Saturday, May 7, 2011

Ray Lunsford

*08-11-1908, +17-10-1981
2nd version
by Dick Grant, Praguefrank
SESSIONS see also Jimmie Skinner
1955 Cincinnati, OH - Ray Lunsford (Ray Lunsford [vcl/el mandolin], Jimmie Skinner [rh gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Estel Lee Scarborough)
001 45-226-A COUNTRY PICKIN’ Excellent EX 226
002 45-226-B RED WING Excellent EX 226
1956 Cincinnati, OH - Ray Lunsford & Electric Mandolin (Producer: Estel Lee Scarborough)
003 CP-1078 BLUE GRASS BLUES Excellent EX310
004 CP-1079 UNDER THE DOUBLE EAGLE Excellent EX 310
early 1957 Cincinnati, OH - Ray Lunsford & Electric Mandolin (Producer: Estel Lee Scarborough)
005 CP 1187/ST-2559 CARROLL COUNTY BLUES Excellent EX 309 Starday 45-296
006 CP-1188/ST-2560 MT. VERNON RAG Excellent EX 309 45-296
Excellent 309 leased to Starday in 1957
Spring 1958 Cincinnati, OH - Ray Lunsford & Electric Mandolin/*Ralph Bowman [vcl] (Producer: Estel Lee Scarborough)
007 CP-1450 TRAGEDY OF THE SCHOOL BUS* Excellent EX 400
008 CP-1451 SHEILA Excellent EX 400
ca 1959 Cincinnati, OH - Ray Lunsford (Producer: Estel Lee Scarborough)
009 I DON'T LOVE NOBODY Sage 45-285
010 RUSTIC DANCE Sage 45-285
011 RED WING Sage 45-285
012 PICKIN' AROUND Sage 45-285
tracks above were leased to Sage Records


SINGLES
Excellent
EX-226 Country Pickin’ / Red Wing – 55 (rev. Dec. 24)
EX-310 Under The Double Eagle / Blue Grass Blues – 07-56 (rev. Aug. 4)
EX-309 Mt. Vernon Rag / Carroll County Blues – 05-57 (reissued on Starday 45-296 in May 1957)
EX-400 Sheila / Tragedy Of The School Bus – 58 (rev. May 5)
Sage
(EP)
45-285 I Don't Love Nobody / Rustic Dance / Red Wing / Pickin' Around - 59

