long I'm Gone; So Long I'm Gone; Who Took My Baby; I Couldn't Take The Chance; So Long I'm Gone; Miss Froggie; Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache; Stop The World; I Fell In Love; Got Love If You Want It; Old Lonesome Feeling (incomplete); Tell Me Who; Tonight Will Be The Last Night; Dear John; Hank Snow Medley; Do I Love You; Uranium Rock; Goodbye Mr. Love; Uranium Rock; Sweet, Sweet Girl; Goodbye Mr. Love; Sweet, Sweet Girl; Dear John; I Like Your Kind Of Love; My Hanging Day - 92
AVI CD-5005 Uranium Rock: Rock'n'roll Ruby; I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry; Ubangi Stomp; Black Jack David; Darkest Cloud; So Long, I'm Gone; Miss Froggie; Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache; I Fell In Love; Got Love If You Want It; Goodbye, Mr. Love; Sweet Sweet Girl; Dear John; Golden Rocket; Uranium Rock; (Tell Me) Who; Who Took My Baby; I Couldn't Take The Chance; Do I Love You; Stop The World; Tonight Will Be The Last Night; I Like Your Kind Of Love; Old Lonesome Feeling; My Hanging Day – 05-95
Charly [UK] CD-8119 Rockabilly Legend: Rock & Roll Ruby; I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry; Black Jack David; Ubangi Stomp; Tell Me Who; Tonight Will Be The Last Night; The Darkest Cloud; So Long, I'm Gone; Who Took My Baby; Miss Froggie; Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache; Stop The World; Got Love If You Want It; I Fell In Love; Dear John [studio talk + master]; Hank Snow Medley [alternate 4]; Do I Love You?; Uranium Rock; Goodbye Mr. Love; Sweet, Sweet Girl [false start + master]; I Couldn't Take The Chance; I Like Your Kind Of Love; Uranium Rock [alternate take]; Goodbye Mr. Love [alternate take]; Stop The World; Rock & Roll Ruby [alternate take]; So Long, I'm Gone [alternate take 2]; Old Lonesome Feeling [incomplete take]; My Hanging Day; Sweet, Sweet Girl [alternate take] – 10-95
Collectables COL-CD-6014 Ubangi Stomp: Ubangi Stomp; Sweet, Sweet Girl; I Fell In Love; Goodbye Mr. Love; Uranium Rock; I Couldn't Take The Chance; Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache; Tell Me Who; Rock & Roll Ruby; Tonight Will Be The Last Night; Got Love If You Want It; Movin' On [Hank Snow Medley]; Do I Love You?; Who Took My Baby; I Like Your Kind Of Love; I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry; Miss Froggie; Black Jack David; Dear John; So Long, I'm Gone – 02-99

SINGLES
Sun (1956-59)
239 Rock'n'roll Ruby / I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry - 26-03-56 (reissued on Sun Golden Treasury 6 in 1979)
250 Ubangi Stomp / Black Jack David - 09-56
268 So Long I'm Gone / Miss Froggie - 15-04-57
286 I've Got Love If You Want It / I Feel In Love - 12-57
314 Goodbye My Love / Sweet Sweet Girl - 15-02-59
Warner Brothers (1959)
5113 Hawaiian Eye / The Man And The Challenge - 59
5118 - Midnight In Bethlehem / Little Bitty Baby - 59
5125 Dear Santa / The Meaning Of Christmas - 11-59
Liberty (1960-64)
F-55248 I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today / Cave In – 22-03-60
F-55302 Odds And Ends / A Whole Lot Of Nothin' – 29-12-60
F-55336 Call Of The Wild / Old Lonesome Feeling – 17-05-61
F-55361 Why Baby Why? / Why I'm Walkin' - 08-61
F-55409 Bad News Gets Around / Five Minutes Of Latest Blues – 15-01-62
F-55475 Book Of Broken Hearts / 160 Libers Of Hurt – 15-06-62
F-55615 Big City Ways / That's Way I Sing A Honky Tonk – 09-08-63
F-55699 Blue Smoke / Judge And Jury – 17-04-64
Skill (1966)
007 Future X / She Likes Attention - 66
Mercury (1968)
72825 Lie To Me / When The Heartaches Get To Me – 01-07-68
Jubal (1972)
172 Till You Can Make It / Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea -72
272 I Don't Believe I'll Fall In Love Today / Did You Tell Him - 72
473 One More Time / Woman's Never Been As Gone - 73