Jack Rivers

Rivers ”Jack Rivers” Lewis , +1989
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Mario Manciotti, Dennis Flannigan
SESSIONS
23 August 1940 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [bass], Jack Rivers [vcl/gt], Pete Wray [gt], Cactus Soldi [fiddle], Larry DePaul [accordion])
001 DLA 2084-A,B ROCK-A-RYE POLKA 5875 46021/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
002 DLA 2085 WINE, WOMEN AND SONG 5875 46021/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
11 September 1940 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl-1], Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Cindy Walker [vcl-3], Buddy Hayes [bass], Carl La Magna [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-4/accordion])
003 DLA 2149-A THE COVERED WAGON ROLLED RIGHT ALONG -1-2-4 5894 46063 Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
004 DLA 2150-A HILL BILLY BILL -2-3-4 5912/Cattle LP-83
8 November 1940 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis (Texas Jim Lewis [bass], Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Pete Wray [vcl-3/gt], Spade Cooley [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-1])
005 DLA 2237-A MARY, THE PRAIRIE AND I -1-2-3 5912/Cattle LP-83
15 August 1941 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl -1], Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Eugene Walsh [vcl-3/gt], Buddy Hayes [bass], Carl LaMagna [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-4/accordion])
006 DLA 2643-A BEAVER CREEK -1-2-4 6001 46063/BACM CD D 063
007 DLA 2644-A PRETTY QUADROON -1-2-3 5990/Cattle LP-81
25 August 1941 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl -1], Jack Rivers [vcl -2/gt], Eugene Walsh [vcl-3/gt], Buddy Hayes [bass], Vernon Greenlaw [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl –4/accordion])
008 DLA 2681-A OLD FASHIONED HOEDOWN –1-2-4 5990/Cattle LP-81
27 February 1942 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl-1/bass], Dan Walsh [vcl-4] Jack Rivers [vcl-3/gt], Ernest Hubbert [gt], Vernon Greenlaw [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl2/accordion], Ray Foster [vcl-5/trumpet])
009 DLA 2925-A ROSE OF THE BORDER -1? -3?-4? 6056/ BACM CD D 063
010 DLA 2927-A BIG BAD BILL (FROM THE BADLANDS) –1-2-3 6031
27 June 1942 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [vcl-1/bass], Pete Wray [vcl-3] Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Ernest Hubbert [gt/trumpet], William Hill [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl-4/accordion])
011 L 3073-A,-AA,-B I‘VE FOUND SOMEBODY NEW -2 unissued
012 L 3074-A HITCH OLD DOBBIN' TO THE SHAY AGAIN -1-2-4 6085 Melotone 45557/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
23 July 1942 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Texas Jim Lewis & His Lone Star Cowboys (Texas Jim Lewis [bass],Jack Rivers [vcl-2/gt], Dan Walsh [vcl-3/gt], Spade Cooley [fiddle], Larry DePaul [vcl–4/accordion])
013 L 3118-A YOU GOTTA GO -2 Decca 6085/Cattle LP-82 BACM CD D 063
014 L 3120-A DUSTY SKIES -2-3 4 Decca 6064
015 L 3122-A MY LITTLE PRAIRIE FLOWER -2 Decca 6078/ BACM CD D 063
prob. Mid 1940s [Standard Transcriptions, no 30024, series 2] Holywood, CA – Jack Rivers & His Boys