Paul Evans

*05-03-1938, Queens, New York
by Praguefrank
SESSIONS

December 1956 New York City – Paul Evans
001 G5-JB-9713 WHAT DO YOU KNOW? RCA 47-6806
002 G5-JB-9714 DOROTHY 47-6806
1956 or 1957 New York City – Paul Evens
003 CRY BABY CRY RCA unissued
004 GIVE ME A WOMAN RCA unissued
005 GOOD GOOD THING RCA unissued
006 BE MY BABY AGAIN RCA unissued
007 BABY COME HOME RCA unissued
008 LET ME KNOW RCA unissued
April 1957 RCA Victor Studio, 155 East 24th St., Manhattan, New York City – Paul Evens
009 H2-WB-3291 CAUGHT 47-6992
010 H2-WB-3292 POOR BROKEN HEART 47-6992
011 H2-WB-3293 LOOKING FOR A SWEETIE 47-6924
012 H2-WB-3294 ANY LITTLE THING 47-6924
16 April 1958 Decca Recording Studio A, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Paul Evans
013 104775 OH! NO! 9-30680
014 104776 I THINK ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME 9-30680
015 104777 NOBODY LOVES ME unissued
ca 1958 [demo] unknown Paul Evans
01501 ROSES ARE RED Ace CHCHD-551 S 1214 Wizwork 1110
21 November 1958 poss. Atlantic Studios, 234 West 56th St., New York City – Paul Evans
016 58C-3209 BEAT GENERATION Atco 45-6138/LP-118
017 58C-3210 AT MY PARTY Atco 45-6138/LP-118
018 58C-3211 MICKEY, MY LOVE Atco 45-6170
019 58C-3212 LONG GONE Atco 45-6170
ca. July 1959 Associated Recording Studio, New York City – Paul Evans  The Curls
020 GU-5000 SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT Guaranteed 200/Carlton LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
021 GU-5001 WORSHIPPING AN IDOL Guaranteed 200/Carlton LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
ca. December 1959 New York City – Paul Evans & The Curls
022 GU 5014 SINCE I MET YOU BABY Guaranteed 205/LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
023 HONEY LOVE Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
024 SIXTY MINUTE MAN Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
ca. December 1959 New York City – Paul Evans & The Curls
025 GU 5022 MIDNITE SPECIAL Guaranteed 205/LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
026 HAMBONE ROCK Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
027 OVER THE MOUNTAIN, ACROSS THE SEA Carlton 558/Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
028 BUTTERFLY Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
029 THE FOOL Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
030 I'M IN LOVE AGAIN Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
031 TUTTI FRUTTI Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
032 SLIPPIN' AND SLIDIN' Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
03 I'M WALKIN' Guaranteed LP-1000 Ace CHCHD-551
December 1959 or early 1960 New York City – Paul Evans & The Curls
034 GU 5027 HAPPY-GO-LUCKY ME Guaranteed 208/Carlton LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
035 GU 5028 FISH IN THE OCEAN (BUBBLY BUM BUM) Guaranteed 208/Carlton LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
036 GU 5029 TWINS 210/LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
037 GU 5030 THE BRIGADE OF BROKEN HEARTS Guaranteed 210/Carlton LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
038 WHY Carlton LP-129/ Ace CHCHD-551
039 GU 5032 BLIND BOY Guaranteed 213/Carlton LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
960 New York City – Paul Evans & The Curls
040 GU 5040 HUSHABYE, LITTLE GUITAR Guaranteed 213/Carlton LP-129 Ace CHCHD-551
041 LONG LIVE LOVE Carlton LP-129
042 FIRE IN MY SOUL Carlton LP-129
043 KING OF BROKEN HEARTS Carlton LP-129
1960 or 1961 Associated Recording Studio, New York City – Paul Evans
044 PASSING THROUGH 12-130
045 WEE COOPER O' FILE Carlton ST-130-3/12-130
046 GU 5048? THE BOMB Carlton ST-130-3/12-130
047 BUCKEYE JIM 12-130
048 GU 5050 GOLDEN VANITY Carlton ST-130-2/12-130
049 GU 5051 TZENA TZENA Carlton ST-130-2/12-130
050 LOS CUATROS GENERALES 12-130
051 MR. HANGMAN 12-130
052 BRITISH GRENADIERS 12-130
053 GU 5055 KEVIN BARRY Carlton ST-130-1/12-130
054 WAYFARIN' STRANGER 12-130
055 WEARING OF THE GREEN Carlton ST-130-1/12-130
056 COLORADO TRAIL 12-130
057 SAMUEL HALL 12-130
058 PIG AND THE INEBRIATE 12-130
059 CRUCIFIED MY LORD 12-130
060 POOR BOY 12-130
