Robie Cecil Sooter, *17-06-1904 Vancouver, BC, CAN, +09-06-1991
by Thieu Van De Vorst, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS
ca 1936 Hollywood – Rudy Sooter and His Horse Opera Company
001 UP THE ALLEY WITH SALLY [*SALLY; **A QUAIANT STREET] Racy HS 421 Hot Shots HS 423 Party Novelty’s 18 Hi-Lite 100* Novel Tunes 2003* Party Novelty no #**/Lowlights ?
002 unknown title Racy HS 421 Hot Shots HS 423
LOWLIGHTS ? RADIO AND RACORDING RARITIES, VOL. 1 (2006)
Spring 1946 unknown – Paul Westmoreland and His Pecos River Boys (vcl Rudy Sooter [-1], unknown [-2], trio [-3])
003 SA 101 TROUBLE KEEPS HANGIN' ROUND MY DOOR -1 San Antonio 101/BACM CD D 290
000 SA 102 CAN’T WIN, CAN PLACE, CAN’T SHOW -3 San Antonio 101
000 SA 103 HEADIN’ DOWN THE WRONG HIGHWAY -2 San Antonio 102
000 SA 104 WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACK -3 San Antonio 102
Fall 1946 unknown – Rudy Sooter
004 BW-521-2 MILLION DAISIES TOLD ME 10015/BACM CD D 290
005 BW-522-2 I CRY ALONE Black and White 10011/BACM CD D 290
006 BW-523 WHO DUG THIS HOLE I'M IN 10011/BACM CD D 290
007 BW-527-1 I CAN TELL BY THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE 10015/BACM CD D 290
Spring 1947 unknown – Rudy Sooter (Rudy Sooter [vcl] + string band)
008 BW-663 EASY PAYMENT BLUES 10023/ BACM CD D 670
009 BW-664-3 DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS 10023/WLP 2509 BACM CD D 290
010 BW-665-3 I THROW THE BULL 10026/BACM CD D 290
011 BW-666-2 ROOSTER AND THE OSTRICH 10026/BACM CD D 290
WHITE LABEL WLP 28909 BOPPIN‘ HILLBILLY, VOL. 8 (NED, 1989)
Spring 1947 unknown – Rudy Sooter
012 BW 701 WA-HOO KISS ME AGAIN 10025/Cattle LP 98
013 BW 702 I'M WAITING FOR YOUR CALL 10025/Cattle LP 98 BACM CD D 670
1950 unknown – Rudy Sooter
014 DLG 50134 HORSEFLESH AND CANDLES London 16013 30090/BACM CD D 290
015 DLG 50135 GET A WIGGLE ON 16013/BACM CD D 290
016 DLG-50136 YOU GAVE ME BACK MY RING London 16015/ BACM CD D 670
017 DLG-50137 THE FROST IS ON THE PUMPKIN 16015 / BACM CD D 670
RADIO TRANSCRIPTIONS
1938 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Rudy Sooter (Rudy Sooter [vcl], Jack Curly Hogg [gt], Speed Hanson [mandolin], Noel Boggs /Speedy West [steel], Hank Caldwell [bass], Spade Cooley/Ted Bacon/Billy Hill/Maurice Perlmutter [fiddle], Billy Leopold/Harley Luce [accordion], Victor Swartz [?])
PMS 023366/V 112 OUT IN THE GOLDEN WEST BACM CD D 670
PMS 023366/V 112 ROCKY MOUNTAIN TRAIL BACM CD D 670
PMS 023366/V 112 OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG BACM CD D 670
PMS 023366/V 112 OKLAHOMA SWING –instr.- V-112 Cattle LP-99 BACM CD D 670
PMS 026367/V 112 HAPPY GO LUCKY BACM CD D 290
PMS 026367/V 112 HILLS OF IDAHO BACM CD D 290
PMS 026367/V 112 DOIN‘ A WAR DANCE AT THE KOO-KOO HOUSE BACM CD D 670
PMS 026367/V 112 LITTLE PAL OF GOLDEN WEST BACM CD D 670
V 113 I SONG A YODEL SONG Cattle LP-99
PMS 026414/V 114 WON'T YOU BE MY BUCKAROO BACM CD D 290
PMS 026414/V 114 DESERT RIDERS BACM CD D 290
PMS 026414/V 114 O LD BOY BACM CD D 290
PMS 026414/V 114 THERE IS AN OLD CORRAL BACM CD D 670
PMS 026415/V 114 LET ME SHAKE YOUR OLD COWHAND BACM CD D 290
PMS 026415/V 114 DOODLE DŮM DAY BACM CD D 670
PMS 026415/V 114 OLD WYOMING MOON BACM CD D 670
PMS 026415/V 114 STORYBOOK COWBOY Cattle LP-99 BACM CD D 670
1939 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Rudy Sooter
PMS 036164/V 115 FORG IN A LOG BACM CD D 670
PMS 036164/V 115 HAND ME DOWN MY WALKING CANE BACM CD D 670
PMS 036164/V 115 MY BABY’S DONE LEF THIS TOWN BACM CD D 670
PMS 036165/V 115 SHE'LL BE COMIN' ROUND THE MOUNTAIN BACM CD D 290
PMS 036165/V 115 PANHANDLE SWING BACM CD D 290
V 116 DESET SAGE BACM CD D 670
V 116 OVER THERE BACM CD D 670
V 116 DON’T KEEP MY BABY OUT TOO LATE BACM CD D 670
V 116 ARKANSAS TRAVELER BACM CD D 670
V 116 WE’RE FOUR BAD HOMBRES BACM CD D 670
V 116 THE GIRL I LEF BEHIND BACM CD D 670
1940 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Rudy Sooter (Rudy Sooter [vcl], Jack Curly Hogg [gt], Speed Hanson [mandolin], Noel Boggs /Speedy West [steel], Hank Caldwell [bass], Spade Cooley/Ted Bacon/Billy Hill/Maurice Perlmutter [fiddle], Billy Leopold/Harley Luce [accordion], Victor Swartz [?])
