SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists too...
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sobota, 23. října 2010

Chester Smith

By Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
6 May 1953 [no 3038] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Chester Smith
001 11536 HOLIDAY FOR TEARS Capitol F2858/Castle LP-8102
002 11537 COLD GREY DAWN F2747/LP-8102
003 11538 WISHING MY LIFE AWAY F2572/LP-8102
004 11539 IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER AGAIN F2572/LP-8102
3 September 1953 [no 3124] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Chester Smith
005 11757 WEEPING HEART F2663/LP-8102
006 11758 ANOTHER'S WEDDING RING F2858/LP-8102
007 11759 SWEET MEMORIES F2663/LP-8102
008 11760 NO WONDER F2747/LP-8102
3 August 1954 [no 3492] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Chester Smith & Hazel Houser
009 12897 MEN ARE SO BUSY F3113/LP-8102
010 12898 WAIT A LITTLE LONGER, PLEASE JESUS F2941 EAP-1-1113/T 1113 LP-8102
011 12899 I'M GONNA SERVE HIM F2941/LP-8102
012 12900 FELLOWSHIP F3227/LP-8102
29 March 1955 [no 3729] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Chester Smith & Hazel Houser
013 13657 SINGIN' THE BLUES TO MY LORD F3227/LP-8102
014 13658 DOWN, DOWN, DOWN unissued
015 13659 KVI-VI-VI-VEET (KVEE-VEE-VEE-VEET) F3113/LP-8102
016 13660 ANSWER YES OR NO unissued
20 September 1955 [no 3933] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Chester Smith & Hazel Houser
017 14300 HE WILL CALM TROUBLED WATERS F3334/LP-8102
018 14301 ALL THE WAY WITH JESUS F3435
019 14302 YOU CAN'T LOSE WITH GOD ON YOUR SIDE F3334/LP-8102
020 14303 BEND DOWN F3435
20 February 1957 [no. 4813] Capitol Recording Studio, 1750 North Vine St., Hollywood, CA – Chester Smith/Del Reeves (Chester Smith [vcl-1], Del Reeves [vcl-2/gt], Buck Owens [ld gt], Grover Jackson [gt], Skeets McDonald [bass], Hank Stallings [drums], Red Sylva [fiddle], Jim Pierce [piano]. Producer: Ken Nelson)
021 16605 ONE LIFE TO LIVE -1,2 F3692/Castle LP-8102 Bear Family BFX-15269
022 16606 THERE'LL BE OTHER TIMES -1 F3692/LP-8102
000 16607 YOU'RE NOT THE CHANGING KIND -2 F3819/BFX-15269
023 16608 LOVE, LOVE, LOVE -1,2 F3819/BFX-15269
20 January 1958 [14:00-18:00] Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Chester Smith (Ralph Keith [gt], Howard Julian [bass], Tommy Reiff [drums], Jim Pierce [piano], William Robertson [sax])
024 L 10711 ROCK GO ROUND unissued/Bear Family BCD-15971
025 L 10712 YOU GOTTA MOVE Decca 9-30603/Bear Family BCD-15733
026 L 10713 ROSETTA - unissued
027 L 10714 THE HOOK 9-30603
028 L 10715 SHAKEDOWN unissued
ca July 1959 poss. Hollywood, CA – Chester Smith
029 PP-107 TENNESSEE SATURDAY NIGHT Poppy 2004/White Label WLP-8886
030 PP-108 THIRSTY "THE COTTON 'CHOPPIN' SONG" Poppy 2004
Unknown session info – Chester Smith, * & Hazel Houser & The Megatones
031 STAND ON THE ROCK Mega 1161
032 BESIDE STILL WATERS Mega 1161

ALBUMS
Castle LP-8102 The Dynamic Hillbilly: Another's Wedding Ring; Cold Grey Dawn; Fellowship; He Will Calm the Troubled Waters; Holiday for Tears; I'm Gonna Serve Him; Kvi-vi-vi-vit .; Men Are So Busy; No Wonder; One Life to Live (& Del Reeves); Singin' My Blues to the Lord; Sweet Memories; There'll Be Other Times; Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus; Weeping Heart; You Can't Lose with God on Your Side - 81

SINGLES
Capitol (1953-57)
F2572 Wishing My Life Away / If I Had My Life To Live Over – 08-53
F2663 Weeping Heart / Sweet Memories – 11-53
F2747 A Cold Grey Dawn / No Wonder – 03-54
F2858 Another Wedding Ring / Holiday For Tears – 08-54
F2941 Wait A Little Longer Please, Jesus / I'm Gonna Serve Him – 10-54
F3113 Kvi-Vi-Vi-Vi-Vitt / Men Are So Busy – 05-55 w. Hazel Houser
F3227 Fellowship / Singing My Blues To The Lord – 09-55 w. Hazel Houser
F3334 You Can’t Lose With God On Your Side / He Will Calm – 01-56 w. Hazel Houser
F3435 All The Way With Jesus / Bend Down – 05-56 w. Hazel Houser
F3692 One Life To Live / There'll Be Other Times [w. Del Reeves] – 04-57
F3819 You're Not The Changing Kind [Del Reeves] /Love, Love, love – 57 w. Del Reeves
Decca (1958)
9-30603 You Gotta Move / The Hook – 04-58 (rev. Apr. 14)
Poppy (1959)
2004 Tennessee Saturday Night / Thirsty "The Cotton 'Choppin' Song" – 07-59
Mega
1161 Stand On The Rock / Beside Still Waters

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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.