Billy Adams (1940)

Willie Murray Adams,*06-03-1940 Redbush, KY, +30-03-2019
by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, with help of RCS site
SESSIONS
late 1955 or early 1956 Rite Recording Studio, Cincinnati, OH - Luke Gordon/*Billy Adams & The Rock & Roll Boys (Charlie Adams [el ld gt], Curtis May [bass])
000 CP-1331 DON'T CRAMP MY STYLE* Quincy 932
001 CP-1332 ROCK, PRETTY MAMA Quincy 932/CMRCD-581 [alt.] CMRCD-581
Fall 1957 Mack Recording Company, 1527 6th Ave., West Portsmouth, OH -  Billy Adams (Billy Adams [vcl/gt], Bobby Lawson [gt], Charles Adams [gt], Randy McKinney [drums], Bob Swaub [piano])
002 MB-10447 TRUE LOVE WILL COME YOUR WAY Dot  45-15689/ BCD 16272 BCD 17660
003 MB-10450 YOU HEARD ME KNOCKING  45-15689/CMRCD-581/BCD 15711
master leased fron Nau-Vu Records in December 1957
BEAR FAMILY BCD 15711 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.5 / ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT RECORDS (GER, 1997); BEAR FAMILY BCD 17660 THAT'LL FLAT GIT VOL.41 /  ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT AND HAMILTON RECORDS (GER, 2023)
Fall 1958 poss. Mack Recording Company, 1527 6th Ave., West Portsmouth, OH - Billy Adams & The Rock-A-Teers
004 NAU-45-802 WALKING STAR Nau-Voo 45-802/ CMRCD-581
005 NAU-45-803 YOU GOTTA HAVE A DUCK TAIL Nau-Voo 45-802/ CMRCD-581
early 1959 poss. Mack Recording Company, 1527 6th Ave., West Portsmouth, OH - Billy Adams & The Rock-A-Teers
006 NAU-45-808 RETURN OF THE ALL AMERICAN BOY 45-805/CMRCD-581
007 NAU-45-809 THAT'S MY BABY45-805/CMRCD-581
Mid 1959 poss. Mack Recording Company, 1527 6th Ave., West Portsmouth, OH - Billy Adams
008 NAU-45-814 BLUE-EYED ELLA Nau-Voo 808/CMRCD-581
009 NAU-45-815 THE FUN HOUSE Nau-Voo 808/CMRCD-581
1959 [demo] unknown – Billy Adams & Charles Adams
00901 KEEP THE FLAG WAVING Nau-Voo unissued/CMRCD-581
Fall 1960 unknown - Billy Adams
010 CP-4633 DARLING TAKE MY HAND Fern 807/CMRCD-581
011 CP-4634 TENDER YEARS Fern 807 /CMRCD-581
early 1961 unknown - Billy Adams
012 CP-4915 TATTLE TALE 808//CMRCD-581
013 CP-4916 BORN TO BE A LOSER 808//CMRCD-581
Spring 1961 unknown - Billy Adams (+Georgia And The Teens With The Par-A-Mounts )
014 CP-5315 SLEEP BABY SLEEP Fern 812/CMRCD-581
015 CP-5316 RIP VAN WINKLE Fern 812 /CMRCD-581
Spring 1961 unknown - Billy Adams & The Par-A-Mounts
016 COMIC STRIP Fern 813
017 CALL ME Fern 813
1964 unknown – The Break Out’s
018 N-14/R4KM-3949 HOLDING HANDS Spider N-14/5/CMRCD-581
019 N-15/R4KM-3948 YOU SATISFY Spider N-14/5/CMRCD-581
020 N-16/R4KM-6608 ARE YOU MAD AT ME? N-16/7/CMRCD-581
021 N-17 SILLY FEELING N-16/7 /CMRCD-581
1964 [demo] unknown – Billy Adams & Charles Adams
02101 BIRD DOG CMRCD-581
1965 unknown – Billy Adams
022 S4KM-1917 MARIE Jo-Mar 7-102
023 S4KM-1918 BLUE AND GREY Jo-Mar 7-102
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1998 Sun Studio, Memphis, TN – Billy Adams (Billy Adams [vcl/rh gt], Scott Bomar [upright bass], Pete Scully [drums])
I'M GONNA KEEP A KNOCKIN' Screen Door 0200-2
HONEY BEE Screen Door 0200-2 CMRCD-581
THAT'S MY BABY Screen Door 0200-2
SWEET SUGAR BLUES Screen Door 0200-2
UH UH HONEY Screen Door 0200-2
HEY JESUS Screen Door 0200-2 CMRCD-581
I'M GONNA LEAVE THIS LONESOME TOWN Screen Door 0200-2
GOODBYE LORRAINE Screen Door 0200-2
ROCK, PRETTY MAMA Screen Door 0200-2
IF YOU RUN WITH THE WOLVES Screen Door 0200-2
HOLD ON Screen Door 0200-2
I FEEL OLD MEMPHIS CALLING ME Screen Door 0200-2
YOU GOTTA HAVE A DUCK TAIL Screen Door 0200-2
I'M WALKING Screen Door 0200-2
TOUGHER THAN NAILS Screen Door 0200-2
ROCKABILLY SPECIAL Screen Door 0200-2 CMRCD-581
YOU HEARD ME KNOCKING Screen Door 0200-2
23 October 2001 [radio show-Billy Block’s Western Beat] Nashville, TN – Billy Adams & The New Rock-A-Teers
YOU HEARD ME KNOCKING CMRCD-581
ROCK, PRETTY MAMA CMRCD-581

