Thursday, March 1, 2012

Ezra Paulette (Beverly Hill Billies)

by Tony Russell, Ken Griffis,Cary Ginnell, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Bill Daniels, Henk Scholts
SESSIONS

25 April 1930 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hillbillies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel/poss. fiddle], Tom “Pappy“ Murray [vcl/gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
001 LAE-768-A WHEN THE BLOOM IS ON THE SAGE Brunswick 421 Supertone S2049 Vocalion 03164/BACM CD D 022
002 LAE-769-A RED RIVER VALLEY Brunswick 421 Supertone S2049 Vocalion 03164
27 May 1930 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hill Billies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel], Lem Gilles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
003 LAE-804-A MY PRETTY QUADROON Brunswick 441/ BACM CD D 022
004 LAE-805-A WHEN IT'S HARVEST TIME Brunswick 441/ BACM CD D 022
23 July 1930 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hill Billies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel], Jad Dees [vcl/yodel/gt], Lem Gilles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
005 LAE 846-A (BY A WINDOW)...AT THE END OF THE LANE Brunswick 455/ BACM CD D 022
006 LAE 847-A MELLOW MOUNTAIN MOON Brunswick 455/ BACM CD D 022
007 LAE 848 BLUE MOUNTAIN SHACK rejected
008 LAE 849 IN THE HEART OF THE BEVERLY HILLS rejected
5 September 1930 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hill Billies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel], Jad Dees [vcl/yodel/gt], Lem Gilles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
009 LAE 867-B,A BACK IN THE HILLS OF COLORADO Brunswick 462
010 LAE 868-B,A PEEK-A-BOO Brunswick 462
in Tony Russel’s book both tracks above listed as rejected
5 November 1930 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hill Billies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel], poss. Jad Dees [vcl/yodel/gt], poss. Curt Barrett [yodel-1], Lem Gilles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
011 LAE-893 BACK IN THE HILLS OF COLORADO -1 Brunswick 462 (2nd ed.) / BACM CD D 022
012 LAE-894 PEEK-A-BOO Brunswick 462 (2nd ed.) / BACM CD D 022
013 LAE-895-A,B BRING YOUR ROSES TO HER NOW rejected
18 November 1930 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hill Billies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel], Jad Dees [vcl/yodel/gt], Lem Gilles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
014 LAE 904-B,A BRING YOUR ROSES TO HER NOW unissued
015 LAE 905-B MY OLD IOWA HOME Brunswick 506/ BACM CD D 022
016 LAE 906-A WONDER VALLEY Brunswick 506. BACM CD D 022
10 February 1931 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hillbillies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel], Jad Dees [vcl/yodel/gt], Lem Gilles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
017 LAE-952-A STRAWBERRY ROAN Brunswick 514 Supertone S2263/ BACM CD D 022
018 LAE-953-A EVERGLADES Bunswick 514
27 February 1931 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hill Billies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/yodel], Jad Dees [vcl/yodel/gt], Lem Gilles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle], Zeke Manners [accordion])
019 LAE-958 PRAIRIE SKIES Brunswick 519/ BACM CD D 022
020 LAE-959 SHE SLEEPS 'NEATH THE DAISIES Brunswick 519/ BACM CD D 022
ca. 1934 poss. Los Angeles, CA – Ezra Paulette of The Beverly Hillbillies (Ezra Paulette [vcl/accordion], Lem Giles [gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle])
021 201 THE LAST ROUNDUP Electro Vox 201/202
022 202 LONESOME ROAD Electro Vox 201/202
