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Monday, October 4, 2010

Billy Vest

By Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Praguefrank
SESSIONS

16 April 1930 Atlanta, GA – Billy Vest (The Strolling Yodler) (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
001 W150239-2 SHE'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER DADDY LIKE ME Colmbia 15669-D
002 W150240-2 I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW 15669-D
19 September 1930 Columbia Recording Studio, 1819 Broadway, New York City – Billy Vest (The Strolling Yodler) (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
003 W150287-2 YODELING HOBO 15602-D
004 W150288-3 A MESSAGE FROM HOME 15602-D
17 April 1931 New York City – Billy Vest (The Strolling Yodler) (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
005 W151521-2 BILLIE'S BLUE YODEL 15692-D
006 W151522-2 SHE DIED LIKE A ROSE 15692-D
007 W151523 THE CLUB HELD A MEETING unissued
008 W151524 LITTLE GIRL‘S PLEA unissued
009 W151525 A CROWN OF SOFT BROWN HAIR unissued
010 W151526 OH! SIR I WAS ONLY FLIRTING unissued
10 June 1931 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Billy Vest (Billy Vest [vcl/gt], Kyle Roop [gt], Aubry Smith [fiddle])
011 17813 WEEPING WILLOW TREE Gennett unissued trial recording
11 April 1933 New York City – Billy Vest (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
012 13224-1 THE BIG CITY JAIL Banner 32762 Melotone 12691 Perfect 12911 Oriole 8231 Romeo 5231 Conqueror 8235
013 13225 WHEN ITS HONEYSUCKLE TIME unissued
014 13226-1 THE LAST GOODBYE Conqueror CQ8236
015 13227 DARK EYES PLEA unissued
016 13228-2 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY NO.2 Banner 32762 Melotone 12691 Perfect 12911 Oriole 8231 Romeo 5231 Conqueror 8235
017 13229-1 THE TRAMP'S LAST RIDE Vocalion 5494 Conqueror 8236
26 August 1935 New York City – Bob Vest with Billy Vest (Billy West [vcl/gt], Bob West [duet vcl-1/gt])
018 18007-1 THERE'S ROOM IN MY ALBUM FOR YOUR PICTURE -1 Conqueror 8574 ARC labels 5-12-54
019 18008-1 DEAR OLD TEXAS Conqueror 8574 ARC labels 5-12-54
020 18009 COWBOY PRISONER unissued
021 18010 ELECTRIC CHAIR BLUES unissued

SINGLES
Columbia (1930)
15602-D Yodeling Hobo / A Message From Home - 30
15669-D She'll Never Find Another Daddy Like Me / I Loved You Better Than You Knew - 31
15692-D Billie's Blue Yodel / She Died Like A Rose - 31
ARC
Banner/Melotone/Pefect/Oriole/Romeo
32762/12691/12911/8231/5231 The Big City Jail / Frankie And Johnny No.2 - 33
5-12-54 There's Room In My Album For Your Picture / Dear Old Texas - 12-35
Conqueror
8235 The Big City Jail / Frankie And Johnny No.2
8236 The Tramp's Last Ride / The Last Goodbye
8574 There's Room In My Album For Your Picture / Dear Old Texas
Vocalion
5494 The Tramp's Last Ride / [Jack Harper]

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Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.