Carolina Cotton

2nd version
By Lillies Ohlsson, Michel Ruppli, Sharon Marie, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
ca 1945/46 [unknown radio show] unknown – Deuce Spriggins Orchestra (Carolina Cotton [vcl], poss. Incl.: Bud Langley [gt], Ralph Miele [steel], Deuce Spriggins [bass], Red Fox [drums], Don Piano [drums], Rex Call [fiddle], Tex Atchison [fiddle], Frank ”Gibby” Gibson [fiddle], Frank Buckley [accordion], Stan Ellison [accordion], Eddie Bennett [piano] + poss. The Plainsmen
(Charley Morgan [gt], Andy Parker [lead gt, fiddle], Hank Caldwell [bass])
00001 I´D LOVE TO BE A COW GIRL (BUT I´M SCARED OF COWS) Kit Fox 002
00002 RAGTIME COWBOY JOE -transcription – Kit Fox 002
00003 I BEEN DOWN IN TEXAS – Kit Fox 002
00004 WHAT´S THE MATTER WITH YOU (Columbia film ”Singing On The Trail”) original acetate, Kit Fox 001
00005 MAMA YO QUIERO -acetate unknown radio show Kit Fox 001
May 1946 Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL - Deuce Spriggins & His Western Band (Carolina Cotton - [-* duet vcl], The Plainsmen)
001 355 WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU* Mercury 6010
002 356 I BEEN DOWN IN TEXAS -* 6010
1946 [AFRS Ranch House Party] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Foy Willing [vcl, rhythm gt], poss. Al Sloey [vcl], Scotty Harrell [vcl], Johnny Paul [fiddle], Bud Sievert [accordion])
00201 YODEL MOUNTAIN Kit Fox 002
00202 YOU AND MY OLD GUITAR – transcription - Kit Fox 001
00203 YOU BELONG TO MY HEART – transcription – Kit Fox 002
1946 [AFRS Ranch House Party] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – Andy Parker & The Plainsmen (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Andy Parker [lead gt/fiddle], Charley Morgan [gt], Hank Caldwell [bass])
00204 WEARY LONESOME BLUES -transcription, Kit Fox 002
30 October 1946 poss. Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – Hank Penny Orchestra aka Carolina Cotton Pickers (Hank Penny [leader], Carolina Cotton [vcl], Fred Cianci [], Ralph Miele [steel], Doye O´Dell [gt/vcl?], Max Fidler [], Bob Caudana [accordion], poss Eddie Bennett [piano])
003 K2242 MOCKING BIRD YODEL King 816/Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
004 K2243 HAPPIE ON THE PRAIRIE unissued
005 K2244 THREE MILES SOUTH OF CASH (IN ARKANSAS) 572 /Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
006 K2245 YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME unissued
007 K2246 SINGING ON THE TRAIL 572/Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
008 K2247 I’D LOVE TO BE A COWGIRL unissued
009 K2248 I LOVE TO YODEL 816/LP 876 Audio Lab AL 1566 Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
010 K2249 YODEL MOUNTAIN unissued
Audio Lab 1566 SWING BILLIES VOL. 2 (1962); KING LP 876 WESTERN SWING (1964)
1947 Hollywood, CA – Henry Schelb (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Henry Schelb [organ])
011 CHIME BELLS – Crystal 157/ Kit Fox 002
012 YOU´VE GOT ME WRAPPED AROUND YOUR FINGER (Broom Bros) Crystal 157 Kit Fox 002
Ca 1947/1948 [soundtracks Hoedown] Hollywood, CA – Carolina Cotton (unknown musicians)
01201 OH WHERE HAS MY LITTLE DOG GONE (AKA DUTCH WARBLER) -original
acetate from the film/Kit Fox 002
1949 Hollywood, CA - Carolina Cotton (musicians incl Paul Sells)
