Bill Goodwin

*1930 Cumberland City, TN
2nd version
by Dick Grant with acknowledgents to Al Turner, Malcolm Chapman, Phil Tricker, Kent Heineman, Alexander Petrauskas, Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov
SESSIONS
1957 unknown, CO – Bill Goodwin (William “Bill” Goodwin [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
001 45-679-A SO WRONG Mystic 45-679
002 45-679-B I’LL STAND IN LINE 45-679
MYSTIC RECORDS was based in Cannon City, Co.
1957 unknown, CO – Bill Goodwin (William “Bill” Goodwin [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
003 CP-1405 ANGEL IN DISGUISE Mystic 45-689
004 CP-1406 IT DIDN’T COST A DIME TO DREAM 45-689
1958 unknown – Bill Goodwin (William “Bill” Goodwin [vcl/rh gt] + unknown musicians)
005 45-710-A SECOND IN YOUR HEART Starday 45-710-A
006 45-710-B TEENAGE BLUES 45-710-B/Bark Log LP-2 Starday SLP-218
BARK LOG LP-2 COUNTRY HICKS, Vol.2 (UK, 1991); STARDAY SLP-218 THE LOST STARDAY RECORDINGS (1997)
Fall 1958 unknown – Bill Goodwin & His Western Ramblers
007 ST-2861 WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME Dixie 45-2014
008 ST-2862 YOUR LYING WAYS 45-2014/Million LP-2
MILLION LP-2 THE BEST OF DIXIE, Vol.2 (NED, 1981)

1960 poss. Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin

008a CP 4271? THIS BROKEN HEART OF MINE Universal 41012

008b CP 4272 LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF Universal 41012

1961 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
009 SW-1023 TOO MANY HEARTACHES ALREADY Band Box 287
010 SW-1024 REVENUER MAN 287/Classics CD-711
CLASSICS CD-711 MY BOBBY SOX QUEEN (SWE, 2000)
1962 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
011 THESE SAME OLD HEARTACHES Band Box 293
012 PARDON MY TEARS 293
1962 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
013 HEARTACHES Band Box #309
014 DON’T TAKE MY WORLD AWAY #309
1962 Denver, CO – Bill Goodwin
015 YOU DID THIS TO ME Band Box #323
016 MAKE IT EASY ON MY HEART #323
1962 Denver, CO – Warren Robbe with Bill Goodwin (Warren Robbe [vcl/gt], Bill Goodwin [vcl/rh gt])
017 LIFE’S NOT WORTH LIVING Band Box #330
018 I’VE HAD MY CHANCE #330
early 1963 unknown – Bill Goodwin
019 63-3041 SHOES OF A FOOL Vee Jay VJ-501
020 IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A HURTING VJ-501
1963 unknown – Bill Goodwin
021 63-3151 BREAK MY HEART GENTLY Vee Jay unissued
022 63-3152 GLASS ON THE TABLE Vee Jay unissued
1963 unknown – Bill Goodwin
023 63-3587 I WON’T WAIT UP TONIGHT Vee Jay VJ-564
024 THE STAND IN VJ-564
1964 unknown – Bill Goodwin
025 THE HOUSE AT 103 Vee Jay VJ-602
026 THE SADDEST EYES VJ-602
ca December 1964 unknown – Bill Goodwin
027 SoN-16011 DEAD AMONG THE LIVING Chart 1175
028 SoN-16012 MY BABY DON’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE 1175
1965 unknown – Bill Goodwin
029 TROUBLE IN MY HEART Chart 1215
030 YOU DID THESE THINGS TO ME 1215
1967 unknown – Bill Goodwin
031 LOVE BUG Arc A-717
032 MOTHER OF MY SON Arc A-717
033 OPEN PIT MINE A-717
034 THINGS HAVE GONE TO PIECES A-717
035 LEFT OVER ME A-717
036 YOUR HEART TURNED LEFT A-717
037 YOU COMB HER HAIR A-717
038 BEGGAR TO A KING A-717
039 SORRY FOR ME A-717
040 BOTTLES, LIGHTS & MUSIC TOO REAL TO WRITE A-717
ca 1968-1970 unknown – Bill Goodwin
041 JOHNNY FAST MTA 124
042 THE MAIL SHE'S WAITING FOR MTA 124
043 I'M THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FAILURE MTA 133
044 DARLINGS #1-2-3 AND ME MTA 133
045 LONELY RIDER [W. SHARON ROBERTS] MTA 139
046 TOP DOG MTA 144
047 COUNTRY LOVE IN MTA 144
048 EMPTY SUNDAY SUNDOWN TRAIN MTA 163
049 SHOES OF A FOOL MTA 163 MTA 182
050 ARKANSAS SOUL MTA 182
ALBUMS
ARC [CAN] A-717 Walk Through This World With Me: Love Bug; Mother Of My Son; Open Pit Mine; Things Have Gone To Pieces; Left Over Me; Your Heart Turned Left; You Comb Her Hair; Beggar To A King; Sorry For Me; Bottles, Lights And Music Too Real To Write - 67
 
