Billy Mize

2nd version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Lillies Ohlsson, Hillbilly Researcher
SESSIONS
Mid 1953 unknown, CA – Billy Mize, * & Rita Goodwyn (Bill Woods & Orange Blossom Playboys) 001 I'M STILL A PRISONER Kord 100(a,b)
002 PUSAN TOPICAL-PRISONER "IN KOREA" Kord 100(a)
003 A DEAR JOHN LETTER* Kord 100(b)
15 June 1955 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Billy Mize
004 L 8479 WHO WILL BUY THE WINE 9-29852
005 L 8480 IT WON’T LAST LONG unissued
006 L 8481 I SAW HER FIRST 9-29852
007 L 8482 FAITH WILL DRIVE YOU DOWN unissued
11 December 1956 [10:00-13:00] Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Billy Mize (John Barnett [gt], Roy Nichols [gt], Joe Walker [bass], Gene McGraudy [drums], Jelly Sanders [fiddle], George French [piano])
008 L 9742 THERE MUST BE A REASON unissued
009 L 9743 UNDERDOG unissued
010 L 9744 IT COULD HAPPEN 9-30271
011 L 9745 SOLID SENDER 9-30271/Bear Family BCD-15975
BEAR FAMILY BCD-15975 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT!, VOL. 9 (GER, 2001)
1959 Hollywood, CA – Billy Mize
012 LITTLE COCO PALM Raven 002
013 WINDWARD ISLE Raven 002
Late 1950s Hollywood, CA – Billy Mize
014 PLANET NAMED DESIRE Righteous 23-14
RIGHTEOUS 23-14 MOONAGE TIMEQUAKE (2009)
1959 Hollywood, CA – Billy & Cliff (Billy Mize & Cliff Crowford)
B01 SUMMER'S END Dore 534
B02 BIG SPENDER FROM THE EAST Dore 534
8 April 1960 Hollywood, CA – Billy & Cliff (Billy Mize & Cliff Crowford)
B03 593 LIVING UP TO MY NAME Challenge 59089
B04 594 THE GUN, THE GOLD AND THE GIRL Challenge 59089
ca. February 1963 Hollywood, CA – Billy & Cliff (Billy Mize & Cliff Crowford)
B05 LB-1602 LOUISIANA SAND Liberty F-55560
B06 LB-1603 DON'T LOOK NOW Liberty F-55560
25 August 1965 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
015 NCO 82883 YOU DON'T HAVE VERY FAR TO GO Columbia 4-43417
016 NCO 82884 TERRIBLE TANGLED WEB Columbia 4-43417
017 NCO 82885 DON'T LET THE BLUES MAKE YOU BAD 4-43546
018 NCO 82886 WALKING MY FOOL 4-43546
12 July 1966 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
019 NCO 80313 YOU CAN'T STOP ME 4-43770
020 NCO 80314 THE BIGGER THE FOOL (THE HARDED THE FALL) 4-43770
021 NCO 80315 IMAGINE ME 4-43982
13 July 1966 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
022 NCO 80316 I'D RATHER HAVE YOU THAN MY PRIDE 4-44339
023 NCO 80317 IT'S GONNA GET LONELY 4-43982
August & September 1967 CBS Recording Studio, 6121 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Billy Mize
024 HCO 95046 THE LIGHTS OF ALBUQUERQUE 4-44339
24 May 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
025 NCO 98549 WALKIN' THROUGH THE MEMORIES OF MY MIND 4-44621
026 NCO 98550 WIND (I'LL CATCH UP TO YOU) 4-44621
ca February 1969 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
027 IM-6602 MAKE IT RAIN Imperial 66365/LP-12441
028 IM-6603 YOU DONE ME WRONG 66365/LP-12441
029 IM-6678 WHILE I'M THINKIN' ABOUT IT 66403/LP-12441
030 IM-6679 THE ABSENCE OF YOU 66403/LP-12441
Note: Imperial master number assigned for single relesase, there is no relationto recording date
ca July 1969 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize (Producer: Scott Turner)
031 none A FOOL NEVER LEARNS LP-12441
032 none I'VE BEEN NEEDING SOMEONE LIKE YOU LP-12441
033 none WALK RIGHT BACK LP-12441
034 none GAMES PEOPLE PLAY LP-12441
035 none LAY A LITTLE LOVE ON ME LP-12441
036 none THERE'S BETTER THINGS IN LIFE LP-12441
037 none LIFE IN COLEMAN COUNTY LP-12441
