Johnny Tyler

Lehman Monroe "Johnny" Tyler, *06-02-1918, AR, +25-09-1961
2nd version
by Henk Scholts, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Lillies Ohlsson, Al Turner (Hillbilly Researcher site), Kevin Coffey, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
1945 Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Johnny Tyler & His Riders Of The Rio Grande
001 PLEASE MY DARLING THINK OF ME Fargo No #
002 GIVE ME BACK MY HEART Fargo No #
Summer 1945 Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Rocky Ship & His Prairie Pioneers (Johnny Tyler [vcl] + unknown musicians)
003 AS1110-F1 I DIDN´T THINK THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ME Fargo 1110
004 AS1110-F2 THIS TROUBLED MIND Fargo 1110
ca early 1946 poss. Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Johnny Tyler’s Riders Of The Rio Grande
005 1110-7-1 I CAN´T TRUST YOU NOW Fargo 1113
006 1110-8-2 IF I KNEW JUST WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT Fargo 1113
ca Spring 1946 poss. Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Rocky Ship & His Prairie Pioneers (Johnny Tyler [vcl] + unknown musicians)
007 1110-9-3 NOBODY’S FOOL Fargo 1114
008 1110-10-2 ROSE OF THE ALAMO Fargo 1114
17 May 1946 unknown – Johnny Tyler (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Richard A. Hamilton, George Chumura (George & Dickie) [el guitars], Carl Victor Bias [bass], Gil Wright [drums], Gerald "Jerry" Wolfe [violin], Ardith "Red" Egner [vcl-1/violins] Robert D. Armstrong [piano])
009 SRS 501 OAKIE BOOGIE Stanchel 101 Bixby WM-500 Memo 3020A/Old-Timey LP 121 CD 9036 CCD 300
010 SRS 502 YES I DO -1 Stanchel 101 Bixby WM-500
011 SRS 503 TROUBLES ON MY MIND Stanchel 102 Memo 3020A/Old-Timey LP 121
011a SRS 504 DORA DARLIN‘ Stanchel 102
Old-Timey LP 121 WESTERN SWING - BLUES, BOOGIE AND HONKY TONK (VOL. 6)
29 January 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood CA - Johnny Tyler & Riders of Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl-1], Ginger Snaps [vcl-2], George Chumura [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Judith Lee Cragin [gt], Robert Terry Fell [gt/harmonica], Leodie Jackson [steel], Carl Victor Bias [bass], Ralph Gleason [drums], Jesse Ashlock [fiddle], Norman Baker [fiddle], Robert Armstrong [piano])
012 D7-VB-442 SO ROUND, SO FIRM, SO FULLY PACKED -2 20-2171 58-0028/LP-8205 HBR CD-021
013 D7-VB-443 FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE -1 20-2182/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD-021 Cattle Compact CCD-300
014 D7-VB-444 NEW PRETTY BLONDE (NEW JOLIE BLON) -2 20-2171 58-0058/LP-8205 HBR CD-021
015 D7-VB-445 ROCKIN' CHAIR MONEY -1 20-2182/LP-8205 HBR CD-021
21 April 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler & Riders of Rio Grande (Johnny Taylor [vcl/gt], Joyce Red Murrell [gt], George Chumura [gt], Richard A. Hamilton [gt], Richard F. Cole [gt], Alan H. Barker [bass], John M. Mountjoy [drums], Norman E. Baker [fiddle], James A.Pruett [piano])
016 D7-VB-506 TEXAS RED 20-2290/HBR CD-021
017 D7-VB-507 I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, BUT I'M GOING 20-2368/CD-9036 HBR CD-021 CCD-300
018 D7-VB-508 OAKIE BOOGIE 20-2290/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
019 D7-VB-509 BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL 20-2368/HBR CD 021 CCD-300
11 August 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler & The Riders of The Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Norman Baker [fiddle], Billy Hughes [duet vck-1/fiddle], Robert Buchanon [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
020 D7-VB-1320 JEALOUS BLUES 20-3280/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
021 D7-VB-1321 CITY OF MEMPHIS 20-2503/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
