By Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Lillies Ohlsson, Hillbilly Researcher, Henk Netten, Allan Turner, Mario Manciotti, Steve Hathaway
SESSIONS1945 Hollywood, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
001 EBS10A/774 SONG OF THE LONESOME PRAIRIE La Marr’s Star 1003/HBR 40 TRG
002 EBS10B SUN SETS GOLD Lamarr’s Star 1004/HBR 40 TRG
003 EBS11A SAD BUT TRUE 1004/HBR 40 TRG
prob.1940s unknown – Les Anderson
005 SUCH A BEATIFUL EVENING Sierralen 1003/HBR 40 TRG
006 MOPE ALONG Sierralen 1004/HBR 40 TRG
1948 Hollywood, CA – Les Anderson
007 EXC-1308 AND I SHOOK Exclusive 57x/HBR 40 TRG
008 EXC-1309 THIS IS SOUTHLAND 57x/HBR 40 TRG
ca early 1950 poss. Hollywood, CA – Les Anderson/*Johnny Reeves and His Homesteaders
009 M-88 QUEEN OF THE SADDLE Cormac CRS-1107/HBR 40 TRG
010 M-89 STOREROOM ON MY MIND CRS-1107/HBR 40
000 M-90 MY BABY BUCKAROO* CRS-1108
000 M-91 HE‘S JUST A HOBO* CRS-1108
25 May 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
011 L 5612 NEW PANHANDLE RAG Decca unissued
012 L 5613 TEARDROPS ON THE ROSES unissued
2 June 1950 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson (Orchestra dir. By Perry Botkin)
013 L 5626 NEW PANHANDLE RAG Decca 9-46250/HBR 40 TRG
014 L 5627 TEARDROPS ON THE ROSES 9-46250
015 L 5628 TROUBLE THEN SATISFACTION 9-46259/HBR 40
016 L 5629 BLUE LIGHT BOOGIE 9-46259/HBR 40 TRG
14 February 1951 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Noel Boggs The Dudes
017 L 6074 JUST LIKE TWO DROPS OF WATER 9-46303/HBR 40 TRG
018 L 6075 I WAS SORTA WONDERIN‘ Decca 9-46303/HBR 40
019 L 6076 T-T-TUCKY TY 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG
020 L 6077 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 9-46326/HBR 40 TRG
021 L 6078 HOEIN‘ COTTON unissued
24 July 1951 Decca Recording Studio, 5505 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
022 L 6365 DIMPLES OR DUMPLIN‘ [DIMPLES OR DUMPLINGS] 9-46352/HBR 40 TRG
023 L 6366 MY BABY BUCKAROO 9-46352/HBR 40 TRG
024 L 6367 TENNESSEE MOON 9-46370/HBR 40 TRG
025 L 6368 SHE’S DYNAMITE IN BLUE DUNGAREES 9-46370/HBR-40 TRG
ca 1952-1953 [more sessions] poss. Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson [-1], Rose Lee [-2], Chuck Maddux [-3], Jimmy Widener [-4], Kitty Holmes [-5], Slim Dossey [-6] & The Ranch Boys
000 INDIAN LOVE CALL -3 Ace-Hi Hits 5001
000 IT WASN’T GOD WHO MADE HONKY TONK ANGELS -2 Ace-Hi Hits 5001
000 FOREVER (AND ALWAYS) -4 Ace-Hi Hits 5004
000 I’M HOG-TIED OVER YOU - 5 Ace-Hi Hits 5004
025 OUR HONEYMOON -1 Ace-Hi-Hits 5005 CS 7002/TRG
026 DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES -1 Ace-Hi-Hits 5005 CS 7002/TRG
027 OLDER AND BOLDER -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5006 CS 7002/HBR 40 TRG
028 MIDNIGHT -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5006 CS 7002
029 I’M AN OLD, OLD MAN -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5007
030 THIS WORLD ALIVE I’LL NEVER GET OUT OF [sic] Ace-Hi Hits 5007
000 I LET THE STARS GET IN MY EYES -2 Ace-Hi Hits 5008
031 THE GAL WHO INVENTED KISSIN’ -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5008
032 I’LL GO ON ALONE -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5009/HBR 40 TRG
033 ALL THAT I’M ASKING IS SYMPATHY -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5009/ HBR-40 TRG
034 NO HELP WANTED -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5010
035 KAW LIGA -1 Ace-Hi Hits 5010
000 RAMBLIN’ MAN -6 Ace-Hi Hits 5011
000 MEXICAN JOE -6 Ace-Hi Hits 5011
Around 1953/1954 Hollywood, CA - Les "Carrot Top" Anderson with Tex Atchison & His Orchestra
