Red River Dave

David McEnery, *15-12-1914 San Antonio, TX, +15-01-2002
2nd version
By Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Robert Platt (with the assistance of Dennis Flannigan), Michel Ruppli. Praguefrank, Tony Middleton, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
18 January 1940 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Red River Dave (Red River Dave [vcl/gt], Vaughn Horton [steel], Roy Horton [bass])
001 67071-A WHEN THEY CHANGE MY NAME TO A NUMBER Decca 5806
002 67072-A DOWN DEL RIO WAY 5799
003 67073-A WHERE IS MY MAMA? 5806
004 67074-A WHEN YOU’RE A LONG LONG WAY FROM HOME 5799
8 May 1940 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Red River Dave (Red River Dave [vcl/gt], Vaughn Horton [steel], Roy Horton [bass])
005 67690-A WHEN IT’S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES 5853 64013
006 67691-A THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 5842
007 67692-A STARS OVER LAREDO 5842 64013
008 67693-A MY RED RIVER VALLEY HOME 5853
24 June 1940 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Red River Dave (Red River Dave [vcl/gt], Vaughn Horton [steel], Roy Horton [bass])
009 67881-A-B GOODBYE, LITTLE DARLING, GOODBYE 5863
010 67882-A WOULD YOU CARE 5863
011 67883-A SIERRA SUE 5864 Melotone 45374
012 67884-A HER NAME WAS ROSITA 5864 Melotone 45374
22 July 1940 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Red River Dave (Red River Dave [vcl/gt])
013 67942-A DADDY AND HOME 5869
014 67943-A MY OLD PAL 5869
1942 San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave and His Red River Hillbillies (unknown musicians)
LIFE’S NOT THE SAME Starr release
WHEN HE COMES BACK Starr release
(note by Robert Platt:) These recordings were made for the Starr label, a small label in San Antonio. Since the second song is a topical reference to World War II, the date is likely 1942 since the U.S. did not enter the war until after Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

6 March 1944 [no.6] Empire Broadcasting, 480 Lexington, New York City - Red River Dave With Frankie Novak And The Sourwood Mountain Boys [-1]; Esmereldy And Dick Thomas With Frankie Novak And The Sourwood Mountain Boys [-2] (Frankie Novak [arranger/conductor], Johnny Cali [gt], Keith Pittman [bass], Frank Pinero [violin], Chas Magnenta [accordion],; Red River Dave [vcl],; Esmerledy (Verna Sherrill) [vcl-2])
5145-1 SINNER’S PRAYER -1 unissued
5146-1 LITTLE RED CABOOSE BEHIND THE TRAIN -1 Musicraft 285 Album 60//Mt Laurel 7506
5147-1 I WISH I HAD MY FIRST WIFE BACK -1 286 Album 60//Mt Laurel 7506
5148-2 THE CONVICT AND THE ROSE -1 285 Album 60//Mt Laurel 7506 [take-1] unissued
5149-1 SHE’LL BE COMIN’ ROUND THE MOUNTAIN -1 287
5150-1 THE DEATH OF FLOYD COLLINS -1 286 Album 60//Mt Laurel 7506
5151-2 TWENTY ONE YEARS -1 287 Album 60 [take-1] unissued
000 5152-1 SEVEN YEARS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN -2 288 Album 60
000 5153-1 COWBOY JACK -2 298 Album 63/ Sutton SSU 284
5154-1 RED RIVER VALLEY -1 301 Album 63
5155-1 ALTOONA FREIGHT WRECK -1 288
note by Tony Middleton: slightly different spelling of accordion players surname. 298B issued as Esmerely and Frank Novak. 301B issued as Dick Thomas with Frankie Novak and the Sourwood Boy,
27 January 1944 New York City – Red River Dave (unknown musicians)
S5370 BALL AND CHAIN Savoy 3005
S5371 I'M LEAVING 'CAUSE THERE'S NOTHING LEFT TO DO Savoy 3005
S5372 YOU CAN COUNT ON ME Savoy
S5373 I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY DOG TO UNCLE SAM Savoy 3003
14 March 1944 New York City – Red River Dave (unknown musicians)
S5414 YOU'LL ALWAYS BE MY SWEETHEART Savoy
S5415 DUST ON MOTHER'S BIBLE Savoy 3003
S5416 I'D RATHER DIE FOR MY COUNTRY THAN LIVE WITH MY WIFE Savoy 3000
S5417 DON'T CALL MY NAME Savoy
10 April 1944 New York City – Red River Dave (unknown musicians)
S5427 I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU NOW Savoy
S5428 LET’S STOP MAKIN’ MAKE BELIEVE Savoy
S5429 I’M AN CONVICT WITH OLD GLORY IN MY HEART Savoy 3000