038 none LITTLE BITTY BUBBLES LP-12441
ca October 1969 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize (Producer: Scott Turner)
039 IM-6726 MAMA, THE SPARROW AND THE TREE 66427/UAS-6781
040 IM-6727 THE CLOSEST I EVER CAME 66427/UAS-6781
041 IM-6766 IF THIS WAS THE LAST SONG 66447/UAS-6781
042 IM-6767 I LEARNED TO WALK 66447
ca. August 1970 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize (Producer: Scott Turner)
043 6719 BLOWING THE COLD ASHES (GETS DUST IN YOUR EYES) United Artists 50828
044 6720 BEER DRINKING, HONKY TONKIN' BLUES 50717/UAS-6781
045 STAND BY ME UAS-6781
046 LET'S GET TOGETHER UAS-6781
047 6723 YOU'RE ALRIGHT WITH ME United Artists 50751/UAS-6781
048 6724 I FORGOT MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW 50751/UAS-6781
049 6725 SOMEDAY WHEN IT GETS TO BE TOMORROW 50717/UAS-6781
050 WHEN A BOY FALLS IN LOVE UAS-6781
051 ALL TOGETHER NOW CRY 50828/UAS-6781
052 THAT'S WHY I SING IN A HONKY TONK UAS-6781
ca. April 1972 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
053 9958 TAKE IT EASY 50945
054 9959 SUSAN¢S FLOOR 50945
ca. October 1972 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
055 10991 MIDDLE TENNESSEE COUNTRY BOY'S BLUES UA-50991
056 10992 GOOD TIME CHARLIE'S GOT THE BLUES UA-50991
ca. May 1973 poss. Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Billy Mize (Producer: Larry Butler)
057 CALIFORNIA IS JUST MISSISSIPPI UA-XW265-W
058 JUST THE OTHER SIDE OF NOWHERE UA-XW265-W
ca. November 1973 poss. Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Billy Mize (Producer: Larry Butler)
059 13495 LORD, LET IT RAIN UA-XW503-X
060 THANK YOU FOR THE FEELING UA-XW372-W
061 DETROIT CITY UA-XW372-W
062 POOR MAN'S HOBBY UA-XW503-X
ca. August 1974 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize & The Trucker¢s Choir (Producer: Jim Malloy)
063 DO WHAT YOU CAN DO MR-1219
064 M4BS-1897 YOU CAN GET BY MR-1232
065 M4BS-1898 IT¢S A FEELING CALLED LOVE MR-1223/Zodiac ZS-5007
066 M4BS-1899 LINDA'S LOVE STOP MR-1216/Zodiac ZS-5007
067 DO APPLES LOOK LIKE ORANGES? MR-1216 MR-1223
ca. September 1974 Nashville, TN – Billy Mize (Producer: Jim Malloy)
068 M4VS-1925 BORN TO LOVE ME MR-1232/Zodiac ZS-5007
069 THE LADY'S LEAVING ME MR-1240/Zodiac ZS-5007
1976 various studios, Nashville, TN – Billy Mize
070 Z6KP-3072 IT HURTS TO KNOW THE FEELING'S GONE Zodiac ZS-1011/ZLP-5007
071 TWO PEOPLE PARTY Zodiac ZS-1006
072 HEAVEN FOR THE WEEKEND Zodiac ZS-1006/ZLP-5007
073 SATIN SIDEWALK SALESMAN Zodiac ZLP-5007
074 Z6KP-3076 LIVIN¢ HER LIFE IN A SONG Zodiac ZS-1011 ZS-1014/ZLP-5007
075 LETTING GO Zodiac ZLP-5007
076 PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER AND I'D HAVE YOU Zodiac ZLP-5007
Prior to 1980 [College Road Recording] various studios, Nashville, TN – Bily Mize (coll.pers.: Billy Mize [vcl/gt], Jimmy Capps [gt], Jeffrey Newman [gt], Merle Haggard [gt], Clint Strong [gt], John Bole [gt], Hal Rugg/Duane Becker [dobro/steel], Darrell Klein [steel], Billy Linneman/Jim Braukmann [bass], Buddy Harman/Kenny Malone/Biff Adams/Pat Cantlon/Trevor Fields [drums], Jimmy Belkin [fiddle], Paul Anastasio [fiddle], Paul Yandell [piano], Mark Yeary [piano], Greg Brandt [piano], Don Markam [trumpet], Gary Church [trumpet/trombone], Merle Haggard & The Strangers*, Janie Brannon & Friends, Darrell Klein, Wade Thames, John Bole [bcl vcl]. Produced by John Bole)
077 MAKE IT RAIN Sharecropper SC-4303
078 TIME MAKES A MEMORY* Sharecropper SC-4303