SINGLES
Mystic/*Starday/**Dixie (1957-58, Starday Custom)
45-679 So Wrong / I’ll Stand In Line – 11-57
45-689 Angel In Disguise / It Didn’t Cost A Dime To Dream – 01-58
*45-710 Second In Your Heart / Teenage Blues – 04-58
**45-2014 Will You Still Love Me / Your Lying Ways – 01-59

Universal (1960)

45-45012 Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself / This Broken Heart of Mine - ca 09-60Band Box (1962)
# 287 Too Many Heartaches Already / Revenuer Man – ca 01-62
# 293 These Same Old Heartaches / Pardon My Tears – 04-62
# 309 Heartaches / Don't Take My World Away – 62
# 323 You Did This To Me / Make It Easy On My Heart – 11-62
# 330 Life’s Not Worth Living / I’ve Had My Chance – 12-62 (rev. April 24, 1963)
Vee Jay (1963)
VJ 501 Shoes of a Foo l/ It Keeps Right On A Hurtin' – 03-63 (rev. March 16, 1963)
VJ 564 I Won't Wait Up Tonight / The Stand In – 10-63 (rev. Nov. 2, 1963)
VJ 602 House At 103 / The Saddest Eyes – 08-64 (rev. August 29,1964)
Chart (1964)
1175 Dead Among The Living / My Baby Don't Live Here Anymore - 65
1215 Trouble In Heaven / You Did These Things To Me – 05-65 (rev. May 29, 1965)
MTA (1967/70)
MTA 124 Johnny Fast / The Mail She's Waiting For - 67
MTA 133 I'm The Most Successful Failure / Darlings #1-2-3 And Me - 67
MTA 139 Lonely Rider [w. Sharon Roberts] / Theme From Will Penny [Lonely Riders] - 68
MTA 144 Top Dog / Country Love In - 69
MTA 163 Empty Sunday Sundown Train / Shoes Of A Fool - 69
MTA 182 Shoes Of A Fool / Arkansas Soul - 70

Gene Watson (Rockets)

by Dick Grant, Willard Watson
SESSIONS
1957 Holmes City, FL – The Rockets Featuring Gene Watson (Earl Eugene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
001 GB-681 MY ROCKIN’ BABY Tri-Dec 25725 G1/Collector CLCD-4423 Legend LP-1006
002 GB-682 THIS LOVE SONG Tri-Dec 25725 G2
COLLECTOR CLCD-4423 WILD ROCKIN’ (NED, 1994); LEGEND LP-1006 GRAND DADDY’S ROCKIN’, Vol.2 (FRA, 1995)
1957 Dazz Dodd Studio, Holmes City, FL – Gene Watson and The Rockets (Earl Eugene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
003 GB-876 MY ROCKIN’ BABY Tri-Dec 8357/Pontomac LP-37650 White Label WLP-8829 Club LP-010 Collector CLCD-4423 Lucky CDLR-801
004 GB-877 DRUMMER BOY ROCK Tri-Dec 8357/Pontomac LP-37650 Buffalo Bop BbLP-2051 White Label WLP-8829
Club LP-006 Collector CLCD-4423 Lucky CDLR-801 Pan American CD-56004
PONTOMAC LP-37650 ROCK TICK TOCK (1980); WHITE LABEL WLP-8829 WILD ROCKIN’ (NED, 1981); BUFFALO BOP BbLP-2051 THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED, Vol.39 (GER, 1985); CLUB LP-006 GRAB THIS AND DANCE, Vol.6 (UK, 1993); CLUB LP-010 GRAD THIS AND DANCE, Vol.10 (UK, 1993); LUCKY CDLR-801 ROCKABILLY GOLD, Vol.1 (UK, 1996); PAN AMERICAN CD-56004 TWO TIMIN’ WOMAN (SUI)
1957 Dazz Dodd Studio, Holmes City, FL – Gene Watson (Gary Gene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
005 DON’T BE CRUEL Tri-Dec unissued/White Label WLP-8829 Collector CLCD-4423
006 INTERPLANETARY ROCK Tri-Dec unissued/WLP-8829 Collector CLCD-4423
007 SCHOOL DAY Tri-Dec unissued/WLP-8829 Collector CLCD-4423
008 WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ GOIN’ ON Tri-Dec unissued/WLP-8829
early 1958 Dazz Dodd Studio, Holmes City, FL – Gene Watson (Earl Eugene Watson [vcl/gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Daz Dodd)
009 ST-2763 I’LL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Dixie 45-2003/Lesley CD4
010 ST-2764 LIFE’S VALLEY 45-2003/White Label WLP-8829 Lesley CD-001
Both of the above masters were leased from TRI-DEC Records.
LESLEY CD-001 THE LOST STORY OF THE ROCK-A-BALLAD, Vol.1; LESLEY CD4 THE LOST STORY OF THE ROCK-A-BALLAD, Vol.3

