Ray Whitley

*05-12-1901 Atlanta, GA, +21-02-1979

2nd version
By Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Praguefrank, Murray Kirch, Thieu Van DeVorst, David Epstein
SESSIONS also member of Frank Luther Trio
17 September 1934 ARC Recording Studio, 55W, 16th St., New York City – Ray Whitley,* & Odis Elder (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Odis Elder [vcl*], ? [fiddle], Bob Miller [piano])
001 15961-2 HAVE YOU WRITTEN MOTHER LATELY * BA33183 ME13150 OR8379 RO5379 CQ8383 PE13047/BACM CD D 006
002 15962-1 THE MORRO CASTLE DISASTER BA33183 ME13150 OR8379 RO5379 CQ8383 PE13047/ BACM CD D 006
20 September 1934 ARC Recording Studio, 55W, 16th St., New York City – Ray Whitley & Odis Elder (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Odis Elder [vcl], prob. Bob Miller [piano], poss. Frank Novak [bass clarinet] + more unknown musicians)
ON THE OLD SETTEE! BA33265 ME13232 OR8400 RO5400 PE13085 CQ8401¢003 15987-1 SITTIN
004 15988-2 OLD WISHING WELL BA33265 ME13232 OR8400 RO5400 PE13085 CQ8401
24 September 1934 ARC Recording Studio, 55W, 16th St., New York City – Ray Whitley (unknow musicians)
005 15962-2 THE MORRO CASTLE DISASTER unissued
5 October 1934 ARC Recording Studio, 55W, 16th St., New York City – Ray Whitley & Odis Elder (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Odis Elder [vcl], prob. Bob Miller [piano] + more unknown musicians)
006 16039 BIG BALL IN TEXAS unissued
007 16040-2 SINGING A SONG IN SING SING BA33252 ME13219 CQ8436 OR8397 RO5397 PE13079/BACM CD D 006
27 October 1934 ARC Recording Studio, 55W, 16th St., New York City – Ray Whitley (unknown musicians)
008 162790-1 PRETTY BOY FLOYD BA33252 ME13219 OR8397 PE13079 RO5397 CQ8436
17 January 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Buck Nation & Ray Whitley (Buck Nation [vcl/gt], Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Bill Butler [steel], Jake Watts [bass], prob. Bill Benner [fiddle]. Producer: David Kapp)
009 39254-B END OF MEMORY LANE Decca 5065 [take A] Brunswick SA879
010 39255-A SHACKLE SHACK ON THE HILL Decca 5065 SA879/BACM CD D 006
SA879 issued in RSA
15 February 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ray Whitley, * & Buck Nation (Buck Nation [vcl*/gt], Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Bill Butler [steel], Jake Watts [bass], prob. Bill Benner [fiddle]. Producer: David Kapp)
011 39362-A GREENBACK DOLLAR 5078/BACM CD D 006
012 39363-A BIG BAD BLUES 5078/BACM CD D 006
013 39364 SWEET LITTLE SOMEONE unissued
014 39365-A-B MY PRAIRIE PRIDE unissued
015 39366-A VINE COVERED CHURCH * 5114
016 39367-A NEWLY MOULDED MOUND * 5114
22 August 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ray Whitley (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Bill Butler [bass], Bill Benner [fiddle]. Producer: David Kapp)
017 39873-AA WILL RODGERS 5132
018 39874-A LAST FLIGHT OF WILEY POST 5132
27 February 1936 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ray Whitley (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Ken Card [banjo], Bill Butler [bass], Bill Benner [fiddle]. Producer: David Kapp)
019 60582-A SADDLE YOUR BLUES TO WILD 5195
020 60583-A WAH-HOO 5195/BACM CD D 006
2 March 1936 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ray Whitley (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Ken Card [banjo], Bill Butler [bass], Bill Benner [fiddle]. Producer: David Kapp)
021 60599-A MY ALABAMMY HOME 5205
022 60851-A BLUE YODEL BLUES 5205/BACM CD D 006
27 October 1936 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ray Whitley’s Rangers (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Willie Phelps [gt/washboard], Ken Card [banjo], Norman Phelps [bass], Earl Phelps [fiddle], Happy Daw [accordion])
023 61349-A TRAILIN‘ 5285
024 61350-A-B I SAW YOUR FACE IN THE MOON 5293
025 61351-A YOU TOOK MY CANDY 5293/BACM CD D 006
026 61352-A JUST A LITTLE COUGH DROP 5285/BACM CD D 006
26 October 1938 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Ray Whitley’s Rangers (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Willie Phelps [gt/washboard], Ken Card [banjo], Norman Phelps [bass], Earl Phelps [fiddle])
027 64700-AA THE COWBOY AND THE LADY 5617/BACM CD D 006
028 64701-A BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN 5628/BACM CD D 006
029 64702-A COME ON BOYS, WE’RE RIDING INTO TOWN 5617/BACM CD D 006
030 64703-A ON THE PAINTED DESERT 5628
19 August 1941 [15:30-17:30] CBS Studio (Radio Station KNX), 6121 Gower & Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Ray Whitley & His Six Bar Cowboys (Ray Whitley [vcl/gt], Fred Rose [duet vcl -*], Ken Carl [gt], Onie Hass [gt], Walter Jecker [bass], Spade Cooley [fiddle])
031 H 454-1 WHEN YOU TOOK YOUR LOVE AWAY Conqueror 9863 OKeh 06454/BACM CD D 006
032 H 455-1 PLEASE DON’T FORGET ME DEAR Conquror 9864
033 H 456-1 DARLING, DON’T CRY OVER ME -* Conqueror 9864
034 H 457-1 HOW WAS I TO KNOW -* Conqueror 9863 OKeh 06454/BACM CD D 006
1946 Philadelphia, PA – Ray Whitley and The Santa Fe Rangers
035 BETWEEN THE LINES Cowboy CR-301
036 JUKEBOX CANNONBALL Cowboy CR-301
ca 1947 Philadelphia, PA – Ray Whitley and The Santa Fe Rangers
037 TEN GALLON STETSON Cowboy CR-302
038 WITHIN THIS BROKEN HEART Cowboy CR-302
ca 1948 Philadelphia, PA – Ray Whitley and The Santa Fe Rangers
039 HOW COULD SO MANY PEOPLE BE SO WRONG? Cowboy CR-303
040 WHY DO I CRY OVER YOU? Cowboy CR-303
ca Fall 1948 Los Angeles – Ray Whitley [purchased masters]
041 C 2247 I WISH I’D BEEN SATISFIED WITH YOU Apollo 195/
042 C 2248 YOU’RE BARKING UP THE WRONG TREE NOW Apollo 195/BACM CD D 006
043 GOD IS NOW SPEAKING Apollo 196
044 GUIDE MY MIND Apollo 196
Ray Whitley recorded after 1948, some info in albums list

