O. B. McClinton

Obie Burnett McClinton *25-04-1940 Senatobia, MS, +23-09-1987
2nd version
By Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Michel Ruppli, Goran Adolph
SESSIONS
1965 unknown – O.B. McClinton
001 DAY THE WORLD CRIED Goldwax 102
002 Unknown title Goldwax 102
003 SHE'S BETTER THAN YOU Goldwax 104
004 TOO SLOW Goldwax 104
1966 unknown – O.B. McClinton
005 TRYING TO MAKE IT Goldwax 304
006 I'M JUST THAT KIND OF FOOL FOR YOU Goldwax 304
1971 Jack Clement Recording Studio, 3102 Belmont Blvd., Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Chip Young [el gt], Curly Chalker/Weldon Myrick [steel], Henry Strzelecki/Junior Huskey [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Ronnie Oats [piano], Farrel Morris [percussion], Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery [bck vcl]. Producer: Jim Malloy)
007 COUNTRY MUSIC, THAT'S MY THING Enterprise ENA-9033/ENS 1023
008 SAN BERNARDINO ENA-9033/ENS 1023
009 EM-00807 BAD GUYS DON'T ALWAYS WEAR BLACK HATS ENA-9040/ENS 1023
010 THE BALLAD OF A STAMP LICKER ENA-9040/ENS 1023
011 YOU ONLY WANT ME FOR MY BODY ENS 1023
ca late 1971 Monument Recording Studio, 114 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Chip Young [el gt], Jerry Shook [rh gt], Pete Wade [rh gt], Curly Chalker [steel], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Tommy Jackson/Buddy Spicher [fiddle-1], Ronnie Oats [piano], Bergen White, Buzz Cason, Carol Montgomery [bck vcl]. Producer: Jim Malloy)
012 DEEP IN THE HEART OF ME Enterprise ENA 9044/ENS 1023
013 SLIP AWAY ENA 9044/ENS 1023
014 THE FEELING IS RIGHT -1 ENS 1023
015 AND THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW ENS 1023
016 OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE ENS 1023
017 YOURS LOVE ENS 1023
ca March 1972 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton
018 ES-00958 SIX PACK OF TROUBLE ENA-9051/ENS 1029
019 YOU DON'T LOVE ME ENA-9051
ca August 1972 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: O.B. McClinton & Tommy Strong)
020 ES-01082 LAY A LITTLE LOVIN' ON ME ENA-9059
021 ES-01083 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU ENA-9059/ENS-1029
ca January 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: O.B. McClinton & Tommy Strong)
022 MY WHOLE WORLD IS FALLIN' DOWN ENA-9062/ENS 1029
023 MUSIC CITY, TENNESSEE ENA-9062
ca May 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Chip Young [gt], Jerry Shook [gt], Pete Wade [gt], Weldon Myrick [steel], Henry Strzelecki [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Jerry Whitehurst/Jerry Smith [piano]. Producer: O.B. McClinton & Tommy Strong)
024 I WISH IT WOULD RAIN ENA-9070/ENS 1029
025 ES-01201 OBIE FROM SENATOBIE ENA-9070/ENS 1029
026 SHE'S THAT KIND ENS 1029
027 SOMETIMES I LIKE TO BE ALONE ENS 1029
028 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN ENS 1029
029 ES-1212 YOU DON'T MISS YOUR WATER ENA-9079
030 WALKING ON NEW GRASS ENS 1029
031 (IF LOVING YOU IS WRONG) I DON'T WANT TO BE RIGHT ENS 1029
032 ES-1215 THE UNLUCKIEST SONGWRITER IN NASHVILLE ENS-9084/ENS 1029
033 LET ME LOVE YOU LIKE I WANT TO ENA-9079
1973 [live] unknown – O. B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], David M. Yettner[ld gt], Darrell McCall [rh gt], Michel L. Overby [steel], Terry E. Yarbrough [bass], Henry M. Humsinger [fiddle], Larry Robertson/Henry Strzelecki [drums]. Producer: O.B. McClinton, Tommy Strong)
03301 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU ENS 1037
03302 THE LORD KNOWS I'M DRINKING ENS 1037
03303 TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN ENS 1037
03304 HOLLYWOOD STAR ENS 1037
03305 ALL I HAVE TO OFFER YOU IS ME ENS 1037
03306 IS ANYBODY GOIN' TO SAN ANTONE ENS 1037
03307 I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE STOPPED LOVING ME ENS 1037
03308 (I'M SO) AFRAID OF LOSING YOU AGAIN ENS 1037
03309 KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING ENS 1037
03310 HEARTBREAK HOTEL ENS 1037
