Jimmy Day

James Clayton Day, *09-01-1934 Tuscaloosa, AL, +22-01-1999
2nd version
by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
ca. November 1954 KWKH Radio Station Studio, 327 Texas St., Shreveport, LA – Jimmy Day (Producer: Fabor Robinson)
001 RIPPIN’ OUT Abbott 175-45
002 BLUE WIND 175-45
ca 1961 unknown – Jimmy Day
003 LONELY TEARDROPS SARG 188-45
004 I'M JUST A STAND IN 188-45
early 1960s Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day
005 IF NOT FOR JENNIFER New Star 623P-4894
006 I HAVE NO PLACE TO GO New Star 623P-4894
November 1961 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile 3, TN – Jimmy Day (Harold Bradley [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Kelso Herston [rh gt], Buddy Killen/Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
007 YW-23302/PB-4509/PS-1183 STEEL GUITAR RAG Philips PHS-60016
008 YW-23303/PB-4510/PS-1184 INDIAN LOVE CALL Philips PHS-60016
009 YW-23304/PB-4511/PS-1185 GEORGIA STEEL GUITAR Philips PHS-60016
010 YW-23305/PB-4512/PS-1186 STEELIN' THE BLUES Philips PHS-60016
011 YW-23306/PB-4513/PS-1187 PANHANDLE RAG Philips PHS-60016
012 YW-23307/PB-4514/PS-1188 B. BOWMAN HOP Philips PHS-60016
December 1961 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile 3, TN – Jimmy Day (Harold Bradley [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Kelso Herston [rh gt], Buddy Killen/Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
013 YW-23346/PB-4515/PS-1219 TEXAS PLAYBOY RAG Philips PHS-60016
014 YW-23347/PB-4516/PS-1220 REMINGTON RIDE Philips PHS-60016
015 YW-23348/PB-4517/PS-1221 COCOANUT GROVE Philips PHS-60016
016 YW-23349/PB-4518/PS-1222 ROADSIDE RAG Philips PHS-60016
017 YW-23350/PB-4519/PS-1223 BUD'S BOUNCE Philips PHS-60016
018 YW-23351/PB-4520/PS-1224 BOOT HEEL DRAG Philips PHS-60016
November 1962 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashvile 3, TN – Jimmy Day (Harold Bradley [gt], Jerry Kennedy [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Bob Moore [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Hargus Robbins [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
019 YW-22535/PB-5356/PS-2219 PLEASE HELP ME, I'M FALLING Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
020 YW-22536/PB-5357/PS-2220 I LOVE YOU BECAUSE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
021 YW-22537/PB-5358/PS-2221 AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
022 YW-22538/PB-5359/PS-2222 A FALLEN STAR Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
023 YW-22539/PB-5360/PS-2223 HE THINKS I STILL CARE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
024 YW-22540/PB-5361/PS-2224 MAKING BELIEVE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
025 YW-22541/PB-5362/PS-2225 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
026 YW-22542/PB-5363/PS-2226 WILD SIDE OF LIFE Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
027 YW-22543/PB-5364/PS-2227 RELEASE ME Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
028 YW-22544/PB-5365/PS-2228 FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
029 YW-22545/PB-5366/PS-2229 I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
030 YW-22546/PB-5367/PS-2230 I FALL TO PIECES Philips PHS 600-075 VC-19
May 1965 Nashville, TN – Swingbillies (Jerry Shook, Ralph Davis & Jimmy Day)
S01 2-33539 SWINGBILLY SING Cumberland SRC-69529
S02 2-33540 FOREVER Cumberland SRC-69529
S03 2.33541 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE
S04 2-33542 I’M JUST A GUITAR Cumberland SRC-69529
S05 2-33543 I GOT A FEELIN‘Cumberland SRC-69529
S06 2-33544 YOU DON’T KNOW ME Cumberland SRC-69529
S07 2-33545 JUST CALL ME LONESOME Cumberland SRC-69529
S08 2-33546 DETROIT CITY Cumberland SRC-69529
S09 2-33547 DANG ME Cumberland SRC-69529