S5430 IS THERE ROOM IN THE GRAVE FOR ME Savoy
poss. 1944/1945 New York City – Red River Dave (unknown musicians)
TIME WILL TELL THE STORY 3021
AMELIA ERHART'S LAST FLIGHT 3021
SRR-1639 THERE'S A STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE NO. 2 3020 Raleigh 703
SRR-1640 THE PONY EXPRESS 3020 Raleigh 703
Ca January 1945 New York City – Red River Dave
S 3195 HONKY TONKIN' THELMA C 8004
S-3201-1 JOLLY JOE Contonental C 3017/Mt Laurel 7506
S-3204-1 LOAD OF PRETTY WOMAN C 3017/ Mt Laurel 7506
1945 New York City – Red River Dave
S-3222? I'VE NOBODY TO LOVE [I’VE GOT NOBODY TO LOVE] C 3019
S-3230 RED HEADED MAMA BLUES C 3025 C 8004
From previous sessions:
PUT ME ON YOUR POCKET C 3025
REELING COWBOY C 3023/Bronco Buster CD 9050
IT COULD HAVE HAD A DIFFERENT ENDING C 3029 C 8008/Bronco Buster CD 9050
HONKY TONK THELMA C 3029/Bronco Buster CD 9050
WRECK OF THE STREAMLINED TRAIN C 3031
WE'LL BE BACK THIS COMING YEAR C 3031
JOLLY JOE C 3017
WHITE CROSS ON THE HILLSIDE C 3019
I HAVE GOT MY BACK TO THE WALL C 3023/Bronco Buster CD 9050
late 1945 or January 1946 New York City – Red River Dave & Sula’s Texas Rangers
W-3350 I'LL NEVER BE ASHAMED OF YOU C 5048/Mt Laurel 7506 Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3353 YOU NEVER WAITED FOR ME Continental C 5045/Mt Laurel 7506 Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3354 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN Continental C-8018
W-3355 THERE’S A NEW MOON OVER MY SHOULDER Continental C 5045/Mt Laurel 7506 Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3356 TUMBLING TUMBLEWEEDS Continental C 5048/Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3357 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Continental C 5046/Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3358 THERE AIN'T A TOWN IN TEXAS C 5054/Mt Laurel LP 7506
W-3360 SHE'LL BE THERE WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN MOTHER C 5054/Mt Laurel 7506
W-3361 SOMEDAY (YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU) Continental C-5047/Mt Laurel 7506 Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3362 WHERE'S MY BOY TONIGHT Continental C-5047/Mt Laurel 7506 Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3363 I'LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT C 5059/Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3366 DON'T TEACH OUR BABY TO HATE ME C 5057
W-3368 COOL WATER Continental C 5046/Bronco Buster CD 9050
(note by Robert Platt:) The accompaniment on Red River Dave’s Continental recordings above was by Sula’s Texas Rangers. Sula Litivich was a Jewish musical director for Continental who knew little about hillbilly music but would get enthused and holler “More cowboy, More cowboy” as if this would inspire musicians. The musicians were the Texas Top Hands, who travelled from San Antonio to New York in 1946 to record for Savoy. Some early Continental singles were reviewed in Billboard in January 1946, and may have been recorded before the Texas Top Hands arrived
1946 New York City – Red River Dave & Texas Tophands (Red River Dave [vcl/poss. gt] + the Texas Tophands: poss. Johnny H. “Curly” Williams [gt], William Wayne “Rusty” Locke [steel], poss. George Edwin “Knee-High” Holley [bass], poss. Clarence J. “Sleepy” Short [fiddle], Walter Kleypas [piano/accordion], Sula Litivich [musical director])
W-3503 I'M A MARRIED MAN C 5075/Mt Laurel 7506 Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3509 COTTON EYED JOE C 5075/Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3510 THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS C 5061
W-3512 SHAME ON YOU C 5059/Bronco Buster CD 9050
W-3513 WAVE TO ME, MY LADY C 5057
W-3521 ATOMIC POWER C 5061
1946 New York City – Red River Dave & Texas Tophands (Red River Dave [vcl/poss. gt] + the Texas Tophands: poss. Johnny H. “Curly” Williams [gt], William Wayne “Rusty” Locke [steel], poss. George Edwin “Knee-High” Holley [bass], poss. Clarence J. “Sleepy” Short [fiddle], Walter Kleypas [piano/accordion], Sula Litivich [musical director])
