Jimmy Work

by Richard Weize (in BCD 15651)
SESSIONS
1945 Detroit, MI – Jimmy Work (unknown musicians)
001 4890 THOSE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS GIRLS Trophy T 54/CMH-216 BCD-15651
002 4891 YOU'RE GONE, I WON'T FORGET Trophy T 54/CMH-216 BCD-15651
003 4892 RAINY RAINY BLUES Trophy T 55/CMH-216 BCD-15651
004 4893 HEAR THAT STEAMBOAT WHISTLE BLOW Trophy T 55/CMH-216 BCD-15651
ca. October 1948 Detroit, MI – Jimmy Work
005 TENNESSEE BORDER Alben 501/CMH-216 BCD-15651
006 YOUR JEALOUS HEART IS BROKEN NOW Alben 501/CMH-216 BCD-15651
29 April 1949 Castle Studio At The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville 3, TN – Jimmy Work (Grady Martin [gt], Tommy Paige [gt], Ernest Newton [bass]. Producer: Paul Cohen)
007 74881/N 162 BLUEGRASS TICKLING MY FEET 46166/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
008 74882/N 163 PLEASE DON'T LET ME LOVE YOU 46166/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
10 August 1949 E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH – Jimmy Work (Zeke Turner [gt], Louie Innis [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Clyde Baum [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Ernie Newton. Producer: Paul Cohen)
009 75149/CIN 6 I WOULD SEND YOU ROSES 9-46181/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
010 75150/CIN 7 SURROUNDED BY WATER AND BARS 9-46223/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
011 75151/CIN 8 SMOKEY MOUNTAIN MOON 9-46181/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
012 75152/CIN 9 WHO'S BEEN HERE SINCE I'VE BEEN GONE 9-46223/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
ca. October 1949 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Work
013 MR. AND MRS. CLOUD Bullet 699/BCD-15651
014 HOSPITALITY Bullet 699BCD-15651
015 TENNESSEE BORDER unissued
spring 1951 Chicago, IL – Jimmy Work (unknown musicians)
016 DLG 50680 PICKUP TRUCK London 16056/BCD-15651
017 DLG 50681 DO YOUR HONKY TONKIN' AT HOME London 16056/BCD-15651
018 DLG 50682 SOUTHERN FRIED CHICKEN London 16058/BCD-15651
019 DLG 50683 LET'S LIVE A LITTLE London 16058/BCD-15651
16 October 1952 [no. 2798] E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH – Jimmy Work (unknown musicians)
020 10771 IF I SHOULD LOSE YOU F2372/BFX-15268 BCD-15651
021 10772 DON'T PLAY WITH MY HEART F2372/BFX-15268 BCD-15651
022 10773 I'M LONESOME FOR SOMEONE F2682/BFX-15268 BCD-15651
023 10774 PUTTIN' ON THE DOG (TOM CATTIN' AROUND) unissued/BFX-15268 BCD-15651
9 April 1953 [no. 2976] E. T. Herzog Recording Studio, 811 Race St., Cincinnati, OH – Jimmy Work (Al Myers [gt], Jerry Byrd [bass]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
024 11308 CRAZY MOON F2565/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
025 11309 LITTLE POPCORN MAN unissued/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
026 11310 HOW CAN I LOVE YOU F2682/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
027 11311 OUT OF MY MIND F2565/BFX-15267 BCD-15651
ca. June 1954 United Sound St., Detroit, MI - Jimmy Work (unknown musicians)
028 M-8355 THAT'S WHAT MAKE THE JUKEBOX PLAY Dot 45-1245/CMH-216 BCD-15651
029 M-8356 DON'T GIVE ME A REASON TO WONDER WHY 45-1245/CMH-216 BCD-15651
030 M-8357 JUST LIKE DOWNTOWN 45-1221/CMH-216 BCD-15651
031 M-8358 MAKING BELIEVE 45-1221/CMH-216 BCD-15651
August 1955 United Sound Studio, Detroit, MI - Jimmy Work (unknown mkusicians)
032 MB-8916 DON'T KNOCK, JUST COME IN 45-1267/CMH-216 BFX-15177 BCD-15651
033 MB-8917 LET 'EM TALK 45-1267/CMH-216 BFX-15177 BCD-15651
034 MB-8918 MY OLD STOMPING GROUND 45-1277/CMH-216 BFX-15177 BCD-15651
035 MB-8919 BLIND HEART [va] DLP 3733/ BFX-15177 BCD-15651
ca. September 1955 United Sound Studio, Detroit, MI - Jimmy Work (unknown musicians)
036 MB-8993 THERE'S ONLY ONE YOU 45-1272/CMH-216 BFX-15177 BCD-15651
037 MB-8994 PUTTIN' ON THE DOG unissued/ BFX-15177 BCD-15651
038 MB-8995 WHEN SHE SAID YOU ALL 45-1272/ BFX-15177 BCD-15651
039 MB-8996 HANDS AWAY FROM MY HEART 45-1277/ BFX-15177 BCD-15651
ca. March 1956 United Sound Studio, Detroit, MI - Jimmy Work (unknown musicians)
040 MB-9111 ROCK ISLAND LINE 45-1279/BFX-15177 BCD-15651
041 MB-9112 THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE 45-1279/ BFX-15177 BCD-15651
ca. May 1956 United Sound Studio, Detroit, MI - Jimmy Work (unknown musicians)
042 MB-9161 YOU'VE GOT A HEART LIKE A MERRY-GO-ROUND 45-1284/ BFX-15177 BCD-15651
043 MB-9162 BLIND HEART 45-1284/ BFX-15177 BCD-15651
044 MB-9163 THAT COLD, COLD LOOK IN YOUR EYE 45-1287 BFX-15177 BCD-15651
045 MB-9164 DIGGIN MY OWN GRAVE 45-1287 BFX-15177 BCD-15651
February 1959 unknown, CA – Jimmy Work
046 M 102 TENNESSEE BORDER All 502BCD-15651
047 M 103 LET ME BE ALONE All 502/BCD-15651
048 M 104 I NEVER THOUGHT TO HAVE THE BLUES All 503/BCD-15651
049 M 105 I DREAMED LAST NIGHT All 503/ BCD-15651

