2nd version
By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Bill Daniels, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti, with help of http://settlet.fateback.com
SESSIONS
6 September 1944 New York City – The Cactus Cowboys (Producer and Recording Engineer: Moses Asch)
001 743 KICKING MY LOVE AROUND Asch 2001/Cattle CCD-232
002 744 I GOT A GAL 2002
003 745 SOLDIER OVER THERE 2001
004 746 unknown title
005 747 OVER THE RIVER JORDAN 2003
006 748 WORRIED AND ALONE 2003
007 749 RIDING ALONG 2002
1945/1946 [Keystone transcriptions] poss. New York City - Bobby Gregory and The Cactus Cowboys
00701 KBS 75A BIRMINGHAM JAIL
00702 KBS 75B THE OLD CHISHOLM TRAIL 1 BACM CD D 354
00703 KBS 75C OLD PAINT KEYSTONE KBS-75/BACM CD D 354
00704 KBS 75D WHOOPEE-TI-YI-YO KEYSTONE KBS-75/BACM CD D 354
00705 KBS 75E COWBOY’S DREAM
00706 KBS 76A HOME ON THE RANGE
00707 KBS 76B WHOA MULE WHOA BACM CD D 354
00708 KBS 76C GREEN GROWS THE LAUREL
00709 KBS 76D THE DAYING COWBOY BACM CD D 354
00710 KBS 76E PRAIRIE DOG HOEDOWN BACM CD D 354
00711 KBS 95 OLD GREY MARE KEYSTONE BACM CD D 354
00712 KBS 95 LOVE OH CARELESS LOVE BACM CD D 354
00713 KBS 95 NEW RIVER TRAIN KBS-95/BACM CD D 354
00714 KNS 95 YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS BACM CD D 354
00715 KBS 95 unknown title
00716 KBS 96 TENNESSEE WAGGONER BACM CD D 354
00717 KBS 96 SUGAR IN THE GOURD BACM CD D 354
00718 KBS 96 unknown title
00719 KBS 96 unknown title
00720 KBS 96 unknown title
00721 KBS 97 GET ALONG HOME CINDY BACM CD D 354
00722 KBS 97 INDIAN POLKA KEYSTONE BACM CD D 354
00723 KBS 97 unknown title
00724 KBS 97 unknown title
00725 KBS 97 unknown title
00726 KBS 98 ARKANSAS TRAVELLER BACM CD D 354
00727 KBS 98 OLD ZIP COON BACM CD D 354
00728 KBS 98 unknown title
00729 KBS 98 unknown title
00730 KBS 98 unknown title
00731 KBS 111A IN THE PINES BACM CD D 354
00732 KBS 111B I WISH I WAS SINGLE AGAIN BACM CD D 354
00733 KBS 111C DOWN IN THE BIG ROCK CANDY MOUNTAIN
00734 KBS 111D THE STUTTERING SONG
00735 KBS 111E BILE DEM CABBAGE DOWN BACM CD D 354
00736 KBS 112A GRAND ENTRY MARCH
00737 KBS 112B GYPSY POLKA
00738 KBS 112C GOLDEN EAGLE POLKA
00739 KBS 112D RIO GRANDE RAG
00740 KBS 112? THE TICKLE FINGER RAG BACM CD D 354
00741 KBS 112N LI'L LIZA JANE BACM CD D 354
00742 KBS 112N STRAWBERRY ROAN BACM CD D 354
00743 KBS 112N GIVE MY LOVE TO NELL BACM CD D 354
00744 KBS 118A COWBOY'S MEDITATION
00745 KBS 118B I'D LIKE TO BE A COWBOY
00746 KBS 118E HA HA POLKA
00747 KBS 118E RHUMBA RAG
00748 KBS 133NA IDA RED
00749 KBS 133NB COWBOYS THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
00750 KBS 133NC MY PRETTY QUADROON
00751 KBS 133ND THE TRAIL TO MEXICO
00752 KBS 133NE LAUGHING COWBOY
00753 KBS 134NA JIM WILSON
00754 KBS 134NB THE BIG CORRAL
00755 KBS 134NC I'VE GOT A DERRIBLE GOLD
00756 KBS 134ND I WAS BORN ABOUT TEN THOUSAND YEARS AGO
00757 KBS 134NE CRYING COWBOY
00758 KBS 153NA RED RIVER SHORE
00759 KBS 153NB THE BOSTON BURGLER
00760 KBS 153NC KATY BLACK
00761 KBS 153ND WHITE TURKEY POLKA
00762 KBS 153NE ORIENTAL BOOGIE