ca. January 1961 Bell Sound Studios, 237 West 54th St., New York City – Paul Evans
061 CRC-786 I LOVE TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU Carlton 539
062 CRC-787/38298 NOT ME Carlton 543
063 CRC-788 SHOW FOLK Carlton 539/ Ace CHCHD-551
ca. February 1961 Associated Recording Studio, New York City – Paul Evans
064 CRC-818/38299 AFTER THE HURRICANE Carlton 543/ Ace CHCHD-551
1961 New York City – Paul Evans
065 CRC-866 JUST BECAUSE I LOVE YOU Carlton 554/ Ace CHCHD-551
066 CRC-867 THIS PULLOVER Carlton 554
067 SISAL TWINE Carlton 558
ca. April 1962 unknown – Paul Evans
068 K-6508 FEELIN NO PAIN Kapp K-473
April or May 1962 unknown – Paul Evans
069 GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN K-486
070 GILDING THE LILY K-499
071 THE BELL THAT COULDN'T JINGLE K-499
072 WE’VE GOT SOMETHING ON YOU K-520
ca. May 1962 unknown – Paul Evans
073 K-6549 D-DARLING K-486
074 K-6551 WHAT ARE THE LIPS OF JANET K-520
075 K-6552 A PICTURE OF YOU K-473
ca. June 1963 unknown – Paul Evans
076 K-6966 EVEN TAN K-527X
077 K-6967 unknown title
078 K-6968 unknown title
079 K-6969 unknown title
080 K-6970 unknown title
081 K-6971 TEN THOUSAND TEARS K-527X
ca. September 1963 unknown – Paul Evans
082 K-7282 TWO DIFFERENT THINGS K-567
083 K-7283 I'M GONNA BUILD A GIRL K-567
1964 unknown – Paul Evans & The Rocky Mount Ramblers
084 NINETY-NINE YEARS KS-3346
085 SHACKLES AND CHAINS KS-3346
086 THE PRISONER'S SONG KS-3346
087 ANOTHER TOWN - ANOTHER JAIL KS-3346
088 ALLENTOWN JAIL KS-3346
089 I GOT STRIPES KS-3346
090 TWENTY-ONE YEARS KS-3346
091 IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW KS-3346
092 MARIE, MARIE KS-3346
093 BETTY & DUPREE'S BLUES KS-3346
094 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES KS-3346
095 JOHN HARDY KS-3346 .
1964 poss. New York City – Paul Evans & Mimi Evans
096 BEWITCHED Epic 5-9728
097 I THINK I'M GONNA KILL MYSELF Epic 5-9728
1964 poss. New York City – Paul Evans
098 GINA MARINA PETUNIA 5-9751
099 LITTLE MISS TEASE 5-9751
1965 poss. New York City – Paul Evans
100 ALWAYS THINKING OF THE ROSES 5-9842
101 I WONDER WHAT TO DO 5-9842
ca January 1968 poss. New York City – Paul Evans
102 ONE RED ROSE Columbia 4-44472
103 BOUND TO SILENCE 4-44472
1971 poss. New York City – Paul Evans
104 THINK SUMMER Laurie 3571
105 FOR OLD TIMES SAKE 3571
106 THE MAN IN THE ROWBOAT 3581
107 HERE WE GO 'ROUND AGAIN 3581
1972 poss. New York City – Paul Evans
108 TRY IT, YOU'LL LIKE IT Ranwood 928
109 WE LIKED IT Ranwood 928
1973 poss. New York City – Paul Evans
110 NATURAL COTTON - NATURAL MAN 3614
111 NATURAL COTTON - NATURAL MAN -instr.- 3614
ca. May 1973 unknown – Paul Evans
112 THAT'S WHAT LOVING YOU IS ALL ABOUT DOA-17463
113 DO YOU REMEMBER? DOA-17463
1974 unknown – Paul Evans
114 BUT I WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY Mercury 73499
115 JUST AS LONG AS YOU ARE THERE Mercury 73499
26 November 1974 unknown – Paul Evans (orchestra rr. by Jimmy Wisner)
116 2-51791 MOVE IN WITH ME 73650
117 2-51792 ALL MY CHILDREN 73650
1975 unknown – Paul Evans
118 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA Big Tree 16050
119 YOU MADE ME OVER Big Tree 16050
1977 unknown – Paul Evans
120 IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER Musicor 6305
121 ROSES ARE RED MEDLEY Musicor 6305
1978 Nashville, TN – Paul Evans
122 HELLO, THIS IS JOANNIE Spring SP-183/LP-1008 Ace CHCHD-551
123 LULLABY TISSUE PAPER COMPANY Spring SP-183/LP-1008
124 DOWN AT THE BLUEBIRD SP-187
125 78NP-3823 I'M GIVIN' UP MY BABY SP-187/LP-1008
1978 or 1979 Nashville, TN – Paul Evans
126 DISNEYLAND DADDY SP-193/LP-1008 Ace CHCHD-551
127 BUILD AN ARK SP-193 39/LP-1008
128 WHAT'S A NICE GUY LIKE ME DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS Spring 39/LP-1008
129 ROSEMARIE Spring LP-1008
130 HALF MAN, HALF MUSIC Spring LP-1008
131 MACK THE KNIFE Spring LP-1008
132 THE FIRST TIME I'VE HAD SECOND THOUGHTS LP-1008
1979/1980 unknown – Paul Evans
133 GOOD NEIGHBOUR IRDA 580
134 AN ANGEL WITH A BROKEN WING IRDA 580
135 ONE NIGHT LED TO TWO IRDA-604
136 HANGIN' OUT AND HANGIN' IN IRDA 604
Paul Evans recorded after 1980. Some info in albums and singles list

