Don Helms

Donald Hugh Helms, *28-02-1927 New Brockton, AL, +11-08-2008

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Thieu Van De Vorst, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS

September 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Don Helms [steel] (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
001 YW-21305/PS-6185/PS-1860 COLD, COLD HEART Smash SRS-67001
002 YW-21306/PB-6186/PB-1861 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Smash SRS-67001
003 YW-21307/PB-6187/PB-1862 I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Smash SRS-67001
004 YW-21308/PB-6188/PS-1863 JAMBALAYA Smash SRS-67001
005 YW-21311/PB-6189/PB-1864 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Smash SRS-67001
006 YW-21312/PB-6190/PS-1865 TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART Smash SRS-67001
September 1961 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Don Helms [steel] (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
007 YW-22047/PB-6191/PS-1866 YOU WIN AGAIN Smash SRS-67001
008 YW-22048/PB-6192/PS-1867 HALF AS MUCH Smash SRS-67001
009 YW.22049/PB-6193/PS-1868 KAW-LIGA SRS-67001
010 YW-22050/PB-6194/PS-1869 MANSION ON THE HILL Smash SRS-67001
011 YW-22051/PB-6195/PS-1870 THERE'LL BE NO TEARDROPS TONIGHT Smash SRS-67001
012 YW-22052/PB-6196/PS-1871 WEDDING BELLS Smash SRS-67001
1 August 1962 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Don Helms [steel] (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
013 YW-25323/PB-7911 I CAN'T HELP IT Smash S-1781/SRS-67019
014 YW-25324/PB-7912 I WALK THE LINE Smash SRS-67019
015 YW-25325/PB-7913 WINDOW UP ABOVE Smash SRS-67019
016 YW-25326/PB-7914 I'M WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU Smash SRS-67019
017 YW-25327/PB-7915 GONE Smash SRS-67019
018 YW-25328/PB-7916 BOUQUET OF ROSES Smash SRS-67019
1 August 1962 Bradley Film and Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Don Helms [steel] (Producer: Shelby Singleton)
019 YW-25329/PB-7917 FIREBALL MAIL Smash S-1781/SRS-67019
020 YW-25330/PB-7918 FOUR WALLS Smash SRS-67019
021 YW-25331/PB-7919 FRAULEIN Smash SRS-67019
022 YW-25332/PB-7920 I CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU Smash SRS-67019
023 YW-25333/PB-7921 SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON Smash SRS-67019
024 YW-25334/PB-7922 THE WILD SIDE OF LIFE Smash SRS-67019
Don Helms recorded after 1962. Some albums on CPR Records are listed in albums list. Also member of Drifting Cowboys
1996 The Factory, Hendersonville, TN – Don Helms (Producer: Michael Panasuk)

COLD, COLD HEART  TADIS 2003

1999 The Factory, Hendersonville, TN – Don Helms  (Producer: Michael Panasuk)

I’M SO LONESOME  TADIS 2003

MANSION ON THE HILL TADIS 2003

2000 The Factory, Hendersonville, TN – Don Helms  (Producer: Michael Panasuk)

DON HELMS THE MAN TADIS 2003

ALBUMS
Smash MGS-27001/SRS-67001 Steel Guitar Sounds Of Hank Williams: Your Cheatin' Heart; Mansion On The Hill; Wedding Bells; You Win Again; Half As Much; Take These Chains From My Heart; Jambalaya; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight; Cold, Cold Heart; Kaw-Liga; Hey Good Lookin' - 61
Smash MGS-27019/SRS-67019 Steel Guitar Plays All Time Favorites: I Can't Help It; I Walk The Line; Window Up Above; I'm Walking The Floor Over You; Gone; Bouquet Of Roses; Fireball Mail; Four Walls; Fraulein; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On; Wild Side Of Life - 62
CPR ? Don Helms Gospel Favorites: I'll Fly Away; Gone Home; Wings Of A Dove; The Old Rugged Cross; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; House Of Gold; It Is No Secret; Farther Along; Amazing Grace; I Saw The Light
CPR ? All Time Country Favorites: Kaw-Liga; I Walk The Line; Gone; Fire Ball Mail; I’m Walkin’ The Floor Over You; I Can’t Help It; Hey Good Lookin’; Four Walls; I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry; There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight; Cold, Cold Heart; Jambalaya - 99 (probably Mercury tracks)
CPR TADIS 2003 50 Years of Legendary Steel Guitar: Remington Ride; Corn Crib; Mud Hut; Canal Street Parade; Swing Shift Bounce; Rock Point; Fish Tail; The Funeral; San Antonio Rose; Roadside Rag; Georgia Steel Guitar; Don Helms The Man*; I'm So Lonesome*; Mansion On The Hill*;Cold Cold Heart* – 00 (as steel guitarist on other artists recodings, except of*)
CPR ? Pickin’ and Singin’: Honky Tonkin'; On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain; Introducing Don's Singing Debut; May You Never Be Alone Like Me; I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'; Somebody's Back In Town; Window Shopping; Blue Steel Blues; Big News; Theme Time; White Silver Sands - 03-05
CPR ? Live from England, 1980: (tracks unknown)

BACM [UK] CD D 457 Don Helms Plays Hank Williams and Other Favorites:Your Cheatin’ Heart;  Mansion On The Hill;  Wedding Bells;  You Win Again;  Half As Much;  Take These Chains From My Heart;  Jambalaya (On The Bayou);  I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry;  There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight;  Cold, Cold Heart;  Kaw-Liga;  Hey Good Lookin’;  I Can’t Help It;  I Walk The Line;  The Window Up Above;  I’m Walking The Floor Over You;  Gone;  Bouquet Of  Roses;  Fireball Mail;  Four Walls;  Fraulein;  I Can’t Stop Lovin’ You;  Send Me The Pillow You Dream On;  The Wild Side Of Life – 07-14 (reissue of  SRS 67001, 67019)


SINGLES
Smash (1962)
S-1781 Fireball Mail / I Can't Help It - 09-62

  

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS

As guest star on Country Music Time Shows:
(# 250, ca 1962, Wilburn Brothers): Hey Good Lookin‘
(#298,  ca 1963, Wilburn Brothers): Fire Ball Mail