Hal Southern

by Mario Manciotti, Hillbilly Researcher, Praguefrank, Darril Gagnon
SESSIONS
1953 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern/*High Pocket Bourse
001 130 DON’T YOU FLIRT WITH ANYONE ELSE Sage & Sand 78-130/131
000 131 TIME’S A-WASTIN‘* Sage & Sand 78-130/131
1954 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
002 SING ME A SONG I CAM CRY TO Sage & Sand 78-161
003 SHE WAS KISSIN‘ SOMEBODY ELSE Sage & Sand 78-161
Spring 1954 Hollywood, CA – High – Wayne & Hal Orchestra (Hal Sothern [vcl-1], Wayne West [vcl-2] + unknown musicians)
004 EC-8101 RENO, NEVADA – THE BIGGEST LITTLE CITY IN THE WORLD -1 Filmtown Hollywood 8-101/2
000 EC-8102 I REMEMBER THE OLD RED SCHOOLHOUSE -2 Filmtown Hollywood 8-101/2
1962 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
005 X739/361A I'LL NEVER ROAM AGAIN 45-361
006 X740/361B A GLEAM IN HER EYE 45-361
1962 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern [-1]/Joannie Hall [-2] & The Frontiersmen
007 2623 I DREAMED OF A HILLBILLY HEAVEN -1 45-373
000 2624 RODEO USA -2 45-373
ca 1962 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
008 LEGEND OF EL REY 45-394
009 MISS RODEO AMERICA 45-394
ca early 1963 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern & The Frontiersmen & Joanie
010 5671 FAIR TIME U.S.A. 45-396
011 5672 ACRES OF SUNSHINE 45-396
ca 1963 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
012 YOU GOT A MAN ON YOUR HANDS 45-408
013 NO ONE WANTS TO BE ALONE 45-408
ca 1963 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
014 5921 SGT. LUCKY 45-421
015 5922 JIMMY LOVES JEANIE BEE 45-421
ca 1964 Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
016 60100* I REMEMBER JIM Tower 128*/EDLP-602 VJS-6002
017 60101* 49 ACRES OF WATER Tower 128*
018 BILLY BAYOU EDLP-602
019 FOUR WALLS EDLP-602
020 STAND AT YOUR WINDOW EDLP-602
021 JUST CALL ME LONESOME EDLP-602
022 HE'LL HAVE TO GO EDLP-602 VJS-6002
023 TILL THE END OF THE WORLD EDLP-602
024 ACCORDING TO MY HEART EDLP-602
025 WELCOME TO MY WORLD EDLP-602 VJS-6002
026 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY EDLP-602
*Capitol acquired on March 8, 1965, mastered on March 22 as session no. 12268
1960s Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
unknown instrumentals for album Frettin‘ Around
1971 PD Recorders, North Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
039 I DREAMED OF A HILLBILLY HEAVEN Ivory SI-107/LP-101 VJS-6002
040 ANYTIME Ivory LP-101
041 HERE COMES THE SUN AGAIN Ivory LP-101 VJS-6002
042 SGT. LUCY Ivory LP-101
043 ON A MERRY GO ROUND Ivory LP-101 VJS-6002
044 I DON'T NEED YOUR KIND OF HEARTACHES Ivory LP-101
045 OH LONESOME ME Ivory LP-101 VJS-6002
046 KING OF THE ROAD Ivory LP-101
047 I PLAN TO CRY A LOT Ivory LP-101 VJS-6002
048 MR. LINCOLN Ivory LP-101 VJS-6002
ca early 1970s poss. PD Recorders, North Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
049 TV COWBOY Ivory SI 105
050 CALL OF THE WEST Ivory SI 105
051 THERE MUST BE SOMEONE Ivory SI 107
ca 1970s – Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
052 SORROW IS MY STYLE VJS-6002
053 MY ONLY FRIEND IN TOWN VJS-6002
054 THE CHURCH THAT JACK BUILT VJS-6002
1975 poss. Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
055 RMCG-1-A GOOD MORNIN‘ LOVIN‘ Country Gold no #
056 CGA-1-B I DREAMED OF A HILLBILLY HEAVEN* Country Gold no #
*possibly Ivory recording
Country Gold operated at Panorama City, CA
unknown poss. Hollywood, CA – Hal Southern
057 YOUR FRIEND PATSY CLINE (HOW LONG) Reena 2050
058 unknown title Reena 2050
Discography is incomplete

ALBUMS
Sand C-46 You Got A Man On Your Hands: You Got A Man On Your Hands; I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven; House But Not A Home; Acres Of Sunshine; Operator I’d Like To Call Heaven; The High Cost Of leaving; No One Wants To Be Alone; I Don’t Need Your Kind Of Heartache; It’s So Hard To Face Tomorrowl Miss Roedo America; Leave I Just Can’t Do; I Would Do It Again ca 64
? I Remember Jim: I Remember Jim; Billy Bayou; Four Walls; Stand At Your Window; Just Call Me Lonesome; He'll Have To Go; Till The End Of The World; According To My Heart; Welcome To My World; Have You Ever Been Lonely – ca 65 (Reissued on El Dorado EDLP-602 in 1978)
Frettin‘ Around: (unknown tracks) – 6? (guitar instrumentals)
Ivory LP-101 Mr. Hillbilly Heaven: I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven; Anytime; Here Comes The Sun Again; Sgt. Lucy; On A Merry Go Round; I Don't Need Your Kind Of Heartaches; Oh Lonesome Me; King Of The Road; I Plan To Cry A Lot; Mr. Lincoln – 10-71 (reissued on El Dorado EDLP-601 in 1978, on Country Gold 200)
Vee Jay VJLP/VJS 6002 Here Comes The Sun Again: Here Comes The Sun Again; Sorrow Is My Style; I Remember Jim; Oh Lonesome Me; I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven; He'll Have To Go; My Only Friend In Town; Mr. Lincoln; The Church That Jack Built; I Plan To Cry A Lot; Welcome To My World; On A Merry Go Round - 77


SINGLES
Sage & Sand
78-130/131 (Hal Southern:) Don’t You Flirt With Anyone Else / (High Pocket Burse:) Time’s A-Wastin‘ - 53
78-161 Sing Me A Song I Cam Cry To / She Was Kissin‘ Somebody Else - 54
Filmtown/Hollywood
8-101/8-102 The Biggest Little City In The World (Hal Southern) / I Remember The Old Red Schoolhouse – (Wayne West) – 05-54 High-Wayne & Hal Orchestra
Sand
45-361 I'll Never Roam Again / A Gleam In Her Eye – 62 w. Frontiersmen
45-373 (Joanie Hall & The Frontiersmen:) Rodeo USA / (Hal Southern:) I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven - 62
45-394 Legend Of El Rey / Miss Rodeo America - 63
45-396 Fair Time U.S.A./Acres Of Sunshine – 63 w. The Frontiersmen & Joanie
45-408 You Got A Man On Your Hands / No One Wants To Be Alone - 63
45-411 Hal Southern In The Valley/I’m Going To Find Myself Alone – 63
45-421 Sgt. Lucky / Jimmy Loves Jeanie Bee - 64
Tower
128 I Remember Jim / Forty Nine Acres of Water - 65
Ivory
SI 105 TV Cowboy / Call Of The West
SI 107 I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven / There Must Be Someone
Country Gold (1975)
no # Good Mornin‘ Lovin‘ / I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven - 75
Reena
2050 Your Friend Patsy Cline (How Long) / ?