Ken Curtis

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
April 1946 poss. Universal Recording Corp., 46 East Walton St., Chicago, IL - Ken Curtis & Eddie Bennett Orchestra
001 344/359 IDAHO-HO Mercury 6009
002 345/360 I ELARNED TO LOVE YOU TOO LATE 6009
ca. March 1947 poss. Chicago, IL – Ken Curtis
003 765 HOME ON THE RANGE/THE OLD CHUCK WAGON unissued
004 766 A NEW TEN GALLON HAT/RIDIN‘ ROPIN‘ RATIN‘ unissued
005 767 GOOD OLD PAINT unissued
006 768 KI-YI-YUPPITY-AY/HOME ON THE RANGE unissued
April 1947 poss. Chicago, IL - Ken Curtis
007 780 ROOTY TOOT GALOOT 6083
008 781 YOU‘LL LOVE TO SEE THE DAY 6045
009 782 LEMME OUTA HERE 6045
010 783 IT¢S DARK OUTSIDE 6083
1948 unknown – Ken Curtis
011 IT'S IN THE CARDS Bullet 666
012 WHEN THE ORGAN PLAYED NEARER MY GOD TO THEE Bullet 666
1952 unknown – Ken Curtis
013 ARE YOU Crystalette CR-657
014 HANNAH LEE Crystalette CR-657
015 HE WAS THERE Crystalette CR-658
016 GO AND LEAVE ME Crystalette CR-658
ca. March 1953 New York City - Ken Curtis, * & Dick Thomas
017 53-S-240/53-XY-283 THE CALL OF THE FAR-AWAY HILLS MGM K11510
018 53-S-241/53-XY-284 BRASS RING LOVE* K11510
ca January 1956 unknown – Ken Curtis
019 WEDDING DAY Liberty F-55014
020 COTTONWOOD Liberty F-55014
ca. May 1958 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Ken Curtis
021 L 10949 SUGAR LIPS 9-30676
022 L 10950 KISS AND RUN LOVER 9-30676
1958 unknown – Ken Curtis
023 FIVE YEARS R-Dell 105
024 VIOLETS FOR YOUR FURS R-Dell 105
26 July 1965 [no 12465] poss. Hollywood, CA – Ken Curtis
025 53945 FESTUS WRITES TO HIS GIRL - PHOOEY ON YOU LITTLE DARLIN' Capitol ST-2418
026 53946 FESTUS TALKS ABOUT TEENAGE MUSIC AND DANCES - CORNBREAD AND BUTTERMILK ST-2418
027 53947 FESTUS TALKS ABOUT GIRLS - GOLLY BILL ST-2418
27 July 1965 [no 12468] poss. Hollywood, CA – Ken Curtis
028 53959 FESTUS TELLS ABOUT HIS GRANDPA HAWG HAGGEN - THE BALLAD OF HAWG HAGGEN ST-2418
029 53960 FESTUS TALKS ABOUT MULES - YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A IT ST-2418
030 53961 FESTUS TELLS ABOUT HIS TRIP TO LAS VEGAS,NEVADA ST-2418
28 July 1965 [no 12465] poss. Hollywood, CA – Ken Curtis
031 53946 INTRODUCTION TO CORN BREAD AND BUTTERMILK ST-2418
032 53960 INTRODUCTION - YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A IT ST-2418
033 53967 FESTUS TELLS ABOUT HIS HOME TOWN - MY HOME TOWN ST-2418
28 July 1965 [no 12465] poss. Hollywood, CA – Ken Curtis
034 53968 FESTUS TELLS ABOUT GUNSMOKE'S DODGE CITY - STREETS OF DODGE CITY ST-2418
035 53970 IN MY HOME TOWN ST-2418
29 July 1965 [no 12465] poss. Hollywood, CA – Ken Curtis
036 53970 INTRODUCTION - IN MY HOME TOWN ST-2418
037 53976 INTRODUCTION - BALLAD OF HAWG HAGGEN ST-2418
038 53977 INTRODUCTION - PHOOEY ON YOU LITTLE DARLIN' ST-2418
039 53978 INTRODUCTION - STREETS OF DODGE CITY ST-2418
040 53981 INTRODUCTION - FESTUS IN VEGAS ST-2418
041 53982 INTRODUCTION - GOLLY BILL ST-2418
1967 Hollywood, CA – Ken Curtis (Arranged and conducted by Milt Rogers. Produced by Billy Vaughn)
042 A TOWN CALLED I LOVE YOU Dot DLP-25859
043 SILVER BELL Dot DLP-25859
044 MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE Dot DLP-25859
045 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS Dot DLP-25859
046 ONE GOOD HORSE, ONE GOOD DOG AND ONE GOOD WOMAN Dot DLP-25859
047 ODE TO A MULE (CURTIS AND VAUGHN) Dot DLP-25859
048 COOL WATER Dot DLP-25859
049 THE HAWK HE'S IN THE PINE TREE Dot DLP-25859
050 WAS IT RAIN Dot DLP-25859
051 HANNAH LEE Dot DLP-25859


