Johnnie Lee Wills

2nd version
by Tony Russell, Lillies Ohlsson, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Michel Ruppli, Robert Platt
SESSIONS
28 April 1941 Sound Recording Studio, Dallas, TX – Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys (Johnny Lee Wills [banjo], Cotton Thompson [vcl/fiddle], Lester "Junior" Barnard [el gt], Harley Huggins [gt], Luther Jay "Luke" Wills [bass], Millard Kelso [piano])
001 C 93697-A I WONDER WHAT I’M GOING TO DO Decca 5957/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
002 C 93698-A I’M SORRY WE SAID GOODBYE 5948 46012/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
003 C 93699-A DO I REALLY DESERVE IT FROM YOU? 5969/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
004 C 93700-A MEMORIES OF YOU, DEAR 5985/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
005 C 93701-A WHATCHA KNOW JOE 5948/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
006 C 93702-A MILK COW BLUES 5985/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
007 C 93703-A TOO LONG 5957/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
008 C 93704-A TOGETHER FOREVER 6014/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
009 C 93705-A KEEP A LIGHT IN YOUR WINDOW TONIGHT 6014/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
010 C 93706-A DEVIL’S BLUES 5969/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
18 April 1947 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood 38, CA – Johnnie Lee Wills (Leon Huff [vcl], Eb Gray [gt], J.L. Jenkins [steel], Son Lansford [bass], Chuck Adams [drums], Julian "Curly" Lewis [fiddle], Henry Boatman [fiddle/sax], Don Harlan [sax/clarinet], Wayne Johnson [clarinet/sax], Clarence Cagle [piano])
011 L 4411 QUEEN OF SAN JOAQUIN 46064/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
012 L 4412 I NEVER KNEW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU 46070
013 L 4413 LAZY JOHN 46054/Krazy Kat KKCD-18
014 L 4414 TEXAS SANDMAN 46054/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
19 April 1947 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood 38, CA – Johnnie Lee Wills (Leon Huff [vcl], Eb Gray [gt], J.L. Jenkins [steel], Son Lansford [bass], Chuck Adams [drums], Julian "Curly" Lewis [fiddle], Henry Boatman [fiddle/sax], Don Harlan [sax/clarinet], Wayne Johnson [clarinet/sax], Clarence Cagle [piano])
015 L 4415 SQUARE DANCE BOOGIE 46053/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
016 L 4416 GREEN GROW THE LILACS 46064
017 L 4417 WHO'S GONNA LOVE ME 46070/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
018 L 4418 LATE EVENING BLUES 46053/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
ca. December 1949 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills
019 RAG MOP Bullet 696/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
020 NEAR ME 696
1949/1950 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills
021 PETER COTTONTAIL 700
022 SHATTERED DREAMS 700
023 I'M THAT WAY ABOUT YOU 710/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
024 CHAMPAGNE POLKA 710
025 COYOTE BLUES 711/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
026 BOOGIE WOOGIE HIGHBALL 711 Krazy Kat KKCD-18
027 A BAD DEAL ALL AROUND 717/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
028 TOM CAT BOOGIE 717/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
029 THIS ROOM IS SO CROWDED 721
030 SI TE AMO (YES I LOVE YOU) 721
ca 1951 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills
031 I LIKE YOU BEST OF ALL 724
032 I'M LEAVING (YES INDEEDY) 724/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
033 OKLAHOMA (THAT'S FOR ME) 726
034 I NEEDED YOU 726
