Jimmy Murphy

*11-10-1925 Republic, Al - +01-06-1981
2nd version
by Richard Weize, Dick Grant, Xavier Maire, Marc Alesina, Praguefrank, Steve Hathaway, Silke Manleiter, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
29 January 1951 [14:30-17:30] Brown Radio Productions, 240 1/2 4th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphy [vcl/gt], Anita Carter [bass] + unknown musicians. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
001 E1-VB-913-C ELECTRICITY RCA Victor 48-0447/BCD-15451
002 E1-VB-914-B MOTHER, WHERE IS YOUR DAUGHTER 48-0447/ BCD-15451
003 E1-VB-915 BIG MAMA BLUES 48-0474/ BCD-15451
004 E1-VB-916-A WE LIVE A LONG, LONG TIME 48-0474/ BCD-15451
10 October 1951 [09:30-13:00] Brown Radio Productions, 240 1/2 4th Ave. North, Nashville, TN - Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphy [vcl/gt], Chet Atkins [gt], Robert Foster [steel], C. Wright [bass], Tommy Jackson [fiddle]. Producer: Stephen Sholes)
005 E1-VB-4017-F LOVE THAT SATISFIES 47-4609/BCD-15451
006 E1-VB-4018-B EDUCATED FOOL 47-4394/BCD-15451
007 E1-VB-4019 RAMBLIN' HEART 47-4394/BCD-15451
008 E1-VB-4020-B THAT FIRST GUITAR OF MINE 47-4609/BCD-15451
8 November 1955 [20:00-23:00] Bradley Studios, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphey [vcl/gt], Jack Shook [gt], Ernie Newton [bass], Onie Wheeler [harmonica]. Producer: Don Law)
009 CO 54289/OB 1066/JZSP-37419 SWEET SWEET LIPS Columbia unissued/ BCD-15451
010 CO 54290/OB 1067/JZSP-37420 HERE KITTY, KITTY 4-21486/ BCD-15451
011 CO 54291/OB 1068/JZSP-37421 PUT SOME MEAT ON THEM BONES unissued/Epic EG-37984 BCD-15451
012 CO 54292/OB 1069/JZSP-37422 I'M LOOKING FOR A MUSTARDPATCH 4-21486/ BCD-15451
5 May 1956 [21:00-24:00] Music City Recording, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphy [vcl/gt], Jack Shook [gt], Ernie Newton [bass], Onie Wheeler [harmonica]. Producer: Don Law)
013 CO 56014/OB 1125/JZSP-38548 SIXTEEN TONS ROCK'N'ROLL 4-21534/ BCD-15451 BCD 16722
014 CO 56015/OB 1126/JZSP-38549 GRANDPAW'S CAT 4-21569/ BCD-15451 BCD 16722
015 CO 56016/OB 1127/JZSP-38550 BABOON BOOGIE 4-21569/ BCD-15451 BCD 16722
016 CO 56017/OB 1128/JZSP-38551 MY GAL DOTTIE 4-21534/ BCD-15451 BCD 16722
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16722 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.22 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF COLUMBIA RECORDS (GER, 2005)
late 1962 or early 1963 poss. Cincinnati, OH - Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphy [vcl/gt], Paul Smith [gt/steel] + unknown musicians)
017 CP-9865/ST-7759/RK4M-6671 WAKE ME UP, SWEET JESUS Ark 260 Rem 45-340/Ace CDCHD-714
018 CP-9866/ST-7760/RK4M-6672 MY FEET'S ON SOLID GROUND Ark 260 Rem 45-340/Ace CDCHD-714
019 CP-9867 I LONG TO HEAR HANK SING THE BLUES Ark 259
020 CP-9868 SWING STEEL BLUES -instr.- Ark 259
1963 or 1964 unknown – Jimmy Murphy
021 unknown title Jewel
022 unknown title Jewel
1964 poss. Grand Rapids, MI – Jimmy Murphy (unknown musicians)
023 12541 THERE'S NO USE IN ME LOVING YOU Midnite 12541/12542
024 12542 ONE BLOCK FROM HOME 12541/12542
1965 poss. Lexington, KY – Jimmy Murphy (unknown musicians)
025 S4KM-2791/ST-7779 TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO MOTHER REM 45-378/ Ace CDCHD-714
026 S4KM-2792/ST-7778 HALF A LOAF OF BREAD REM 45-378/ Ace CDCHD-714
1964-65 poss. Lexington, KY – Jimmy Murphy (unknown musicians)
027 ST-7761 JESUS IS MY ONLY FRIEND Starday unissued/Ace CDCHD-714
028 ST-7763 I FEEL JESUS (IN MY MY) Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
029 ST-7765 JESUS HAS SAVED MY SOUL Starday unissued Rem RLP-1002 Ace CDCHD 714
030 ST-7766 I BELIEVE Starday unissued/Rimrock LP-1002 Ace CDCHD 714
031 ST-7767 HE'S ALWAYS THE SAME Loyal EP-186 Starday unissued Rem RLP 1002 Ace CDCHD 714
032 ST-7768 ELECTRICITY Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
033 ST-7769 LITTLE BLACK TRAIN Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
034 ST-7770 JOHN THE BAPTIST Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
035 ST-7773 SHANTY BOAT BLUES Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
036 ST-7774 BIG TRAIN Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
037 ST-7775 HUB CAB Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
038 ST-7776 HEART OF BRASS Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
039 ST-7777 TEARS IN THE EYES OF A POTATO Starday unissued Ace CDCHD 714
masters leased to Starday in 1965 1965 poss. Lexington, KY – Jimmy Murphy (unknown musicians)
041 GONNA THROW MY SUITCASE AWAY Loyal EP-186
042 ST-7764 HOLY GHOST MILLIONAIRE Loyal EP-186/ Ace CDCHD 714
043 ST-7772 YOU MAY HAVE A MILLION [YOU BETTER GET READY*] Loyal EP-186 Rimrock STR-3005*/* Ace CDCHD-714
044 ST-7771 LITTLE DAVID (PLAY ON YOUR HARP) Loyal EP-186/Ace CDCHD-714
045 ST-7762 JESUS IS COMING TO REIGN Loyal EP-186/Ace CDCHD-714
masters leased to Starday in 1965

