Lattie Moore

 Lattie Harrison Moore, *17-10-1924  Scottsville , KY, + 13-06-2010

2nd version
by Dick Grant with acknowledgements to the late Ray Topping, Tony Wilkinson, Bo Berglind, Adam Komorowski, Lars Lundren, Bill Millar,the late Lattie Moore, Claes-Hunkan Olofsson, Jõrn Wounlund, Rusty York, Michel Ruppli, Kent Heineman, Carl LaFong, Thieu Van De Vorst
Discography originally appeared in NEW KOMMOTION #15 - 1977. Updated discography appeared in AMERICAN MUSIC MAGAZINE # 89 - September 2001.
SESSIONS
1951 Tate Boland Home Studio, poss. Indianapolis, In – Lattie Moore and His Allen County Boys (Lattie Harrison Moore [vcl/rh gt]. Producer: Tate Boland)
001 A-1 MARRIED TROUBLES Arrow No#
002 A-2 HIDE-AWAY HEART Arrow No.#
Summer 1952 Buckley Record Shop, Union St., Nashville, TN – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], Robert “Bobby” Phillips [steel], ? [bass], ? [fiddle]. Producer: Frank Innocenti)
003 SP-5 IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU Speed 101 45-101/Redita RLP-116
004 SP-6 JUKE JOINT JOHNNY Speed 101 45-101/RLP-116 Revival RLP-3015 Buffalo Bop BbCD-55094
005 SP-7 BABY I’LL SOON BE GONE Speed 105/Redita RLP-116 Revival RLP-3015
006 SP-8 MY FIRST LOVE 105
SPEED 101 was also released on SPEED 45-101 with the addition of PETE PYLE as co-writer of “IT’S GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU” REDITA RLP-116 [2nd Series] HILLBILLIES ON SPEED (NED, 1979); REVIVAL RLP-3015 THE JUKE BOX JOHNNY (DEN, 1990); BUFFALO BOP BbCD-55094 JUKEBOX ROCK (GER, 2000)
2 March 1953 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], James “Zeke Turner” Grishaw [el ld gt], Louis Todd Innis [rh gt], Donald “Don” Helms [steel], poss. Floyd Taylor “Lightnin’” Chance [bass], ? [drums], Thomas Lee “Tommy” Jackson Jr. [fiddle], poss. John Victor “Vic” Willis [piano]. Producer: Sydney Nathan)
007 K-3572 I’M NOT BROKE, BUT I’M BADLY BENT King 45-1228/Audio Lab AL-1555 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
008 K-3573 FOOLISH CASTLES King 45-1194/Audio Lab AL-1555 Westside WESF-109
009 K-3574 DON’T TRADE THE OLD ONE FOR THE NEW King 45-1228/AL-1555, Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
010 K-3575 I’M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING King 45-1194/Audio Lab AL-1555 RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
25 June 1953 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], poss. Zeke Turner [el ld gt], poss. Louis Innis [rh gt], Don Helms [steel], poss. Floyd “Lightnin’” Chance [bass], Tommy Jackson Jr. [fiddle]. Producer: Syd Nathan)
011 K-3633 I GOTTA GO HOME (AND CATCH UP ON MY SLEEP) King 45-1250/Audio Lab AL-1573 Westside WESF-109
012 K-3634 PINBALL BOOGIE unissued
013 K-3635 A BAND NEW CASE OF LOVE King 45-1250/Audio Lab AL-1573 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
2 February 1954 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], poss. Zeke Turner [el ld gt], poss. Louis Innis [rh gt], Don Helms [steel], poss. Floyd “Lightnin’” Chance [bass], ? [maraccas-1], Tommy Jackson Jr. [fiddle]. Producer: Syd Nathan)
014 K-3734 PULL DOWN THE BLINDS King 45-1350/Audio Lab AL-1555 Revival RLP-3015 Lenox CD-1016 Westside WESF-109
015 K-3735 WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO King 45-1350/Audio Lab AL-1555 Westside WESF-109
016 K-3736 THEY’RE NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY’RE WRITTEN ON King 45-1327/AL-1555 WESF-109
017 K-3737 UNDER A MEXICO MOON -1 King 45-1327/AL-1555 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
There is a suggestion by Tony Wilkinson that the above session was held on Tuesday 29th December 1953.