ca. May 1951 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK - Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys (Eb Gray [gt], Chuck Adams [bass], Buster Magness [steel], Clarence Cagle [piano], Don Harlan [clarinet], Curly Lewis [fiddle], Henry Boatman [fiddle], Howard Davis [drums] + vocal chorus)
035 THE BAND’S A ROCKIN’ Bullet 737/Krazy Kat KKCD-18
036 I'M NOT SORRY (THAT I CRIED OVER YOU) 737/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
1951 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills
037 CARELESS ME 741
038 BIG CHIEF WAMP-A-SETTI 741
039 I'LL MAKE YOU HAPPY) 743
040 LEVEE BLUES 743/ Krazy Kat KKCD-18
3 February 1952 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills (Curley Lewis [vcl/fiddle], Don Tolle [el gt], Tommy Elliott [steel], Chuck Adams [bass], Waid Peeler [drums], Henry Boatman [fiddle],James Guy "Cotton" Thompson [fiddle], Clarence Cagle [piano], Don Harlan [clarinet])
041 E2-VB-5605 SHE TOOK! RCA Victor 47-4570/CAL-363 BFX-15103
042 E2-VB-5606 HOT CHECK BABY 47-4721/ BFX-15103
043 E2-VB-5607 THERE AIN¢T JUST TWO I¢S IN DIXIE 47-4721/ BFX-15103
044 E2-VB-5608 THE THING-A-MA-JIG 47-4570/ BFX-15103
21 September 1952 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills (Johnnie Lee Wills [fiddle],Cotton Thompson [vcl], Don Tolle [ld gt], Tommy Elliot [steel], Curley Lewis [fiddle], Henry Boatman [fiddle] + more unknown musicians)
045 E2-VB-7362 LET ME BE 47-5114/BFX-15103
046 E2-VB-7363 TWO TIMING 47-5001/BFX-15103
047 E2-VB-7364 BEES IN MY BONNETT 47-5114 BFX-15103
048 E2-VB-7365 OO OOH DADDY 47-5243/ BFX-15103
049 E2-VB-7366 TEN LITTLE BLUEBIRDS IN MY LAPEL 47-5243/ BFX-15103
050 E2-VB-7367 BLACKBERRY BOOGIE 47-5001/CAL-363 BFX-15103
ca. May 1953 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills
051 E3-VB-1347 HONEY IN THE HORN 47-5336/Camden CAL-363 BFX-15103
052 E3-VB-1348 A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E (ALBUQUERQUE) 47-5336/ BFX-15103
11 June 1953 KVOO Radio Station Studio, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills
053 E3-VB-1399 SOLD OUT DOC 47-5449/Camden CAL-363 BFX-15103
054 E3-VB-1400 TWO STEP SIDE STEP 47-5449/ BFX-15103
22 May 1962 Pam Studios, Dallas, TX – Johnnie Lee Wills & All Of The Boys (Johnnie Lee Wills [fiddle], Autry Rutledge [ld gt], Gene Pooler [steel], Leon Rausch [bass], Bobby Collins [drums], Harvey Grossman [fiddle/trumpet], Glenn Rhees [tenor sax])
055 I WISH YOUR PICTURE WAS YOU
056 TRAVELIN' Crown CST-565
057 BLUB TWIST Sims 129/LPS-101 Crown CST-565
058 289 MILK COW BLUES 133/LPS-101 Crown CST-565
059 YOUR LOVE FOR ME IS LOSING LIGHT 129/LPS-101 Crown CST-565
060 LAZY JOHN unissued
061 I WISH YOU COULD LEARN TO LOVE ME Sims LPS-101 Crown CST-565
23 July 1962 Pam Studios, Dallas, TX – Johnnie Lee Wills & All Of The Boys (Johnnie Lee Wills [fiddle], Autry Rutledge [ld gt], Gene Pooler [steel], Leon Rausch [bass], Bobby Collins [drums], Harvey Grossman [fiddle/trumpet], Glenn Rhees [tenor sax])
062 LAZY JOHN 133/LPS-101
063 RIDIN' FOR THE RANCHO Sims LPS-101
064 SUGAR IN MY COFFEE Sims LPS-101
065 BABY IT MUST BE LOVE Sims LPS-101
066 RAG MOP Sims LPS-101
067 THE EYES OF MY HEART Sims LPS-101
28 August 1963 Pam Studio, Dallas, TX – Johnnie Lee Wills and All Of The Boys (Johnnie Lee Wills [fiddle], Autry Rutledge [ld gt], Gene Pooler [steel], Leon Rausch [bass], Bobby Collins [drums], Harvey Grossman [fiddle/trumpet], Glenn Rhees [tenor sax])
068 BIG BEAVER Sims LPS-108
069 TOO SOON TO WORRY Sims LPS-108 Crown CST-565
070 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING Sims LPS-108
071 THIS ROOM IS SO CROWDED Sims LPS-108
072 DUSTY SKIES Sims LPS-108
073 WHY DO I LOVE YOU Sims LPS-108 Crown CST-565