17 September 1934 Los Angeles,CA - The Original Beverly Hill Billies (Ezra Paulette [vcl], Lem Giles [vcl/gt], Jad Dees [vcl/gt], Charlie Quirk [vcl/gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle])
023 DLA 54-A-B ME AND MY BURRO rejected
024 DLA 55-A-B WINGING MY WAY TO WYOMING rejected
28 January 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Pappy, Zeke, Ezra and Elton (Elton Britt [vcl/gt], Ted Bellow [vcl/gt], Ezra Heatherington [vcl], Zeke Manners [accordion]. Producer: David Kapp)
P01 39283-B ISLE OF CAPRI Decca 5097
P02 39284-A-B APLIPNE MILK MARE rejected
30 January 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Pappy, Zeke, Ezra and Elton (Elton Britt [vcl/gt], Ted Bellow [vcl/gt], Ezra Heatherington [vcl], Zeke Manners [accordion]. Producer: David Kapp)
P03 39315-A OPEN DEM PEARLY GATES 5097
23 July 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Pappy, Zeke, Ezra and Elton (Elton Britt [vcl/gt], Ted Bellow [vcl/gt], Ezra Heatherington [vcl], Zeke Manners [accordion]. Producer: David Kapp)
P04 39744-A THE LADY IN RED 5126 Panachord 25813
P05 39745-A IN A LITTLE GYPSY TEAROOM 5126
18 October 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Pappy, Ezra and Elton (Elton Britt [vcl/gt], Ted Bellow [vcl/gt], Ezra Heatherington [vcl]. Producer: David Kapp)
P06 60079-A WHERE THE RHODODENDRON GROWS 5153
P07 60080-B RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET 5153 Panachord 25813
20 October 1937 Los Angeles, CA – Ezra Paulette and His Beverly Hillbillies (Ezra Paulette [vcl], Lem Giles [vcl/gt], Jad Dees [vcl/gt], Charlie Quirk [vcl/gt], Hank Skillet [fiddle])
025 LA 1474-A SINGING MY HILL BILLY SONG Vocalion 04104 Conqueror 8955/ BACM CD D 022
026 LA 1475-A,B THE OLD ARAPAHOE TRAIL Vocalion 03882 ARC 80153 Conqueror 8955 / BACM CD D 022
027 LA 1476-A WHEN THE WILD FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM Conqueror 8956 Vocalion 03263 ARC 80455/ BACM CD D 022
028 LA 1477 MY LITTLE COW PONY AND I Conqueror 9011/ BACM CD D 022
029 LA 1478-B ROSALIE Vocalion 03882 ARC 80153 Conqueror 8956/ BACM CD D 022
030 LA 1479-A THE PRISONER’S SONG Conqueror 9011 Vocalion 03263 ARC 80455
031 LA 1480-A ON THE TEXAS PRAIRIE Vocalion 04104 Conqueror 8954/ BACM CD D 022
032 LA 1481 GIRL OF THE PRAIRIE Conqueror 8954
ca. May 1942 Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Beverly Hillbillies
033 RR-12344-3A THE TWO FACED JAPANESE Rich 7110
034 RR-12345-1 THE ANGELS OF BATAAN Rich 7111
035 RR 12346-1 THE COYOTE HOWLS Rich 7112, Solar Recordings 4, Solar Recordings 0712
036 RR 12347-1 SOMEWHERE OVER THERE .Solar Recordings 4, Solar Recordings 0712
ca 1942 Los Angeles, CA – Beverly Hillbillies
037 KM-1130 THERE'S A BLUE STAR IN THE WINDOW Rich KM-1130 7106
038 KM-1131 THE SILHOUETTE OF YOU. Rich KM-1131 7107 Courtney 108
039 KM 1132 THE SHACK I CALL HOME Rich KM 1132 Courtney 109
040 KM 1133 SOMEDAY SWEETHEART. Rich KM 1133 Courtney 109A
ca 1942 or 1943 poss. Los Angeles, CA- Ezra Paulette and His Beverly Hillbillies
041 SA-237 HEADIN' FOR NOWHERE Rich 7116 Courtney 710
042 SA 238 DOWN HOUSTON WAY Rich 7115
043 SA-238-RE DOWN HOUSTON WAY Rich 7115 Courtney 108
044 SA-239-RE WREATH OF MEMORIES Rich 7114 Courtney 106
045 SA-240-RE SMILES ARE MADE OUT OF THE SUNSHINE 7114 106
046 SA-241-RE TWO HUNDRED TEXAS RANGERS 7115
047 SA-242-RE WHEEL OF FORTUNE 7117 107
048 SA-243 I'M THRU WASTIN' TIME ON YOU 7116 110
049 SA-244-RE WHERE THERE'S SOMEONE WAITING 7117 107
matrix signed RE are remakes or redubs
1940s prob. Los Angeles, CA – Ezera and His Beverly Hill Billies
050 WEST OF THE ROCKIES Tech Art 508 Treble Clef C 101
051 COLORADO Tech Art 508 Treble Clef C 101


