Jimmy Donley

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Kittra Moore
SESSIONS
26 February 1957 [19:00-22:00] Bradley Film & Recording, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmy Donley (unknown musicians & Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Paul Cohen)
001 101893/NA 9700 CHILD LOVE Decca unissued/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
002 102072/NA 9701? BABY HOW LONG 9-30518/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
003 101894/NA 9702 KICKIN‘ MY HOUND AROUND 9-30308/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
004 101895/NA 9703 COME ALONG 9-30308/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
26 June 1957 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmy Donley (Producer: Paul Cohen)
005 102779/NA 9856 SOUTH OF THE BORDER 9-30392/ BCD-16534
006 102780/NA 9857 THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE 9-30392/ BCD-16534
007 102781/NA 9858 I GOTTA GO 9-30519/ BCD-16534
21 November 1957 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmy Donley (Producer: Owen Bradley or Paul Cohen)
008 103770/NA 10011 BORN TO BE A LOSER 9-30574/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
009 103771/NA 10012 PLEASE BABY COME HOME 9-30574/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
010 103772/NA 10013 CHILD LOVE unissued/ BCD-16534
12 August 1958 [14:30-17:30] Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmy Donley (Bob Moore [bass] + unknown musicians. Producer: Paul Cohen)
011 105531/NA 10365 I’M ALONE 9-30738/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534 [alt. 2x] BCD-16534
012 105532/NA 10366 RADIO, JUKEBOX AND T.V. 9-30738/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534 [alt.] BCD-16534
27 March 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmy Donley (Bob Moore [bass] + unknown musicians + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Owen Bradley) 013 106960/NA 10664 ARLEETA unissued/ BCD-16534 [alt.] BCD-16534
014 106961/NA 10665 THE SHAPE YOU LEFT ME IN 9-30887/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534 015 106962/NA 10666 WHAT MUST I DO 9-30887/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
30 July 1959 Bradley Film & Recording, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmy Donley (unknown musicians + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Owen Bradley)
016 107862/NA 10804 GIVE ME MY FREEDOM unissued/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
017 107863/NA 10805 NOW I KNOW 9-31005/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
018 107864/NA 10806 I CAN’T LOVE YOU (LIKE YOU WANT ME TO DO) 9-31005/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
14 April 1960 [10:00-13:00] Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Jimmy Donley (Producer: Owen Bradley)
019 109060/NA 11096 OUR LOVE 9-31116/Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
020 109061/NA 11097 I'VE BEEN THERE unissued/ BCD-16534
021 109062/NA 11098 MY BABY‘ GONE 9-31116/ Charly CR-30265 BCD-16534
Fall 1962/early 1963 Cosimo J & M Recording Studio, 525 Gov. Nicholls St., New Orleans, LA - Jimmy Donley (Producer: Huey P. Meaux)
022 A WOMAN'S GONNA HAVE HER WAY Tear Drop 3002 Crazy Cajun 9007/Edsel EDCD-597
023 PLEASE MR. SANDMAN [aka KENNY JAMES] Tear Drop 3002 Crazy Cajun 9008/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
024 HONEY STOP TWISTIN' Tear Drop 3005 Crazy Cajun 9008/Edsel EDCD-597
025 HELLO! REMEMBER ME Tear Drop 3005 Crazy Cajun 9007/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
026 THINK IT OVER Tear Drop 3007 (a,b) Chess 1843 Crazy Cajun 9001/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
027 SANTA! DON'T PASS ME BY Tear Drop 3007 (a) 3021 Chess 1843 Crazy Cajun 9001 Meaux MSM 101/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
028 SANTA'S ALLEY Tear Drop 3021
029 FOREVER LILLIE MAE Tear Drop 3007 (b) Crazy Cajun 9002/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
030 LOVIN' CAJUN STYLE Tear Drop 3009 Crazy Cajun 9009/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
031 BABY! HEAVEN SENT ME YOU Tear Drop 3009 Crazy Cajun 9006/Edsel EDCD-597
032 YOU'RE WHY I'M LONELY Tear Drop 3017 Crazy Cajun 9009/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
033 LET ME TOLD YOU Tear Drop 3017 Crazy Cajun 9005/Edsel EDCD-597
034 I REALLY GOT THE BLUES Tear Drop 3026 Crazy Cajun 9004 Edsel EDCD-597
035 JUST A GAME Tear Drop 3026 Crazy Cajun 9004 Edsel EDCD-597
036 I'M LONESOME WITHOUT THE BLUES Tear Drop 3034/Edsel EDCD-597
037 FORGET THE PAST Tear Drop 3024/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
038 LOVE BUG Tear Drop 3051 Crazy Cajun 9003/Edsel EDCD-597
039 I'M TO BLAME Tear Drop 3051 Crazy Cajun 9003/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
040 MY FORBIDDEN LOVE Tear Drop 3119/Edsel EDCD-597
041 STRANGE, STRANGE FEELING Tear Drop 3119/Edsel EDCD-597
042 I STILL CARE Crazy Cajun 9002
043 DOOR TO MY HEART Crazy Cajun 9006
044 BABY AIN'T THAT LOVE Crazy Cajun 9001/Tear Drop LPM-3002
045 BORN TO BE A LOSER Crazy Cajun 9010/Tear Drop LPM-3002 Edsel EDCD-597
046 NOW I KNOW Crazy Cajun 9010
047 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE Tear Drop LPM-3002
048 ROCKIN' BICYCLE Edsel EDCD-597
049 WHAT A PRICE Edsel EDCD-597
050 DOMINO TWIST Edsel EDCD-597
051 STOP THE CLOCK Edsel EDCD-597
052 TWO SIDES TO THE STORY OF LOVE Edsel EDCD-597
053 OH WHAT IT HURTS Edsel EDCD-597