022 D7-VB-1322 CORN BERAD AND BUTTER BEANS -1 20-3139 21-0020/CD-9036 HBR CD-021 CCD-300
023 D7-VB-1323 OH, HOW YOU LIED 20-2503/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
16 October 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler & The Riders of The Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Norman Baker [fiddle], Billy Hughes [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
024 D7-VB-1382 THAT WILD AND WICKED LOOK IN YOUR EYES 20-2620/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
025 D7-VB-1383 OLD McDONALD'S BOOGIE 20-2774 58-0071/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
026 D7-VB-1384 TELL A WOMAN 20-2656/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
027 D7-VB-1385 I NEVER SEE MY BABY ALONE 20-3280/Rambler LP-101 CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
Rambler LP 101 TEXAS SAND ANTHOLOGY OF WESTERN SWING
20 October 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA – Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters (Luke Wills [ld vcl], Johnny Tyler [vcl-1], Tommy Doss [gt], Richard P. Morgan [gt], J.L.Jenkins [steel], Darrell Jones [bass], Johnny Edwards [drums], Sidney Barnes [piano], Robert M. Berg [fiddle], James Holley [fiddle])
028 D7-VB-1307-3 HIGH VOLTAGE GAL* 20-2577/ BFX-15333
000 D7-VB 1805-1 A NICKEL IN THE JUKEBOX 20-3081/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact CCD-300
000 D7-VB 1806-1 OKLAHOMA BLUES unissued/ BFX-15333
000 D7-VB 1807-2 A WOMAN WAS THE CAUSE OF IT ALL 21-0020/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact CCD-300
30 October 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], John Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Billy Hughes [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
029 D7-VB-1837 LITTLE ROCK A-R-K 20-3139/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-0300
030 D7-VB-1838 NOTHIN' WON'T CURE THE BLUES 21-0105 48-0108 /HBR CD 021
031 D7-VB-1839 FIND 'EM, FOOL 'EM AND FORGET 'EM 20-2928/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
032 D7-VB-1840 PEEPIN' THROUGH A KEY HOLE (WATCHING JOLE BLON) 20-2620/LP-8205 HBR CD 021
033 D7-VB-1841 I GOT MINE 21-0105 48-0108/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-0300
5 November 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA – Luke Wills’ Rhythm Busters (Luke Wills [ld vcl], Lehmon "Johnny" Tyler [vcl], Tommy Doss [gt], Richard P. Morgan [gt], J.L.Jenkins [steel], Darrell Jones [bass], Johnny Edwards [drums], Robert M. Berg [fiddle], James Holley [fiddle] Sidney Barnes [piano])
034 D7-VB 1847-1 NEVER TURN YOUR BACK TO A WOMAN 20-3210/ BFX-15333 CCD-300 TRG
035 D7-VB 1848-1 I’M A MARRIED MAN 20-2901/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact CCD-300 TRG
036 D7-VB 1849-1 CORN FED ARKANSAS GAL 21-0020/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact CCD-300 TRG
037 D7-VB 1850-2 IS IT TRUE WHAT THEY SAY 20-2901/ BFX-15333 Cattle Compact CCD-300 TRG
14 November 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Eugene Toles [gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], Melvin Mountjoy [drums], Norman Bake [fiddle], Billy Hughes [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
038 D7-VB-1897 ALMOST EVERY TIME 21-0017/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
039 D7-VB-1898-1 SWAMP WOMAN BLUES unissued
040 D7-VB-1899 PULL ME OUT OF THIS GRAVE unissued
041 D7-VB-2100 FIDDLIN' LACE 20-2928/HBR CD 021
042 D7-VB-2101 CAN'T GET MY FOOT OFF THE RAIL 20-2656/LP-8205 CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
2 December 1947 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler & Riders of Rio Grande (Johnny Tyler [vcl/gt], Richard Hamilton [gt], Richard Cole [gt], Alan Barker [bass], Johnnie Edwards [drums],Robert T.Fell [harmonica], Billy Hughes [fiddle], James Pruett [piano])