ALBUMS
Guaranteed LP 1000 Paul Evans Sings The Fabulous Teens: I'm In Love Again; Hambone Rock; Over The Mountain, Across The Sea Tutti Frutti; Butterfly; Midnite Special; Slippin' And Slidin'; Honey Love
I'm Walkin'; Since I Met You Baby; 60 Minute Man; The Fool - 60
London [UK] 2248 Paul Evans Sings The Fabulous Teens: Seven Little Girls; Slippin' And Slidin'; I'm Walkin'; Butterfly; Since I Met You Baby; 60 Minute Man; I'm In Love Again; Over The Mountain, Across The Sea; The Fool; Honey Love; Hambone Rock; Tutti Frutti; Midnite Special; Worshipping An Idol – 60 (LP-1000 with added tracks)
Carlton STLP12-129 Hear Paul Evans In Your Home Tonight: Seven Little Girls; Happy-Go-Lucky-Me; Blind Boy; Why; Long Live Love; Worshipping An Idol; The Brigade Of Broken Hearts; Twins; Fire In My Soul; Fish In The Ocean; King Of Broken Hearts; Hushabye, Little Guitar - 60
Carlton STLP12-130 Folk Songs On Many Lands: Passing Through; Wee Cooper O'Fife; Buckeye Jim; Kevin Barry; Tzena Tzena; Los Cuatros Generales; Mister Hangman; British Grenadiers; Wayfarin' Stranger; Wearing Of The Green; Colorado Trail; Samuel Hall; Golden Vanity; Pig And The Inebriate; The Bomb; Crucified My Lord; Poor Boy - 61
Kapp KL-1346/KS-3346 21 Years In A Tennessee Jail: Ninety-Nine; Shackles And Chains; Prisoner's Song; Another Town Another Jail; Allentown Jail; I Got Stripes; Twenty-One Years; In The Jailhouse Now; Marie Marie; Betty And Dupree's Blues; Columbus Stockade Blues; John Hardy - 64
Spring LP 1008 Hello, This Is Paul Evans: Build An Ark; Rosemarie; Hello, This Is Joannie; Disneyland Daddy; Half Man, Half Music; What's A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This?; Lullaby Tissue Paper Company; Mack The Knife; I'm Giving Up My Baby; The First Time I've Had Second Thoughts - 79
Ace [UK] CDCHD-551 The Fabulous Teens And Beyond: Midnite Special; Hushabye, Little Guitar; I'm In Love Again; Hambone Rock; Over The Mountain, Across The Sea; Tutti Frutti; Butterfly; Slippin' And Slidin'; Honey Love; I'm Walkin'; Since I Met You Baby; 60 Minute Man; The Fool; Seven Little Girls; Worshipping An Idol; Happy-Go-Lucky-Me; Fish In The Ocean; The Brigade Of Broken Hearts; Blind Boy; Twins; After The Hurricane; Just Because I Love You; Show Folk; Why; Roses Are Red; Disneyland Daddy; Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me); Hello, This Is Joannie - 95
S-Star 1214 I Was Part Of The 50’s: I Was Part Of The 50's; Seven Little Girls; Midnite Special; Honey Love; Happy-Go-Lucky-Me; The Brigade Of Broken Hearts; After The Hurricane; Hushabye, Little Guitar; Happy Birthday, America; Hello, This Is Joannie; Hangin' Out And Hangin' In; Bye Bye Love; Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me)
I Gotta Know (live); What Do You Know?; Roses Are Red; When; Interview and reprise of I Was Part Of The 50's - 98
Wizwork WW1110CD Roses Are Red, My Love: Build An Ark; To Make You Feel My Love; Dot-Com Blues; Roses Are Red (My Love); Rosemaria; When; By An Oleander Tree; Hangin' Out And Hangin' In; Good Neighbor; Angel With A Broken Wing; Weekend Daddy; Amazing Grace - 02
Sanctuary CRRCD-715 Happy Go Lucky Me - The Paul Evans Songbook: What Do You Know; Cry, Baby, Cry,; Good Good Thing; Seven Little Girls (Sitting in the Back Seat); Since I Met You Baby; 60 Minute Man; Midnight Special; The Fool; Happy-Go-Lucky Me; Twins; Hushabye, Little Guitar; This Pullover; If I Had My Live To Live Over; Hello, This Is Joannie; I Gotta Know; When; If There Were No Moon; Johnny Will; Something Blue; Roses Are Red (My Love); Worried Guy; You Won't See Me ANymore; Happiness Is; The Next Step Is Love; Tender Moments; Quiet Desperation; Stuart Coleman Interview; I Was a Part of the 50's – 04-03