01501 OUT OF A CLEAR BLUE SKY Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01502 IF I HADN'T STOPPED TO SAY HELLO Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01503 BONAPARTE'S RETREAT Standard Transcription V-177//Cattle LP 84
01504 SLEEPY-EYED JOHN Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01505 RAZOR STRAP BOOGIE Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01506 YOUR SWEETHEART ISN'T BROKENHEARTED NOW Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01507 HANNAH FROM LOUISIANA Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01508 M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01509 WHO KNOWS? Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01510 LONESOME DARLIN' Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01511 IF I HADN'T MET YOU Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
01212 JUST PLAIN OLD ORDINARY ME Standard Transcription V-177/Cattle LP 84
ca 1940s unknown – Jack Rivers & His Muddy Creek Cowboys
013 SARGENT'S STOMP Trilon 18576
014 I'VE FOUND SOMEBODY NEW Trilon 18576
Mid 1946 Hollywood, CA – Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys (Jack Lewis [vcl-1] , Dude Jackson [vcl-2]
015 A-4421 TEXAS TORNADO -1 Aladdin 508/BACM CD D 150
000 A-4422 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE BLUE -2 Aladdin 508
25 November 1946 CBS Studio (Radio Station KNX), 6121 Gower & Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Johnny Bond & His Red River Valley Boys (Johnny Bond [vcl/gt], Jack Rivers [gt/duet vcl-1], Doc Whiting [bass], Paul Sells [accordion], Jerry Adler [harmonica], Hymie Gunkler [clarinet], Andy Secrest [trumpet])
016 HCO 2163 RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT -1 Columbia 37217 20096/CCD-202 AJA 5360
1940s C.P.McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers Boys
017 10-400 SCOTTISCHE MacGregor 400 4005
018 10-401 HEEL AND TOE POLKA MacGregor 400 4005
1947 [MacGregor Transcriptions] C.P.McGregor Studio, 729 S.Western Ave., Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers
01901 BABY I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU MacGregor LB-478/Cattle LP 91 BACM CD D 150
01902 A LIE CAN'T MEND A BROKEN HEART MacGregor LB-478/Cattle LP 91 BACM CD D 150
01903 THERE'S A NEW STAR IN HEAVEN MacGregor LB-516/Cattle LP 84
01904 CIMMARON MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
01905 A YEAR AND A DAY MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
01906 YOU'RE SORRY NOW MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
01907 LIPSTICK MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
01908 GOLDEN SLIPPERS –instr.- MacGregor LB-517/Cattle LP 91
01909 TEXAS TORNADO MacGregor LB 545/Cattle LP-84
01910 PLAYIN' GAMES WITH ME MacGregor LB-545/Cattle LP 91 BACM CD D 150
01911 MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME (INSTR.) BACM CD D 150
01912 APACHE TRAIL BACM CD D 150
01913 AM I FOOLISH BACM CD D 150
01914 HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME BACM CD D 150
01915 SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU BACM CD D 150
01916 DARLING NELLIE GRAY (INSTR.) BACM CD D 150
01917 RIDIN' DOWN TO SANTA FE BACM CD D 150
01918 DON'T LAY THE BLAME ON ME BACM CD D 150
01919 HI-E HI-O BACM CD D 150
01920 THERE'S A NEW STAR IN HEAVEN BACM CD D 150
01921 PIG ANKLE RAG (INSTR.) BACM CD D 150
01922 LITTLE LIZA JANE BACM CD D 150
01923 YOU WAITED A LITTLE TOO LONG BACM CD D 150