043 D7-VB-1898-2 SWAMP WOMAN BLUES 20-2774 58-0071/CD-9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
044 D7-VB-2137 TWO CAN PLAY YOUR GAME 21-0017/CD 9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
045 D7-VB-2138 WHAT MAKES YOU DO THE THINGS YOU DO unissued
046 D7-VB-2139 IT AIN'T FAR TO THE BAR 21-0053/HBR CD 021 CCD-300
047 D7-VB-2140 GRAVY TRAIN 21-0053/CD 9036 HBR CD 021 CCD-300
early 1953 unknown - Johnny Tyler
048 TAKE YOUR BLUES AND GO Specialty 713
049 A SINNER'S SONG Specialty 713
25 July 1953 unknown - Johnny Tyler
050 HILLBILLY PREACHER 717
051 I'M GREATFUL TO YOU 717
26 March 1955 poss. Hollywood, CA - Johnny Tyler
052 DEVIL'S HOT ROD Ekko 45-EK-1000/CD-9036
053 WORDS YOU FORGOT RO SAY Ekko 45-EK-1000
054 WHERE YOU GONNA HIDE 45-EK-1002
055 SHIP WITH THE GOLDEN SAIL 45-EK-1002
6 October 1956 poss. Goldstar Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX - Johnny Tyler (unknown musicians)
056 ST-2474 COUNTY FAIR Starday 45-263 Rural Rhytm 515/RRNOT 153 Crown CST-321
057 ST-2475 LIE TO ME, BABY 45-263 Rural Rhytm 515/CD-9036
Rural Rhythm leased the tracks on November 28, 1960
ca. 1956 poss. Goldstar Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX - Johnny Tyler, * & Jack Williams aka Johnny & Jack (Nashville Playboys)
058 SINGING THE BLUES Tops R 296-49
059 I'VE GOT A NEW HEARTACHE* Tops R 296-49
060 YOU'RE RUNNING WILD* Tops R 296-49
April 1957 unknown - Johnny Tyler
061 GOD'S GONNA TURN US TO DUST Rural Rhythm 509 (1) 512/Crown CST-321 CD-9036
062 COALMINER Rural Rhythm 509
063 THE DEVIL'S SLATE Rural Rhythm 509/CST-321
064 BAD LUCK DONE GOT ME Rural Rhythm 509/CST-321
065 LEGEND OF BILLY THE KID Rural Rhythm 509 (2)/RRNOT 153 (va)
June 1957 unknown - Johnny Tyler
066 DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER Rural Rhythm 510/RRNS 150 (va)/HBR CD 009
067 IF I'M TO BEAR THE NAME Rural Rhythm 510/HBR CD 009
late 1957 unknown - Johnny Tyler
068 FLOWERS WHILE YOU'RE LIVING Rural Rhythm 512
069 YAK YAK Rural Rhythm 512 /CST-321 HBR CD 009
070 IT FELT SO GOOD Rural Rhythm 512/HBR CD 009
HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBR CD 009 RURAL RHYTHM CALIFORNIA HILLBILLY & COUNTRY MUSIC 1955 TO 1960 (UK, 1999)

ALBUMS
Crown CLP-5321/CST-321 Country Music Stars: [Al Terry:] [Al Terry:] Say A Prayer For Me; When You Broke The Rules Of Love; Without You; I Nearly Made A Fool Of My Heart; What Can I Do; [Johnny Tyler:] Devil's Slate; Bad Luck (Done Got Me); Yak Yak; God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust; County Fair - 63 Al Terry + Johnny Tyler
Castle [GER] LP-8205 Country & Western In The 40's & 50's / vol. 5: City Of Memphis; Peepin’ Through The Key Hole (Watching Jolie Blond); That Wicked Look In Your Eye; Don’y Telephone-Don’t Telegraph (Tell A Woman); I Can’t Get My Foot Off The Rail; Find‘em, Fool’em And Forget’em; I got Mine; So Round So Firm So Fully Packed; New Pretty Blonde (New Jolie Blonde); Freight Train Boogie; Rockin’ Chair Money; Oh How You Lied - 82
Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9036 Swingin‘ & Rockin‘ Western Style: Little Rock A-R-K; Gravy Train; Oakie Boogie; I Don't Know Where To Go, But I'm Goin'; Old Mcdonald's Boogie; Two Can Play Your Game; Swamp Woman Blues; Devil's Hot Rod Can't; Lie To Me, Baby I Got; Almost Every Time; Jealous Blues; Cornbread And Butter Beans; See My Baby Alone; County Fair; God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust; Oakie Boogie; City Of Memphis; Get My Foot Off The Rail; Baby I Got Mine; Freight Train Boogie - 97