SINGLES
Tri-Dec
25725 My Rockin’ Baby / This Love Song – 57
8357 My Rockin’ Baby / Drummer Boy Rock – ca 11-57
Dixie 45-2003 I’ll Always Love You / Life’s Valley – 04-58 (rev. April 14)

From left to right: Dave Stanley (bass), Gene Watson (vcl/gtr), Jimmy Maddle (drums), and Oz Wiley (ld grt). (thanks to Willard Watson)

Bill Blevins

*1932
by Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
4 February 1953 ACA Studio, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – Bill Blevins (Bill Blevins [vcl/gt], Bil Buckner [gt], Herb Remington [steel], “Walter Buck” Henson [bass], Douglas Myers [fiddle])
001 ACA-2437/DRC-159 HEART FOR SALE Trumpet 201
002 ACA-2438/DRC-156 AN HOUR LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT Trumpet 200
003 ACA-2439/DRC-158 YOU CAN’T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO 201
004 ACA-2440/DRC-157 HONEYMOON WALTZ 200
ca April 1957 ACA Studio, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – Bill Blevins
005 ACA-3490 CRAZY BLUES National 101
006 ACA-3491 BABY I WON’T KEEP WAITING National 101

SINGLES
Trumpet (1953)
200 An Hour Late And A Dollar Short / Honeymoon Waltz - 53
201 Heart For Sale / You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It Too - 53
National (1957)
101 Crazy Blues / Baby I Won’t Keep Waiting – 05-57