01924 LAZY RIVER (INSTR.) BACM CD D 150
01925 ARKANSAS TRAVELLER-SOLDIER'S JOY (INSTR.) BACM CD D 150
01926 TIMBER TRAIL BACM CD D 150
01927 I'VE A FEELIN' I'M LOSING YOU BACM CD D 150
01928 LITTLE SWEETHEART I MISS YOU BACM CD D 150
01929 LITTLE BROWN JUG (INSTR.) BACM CD D 150
1948 [no 1013] Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers & His Wester Band
020 3363 DEAR OAKIE Capitol 15169/CD 7-96841-2
021 3364 A MILLION MEMORIES Capitol 15169/ LP 91
leased masters
27 September 1948 [no 1055] Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers
022 3464 I'M JUST LIVING WITH MY SORROW Capitol unissued
023 3465 (I'M SENDING YOU) A LETTER FOR MY BROKEN HEART unissued
024 3466 DON'T GO BACK TO YOUR CLOUD unissued
025 3467 ARKANSAS 15283/ LP 91 BACM CD D 150
026 3468 MY DADDY'S ONLY A PICTURE 15283/ LP 91
027 3469 WATCH YOUR HEART unissued
1948 [no 1058] Hollywood, CA – Jack Rivers
028 3443 WITH THE ANGELS LET ME PLAY unissued
029 3444 GALWAY BAY unissued
29 December 1948 Hollywood, CA - Jack Rivers & The River Boys
030 L 4852 WATCH YOUR HEART Coral 64004
031 L 4853 A LETTER ASKING FOR MY BROKEN HEART 64005
032 L 4854 I'M JUST LIVING WITH MY SORROW 64005
033 L 4855 DRAGGIN' STEEL 64004
April 1950 unknown - Jack Rivers, *&. Texas Jim Lewis
034 76071 ME AND MY TEDDY BEAR Coral 9-64043
035 76072 THAT LUCKY OLD RED-NOSED MULE Coral 9-64043/ LP 91
036 76073 THE WILD GUITAR Coral 9-64049
037 76074 JELLY BEAN RAG* Coral 9-64049
ca October 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Jack Rivers
038 L 5900 HAUNTED HOUSE BOOGIE Coral 9-64072/LP 91
039 L 5901 SHAME, SHAME ON JOLIE 9-64084/ LP 91
040 L 5902 BUGLE CALL BABY 9-64052/LP-84
041 L 5903 SUMMER OR WINTER 9-64084/ LP 91
early 1950s Electra-Voice Studio, 622 Union St., Seattle, WA – Jack Rivers & Jackie Tucker
042 IF YOU WOULD ONLY BE MINE Lariat, JR, Ranch 1425/Cattle LP 84
043 unknown title Lariat 1425
044 PENGUIN DRAG JR Ranch ME 1427
045 SWEET SUE JR Ranch ME 1427
Summer 1952 Electra-Voice Studio, 622 Union St., Seattle, WA – Jack Rivers
046 62227 ONE WOMAN MAN Listen 1441
047 62228 NAVY HOT ROD Listen 1441
1952 Electra-Voice Studio, 622 Union St., Seattle, WA – Jack Rivers
048 HOT ROD LINCOLN
049 unknown title
there are more Seattle sessions, details unknown
Mid 1958 unknown – Jack Rivers
MY BABY DON’T LOVE NOBODY Naw 1003
SLOWLY I’M WALKING THE DOG Naw 1003
1959 unknown – Jack Rivers
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN D 1071
IF YOU WERE MINE D 1071
1959 or early 1960 unknown – Jack Rivers
THE SADDEST EYES Shasta SH-45-136
THERE’S A STAR SPANGLED BANNER WAVING SOMEWHERE Shasta SH-45-136
late 1960s unknown, Hawaii – Jack Rivers
YOU PASSED (LIKE A SHIP IN THE NIGHT) Sandbox LP 500
WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT Sandbox LP 500
STEEL GUITAR RAG Sandbox LP 500
DETOUR Sandbox LP 500
HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER Sandbox LP 500
IF YOU WOULD ONLY BE MINE Sandbox LP 500
IT ISN'T RIGHT Sandbox LP 500
WHISKEY RIVER Sandbox LP 500
HE TAUGHT ME TO YODEL Sandbox LP 500
SKID ROW Sandbox LP 500
LITTLE OL' WINE DRINKER ME Sandbox LP 500
SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON Sandbox LP 500


ALBUMS
Sandbox LP-500 Jack Rivers: You Passed (Like A Ship In The Night); Who Gave You The Right; Steel Guitar Rag; Detour; Heartaches By The Number; If You Would Only Be Mine; It Isn't Right; Whiskey River; He Taught Me To Yodel; Skid Row; Little Ol' Wine Drinker Me; Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On - 6