079 TIME FOR YOU TO GO Sharecropper SC-4303
080 LUCKY STRIKE IN SAN ANTONE Sharecropper SC-4303
081 HERE I GO AGAIN Sharecropper SC-4303
082 I DIDN´T REALIZE* Sharecropper SC-4303
083 BABY LOVES ME THROUGH ANOTHER DAY Sharecropper SC-4303
084 WHO WILL BUY THE WINE Sharecropper SC-4303
085 DON´T LET THE BLUES MAKE YOU BAD Sharecropper SC-4303
086 THE OTHER MAN Sharecropper SC-4303
087 ALL TOGETHER NOW CRY Sharecropper SC-4303
088 YOU CAN´T STOP ME Sharecropper SC-4303
089 I´M GONNA FIND MY HEART A HAPPY HOME Sharecropper SC-4303
090 YOU TURN TO ME* Sharecropper SC-4303
091 YOU´VE GOT A LOVIN´ COMIN´ Sharecropper SC-4303
092 BABY LOVES ME JUST RIGHT Sharecropper SC-4303
093 OVER YOUR SHOULDER Sharecropper SC-4303
094 YESTERDAY MEANS NOTHING Sharecropper SC-4303
095 WHO WILL BUY THE WINE Sharecropper SC-4303
Unknown [live-opening for Merle Haggard] Las Vegas, NV – Billy Mize (Harrah’s Casino Orchestra)
09501 TOMORROW NEVER COMES Sharecropper SC-4303
09502 I REMEMBER YOU Sharecropper SC-4303
Unknown [live-Gene Autry‘s Melody Ranch] poss. Hollywood, CA – Billy Mize
09503 LOVE ME TENDER Sharecropper SC-4303
1986 unknown – Billy Mize & Texas Playboys (Producer: Billy Mize, Merle Haggard, and Lou Bradley)
096 TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA G&M GMLP-101
097 ACROSS THE ALLEY FROM THE ALAMO G&M GMLP-101
098 FADED LOVE G&M GMLP-101
099 BUBBLES IN MY BEER G&M GMLP-101
100 THERE'S NOT A COW IN TEXAS G&M GMLP-101
101 BIG BEAVER G&M GMLP-101
102 YOU'RE FROM TEXAS G&M GMLP-101
103 HEART TO HEART TALK G&M GMLP-101
104 MY WINDOW FACES THE SOUTH G&M GMLP-101
105 BRAIN CLOUDY BLUES G&M GMLP-101
106 HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME G&M GMLP-101
107 NEW SAN ANTONIO ROSE G&M GMLP-101
108 HOME IN SAN ANTONIO G&M GMLP-101
109 BASIN STREET BLUES G&M GMLP-101
110 TROUBLE IN MIND G&M GMLP-101
111 CHEROKEE MAIDEN G&M GMLP-101
112 KEEPER OF MY HEART G&M GMLP-101
113 STAY A LITTLE LONGER G&M GMLP-101
114 ROLY POLY G&M GMLP-101
115 BLUES FOR DIXIE G&M GMLP-101
116 ROSE OF OLD PAWNEE G&M GMLP-101
117 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND G&M GMLP-101
118 GOT A LETTER FROM MY KID TODAY G&M GMLP-101
119 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING G&M GMLP-101
Unknown info – Billy Mize
900 FLOWER OF LOVE CST-55511
COUNTRY STARS CST-55511 ROAD TO BAKERSFIELD (2004)

ALBUMS
Imperial LP-12441 This Time And Place: While I'm Thinkin' About It; A Fool Never Learns; I've Been Needing Someone Like You; Walk Right Back; You Done Me Wrong; Make It Rain; Games People Play; Lay A Little Love On Me; There's Better Things In Life; Life In Coleman County; The Absence Of You; Little Bitty Bubbles – 11-69
United Artists UAS-6781 You're Alright With Me: You're Alright With Me; Stand By Me; Someday When It Gets To Be Tomorrow; I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know; Mama, The Sparrow, And The Tree; Beer Drinking, Honky Tonkin' Blues; Let's Get Together; When A Boy Falls In Love; If This Was The Last Song; All Together Now Cry; The Closest I Ever Came; That's Why I Sing In A Honky Tonk - 70
Zodiac ZLP-5007 Love 'N' Stuff : It Hurts To Know The Feeling's Gone; Born To Love Me; The Lady's Leavin'; Satin Sidewalk Salesman; It's A Feeling Called Love; Heaven For The Weekend; Living Her Life In A Song; Linda's Love Stop; Letting Go; Put 'Em All Together And I'd Have You – 76
