Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Smokey Warren

*12-08-1916, +30-10-2005
by Mario Manciotti, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway, Henk Scholts
SESSIONS
also recorded with Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers with solo vocals or vocal duets as by Warren Brothers


1951 unknown – The Warren Brothers (Shorty Warren, Smokey Warren)
001 G-933  AIN'T GOT NO TIME Abbey 15043
002 G-934  HOT ROD WRECK  15043


1951 unknown – The Warren Brothers (Shorty Warren, Smokey Warren)
002A G-953 POISON LOVE Abbey 15049
002B G-954 BEFORE YOU BREAK MY HEART  15049
1953 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
003 I WASN'T FREE  Cattle LP-50
004 GOLDEN GATE EXPRESS  Cattle LP-50
005 BACK IN '52  Cattle LP-50
1954 unknown - Shirley Winters, Smokey Warren, Shorty Warren and his Western Rangers
006 OVER AND OVER AGAIN Rita R-110B
007 JERSEY CENTRAL SPECIAL Rita R-110B
1955 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
008 PRISONER'S DREAM Yale 250  Cattle LP-50
1956 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
009 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT  Cattle LP-50
010 BALL OF FIRE   Yale 250 Cattle LP-50
011 WHERE WAS MY MIND?  Cattle LP-50
1957 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
012 LET ME DOWN AGAIN Cattle LP-50
Ca September 1957 poss. Bell Sound Studio, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Smokey Warren
013 12343 PRISONER’S DREAM Roulette 7006
014 12344 unknown title
015 12345 BALL OF FIRE  Roulette 7006
016 12346 unknown title
1958 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
017 SMOKEY'S POLKA –instr.- Yale 250  Cattle LP-50
1958 unknown – Warren Brothers
018 NECESSARY TO ME Cool 105
019 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT  Cool 105
ca December 1958 unknown – Smokey Warren
020 UNKNOWN
021 SELFISH HEART
ca January 1959 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren and Dottie Mae
022 SUGAR DOLL Yale Y-101
023 SOMETHIN’ WONDERFUL Y-101
1959 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren and His Famous Mountain Dew Boys featuring Dottiwe Mae
024 BONAPART'S RETREAT Yale Y 1000
025 TAKE THESE CHAINS Yale Y 1000
026 I'M TELLING YOU Yale Y 1000
027 AFRAID Yale Y 1000
028 STORY OF MY LIFE Yale Y 1000
029 ALL RIGHT I'LL SIGN THE PAPERS Yale Y 1000
030 OUT BEHIND THE BARN  Yale Y 1000
031 WHERE THE OLD RED RIVER FLOWS [OLD RED RIVER FLOATS *] Yale 226/Y 1000*
032 MAGGIE Yale 226/Y 1000
033 U4KM-8773 RUNNING FROM ANOTHER BROKEN HEART  Yale 227/Y 100
034 U4KM-8774 MARIE Yale 227/Y 1000
Ca February 1959 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren and Shorty Warren
035 SO BAD Flame 111
036 YOU’RE GONNA GRIEVE WHEN I LEAVE Flame 111
1959 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
037 THE LETTER EDGED IN BLACK  Cattle LP-50
1961 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
038 TRUCK DRIVER'S RIDE –instr.-  Yale Y 1000 Cattle LP-50
039 WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE –instr.- Cattle LP-50
ca late November 1962 unknown, NJ – Smokey Warren
040 1036 I DREAMED OF AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR Flamingo 542
041 1037 BALL OF FIRE Flamingo 542
1960s unknown – Smokey Warren (Earl Bateman [calls])
042 DAISEY MAE ROUND Diplomat DS 2609
043 SHAKERAG - OPRY HOEDOWN Diplomat DS 2609 
044 FLATROCK FIDDLER Diplomat DS 2609
045 FOX RUN-A-ROUND Diplomat DS 2609 
046 GOOD OLE' COUNTRY MUSIC Diplomat DS 2609 
047 VIRGINIA BLUES Diplomat DS 2609 
048 SQUARE DANCE TONIGHT Diplomat DS 2609 
049 OLD HEN SQUARE Diplomat DS 2609 
050 TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE Diplomat DS 2609
1964 unknown . Shorty and Smokey Warren featuring Dottie Mae (Shorty Warren, Smokey Warren, Dottie Mae, Harvey Reynolds, Whitey Murphy, Chet Tyler, Jimmy Reinhart, Barney Horn, Toothless Twins)
051 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY Riccio LPR1001
052 RED RIVER VALLEY Riccio LPR1001
053 DOWN IN THE VALLEY Riccio LPR1001
054 DEAR EVELINA Riccio LPR1001
055 WABASH CANNONBALL Riccio LPR1001
056 OLD RIGGED CROSS Riccio LPR1001
057 OLD SOUTHERN HOME Riccio LPR1001
058 COWBOY JACK Riccio LPR1001
059 LETTER EDGED IN BLACK Riccio LPR1001
060 LONESOME ROAD BLUES Riccio LPR1001  
ca 1979 Trans Audio Studios, ?, NJ – Smokey Warren and Dottie Mae (Smokey Warren [vcl/gt], Dottie Mae [vcl], Bobby Bonk [ld gt], Tony Richards [steel], Steve Petrella [bass/harmonica], Blackie Summers [fiddle], Ed Goldberg [piano]. Produced by Real Associates)
061 JERSEY CENTRAL SPECIAL Real Associates LP-7079 
062 BLUE EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN Real Associates LP-7079 
063 IF TEARDROPS WERE PENNIES Real Associates LP-7079 
064 KEYS IN THE MAILBOX Real Associates LP-7079 
065 THERE HE GOES Real Associates LP-7079 
066 WALK RIGHT BACK Real Associates LP-7079 
067 HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO YODEL Real Associates LP-7079 
068 LOOSE TALK Real Associates LP-7079 
069 ONE ROSE Real Associates LP-7079 
070 TEXAS WHEN I DIE Real Associates LP-7079 
071 NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW Real Associates LP-7079 
072 BORIK’S BOUNCE Real Associates LP-7079   – CA 79
Discography is incomplete