E-3703 HERR SCHMIDT Remington R-16003 R-45-1031/Mt Laurel LP 7506
E-3704 ITALIAN DREAM WALTZ C-8026
E-3707 THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK C-8026/Mt Laurel 7506
From previous sessions:
RED RIVER MOON C 5049
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY C 5049
WHY SHOULD I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU C 5053/Bronco Buster CD 9050
LIVING A LIE OVER YOU C 5053/Bronco Buster CD 9050
MY HOME IS A PRISON C 5058/Bronco Buster CD 9050
HEARTACES C 5058/Bronco Buster CD 9050
RED HEADED MAMA BLUES C 8004
I'VE GOT MY BACK TO THE WALL C 8008
WHAT IS LIFE WITHOUT LOVE C 8024
COO-SE-COO C 8024
CIGARETTES C 8032
TEARDROPS IN MY HEART C 8032
A ROCKY MOUNTAIN LULLABY C 8033
BOTTLE TALK C 8033
HERR SCHMIDT C 8038
THE EIGHTH OF JANUARY C 8038
I DON’T WANT TO LOSE YOU NOW Continental
YOU CAN COUNT ON ME Continental
PUT ME IN YOUR POCKET Continental
LET’S STOP MAKING MAKE BELIEVE Continental
IS THERE ROOM IN THE GRAVE FOR ME Continental
I’M LEAVIN’ CAUSE THERE’S NOTHIN’ LEFT TO DO Continental
HILLBILLY CITY NASHVILLE TENNESSEE Maple Leaf 3004
PRAIRIE CAMPFIRE Maple Leaf 3004
ca. 1947 New York City – Red River Dave and Orchestra
S.R.1580 WAGON TRAIL Sonora 1064/LP-45 6907 K-27
S.R.1581 RED RIVER VALLEY Sonora 1066 Varsity 521 Royale 45164/Varsity 6907 King K-27
S.R.1582-2 THE LAST ROUND-UP Sonora 1064 Varsity 531/LP-45 6907 K-27
S.R.1583 TAKE ME BACK TO MY BOOTS AND SADDLES 1065/LP-45 6907 K-27
S.R.1584 EMPTY SADDLES 1066 Royale 532//Varsity LP-45 6907 King K-27
S.R.1585 IS THE RANGE STILL THE SAME BACK HOME Sonora 1063
S.R.1586 HOME ON THE RANGE Sonora 1063/Varsity LP-45 6907 King K-27
OLD FAITHFUL 1065/LP-45 6907 K-27
ca. July 1949 unknown – Red River Dave and the Texas Top Hands (Red River Dave [vcl/poss. gt], prob. Leon Merritt [guitar], William Wayne “Rusty” Locke [steel], Easy Adams [fiddle], Walter Kleypas [piano/accordion])
49-S-6067 FIRST LOVE MGM 10507
49-S-6068 WRONG NUMBER 10507
49-S-6069 PRAIRIE K10843
49-S-6070 SEARCHING FOR YOU BUDDY K10843
1949-early 1950s San Tantonio, TX – Red River Dave and the Texas Top Hands (Red River Dave [vcl/poss. gt], prob. Leon Merritt [guitar], William Wayne “Rusty” Locke [steel], Easy Adams [fiddle], Walter Kleypas [piano/accordion])
THE WALTZ OF SAN ANTONE Everstate 108/Mt Laurel 7506
LOVE MADE A WRECK OUT OF ME Everstate 108/Mt Laurel 7506
COTTON-EYED JOE Everstate Remington R-45-1031
I’M A MARRIED MAN Everstate Remington REP-63
I CAN’T TELL THAT LIE TO MY HEART Everstate
FIESTA IS OLD SAN ANTONE Everstate
THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Everstate
ITALIAN DREAM WALTZ Everstate ? R-45-1033 REP-63
CAN’T WIN, CAN’T PLACE, CAN’T SHOW Everstate
IF PRAYERS WILL BRING YOU BACK Everstate
MARY WARNER BLUES Everstate Remington REP-63
HAYSEED SCHOTTISCHE Everstate
AMELIA EARHART’S LAST FLIGHT Everstate
TIME WILL TELL THE STORY Everstate
SOME DAY YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU Everstate
WHERE IS MY WANDERING BOY TONIGHT Everstate
SAN ANTONIO ROSE Everstate
COOL WATER Everstate R-45-1033
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY Everstate
RED RIVER MOON Everstate
THERE AIN’T A TOWN IN TEXAS Everstate
SHE’LL BE THERE Everstate
LIVING A LIE OVER YOU Everstate
EMPTY SADDLES IN THE OLD CORRAL Everstate
RED RIVER VALLEY Everstate
REELING COWBOY Everstate
I HAVE GOT MY BACK TO THE WALL Everstate
I’VE GOT NOBODY TO LOVE Everstate
WHITE CROSS ON THE HILLSIDE Everstate
HOME ON THE RANGE Everstate
IS THE RANGE STILL THE SAME Everstate
CONVICT AND THE ROSE Everstate
LITTLE RED CABOOSE BEHIND THE TRAIN Everstate
SEARCHING FOR YOU BUDDY Everstate
PRAIRIE Everstate
Probably also Everstate recordings:
RB-911/R-233 BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN Remington 45-R-1032
YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS REP-63
ca. July 1949 unknown – Red River Dave and the Texas Top Hands (Red River Dave [vcl/poss. gt], prob. Leon Merritt [guitar], William Wayne “Rusty” Locke [steel], Easy Adams [fiddle], Walter Kleypas [piano/accordion])
49-S-6067 FIRST LOVE MGM 10507