Crockett Family Mountaineers

by Tony Russell, Praguefrank
SESSIONS
12 November 1928 Los Angeles, LA – Crockett Family Mountaineers (Albert Crockett [gt], Clarence Crockett [gt], Johnny Crockett [banjo], George Crockett [fiddle], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle], Alan Crockett [boones])
001 LAE-334 MEDLEY OF OLD TIME DANCE TUNES – PART I (intro. Chicken Reel, Buck Creek Girls, Wild Horse, Soldier’s Joy, Arkansas Traveller) –instr.- Brunswick 291 Supertone S2088/ BACM CD D 023
002 LAE-335 MEDLEY OF OLD TIME DANCE TUNES – PART II (intro. Sourwood Mountain, Sally In The Garden, Sally Gooden)–instr.- Brunswick 291 Supertone S2088/ BACM CD D 023
12 November 1928 Los Angeles, LA – Crockett Family Mountaineers (Albert Crockett [vcl-1/gt], Johnny Crockett [vcl-2/gt], George Crockett [fiddle-3])
003 LAE-336 HARD CIDER SONG -1-2 Brunswick 290
004 LAE-337 ROSALEE -2-3 Brunswick 290/ BACM CD D 023
9 August 1929 Furniture Mart Building, 666 Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL – Johnny  Albert Crockett [1]/Dad Crockett [2]/Crockett‘s Kentucky Mountaineers [3] (Albert Crockett [vcl-6/gt], Johnny Crockett [vcl-5/gt], Clarence Crockett [vcl-4/harmonica-2/jew’s harp-3], George Crockett [fiddle], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1])
005 C-4015 FRESNO BLUES [1] Brunswick 372/ BACM CD D 023
006 C-4016 SUGAR HILL [2] -1 Brunswick 372 80093/ BACM CD D 023
007 C-4017 KITTY KI [3] -2-4-5-6 Brunswick 353
008 C-4018 BONAPARTES RETREAT [3] -1-3 Brunswick 353
25 November 1929 New York City – Crockett Family Mountaineers (Alan Crockett [vcl-10/bomes-9], Clarence Crockett [gt-8], Albert Crockett [vcl-7/gt-6], Johnny Crockett [vcl-5/gt-4/banjo-3], George Crockett [fiddle-2], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1]
009 E31485 IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE -1-2-4-5-7-10 Brunswick 394/ BACM CD D 023
010 E31486-A-B ON THE ROAD TO TENNESSEE -4-5 rejected
011 E31487-A-B UNCLE BOOKER‘S HOEDOWN (BUFFALO GAL) -1-2-3-6-8-9 rejected
012 E31488 AFTER THE BALL -1-2-4?-6? Brunswick 394/ BACM CD D 023
January or February 1931 New York City – Johnny Crockett  Kentucky Mountaineers (Albert Crockett [vcl-14/calls-15/gt-13], Johnny Crockett [vcl-12/gt-11/banjo-10], Clarence Crockett [vcl-9/gt-8/harmonica-6/jew’s harp-7], Alan Crockett [fiddle-4/bones-5], George Crockett [fiddle-3], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1])
013 C1145-3 BILE DEM CABBAGE DOWN -1-3-4-5-6-9-11-12-14 Crown 3101 Homestead 23040 Varsity 5046 Montgomery Ward M3021/ BACM CD D 023
014 C1146-1 I WAS BORN ABOUT 10,000 YEARS AGO -1-3-4-8-11-12-13 Crown 3101 Homestead 23040 Varsity 5088 Montgomery Ward M3024/ BACM CD D 023
015 C1147-1 LIGHTNING EXPRESS -1-3-8-11-12-13-14 Crown 3074 Varsity 5078 Montgomery Ward M3024/ BACM CD D 023
016 C1148-2 CRIPPLE CREEK -2-3-5-7-8-11-12-13-14 Crown 3172 Varsity 5046 Montgomery Ward M3021/BACM CD D 023
017 C1149 THE BLIND MAN'S LAMENT -3-4-11-12 Crown 3143 Paramount 3278 Broadway 8310
018 C1152-2 GRANNY'S OLD ARM-CHAIR -1-3-8-9-11-12-13-14 Crown 3188 Paramount 3277 Varsity 5078 Montgomery Ward M3026/ BACM CD D 023
019 C1153-2 MY BLUE-EYED GIRL AND I -1-3-4-8-11-12-14 Crown 3074 Paramount 3277 Varsity 5058 Montgomery Ward M3023/ BACM CD D 023
020 C1154 SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE-3-4-8-11-12-13 Crown 3121 Homestead 22991
021 C1155-1 SUGAR IN MY COFFEE -1-5-8-10-13-15 Crown 3075 Homestead 23039 Varsity 5058 Montgomery Ward M3023
022 C1156-3 THE CONVICT'S LAMENT -3-4-8-11-12 Crown 3143 Paramount 3278 Broadway 8310/ BACM CD D 023
023 C1157-2 BUFFALO GAL‘S MEDLEY -1-3-5-8-10-13 Crown 3075 Homestead 23039 Varsity 5088 / BACM CD D 023Montgomery Ward M3026
024 C1158 I KNOWED I'D SETTLE DOWN -3-8-9-11-12-14 Crown 3121 Homestead 22991 Paramount 3302
1150,51 not by CKM
May 1931 New York City – Johnny Crockett & Kentucky Mountaineers (Elnora Crockett [vcl-13], Albert Crockett [vcl-12/gt-11], Johnny Crockett [[vcl-10/gt-9/banjo-8], Clarence Crockett [gt-7/harmonica-5/jew’s harp-6], Alan Crockett [fiddle-3/jew’s harp-4], George Crockett [fiddle-2], John Crockett Sr. [fiddle-1])
025 C1343-2 SKIP TO MY LOU -1-3-6-7-8-12-13 Crown 3188 Varsity 5082 Montgomery Ward 3025 Continental C-3012/ BACM CD D 023
000 C1344 untraced
026 C1345-1 SHOO FLY -1-3-5-9-10-12 Crown 3159 Homestead 23041 Varsity 5049 Montgomery Ward M3022
027 C1346-2 ROVIN' GAMBLER [GAMBLING MAN] -1-9-10 Crown 3159 Paramount 3302 Homestead 23041 Varsity 5082 Continental C-3012 Montgomery Ward M3025/ BACM CD D 023
000 C1347 untraced
028 C1348-2 LITTLE RABBITT/RABBIT WHERE’S YOUR MAMMY -2-4-9-11 Crown 3172 Varsity 5049 Montgomery Ward M3022/ BACM CD D 023

ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 023 Crockett’s Kentucky Mountaineers - Classic Old Time String Band Music: Cripple Creek; After The Ball; Bile Them Cabbage Down; Convict’s Lament; Little Rabbit (intro. Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy); Fresno Blues; Gambling Man; Granny’s Old Arm Chair; Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes Pt. 1 (intro. Chicken Reel, Buck Creek Girls, Wild Horse, Soldier’s Joy, Arkansas Traveller); Hard Cider Songs; Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes Pt. 2 (intro. Sourwood Mountain, Sally In The Garden, Sally Gooden); I Was Born 10,000 Years Ago; In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree; Rosalee; My Blue Eyed Girl And I; Sugar Hill; Skip To My Lou; The Lightning Express; Buffalo Gals Medley (intro. Seneca Square Dance aka Waiting For The Federals) – ca 04


SINGLES
Brunswick (1928-29)
290 Hard Cider Song / Rosalee -28
291 Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes – Part I / Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes – Part Ii – 28 (also on Supertone S2088)
353 Kitty Ki / Bonapartes Retreat - 29
372 Fresno Blues / Sugar Hill - 29
394 In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree / After The Ball - 30
Crown (1931)
3074 Lightning Express / My Blue-Eyed Girl And I – 31
3075 Sugar In My Coffee / Buffalo Gal‘s Medley – 31 (also on Homestead 23039)
3101 Bile Dem Cabbage Down / I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago – 31 (also on Homestead 23040)
3121 Sweet Betsy From Pike / I Knowed I'd Settle Down -31 (also on Homestead 22991)
3143 The Blind Man's Lament / The Convict's Lament -31 (also on Paramount 3278 Broadway 8310)
3159 Shoo Fly / Rovin' Gambler – 31 (also on Homestead 23041)
3172 Cripple Creek / Little Rabbitt/Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy - 31
3188 Granny's Old Arm-Chair / Skip To My Lou – 31
Montgomery Ward
M3021 Bile Dem Cabbage Down / Cripple Creek
M3022 Skip To My Lou / Shoo Fly
M3023 My Blue-Eyed Girl And I / Sugar In My Coffee
M3024 I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago / Lightning Express
M3025 Rovin' Gambler / Little Rabbitt/Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy
M3026 Granny's Old Arm-Chair / Buffalo Gal‘s Medley
Varsity
5046 Bile Dem Cabbage Down / Cripple Creek
5049 Shoo Fly / Little Rabbitt/Rabbit Where’s Your Mammy
5058 My Blue-Eyed Girl And I / Sugar In My Coffee
5078 Lightning Express / Granny's Old Arm-Chair
5082 Skip To My Lou / Rovin' Gambler
5088 I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago / Buffalo Gal‘s Medley
Paramount
3278 The Blind Man's Lament / The Convict's Lament
3277 Granny's Old Arm-Chair / My Blue-Eyed Girl And I
3302 I Knowed I'd Settle Down / Rovin' Gambler

Sherri Williams

By Michel Ruppli
SESSIONS
12 January 1977 Nashville, TN – Sherri Williams
001 2-53110 TRIANGLE 73894
002 2-53111 COME ON IN 55023
003 2-53112 IF ONLY HE COULD READ BETWEEN THE LIES 73894
15 June 1977 Nashville, TN – Sherri Williams (Producer: Jerry Gilleson)
004 2-53202 IN AT EIGHT AND OUT OF TEN unissued
005 2-53203 ONE NIGHT OF LOVE 55006
006 2-53204 LOVE I S A HARD PLACE TO FALL 55006
007 2-53205 I’M NOT THROUGH unissued
February 1978 Nashville, TN – Sherri Williams
008 2-54318 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE CHEATIN' KIND 55023
009 2-54319 I WANT A ROCK NOT A ROLLING STONE unissued

