Sammy Masters

Samuel Todd Lawmaster, *18-07-1930 Sasakawa, OK, +08-03-2013
by Praguefrank, Harry, Steve Hathaway, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS

Fall 1950 Santa Anna, CA – Sammy Masters
001 (I’VE GOT) TEN LITTLE STOCKINGS Cormac CRC-1158

002 I’VE GOT A DATE FOR CHRISTMAS Cormac CRC-1158
Early 1951 Santa Anna, CA – Sammy Masters
003 M-266 I‘M GONNA CRY AN OCEAN FULL OF TEARS CRC-1172
004 M-267 MAY I CALL YOU DARLING? Cormac CRC-1171
005 M-268 LOST LITTLE NICKEL 1171 EF-1012
006 M-269 HER SOUL WAS FUMM OF HOPE CRC-1172 –
ca. 1955 unknown – Sammy Masters
007 OP-392 YONG TONG FOO CHOW (THE CHINESE DAVY CROCKETT) OP-227
008 OP-393 THE BIG BLACK SOMBRERO OP-227
1955 [demo session] unknown - Sammy Martin
00801 GONE MAN GONE Ecco-Fonic EF-1012
Spring 1956 Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA – Sammy Masters (Sammy Masters [vcl], Jimmy Bryant [ld gt], Jerry Miller [steel], Jimmy Randall [drums])
009 6869/3086 PINK CADILLAC 1695-45 EP 144/ Hydra BLK-7708 [overdubbed drums] Modern 45x1003/ Hydra BLK-7708
010 6870 SOME LIKE IT HOT 1695-45 EP 144/ Hydra BLK-7708
011 6871?/3087 WHAT‘S UP unissued/ [overdubbed drums] Modern 45x1003
012 6872 WHOP-T-BOP 1697-45 EP 144/ Hydra BLK-7708
013 6873 2-ROCK-A-4 1697-45 (2) EP 144 / Hydra BLK-7708
014 6874 FLAT FEET 1697-45 EP 144/ Hydra BLK-7708
Modern single credited to Johnny Todd
ca. June 1957 Associated Studio, 305 S. Fairoaks Ave., Pasadena, CA - Sammy Masters
015 6912 MY HEART IS A HOBO 1707-45 SM-EPF-17/ Hydra BLK-7708
016 6913 ANGEL 1707-45 SM-EPF-17/ Hydra BLK-7708
017 102854 TALL GROWS THE SYCAMORE Decca 9-30402 SM-EPF-17 EP-26/ Hydra BLK-7708
018 102855 THE DRIFTER Decca 9-30402 SM-EPF-17/ Hydra BLK-7708
019 STOP THE WORLD (AND LET ME OFF) EP-26
020 A WONDERFUL TIME UP THERE EP-26
102854/102855 masters leased to Decca
1957 [demo session] unknown - Sammy Martin
02001 TWIN PIPES AND PIN STRIPER Eccofonic EF-1012