03311 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU ENS 1037
ca August 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton
034 I WANT YOU IN THE MORNING ENA-9084/ENS 1029
ca December 1973 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: Larry Butler)
035 ES-01399 SOMETHING BETTER ENA 9091/ENS 7506
036 I'D RATHER BE A STRANGER ENA 9091
ca April 1974 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: Larry Butler)
037 ES-01490 IF YOU LOVED HER THAT WAY ENA 9100/ENS 7506
038 CLEAN YOUR OWN TABLES ENS 7506
039 GOODBYE ENS 7506
040 I STILL GO TO MEMPHIS IN MY MIND ENS 7506
041 IT GETS LONESOME ENS 7506
042 SLIPPIN' AWAY ENS 7506
043 HALLELUJAH ENS 7506
044 LEAN ON ME ENA 9107 ENA 9108 /ENS 7506
045 DIXIE (SHE WAS MAMA TO ME) ENS 7506
046 MR. MILLER'S GRANDDAUGHTER ENA 9100/ENS 7506
ca July 1974 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: Larry Butler)
047 BLIND, CRIPPED AND CRAZY ENA-9107 ENA 9110
048 YOURS AND MINE ENA 9108
049 LITTLE BOY BLUE ENA-9110
5 September 1975 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville 3, TN – O.B. McClinton
050 2-52296 JUST IN CASE Mercury 73720
051 2-52297 SHE’LL NEVER BE THAT EASY 73777
052 2-52298 YOU'RE DYNAMITE 73720
19 November 1975 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
053 2-52309 HAPPY HOLIDAY INN, NORTH ROOM 109 73817
054 2-52310 ITS SO GOOD LOVIN YOU 73777¨
055 2-52311 LET’S LET'S JUST CELEBRATE THE TEMPORARY 73861
December 1975 Nashville, TN – O. B. McClinton purchased master
056 2-52323/2-52419* edited BLACK SPECK 73817
28 September 1976 Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton
057 2-52475 SWEET THANK 73861
058 2-52476 PAM unissued
059 2-52477 SHE’S GOT THAT GOOD MORNING IN HER EYE unissued
060 2-52478 I SECOND THAT EMOTION unissued
ca. March 1977 Nashville, TN – O. B. McClinton (Producer: Ron Chancey)
061 29471 COUNTRY ROOTS Dot DO-17704
062 29472 TAK TO MY CHILDREN’S MAMA DO-17735
063 29473 (PTA) PART-TIME ASSOCIATION DO-17704 DO-17735
ca. June 1977 Nashville, TN – O. B. McClinton (Producer: Ron Chancey)
064 29561 CATFISH BATES DO-17719
065 29562 WHO'S MAKING LOVE DO-17719
ca April 1978 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton
066 HELLO THIS IS ANNA Epic 8-50563
067 LET'S GET IT ON Epic 8-50563
068 NATURAL LOVE Epic 8-50620
069 I CAN'T GET OVER LAST NIGHT Epic 8-50620
ca February 1979 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN – O.B. McClinton (Producer: Buddy Killen)
070 THE REAL THING Epic 8-50698
071 THE CRACK OF DAWN Epic 8-50698
072 SOAP Epic 8-50749
073 MISS SARA LEE Epic 8-50749
1980 Nashville, TN - O.B. McClinton (Producer: Nelson Larkin, Earl Conley)
074 COWBOY NATIONAL ANTHEM Lakeshore LSM 911 Brylen BN 4409
075 NOT EXACTLY FREE Sunbird SBR 7554/Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
076 DON'T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
077 DON'T TRUST A COWBOY (WHEN THE LIGHTS ARE LOW) Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
078 I'M JUST AN OLD CHUNK OF COAL Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
079 CALIFORNIA COWBOY Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
080 FAMILY TRADITION Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
081 ALL PURPOSE WOMAN Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
082 ELVIRA Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
083 LONGING FOR THE HIGH Lakeshore LSM 911 BN 4409
084 CHOCOLATE COWBOY Lakeshore LSM 911
085 OLD FLAMES CAN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOU Lakeshore LSM 911
086 THIS TIME I'VE HURT HER MORE (THAN SHE LOVES ME) Lakeshore LSM 911
087 MAMAS DON'T LET YOUR BABIES GROW UP TO BE COWBOYS Lakeshore LSM 911
088 LOOKING FOR LOVE Lakeshore LSM 911
089 CROSSEYED CLYDE Lakeshore LSM 911
090 DON'T JUDGE A COWBOY BY HIS BOOTS Lakeshore LSM 911
091 LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE COWGIRLS Lakeshore LSM 911
092 WALKING AFTER KIM Sunbird SBR 7554/Lakeshore LSM 911
093 BLANKET ON THE GROUND Lakeshore LSM 911
