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Sunday, May 15, 2011

Norro Wilson

*04-04-1938 Scottsville, KY
2nd version
by Praguefrank, Michel Ruppli, Michal Gololobov, Lennart Gustavsson
SESSIONS

ca. September 1961 Nashville, TN – Norris Wilson
001 MO-739  (MY HEAR'S IN) MEXICO  45-453
002 MO-740  MA BAKER'S ISLAND 45-453
March 1962 Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson aka Norris Wilson/as Norro and The Nor-Folks
003 MO-784 PINK DALLY RUE 45-459
004 MO-785 BABY DON‘T POUT  45-459
N01 A3W-181 TOP DOG* 45-813
January 1963 Nashville, TN – Norro and The Nor-Folks (Norro Wilson + unknown musicians)
N02 B1W-159 unknown title
N03 B1W-160 BLINK AWAY 45-813
N04 B1W-161 unknown title
January 1965 Nashville, TN -  Norris Wilson (Producer: Ray Stevens)
005 65-XY-307 WHERE THE ACTION IS  MGM K13323
006 65-XY-308 LOVE HURTS  K14038
007 65-XY-309 CHANTILLY LACE  K13323 K14038
ca. February 1966 Nashville, TN - Norro Wilson aka Norris Wilson (Producer: Don Gant)
008 F-897/ZTSB-110648  LET'S THINK ABOUT LIVING  45-1379
009 F-898/ZTSB-110649  OH, LONESOME ME  45-1379
January 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
010 2-41051  MAMA MC CLUSKIE  Smash S-2151/SRS-67116
011 2-41052  STRANGER TO ME  S-2151
012 2-41053  RATHER DO IT THAN EAT  S-2184
7 August 1968 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
013 2-42972  HEY MISTER  S-2192
014 2-42973  THAT S THE LEAST I COULD DO  unissued
8 August Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
015 2-42980  SUNSET AND WINE  Smash S-2184
ca. October 1968 poss. Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
016 2-43003  ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)  S-2192/SRS-67116
017 2-43004  YOU DON’T KNOW ME
018 2-43005  SHAME ON ME  S-2236  
13 December 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
019 2-43070  TO THE AISLE  SRS-67116
020 2-43071  MY PRAYER  SRS-67116
021 2-43072  THE GREAT PRETENDER  SRS-67116
022 2-43073  YOU'RE MY WORLD  SRS-67116
023 2-43074  LITTLE GREEN APPLES  SRS-67116
024 2-43075  ALL THE TIME  S-2210/SRS-67116
025 2-43076  LOVE COMES BUT ONCE IN A LIFETIME  S-2210/SRS-67116
17 December 1968 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
026 2-43081  WORDS  SRS-67116
027 2-43082  THE MAGIC TOUCH  unissued
028 2-43083  THAT'S THE LEAST I COULD DO  SRS-67116
ca. July 1969 Monument Recording Studio, 114 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
029 2-45463  LET ME GO BACK  S-2236
030 2-45464  THAT’S ALL I WANT FROM YOU  unissued
031 2-45465  JULY THE 12, 1934  unissued
ca. December 1969 Monument Recording Studio, 114 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN –  Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
032 2-45554  ROSES IN THE SNOW  S-2262
033 2-45555  IN THE LONELINESS OF THE CITY  S-2262
034 2-45556  DO IT TO SOMEONE YOU LOVE Mercury 73077
035 2-45557  NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW 73077
August 1970 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
036 2-47147  ONE HUNDERD SONGS ON THE JUKEBOX  unissued
037 2-47148  OLD ENOUGH TO WANT TO 73125
038 2-47149  STATE LINE DADDY 73125
23 April 1971 Mercury Custom Recording Studio, 1512 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Jerry Kennedy)
039 2-48485  SHE REALLY LOVED ME ONE TIME..   unissued
040 2-48486  IF YOU GET TO WHERE THE HEART IS (DON?T HURT ME) 73213
041 2-48487  SHOW ME THE WAY TO HER ARMS 73213
ca February 1972 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson
042 BWA4-1103 THE SWEET LIPS THAT KISS ME GOOD MORNING 74-0677
043 BWA4-1104 THE GIFT OF LOVE 74-0677
March 1972 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Bob Ferguson)
044 BWA4-1175 LITTLE OLD LADY  RCA Victor 74-0762
045 BWA4-1177 TIMES LIKE THESE MAKE THE ROSES SWEET 74-0762
September 1972 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Bob Ferguson)
046 BWA4-1781 EVERYBODY NEEDS LOVIN'  74-0824
047 BWA4-1782 STRANGE LITTLE GIRL 74-0824
ca. February 1973 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Producer: Bob Ferguson)
048 CWA4-1152? DARLIN' RAISE THE SHADE 74-0909
049 KEEP ME FROM BLOWING AWAY  74-0909
ca. June 1973 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson (Norris Wilson [vcl] + unknown musicians + The Nashville Edition. Producer: Bob ferguson)
050 AIN'T IT GOOD APBO-0062
051 IT'S ALL IN THE GAME  APBO-0062
28 March 1974 [no. 13695] Columbia Recording Studio, 34 Music Sq. East, Nashville, TN – Norro Wilson [overdub session April 2]
052 81137 I WANT TO HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS Capitol 3886
053 81138 LONELINESS (CAN BREAK A GOOD MAN DOWN)  3886
054 81139 COME ON,COME ON,POUR YOUR LOVIN' ON ME 4004
055 81140 THANKS,BUT NO THANKS  4004