Cattle [GER] LP-84 Just Plain Old Ordinary Me: Razor Strap Boogie; Who Knows?; Lonesome Darlin'; If I Hadn't Met You; Just Plain Old Ordinary Me; There's A New Star In Heaven; Texas Tornado; If You Would Only Be Mine; Bonaparte's Retreat; Bugle Call Baby; Out Of A Clear Blue Sky; If I Hadn't Stopped To Say Hello; Sleepy-Eyed John; Your Sweetheart Isn't Brokenhearted Now; Hannah From Louisiana; M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I – 85 (1940s recordings)
Cattle [GER] LP-91 Haunted House Boogie: Haunted House Boogie; Dear Oakie; A Million Memories; Arkansas; My Daddy Is Only A Picture; Shame, Shame On Jolie; Summer Or Winter; That Lucky Old Red-Nosed Mule; Cimmaron; A Year And A Day; You're Sorry Now; Lipstick; Golden Slippers; Playin' Games With Me; Baby I'm Still In Love With You; A Lie Can't Mend A Broken Heart – 86
BACM [UK] CD D 150 There’s A New Star In Heaven: A Lie Can't Mend A Broken Heart; My Old Kentucky Home (instr.); Apache Trail; Am I Foolish; Hang Your Head In Shame; Someday You'll Want Me To Want You; Darling Nellie Gray (instr.); Ridin' Down To Santa Fe; Don't Lay The Blame On Me; Hi-e Hi-o; There's A New Star In Heaven; Pig Ankle Rag (instr.); Little Liza Jane; Playin' Games With Me; You Waited A Little Too Long; Texas Tornado; Lazy River (instr.); Arkansas Traveller-Soldier's Joy (instr.); Baby I'm Still In Love With You; Timber Trail; I've A Feelin' I'm Losing You; Little Sweetheart I Miss You; Arkansas; Little Brown Jug (instr.); AFRS Melody Roundup (Radio broadcast 1948) – ca 08


SINGLES
Decca (w. Texas Lewis)
5875 Rock And Rye Polka / Wine, Women And Song - 09-40 w. Lone Star Cowboys (reissued on Decca 46021)
5912 Mary, The Prairie And I / Hill Billy Bill - 01-41 w. Texas Jim Lewis
6085 You Gotta Go / Mitch Old Dobbin To The Shay Again - 43 w. Lone Star Cowboys (Canadian issue on Melotone 45557)
Mac Gregor
400 Scottische / Heel And Toe Polka – 4- (reissued on 45 RPM 4005)
Trilon
18576 Sargent's Stomp / I've Found Somebody New Trilon
Aladdin (1946)
508 Texas Tornado / [Dude Jackson:] What It Means To Be Blue – 46
Capitol (1948, leased masters)
15169 Dear Oakie / A Million Memories - 48
15283 Arkansas / Daddy’s Only Picture - 48
Coral (1949-50)
64004 Draggin‘ The Steel / Watch Your Heart - 49
64005 I’m Just Living With My Sorrow / Letter Asking For My Broken Heart – 49
9-64043 Me And My Teddy Bear/That Lucky Old Red-Nosed Mule - 50
9-64049 Wild Guitar / Jelly Bean Rag - 50
9-64072 Haunted House Again / Buggle Call Baby – ca 01-51
9-64084 Shame, Shame On Jolie / Summer Or Winter - 51
various Jack Rivers labels (Rivers, JR, JR Ranch, Listen, Lariat) (singles issued on these labels had the same catalogue number)
ME 1425 If You Would Only Be Mine / ? – 5- w. Jackie Tucker
ME 1427 Penguin Drag / Sweet Sue – 5- (JR Ranch)
ME 1441 Navy Hot Rod / One Woman Man – 09-52 (rev. Sept. 13)
Hot Rod Lincoln / ? – 52
ME 1445 ? / ?
ME 1446 ? / ?
ME 1447 ? / ?
Now (1958)
1003 My Baby Don’t Love Nobody / Slowly I’m Walking The Dog – 07-58 (rev. July 28)
D (1959)
1071 Should Have Known / If You Were Mine - 59
Shasta
SH-45-136 The Saddest Eyes / There’s A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere - 60