49-S-6068 WRONG NUMBER 10507
49-S-6069 PRAIRIE K10843
49-S-6070 SEARCHING FOR YOU BUDDY K10843
1949-early 1950s San Tantonio, TX – Red River Dave and the Texas Top Hands (Red River Dave [vcl/poss. gt], prob. Leon Merritt [guitar], William Wayne “Rusty” Locke [steel], Easy Adams [fiddle], Walter Kleypas [piano/accordion])
THE WALTZ OF SAN ANTONE Everstate 108
LOVE MADE A WRECK OUT OF ME Everstate 108
COTTON-EYED JOE Everstate Remington R-45-1031
I’M A MARRIED MAN Everstate Remington REP-63
I CAN’T TELL THAT LIE TO MY HEART Everstate
FIESTA IS OLD SAN ANTONE Everstate
THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Everstate
ITALIAN DREAM WALTZ Everstate ? R-45-1033 REP-63
CAN’T WIN, CAN’T PLACE, CAN’T SHOW Everstate
IF PRAYERS WILL BRING YOU BACK Everstate
MARY WARNER BLUES Everstate Remington REP-63
HAYSEED SCHOTTISCHE Everstate
AMELIA EARHART’S LAST FLIGHT Everstate
TIME WILL TELL THE STORY Everstate
SOME DAY YOU’LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU Everstate
WHERE IS MY WANDERING BOY TONIGHT Everstate
SAN ANTONIO ROSE Everstate
COOL WATER Everstate R-45-1033
TWO SIDES TO EVERY STORY Everstate
RED RIVER MOON Everstate
THERE AIN’T A TOWN IN TEXAS Everstate
SHE’LL BE THERE Everstate
LIVING A LIE OVER YOU Everstate
EMPTY SADDLES IN THE OLD CORRAL Everstate
RED RIVER VALLEY Everstate
REELING COWBOY Everstate
I HAVE GOT MY BACK TO THE WALL Everstate
I’VE GOT NOBODY TO LOVE Everstate
WHITE CROSS ON THE HILLSIDE Everstate
HOME ON THE RANGE Everstate
IS THE RANGE STILL THE SAME Everstate
CONVICT AND THE ROSE Everstate
LITTLE RED CABOOSE BEHIND THE TRAIN Everstate
SEARCHING FOR YOU BUDDY Everstate
PRAIRIE Everstate
Probably also Everstate recordings:
RB-911/R-233 BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN Remington 45-R-1032
HERR SCHMIDT R-45-1031
YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS REP-63
9 June 1950 Southland Industries, San Antonio,TX - Red River Dave
50-S-6046 I'VE GOT NO RIGHT unissued
50-S-6047 KISS YOUR BABY GOODNIGHT
50-S-6048 CHANGE PARTNERS K10755
50-S-6049 JACK O’ HEART K10755
August 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Red River Dave
51-S-6104/51-XY-569 NEW YEAR BELLS K11070
51-S-6105/51-XY-570 BUDDED ROSES K11166
51-S-6106/51-XY-571 I’LL BE LOVIN’ YOU THEN K11166
51-S-6107/51-XY-572 YOU AMDE A MONKEY OUT OF ME K11070
12 March 1952 [15:30-18:00] Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, TN – Red River Dave
52-S-3048/52-XY-3048 I SAW YOUUR FACE IN THE MOON unissued
52-S-3049/52-XY-3049 THERE’S A BLUE SKY OUT YONDER K11222
52-S-3050/52-XY-3050 YOU DIDN’T WANT ME K11222
52-S-3051/52-XY-3051 PITY IN YOUR EYES unissued
52-S-3052/52-XY-3052 JEANNIE unissued
22 December 1953 poss. San Atnonio, TX – Red River Dave
85588 THE RED DECK OF CARDS TNT-1003 Decca 9-29002
85589 SEARCHING FOR YOU, BUDDY TNT-1003 9-29002
Decca masters above may have been different versions as on TNT-1003
1954/1957 TNT Recording Studio, San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave
THE BALL AND CHAIN TNT release
THERE’S A NEW MOON OVER MY SHOULDER TNT release
YOU NEVER WAITED FOR ME TNT release
ALTOONA FREIGHT WRECK TNT release
THE DEATH OF FLOYD COLLINS TNT release
I WISH I HAD MY FIRST WIFE BACK TNT release
NEW YEARS BELLS TNT release
YOU MADE A MONKEY OUT OF ME TNT release
1954 TNT Recording Studio, San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave
TRUCK DRIVER'S SPECIAL TNT-1011 TNT-9005
MIDNIGHT MARE TNT-1011
1954? TNT Recording Studio, San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave
WHEN DAVY CROCKETT MET THE SAN ANTONIO ROSE TNT 1017
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - “CARAMBA!” TNT 1017
30 August 1955 Bradley Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Red River Dave
88581/NA 9169 WHEN DAVY CROCKETT MET SAN ANTONIO ROSE 9-29680
88582/NA 9170 THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 9-29680
88583/NA 9171 PROMISES unissued
88584/NA 9172 OH, OH, OH HOW I LOVE YOU unissued
Tracks above may have been TNT recordings mastered in Nashville on August 30, or different Nashville recordings