ALBUMS
Smash SRS-67116 Dedicated To:
Only You:  Love Comes But Once In A Lifetime; Words; My Prayer; Little Green Apples; All The Time; That's The Least I Could Do; Only You (And You Alone); You're My World; To The Aisle; The Great Pretender; Mama McCluskie – 02-69                                                       

SINGLES
Monument  (1960-62)   as by Norris Wilson
45-453 Ma Baker's Island / (My Heart's In) Mexico – ca. 11-61
45-459 Pink Dally Rue / Baby Don‘t Pout  - 62
45-813 Blink Away / Top Dog – 04-63 as Norro and The Nor-Folks (rev. Apr. 20)
MGM (1965)  as by Norris Wilson
K 13323  Chantilly Lace / Where The Action Is - 06-04-65
K 14038  Chantilly Lace / Love Hurts - 03-69
Hickory  (1966)  as by Norris Wilson
45-1379 Let's Think About Living / Oh, Lonesome Me - 04-66
Smash (1968-70) / Mercury (1970-71)                                  
S-2151 Stranger To Me / Mama Mc Cluskie - 02-68
S-2184 Rather Do It Than Eat / Sunset And Wine - 09-68
S-2192 Only You (And You Alone) / Hey Mister - 12-68
S-2210 Love Comes But Once In Lifetime / All The Time - 03-69
S-2236 Shame On Me / Let Me Go Back - 07-69
S-2262 In The Loneliness Of The City / Roses In The Snow - 02-70
73077 Do It To Someone You Love / No One Will Ever Know - 06-70
73125 Old Enough To Want To / State Line Daddy -10-70
73213 If You Get Where Heart Is / Away Of Her Arms - 05-71
RCA Victor (1972-73)              
74-0677 The Gift Of Love / The Sweet Lips That Kiss Me Good Morning - 04-72                                   
74-0762 Little Old Lady / Times Like These - 07-72
74-0824 Strange Little Girl / Everybody Needs Lovin' - 10-72
74-0909 Darlin' Raise The Shade / Keep Me From Blowing Away - 03-73
APBO-0062 Ain't It Good / It's All In The Game – 14-08-73
Capitol (1974)                
3886 I Want To Hold You In My Arms / Loneliness (Can Break A Good Man Down) - 05-74                                
4004 Come On Come On Pour Your Lovin' On Me / Thanks But No Thanks - 01-75                                   

RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
U.S. Air Force -  Country Music Time # 195:
Do It To Someone You Love; Baby Baby; For The Good Times – Norro Wilson; Bring Your Love Back To Me [Patsy Sledd]; Do It To Someone You Love – ca 06-71 (MX: 70020)
U.S. Air Force -  Country Music Time # 286: Do It To Someone You Love; Little Old Lady; If Ya Got It Flaunt It [Jim Mundy]; Home In San Antone (Instrumental); Everybody Needs Loving   - ca 03-73 (MX: 71454)
                             

Jack Casey

by Dick Grant with acknowledgements to Praguefrank, Bill Daniels
SESSIONS
early 1958 Cincinnati, OH - Mike Miller & Jack Casey And The Star Mountain Boys (Meredith E. “Mike” Miller [vcl/banjo], Jack “Casey” Casebolt [vcl/rh gt])
001 STARR-45-111 I NEED YOU SWEETHEART Starr 45-603 Cameo 45-137
002 STARR-45-112 DON’T MESS UP MY HAIR 45-603 45-137
1959 Columbus, OH - Mike Miller & Jack Casey And The Star Mountain Boys (Meredith E. “Mike” Miller [vcl/banjo], Jack “Casey” Casebolt [vcl/rh gt])
003 682-45-71 I’D LIKE TO SPEND A LIFETIME LOVIN’ YOU Early Bird 45-602
004 682-45-72 YOU’RE NOT WORTH A DIME 45-602
EARLY BIRD Records was owned by JACK CASEBOLT. ca March 1961* unknown - Mike Miller & Jack Casey And The Star Mountain Boys (Meredith E. “Mike” Miller [vcl/banjo], Jack “Casey” Casebolt [vcl/rh gt])
005 ST-4735 THE BANJO AND THE BUTTERFLY Starday SEP-167, Starday SLP-169
006 ST-4736 YESTERDAY WAS A LONELY DREAM SEP-167
007 ST-4737 YOU’VE BROKEN HER HEART SEP-167
008 ST-4738 A MEMORY OF YOU SEP-167
*from master numebrs sequence; according to Dick Grant session held in May
STARDAY SEP-167 “MIKE MILLER & JACK CASEY & THE STONE MOUNTAIN BOYS [Bluegrass] (1961); STARDAY SLP-169 MORE BANJO IN THE HILLS (1962)
ca February 1962 unknown - Mike Miller & Jack Casey And The Star Mountain Boys & Roy Smiley & Red Barnes (Meredith E. “Mike” Miller [vcl/banjo], Jack “Casey” Casebolt [vcl/rh gt],Roy Smiley + unknown musicians)
009 5300 LOVE ME Nashville NV-5051/Buckingham P-ST-720Continental Maple Leaf CMS-1010 Palace S-720
010 5301 OUTER SPACE BLUES Nashville NV-5051/Buckingham P-ST-722 CMS-1013 Palace S-722
BUCKINGHAM P-ST-720 MOUNTAIN FOLK SONG CONCERT BLUEGRASS STYLE (January 1963); CONTINENTAL MAPLE LEAF CML/CMS-1010 MOUNTAIN FOLK SONG CONCERT BLUEGRASS STYLE (January 1963); PALACE M/S-720 MOUNTAIN FOLK SONG CONCERT BLUEGRASS STYLE (January 1963); BUCKINGHAM P-ST-722 SPECTACULAR BLUEGRASS FAVORITES with 5 String Banjo-HYLO BROWN of Opry Fame/BILL CLIFTON and his Dixie Mountain Boys” released (January 1963); CONTINENTAL MAPLE LEAF CML/CMS-1013 SPECTACULAR BLUEGRASS FAVORITES (January 1963); PALACE M/S-722 SPECTACULAR BLUEGRASS FAVORITES (January 1963)
1963 poss. Goodlettsville, TN - Mike Miller - Jack Casey And The Star Mountain Boys (Meredith E. “Mike” Miller [vcl/banjo], Jack “Casey” Casebolt [vcl/rh gt])
011 P5KM-3688/20632A HOW CAN I TELL MY HEART? Nugget NR-204 Rome R-1118
012 P5KM-3689/20632B BLUE GRASS COUNTRY NR-204 R-1118
JACK CASEY was the owner of ROME Records.
1965 unknown – Jack Casey
013 BIG BLACK TRAIN Clark 224
014 GOING BACK TO OLD BIRMINGHAM Clark 224
Spring 1968 unknown – Jack Casey (Jack Casey [ld vcl/rh gt], Danny Milnon [dobro], Ross Branham [banjo], Howard Aldridge [tenor vcl/mandolin], Tommy Boyd [baritone vcl], ; Wayne Mendor [bass vcl]. Producer: Richard “Dick” Unteed)
015 I WONDER WHERE YOU ARE TONIGHT Rural Rhythm RRJC-206
016 LONG BLACK VEIL RRJC-206
017 MOUNTAIN DEW RRJC-206
018 I ONLY WANT A BUDDY RRJC-206
019 I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO BE LONELY RRJC-206
020 GIRL IN THE BLUE VELVET BAND RRJC-206
021 RUBY RR-717/RRJC-206
022 RENFRO VALLEY RRJC-206
023 JESSIE JAMES –instr.- RRJC-206
024 HEARTS HIGHWAY RRJC-206
025 SIX WHITE HORSES RRJC-206
026 VARSITY DRAG –instr.- RRJC-206
027 SOPHRONI RRJC-206
028 IN THE PINES RRJC-206
029 GREEN BACK DOLLAR RRJC-206
030 LITTLE WHITE WASHED CHIMNEY RRJC-206
031 NEW RIVER TRAIN RRJC-206
032 MAY I SLEEP IN YOUR BARN RRJC-206
033 WALKING CANE RRJC-206
034 DREAM OF THE MINER’S CHILD RR-717/RRJC-206
035 DANNY BOY -instr.- RRJC-206
ca Mid 1968 Nashville, TN – Jack Casey
036 WILLIE’S RIDE TAG TG-003
037 RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES YOU WALKED AWAY TAG TTG-003