June 1956 Nashville, TN – Lattie Moore (Lattie moore [vcl/rh gt], ? [ld gt], ? [steel], ? [bass], ? [drums])
018 K-4067 LONESOME MAN BLUES King 45-4955 King 45-5762 KEP-482/Audio Lab AL-1555 Westside WESF-109
019 K-4068 100, 000 WOMEN CAN’T BE WRONG King 45-4955/Audio Lab AL-1555 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
The above recordings were leased to KING Records by LATTIE MOORE.
ca October 1956 Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], ? [ld gt], ? [steel], ? [bass], ? [drums])
020 9064-A JUKE BOX JOHNNIE Arc 8005-A/Esoldun RR-2006 White Label WLP-8922 Revival RLP-3015 Jan/Star Club 33-8047 Lucky CDLR-806 Mustang MUST-9, Presto CD-2 Pan Amercican CD-56010
021 9065-B PRETTY WOMAN BLUES Arc 8005-B/Esoldun RR-2006 White Label WLP-8922 Revival RLP-3015
ESOLDUN RR-2006 ROCKABILLY BOP, Vol.3 (FRA, 1986); WHITE LABEL WLP-8922 ROCK ‘N’ ROLL-LET’S GO (NED, 1987); JAN/STAR CLUB 33-8047 JUKE-BOX FAVORITES (SWE, 1993); LUCKY CDLR-806 ROCKABILLY GOLD, Vol.6. (UK.1996); MUSTANG MUST-9 REAL GONE DADDY!; PRESTO CD-2 BIG BAD ROCKABILLY BOPPERS, Vol.2; PAN AMERICAN CD-56010 SHE’S NEAT (SUI)
ca September 1958 Floyd Robinson’s House, Nashville, TN – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], Floyd Robinson [el gt], Benjamin Edward “Benny” Martin [ac flat top gt] + unknown musicians)
022 ST-2810 WHY DID YOU LIE TO ME Starday 45-403/Flame LP-009 SD LP-830 Texas Gold TG-931 Ace CDCHD-708 Westside WESF-109
023 ST-2811 unknown title unissued
024 ST-2812 YOU NEVER LOOKED SWEETER Starday 45-403/Westside WESF-109
025 ST-2813 unknown title unissued
FLAME LP-009 DESPERATE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, Vol.9 (UK, 1988); SD LP-830 LET’S GO WILD (GER, 1991); TEXAS GOLD TG-931 THE STARDAY STORY, Vol.1 (NED, 1993); ACE CDCHD-708 STARDAY-DIXIE ROCKABILLY, Vol.2 (UK, 2000)
ca May 1959 Nashville, TN – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/whistling-1/rh gt], + unknown musicians)
026 ST-2929 JUST A WAITIN’ -1 Starday 45-441
027 ST-2930 TOO HOT TO HANDLE 45-441
1959 Nashville, TN – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
028 THE JUKEBOX AND THE PHONE Westside WESF-109
029 ROCKABILLY JOE’S WESF-109
030 NO MONEY IN THIS DEAL WESF-109
1959 Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
031 I DREAMED ABOUT MAMA LAST NIGHT Saga EP-500
032 BE CAREFUL OF THE STONES THAT YOU THROW EP-500
033 MOTHER WENT A WALKIN’ EP-500
034 INSURED BEYOND THE GRAVE EP-500
December 1959 Indianapolis, IN – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], ? [hmny vcl-1], ? [ld gt], ? [bass], ? [drums], ? [fiddle], ? [piano]. Producer: Lattie Moore)
035 K-4476 CAJUN DOLL King 45-5370/Audio Lab AL-1573 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
036 K-4477 OUT OF CONTROL King 45-5723 KEP-482/Audio Lab AL-1573 Westside WESF-109
037 K-4478 MINE AGAIN King 45-5370/Audio Lab AL-1573 Westside WESF-109
038 K-4479 IF THE GOOD LORD’S WILLING AND THE CREEK DON’T RISE unissued/Westside WESF-109
28 September 1960 Nashville, TN – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], ? [ld gt], ? [steel], ? [bass], ? [drums], ? [piano-1], Wayne Paul Walker, Marijohn Wilkin [vocal chorus])
039 K-4964 DRUNK AGAIN -1 King 45-5413 Starday 45-8016/ Audio Lab AL-1573 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
040 K-4965 DRIVING NAILS King 45-5413/Audio Lab AL-1573 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
The above recordings were leased to KING Records by LATTIE MOORE on the 28th September 1960.