074 STAY A LITTLE LONGER Sims LPS-108
1963 Pam Studio, Dallas, TX – Johnnie Lee Wills and All Of The Boys (Johnnie Lee Wills [fiddle], Autry Rutledge [ld gt], Gene Pooler [steel], Leon Rausch [bass], Bobby Collins [drums], Harvey Grossman [fiddle/trumpet], Glenn Rhees [tenor sax])
075 SLUSH Sims LPS-108 Crown CST-565
076 I WON'T CRY TOMORROW Sims LPS-108 Crown CST-565
077 RELAXIN‘ Sims LPS-108
078 RED DRESS SHE WORE Sims LPS-108 Crown CST-565
079 SWEET MEMORIES Sims LPS-108
Possibly from sessions above3/4 April 1978 Tulsa Studios, Tulsa, OK – Johnnie Lee Wills and His Boys (Johnnie Lee Wills [vcl/fiddle], John T. Wills [vcl], Joe Holley [vcl/fiddle], Curly Lewis [vcl/fiddle], Johnny Gimble [vcl/fiddle/mandolin], Eldon Shamblin [gt], Don Tolle [gt], Roy Ferguson [gt], Gene Crownover [steel], Ted Adams [bass], Claude Clemmons [drums], Tom Montgomery [drums], Clarence Cagle [piano], Glenn Rhees [sax], Wayne Johnson [clarinet/sax], Alex Brasheare [trumpet])
080 SILVER BELLS Flying Fish FF-069
081 RAG MOP Flying Fish FF-069
082 MEMORIES OF YOU DARLING Flying Fish FF-069
083 I WISH THAT YOUR PICTURE WAS YOU Flying Fish FF-069
084 FOUR OR FIVE TIMES Flying Fish FF-069
085 ROSETTA Flying Fish FF-069
086 LA GOLONDRINA Flying Fish FF-069
087 SOUTH Flying Fish FF-069
088 IF I HAD ANOTHER CHANCE Flying Fish FF-069
089 IN A SPANISH MISSION Flying Fish FF-069
090 TALKING 'BOUT YOU Flying Fish FF-069
091 WHOSE HEART ARE YOU BREAKING NOW Flying Fish FF-069
092 MILK COW BLUES Flying Fish FF-069
093 GOODNIGHT LITTLE SWEETHEART Flying Fish FF-069
13/14 July 1980 [live] Van Buren, AS – Johnnie Lee Wills
09301 OPENING THEME Delta DLP-1132
09302 COTTON-EYED JOE Delta DLP-1132
09303 FADED LOVE Delta DLP-1132
09304 IN THE MOOD Delta 11323/DLP-1132
09305 TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA Delta DLP-1132
09306 SPANISH TWO-STEP Delta DLP-1132
09307 HONKY TONK Delta DLP-1132
09308 MILK COW BLUES Delta DLP-1132
09309 BIG BEAVER Delta 11323/DLP-1132
09310 TULSA SCHOTTISHE Delta DLP-1132
09311 BOOT HEEL DRAG Delta DLP-1132
09312 "C" JAM BLUES Delta DLP-1132
09313 "BLUB'S" TWIST Delta DLP-1132
09314 CLOSING THEME Delta DLP-1132

ALBUMS
RCA Camden CAL-363 Best Of Western Swing: [ Tex Williams:] The Urn On The Mantel (And His Picture On The Wall); Bronco Bustin' Ball; Shame On You; Miracle Waltz; [Johnny Lee Wills]: She Took; Blackberry Boogie; Honey In The Horn; Sold Out Doe; [Billy Williams:] Livin' In Western Style; My Adobe Hacienda; Yippee Ki-Aye; Lonely Corral Old Pard'ner - 58
Sims LP/LPS-101 Where There's A Wills... There's A Way: Rag Mop; Lazy John; Sugar In My Coffee; Baby It Must Be Love; Eyes Of My Heart; Ridin' For The Rancho; Your Love For Me Is Losing Light; Blub Twist; Milk Cow Blues; I Wish You Could Learn To Love Me – 62
Sims LP/LPS-108 Johnny Lee Wills At The Tulsa Stampede: Slush; I Won’t Cry Tomorrow; This Room Is So Crowded; Relaxin‘; Stay A Little Longer; Why Do I; The Red Dress; Dusty Skies; Too Soon To Worry; Time Changes Everything; Sweet Memories; Big Beaver - 63
Crown CLP-5565/CST-565 The Best Of Johnnie Lee Wills: Your Love For Me Is Losing Light; Blub Twist; Milk Cow Blues; I Wish Your Picture Was You; Travelin'; Slush; I Won't Cry Tomorrow; Why Do I Love You; Red Dress She Wore; Too Soon To Worry - 65
Flying Fish FF-069 Reunion: Silver Bells; Rag Mop; Memories Of You Dear; I Wish That Your Picture Was You; Four Or Five Times; La Golondrina; Rosetta; South; If I Had Another Chance; In A Little Spanish Mission; Talking 'Bout You; Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now; Milk Cow Blues; Goodnight Little Sweetheart - 78