ALBUMS
CMH [GER] CMH-216 Tennessee Border: Those Kentucky Bluegrass Hills; You're Gone I Won't Forget; Rainy Rainy Blues; Hear That Steamboat Whistle Blow; Mr. And Mrs. Cloud; Tennessee Border; Your Jealous Heart Is Broken Now; Hospitality; That's What Makes The Jukebox Play; Don't Give Me A Reason To Wonder Why; Just Like Downtown; Making Believe; Don't Knock Just Come In; Let 'Em Talk; My Old Stomping Ground; There's Only One You – 73
Bear Family [GER] BFX 15177 Making Believe: That's The Way It's Gonna Be; Rock Island Line; Puttin' On The Dog And Tom Cattin' Around; When She Said You All; Digging My Own Grave; Don't Give Me A Reason To Wonder Why; Blind Heart; You've Got A Heart Like A Merry-Go-Round; That Cold, Cold Look In Your Eye; Hands Away From My Heart; That's What Makes The Jukebox Play; There's Only One You; Makin' Believe; Blind Heart; Let 'em Talk; Just Like Downtown; My Old Stomping Ground; Don't Knock Just Come In – 01-86
Bear Family [GER] BFX 15267 Crazy Moon: Don't Play With My Heart ; If I Should Lose You; Crazy Moon; I'm Lonesome For Someone; Little Popcorn Man; How Can I Love You; Puttin' On The Dog; Out Of My Mind; Smokey Mountain Moon; Bluegrass Ticklin' My Feet; Please Don't Let Me Love You; Surrounded By Water And Bars; Who's Been Here Since I Been Gone; I Would Send Roses – 20-02-88
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15651 Making Believe: Those Kentucky Bluegrass Hill; You're Gone, I Won't Forget; Rainy, Rainy Blues; Hear That Steamboat Whistle Blow; Tennessee Border; Your Jealous Heart Is Broken Now; Bluegrass Tickling My Feet; Please Don't Let Me Love You; I Would Send You Roses (But They Cost Too Much); Surrounded By Water And Bars; Smokey Mountain Moon; Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone; Mr. & Mrs. Cloud; Hospitality; Pickup Truck; Do Your Honky Tonkin' At Home; Southern Fried Chicken; Let's Live A Little; If I Should Lose You; Don't Play With My Heart; I'm Lonesome For Someone; Puttin' On The Dog (Tom Cattin' Around); Crazy Moon; Little Popcorn Man - Little Popcorn Man; How Can I Love You (When You're Not Around); Out Of My Mind; That's What Make The Jukebox Play; Don't Give Me A Reason To Wonder Why; Just Like Downtown; Making Believe; Don't Knock, Just Come In; Let 'Em Talk; My Old Stomping Ground; Blind Heart; There's Only One You; Puttin' On The Dog (Tom Cattin' Around); When She Said You All; Hands Away From My Heart; Rock Island Line; That's The Way It's Gonna Be; You've Got A Heart Like A Merry-Go-Round; Blind Heart; That Cold, Cold Look In Your Eye; Digging My Own Grave; Tennessee Border; Let Me Be Alone; I Never Thought I'd Have The Blues; I Dreamed Last Night – 01-94 (2CD, complete)

SINGLES
Trophy (1945)
T 14 These Kentucky Bluegrass Hits / You're Gone I Won't Forget - 45
T 15 Rainy Rainy Blues / Heart That Steamboat Blow - 45
Alben (1948)
501 Tennessee Border / Your Jealous Heart Is Broken Now - 48
Decca (1949-50)
9-46166 Blue Grass Tickling My Feet / Please Don't Let Me - 05-49
9-46181 Smokey Mountain Moon / I Would Send Roses - 09-49
9-46223 Surrounded By Water And Bars / Who's Been Here - 03-50
Bullet (1950)
699 Hospitality / Mr. And Mrs. Cloud - 50
London (1951)
16056 The Pickup Truck / Do Your Honky Tonkin' At Home - 51
16058 Southern Fried Chicken / Let's Live A Little - 51
Capitol (1953)
F2372 If I Should Lose You / Don't Play With My Heart - 02-53
F2565 Crazy Moon / Out Of My Mind - 07-53
F2682 How Can I Love You / I'm Lonesome For Someone - 12-53
Dot (1954-56)
45-1221 Making Believe / Just Like Downtown - 08-54
45-1245 That's What Makes The Juke Box Play / Don't Give Me A Reason To Wonder Why - 04-55
45-1267 Let 'Em Talk / Don't Knock Just Come On In - 09-55
45-1272 There's Only One You / When She Said You All - 12-55
45-1277 My Old Stomping Ground / Hands Away From My Heart - 02-56
45-1279 Rock Island Line / That's The Way It's Gonna Be - 04-56
45-1284 Blind Heart / You've Got A Heart Like Merry-Go-Round - 07-56
45-1287 Diggin My Own Grave / That Cold Cold Look In Your Own - 10-56
All (1959)
45-502 Tennesse Border / Let's Be Alone Tonigh - 59
45-503 I Dreamed Last Night / I Never Thought I'd Have The Blues - 59