Mid 1960s unknown – Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphy [vcl], ? [piano])

045A ‘CAUSE HE SAID HE WOULD

Summer 1978 Lemco Sound Studio, Lexington, KY – Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphy [vcl/gt], Tony Williamson [gt], Ricky Skaggs [vcl/gt/mandolin], Jerry Douglas [dobro], John Johnson [bass] + Florine Murphy [bck vcl])
046 YOU TOUCHED ME AND MADE ME LIVE AGAIN SH-3702/SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
047 ELECTRICITY SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
048 SHANTY BOAT BLUES SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
049 HE'S ALWAYS THE SAME SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
050 IT SEEMS I ALWAYS GET WHAT I DON'T WANT SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
051 WAKE ME UP SWEET JESUS SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
052 WE LIVE A LONG LONG TIME SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
053 MOTHER WHERE IS YOUR DAUGHTER TONIGHT SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
054 THE MORNING LIGHT BREAKING SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
055 LOUISE SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
056 CORBIN STOMP –instr.- SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
057 BIG MAMA BLUES SUG-CD-3890
058 HOW LONG BLUES SUG-CD-3890
059 I GET A LONGING TO HEAR HANK SING THE BLUES SH-3702/SH-3702 SUG-CD-3890
27/28 July 1978 [live] National Folk Festival, Wolf Trap. Vienna, VA - Jimmy Murphy
05901 JOHN THE BAPTIST SUG-CD-3890
05902 HOLY GHOST MILLIONAIRE SUG-CD-3890

ALBUMS
Sugar Hill SH-3702 E-Lec-Tricity: You Touched Me And Made Me Live Again; Electricity; I Always Get What I Don't Want; Shanty Boat Blues; He's Always The Same; Wake Me Up Sweet Jesus; We Live A Long Long Time; I Get A Longing To Hear Hank Sing The Blues; Mother Where Is Your Daughter Tonight; Morning Light Breaking; Louise; Corbin Stomp – 12-78 (reissued on SUG-CD 3890 with added songs: Big Mama Blues; How Long Blues; John The Baptist; Holy Ghost Millionaire)
Bear Family [GER] BCD-15451 Sixteen Tons Rock 'N' Roll: Sixteen Tons Rock 'n' Roll; My Gal Dottie; Grandpaw's Cat; Baboon Boogie; I'm Looking For A Mustard Patch; Put Some Meat On Them Bones; Here Kitty Kitty; Sweet Sweet Lips (unissued); Electricity; Big Mama Blues; That First Guitar Of Mine; Love That Satisfies; Educated Fool; Rambling Heart; We Live A Long, Long Time; Mother Where Is Your Daughter Tonight – 90 (complete RCA, Columbia)
Ace [UK] CDCHD-714 Southern Roots - The Legendary Starday-Rem Sessions: Shanty Boat Blues; Hub Cap; Tears In The Eyes Of A Potato; Heart Of Brass; Big Train; He's Always The Same; Electricity; Little Black Train; John The Baptist; Little David (Play On Your Harp); You Better Get Ready (A.K.A $1,000,000); Jesus Is My Only Friend; Jesus Is Coming To Reign; I Feel Jesus (My My My); Holy Ghost Millionaire; Jesus Has Saved My Soul; I Believe; Wake Me Up Sweet Jesus; My Feet's On Solid Ground; Half A Loaf Of Bread; Take This Message To Mother – 05-99