ALBUMS
Capitol T/ST-2418 Gunsmoke's Festus: Festus Talks About Gunsmoke's Dodge City; Dodge City; Festus Tells About His Grandpa Hawg Haggen; The Ballad Of Hawg Haggen; Festus Talks About Girls; Golly Bill; Festus Talks About Teenage Music And Dances; Corn Bread And Buttermilk; Festus Tells About His Home Town; My Home Town; Festus Writes To His Girl; Phooey On You Little Darlin'; Festus Talks About Mules; You're Nothin' But A It; Festus Tells About His Trip To Las Vegas; Las Vegas, Nevada - 65
Dot DLP-25859 Gunsmoke's Festus Calls Out Ken Curtis: A Town Called I Love You; Silver Bell; Maybe It's Because; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; One Good Horse, One Good Dog and one Good Woman; Ode to a Mule (Curtis and Vaughn); Cool Water; The Hawk He's in the Pine Tree; Was It Rain; Hannah Lee - 68
Hilltop JS-6130 Gunsmokes Festus Sings'n'Talks: (tracks unknown, probably tracks from ST-2418) - 73
? The Ken Curtis Songbook: Singing My Song on the Trail [from the 1946 film Singing on the Trail]; Prairie Serenade; [from the 1946 film Singing on the Trail]; The Old West is Gone 2:04 [from the 1946 film Singing on the Trail]; It's Great to Be Back [from the 1946 film Lonestar Moonlight]; Lonestar Moonlight [from the 1946 film Lonestar Moonlight]; Home on the Range [from the 1946 film Lonestar Moonlight]; I Got a Half-Pint Head; Comedy with Dink Swink [from Memories of the Lucky U Ranch]; Room Full of Roses [from Memories of the Lucky U Ranch]; My Gal is Purple [from Memories of the Lucky U Ranch]; Cattle Call [soundtrack Rio Grande]; Aha, San Antone [soundtrack Rio Grande]; Erie Canal [soundtrack Rio Grande]; I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen [soundtrack Rio Grande]; Down By the Glenside [soundtrack Rio Grande]; Tennessee Babe [soundtrack Alamo, 1960]; Six Shiney Black Horses [From the Gunsmoke episode "Once a Haggen"]; Gather at the River [From the Gunsmoke episode "The O]


SINGLES
Mercury (1946-47)
6009 I Learned To Love You Too Late / Idaho-Ho (w. Eddie Bennett O.) – 46
6045 You'll Live To See The Day / Lemme Outa Here – ca. 08-47
6083 It's Dark Outside / Rooty Toot Galoot – 03-48
Bullet (1948)
666 It's In The Cards / When The Organ Played Nearer My God To Thee - 09-48
Crystalette (1952)
CR-657 Are You / Hannah Lee - 52
CR-658 He Was There / Go And Leave Me - 52
MGM (1953)
K 11510 The Call Of The Far-Away Hills / Brass Ring Love – 05-53
Liberty (1956)
F-55014 Wedding Day / Cottonwood - 03-56
Decca (1956)
9-30676 Sugar Lips / Kiss And Run Lover - 06-56
R-Dell (1958)
105 Five Years / Violets For Your Furs - 58