00763 KBS 154NA CAMP FIRE POLKA
00764 KBS 154NB PROCUPINE RAG
00765 KBS 154NC RAG-A-TAG RAG
00766 KBS 154ND MARCH OF CHIMES
00767 KBS 154NE WOODLE WOODLE POLKA
00768 KBS 162N OLD RATTLER BACM CD D 354
00769 KBS 162N unknown title
00770 KBS 162N unknown title
00771 KBS 162N unknown title
00772 KBS 162N unknown title
KBS numbers are 16“ 33 RPM transcription discs. there are more Kingston transcriptions in early 1950s
ca late 1946 New York City – Bobby Gregory and His Ramblin‘ Hoboes
008 C 2020 YOU WERE ONCE MY SUNSHINE Apollo 111
009 C 2021 MY GOOD GAL’S GONE AWAY 111
010 C 2022 HOBO POLKA Apollo 113 A 4/CCD-232
011 C-2023 THE HUNGRY HOBO Apollo 113 A 4/CCD-232
012 C 2024 A HOBO'S DREAM Apollo 114 A 4/CCD-232
013 C 2025 THE YODELING HOBO Apollo 114 A 4/CCD-232
014 C 2026 RAMBLIN' HOBO BLUES Apollo 115 A 4/CCD-232
015 C 2027 CRYIN' HOBO Apollo 115 A 4/CCD-232
July 1947 poss. New York City - Bobby Gregory
016 47-S-227 NEVER HIT YOUR MOTHER-IN-LOVE MGM 10438/CCD-232
017 47-S-228 LOLLAPAZOOZA 10438/CCD-232
December 1947 poss. New York City - Bobby Gregory
018 47-S-561 RIDING ALONG, SINGING A SONG 10283/CCD-232
019 47-S-562 TIRED LITTLE DOGGIES 10172/CCD-232
020 47-S-563 IN OLD MEXICO 10283/CCD-232
021 47-S-564 COWGIRL POLKA 10172/CCD-232
1949 poss.
New York City - Bobby Gregory and His Cactus Cowboys
022 ROOTIN' TOOTIN' NEWTON Continental C-8042
023 PRAIRIE GAL-PRAIRIE PAL Continental C-8042
024 N 4216 HOMELESS C-8043
025 N 4217 TONIGHT C-8043
Bobby Gregory recorded after 1949, incomplete info in singles list. According to Cattle booklet Bobby Gregory recorded 350 sides
1949 unknown - Bobby
Gregory and His Cactus Cowboys
026 COWGIRL
ANN Manos 1188
027 I MISS
YOU ALL THE TIME Manor 1188
ALBUMS
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD-232 The Golden Age Of Bobby Gregory & His Cactus Cowboys: Cherokee Rag; Kickin' My Love Around; She's Only A Moonshiner's Daughter; Ridin' Along Singing A Song; In Old Mexico; Never Hit Your Mother-In-Law; Cowgirl Polka; Tired Little Dogies; Indian Polka; Lollapazooza; The Midnight Special; My Pretty Quadroon; Cowboy Rag; Ramblin' Hobo Blues; Cryin' Hobo; Yodelin' Hobo; The Hobo's Dream; Hobo Polka; The Hungry Hobo; Look In Your Mirror Sweetheart; The Song That's In My Heart (With Cathy Gregory); Sagebrush Waltz; Brown-Eyed Lee; The Rambling Cowboy - 00
BACM [UK] CD D 354 Bobby Gregory & The Cactus Cowboys: The Old Chisholm Trail; In The Pines; I Wish I Was Single Again; Bile Them Cabbage Down Keystone; The Tickle Finger Rag; Tennessee Waggoner; Old Paint;Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo; Whoa Mule Whoa; The Dying Cowboy; Prairie Dog Hoedown; Sugar In The Gourd; Old Grey Mare; Love Oh Careless Love; New River Train; Yellow Rose Of Texas; Get Along Home Cindy; Indian Polka; Arkansas Traveller; Old Rattler; Li'l Liza Jane; Strawberry Roan; Give My Love To Nell; Old Zip Coon; The Old Chisholm [Hi-Tone 171]; Trail To Mexico [Hi-Tone 171]; [Blue Ridge Mountainers, Keystone transcriptions. 1946:] I Had But Fifty Cents; Going Fer Away; [Red Riber Dave, 1944:] Reeling Cowboy; I'd Rather Die For My Country Than Live With My Wife - 11