1 June 1961 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], ? [ld gt], ? [steel], ? [bass], ? [drums])
041 K-10842 IF THE GOOD LORD’S WILLING AND THE CREEK DON’T RISE King 45-5526/Audio Lab AL-1573 Revival RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
042 K-10843 SUNDOWN AND SORROW King 45-5526/Audio Lab AL-1573 RLP-3015 Westside WESF-109
10 June 1962 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Ray Pennington)
043 K-11266 HEAVEN ALL AROUND ME King 45-5685
044 K-11267 I TOLD YOU SO 45-5685/Westside WESF-109
1962 poss. Columbus, OH – Lattie Moore & Emporers (Bill Stricklin Combo)
045 NO8W-4980 SKINNIE MINNIE SHIMMY Olimpic 4980/Buffalo Bop CD-55081
046 NO8W-4981 YOU GOT ME WONDERING Olimpic 4980
BUFFALO BOP CD-55081 PARTY CRASHER (GER, 1999)
26 February 1963 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt] ] + unknown musicians. Producer: Ray Pennington)
047 K-11451 HONKY TONK HEAVEN King 45-5762 KEP-482/Westside WESF-109
048 K-11452 JUST ABOUT THEN 45-5723 KEP-482/WESF-109
late 1967 or early 1968 Jewel Recording Studio, 1599 Kinney Ave., Mt. Healthy, OH – Lattie Moore (Lattie Moore [vcl/rh gt], ? [ld gt], ? [steel], ? [dobro], ? [bass], ? [drums], ? [piano]. Producers: Kenny Sowder & Rusty York)
049 SoN 56091 TALL MAN DerbyTown DTR-A-38/LP-102
050 SoN 56092 YOU CAN’T MAKE HAY PICKIN’ COTTON DTR-A38/LP-102
051 A DOUBT APPEARED LP-102
052 COME BACK AND BE A WIFE DerbyTown LP-102
053 A SADNESS I FEEL LP-102
054 BOTTLE BY BOTTLE LP-102
055 (HERE I AM) DRUNKS AGAIN LP-102
056 JUKE BOX JOHNNY LP-102
057 OUT OF CONTROL LP-102
058 LET’S BE SWEETHEARTS AGAIN LP-102
059 THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME LP-102
060 YOU NEVER LOOKED BETTER LP-102
1971 unknown – Lattie Moore with Three Sounds
061 SoN-102451 OLD EX-HUSBANDS WPL 1001
062 SoN-102452 BEST YEARS OF YOUR LIFE 1001
1973 or 1974 Indianapolis, IN – Lattie Moore
063 3112-9-A HERE I AM DRUNK AGAIN Quitz 3112-9A
064 3112-9-B MINE AGAIN 3112-9B
The above two recordings may be KING masters.

ALBUMS
Audio Lab AL-1555 The Best Of Lattie Moore - Country Dance Music Sung And Played By The Indiana Hoosier: Foolish Castles; I'm Gonna Tell You Something; I'm Not Broke But I'm Badly Bent; Don't Trade The Old For The New; They're Not Worth The Paper They're Written On; Under A Mexico Moon; Pull Down The Blinds; What Am I Supposed To Do; Lonesome Man Blues; 100,000 Women Can't Be Wrong - 60
Audio Lab AL-1573 Lattie Moore - Country Side: Don't Trade The Old For The New; I Gotta Go Home (And Catch Up On My Sleep); A Brand New Case Of Love; If The Good Lord's Willing And The Creeks Don't Rise; Sundown And Sorrow; Cajun Doll; Mine Again; (Here I Am) Drunk Again; Driving Nails (In My Coffin); Out Of Control – 12-62
Derby Town LP-102 You Can't Make Hay Pickin' Cotton: You Can't Make Hay Pickin' Cotton; Tall Man; A Doubt Appeared; Come Back And Be A Wife; A Sadness I Feel; Bottle By Bottle; Here I Am Drunk Again; Juke Box Johnny; Out Of control; Let's Be Sweethearts Again; This Is The Right Time; You Never Looked Better – 68
Revival [DEN] 3015 The Juke Box Johnny: Juke Box Johnny; Pretty Woman Blues; I'm Not Broke I'm Badly Bent; 100,000 Women Can't Be Wrong; Don't Trade The Old For The New; Under A Mexico Moon; Pull Down The Blinds; I'm Gonna Tell You Something; Juke Joint Johnny; Baby I'll Be Gone; Here Am I Drunk Again; Cajun Doll; A Brand New Case Of Love; Driving Nails; The Creek Don't Rise; Sundown And Sorrow - 90
