Noel Boggs

Noel Edwin Boggs, *14-11-1917 Oklahoma City, OK, +30.08.74
by Praguefrank, Lillies Ohlsson, Mario Manciotti, Carl LaFarge, Vaclav Zpatecka

SESSIONS see also Bob Wills, Sons Of The Pioneers, Spade Cooley, Roy Rogers, Bill Boyd, Wade Ray, Curly Wiggins

1940s Hollywood, CA – Noel Boggs and The Dudes (Noel Boggs [steel], Billy Wright, Ernie Howard [vcl/ gt], Irving Edelman [bass],  Billy Wright [violin], Freddie Haynes [piano])

001 BLUE TEARS Major 1200
002 OKLAHOMA WALTZ Major 1200
003 TENNESSEE RAG 1201
004 ROCKIN' ALONG ON ROCKIN' RYE 1201
14 February 1951 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA –  The Dudes and Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Noel Boggs
005 L 6074 JUST LIKE TWO DROPS OF WATER 9-46303/HBR 40 TRG
006 L 6075 I WAS SORTA WONDERIN‘ Decca 9-46303/HBR 40
007 L 6076 T-T-TUCKY TY 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG
008 L 6077 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG
009 L 6078 HOEIN‘ COTTON unissued

1951 Hollywood, CA – Noel Boggs

010 MMA-264 ALABAMY BOUND Magnolia MS 1059

011 MMA-265 unknown title

012 MMA-266 unknown title

013 MMA-267 THE LOWDOWN OF MONA LISA Magnolia MS 1059

1952 Hollywood, CA – Noel Boggs And The Desertaires (+Clem Smith, Mel Ryan, Leroy Krubl)

014 641 APPLE VALLEY  Apple Valley 1002
November 1952 RCA Victor Studio, 1016 North Sycamore St., Hollywood, CA – Wade Ray with Noel Boggs (Wade Ray [vcl/fiddle], Noel Boggs [steel] + more unknown musicians)
015 E2-VB-7022 IT‘S ALL YOUR FAULT 47-5091
016 E2-VB-7023 CALL ME UP 47-5199
017 E2-VB-7024? THE THINGS I MIGHT HAVE BEEN 47-5091/CAS-2107
018 E2-VB-7025 IF THEY SHOULD ASK ME 47-5199
December 1953 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Noel Boggs and The Day Sleepers
019 RHCO 10682/RZSP-10682 STEELIN‘ HOME Columbia 4-21220
020 RHCO 10683/RZSP-10683 DAY SLEEPER 4-21220
021 RHCO 10684/RZSP-10684 MAKE BELIEVE HEART 4-21274
022 RHCO 10685/RZSP-10685 HOW LONG 4-21274
1958 Hollywood, CA – Noel Boggs Quintet (Noel Boggs [steel], Neil LeVang [gt], Paul Smith [piano], Ivan Ditmars [organ] + 1 unknown musician [bass?]]
023 S-1096 BEER BARREL POLKA 45-SH-132/SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
024 MORNING DEW Shasta SH45-102/ SH-LP-530
025 BEAUTIFUL OHIO SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
026 S-1099 LITTLE COQUETTE 45-SH-132/SH-LP-503 SH-LP-530 Varese 066138-2
027 STEELIN' HOME SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
028 MAGIC ISLE SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
029 CARAVAN SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
030 BIRTH OF THE BLUES SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
031 PARADISE ISLE SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
1959 Hollywood, CA – Noel Boggs
032 S-1109 STEEL GUITAR RAG 45-SH-132/SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
033 S-1110 SEPTEMBER SONG 45-SH-153/SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2
034 S-1111 PERDIDO 45-SH-153/SH-LP-503 Varese 066138-2

