Billy Jack Wills

2nd version
By Michel Ruppli, Henk Scholts, Lillies Ohlssen, Praguefrank, Marc Alesina
SESSIONS See also Bob Wills
ca. February 1951 Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band (Kenneth Lowery [rhy gt], Vance Terry [steel], Tiny Moore [el mandolin], Dick McComb [trumpetpt/bass], poss Tommy Perkins [drums], Cotton Roberts [fiddle])
001 4045 WATER BABY BOOGIE X 11
002 4046 unknown title
003 4047 unknown title
004 4048 unknown title
005 4049 ROPED AND TIED X 11/TRG-50105
006 4050 unknown title
DOWN IN OLD MEXICO 45-1575
ca. March 1951 Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band
007 4074 CATTLE CALL 1589
008 4075 LILLY DALE X18 1575
009 4076? NOW THAT WE HAVE SAID GOODBYE 1589
010 4077 TOBACCO CHEWING BOOGIE X18
1952-1954 [World Radio Transcriptions] Radio Station KFBK, Sacramento, CA – Billy Jack Wills (Billy Jack Wills [vcl/drumsl], Tiny Moore [vcl/el mandolin/fiddle], Kenny Lowery [gt], Vance Terry [steel], Cotton Roberts [bass, fiddle], Dick McComb [trumpet/ bass])
01001 LONESOME HEARTED BLUES Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01002 DIPSY DOODLE – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01003 JOHNSON RAG – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01004 MR COTTON PICKER – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01005 AIR MAIL SPECIAL – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01006 BASIN STREET BLUES – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01007 I DON´T KNOW – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01008 WOODCHOPPER´S BALL – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01009 TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01010 TUXEDO JUNCTION – instr -Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01011 TWIN GUITAR SPECIAL – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01012 ST. LOUIS BLUES – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01013 BLUE GUITAR STOMP – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01014 SUMMIT RIDGE DRIVE – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01015 ROCK CITY BOOGIE – Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01016 C JAM BLUES – instr - Western 2002 Joaquin 2503
01017 GET ALONG HOME, CINDY Joaquin 2503
01018 STEEL GUITAR STOMP Joaquin 2503
01019 CARAVAN Joaquin 2503
01020 CADILLAC UN MODEL "A" Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01021 FOR YOU, MY LOVE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01022 JELLY ROLL BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01023 SKIDDLE DEE BOO Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01024 ROCK-A-BYE BABY BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505 TRG 50105
01025 SUGAR BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01026 STARDUST Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01027 SLOW DRIVE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01028 CRAZY, MAN, CRAZY Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01029 MILK COW BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01030 SWEET GEORGIA BROWN Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01031 KENTUCKY MEANS PARADISE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01032 KISSIN' BUG BOOGIE Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01033 JAZZ ME BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01034 I LAUGH HOW I THINK HOW I CRIED OVER YOU Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01035 TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01036 ROCK-A-BYE-BABY BLUES Western WS-2004 Joaquin 2505
01037 INTRO: TINY MOORE bootleg CD
01038 CRIPPLE CREEK bootleg CD
01039 MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE bootleg CD
01040 ANYTIME bootleg CD
01041 PANHANDLE RAG bootleg CD
01042 OUTRO bootleg CD
16 March 1953 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Billy Jack Wills [vcl-1], Eldon Shamblin [el gt], Jay Roberts [gt], Billy Bowman [steel], Jack Lloyd [bass], Luke Wills [bass], Jack Greenback [drums], Skeeter Elkins [piano], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle])
000 53-S-3014/53-XY-3031 A BROKEN HEART FOR A SOUVENIR K11516
000 53-S-3015/53-XY-3032 (EVERYONE IS CALLING YOU A) FALLEN ANGEL K11709
011 53-S-3016/53-XY-3033 SHE‘S A QUARTER HORSE TYPE (OF A GAL) -1 K11709/ TRG-50105
000 53-S-3017/53-XY-3034 B. BOWMAN HOP K11568
000 53-S-3018/53-XY-3035 AS I SIT BROKEN-HEARTED K11635
012 53-S-3019/53-XY-3036 BOTTLE BABY BOOGIE -1 K11635/TRG-50105
000 53-S-3020/53-XY-3037 I WANT TO GO TO MEXICO K11516
000 53-S-3021/53-XY-3038 IM A HUMAN, SAME AS YOU
9 March 1954 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Eldon Shamblin [gt], Claude Powell [banjo], Billy Bowman [steel], Billy Jack Wills [bass/vcl-1], Johnny Megetto [drums], Bob Wills [fiddle], Louis Tierney [fiddle/sax])
000 54-S-3037/54-XY-3017 SO LONG, I'LL SEE YOU LATER K11985/MS 594
013 54-S-3038/54-XY-3018 CADILLAC IN MODEL "A" -1 K11883/MS 594 TRG-50105
000 54-S-3039/54-XY-3019 WALTZING IN OLD SAN ANTONE* K11883
000 54-S-3040/54-XY-3020 I'VE GOT A NEW ROAD UNDER MY WHEELS K11832/MS 594
000 54-S-3041/54-XY-3021 TEXAS BLUES K11767/MS 594
000 54-S-3042/54-XY-3022 I LIVE FOR YOU K11985/MS 594
24 May 1954 [14:30-17:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band
014 54-S-3067/54-XY-3037 FOR THE CHILDREN'S SAKE K11907/ TRG-50105
015 54-S-3068/54-XY-3038 OUT OF GAS K11807/ TRG-50105
016 54-S-3069/54-XY-3039 TEARDROPS ON A DIARY K11907/ TRG-50105
017 54-S-3070/54-XY-3040 I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ALONE K11807/ TRG-50105
26 January 1955 [14:30-17:30] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band
018 55-S-17/55-XY-9 RED MITTENS K11966/ TRG-50105
019 55-S-18/55-XY-10 HEY LULA (HEY LU-LA) K12034/ TRG-50105
020 55-S-19/55-XY-11 FOUR BEERS AND FORTY TEARS K12034/ TRG-50105
021 55-S-20/55-XY-12 THERE‘S GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT K11966/ TRG-50105 BCD-15789
BEAR FAMILY BCD-15789 THAT’LL FLAT GIT IT, VOL. 7 (1996)
24 October 1955 [14:15-17:15] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band
022 55-S-77/55-XY-69 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU K12302/ TRG-50105
023 55-S-78/55-XY-70 WHEN A NEW LOVE IS BORN K12172
024 55-S-79/55-XY-71 ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS ROCK K12172
025 55-S-76/55-XY-68 WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE K12302/ TRG-50105
25 July 1956 [14:00-17:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood 38, CA – Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band
026 56-S-165/56-XY-165 I LOVED AND LOST K12444/ TRG-50105
027 56-S-166/56-XY-166 NOT VERY LONG K12559/ TRG-50105
028 56-S-167/56-XY-167 HEY MISTER MAILMAN K12444/ TRG-50105
029 56-S-168/56-XY-168 TROUBLES (THOSE LONESOME KIND) K12559/ TRG-50105