Westside [UK] WESA-110 I'm Not Broke But I'm Badly Bent - The Best Of The King-Starday Recordings 1953-63: Under A Mexico Moon; I'm Not Broke, But I'm Badly Bent; Foolish Castles; I'm Gonna Tell You Something; Don't Trade The Old For A New; A Brand New Case Of Love; I Gotta Go Home (And Catch Up On My Sleep); They're Not Worth The Paper They're Written On; What Am I Supposed To Do; Pull Down The Blinds; 100, 000 Women Can't Be Wrong; Lonesome Man Blues; Why Did You Lie To Me; You Never Looked Sweeter; Too Hot To Handle; Just A-Waitin'; The Jukebox And The Phone; Rockabilly Joe's; No Money In This Deal; If the Good Lord's Willing [1959 version]; Cajun Doll; Driving Nails (In My Coffin); Drunk Again; If The Good Lord's Willing [1961 version]; Sundown And Sorrow; I Told You So; Out Of Control; Just About Then; Honky Tonk Heaven – 12-90

Jasmine [UK] JASCD 1084 Juke Box To Juke Joint/ The Anthology 1959/1962: Juke Joint Johnny; It's Good Enough For You; My First Love; Baby I'll Soon Be Gone; Foolish Castles; I'm Not Broke But I'm Badly Bent; Don't Trade The Old For The New; I'm Gonna Tell You Something; A Brand New Case Of Love;  Pull Down The Blinds;  What Am I Supposed To Do;  They're Not Worth They're Written On;  I Gotta Go Home (And Catch Up On My Sleep);  Under A Mexican Moon;  One Hundred Thousand Women Can't Be Wrong; Lonesome Man Blues;  Why Did You Lie To Me;  You Never Looked Sweeter; Juke Box Johnnie;  Pretty Woman Blues (Brain Cloudy Blues);  Just A Waitin';  Too Hot To Handle;  Cajun Doll;  If The Creek Don't Rise; Sundown And Sorrow;  Driving Nails In My Coffin; Here I Am Drunk Again; I Told You So – 11-02-22

SINGLES
Arrow (1951)
no # Hideaway Heart / Married Troubles - 51
Speed (1953)
45-101 Juke Joint Johnny / It's Good Enough For You - 02-53
45-105 Baby I'll Soon Be Gone / My First Love – 53
King (1953-56, 1960-63)
45-1194 I'm Gonna Tell You Something / Foolish Castles – 03-53
45-1228 I'm Not Broke, But I'm Badly Bent / Don't Trade The Old One For A New - 05-53
45-1250 I Gotta Go Home (And Catch Up On My Sleep) / A Brand New Case Of Love – 08-53
45-1327 They're Not Worth The Paper They're Written On / Under A Mexico Moon – 02-54
45-1350 Pull Down The Blinds / What Am I Supposed To Do – 05-54
45-4955 Lonesome Man Blues / One Hundred Thousand Women Can't Be Wrong - 08-56
45-5370 Mine Again / Cajun Doll - 07-60 (rev. July 11)
45-5413 (Here I Am) Drunk Again / Driving Nails - 10-60 (rev. Oct. 22)
45-5526 If The Good Lord's Willing And The Creeks Don't Rise / Sundown And Sorrow - 08-61
45-5685 I Told You So / Heaven All Around Me - 09-62
45-5723 Out Of Control / Just About Then - 03-63
45-5762 Honky Tonk Heaven / Lonesome Man Blues - 06-63
(EP)
KEP-482 “Lattie Moore”: Lonesome Man Blues / Out of Control / Honky Tonk Heaven / Just About Then - 63
ARC (1956)
8005 Juke Box Johnnie / Pretty Woman Blues – 11-56 (rev. Dec. 8)
Starday (1958-59)
45-403 Why Did You Lie To Me / You Never Looked Sweeter - 10-58
45-441 Too Hot To Handle / Just A Waitin' - 06-59
SAGA (1959)
EP-500 “Lattie Moore“: I Dreamed About Mama Last Night; Be Careful Of The Stones That You Throw / Mother Went A Walkin’; Insured Beyond The Grave – 59 (MX SAGA-E-500/501)
Derby Town (1968)
DTR-A-38 Tall Man / You Can't Make Hay Pickin' Cotton – 68 (rev. March 2)
WPL (1971) w. Three Sounds
1001 Old Ex Husbands / Best Year Of Your Life - 71
Quitz (1973 or 1974)
3112-9 Mine Again / Here I Am Drunk Again