SINGLES
RCA Victor (1951-52)
48-0447 Electricity / Mother, Where Is Your Daughter Tonight? - 04-51
48-0474 Big Mama Blues / We Live A Long, Long Time - 06-51
47-4394 Rambling Heart / Educated Fool - 12-51
47-4609 Love That Satisfied / First Guitar Of Mine - 03-52
Columbia (1955-56)
4-21486 I'm Looking For A Mustard Patch / Here Kitty Kitty - 01-56
4-21534 My Gal Dottie / Sixteen Tons Rock And Roll - 06-56
4-21569 Grandpa's A Cat / Baboon Boogie - 11-56
Ark (ca 1962)
259 I Long To Hear Hank Sing The Blues / [Paul Smith:] Swing Steel Blues - 63
260 My Feet's On Solid Ground / Wake Me Up, Sweet Jesus – 04-63
Midnite (1964)
12541/12542 There's No Use In Me Loving You / One Block From Home – 11-64
Rem (1964-65)
45-340 My Feet's On Solid Ground / Wake Me Up, Sweet Jesus – 64 (reissue of Ark 260)
45-378 Half A Loaf Of Bread / Take This Message To Mother – 65
Loyal 1965)
EP-186 He's Always The Same / Gonna Throw My Suitcase Away / Holy Ghost Millionaire / You May Have A Million / Little David (Play On Your Harp) / Jesus Is Coming To Reign - 65

Sugar Hill

SH-3702  You Touched Me And Made Me Live Again / I Get A Longing To Hear Hank Sing The Blues – 12-78

Jim Collins (1959)

*19-06-1959 Nacogdoches, TX

By Praguefrank, Kent Heineman

SESSIONS

early 1980s unknown – Jim Collins

001 HEARTACHE GOIN' DOWNTOWN TONIGHT Texas TX-5517

002 I WANNA BE A COWBOY 'TIL I DIE  Texas TX-5517

1984 unknown – Jim Collins (Producer: Ray Baker)

003 U 12541 YOU'VE GOT HER EYES F+L FL-544 White Gold WG-22250 WG-22252

late 1984 unknown – Jim Collins

004 YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY GOOD-BYE IN THE MORNING White Gold WG-22250

005 WHAT A MEMORY YOU'D MAKE WG-22251

006 I WANNA BE A COWBOY 'TIL I DIE WG-22252

1986 unknown – Jim Collins

007 THE THINGS I'VE DONE TO ME (BECAUSE OF YOU) TKM 111216

008 WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE TKM 111216

009 ROMANCE  TKM 111217

1995 unknown – Jim Collins as Jimmy Collins

010 RADIO ROCK [BUTT ROCKIN ', BOOT STOMPIN' MIX] Zoo Entertainment 72445-14197-1 [RODEO ACTIVE MIX] Zoo Entertainment 72445-14197-1 [RADIO MIX] Zoo Entertainment 72445-14197-1

Fall 1997 unknown – Jim Collins

014 I CAN LET GO NOW  13119-7/18858-2

015 HELPLESSLY HOPELESSLY YOURS Arista 18858-2  

016 THAT'S AS FAR AS IT GOES Arista 18858-2  

017 THE NEXT STEP Arista 13107-7/18858-2  

018 NOT ME Arista 13107-7/18858-2  

019 LET THE GUITAR DO THE TALKIN' Arista 18858-2   

020 TWO HEARTS NEVER BREAK EVEN Arista 18858-2   

021 MY FIRST, MY LAST, ONE AND ONLY Arista 13119-7/18858-2

022 MIND OVER MATTERS OF THE HEART Arista 18858-2  

023 ARE YOU GONNA STAY OR GO Arista 18858-2   

ALBUMS

Arista 07822-18858-2 The Next Step: Helplessly Hopelessly Yours; That's As Far As It Goes; The Next Step; Not Me; Let the Guitar Do The Talkin';  Two Hearts Never Break Even;  My First, My Last, One and Only; Mind Over Matters Of The Heart;  Are You Gonna Stay Or Go;  I Can Let Go Now – 24-02-98

SINGLES

Texas

TX-5517 Heartache Goin' Downtown Tonight / I Wanna Be A Cowboy 'Til I Die

F+L (1984)

FL-544 You've Got Her Eyes / You've Got Her Eyes  - (DJ single)

White Gold (1985)              

WG-22250 You Can Always Say Good-Bye In The Morning / You've Got Her Eyes – 02-85

WG-22251 What A Memory You'd Make / ? - 05-85

WG-22252 I Wanna Be A Cowboy 'Til I Die / You've Got Her Eyes - 08-85

TKM (1986)                 

TKM 111216 The Things I've Done To Me (Because Of You) / When It Comes To Love - 05-86

TKM 111217 Romance / ? - 09-86

Zoo Entertainment (1995)

72445-14197-1 Radio Rock (Butt Rockin ', Boot Stompin' Mix) /  Radio Rock (Rodeo Active Mix); Radio Rock (Radio Energy Mix) - 95

Arista (1997)               

13107-7 The Next Step / Not Me - 11-11-97

13119-7 My First Last One And Only / I Can Let Go Now - 04-98