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