1956 TNT Recording Studio, San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave
MARIA ELENA TNT-9003
BY THE SILVERY RIO GRANDE TNT-9003
THE BALLAD OF EMMITT TILL TNT-9005
1956 TNT Recording Studio, San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave
JAMES DEAN (TH GREATEST OF ALL) TNT 9006
SPRING SONG TNT 9006
1957 TNT Recording Studio, San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave
BALLAD OF DON LARSEN TNT-9010
ADIO, MI AMOR, MI CORAZON TNT-9010
1958 unknown – Red River Dave & Happy Jack Petty
SAN ANTONIO ROSE Joy 101
Unknown title Joy 101
ca 1958 unknown – Red River Dave
(A TRIBUTE TO ELVIS' MOTHER) NEW ANGEL TONIGHT Marathon RRD-502
THE ROSE WINDOW Marathon RRD-502
25 August 1960 New York City – Red River Dave (unknown musicians)
SRD6969 THE TRIAL OF FRANCIS POWERS 3023
SRD6970 LILI MARLENE
SRD6971 NOBODY'S FUTURE 3023
SRD6972 I TALKED TO HANK
1963 unknown – Red River Dave
WE'LL BURY YOU D 1243
MOON OVER THE WALL 1243
1965 poss. San Antonio, TX – Red River Dave
P-1 THE GREAT SOCIETY Great Society HN-1965
P-2? BEAUTIFUL AMERICA Great Society HN-1965
ca July 1965 unknown – Red River Dave
SRD65-240 BALLAD OF VIET NAM unissued
1967 unknown – Red River Dave
IS THE RANGE STILL THE SAME BACK HOME? Bluebonnet BL-119
AMELIA EARHART'S LAST FLIGHT Bluebonnet BL-119
CHIME BELLS Bluebonnet BL-119
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW Bluebonnet BL-119
WHEN THE TUMBLEWEEDS COME TUMBLIN' DOWN AGAIN Bluebonnet BL-119
GOD'S GAME OF CHECKERS Bluebonnet BL-119
MEXICALI ROSE Bluebonnet BL-119
BALLAD OF THE ALAMO Bluebonnet BL-119
WAY OUT THERE Bluebonnet BL-119
I WON'T CARE (A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW) Bluebonnet BL-119
TILL THE STORM PASSES BY Bluebonnet BL-119
1967 or 1968 unknown – Red River Dave
I BOUGHT A ROCK FOR A ROCKY MOUNTAIN GAL Bluebonnet BL-122
PENNSYLVANIA PAL Bluebonnet BL-122
BY THE SILVERY RIO GRANDE Bluebonnet BL-122
WHEN THE BEES ARE IN THE HIVE Bluebonnet BL-122
MOONLIGHT AND SKIES Bluebonnet BL-122
WESTWARD ROLL THE WAGONS Bluebonnet BL-122
I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY DOG TO UNCLE SAM Bluebonnet BL-122
ECHOES FROM THE HILLS Bluebonnet BL-122
EL RANCHO GRANDE Bluebonnet BL-122
FIRST LOVE Bluebonnet BL-122
STRAWBERRY ROAN Bluebonnet BL-122
VIETNAM GUITAR Bluebonnet BL-122
I SAW YOUR FACE IN THE MOON Bluebonnet BL-122
WHERE THE ROSES NEVER FADE Bluebonnet BL-122
Summer 1968 unknown – Red River Dave
SONG FROM THE U.S.S. PUEBLO Reveal RV-92768
RAILROAD STATION IN THE SKY Reveal RV-92768
ca 1970 unknown – Red River Dave
THE CALIFORNIA HIPPIE MURDERS
Unknown info – Red River Dave
CLINGING LOVERS OF KENYA Longhorn 52004
THE PINE TARRED BAT Longhorn 52004
Unknown details – Red River Dave
THE FLIGHT OF APOLLO ELEVEN
THE BALLAD OF PATTY HEARST
THE BALLAD OF THREE MILE ISLAND
THE NIGHT THAT RONALD REAGAN RODE WITH SANTA CLAUS
THE BALLAD OF BILLY GRAHAM
THE BALLAD OF MARILYN MONROE
SHAME IS THE MIDDLE NAME OF EXXON
ATLANTA'S BLACK CHILDREN
Discography is incomplete

ALBUMS
Varsity LP-45 Popular Range Songs By Red River Dave: Home On The Range; Wagon Trail; Empty Saddles; Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle; Ole Faithful; Last Round Up – (10“ LP)
Varsity 6907/King K-27 Red River Dave Singing Popular Range Songs: Red River Valley; Home On The Range; Wagon Trail; Empty Saddles; Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle; Ole Faithful; The Last Roundup; Mexicali Rose – (10“ LP) (reissued on Remington 1015 Red River Dave and The Texas Tophands: Songs Of The Hill And Range)
Varsity 6962 Cowboy Songs: Jack O' Diamonds; Yellow Rose Of Texas; The Old Pioneer; My Saddle, My Bronco And You; Buffalo Gals; Polly Wolly Doodle; Beautiful Brown Eyes; Dangerous Ground – (10“ LP)
Pontiac P-525 Square Dances With Calls: Cotton Eyed Joe; Herr Schmidt; Skip To M' Lou; I'm A Married Man; Double Under And Wagonwheel; Multiple Step Right Back; Lucy Long; Marching Through Georgia – 52 (10“ LP)