Rounder 1027 1950-1951 Radio Transcriptions: Opening Theme / In The Mood; Ridin' Down The Canyon / Cowboy's Dream; Southland Swing / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down; Keep A Light In The Window Tonight / Never Alone; Four Or Five Times / Leather Britches; Theme / Sally Goodin / Buffalo Gals; Silver Dew On The Bluegrass Tonight / Smoke On The Water; Boogie Woogie Highball; Love You So Much / Black-Eyed Susan Brown --Farther Along / Smith's Reel / Closing Theme - 78
Delta DLP-1132 Dance All Night With Johnnie Lee Wills And His Boys: Opening Theme; Cotton-Eyed Joe; Faded Love; In The Mood; Take Me Back To Tulsa; Spanish Two-Step; Honky Tonk; Milk Cow Blues; Big Beaver; Tulsa Schottishe; Boot Heel Drag; "C" Jam Blues; "Blub's" Twist; Closing Theme – 80
Bear Family [GER] BFX 15103 Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin': She Took; Hot Check Baby; There Are Just Two I's In Dixie; The Thingamajig; Let Me Be; Two Timing; Bees In My Bonney; Oo Oooh Daddy; Ten Little Bluebirds In My Lapel; Blackberry Boogie; Honey In The Horn; A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E; Sold Out Doc; Two Step Side Step - 84
Krazy Kat [UK] KKCD-18 The Band's A-Rockin': The Band's A Rockin'; Boogie Woogie Highball; Lazy John; Rag Mop; Milk Cow Blues; Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight; What'cha Know Joe; I'm Sorry That We Said Goodbye; Do I Really Deserve It From You; Devil's Blues; Memories Of You Dear; Together Forever; I Wonder What I'm Goin' To Do; Late Evening Blues; Too Long; Square Dance Boogie; A Bad Deal All Around; Coyote Blues; Who's Gonna Love Me; Tom Cat Boogie; Levee Blues; I'm Not Sorry (That I Cried Over You); I Like You Best Of All; The Queen Of San Joaquin; I'm That Way About You; I'm Leaving (Yes Indeedy); Texas Sandman - 96
SINGLES
Decca (1941-47)
5948 Whatcha Know Joe / I'm Sorry That We Said Goodbye - 05-41
5957 I Wonder What I'm Going To Do / Too Long - 05-41
5969 Do I Really Deserve It From You? / Devil's Blues - 07-41
5985 Memories Of You Dear / Milk Cow Blues - 09-41
6014 Together Forever / Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight - 01-42
46012 I'm Sorry That We Said Goodbye / Milk Cow Blues - 07-46 (reissue)
46053 Late Evening Blues / Square Dance Boogie - 07-47
46054 Lazy John / Texas Sandman – 07-47
46064 The Queen Of San Joaquin / Green Grow The Lilacs – 08-47
46070 Who's Gonna Love Me / I Never Knew How Much I Love You - 09-47
Bullet (1949-51)
696 Rag Mop / Near Me - 12-49
700 Petter Cotton Tail / Shattered Dreams - 02-50
710 I'm That Way About You / Champagne Polka - 04-50
711 Boogie Woogie Highball / Coyote Blues - 04-50 (rev. April 1)
717 A Bad Deal All Around / Tom Cat Boogie - 06-50
721 This Room Is So Crowded / Si Te Amo (Yes I Love You) - 10-50
724 I Like You Best Of All / I'm Leaving (Yes Indeedy!) - 12-50
726 Oklahoma (That's For Me) / I Needed You - 02-51
737 The Band's A-Rockin' / I'm Not Sorry (That I Cried Over You) - 04-51
741 Careless Me / Big Chief Wamp-A-Setti - 51
743 Levee Blues / I'll Make You Happy - 51
RCA Victor (1952-53)
47-4570 She Took! / The Thing-A-Ma-Jig - 03-52
47-4721 Hot Check Baby / There Are Just Two I's In Dixie – 05-52
47-5001 Blackberry Boogie / Two-Timing - 11-52
47-5114 Bees In My Bonnet / Let Me Be - 01-53
47-5243 Oo Oooh Daddy / Ten Little Bluebirds In My Lapel - 04-53
47-5336 A-L-B-U-Q-U-E-R-Q-U-E / Honey In The Horn - 07-53
47-5449 Sold Out Doc / Two Step Side Step - 10-53
Sims (1962)
129 Blub Twist / Your Love For Me Is Losing Light - 11-62
133 Lazy John / Milk Cow Blues – ca. 03-63
Flying Fish (1975-78)
FF-4001 Talking 'Bout You / Silver Bells – 78
Delta (1980)
11323 In The Mood / Big Beaver - 80
two more singles from album DLP-1132 probably exist (11321, 11322). Tracks unknown