1984 unknown - O.B. McClinton
094 HONKY TONK TAN Moonshine MS-3024
095 unknown title - 05-84
prob. 1985 unknown - O.B. McClinton
096 SOAP Suffolk SMI1-104
097 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' Suffolk SMI1-104
098 LADY DIANA Suffolk SMI1-104
099 SWINGIN' Suffolk SMI1-104
100 BOP Suffolk SMI1-104
101 AMERICAN MADE Suffolk SMI1-104
102 (DON'T MESS WITH) MY TOOT TOOT Suffolk SMI1-104
103 KISS AN ANGEL GOOD MORNING' Suffolk SMI1-104
104 BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS Suffolk SMI1-104
105 I CAN´T STOP LOVING YOU Suffolk SMI1-105
106 BORN TO LOOSE Suffolk SMI1-105
107 MAKIN´ BELIEVE Suffolk SMI1-105
108 COLD, COLD HEART Suffolk SMI1-105
109 DON´T LET THE GREEN GRASS FOOL YOU Suffolk SMI1-105
110 THERE GOES MY EVERYTHING Suffolk SMI1-105
111 I CAN´T HELP IT Suffolk SMI1-105
112 KING OF THE ROAD Suffolk SMI1-105
113 RED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY
1986 unknown - O.B. McClinton
114 BACK TO SENATOBIA Columbia S.P. P 20336
115 TABLE FOR TWO Columbia S.P. P 20336
116 BACK ROAD INTO TOWN Columbia S.P. P 20336
117 ME OR MIKE Columbia S.P. P 20336
118 TAKIN´ A REST Columbia S.P. P 20336
119 ROBOT MAN Columbia S.P. P 20336
120 LOVE CONNECTION Columbia S.P. P 20336
121 NEW YORK TIMES Columbia S.P. P 20336
122 WHICH HAND DO YOU TAKE Columbia S.P. P 20336
123 HONKY TONK TAN Columbia S.P. P 20336
tracks above may have been issued in 1986 on album O.B. McClinton on Hometown label
late 1986 Chelsea Recording Studio, Brentwood, TN - O.B. McClinton (O.B. McClinton [vcl], Pete Bordonali [ld/ac gt], Fred Newell [ld gt], Lloyd Green [steel/dobro], Ralph Childs [bass], Gene Chrisman [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Rodger Morris/Tony Magliore [keyboards]. Producer: Andy DiMartino)
124 TURN THE MUSIC ON Epic 34-06682/FE 40674
125 THE ONLY ONE Epic FE 40674
126 LOVE BREAK Epic FE 40674
127 MY E.S.P. Epic FE 40674
128 STILL A WANTED MAN Epic 34-07124/FE 40674
129 (COUNTRY MUSIC IS) AMERICAN SOUL Epic 34-06682/FE 40674
130 LOVE IS LIKE A LEAF IN THE WIND Epic FE 40674
131 GOOD MORNING LOVE LOOK Epic FE 40674
132 I LOVE YOUR FACE Epic 34-07124/FE 40674
133 I WON'T LET YOU GET OVER ME Epic FE 40674
unknown info – O.B. McClinton
134 EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' ABOUT Track 1212

ALBUMS
Enterprise ENS-1023 O.B.McClinton Country: Deep In The Heart Of Me; Slip Away; The Feeling Is Right; And The Time Is Right Now; Okie From Muskogee; Yours Love; Ballad Of A Stamp Licker; San Bernardino; Country Music, That's My Thing; You Only Want Me For My Body; Bad Guys Don't Always Wear Black Hats – 03-72
Enterprise ENS-1029 Obie From Senatobie: I Want You In The Morning; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; She's That Kind; My Whole World Is Falling Down; Sometimes I Like To Be Alone; I Wish It Would Rain; Today I Started Loving You Again; Walking On New Grass; (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right; Obie From Senatobie; Six Pack Of Trouble; The Unluckiest Songwriter In Nashville - 73
Enterprise ENS-1037 O.B. McClinton Live At Randy's Rodeo: Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; The Lord Knows I'm Drinking; Today I Started Loving You Again; Hollywood Star; All I Have To Offer You Is Me; Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone; I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me; (I'm So) Afraid Of Losing You Again; Kiss An Angel Good Morning; Heartbreak Hotel; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You - 73
Enterprise ENS-7506 If You Loved Her That Way: If You Loved Her That Way; Clean Your Own Tables; Goodbye; I Still Go To Memphis In My Mind; It Gets Lonesome; Slippin' Away; Something Better; Hallelujah; Lean On Me; Dixie (She Was Mama To Me); Mr. Miller's Granddaughter - 74