013 75-38 THE OLD SQUARE DANCE IS BACK AGAIN – Mastertone 75-38/Kit Fox 002
014 75-39 PUT YOUR SHOES ON LUCY – Mastertone 75-39/Kit Fox 002
015 75-40 THE HOOSEGOW SERENADE – Mastertone 75-40/Kit Fox 002
6 March 1950 Castle Studio at The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville 3, TN - Carolina Cotton (possinly Jack Shook [gt], Jerry Byrd [steel], Ernie Newton [bass], Owen Bradley [piano])
016 50-S-6034 YOU‘RE GETTING A GOOD GIRL MGM 10692/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
017 50-S-6035 LOVIN‘ DUCKY DADDY K10798/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 002
018 50-S-6036 BETCHA I GETCHA 10692/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
019 50-S-6037 BOO HOO BLUES K10798/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 002
Btw 1949/1951 [Redd Harper´s Hollywood Roundup #234] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood , CA – The Saddle Kings (Carolina Cotton [vcl] + unknown musicians)
01901 HE´S A TOUGH HOMBRE – Kit Fox 002
1951 [Snoder transcriptions] unknown – Carolina Cotton (Cottin Whittington [gt], Bobby Koeffer [steel], Joe ferguson [bass], Joe Holley [fiddle], Bob Wills [fiddle]
01902 YODEL MOUNTAIN Cattle LP-128
17 September 1951 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Joe Andrws [vcl], Carolina Cotton [vcl*], Cotton Whittington [gt], Ocie Stockard [banjo], Bobby Koeffer [steel], Joe Ferguson [bass], Paul Magee [drums], Bob Wills [fiddle], Joe Holley [fiddle], Skeeter Elkins [piano])
020 51-S-3135 YOU ALWAYS KEEP ME IN HOT WATER* K11130/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
021 51-S-3136 ‘CAUSE I‘M IN LOVE* K11130/ Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
022 51-S-3137 THREE MILES SOUTH OF CASH IN ARKANSAS * K11288 515 313-7 / Kit Fox 002
023 51-S-3138 I‘M ALL ALONE* K11288 515 313-7 / Kit Fox 002
000 51-S-3139 THREE LITTLE KITTENS unissued
ca early 1952 [soundtrack Apache Country] Hollywood, CA – Carolina Cotton & Gene Autry, /& Pat Buttroom, Tom London [vcl] (Jerry Scoggins [gt], Bert Dodson [bass], Frad Martin [accordion])
02301 THE COVERED WAGON ROLLED RIGHT ALONG* Cattle LP-128
02302 CRIME WILL NEVER PAY Cattle LP-128
Soundtrack issued on May 30, 1952
Btw 1952/1954 [Carolina Cotton Calls #4, transcription – yet-to-be-named-group] poss, Hollywood, CA – Carolina Cotton (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Charlie Aldridge [gt/vcl], Frank ”Abner” Wilder [banjo/mandolin], Johnny Paul [fiddle], Frank Takach [clarinet/ fiddle], Art Wenzel [accordion])
02303 RANCHO GRANDE Kit Fox 001
02304 I´M GONNA ROUND UP MY BLUES Kit Fox 001
02305 BE HONEST WITH ME Kit Fox 002
02306 OH DEM GOLDEN SLIPPERS Kit Fox 002
02307 TENNESSEE SATURDAY NIGHT Kit Fox 001
6 August 1952 New York City - Carolina Cotton (LeRoy Holmes Orchestra) [*double vocal overdubbed]
024 52-S-296/52-XY-461 NOLA* K11329/ Cattle LP-128 Cattle Compact CCD-286 Kit Fox 001
025 52-S-297/52-XY-462 YODEL, YODEL, YODEL K11329/ Cattle LP-128 Cattle Compact CCD-286 Kit Fox 001
Btw 1952/1954 [Carolina Cotton Calls #88] poss. Hollywood, CA – The Rhythm Riders (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Slim Duncan [gt/vcl], Joe Maphis [el gt/ac gt], Mike Barton [bass], George Bamby [accordion], Darol Rice [clarinet])
02501 CAROLINA COTTON CALLS #88 (AFRS) Kit Fox 001