1950s [demo session] unknown – Sammy Masters

02002 ROCKIN’RED MAN  Jukebox 8265102

ca. January 1958 unknown – Sammy Masters
021 6964-C IF I COULD SEE THE WORLD 1727x45
ca. August 1958 unknown - Sammy Masters
022 7021-C JODIE 1727X45/ Hydra BLK-7708
ca. September 1959 unknown – Sammy Masters
023 K9OW-4909 ROCKIN‘ RED WING Lode 108 Warner 5102 EP 144/ Hydra BLK-7708 [alt.] Eccofonic EF-1012
024 K9OW-4910 LONELY WEEKEND Lode 108 Warner 2102
masters leased to Warner Brothers
ca. May 1960 unknown - Sammy Masters [Dot masters assigned ca. July 1960]
025 LM-4911/MB-15145 CHARLOTTE (IN THE PINK CORVETTE) Lode 109 16123
026 LM-4912/MB-15144 GOLDEN SLIPPERS Lode 109 16123/ Hydra BLK-7708
masters leased to Dot
ca. August 1961 unknown - Sammy Masters
027 M8OW-1626 PIERRE THE POODLE AND THE PUPPY DOGS Lode 114
028 M8OW-1627 NEVER Lode 114
ca April 1962 unknown - Sammy Masters
029 STICK AROUND, JOE Galahad G-506/ Hydra BLK-7708
030 REMIND ME BABY Galahad G-506
1963 unknown - Sammy Masters
031 THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD Galahad G-526
032 ON TOUR IN HEAVEN Galahad G-526
033 K-8393 A BIG MAN CRIED G-533 Kapp K-613
034 K-8390 I FOUGHT THE LAW (AND THE LAW WON) G-533 Kapp K-613
1964 Bob Summers' studio, El Montem CA - Sammy Masters
035 MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU and KEEP YOU
036 FARTHER ALONG
037 STEP BY STEP
038 PRECIOUS MEMORIES
039 IF I COULD SEE THE WORLD (THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD)
040 IT IS NO SECRET
041 OLD RUGGED CROSS
042 GOSPEL BOOGIE
043 SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
044 THE PLACE WHERE I WORSHIP
045 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE
046 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
1964 unknown - Sammy Masters
047 K 8732 BARCELONA BABY Kapp K638
048 K 8750 LOUISIANA JANE K638/ Hydra BLK-7708
1965 unknown - Sammy Masters
049 ALL ALONE IN SAN ANTONE Galahad G-537 Dot 45-16865
050 ROSES REMIND ME OF RUBY Galahad G-537
051 THE LETTER FROM SOUTH VIETNAM G-538
052 LITTLE BEN G-538
1965s unknown - Sammy Masters Band (Ron Russell [vcl-1])
053 YOU CAN HAVE HER -1 DandR 109
054 YOU CAN HAVE HER -instr.- DandR 109
1966 unknown - Sammy Masters
055 SAY YES OR NO G-540
056 WHEN FOOLS GET TOGETHER G-540
057 DREAM CHASER 45-16865
058 LET’S TAKE A WALK G-600
059 THE CARNIVAL IS OVER G-600
1960s unknown - Sammy Masters
060 BLUE CHRISTMAS
061 HEY RUBY
062 SAMMY THE LITTLE SQUARE SNOWBALL

1997 [2 sessions] Painted Sound, Van Nuys, CA – Sammy Masters (Sammy Masters [vcl], Skip Heller [gt],, Deke Dickerson [gt], Ray Campi [upright bass])

063 IS ANYBODY GOIN' TO SAN ANTONE Dionysus 123355
064 TRUE LIFE BLUES Dionysus 123355
065 TELEPHONE BABY Dionysus 123355
066 SLIPPIN' AROUND Dionysus 123355
067 FOUR WALLS Dionysus 123355
068 FUNNY HOW TIME SLIPS AWAY Dionysus 123355
069 SAG, DRAG, AND FALL Dionysus 123355
070 WHO CAN I COUNT ON Dionysus 123355
071 MONEY TO BURN Dionysus 123355
072 HELP YOU DREAM Dionysus 123355
073 REAL ROCK DRIVE Dionysus 123355
ALBUMS
Galahad ? Gospel Album: May The Lord Bless You and Keep You; Farther Along; Step By Step; Precious Memories; If I Could See The World; It Is No Secret; Old Rugged Cross; Gospel Boogie; Softly and Tenderly; The Place Where I Worship; Just A Closer Walk With Thee; What A Friend We Have In Jesus – 6-

Hydra [GER] BLK7708 Rockin' Red Wing: Pink Cadillac; Some Like It Hot; Whop-T-Bop; Flat Feet; Rock-A-4; Angel; My Heart Is A Hobo; Pink Cadillac; Tall Grows The Sycamore; The Drifter; Jodie; Rockin' Red Wing; Lode; Stick Around Joe Galahad; Louisiana Jane – 88
Dionysus 123355 Everybody Digs Sammy Masters: Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone; True Life Blues; Telephone Baby; Slippin' Around; Four Walls; Funny How Time Slips Away; Sag, Drag, And Fall; Who Can I Count On; Money To Burn; Help You Dream; Real Rock Drive – 02-98