ALBUMS
Western WS-2002 Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band: Lonesome Hearted Blues; Dipsy Doodle; Johnson Rag; Mr. Cotton Picker; Air Mail Special; Basin Street Blues; I Don't Know; Woodchopper's Ball; Teardrops From My Eyes; Tuxedo Junction; Twin Guitar Special; St. Louis Blues; Blue Guitar Stomp; Summit Ridge Drive; Rock City Boogie; C Jam Blues – 82 (see also Joaquin 2503)
Western WS-2004 Crazy, Man, Crazy - 1952-54: Cadillac Un Model "A"; For You, My Love; Jelly Roll Blues; Skiddle Dee Boo; Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Sugar Blues; Stardust; Slow Drive; Crazy, Man, Crazy; Milk Cow Blues; Sweet Georgia Brown; Kentucky Means Paradise; Kissin' Bug Boogie; Jazz Me Blues; I Laugh How I Think How I Cried Over You – 82 (see also Joaquin 2505)
Joaquin 2503 Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band: Lonesome Hearted Blues; Dipsy Doodle; Johnson Rag; Mr. Cotton Picker; Air Mail Special; Basin Street Blues; I Don't Know; Woodchopper's Ball; Teardrops From My Eyes; Tuxedo Junction; Twin Guitar Special; St. Louis Blues; Blue Guitar Stomp; Summit Ridge Drive; Rock City Boogie; C Jam Blues; Get Along Home, Cindy*; Steel Guitar Stomp*; Caravan* – 07-11-96 (reissue of Western 2002 with *bonus tracks)
Hound [UK] TRG-505105 There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight: Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Bottle Baby Boogie; She’s A Quarter Horse Type (Of A Gal] [w. Bob Wills]; Cadillac In Model “A” [w. Bob Wills]; Out Of Gas; I Don’t Want To Live Alone; Teardrops On A Diary; For The Childrens Sake; There’s Good Rockin’ Tonight; Red Mittens; Hey Lula (Hey Lu-La); Four Beers And Forty Tears; Hey Mr. Mailman; I Loved And Lost; My Shoes Keep Walkin’ Back To You; Will Miss Me When I’m Gone; Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind); Not Very Long; Cadillac In Model “A”; Blues For You My Love; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Milkcow Blues; Lonesome Hearted Blues; Roped And Tied – 96 (MGM,4 Star tracks + transcriptions)
Joaquin 2505 Crazy, Man, Crazy - 1952-54: Cadillac Un Model "A"; For You, My Love; Jelly Roll Blues; Skiddle Dee Boo; Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues; Sugar Blues; Stardust; Slow Drive; Crazy, Man, Crazy; Milk Cow Blues; Sweet Georgia Brown; Kentucky Means Paradise; Kissin' Bug Boogie; Jazz Me Blues; I Laugh How I Think How I Cried Over You; Take Me Back To Tulsa*; Rock-A-Bye-Baby Blues* – 25-02-99 (reissue of Western WS-2004 with *bonus tracks)

SINGLES
4-Star (1951)
X-11 Roped And Tied / Water Baby Boogie - 51
X-18 Tobacco Chewing Boogie / Lilly Dale - 51
45-1575 Lily Dale / Down In Old Mexico - 09-51 (rev. Sept. 15)
45-1589 Cattle Call / Now That We Have Said Goodbye – 01-52
MGM (1953-56)
K 11807 Out Of Gas / I Don't Want To Live Alone – 09-54
K11907 Teardrops On A Diary / For The Children's Sake – 01-55
K11966 There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Red Mittens- 04-55
K12034 Hey Lula / Four Beers And Forty Tears – 07-55
K12172 All She Wants To Do Is Rock / When A New Love Is Born- 01-56
K12302 My Shoes Keep Walkin' Back To You / Will You Miss Me – 07-56
K12444 Hey Mr. Mailman / I Loved And Lost – 03-57
K12559 Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind) / Not Very Long - 10-57