02502 CAROLINA COTTON CALLS #89 (AFRS) Kit Fox 002
ca 1955 [Navy Country Hoedown #55] Hollywood, CA – Tex Williams Band (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Tex Williams [leader], Dickey Phillips [lead gt/fiddle], Jimmie Widener [gt], Wayne Burdick [steel], Arthur Tracey [accordion])
02503 TATER PIE Kit Fox 001
02504 GLAD RAGS Kit Fox 002
ca 1956 [Navy Country Hoedown #21] unknown – Ernest Tubb´s Texas Troubadours (Carolina Cotton [vcl], Ernest Tubb [leader], Billy Byrd [lead gt], Rusty Gabbard [rhythm gt,], Dickie Harris [steel], Jack Drake [bass], poss.Tommy Jackson [fiddle])
02505 CATTLE CALL Cattle LP-128 Kit Fox 001
According to Cattle LP-128 cover tracks was recorded ca 1951
ca 1958 [Navy Country Hoedown #93] poss. Hollywood, CA – Merle Travis Band (Carolina Cotton [vcl] + probably parts of Hank Penny´s band)
02506 I´M GONNA SIT RIGHT DOWN AND WRITE MYSELF A LETTER – Kit Fox 002


ALBUMS
Cattle [GER] LP-128 I Love To Yodel: I Love To Yodel; Mocking Bird Hill; Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas); Singing On the Trail; Boo Hoo Blues; Lovin‘ Ducky Daddy; You’re Gettin‘ A Good Girl; Betcha I Betcha; Yodel, Yodel, Yodel; Nola; ‘Cause I’m In Love; You Always Keep Me In Hot Water; Crime Will Never Pay; The Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along; Yodel Mountain; The Cattle Call – 93
Kit Fox KFCD 001 Carolina Cotton –Yodeling Bombshell, Volume 1: Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas); I Love To Yodel; What´s The Matter With You; Singing On The Trail; You And My Old Guitar; Mockingbird Yodel; Mama Yo Quiero; I Betcha I Getcha; Tennessee Saturday Night; Cattle Call; You Always Keep Me In Hot Water; You´re Gettin´ A Good Girl; Rancho Grande; Cause I´m In Love; Yodel Yodel Yodel; I´m Gonna Round Up My Blues; Tater Pie; Nola; Carolina Cotton Calls #88(AFRS) - 05
Kit Fox KFCD 002 Carolina Cotton - Yodeling Bombshell, Volume 2: Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas); Put Your Shoes On Lucy; Boo Hoo Blues; Lovin´ Ducky Daddy; Hoosegow Serenade; I´d Love To Be A Cowgirl; Ragtime Cowboy Joe; Be Honest With Me; You Belong To My Heart; I Been Down In Texas; Yodel Mountain; The Old Square Dance Is Back Again; Chime Bells; You´ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger; Glad Rags; I´m All Alone; He´s A Tough Hombre; I´m Gonna Sit Right Down(And Write Myself A Letter); Oh Dem Golden Slippers; Weary Lonesome Blues; Carolina Cotton Calls #89 – 09

SINGLES
Mercury (1946)
6010 What´s The Matter With You / I Been Down In Texas - 46
King (1946)
572 Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas) / Singing On The Trail - 46
816 Mockingbird Yodel / I Love To Yodel – 11-49
Crystal (1947)
157 Chime Bells / You´ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger -48
Mastertone
75-39/40 Put Your Shoes On Lucy / Hoosegow Serenade
75-37/38 [probably not C.C.] / The Old Square Dance Is Back Again
MGM (1950-52)
10692 You´re Gettin´ A Good Girl / I Betcha I Getcha – 05-50
K10798 Boo Hoo Blues / Lovin´ Ducky Daddy – 09-50
K11130 You Alway Keep Me In Hot Water / Cause I´m In Love – 01-52
K11329 Nola / Yodel Yodel Yodel – 10-52
K11288 Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas) / I´m All Alone – 07-52 (reissued on 515 313-7)