Monday, October 11, 2010

Rangers Quartet

By Tony Russell (A Country Discography, 1921-1942)
SESSIONS
22 September 1939 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – The Rangers Quartet (Vernon Hules [ld vcl/gt], Denver Crumpler [ten vcl], Walter Leverett [bar vcl], Arnold Hyles [bass vcl])
001 66451-A I FOUND A HIDING PLACE Decca 5735 46055
002 66452-A YOU GOT TO BE HOLY 5735
003 66453-A HOLY BE THY GREAT NAME 5736
004 66454-A HE BORE IT ALL 5736 46331
005 66455-A I’M IN THE KING’S HIGHWAY 5768 46056
006 66456-A WHAT WOULD YOU GIVE FOR EXCHANGE 5768 46056
007 66457-A IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS 5781 46055
008 66458-A THROUGH THIS WORLD I SADLY ROAM 5781
009 66459-A JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS 5749
010 66460-A I‘VE BEEN LISTENING IN ON HEAVEN 5749
011 66461-A I SHALL FOR HOME IN THE MORNING 5802 46331
012 66462-A I DREAMED I MET MOTHER AND DADDY 5802
26 June 1941 Charlotte, NC – The Rangers Quartette (Vernon Hules [ld vcl/gt], Denver Crumpler [ten vcl], Walter Leverett [bar vcl], Arnold Hyles [bass vcl])
013 CO 30906/CHAR-1-1 GOODBYE SIN Okeh 06513/Conqueror 9878
014 CO 30907/CHAR-2-1 THE GLORY SPECIAL 06578 9878
015 CO 30908/CHAR-3-1 BEYOND THE CLOUDS 06569 9879
016 CO 30909/CHAR-4-1 MIGHTY THE LORD 06569 9879
017 CO 30910/CHAR-5 WHERE HE LEADS ME Conqueror 9880 (Okeh 6658 unissued)
018 CO 30911/CHAR-6 AN OLD LOG CABIN FOR SALE unissued
019 CO 30912/CHAR-7-1 I‘VE CHANGED MY MIND 06513
020 CO 30913/CHAR-8-1 KEEP A HAPPY HEART 06445 9877
021 CO 30914/CHAR-9-1 IF HEAVEN‘S ANNY BETTER 06578 9881
022 CO 30915/CHAR-10-1 I WILL SLIP AWAY HOME Conqueror 9881 (Okeh 6658 unissued)
023 CO 30916/CHAR-11 SOMEBODY KNOWS Conqueror 9880
024 CO 30917/CHAR-12-1 LET JESUS CONVOY YOU HOME 06445 9877

SINGLES
Decca (1939)
5735 I Found A Hiding Place / You Got To Be Holy – 10-39
5736 Holy Be Thy Great Name / He Bore It All – 10-39
5749 Just A Little Talk With Jesus / I’ve Been Listening In On Heaven – 11-39
5768 I’m In The King’s Highway / What Would You Give For Exchange – 12-39
5781 In The Shadow Of The Cross / Through This World I Sadly Roam - 01-40
5802 I Shall For Home In The Morning / I Dreamed I Met Mother And Daddy - 02-40
46055 I Found A Hiding Place / In The Shadow Of The Cross – 07-47 (reissue)
46056 I’m In The King’s Highway / What Would You Give For Exchange – 07-47 (reissue of 5768)
46331 He Bore It All / I Shall For Home In The Morning – 08-51 (reissue)
Columbia (1941)
Okeh
06445 Keep A Happy Heart / Let Jesus Convoy You Home – 11-41
06513 Goodbye Sin / I‘ve Changed My Mind – 12-41
06569 Beyond The Clouds / Mighty The Lord - 01-42
06578 The Glory Special / If Heaven‘s Anny Better – 02-42
06658 Where He Leads Me / I Will Slip Away Home - unissued
Conqueror
9877 Keep A Happy Heart / Let Jesus Convoy You Home – 12-41
9878 Goodbye Sin / The Glory Special – 12-41
9879 Beyond The Clouds / Mighty The Lord – 12-41
9880 Where He Leads Me / Somebody Knows – 12-41
9881 If Heaven‘s Anny Better / I Will Slip Away Home – 12-41

2 comments:

  1. I have one by The Rangers Quartet on RCA Victor 20-2213, "You Got To Get Right If You Would Win" b/w "Listen To The Bells," from 1947. It was reviewed in the 29 Mar, 1947 issue of Billboard. Do you know if it is the same group as you have shown here? Thanks!

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  2. I have one by The Rangers Quartet on RCA Victor 20-2213, "You Got To Get Right If You Would Win" b/w "Listen To The Bells," from 1947. It was reviewed in the 29 Mar, 1947 issue of Billboard. Do you know if it is the same group as you have shown here? Thanks!

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