PMS 055209/V 133 OLD JOE PARKER BACM CD D 290
PMS 055209/V 133 I'M A WILD COW CATCHER Cattle LP-98 BACM CD D 670
V 133 BOOGIE WOOGIE MAN FROM THE HILLS Cattle LP-99
V 133 I KNOW WHO'S KNOCKING ON MY DOOR Cattle LP-99
V 133 YOUR DIXIELAND Cattle LP-99
PMS 055210/V 133 DRY AND DUSTY BACM CD D 670
PMS 055210/V 133 I’M A BOOGIE WOOGIE MAN FROM TEXAS BACM CD D 670
1940 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Rudy Sooter (Rudy Sooter [vcl], Jack Curly Hogg [gt], Speed Hanson [mandolin], Noel Boggs /Speedy West [steel], Hank Caldwell [bass], Spade Cooley/Ted Bacon/Billy Hill/Maurice Perlmutter [fiddle], Billy Leopold/Harley Luce [accordion], Victor Swartz [?])
PMS 055211/V 134 HEADING FOR MY HOME IN OKLAHOMA BACM CD D 290
PMS 055211/V 134 I DON'T KNOW Cattle LP-98 BACM CD D 670
V-134 COWBOY'S SONG FOR SALE Cattle LP-98
PMS 055212/V 134 I'M HEADING FOR YUMA AND YOU –instr.- Cattle LP-98 BACM CD D 670
V 134 WHEN MY BLUE MOON TURNS TO GOLD AGAIN Cattle LP-98
PMS 055212/V 134 RANGE RIDING FOOL FROM TEXAS Cattle LP-98 BACM CD D 670
V 134 HUM YOURSELF A LITTLE SONG Cattle LP-99
V 134 I'M A REAL BUCKAROO Cattle LP-99
V 134 DOWN AT THE COO COO HOUSE Cattle LP-99
PMS 055212/V 134 WA-HOO KISS ME AGAIN Cattle LP-99 BACM CD D 670
1944 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Rudy Sooter
HD-4-MM-7005/V 150 WHOA BALDY BACM CD D 290
HD-4-MM-7005/V 150 BACK HOME IN INDIANA BACM CD D 290
HD-4-MM-7005/V 150 I'M THRU WASTING TIME ON YOU BACM CD D 290
HD-4-MM-7005/V 150 COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES BACM CD D 670
1944 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood, CA – Rudy Sooter (Rudy Sooter [vcl], Jack Curly Hogg [gt], Speed Hanson [mandolin], Noel Boggs /Speedy West [steel], Hank Caldwell [bass], Spade Cooley/Ted Bacon/Billy Hill/Maurice Perlmutter [fiddle], Billy Leopold/Harley Luce [accordion], Victor Swartz [?])
HD-4-MM-7149/V 151 PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME ANYMORE BACM CD D 290
HD-4-MM-7149/V 151 CLEANING MY RIFLE BACM CD D 290
V 151 CIMMARON ROLL ON Cattle LP-98
V 151 I'M ALONE AGAIN Cattle LP-98
V 151 LEFT MY GAL IN THE MOUNTAINS Cattle LP-98
V 151 YOU'LL BE SORRY Cattle LP-98
V 151 BORN TO LOSE Cattle LP-98
V 151 YOU'RE JUST THE KID NEXT DOOR Cattle LP-99
1947 [Standard Transcriptions] Hollywood, CA - Rudy Sooter (Rudy Sooter [vcl], Jack Curly Hogg [gt], Speed Hanson [mandolin], Noel Boggs /Speedy West [steel], Hank Caldwell [bass], Spade Cooley/Ted Bacon/Billy Hill/Maurice Perlmutter [fiddle], Billy Leopold/Harley Luce [accordion], Victor Swartz [?])