SINGLES
Mercury (1977-78)
73894 Triangle / If Only He Could Read Between The Lies - 02-77
55006 One Night Of Love / Love Is A Hard Place To Fall - 10-77
55023 Come On In / Close Encounters Of The Cheatin' Kind - 03-78

Ernest Thompson

*20-02-1892 Forsyth County, Winston-Salem, NC, +07-12-1961

by Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
25 April 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
001 81724 WAR TOWN QUICK STEP –instr.- unissued
002 81725-2 MISSISSIPPI SAWYER –instr.- Columbia 189-D Harmony 5099-H Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G/ BACM CD D 031
003 81726-2 DONT PUT A TAX ON THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS 168-D
004 81727-2 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE? 130-D/ BACM CD D 031
005 81728-1 LITTLE BROWN JUG  147-D Harmony 5122-H/ BACM CD D 031
006 81729-2 HOW ARE YOU GOIN‘ TO WET YOUR WHISTLE?  147-D Harmony 5122-H/ BACM CD D 031
007 81730-2 RED WING  190-D  Harmony 5123-H
008 81731-2 SNOW DEER  190-D Harmony 5123-H
009 81732-2 SPARROW BIRD WALTZ –instr.-  169-D Harmony 5112-H
010 81733-2 KISS WALTZ –instr.- 169-D Harmony 5112-H/ BACM CD D 031
011 81734-1 YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION  158-D Harmony 5096-H Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G/ BACM CD D 031
012 81735-2 LIFE‘S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN 158-D Harmony 5096-H Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G/ BACM CD D 031
013 81736  YELLOW ROSE IN TEXAS –instr.-  unissued
014 81737  SOLDIERS JOY –instr.- unissued
26 April 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt-2/banjo-1/harmonica])
015 81742-1 THE WRECK OF THE SOUTHERN OLD 97 -2  130-D/ BACM CD D 031
016 81743-2 LIGHTNING EXPRESS -2  145-D Harmony 5121-H/ BACM CD D 031
017 81744-1 CHICKEN ROOST BEHIND THE MOON -1 206-D Harmony 5101-H/BACM CD D 031
018 81745-1 COON CRAP GAME -2 206-D Harmony 5101-H/ BACM CD D 031
019 81746-1 FRANKIE BAKER -2 168-D
020 81747-2 JESSIE JAMES  [JESSE JAMES] –instr.-  -1 145-D Harmony 5121-H/ BACM CD D 031
021 81748-1 CLIMBING UP THE GOLDEN STAIRS –instr.- -1  189-D Harmony 5099-H Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G/ BACM CD D 031
9 September 1924 New York City – Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
022 81961-1 WEEPING WILLOW TREE  15001-D Harmony 5130-H/ BACM CD D 031
023 81983-2 THE LITTLE ROSEBUID CASKET  216-D Harmony 5124-H
024 81984-3 THE OLD TIME RELIGION 15007 D/ BACM CD D 031
025 81985-2 I'M GOING DOWN TO JORDAN 15007 D/ BACM CD D 031
026 81986 JOHN HENRY, STEEL DRIVER  unissued
027 81987-2 SYLVESTER JOHNSON LEE 15001 D Harmony 5130-H/ BACM CD D 031
10 September 1924 New York City –  Ernest Thompson & Connie Sides (Ernest Thompson [harmonica/prob.banjo], Connie Sides [prob. gt])
028 81992-1 AT A GEORGIA CAMP MEETING –instr.- 15002 D
029 81993-1 SILLY BILL –instr. 15002 D
11 September 1924 New York City - Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/banjo/kazoo/harmonica])
030 140000-1 WHISTLING RUFUS 15006-D  Harmony 5109-H/JSP 77100
031 140001-1 WHEN YOU'RE ALL IN, DOWN AND OUT 15006-D Harmony 5109-H/JSP 77100
032 140032  JIM THOMPSONS OLD GREY MULE –instr.-  unissued
033 140033-3 ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND –instr.-15000-D Harmony 5129-H/ BACM CD D 031
034 140034-2 MISSISSIPPI DIPPY DIP  –instr.- 15000-D Harmony 5129-H/ BACM CD D 031
JSP JSP-77100 MOUNTAIN FROLIC RARE OLD TIMEY CLASSICS 1924/1937 (UK, 2007, 4CD)
12 September 1924 New York City -  Ernest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt])
035 140035-3 IN THE RAGGAE COACH AHEAD  216-D Harmony 5124-H
21 January 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Ernest E. Thompson  (Ernest Thompson [gt/harmonica])
036 G16120 SPARROW BIRD-GOOD OLD SUMM   –instr.- Gennett 7139/ BACM CD D 031
037 G16121-A MY LITTLE GIRL  –instr.-  rejected
038 G16122 ARE YOU FROM DIXIE/SWANEE RIVER   –instr.- Gennett 7139
22 January 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Ernest E. Thompson (Ernest Thompson [vcl/gt/harmonica])
039 G16124 BRING ME A LEAF FROM THE SEA  BACM CD D 340
040 G16127 SNOW DEAR/RAINBOW –instr.-  BACM CD D 340
16125,6 not by E.T.
BACM CD D 340 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS 1926/1937 (UK, 2011)
29 March 1930 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, In –  Earnest Thompson (Ernest Thompson [prob. vcl/gt/harmonica])
041 G16422 EVERY LITTLE BIT ADDED TO  rejected        
042 G16423 SWEETHEART DANCE WITH ME      rejected
043 G16425 I WILL BE DANCING WITH YOU BACM CD D 364
044 G16426 WHAT IS HOME WITHOUT BABIES    BACM CD D 701
045 G16427 untitled -  rejected
BACM CD D 364 OLDTIME TUNES/SONGS, VOL. 2 1924/1952 (UK, 2011); BACM CD D 701 HARMONICA IN COUNTRY MUSIC (UK, 2023)


ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 031 Pioneer Artist From North Carolina: Chicken Roost Behind The Moon; Little Brown Jug; Climbing Up The Golden Stairs (instr.); Are You From Dixie; Mississippi Sawyer (Instr.); Wreck Of The Old Southern 97; Coon Crap Game; Mississippi Dippy Dip (Instr.); The Old Time Religion; Jesse James (Instr.); The Lightning Express; Yield Not To Temptation; Life’s Railroad To Heaven; Sparrow Bird Waltz (Instr.); Weeping Willow Tree; Alexander’s Ragtime Band (Instr.); How Are You Goin’ To Whet Your Whistle; Kiss Waltz (Instr.); Sylvester Johnson Lee; I’m Going Down To Jordan – 02

SINGLES
Columbia (1924)
130D Are You From Dixie? / The Wreck Of The Southern Old 97 - 24
145D Lightning Express / Jessie James – 24 (also on Harmony 5121-H)
147D Little Brown Jug / How Are You Goin To Wet Your Whistle? – 24 (also on Harmony 5122-H)
158D Yield Not To Temptation / Lifes Railway To Heaven – 24 (also on Harmony 5096-H, Velvet Tone 7032-V Diva 6003-G)
168D Frankie Baker / Dont Put A Tax On The Beautiful Girls - 24
169D Sparrow Bird Waltz / Kiss Waltz – 24 (also on Harmony 5112-H)
189D Mississippi Sawyer / Climbing Up The Golden Stairs – 24 (also on Harmony 5099-H, Velvet Tone 7034-V Diva 6004-G)
190D Red Wing / Snow Deer -24 (also on Harmony 5123-H)
206D Chicken Roost Behind The Moon / Coon Crap Game (also on Harmony 5101-H)
216D The Little Rosebuid Casket / In The Raggae Coach Ahead (also on Harmony 5124-H)
15000D Alexander's Ragtime Band / Mississippi Dippy Dip (also on Harmony 5129-H)
15001D Weeping Willow Tree / Sylvester Johnson Lee (also on Harmony 5130-H)
15002D At A Georgia Camp Meeting / Silly Bill
15006D Whistling Rufus / When You're All In, Down And Out (also on Harmony 5109-H)
15007D The Old Time Religion / I'm Going Down To Jordan
Gennett (1930)
7139 Sparrow Bird-Good Old Summ / Are You From Dixie/Swanee River - 30