Allegro 1594 Cowboy Song Favorites: Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Cool Water; Home On The Range; Red River Valley; The Last Roundup; Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie; Mexicali Rose; The Blue Tail Fly; She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain; The Old Chisholm Trail; Jack O' Diamonds; Big Rock Candy Mountain – 09-56 w. Foy Willing
Masterseal MS-27 Songs Of The Golden West: Cool Water; Yellow Rose Of Texas; Cotton Eyed Joe; Back In The Saddle Again; Eighth Of January; Herr Schmidt; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; I'm A Married Man; Letter Edged In Black; Baby Sitter; Skip To My Lou; Wabash Cannonball – 57 (MX: 33-1845/6)
Sutton SSU-284 Red River Dave feturing Esmereldy and Dick Thomas: Twenty-One Years; She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain; Clementine; The Convict And The Rose; Billy Boy; Cowboy Jack; Home On The Range; Old Chisholm Trail; Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie; Red River Valley
Palace PST-714 Songs Of The Rodeo: Cigarettes, Whiskey And Wild Wild Women; Rocky Mountain Lullaby; What's Life Without Love; Italian Dream Waltz; Little Dogie Stray; Red River Moon; As Long As I Love You; Teardrops In My Heart; My Gal From Houston; Life Is Not The Same; Pal O' Mine; Bottle Talk – ca. 61 w. Texas Tophands
Continental 1507 Red River Dave Sings: (tracks unknown) - 62
Bluebonnet BL-119 The Singing, Yodeling Cowboy. No. 1: Is The Range Still The Same Back Home?; Amelia Earhart's Last Flight; Chime Bells; It Makes No Difference Now; When The Tumbleweeds Come Tumblin' Down Again; God's Game Of Checkers; Mexicali Rose; Ballad Of The Alamo; Way Out There; I Won't Care (A Hundred Years From Now); Till The Storm Passes By - 67
Remington 1846 Golden West: (tracks unknown) - 68
Bluebonnet BL-122 The Singing, Yodeling Cowboy. No. 2: I Bought A Rock For A Rocky Mountain Gal; Pennsylvania Pal; By The Silvery Rio Grande; When The Bees Are In The Hive; Moonlight And Skies; Westward Roll The Wagons; I'd Like To Give My Dog To Uncle Sam; Echoes From The Hills; El Rancho Grande; First Love; Strawberry Roan; Vietnam Guitar; I Saw Your Face In The Moon; Where The Roses Never Fade - 68
Mountain Laurel [GER] LP 7506 The Lone Star State Cowboy: Herr Schmidt No.1; I'm A Married Man; There Ain't A Town In Texas; She'll Be There What A Friend We Have In Mother; I'll Never Be Ashamed Of You; There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder; You Never Waited For Me; Where's My Boy Tonight; Someday You'll Want Me To Want You; Jolly Joe; Load Of Pretty Women; The Letter Edged In Black No.1; Love Made A Wreck Out Of Me; The Waltz Of San Antone; The Convict And The Rose; Little Red Caboose Behind The Train;The Death Of Floyd Collins;I Wish I Had My First Wife Back – 75 (Continental, Everstate, Musicraft tracks. Reissued in 1979 as Danny RD-7905 The Yodeling Texas Cowboy)
Castle [GER] LP-8201 Country & Western In The 1940's And 1950's, vol. 1: First Love;. Wrong Number; You Didn't Want Me; There's A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder; Searching For You Buddy; Prairie; Things That Might Have Been; Stars Over Laredo; Budded Roses; I'll Be Lovin' You Then; Change Partners; Jack O' Hearts - 82 (MGM tracks; reissued on Cowgirlboy LP-5040 Yodelin' Cowboy Memories)
Cowgirlboy [GER] LP-5001 The Days of Yodelling Cowboys, vol. 1: Herr Schmidt; Italian Dream Waltz; Pony Express; Ballad Of Emmitt Till; Truck Driver's Special; I'm A Convict With Old Glory In My Heart; I'd Rather Die For My Country; Eight Of January; Red River Valley; Home On The Range; Is The Range Still The Same Back Home; Ole Faithful; Wagon Trail; Bottle Talk; Rocky Mountain Lullabye; Cotton Eyed Joe - 83
Cowgirlboy [GER] LP-5010 More Days Of The Yodeling Cowboys, Vol. 2: When Davy Crockett Met The San Antonio Rose; Boots And Saddle; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Letter Edged In Black; I'll Never Get Married Again; Dude Cowboy; Red River Moon; Brandin' Time; Daddy And Home; My Old Pal; Sierra Sue; Her Name Was Rosita; When It's Springtime In The Rockies; Empty Saddles; When You're A Long Long Way From Home; Last Roundup – ca 84
