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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Smith Brothers

SESSIONS (before 1952 were Smith Brothers members of Sunshine Boys)
March 1952 unknown – Smith Brothers (Tennessee Smith, Smitty Smith)
001 YW-7372 I’M GETTING READY (TO LEAVE THIS WORLD) Mercury 6399-x45
002 YW-7373 HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN HEAVEN 6399-x45
26 March 1953 [no. 2968] Atlanta, GA - Smith Brothers
003 11276 THE SINNER’S DREAM Capitol F2492
004 11277 LITTLE ORPHAN BOY F2582
005 11278 I HAVE BUT ONE GOAL F2492
006 11279 I’M GONNA SAIL AWAY F2582
28 September 1953 [no 3137] Atlanta, GA – Smith Brothers
007 11805 I WALK WITH THE KING unissued
008 11806 I'M SAVED unissued
009 11807 I BELIEVE THERE'S A HEAVEN unissued
010 11808 A DAUGHTER OF DIVORCE unissued
16 November 1953 [no.3210] Atlanta, GA - Smith Brothers & Bill Lowery
011 12029 I WALK WITH THE KING F2697
012 12040 I’M SAVED F2881
013 12041 I BELIEVE THERE'S A HEAVEN F2697
014 12042 A DAUGHTER OF DIVORCE unissued
3 June 1954 [no.3429] Atlanta, GA - Smith Brothers
015 12650 WORKING IN GOD'S FACTORY F3013
016 12651 GOD’S ROCKET SHIP F2881
017 12652 YOU GOT TO HAVE RELIGION F3216
018 12653 I'M GONNA SHOUT F3013
019 12654 THE SURE HANDS OF GOD F3125 EAP-3-1113/ST 1113
3 June 1954 [no.3430] Atlanta, GA – Bill Lowery/*Boots Woodall (+Smith Brothers)
000 12655 PRECIOUS LAMBS OF GOD F2926
000 12656 HE WORKS MIRACLES F2926
000 12657 PITFALL* unissued
000 12658 HANDCUFF YOUR HEART TO MINE* unissued
000 12659 YOU, NOBODY BUT YOU* unissued
2 February 1955 [no. 3659] Atlanta, GA – Smith Brothers
020 13442 HEAVEN BOUND F3395
021 13443 IF I HAD WINGS unissued
022 13444 LIVE, LIVE FOR JESUS F3125
023 13445 I FELL IN LOVE WITH JESUS F3216
25 October 1955 [no 3986] Castle Studio at TheTulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville 3, TN – Smith Brothers (Audrey L. Smith and John O. Smith + 14 unknown vocalists. Producer: Ken Nelson)
024 14501 JUST A ROSE WILL DO F3395
025 14502 KNEEL AT THE CROSS F3581
026 14503 ARE YOU A CHRISTIAN unissued
027 14504 LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN F3581

SINGLES
Mercury (1951)
6399-X45 I’m Gettin‘ Ready/Happy Birthday In Heaven - 52
Capitol (1953-56)
F2492 The Sinner's Dream / I Have But One Goal – 06-53
F2582 Little Orphan Boy / I'm Gonna Sail Away – 08-53
F2881 God's Rocket Ship / I'm Saved – 08-54
F3013 I’m Gonna Shout / Working In God’s Factory – ca. 01-55
F3125 Live, Live For Jesus / The Sure Hands Of God – 05-55
F3216 You Got To Have Religion / I Fell In Love With Jesus - 09-55
F3395 Heaven Bound / Just A Rose Will Do – 04-56
F3581 Kneel At The Cross / Lost But Not Forgotten – 11-56

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.