S10 2-33548 SLOWLY Cumberland SRC-69529
ca. July 1967 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day (Producer: Pete Drake)
031 ST-5044? NO ONE TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF ST-181
032 ST 5045 I’M LIVING FOR A SONG (I’D DIE TO SING) ST 181
1975 Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day (Jimmy Day [steel], Pete Wade [ld gt], Ray Edenton [rh gt], Harold Bradley [rh gt/bass gt], Eddie Roger/Henry Strzelecki [bass], Steve Bess [drums], Tommy Jackson/Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Gene Dunlap/Hargus Robbins [piano], The Mooresounds [vcl]. Producer: DeWitt Scott, Jimmy Day)
033 WHEN YOUR HOUSE IS NOT A HOME Midland MD 10010
034 AM I LOSING YOU Midland MD 10010
035 LONELY STREET Midland MD 10010
036 HEARTBREAK AVENUE Midland MD 10010
037 WINDOW UP ABOVE Midland MD 10010
038 SAD SONGS AND WALTZES Midland MD 10010
039 CRAZY ARMS Midland MD 10010
040 MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU Midland MD 10010
041 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER Midland MD 10010
042 CITY LIGHTS Midland MD 10010
043 PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN Midland MD 10010
044 WHISKEY RIVER Midland MD 10010
1981 Pete’s Place, 809 18th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Jimmy Day & Buddies (Jimmy Day [steel], Buddy Emmons [steel?], ? [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle]. Producer: Jurgen Kopp, Jimmy Day)
045 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART Texas Music TM 381
046 YOU WIN AGAIN Texas Music TM 381
047 WINDOW SHOPPING Texas Music TM 381
048 HONKY TONK BLUES Texas Music TM 381
049 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Texas Music TM 381
050 I CAN'T HELP IT (IF I'M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU) Texas Music TM 381
051 COLD COLD HEART Texas Music TM 381
052 SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE Texas Music TM 381
053 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME Texas Music TM 381
054 RAMBLIN' MAN Texas Music TM 381
1981 unknown – Jimmy Day
055 MUDSLIDE Fifer FR-1981-1003-S
056 DAYDREAM Fifer FR-1981-1003-S
1985 Cedar Creek Recording Studio, Austin, TX – Jimmy Day (Jimmy day [pedal steel], Steve Mendell [bass], Andy McMahon [keyobards]. Producer: Jimmy Day)
057 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Jimmy day JD 71185
058 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS Jimmy day JD 71185
059 WHISPERING HOPE Jimmy day JD 71185
060 IN THE GARDEN Jimmy day JD 71185
061 WHERE WE'LL NEVER GROW OLD Jimmy day JD 71185
062 WHEN THEY RING THOSE GOLDEN BELLS Jimmy day JD 71185
063 JESUS LOVES ME Jimmy day JD 71185
064 IT IS NO SECRET Jimmy day JD 71185
065 HOW GREAT THOU ART Jimmy day JD 71185
066 SOFTLY AND TENDERLY Jimmy day JD 71185
1980s unknown – Jimmy Day
067 LET IT BE ME
068 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT
069 I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU CALLING MY NAME
070 WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE
071 STORMS NEVER LAST
072 SEASONS OF MY HEART
073 WEDDING BELLS
074 HE STOPPED LOVING HER TODAY
075 DANNY BOY
076 GREENSLEEVES
tracks above issued on cassette Mr. Country Soul:
1980s Arlyn Studio, Austin, TX – Texas Outlaw Jam Band (Jimmy Day [steel], Willie Nelson [gt], Bucky Meadows [gt], David Zettner [bass], Mark Kuykendall [drums], Danny Levin [fiddle/viola/cello/keyboards], Bobbie Nelson [piano]:
T01 SMOKE SMOKE THAT CIGARETTE
T02 FRAULEIN
T03 WESTFALIA WALTZ
T04 TUXEDO JUNCTION
T05 THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME
T06 UNDER YOUR SPELL AGAIN
T07 HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY
T08 I JUST DESTROYED THE WORLD I'M LIVING IN
T09 TAKE THE A TRAIN
T10 WATERMELON MAN
T11 FAREWELL PARTY
