2nd version
by Michel Ruppli, Adam Komorowski, Bill Daniels, Tony Watson, Dik deHeer, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway
SESSIONS
1954 or 1955 [demo session] Feature Studio, Crowley, LA – Big Bopper (Big Bopper [vcl], ? [gt], ? [drums], Leon "Pitches" Stirling [piano])
00001 BOOGIE WOOGIE [BOPPER'S BOOGIE WOOGIE] Flyright FLY 532 Star LP-1020 R2-70164
00002 PET NAMES unissued/lost
00003 SIPPIN‘ CIDER unissued/lost
FLYRIGHT FLY 532 THE LEGENDARY JAY MILLER SESSIONS VOLUME 11 – LOUISIANA SWAMP POP (UK, 1977)
ca. August 1957 Gold Star Recording Studio, 5628 Brock St., Houston, TX – Big Bopper (Producer: Pappy Daily)
001 ST-2643/YW-15027 BEGGAR TO A KING Mercury 71219x45/LP-1020 R2-70164
002 ST-2644 YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW
003 ST-2645 SOMEONE WATCHING OVER YOU
004 ST-2646/YW-15028 CRAZY BLUES 71219x45/LP-1020 R2-70164
February 1958 poss. Nashville, TN – Big Bopper and The Echoes
005 YW-16343 MONKEY SONG 71312x45/LP-1020 R2-70164
006 YW-16344 A TEEN AGE MOONE 71312x45/LP-1020 R2-70164
ca May or early June 1958 Gold Star Recording Studio, 5626 Brock St., Houston, TX - Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson [vcl], Hal Harris [gt], Herby Remington [steel], poss. Glenn Barber [], Link Davis [sax] + more unknown musicians)
007 YW-17624 PURPLE PEOPLE EATER MEETS WITCH DOCTOR 71343x45 D 108/LP-1020 R2-70164
008 YW-17625 CHANTILLY LACE 71343x45 D 1008/MG-20402 SPC-3365 R2-70164
also Goldstar Studio in Houston is listed in some sources. Recording date June 30, listed in some sources is very probably uncorrect (release data of Mercury singles 71310-71315 is from middle to late June 1958)
ca. October 1958 Gold Star Recording Studio, 5626 Brock St., Houston, TX – Big Bopper (unknown musicians)
009 YW-18021 LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD 71375x45/MG 20402 SPC-3365 R2-70164
010 YW-18022 BIG BOPPER'S WEDDING 71375x45/MG 20402 SPC-3365 R2-70164
011 YW-18023 PINK PETTICOATS 71482x45/MG 20402 SPC-3365 R2-70164
ca. Fall 1958 Gold Star Recording Studio, 5626 Brock St., Houston, TX – J.P.Richardson (Big Bopper)
012 YW-12072 OLD MAID MG 20402 SRW-16424
013 YW-12073 THE PREACHER AND THE BEAR MG 20402 SRW-16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164
014 YW-12074 IT'S THE TRUTH, RUTH MG 20402 SPC-3365
015 YW-12075 WHITE LIGHTNING MG 20402 SRW-16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164
016 YW-12076 STRANGE KISSES MG 20402 R2-70164
017 YW-12077 THE CLOCK 71482x45/MG 20402 SRW16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164
018 YW-12078 WALKING THROUGH MY DREAMS MG 20402
019 YW-12079 SOMEONE WATCHING OVER YOU 71416x45/ MG 20402 SRW-16424 SPC-3365 R2-70164
Note: master numbers are out of chronological order (this series was used in 1955)
ca. November 1958 Gold Star Recording Studio, 5626 Brock St., Houston, TX – Big Bopper
020 YW-17853 ONE MORE CHANCE unissued
021 YW-17854 IT'S THE TRUTH RUTH 71451x45- Star LP-1020 R2-70164
022 YW-17855 WALKING THROUGH MY DREAMS 71416x45- Star LP-1020 R2-70164
023 YW-17856 THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT 71451x45/LP-1020 R2-70164
ALBUMS
Mercury MG-20402 Chantilly Lace: Chantilly Lace; Pink Petticoats; Little Red Riding Hood; Someone Watching Over You; Big Bopper's Wedding; Old Maid / It's The Truth, Ruth; The Preacher And The Bear; The Clock; White Lightning; Walking Through My Dreams; Strange Kisses - 58 (reissued on Pickwick SPC-3365 in 1975 with 2 songs omitted)
Pickwick SPC-3365 Chantilly Lace: Chantilly Lace; Pink Petticoats; Little Red Riding Hood; Someone Watching Over You; Big Bopper's Wedding; Old Maid; It's The Truth Ruth; Preacher And The Bear; White Lightning; The Clock – 72 (all tracks from MG-20402)
Star [EU] LP-1020 Oh Baby That's What I Like: Boogie Woogie [demo]; Crazy Blues; Purple People Eater Meets The Withc Doctor; That's What I'm Talking About; Beggar To A King; It's The Truth Ruth; Walking Through My Dreams; Monkey Song; Teenage Moon; Man I Met [ Ray Campi]; Bopper 486609 [Donna Darlene] - 84
Rhino R1-70164 Hellooo Baby! Best Of Big Bopper: Chantilly Lace; Big Bopper's Wedding; Little Red Riding Hood; Walking Through My Dreams; Beggar To A King; Crazy Blues; White Lightning; ; Bopper's Boogie Woogie; That's What I'm Talking About; Pink Petticoats; Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me); It's The Truth Ruth; Preacher And The Bear; Someone Watching Over You - 87
Rhino R2-70164 Hellooo Baby! Best Of Big Bopper (1954-59): Chantilly Lace; Big Bopper's Wedding; Little Red Riding Hood; Walking Through My Dreams; Beggar To A King; Crazy Blues; White Lightnin'; Bopper's Boogie Woogie; That's What I'm Talking About; Pink Petticoats; Monkey Song; It's The Truth, Ruth; Preacher And The Bear; Someone Watching Over You; Old Maid; Strange Kisses; The Clock; Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor; Teenage Moon - 89
SINGLES
Mercury (1957-1959)
71219x45 Crazy Blues / Beggar To A King – 16-10-57 (released on Mercury-Starday)
71312x45 Monkey Song (You Made A Monkey Out Of Me) / A Teen-Age Moon (In A Rock And Roll World) – 23-04-58
D 45-1008 Chantilly Lace / The Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor – 30-06-58 (reissued on Mercury 71343X45)
71375x45 Little Red Riding Hood / Big Bopper's Wedding – 02-10-58
71416x45 Walking Through My Dreams / Someone Watching Over You – 28-01-59
71451x45 It's The Truth Ruth / That's What I'm Talking About – 31-03-59
71482x45 Pink Petticoats / The Clock – 16-06-59
C-30072 Chantilly Lace / Big Bopper's Wedding - 59 (reissue)
17000 Someone Watching Over You / Chantilly Lace (reissue, released on Wing)
4104 Chantilly Lace / The Purple People Eater Meets Witch Doctor – (reissue, released on Eric)