YTH-3206/V 174 FOOL THAT I AM BACM CD D 290
V 174 I'M WORKING ON A STEAMBOAT Cattle LP-98
YTH-3207/V 174 IT'S DARK OUTSIDE Cattle LP-98
V 174 LET THE RAINDROPS FALL Cattle LP-98
YTH-3207/V 174 IDA RED BACM CD D 290
YTH-3207/V 174 WA-HOO KISS ME AGAIN BACM CD D 290
V 174 IF I COULD LIVE MY LIFE OVER AGAIN Cattle LP-99
V 174 SADIE MAE Cattle LP-99
V 174 EASY PAYMENT BLUES Cattle LP-99
V 174 I'M WEARING MY HEART ON MY SLEEVE Cattle LP-99
V 174 DRIFTING SNOW 4 Cattle LP-99
ALBUMS
Cattle [GER] LP-98 With The Sierra Mountaineers And His Californians: I'm Working On A Steamboat; It's Dark Outside; I'm A Wild Cow Catcher; Cimmaron Roll On; I'm Alone Again;Cowboy's Song For Sale; I'm Heading For Yuma And You; When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again; Range Riding Fool From Texas; Wa-Hoo Kiss Me Again; I'm Waiting For Your Call; I Don't Know; Left My Gal In The Mountains; You'll Be Sorry; Born To Lose; Let The Raindrops Fall - 86
Cattle [GER] LP-99 Star Of Western Music And Western Screen: Boogie Woogie Man From The Hills; Hum Yourself A Little Song; If I Could Live My Life Over Again; Sadie Mae; I Know Who's Knocking On My Door; Easy Payment Blues; You're Just The Kid Next Door; Oklahoma Swing; Wa-Hoo Kiss Me Again; Your Dixieland; I'm Wearing My Heart On My Sleeve; Drifting Snow; I'm A Real Buckaroo; Down At The Coo Coo House; I Song A Yodel Song; Storybook Cowboy - 86
BACM [UK] CD D 290 Won't You Be My Buckaroo: Happy Go Lucky; Hills Of Idaho; Won't You Be My Buckaroo; Desert Riders; Old Boy; Let Me Shake Your Old Cowhand; She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain; Panhandle Swing; Old Joe Parker; Heading For My Home In Oklahoma; Whoa Baldy; Back Home In Indiana; I'm Thru Wasting Time On You; Please Don't Leave Me Anymore; Cleaning My Rifle; Trouble Keeps Hangin' Round My Door; I Cry Alone; Million Daisies Told Me; Who Dug This Hole I'm In; Don't Count Your Chickens; I Can Tell By The Look On Your Face; Rooster And The Ostrich; I Throw The Bull; Fool That I Am; Ida Red; Wa-Hoo Kiss Me Again; Horseflesh And Candles; Get A Wiggle On; Up The Alley – 10
BACM [UK] CD D 670 Vol. 2/ Out In The Golden West: Out In The Golden West; Rocky Mountain Trail; Doin’ A War Dance At The Koo-Koo House; .Old Fashioned Love Song; klahoma ( Swing); Little Pal Of The Golden West; Doodle Dum Day; There Is An Old Corral; Old Wyoming Moon; .Story Book Cowboy; Frog On A Log; Hand Me Down My Walking Cane; My Baby’s Done Left This Town; Desert Sage; Over There; Don’t Keep My Baby Out Too Late; Arkansas Traveller; Were Four Bad Hombres; The Girl I Left Behind; I’m A Wild Cow Catcher; Dry And Dusty; I’m A Boogie Woogie Man From The Hills; I Don't Know; Headin’ For Yuma And You; Range Ridin’ Fool From Texas; Wahoo Kiss Me Again (Version 1); Columbus Stockade Blues; Easy Payment Blues; Waiting For Your Call; Its Dark Outside; You Gave Me Back My Ring; When The Frost Is On The Pumpkin – 01-21
SINGLES
Racy (poss. 1936/7)
HS-423 Up The Alley With Sally / ? (also on Racy 421)
San Antonio (1946)
101 Trouble Keeps Hangin' Round My Door / Can’t Win, Can’t Place, Can’t Show - 46
Black and White (1947)
10011 Who Dug This Hole I'm In / I Cry Alone – 11-45 (rev, Nov.23)
10015 Million Daisies Told Me / I Can Tell By The Look On Your Face – 04-47 (rev. May 3)
10023 Easy Payment Blues / Don't Count Your Chickens - 47
10025 Wa-Hoo Kiss Me Again / I'm Waiting For Your Call - 47
10026 Rooster And The Ostrich / I Throw The Bull – 47
London (1950)
16013/30090 Horseflesh And Candles / Get A Wiggle On – 50
16015 You Gave Me Back My Ring / The Frost Is On The Pumpkin – 50