Jukebox [UK] CDR 8265102 Rockin’Red Wing – Sammy Masters: Pink Cadillac; Some Like It Hot; Whop-T-Bop; Flat Feet; 2 Rocka 4; Angel; My Heart Is A Hobo; Rockin' Red Wing; Lonely Weekend; Tall Grows The Sycamore; The Drifter; Jodie; May I Call You Darling; Lost Little Nickel; Twin Pipes And Pin Stripes; Gone Man Gone; Rockin' Red Man (demo); Stop The World; A Wonderful Time Up There; Golden Slippers; Charolette; Never; Pierre The Poodle; Stick Around Joe; Louisiana Jane; I Fought The Law; A Big Man Cried; All Alone In San Antone / Roses Remind Me Of Ruby; Let's Take A Walk; Dream Chaser - 06

EPs

Sammy Masters

SM-EPF-17 Angel / My Heart Is A Hobo / Tall Grows The Sycamore / The Drifter – ca. 57
EP-26 Stop The World (And Let Me Off) / Pink Cadillac / A Wonderful Time Up There / Tall Grows The Sycamores – ca. 58

No label [bootleg]

EP 144 Rockin’ Sammy: Whop-t-bop; Pink Cadillac; 2-rocka-4; Rockin' Red Wing; Flat Feet; Some Like It Hot – 8-

Ecco-Fonic (various origin)
EF-1012 Twin Pipes And Pin Striper (1957 demo) / Lost little Nickel (Cormac version) / Gone Man Gone (1955 demo) / Rockin' Red Wing (alt. 1959) - 98

SINGLES
Cormac (1951)

CRS-1158 (I’ve Got) Ten Little Stockings / I’ve Got A Date For Christmas – 11-50 (rev. Nov/ 25)
CRC-1171 Lost Little Nickel / May I Call You Darling? – 03-51
CRC-1172 I‘m Gonna Cry An Ocean Full of Tears / Her Soul Was Fumm Of Hope – 03-51
Calico (ca. 1955)
OP-227 Yount Tong Foo Chow (The Chinese Davy Crockett) / The Big Black Sombrero – ca. 55
4-Star (1956-57)
1695-45 Pink Cadillac / Some Like It Hot – 05-56 (rev. May 26)
45x1003 Pink Cadillac / What's Up – 10-56 as by Johnny Todd (released on Modern, overdubbed 1695-45)
1697-45 Whop-T-Bop / Flat Feet – 10-56 (rev. Nov. 3)
1697-45 Whop-T-Bop / Rock-A-4 – 10-56
1707-45 Angel / My Heart Is A Hobo – 06-57
9-30402 Tall Grow The Sycamores / The Drifter – 08-57 (released on Decca)
1727x45 Jodie / If I Could See The World – 09-58
5015x45 Whop-T-Bop / 2-Rock-A-4 - ca. 58 (reissue, released on Moonglow)
5018x45 Pink Cadillac / Some Like It Hot (reissue, released on Moonglow)
Warner Brothers (1959)
5102 Rockin' Red Wing / Lonely Weekend – 09-59
Lode (1960-61)
108 Rockin' Red Wing / Lonely Weekend – 01-60 (rev. Feb. 1)
109 Charolette (In The Pink Corvette) / Golden Slippers – 06-60 (rev. July 11; reissued on Dot 45-16123 in August 1960)
114 Never / Pierre The Poodle And The Puppy Dogs – 10-61 (rev. Nov. 6)
Galahad (1962-63)
G-506 Stick Around, Joe / Remind Me Baby – 05-62 (rev. June 2)
G-526 The Lord Is My Shepherd / On Tour In Heaven – 63
G-533 A Big Man Cried / I Fought The Law (And The Law Won) - 63
Kapp (1964)
K-613 I Fought The Law (And The Law Won) / A Big Man Cried – 09-64
K-638 Louisiana Jane / Barcelona Baby – 12-64
Galahad (1965)
G-537 All Alone In San Antone / Roses Remind Me Of Ruby – 65
G-538 The Letter (From South Vietnam) / Little Ben – 65
G-540 Say Yes Or No / When Fools Get Together – ca. 66
Dot 45-16865 All Alone In San Antone / Dream Chaser – 05-66
G-600 Let’s Take A Walk / The Carnival Is Over - 66
D+R (60's)
109 You Can Have Her / You Can Have Her [instr.]