ALBUMS
Rural Rhythm RRJC-206 Rural Rhythm Presents Jack Casey: I Wonder Where You Are Tonight; Long Black Veil; Mountain Dew; I Only Want A Buddy; I Know What It Means To Be Lonely; Girl In The Blue Velvet Band; Ruby; Renfro Valley; Jessie James; Hearts Highway; Six White Horses; Varsity Drag; Sophroni; In The Pines; Green Back Dollar; Little White Washed Chimney; New River Train; May I Sleep In Your Barn; Walking Cane; Dream Of The Miner’s Child; Danny Boy – 07-68 (MX: U 2349/2350)

SINGLES
Starr (1958)
45-603 I Need You Sweetheart / Don’t Mess Up My Hair – ca 04-58 w. Mike Miller (reissued on Cameo 45-137 in May 1958)
Early Bird (1959)
45-602 I’d Like To Spend A Lifetime Lovin’ You / You’re Not Worth A Dime – 59 w. Mike Miller
Starday/*Nashville (1961-2)
*NV-5051 Love Me / Outer Space Blues – 03-62 w. Mike Miller
(EPs)
SEP-167 The Banjo And The Butterfly / Yesterday Was A Lonely Dream / You’ve Broken Her Heart / A Memory Of You – 61 w. Mike Miller
Nugget (1963)
NR-204 How Can I Tell My Heart? / Blue Grass Country – 04-63 w. Mike Miller (reissued on Rome R-1118 in
December 1972)
Clark (1965)
Clark (1965)
224 Big Black Train / Going Back To Old Birmingham - 65
Rural Rhythm (1968)
RR-717 Ruby / Dream Of The Miner’s Child - 68
TAG (1968)
TG-003 Willie’s Ride / Right Before My Eyes You Walked Away - 68

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.