SINGLES
Asch (1944) Cactus Cowboys
2001 Kicking My love Around / Soldier Over There – 12-44
2002 I Got A Gal / Riding Along – 12-44
2003 Over The River Jordan / Worried And Alone – 12-44
Apollo (1946)
111 You Were One My Sunshine / My Good Gal’s Gone Away - 46
113 Hobo Polka / The Hungry Hobo – 21-12-46 (rev. Feb.1,1947)
114 A Hobo's Dream / The Yodeling Hobo – 21-12-46
115 Cryin' Hobo /Ramblin' Hobo Blues – 21-12-46
three singles above issued on album 78 RPM album A-4 Hobo Songs
MGM (1947)
10172 Tired Little Dogies / Cowgirl Polka – 04-48
10283 Riding Along, Singing A Song / In Old Mexico - 48
10438 Lollapazooza / Never Hit Your Mother-In-Love - 49
Continental (1949)
C-8042 Rootin' Tootin' Newton / Prairie Gal-Prairie Pal - 49
C-8043 Homeless / Tonight - 49
Manor
(1949) and His Cactus Cowboys
1188
Cowgirl Ann / I Miss You All The Time - 49
Hi-Tone (around 1949)171 The Old Chisholm / Trail To Mexico
Hillbilly (1950-53)
71101 No Mail From A Female / Who-Oo – 50 (rev. Aug. 19)
71102 Blue Moon I'm Blue / Ro Ro Rollin' Along - 50
71103 Shoot That Bear / Peelin' Taters With My Toes – 50
71105 The Song That's In My Heart / Look In Your Mirror, Sweetheart – 50
71107 I'm Losing My Head Over You / Mexicali Sally - ca 50
71109 Waltz Of Virginia / Goodbye My Love - ca 50
71111 Lavender Eyes / I'm Putting My Heart Back In The Saddle - 53
71112 On The Merry-Go-Round / Money Money Money - 53
Gregorian (1951-) discography is incomplete
2201 There's Dust On The Trail / Make That Dream Come True - 51
2203 Big Old Handsome You / Two Eyes – 51
2204 Remember Jesus / Royal Telephone - 05-51 (rev. May 19)
2205 Sometime, Somewhere / Rag Time Annie - 51
2206 Dream Girl / My Love Is Real - 53
2207 No Trespassing / I Hate To Say Goodnight - 53
Maestro M5002 Butterfingers / An Empty Mailbox – ca 53 w. Arlene Wright
GR-101 Hobo Blues / ?
GR-102 Don't Mistreat Me Mama / Lazy Lizzie - 57
GR-103 Maggie Get The Hammer, There's a Fly on Baby's Head / Music City Waltz
Kip 403 Just Waiting / Precious One – 59
CBGR 12 Cathy And Bobby / Man In The Can
6596 Hide And Sneak / My Shadow - ? w. Cathy Gregory
(Eps)
EP-45-106 A Hotdog And A Soda / Chinese Rock’n’Roll / Billy Rock / Bay-Bay-Bay Baby / Indian Rock’n’Roll / Snooty Cutie – 08-57 (two of songs are not from this EP)
EP-45-108 Back Seat Driver
EP-45-110 Valley Of The Blues; The Laughing Fat Man + 2
EP-45-111 Shoulder Bone Blues + 3
EP-45-112 Train Load Of Blues; Ta-Tee Ah-Ta / Do You Do Or Don't You Don't?; God At His Work
EP-45-113 Walkin' Down The Railroad Track; Lonsomefield / Gonna Grab A Train; Broken-Winged Butterfly
EP-45-114 Heaven-Bound Rocket; Train To Heaven / We're In The Last Days; Peace In The Valley
American Publishing Co (?) with The Nashville Boys
EP 45 No. 1 Keep Your Knees Off O' My Baby; Long Haired Fellers / Maggie Get The Hammer, There's a Fly on Baby's Head; Down at Joe's Diner - ? (MX YAFX-6608096/ )
EP 45 No. 2 Music City Waltz; Only One I Love / We Always Fed Our Baby Garlic; The Landlord & the Grocer