Hillbilly Researcher [UK] HBR CD 021 Oakie Boogie: So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed; Freight Train Boogie; New Pretty Blonde (New Jole Blon); Rockin' Chair Money; Texas Red Find; I Don't Know Where To Go, But I'm Goin' ; Oakie Boogie; Behind The Eight Ball; Jealous Blues; City Of Memphis; Cornbread And Butterbeans; Oh How You Lied; That Wicked Look In Your Eyes; Old Mcdonald's Boogie; Tell A Woman; I Never See My Baby Alone; Little Rock A-R-K; Nothin' Won't Cure The Blues; Find 'Em, Fool 'Em And Forget 'Em; Peepin' Through The Keyhole (Watching Jole Blon); I Got Mine; Almost Every Time; Fiddlin' Joe; Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail; Swamp Woman Blues; Two Can Play Your Game; It Ain't Far To The Bar; Boogie Gravy Train - 00
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD-300 Two Dozen Western Swing And Boogie Jewels: A Nickel In The Jukebox; A Woman Was The Cause Of It All; Almost Every Time; Behind The Eight Ball; Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail; City Of Memphis; Corn Fed Arkansas Gal; Cornbread And Butter Beans; Freight Train Boogie; Gravy Train; I Don't Know Where To Go, But I'm Goin'; I Got Mine; I Never See My Baby Alone; I'm A Married Man; Is It True What They Say; It Ain't Far To The Bar; Jealous Blues; Little Rock A-R-K; Never Turn Your Back To A Woman; Oakie Boogie (Stanchel); Oakie Boogie (RCA); Old McDonald's Boogie; Swamp Woman Blues; Two Can Play Your Game - 04

SINGLES
Fargo (1945-46)
No # Please My Darling Think Of Me / Give Me Back My Heart – 45 Rocky Ship
1110 This Troubled Mind / I Didn´t Think This Could Happen To Me – 45 (rev.Sept. 1945)
1113 I Can´t Trust You Now / If I Knew Just Where You Are Tonight - 46
1114 Nobody´s Fool / Rose Of The Alamo – 46 Vic Bias
Stanchel (1946)
101 Oakie Boogie / Yes I Do – 46 (also on Bixby WM-500)
102 Troubles On My Mind / Dora Darlin‘ - 46
Memo 3020 Oakie Boogie / Troubles On My Mind – 46 (also on Bixby WM-500 Memo 3020A)
RCA Victor (1947)
20-2171 So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed / New Pretty Blond - 03-47 vcl Ginger Snaps (Canadian issue on 58-0028)
20-2182 Freight Train Boogie / Rockin' Chair Money - 03-47
20-2290 Oakie Boogie / Texas Red - 06-47
20-2368 Behind The Eight Ball / I Don't Know Where To Go But I'm Goin' - 07-47
20-2503 City Of Memphis / Oh, How I Lied - 10-47
20-2620 Peepin' Through The Keyhole / That Wild And Wicked Look In Your Eyes - ca 12-47
20-2656 Tell A Woman / Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail - 01-47
20-2774 Old Mcdonald's Boogie / Swamp Woman Blues - 03-48 (Canadian issue on 58-0071)
20-2928 Fiddlin‘ Lace / Find 'Em, Fool 'Em And Forget 'Em - 06-48
20-3139 Little Rock Arkansas / Cornbread And Butterbeans - 10-48
20-3280 Jealous Blues / Never See My Baby Alone - 12-48
21-0017 Almost Every Time / Two Can Play Your Game - 02-49
21-0053 Ain’t Far To The Bar / Gravy Train - 05-49
21-0105/48-0108 Nothin' Won't Cure The Blues / I Got Mine -10-49
Specialty (1953)
713 Take Your Blues And Go / A Sinner's Song - 02-53
717 Hillbilly Preacher / I'm Greatful To You - 53
Ekko (1955)
45-EK-1000 Devil's Hot Rod / Words You Forgot To Say - 03-55
45-EK-1002 Where You Gonna Hide / Ship With The Golden Sail - 55
Starday (1956)
45-263 Lie To Me Baby / Country Fair - 10-56 (reissued on Rural Rhythm 515 on March 1959)
(EPs)
Tops R 296 Singing The Blues; I'm A One Woman Man [Jack Williams] / I've Got A New Heartache [w. Jack Williams as Johnny and Jack]; You're Running Wild [w. Jack Williams as Johnny and Jack] - ca 57
Rural Rhythm (1957)
509 (EP) God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust; Coalminer / The Devil's Slate; Bad Luck Done Got Me - 57 (1st edition)
509 (EP) Legend Of Billy The Kid; Coalminer / The Devil's Slate; Bad Luck Done Got Me - 57 (2nd edition)
510 Devil On My Shoulder / If I'm To Bear The Name - 06-57
512 (EP) Flowers While You're Living; Yak Yak / It Felt So Good; God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust - 58
519 Country Fair / [Roger Smith:] Centennial Whiskers - 06-59