tracks above issued on cassette The Texas Outlaw Jam Band
ca 1992 unknown, TX – Herb Remington & Jimmy Day
077 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Glad Music CD-7014
078 COCONUT GROVE Glad Music CD-7014
079 BOOT HEEL DRAG Glad Music CD-7014
080 STEEL GUITAR WALTZ Glad Music CD-7014
081 REMINGTON RIDE Glad Music CD-7014
082 TIME CHANGES EVERYTHING Glad Music CD-7014
083 B. BOWMAN HOP Glad Music CD-7014
084 JEAN STREET SWING Glad Music CD-7014
085 RIGHT OR WRONG Glad Music CD-7014
086 MILK COW BLUES Glad Music CD-7014
087 LONESOME Glad Music CD-7014
unknown info – Jimmy Day
901 ROAD STOP
902 RANCHER‘S STOMP
903 LIBERTY DRIVE
904 PUSHIN‘ PEDALS

ALBUMS
Philips PHM-200-016/PHS-600-016 Golden Steel Guitar Hits:Steel Guitar Rag; Panhandle Rag; Roadside Rag; Texas Playboy Rag; Remington Ride; Cocoanut Grove; Boot Heel Drag; Bud's Bounce; B. Bowman Hop; Georgia Steel Guitar; Steelin' The Blues; Indian Love Call – 62 (Reissued on Vintage Classics VC-18)
Philips PHM-200-075/PHS-600-075 Steel And Strings: Please Help Me, I'm Falling; I Love You Because; Am I That Easy To Forget; A Fallen Star; He Thinks I Still Care; Making Believe; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Wild Side Of Life; Release Me; Funny How Time Slips Away; I Can't Stop Loving You; I Fall To Pieces – 63 (reissued on Vintage Classics VC-19)
Cumberland MGC-25929/SRC-65929 Swingin' Country Greats: Forever; Just Call Me Lonesome; Detroit City; I'm Just A Guitar; Under The Double Eagle; Swingbilly Swing; Slowly; You Don't Know Me; Dang Me; I Got A Feelin' - 65 The Swingbillies - Vocals By Jerry Shook, Ralph Davis And Jimmy Day
Midland MD-JD-10010 All Those Years: When Your House Is Not A Home; Am I Losing You; Lonely Street; Heartbreak Avenue; Window Up Above; Sad Songs And Waltzes; Crazy Arms; My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You; Heartaches By The Number; City Lights; Pick Me Up On Your Way Down; Whiskey River - 75
Texas Music TM-381 Jimmy Day Salutes Don Helms: Your Cheatin' Heart; You Win Again; Window Shopping; Honky Tonk Blues; Hey Good Lookin'; I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You); Cold Cold Heart; Settin' The Woods On Fire; They'll Never Take Her Love From Me; Ramblin' Man – ca. 81 w. the Buddies (Buddy Emmons, Buddy Harman, Buddy Spicher)
Jimmy Day JD-71185 In Jesus' Name We Play: What A Friend We Have In Jesus; The Old Rugged Cross; Whispering Hope; In The Garden; Where We'll Never Grow Old; When They Ring Those Golden Bells; Jesus Loves Me; It Is No Secret; How Great Thou Art; Softly And Tenderly – 11-07-85
? Mr. Country Soul: Let It Be Me; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; I Thought I Heard You Calling My Name; When Two Worlds Collide; Storms Never Last; Seasons Of My Heart; Wedding Bells; He Stopped Loving Her Today; Danny Boy; Greensleeves – 8- (cassette)
? The Texas Outlaw Jam Band: Smoke Smoke That Cigarette; Fraulein; Westfalia Waltz; Tuxedo Junction; They'll Never Take Her Love From Me; Under Your Spell Again; Have I Told You Lately; I Just Destroyed The World I'm Living In; Take The A Train; Watermelon Man; Farewell Party – 8- (cassette)
Glad Music CD-7014 Jimmy Day With Herb Remington: San Antonio Rose; Coconut Grove; Boot Heel Drag; Steel Guitar Waltz; Remington Ride; Time Changes Everything; B. Bowman Hop; Jean Street Swing; Right Or Wrong; Milk Cow Blues; Lonesome – 92 w. Herb Remington

SINGLES
Abbott (1954)
175-45 Rippin' Out / Blue Wind - 01-55
Sarg (1961)
188-45 Lonely Teardrops / I'm Just A Stand In - 61
New Star (early 60‘s)
623P-4894 If Not For Jennifer / I Have No Place To Go
Stop (1968)
ST-181 No One To Blame But Yourself / I'm Living For A Song (I'd Die To
Sing) - 05-68
Fifer (1981)
FR-1981-1003-S Mudslide / Daydream - 81