ALBUMS
Yale Y-1000 Yea ! Smokey - Eastern King Of Western Swing: Old Red River Floats; Bonapart's Retreat; Maggie; Take These Chains; I'm Telling You; Another Broken Heart; Marie;‘ Afraid; Truck Drivers Ride; Story Of My Life; All Right I'll Sign The Papers Out Behind The Bard – 6-
Riccio LPR 1001 Riccio Records Presents Shorty And Smokey Warren Featuring Dottie Mae/ Country Music Standards: Frankie And Johnny; Red River Valley; Down In The Valley; Dear Evelina; Wabash Cannonball; Old Rigged Cross;  Old Southern Home; Cowboy Jack; Letter Edged In Black; Lonesome Road Blues – 64 (MX: RR4M-5091/2)
Diplomat D/DS 2609 Daisy Mae Round / Smokey Warren’s Square Dances: Daisey Mae Round; Shakerag - Opry Hoedown; Flatrock Fiddler; Fox Run-A-Round; Good Ole' Country Music; Virginia Blues; Square Dance Tonight; Old Hen Square; Trail Of The Lonesome Pine – ca 66 (calls by Earl Bateman)
Yale 250 Yale Records Presents Smokey Warren The "Ball Of Fire“: Ball Of Fire (Smokey); Good Man Is Hard To Find (Dottie Mae); Southern Home (Shorty and Smokey); Reynolds Waltz (Harvey Reynolds); Barbara Waltz (Instrumental); Letter Edged In Black (Smokey); Jersey Central Special (Shorty); Cowboy Jack (Dottie Mae); Prisoners Dream (Smokey); Sittin' And Thinkin' (Jerry Hatton); Smokey's Polka (Instrumental); Old Love Affair (Shorty) – 05-68
Real Associates LP-7079 The Best Of Smokey Warren and Dottie Mae: Jersey Central Special; Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain; If Teardrops Were Pennies; Keys in the Mailbox; There He Goes; Walk Right Back; He Taught Me How to Yodel; Loose Talk; One rose; Texas When I Die; No One Will Ever Know; Borik’s Bounce – ca 79
Cattle LP-50 The Eastern King Of Western Swing: I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Prisoner's Dream; Ball Of Fire; Where Was My Mind?; I Wasn't Free; Let Me Down Again; Truck Driver's Ride (Inst.); The Letter Edged In Black; When You And I Were Young Maggie (Inst.); Golden Gate Express; Back In '52; Smokey's Polka – 84
BACM [UK] CD D Warren Brothers/ Shorty And Smokey And The Western Rangers: Hillbilly Heart;  Ding Dong Polka;  Ain't Got The Time;  Hot Rod Wreck;  I Thought She Was Local (But She Was A Fast Express);  Stop That Weddin';  Please Have A Talk With Your Heart;  Arizona; I Still Have A Picture Of You;  (It's Too Late) I Found Somebody Else; Jersey Central Special; Over And Over Again;  She's Gone, Gone, Gone;  25 Chickens-35 Cows;  Wondering;  Always Late; Give Me More; Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way; Slow Poke; Mom And Dad's Waltz; It's No Secret What God Can Do; Hey Good Lookin'; Silver And Gold; Too Old To Cut The Mustard; Crying Heart Blues; Bundle Of Southern Sunshine; Necessary To Me; I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Prisoner's Dream; Ball Of Fire – 02-16

SINGLES (incomplete)
Abbey (1951) Warren Brothers
15043  Hot Rod Wreck / Ain't Got No Time  -51


15049 Poison Love / Before You Break My Heart - 51
Rita (1954)
R-110B Over And Over Again / Jersey Central Special – 08-54 (rev. Aug. 21) Shirley Winters, Smokey Warren, Shorty Warren and his Western Rangers
Roulette (1958)
RCW-7006 Prisoner’s Dream / Ball Of Fire - 58
Cool (1958)
105 Necessary To Me / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight – 58 Warren Brothers
Yale (1959-)
Y-101 Sugar Doll / Somethin' Wonderful – 03-59 w. Dottie Mae (rev. March 23)
226 Where The Old Red River Flows / Maggie - 67
227 Running From Another Broken Heart / Marie – 67 w. Dottie Mae
Flame
111 So Bad / You’re Gonna Grieve When I Leave – 04-59 w. Shorty Warren (rev. Apr. 13)
Flamingo (1962)
542 I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair / Ball of Fire – 01-63 (rev. Feb. 2)




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