SINGLES
RCA (1956-57)
47-6808 What Do You Know / Dorothy – 01-57
47-6924 Looking For A Sweetie / Any Little Thing – 05-57
47-6992 Caught / Poor Broken Heart – 08-57
Decca (1958)
9-30680 I Think About You All The Time / Oh! No – 07-58
Atco (1959)
45-6138 At My Party / Beat Generation - 59
45-6170 Long Gone / Mickey, My Love - 60
Guaranteed (1959-60)
200 Seven Little Girls / Worshipping An Idol – 59 with the Curls (UK issue on London 8968)
205 Midnite Special / Since I Met You Baby – 60 (UK issue on London 9045)
208 Happy-Go-Lucky-Me / Fish In The Ocean – 60 (UK issue on London 9129)
210 The Brigade Of Broken Hearts / Twins – 60 (UK issue on London 9183)
213 Hushabye, Little Guitar / Blind Boy – 60 (UK issue on London 9239)
Carlton
539 Show Folk / I Love To Make Love To You – 02-61
543 After The Hurricane / Not Me – 03-61 (rev. March 13)
554 This Pullover / Just Because I Love You - 61
558 Sisal Twine / Over The Mountain, Across The Sea - 61
London [UK] (Guarantee & Carlton recordings)
9239 Hushabye, Little Guitar / Blind Boy - 60
9636 Gilding The Lily / The Bell That Couldn't Jingle - 62
9770 Ten Thousand Tears / Even Tan - 62
10340 Think Summer / For Old Times Sake - 71
(EP)
RE-R 1349 A Picture of You; Feelin' No Pain / Gonna Build a Mountain; D-Darling - 62
Kapp (1962-63)
K-473 Feelin' No Pain / A Picture Of You – 06-62
K-486 D-Darling / Gonna Build A Mountain – 10-62
K-499 Gilding The Lily / The Bell That Couldn't Jingle – 11-62
K-520X We've Got Something On You / What Are The Lips Of Janet – 03-63
K-527X Ten Thousand Tears / Even Tan – 04-63
K-567 I'm Gonna Build A Girl/Two Different Things – 11-63
Epic (1964-65)
5-9728 Bewitched / I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself – 10-64 with Mimi Evans
5-9751 Gina Marina Petunia / Little Miss Tease- 12-64
5-9842 Always Thinking Of The Roses / I Wonder What To Do – 08-65
Columbia (1968)
4-44472 One Red Rose / Bound To Silence – 02-68
Laurie (1671-73)
3571 Think Summer / For Old Times Sake - 71
3581 The Man In The Rowboat / Here We Go 'Round Again - 71
Ranwood (1972)
928 Try It, You'll Like It / We Liked It - 72
Laurie
3614 Natural Cotton - Natural Man / Natural Cotton - Natural Man (instrumental) - 73
Dot (1973)
DOA-17463 Do You Remember/That's What Loving You Is All About – 07-73
Mercury (1974)
73499 But I Was Born In New York City / Just As Long As You Are There - 74
73650 All My Children / Move In With Me - 75
Big Tree (1975)
16050 Happy Birthday, America / You Made Me Over - 75
Musicor (1977)
6305 If I Had My Life To Live Over / Roses Are Red Medley - 77
Spring (1978-79)
SP-183 Hello, This Is Joannie / Lullaby Tissue Paper Company – 78
SP-187 Down At The Bluebird / 78NP-3823 I'm Givin' Up My Baby
SP-193 (1979) Disneyland Daddy / Build An Ark - 79
39 (1979) What's A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This / Build An Ark – 79 (UK issue)
Cinnamon (1979/80)
IRDA 580 Good Neighbor / An Angel With A Broken Wing – 79 (UK issue on RCA 5260, 1980)
IRDA 604 One Night Led To Two / Hangin' Out And Hangin' In - 80
Garden Of Eden
(EP)
2100 Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me): Willie's Sung With Everyone (But Me); Santa's Stuck Up In The Chimney; The Beautiful Grass Of Kentucky; The Yodelin' Jazzman (with Group Five) - 93

Deacon Evans

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank
SESSIONS also recorded with Jerry Irby
1947 poss. Houston, TX – Deacon Evans & His Texans
001 IF-77 WHEN YOU SMILE Imperial 8038
002 IF-78 HILLBILLY STEEL GUITAR 8038
003 IF-79 NO ONE TO LOVE unissued
004 IF-80 I'LL BE JUMPED UP AND DOWN
005 IF-81 THERE'S NO USE PRETENDING
006 IF-82 TAKING IN THE TOWN


SINGLES
Imperial (1947)
8038 Hillbilly Steel Guitar / When You Smile - 48