Bronco Buster [GER] CD-9050 Honky Tonkin' Thelma: My Home Is A Prison; Heartaches; Why Should I Feel Sorry For You Now; Living A Lie Over You; I Have Got My Back To The Wall; Reeling Cowboy; Honky Tonkin' Thelma; It Could Have Had A Different Ending; Shame On You; I'll Be All Smiles Tonight; Cool Water; San Antonio Rose; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder; You Never Waited For Me; I'll Never Be Ashamed Of You; Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You); Where Is My Boy Tonight; I'm A Married Man; Cotton Eyed Joe; (Take Me Back To My) Boots And Saddle; Mexicali Rose (Bob Houston) - 98
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3559 The Yodeling Cowboy Sings: Back In The Saddle Again; Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight; Letter Edged In Black; What Is Life Without Love?; Empty Saddles; Don’t Call My Name; You’ll Always Be My Sweetheart; Ole Faithful; Time Will Tell The Story; Home On The Range; Her Name Was Rosita; The Last Roundup; Wagon Trail; She’ll Be Coming Round The Mountain;White Cross On The Hillside; I’ve Nobody To Love; Little Red Caboose Behind The Train; Living A Lie Over You; Teardrops In My Heart; Why Should I Feel Sorry For You Now; Twenty-One Years; Two Sides To Every Story; Yellow Rose Of Texas; The Convict And The Rose; I’m A Married Man; Little Dogie Stray; Searching For You Buddy – 01-03-05
Jasmine [UK] JASMCD-3582 There's a Blue Sky Way Out Yonder: There’s A Blue Sky Way Out Yonder; Cool Water; Budded Roses;Life Is Not The Same; Cotton Eyed Joe; First Love; Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Shame On You; When Davy Crockett Met The San Antonio Rose; Fiesta In San Antone; Cigarettes, Whiskey And Wild, Wild Women; Rocky Mountain Lullaby; If Prayers Will Bring You Back; Stars Over Laredo; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold; Maria Elena; San Antonio Rose; As Long As I Love You; I’ll Be Loving You Then; Wrong Number; Bottle Talk; I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight; Eighth Of January; Things That Might Have Been; I’ll Never Be Ashamed Of You; You Didn’t Want Me; Italian Dream Waltz; My Gal From Houston; By The Silvery Rio Grande – 11-05-07

SINGLES
Decca (1940)
5799 Down Old Rio Way / When You're A Long Way From Home - 02-40
5806 Where Is My Mama / When They Change My Name To A Number - 02-40
5842 Things That Might Have Been / Stars Over Laredo - 06-40
5853 Springtime In The Rockies / My Red River Valley - 06-40
5863 Goodbye Lil' Darling / Would You Care - 07-40
5864 Sierra Sue / Her Name Was Rosita - 07-40 (Canadian issue on Melotone 45374)
5869 Daddy And Home / My Old Pal - 08-40
64013 Stars Over Laredo / When It's Springtime In The Rockies - 49 (reissue, released on Coral)
Starr (1941? )
? Life’s Not The Same / When He Comes Back
Musicraft (1944)
285 The Convict And The Rose / Little Red Caboose Behind Train - 05-44
286 I Wish I Had My First Wife Back / The Death Of Floyd Collins – 05-44
287 She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain / Twenty-One Years – 05-44 w. Frank Nowak
288 Altoona Freight Wreck / (Esmereldy & Dick Thomas:) Seven Years With The Wrong Woman - 05-44 (rev. May 13)
Savoy (ca. 1944-45, 1960)
3000 I'd Rather Die For My Country Than Live With My Wife / I’m An Convict With Old Glory In My Heart - 44
3003 I’d Like To Give My Dog To Uncle Sam / Dust On Mother's Bible - 44
3004 You’ll Always Be My Sweetheart / Don’t Call My Name
3005 Ball And Chain / I’m Leaving ’Cause There’s Nothing Left To Do
3006 You Can Count On Me / I Don’t Want To Lose You
3007 Let’s Stop Making Believe / Is There Room In The Grave For Me
3017 Jolly Joe / Load Of Pretty Women
3020 The Pony Express / There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere No. 2 (Canadian issue on Raleigh 703)
3021 Time Will Tell The Story / Amelia Erhart's Last Flight
3023 The Trial Of Francis Powers / Nobody's Future
Continental (1945-47)