G & M GMLP-101/CSP P2-18989 A Salute To Swing/A Tribute To Tommy Duncan: Take Me Back To Tulsa; Across The Alley From The Alamo; Faded Love; Bubbles In My Beer; There's Not A Cow In Texas; Big Beaver; You're From Texas; Heart To Heart Talk; My Window Faces The South; Brain Cloudy Blues; Hang Your Head In Shame; New San Antonio Rose; Home In San Antonio; Basin Street Blues; Trouble In Mind; Cherokee Maiden; Keeper Of My Heart; Stay A Little Longer; Roly Poly; Blues For Dixie; Rose Of Old Pawnee; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Got A Letter From My Kid Today; Time Changes Everything – 86 w. Texas Playboys (double, reissued on Hag in 1999)
Sharecropper SC-4303 Make it Rain: Make it Rain; Time Makes a Memory; Time for You to Go; Lucky Strike In San Antone; Here I Go Again; I Didn't Realize; Baby Loves Me Through Another Day; Who Will Buy the Wine; Don't Let the Blues Make You Bad; The Other Man; All Together Now Cry; You Can't Stop Me; I'm Gonna Find My Heart a Happy Home; You Turn to Me; You've Got a Lovin' Comin'; Baby Loves Me Just Right; Over Your Shoulder; Yesterday Means Nothing; Who Will Buy the Wine; Love Me Tender; Tomorrow Never Comes; I Remember You – 06 (recorded prior 1980)

SINGLES
Kord (1953)
100 I'm Still A Prisoner / Pusan Topical-Prisoner "In Korea"- 53
100 I'm Still A Prisoner / A Dear John Letter – 08-53
Decca (1956)
9-29852 Who Will Buy The Wine / I Saw Her First - 03-56
9-30271 Solid Sender / It Could Happen - 03-57
Raven (1959)
002 Little Coco Palm / Windward Isle - 59
Dore (1959) as by Billy & Cliff
534 Summer's End / Big Spender From The East - 59
Challenge (1960) as by Billy & Cliff
59089 The Gun, The Gold And The Girl / Living Up To My Name – ca. 09-60
Liberty (1963) as by Billy & Cliff
F-55560 Don't Look Now / Louisiana Sand - 04-63
Columbia (1965-68)
4-43417 Terrible Tangled Web / You Don't Have Very Far To Go - 09-65
4-43546 Don't Let The Blues Make You Bad / Walking My Fool - 02-66
4-43770 You Can't Stop Me / The Bigger The Fool (The Harded The Fall) - 08-66
4-43982 Imagine Me / It's Gonna Get Lonely - 01-67
4-44339 I'd Rather Have You Than My Pride / The Lights Of Albuquerque - 11-67
4-44621 Walkin' Through The Memories Of My mind / Wind (I'll Catch Up To You) - 08-68
Imperial (1969-70) / United Artists (1970-74)
66365 Make It Rain / You Done Me Wrong - 03-69
66403 While I'm Thinkin' About It / The Absence Of You - 08-69
66427 The Closest I Ever Came / Mama, The Sparrow And The Tree - 11-69
66447 If This Was The Last Song / I Learned To Walk - 05-70
UA-50717 Beer Drinking Honky Tonk Blues / Someday When It Gets To Be Tomorrow - 10-70
UA-50751 You're Alright With Me / I Forget More Than You'll Ever Know -01-71
UA-50828 Blowing The Cold Ashes / All Together Now Cry - 08-71
UA-50945 Take It Easy / Susan's Floor - 07-72
UA-50991 Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues / Middle Tennessee Country Boy's Blues - 12-72
UA-XW265-W California Is Just Mississippi / Just The Other Side Of Nowhere -06-73
UA-XW372-W Thank You For The Feeling / Detroit City - 01-74
UA-XW503-X Lord, Let It Rain / Poor Man's Hobby - 07-74
Mega (1974-75) / Zodiac (1976)
MR-1216 Linda's Love Step / Do Apples Look Like Oranges? - 10-74
MR-1223 Do Apples Look Like Oranges? / It's A Feel Called Love - 01-75
MR-1232 You Can Get By / Born To Love Me - 05-75
MR-1240 The Lady's Leaving Me / ? - 09-75
ZS-1006 Two People Party / Heaven For The Weekend - 76
ZS-1011 It Hurts To Know The Feeling's Gone / Living Her Life In A Song -07-76
ZS-1014 Linda's Love Step / Livin' Her Life In A Song - 01-77 (reissue)