ALBUMS
Tear Drop LPM-3002 Memorial To The Unforgettable Jimmy Donley: Forever Lillie Mae; I'm To Blame; Forget The Past; Hello! Remember Me; Loving Cajun Style; Baby Ain't That Love; Please Mr. Sandman; Santa! Please Don't Pass Me By; That's The Way It's Gonna Be; Think It Over; Born To Be A Loser; You're Why I'm So Lonely - 7?
Charly [UK] CR-30265 Give Me My Freedom: Kickin' My Hound Around; Come Along; Radio Juke Box And Tv; Please Come Home; Now I Know; I Can't Love You; My Baby's Gone; Shape You Left Me In; Born To Be A Loser; Give Me My Freedom; Baby How Long; I'm Alone; What Must I Do; Our Love; Child Love - ca 85
Edsel [UK] EDCD-597 Born To Be A Loser: Mr. Sandman; A Woman's Gonna Have Her Way; Hello Remember Me; Honey Stop Twistin'; Think It Over; Forever Lillie Mae; Loving Cajun Style; Baby, Heaven Sent Me You; Let Me Told You; You're Why I'm So Lonely; Santa! Don't Pass Me By; I Really Got The Blues; Just A Game; I'm Lonesome Without The Blues; Forget The Past; I'm To Blame; Love Bug; My Forbidden Love; Strange, Strange Feeling; Rockin' Bicycle; What A Price; Domino Twist; Stop The Clock; Two Sides To The Story Of Love; Oh How It Hurts; Born To Be A Loser - 02-99
Bear Family [GER] BCD-16534 The Shape You Left Me In: Come Along; Child Love; Kickin' My Hound Around; Baby How Long; Please Baby Come Home Born To Be A Loser; Radio, Jukebox, And T.V.; I'm Alone; The Shape You Left Me In; Arleeta; What Must I Do; Give Me My Freedom; Now I Know; I Can't Love You Like You Want Me To Do; Our Love; I've Been There; My Baby's Gone; I Gotta Go; S - Outh Of The Border; The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine; Child Love; Arleeta; Radio, Jukebox, And T.V.; I'm Alone [Version]; I'm Alone [Version] - 23-03-10

SINGLES
Decca (1957-60)
9-30308 Come Along / Kickin' My Hound Around - 03-07
9-30392 Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / South Of The Border - 07-57
9-30519 I Gotta Go / Baby How Long - 01-58
9-30574 Please Baby Come Home / Born To Be A Loser - 04-58
9-30738 Radio, Jukebox And T.V. / I'm Alone - 09-58
9-30887 The Shape You Left Me In / What Must I Do - 04-59
9-31005 Now I Know / I Can't Love You (Like You Want Me To Do) - 11-59
9-31116 Our Love / My Baby's Gone - 06-60
Tear Drop (1962-63)
3002 [aka Kenny James:] Please Mr. Sandman / A Woman's Gonna Have Her Way - 10-62
3005 Honey Stop Twistin' / Hello! Remember Me - 10-62
3007 Think It Over / Santa! Don't Pass Me By - 11-62 (also on Chess 1843)
3007 Think It Over / Forever Lillie Mae - 11-62
3009 Lovin' Cajun Style / Baby Heaven Sent Me You - 12-62
3017 You're Why I'm Lonely / Let Me Told You - 08-63
3021 Santa Please Don't Pass Me By / Santa's Alley - 10-63
3026 I Really Got The Blues / Just A Game - 01-64
3034 I'm Lonesome Without The Blues / Forget The Past - 06-64
3051 Love Bug / I'm To Blame - 65
3119 My Forbidden Love / Strange, Strange Feeling - 66
Crazy Cajun
9001 Think It Over / Santa! Please Don't Pass Me By - 66 (reissue of 3002)
9002 Forever Lillie Mae / I Still Care - 66
9003 I'm To Blame / Love Bug - 66 (reissue of 3051)
9004 I Really Got The Blues / Just A Game (reissue of 3026)
9005 Let Me Hold You / You're Why I'm So Lonely - 66
9006 Baby! Heaven Sent Me You / Door To My Heart - 66
9007 Hello! Remember Me / A Woman's Gonna Have Her Way
9008 Honey Stop Twistin' / Please Mr. Sandman
9009 Baby Ain't That Love / Lovin' Cajun Style - 66
9010 Born To Be A Loser / Now I Know - 66
Huey
MSM 101 Santa Please Don't Pass Me By / [John & Edgar Winter]