C 3017 Load Of Pretty Woman / Jolly Joe – ca 02-45
C 3019 I've Nobody To Love / White Cross On The Hillside – ca 02-45
C 3021 Amelia Erhart's Last Flight / Time Will Tell The Story – ca 02-45
C 3023 I Have Got My Back To The Wall / Reeling Cowboy – 02-45
C 3025 Put Me On Your Packet / Red Headed Mama Blues – 03-45
C 3029 Honky Tonk Thelma / It Could Have Had A Different Ending – 03-45 (rev. March 31)
C 3031 Wreck Of The Streamlined Train / We'll Be Back This Coming Year
C 5045 There’s A New Moon Over My Shoulder / You Never Waited For Me -
C 5046 Cool Water / San Antonio Rose -
C 5047 Someday / Where's My Boy Tonight -
C 5048 Tumbling Tumbleweeds / I'll Never Be Ashamed Of You -
C 5049 Red River Moon / Two Sides To Every Story - 01-46
C 5053 Why Should I Feel Sorry For You Now / Living A Lie Over You - 46
C 5054 There Ain't A Town In Texas / She'll Be There – 06-46
C 5057 Wave To Me My Lady / Don't Teach Our Baby To Hate Me - 46
C 5058 My Home Is A Prison / Heartaches - 46
C 5059 Shame On You / I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - 46
C 5061 The Great Atomic Power / The Yellow Rose Of Texas – 07-46
C 5062 If Prayers Will Bring You Back / ? - 46
C 5075 I'm A Married Man / Cotton Eyed Joe – 10-46 (rev. Nov. 2)
C 8004 Red Headed Mama Blues / Honky Tonkin'
C 8008 I've Got My Back To The Wall / It Could Have Had A Different Ending
C 8018 When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Back In The Saddle Again - 47
C 8024 What Is Life Without Love / Coo-Se-Coo – 05-47
C 8026 Italian dream Waltz / The Letter Edged In Black
C 8032 Cigarettes /Teardrops In My Hart - 48
C 8033 A Rocky Mountain Lullaby / Bottle Talk – 01-48
C 8038 Herr Schmidt / The Eighth Of January – 03-49
Maple Leaf [CAN] 3004 Hillbilly City Nashville Tennessee / Prairie Campfire
Sonora (unknown ca. 1947)
1063 Is The Range Still The Same Back Home / Home On The Range
1064 Wagon Trail / The Last Round-Up
1065 Old Faithful / Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddles
1066 Empty Saddles / Red River Valley
45-3020 Red River Valley / ? - 20-06-60 (reissue, released on Savoy)
Everstate (1949)
C-108 Love Made A Wreck Out Of Me / The Waltz Of San Antone – ca 12-49
There are more Everstate issues,with untraced coupling and catalogue numbers
Remington (Everstate tracks)
R-45-1031 Herr Schmidt / Cotton Eyed Joe
R-45-1032 Back In The Saddle Again / ?
R-45-1033 Italian Dream Waltz / Cool Water
(EPs)
REP-63 I'm A Married Man / Yellow Rose Of Texas / Italian Dream Waltz / Mary Warner Blues
Royale (EP)
EP-115 Mexicali Rose / Red River Valley / Home On The Range / Last Round Up
MGM (1949-52)
10507 First Love / The Wrong Number - 09-49
K 10755 Change Partners / Jack O' Hearts - 07-50
K 10843 Searching For You Buddy / Prairie - 12-50
K 11070 New Year Bells / You Made A Monkey Out Of Me - 09-51
K 11166 Budded Roses / I'll Be Lovin' You Then - 02-52
K 11222 You Didn't Want Me / There's A A Blue Sky Out Yonder - 04-52
TNT (1953-57)
TNT-1003 The Red Deck Of Cards / Searching For You Buddy – ca. 54
TNT-1011 Truck Driver's Special / Midnight Mare - 54
TNT-1017 Night Before Christmas Caramba / When Davy Crockett Met The San Antonio Rose 11-55
TNT-9003 Maria Elena / By The Silvery Rio Grande - 56
TNT-9005 The Ballad Of Emmitt Till / Truck Driver's Special - 56
TNT-9006 James Dean / Spring Song - 56
TNT-9010 Ballad Of Don Larsen / Adio, Mi Amor, Mi Corazon – 57
Decca (leased masters from TNT or Decca recordings)
9-29002 The Red Deck Of Cards / Searching For You Buddy – 02-54
9-29680 Night Before Christmas Caramba / When Davy Crockett Met The San Antonio Rose 11-55
Joy (1958) w. Happy Jack Petty
101 San Antonio Rose / ? - 58
Marathon (ca 1958)
RRD-502 (A Tribute To Elvis' Mother) New Angel Tonight / The Rose Window
D (1963)
1243 We'll Bury You / Moon Over The Wall - 63
Great Society (1965)
HN-1965 The Great Society / Beautiful America - 65
Reveal (1968)
RV-92768 Song From The U.S.S. Pueblo / Railroad Station In The Sky - 27-09-68
Longhorn (unknown)
52004 Clinging Lovers Of Kenya / The Pine Tarred Bat