ALBUMS
in 1960s/1970s Billy Adams recorded a number of gospel and country albums, info not traced. Some of them are: Autumn 5122 Down Rhe Long Road Home Giant Of A Man
Screen Door 0200-2 Legacy: I'm Gonna Keep a Knockin'; Honey Bee; That's My Baby; Sweet Sugar Blues; Uh Uh Honey; Hey Jesus; I'm Gonna Leave This Lonesome Town; Goodbye Lorraine; Rock, Pretty Mama; If You Run with the Wolves; Hold On; I Feel Old Memphis Calling Me; You Gotta Have a Duck Tail; I'm Walking; Tougher Than Nails; Rockabilly Special; You Heard Me Knocking - 00
Castle Music [UK] CMRCD-581 Rockin' Thru The Years, 1955-2002: Pretty Mama; True Love Will Come Your Way; You Heard Me Knocking; You Gotta Have A Duck Tail; Walking Star; That's My Baby; Return Of The All American Boy; The Fun House; Blue-Eyed Ella; Darling Take My Hand; Tender Years; Pretty Mama [alt.]; Tattle Tale; Born To Be A Loser; Sleep Baby Sleep; Rip Van Winkle; You Satisfy; Holding Hands; Are You Mad At Me?; Silly Feeling; Keep The Flag Waving; Bird Dog; Honey Bee; Hey Jesus; Rockabilly Special; You Heard Me Knocking [live]; Rock, Pretty Mama [live] - 02

SINGLES
Quincy
932 Rock, Pretty Mama / Don't Cramp My Style [Luke Gordon] – 56
Dot
45-15689 You Heard Me Knocking / True Love Will Come Your Way – 01-58
Nau-Voo
45-802 You Gotta Have A Duck Tail / Walking Star – 12-58
45-805 That's My Baby / Return Of The All American Boy – 02-59
808 The Fun House / Blue-Eyed Ella – 08-59
Fern
807 Tender Years / Darling Take My Hand – 10-60
808 Tattle Tale / Born To Be A Loser – 02-61
812 Rip Van Winkle / Sleep Baby Sleep – 05-61
813 Comic Strip / Call Me – 06-61
Spider (1964) The Break Out’s
N-14/5 Holding Hands / You Satisfy – 64
N-16/7 Silly Feeling / Are You Mad At Me? – 64
Jo-Mar
7-102 Marie / Blue And Grey – 65
Double Shot
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Bur K
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