035 S-1113 TENDERLY 45-SH-102 45-SH-157/SH-LP-503 SH-LP-530 Varese 066138-2
1958/1964 Hollywood, CA – Noel Boggs
036 LOVER SH-LP-530 Varese 066138-2
037 WABASH BLUES SH-LP-530 Varese 066138-2
038 DARDANELLA SH-LP-530 Varese 066138-2
039 MY DIANE SH-LP-530
040 OVER THE RAINBOW SH-LP-530
041 CHEROKEE SH-LP-530 Varese 066138-2
042 LIZA SH-LP-530
043 NIGHTY NIGHT SH-LP-530

Noel Boggs recorded after 1964. Some info in singles and albums list

ALBUMS
Shasta SH-LP-503 Magic Steel Guitar: Little Coquette; Tenderly; Steel Guitar Rag; Beautiful Ohio; Steelin' Home; Magic Isle; Caravan; Birth Of The Blues; September Song; Perdido; Paradise Isle; Beer Barrel Polka – 59 (reissued in 2010 on One Media Publishing  as Steel Guitar Rag)
Repeat 310-8 Western Swing: Steel Guitar Rag; Steelin' Home;  Old Fashioned Love + more unknown tracks – 05-65 (also on reel-to-reel tape; with Billy Armstrong/Harold Hensley/Norm Whistler, fiddles. Roy Lanham/Mluddy Berry. drums/Carl Scroggins, bass)
Repeat 100-10 Anytime: Any Time; St. Louis Blues; Cherokee; Londonderry Air; Tuxedo Junction + 5 unknown tracks) – 60s  (recorded directed to disc)
Shasta SH-LP-530 Hollywood And Wine: Lover; Tenderly; Wabash Blues; Dardanella; My Diane; Over The Rainbow; Cherokee; Morning Dew; Little Coquette; Liza; Nighty Night - 78
Shasta SH-LP-531 Noel Boggs And Friends On Stage: Blues Boogie; Worried Mind; Sheik Of Araby; Panhandle Rag; On The Alamo; Blue Hawaii; Alabama Bound; When I Lost My Love; Swanee River; At Sundown; Magic Isle; Birth Of The Blues – ca. 78
Varese Sarabande 302 0-66138-2 The Very Best Of Noel Boggs: Steel Guitar Rag; Cherokee; Steelin' Home; Wabash Blues; Lover; Beer Barrel Polka; Little Coquette; Caravan; September Song; Paradise Isle; Tenderly; Beautiful Ohio; Magic Isle; Birth Of The Blues; Perdido; Dardanella – 25-07-00 (sampler, Shasta tracks)


SINGLES
Major (1940s)
1200 Blue Tears (vcl) / Oklahoma Waltz – 4-
1201 Tennessee Rag / Rockin' Along On Rockin' Rye - 4-

Magnolia (1951)

MS 1059 Alabamy Bound / The Lowdown Of Mona Lisa – 51
Apple Valley (1952)
1002* Golfer‘s Lament (vcl John Charles Thomas) / Apple Valley (vcl Noel Boggs and Desertaires) (*promo copies had no catalogue number; MX: 45-640/641)

Columbia (1953) w. The Day Sleepers
4-21220 Steelin' Home / Day Sleeper - 02-54
4-21274 How Long / Make Believe Heart - 07-54
Shasta/*Shastone (1958-64)
*SH45-102 Morning Dew / Tenderly - 58
45-SH-132 Little Coquette / Beer Barrel Polka – ca. 05-60
45-SH-153 Perdido / September Song - 61
45-SH-157 Steel Guitar Rag / Tenderly – 61
Repeat (1960s)
100-10 Solitude / Tuxedo Junction – 60s

(note: Both sides of the Repeat 45 100-10 say "from the Repeat album 'The Live Sound'", but I don't think there was any such LP. [Carl LaFarge])

Ubande (1973)
1973 Boodle Dee Beep / Good Times - 73
World Disc (unknown) w. Cass County Boys
152 Steel Guitar Rag / ?
415 Speedin' West / ?