Lakeshore Music LSM-911 The Chocolate Cowboy: Cowboy National Anthem; Not Exactly Free; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; Don't Trust A Cowboy; I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal; California Cowboy; Family Tradition; All Purpose Woman; Elvira; Longing For The High; Chocolate Cowboy; Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You; This Time I've Hurt Her More (Than She Loves Me); Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys; Looking For Love; Crosseyed Clyde; Don't Judge A Cowboy By His Boots; Let's Hear It For The Cowgirls; Walking After Kim; Blanket On The Ground - 81
Brylen BN 4409 O.B.: Cowboy National Anthem; Not Exactly Free; Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You; Don't Trust A Cowboy; I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal; California Cowboy; Family Tradition; All Purpose Woman; Elvira; Longing For The High – 82 (tracks from LSM 911)
Homerown/Suffolk Marketing SMI-1-104-H O.B. Mcclinton. Album No. 1: Soap; Hey Good Lookin'; Lady Diana; Swingin'; Bop; American Made; (Don't Mess With) My Toot Toot; Kiss An Angel Good Morning'; Battle Of New Orleans – 86
Hometown/Suffolk Marketing SMI-1-105-H O.B. Mcclinton. Album No. 2: I Can´t Stop Loving You;Born To Loose;Makin´ Believe;Cold, Cold Heart; Don´t Let The Green Grass Fool You; There Goes My Everything; I Can´t Help It; King Of The Road; Red Roses For A Blue Lady - 86
Hometown ? O.B.McClinton: Back To Senatobia; Table For Two; Back Road Into Town; Me Or Mike; Takin´ A Rest; Robot Man; Love Connection; New York Times; Which Hand Do You Take; Honky Tonk Tan – 86 (reissued on CBS Special Products P 20336 Just For You on March 1, 1988)
Epic FE-40674 The Only One: Turn The Music On; The Only One; Love Break; My E.S.P.; Still A Wanted Man; (Country Music Is) American Soul; Love Is Like A Leaf In The Wind; Good Morning Love Look; I Love Your Face; I Won't Let You Get Over Me – 23-02-87 (reissued on CSP P-20335 on March 1, 1988)

SINGLES
Goldwax (1965-66)
102 Day The World Cried / ? - 65
104 She's Better Than You / Too Slow - 65
304 Trying To Make It / I'm Just That Kind Of Fool For You - 66
Enterprise (1971-74, subsidiary of Stax)
ENA-9033 Country Music, That's My Thing / San Bernardino - 71
ENA-9040 Bad Guys Don't Always Wear Black Hats / Ballad Of A Stamp Licker - 71
ENA-9044 Deep In The Heart Of Me / Slip Away - 72
ENA-9051 Six Pack Of Trouble / You Don't Love Me - 05-72
ENA-9059 Don't Let The Green Grass Fool You / Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - 10-72
ENA-9062 My Whole World Is Fallin' Down / Music City, Tennessee - 02-73
ENA-9070 I Wish It Would Rain / Obie From Senatobie - 06-73
ENA-9079 You Don't Miss Your Water / Let Me Love You Like I Want To – 08-73
ENA-9084 The Unluckiest Songwriter In Nashville / I Want You In The Morning - 10-73
ENA-9091 Something Better / I'd Rather Be A Stranger - 01-74
ENA-9100 If You Loved Her That Way / Mister Miller's Granddaughter - 06-74
ENA-9107 Blind, Cripped And Crazy / Lean On Me - 74
ENA-9108 Yours And Mine / Lean On Me - 11-74
ENA-9110 Little Boy Blue / Blind, Cripped And Crazy - 01-75
Mercury (1975-76)
73720 Just In Case / Woman, You're Dynamite - 09-75
73777 It's So Good Loving / She'll Never Be That Easy – 18-02-76
73817 Happy Day Inn North (Room 309) / Black Speck – 11-06-76
73861 Let's Just Celebrate The Temporary / Sweet Thang - 10-76
ABC-Dot (1977)
DO-17704 Country Roots / (PTA) Part-Time Association – 10-05-77
DO-17719 Catfish Bates / 29562 Who's Making Love - 08-77
DO-17735 (PTA) Part-Time Association / Talk To My Children's Mama – 22-11-77
Epic (1978-79)
8-50563 Hello This Is Anna / Let's Get It On – 23-05-78
8-50620 Natural Love / I Can't Get Over Last Night – 24-10-78
8-50698 The Real Thing / The Crack Of Dawn – 10-04-79
8-50749 Soap / Miss Sara Lee – 19-07-79
Sunbird (1980)
SBR 7554 Not Exactly Free / Walking After Kim - 08-80
Moonshine (1984)
MS-3024 Honky Tonk Tan / ? - 05-84
Epic (1986)
34-06682 Turn The Music On / American Soul - 01-87
34-07124 Still A Wanted Man / I Love Your Face - 05-87
Track (unknown)
1212 Everybody's Talkin' About / ?