Jack Toombs

Jackson Cleveland Toombs, *02-09-1925 Murfreesboro, TN
by Xavier Maire, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS

ca late 1953 Nashville, TN – Jack Toombs (Jack Toombs [vcl/gt], unknown lead gt, steel, bass, drums, piano)
001 PIN BALL FEVER Speed 45-111*/Redita 116 BCD 15854 Buffalo Bop BB 55178 Collector CDCL-4518
002 I CAN'T STOP LOVIN' YOU Speed 45-111
* It as been suggested that the lead guitar was played by Chuck Gregory. Piano, bass and drums were played by black musicians (according to Jack Toombs)
REDITA (SECOND SERIE) LP 116 HILLBILLIES ON SPEED (NED,1979) ; Bear Family BCD 15854 A SHOT IN THE DARK/TENNESSEE JIVE (GER, 2000) ; BUFFALO BOP BB 55178 WILD WOOD ROCKABILLY (GER, 2005); COLLECTOR CDCL 4518 ROCKING WITH A BOPPING FEEL (NED, 4518)
1953 Nashville, 1953 - Cleve Jackson and his Hound Dogs (Jackson Toombs [vcl/gt] + unknown lead-gt, steel [-1], drums, piano)
003 HOUND DOG Herald 6000/Redita 108, White Label 2805
004 HAS A CHICKEN GOT A LEG -1 Herald 6000/Redita 108/White Label 2802
Redita (first serie) LP 108 CHICAGO ROCK (NED, 1974) ; WHITE LABEL 2802, 2805 BOPPIN' HILLBILLY SERIES (NED 1988, 1989)
Spring 1954 Nashville, TN - Jack Toombs (Jack Toombs [vcl/gt], + unknown lead-gt, steel, bass) 005 YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING Excello 2033/BCD 15854
006 TWO CHEATERS IN LOVE 2033
Summer 1954 Nashville, TN – Jack Toombs (Jack Toombs [vcl/gt], + unknown lead-gt, steel, bass, organ)
007 FOOLISH JEALOUSY Excello 2041
008 MY IMAGINATION Excello 2041

Ca late 1954 Nashville, TN – Jackson Toombs, *with Lucinda Lee

009 STILL I’M YOURS* Excello 2048

010 IF YOU WANT ME, CATCH ME Excello 2048

Summer 1956 Nashville, TN – Jackson Toombs (Jack Toombs [vcl/gt] + unknown lead gt, bass, drums)
011 KISS-A ME QUICK Excello 2083/Flame 001 Ace CDCHD-641
012 YOU'RE JUST WHAT IT TAKES 2083
Flame 001 DESPERATE ROCKN'ROLL, VOL. 1. (UK, LP (1987), CD (1992)) ; Ace CDCHD 641 HEY BABY ! THE ROCKIN' SOUTH (UK, 1997)
Spring 1958, Nashville, TN – Jackie Trent (Jack Toombs [vcl/gt] + unknown lead gt, bass, drums, piano, male chorus)
013 LITTLE ANDY Nasco 6012/CDCHD-641
014 WHAT'S HE GOT (THAT I COULDN'T GIVE YOU) Nasco 6012
Ca April 1961 unknown – Jack Toombs
015 MB 15871 WHAT'S HE GOT (THAT I COULDN' T GIVE YOU) (2:37) 45-16218
016 MB 15872 SWEET LOVE LETTERS 45-16218
1965 unknown – Jack Toombs
017 SO 2754 HAVE I LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO DIE Casey 101


SINGLES
Speed (1953)
45-111 Pin Ball Fever / I Can't Stop Lovin’ You - 53
Herald (1953)
6000 Hound Dog / Has A Chicken Got A Leg – 53
Excello/*Nasco (1954-58)
2033 You're The Only Good Thing / Two Cheaters In Love – 06-54 (rev. June 19)
2041 Foolish Jealousy / My Imagination – 09-54 (rev. Sept. 26)

2048 Still I’m Yours (w. Lucinda Lee) / If You Want Me, Catch Me – 01-55 (rev. Jan. 15)
2083 Kiss-A Me Quick / You're Just What It Takes – 08-56 (rev. August 25)
*6012 Little Andy / What's He got (That I Couldn't Give You) – 06-58 (rev. pop June 16)

Dot (1961)
45-16218 What's He Got (That I Couldn' t Give You) / Sweet Love Letters – 05-61
Casey (1965)
101 [Ray Conn :] I'll Go Somewhere And Cry Myself To Sleep / [Jack Toombs :] Have I Lived Long Enough To Die - 65