ALBUMS
Master Classics 83853 Country And Western Classics: Great Speckled Bird; Blue Tail Fly; Why Do I Cry Over You; Song Of The Timberland; Moon Over The Andes; Blue Rose Of The Rio; My Heart Says Giddap; Ten Gallon Stetson; Smiles Turn To Tears; Dilly Dally Polka; Drink One On The House - ?
BACM [UK] CD D 006 Back in the Saddle Again: Swaller-Tail Coat; Back In The Saddle Again; Big Bad Blues; Come On Boys We’re Ridin’ Into Town; The Cowboy And The Lady; Singing A Song In Sing Sing; End Of Memory Lane; That Green Back Dollar Bill; Blue Yodel Blues; When You Took Your Love Away; Have You Written Mother Lately; How Was I To Know; Just A Little Cough Drop; Mist Around The Prairie Moon Tonight; The Morro Castle Disaster; Ramshackled Shack On The Hill; Trailin’; Wah Hoo; You’re Barking Up The Wrong Tree Now; Radio Interview – 02
BACM [UK] CD D 631 Volume 2/ Ranch House Romp.: The Last Flight Of Wiley Post;  Saddle Your Blues To A Wild Mustang;  My Alabammy Home; I Saw Your Face In The Moon;  You Took My Candy;  On The Painted Desert; Ranch House Romp;  Ragtime Cowboy Band;  Riding And Dreaming;  Now I Know;  Twilight On The Praire;  My Grandpap;  The Railroad's Coming To Town;  Bangtail; Blue Nightfall; Tumbleweed Cowboy; Six-Gun Gold; Rock Along Home; On The Outlaw Trail; Nightfall On The Praire; Dude Cowboy; End Of The Canyon Trail;  Echo Singing In The Wild Wind; Ridin' The Wind; I'll Live Until I Die;  Land Of The Open Range;  Ki-Yo My Horse Is Slow; Come On Danger; Old Bowlegged Jones;  I'm On The Trail Again; Song Of The Cowboy; Long About Sundown; Jukebox Cannonball; Between The Lines; Within This Broken Heart; Ten Gallon Stetson; How Could So Many People Be So Wrong; Why Do I Cry Over You. – 04-19
 
SINGLES
ARC (1934)
Meloton
13150 Have You Written Mother Lately / The Morro Castle Disaster – 34 (also Banner 33183, Oriole 8379, Romeo 5379, Perfect 13047, Conqueror 8383)
12219 Singing A Song In Sing Sing / Pretty Boy Floyd – 34 (also Banner 33252, Oriole 8397, Romeo 5397, Perfect 13079, Conqueror 8436)
13232 On The Old Settee! / Old Wishing Well – 35 (also Banner 33265,¢Sittin Oriole 8400, Romeo 5400, Perfect 13085, Conqueror 8401)
Decca (1935-38)
5065 End Of Memory Lane / Shackle Shack On The Hill – 01-35
5078 Greenback Dollar / Big Bad Blues – 03-35
5114 Vine Covered Church / Newly Moulded Mound – 07-35 w. Buck Nation
5132 Will Rodgers / Last Flight Of Wiley Post – 10-35
5195 Saddle Your Blues To Wild / Wah-Hoo - 02-36
5205 My Alabammy Home / Blue Yodel Blues – 04-36
5285 Trailin‘ / Just A Little Cough Drop – 11-36
5293 I Saw Your Face In The Moon / You Took My Candy – 11-36
5617 The Cowboy And The Lady / Come On Boys, We’re Riding Into Town – 11-38
5628 Back In The Saddle Again / On The Painted Desert – 12-38
Columbia (1941)
OKeh
06454 When You Took Your Love Away / How Was I To Know -11-41 (reissued on Conqueror 9863)
Conquerer
9864 Please Don’t Forget Me Dear / Darling, Don’t Cry Over Me – 12-41
Cowboy (1946-48) as Ray Whitley and The Santa Fe Rangers
CR-301 Between the Lines / Jukebox Cannonball - 12-46 (adv. May 17, 1947)
CR-302 Ten Gallon Stetson / Within This Broken Heart - 05-47 (rev. Nov. 15)
CR-303 How Could So Many People Be So Wrong? / Why Do I Cry Over You? - 03-49 (rev. April 2)
Apollo (1948)
195 I Wish I’d Been Satisfied With You / You’re Barking Up The Wrong Tree Now – ca 11-48 (rev. Jan 22)
196 God Is Now Speaking / Guide My Mind - 48