036 L-100-3/A-15360 BEAUTIFUL ARKANSAS Vicca No 100/101/HBR 40
037 L-101-1/A-15363 NOW I KNOW Vicca No 100/101/HBR 40 TRG
038 L-102 I LOVE SUSIE Vicca No 102/103/HBR 40
039 L-103-4 THIRTY TWO RIVERSIDE DRIVE Vicca No 102/103/ HBR-40 TRG
1957 or early 1958 [live KTTV show – Town Hall Party] Compton, CA – Les "Carrot Top" Anderson
03901 MY LITTLE RED WAGON Columbia CL-1072
03902 NEW PANHANDLE RAG TRG
Columbia CL-1072 TOWN HALL PARTY (1958)
ca July 1958 unknown – Les Anderson
040 JOHNNY SORROW Spry 119-45 Crosby 1-45/TRG
041 BRENDA LEE Spry 119-45 Crosby 1-45
ca 1958 unknown – Les Anderson with Bakers’Dozen
042 WHIPPORWILL Crosby 2-45
043 TO LIVE THIS NIGHT AGAIN Crosby 2-45
ALBUMS
Hillbilly Researcher HBR#40 Les ”Carrot” Anderson: Las Vegas Nevada; My Baby Bucakaroo; Such A Beautiful Evening; 32, Riverside Drive; All I Am Asking Is Sympathy; Sun Sets Gold; Now I Know; She‘s Dynamite In Lue Dunagrees; I‘ll Go On Alone; Sad But True; Mope Alone; Dimples Or Dumplings; This Is Southland; Storeroom In My Mind; T-U-Tucky-Ty; Blue Light Boogie; Tennessee Moon; Song Of The Lonesome Prairie; Queen Of The Saddle; I Love Susie; I Was Sorta Wonderin´; Older And Bolder; And I Shook; Beautiful Arkansas; New Panhandle Rag; Just Like Two Drops Of Water; Trouble Then Satisfaction
TRG Production no # Thirty Two Riverside Drive: Thirty Two Riverside Drive; She’s Dynamite In Dungarees; Dimples Or Dumplings; This Is Southland; I love Susie; Las Vegas Nevada; My Baby Buckaroo; Older And Bolder; New Panhandle Rag; Just Like Two Drops Of Water; Such A Beautiful Evening; Sun Sets Gold; Now I Know; T-U-Tuck-Ty; Blue Light Boogie; Tennessee Moon; I’ll Go On Alone; Mope Along; Song Of The Lonesome Prairie; Queen Of the Saddle; And I Shook; Beautiful Arkansas; All I’m Asking Is Sympathy; Trouble Than Satisfaction; Don’t Let The Stars; Our Honeymoon; Sad But True; New Panhandle Rag [Town Hall Party]; Blue Steel Blues [radio transcription]; Johnny Sorrow
EPs
Country Style
CS-7002 Our Honeymoon; Don’t Let The Stars (Get In your Eyes) / Older And Bolder; Midnight – ca 52
(78 RPM)
SINGLESLa Marr’s Star (1945)
1003 [Ole Rasmussen:] I Ain’t Got A Nickle To My Name / [Les Anderson:] Song Of The Lonesome Prairie - 45
1004 Sun Sets Gold / Sad But True Lamarr's Star - 45
Sierralen
1003/4 Such A Beatiful Evening / Mope Along
Exclusive (1948)
57x This Is Southland / And I Shook – 48 (rev. Oct. 2, 1948)
Cormac (1950)
CRS-1107 Queen Of the Saddle / Storeroom On My Mind – ca 03-50
Decca (1950-51)
9-46250 New Panhandle Rag / Teardrops On The Roses - 50
9-46259 Blue Light Boogie / Troublen Satisfaction - 50
9-46303 I Was Sorta Wondering / Just Like Two Drops Of Water - 51
9-46326 Las Vegas, Nevada / T-T-Tucky Ty - 51
9-46352 Dimples Or Dumplin's / My Baby Buckaroo – 09-51 (rev. Sept. 29)
9-46370 She's Dynamite In Blue Dungarees / Tennessee Moon – 10-51
Ace-Hi Hit (ca 1952)
5005 Our Honeymoon / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 52
5006 Older And Bolder / Midnight - 52
5007 I´m An Old Old Man / This World Alive I´ll Never Get Out Of
5008 [Rose Lee:] I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes / The Girl Who Invented Kissing
5009 I´ll Go On Alone / All That I´m Asking Is Sympathy
5010 No Help Wanted / Kaw Liga
Vicca
No L-101/102 Beautiful Arkansas / Now I Know
No L-102/103 I Love Susie / Thirty Two Riverside Drive
Spry (1958)
119-45 Johnny Sorrow / Brenda Lee – 08-58 (reissued in 1960 on Crosby 1-45)
Crosby (ca 1958)
2-45 Whipporwill / To Live This Night Again – ca 58