ALBUMS


Rare-Arts WLP 1000 Those Fabulous “Beverly Hill Billies”: (1932:) Intro: When You And I Were Young Maggie; Fiddle Duet By Len “Dynamite” Dossey And Frank “Slicker”; Lidell Of The Arizona Wranglers (Early 1930); Wonder Valley  - Ezra Paulette; (20 Oct 1937:)  Singing My Hill Billy Song – Group; (1929)  When It’s Harvest Time - Ezra +Duet Tom; (1929:)  Mellow Mountain Moon – Ezra; (Aug 1929)  Wreck Of The 97 -+ Arizona Wranglers; (Fall 1930:) Back In The Old Sunday School - Chuck Cook (15 Years); (April 1930: Swiss Yodel - Chuck Cook (14 Years Just Joined Group);  (27 Feb 1931:)  White River Road - Chuck + Duet Tom Murray; (1929:) Peek A Boo Waltz - Ezra Paulette; (Aug 1929: );  The Strawberry Roan - Arizona Wranglers; (Fall 1930:) Ridge Runnin’ Roan - (Sequel To The Strawberry Roan – Group; (Apr 1930:)  The Big Corral - Group  - 01-61
Rare-Arts WLP-1001 Those Fabulous “Beverly Hill Billies” Volume Two “Another Americana”: The Mountain Ballads (Apr 1930); When I Was The Boy From The Mountains And You; My Pretty Quadroon - Tom Murray + Ezra Paulette (1929); By A Window At The End Of The Lane - Ezra + Duet Tom (1931); That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine - Gene Autry + Jimmy; Alone In The Lonesome Valley - Chuck Cook (Age 15)(1933); If You’ll Let Me Be Your Little Sweetheart, I’ll Be Much Obliged; The Old Arapahoe Trail - Ezra Paulette; The Cowboy Songs (20 Oct 1937); Rosalie Of The Rio Grande - Ezra Paulette (1937) ; Prairie Dream Boat - Tex Owens And His Texas Rangers (1945); Calgary Blues - Jack Kenny And His Canadian Rockies Ridge Riders; My Little Cow Pony And I - Ezra + Fiddle Solo Hank (1934) ; The Mowin’ Machine - Mr Charlie Marshall And His Mavericks (1934); Poor Unlucky Cowboy - Stuart Hamblen And His King Cowboy Revue; The Little Black Bronc - Al Clauser And His Oklahoma Outlaws – 6-
Rare-Arts WLP-1002 Those Authentic Beverly Hill Billies Third Volume: The - Lost - Mountain - Songs - Restored ! (1932); My Old Iowa Home - Ezra Paulette (1932); My Blue Ridge Mountain Blues - Whitey Mcpherson Jug Band (1933); Little Jimmie’s Goodbye To Jimmie Rodgers - Little Jimmie; Memories Of That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine - Prarie Skies - Ezra Paulette (Late 1940's); Rosalie Of The Mountains - Johnny Crockett +Dad Crockett; Ramshackle Shack – J. E, Mainer‘s Little Smilin’ Rangers; The Shack I Call Home - Ezra Paulette; The - Lost - Cowboy  - Songs - Restored ! (Oct 1930);  When The Wild Flowers Are In Bloom - Ezra Paulette (1927); Calamity Jane - Vernon Dalhart - Adelyne Hood (1933); Take Me Back Ta Col-Er-Ady Fer Ta Stay - Mr. Charlie Marshall And His      Sizemore (5 Years) And Dad Asher; Mavericks; Prarie Skies - Ezra Paulette (Late 1940's) Old Dan - Ezra Paulette In A Two-Range-Register (1930); Strawberry Roan - Ezra Paulette (1937); On The Texas Prairie - Ezra Paulette – 6-
Rare-Arts WLP-1004 Those Authentic Beverly Hill Billies Fourth Volume: The Rare - Lost Original Mountain Songs,  Restored !: Theme - Ezra Paulette And His Authentic Beverly Hill Billies (1937); The Rolling Stone - Ezra Paulette (1944); Where The Rododendrons Grow - “Pappy” Tom Murray (1934); When It’s Lamplightin’ Time In The Valley - Cattle Call - Tex Owens and His Guitar; Mountain Angel - The Original Rolling Stones Jimmie Adams and Bud Jamison; (1929)  The Little Cabin In Cascade Mountains - Carson Robinson and Frank Luther; (1935)   It’s Springtime In The Rockies Again - Peaceful Valley Folks; (1944)  In The Cumberland Mountains - Ezra Paulette; The Rare - Lost Original Cowpuncher’s Songs, Restored !: The Rolling Stone - Ezra Paulette; Sing Me An Alberta Ballad - Nevada Slim (Rural Rhythm Records); (1930) The Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard and His Guitar; (1934) Cattle Call - Tex Owens and His Guitar; (1934) The Old Hitchin’rail - Charlie Marshall and His Mavericks; (1939) Goin’ Home - Jack Savage Sings This Rare Cowboy Classics; (1935) The Wheel Of The Wagon Is Broken - Peaceful Valley Folks; (1929) The Bloom Is On The Sage - Ezra Paulette + Duet Tom Murray; Ending Theme - Ezra Paulette And His Authentic Beverly Hill Billies – 6-
BACM [UK] CD D 022 The Original Beverly Hill Billies: When The Bloom Is On The Sage; My Pretty Quadroon; When It’s Harvest Time; At The End Of The Lane; Mellow Mountain Moon; Back In The Hills Of Colorado; Peek A Boo; My Old Iowa Home; Wonder Valley; Strawberry Roan; Prairie Skies; She Sleeps Beneath The Daisies; When I Was A Boy From The Mountains*; Big Corral*; Git Along Little Dogies*; Ridge Runnin’ Roan*; Lonesome Valley*; Back In The Old Sunday School*; The Old Arapahoe Trail; Rosalie; On The Texas Prairie; Singing My Hillbilly Song; When The Wild Flowers Are In Bloom; My Little Cow Pony And I – 02 Ezra Paulette’s Bever;y Hill Bollies or * Glen Rice and His Beverly Hill Billies
BACM [UK] CD D 147 Ezra and His Beverly Hill Billies:Rocky Mountain Express; When It's Prayer Meeting Time In The Hollow; Old Corral; Git On The Golden Train; Covered Wagon Rolled Right Along; Santa Fe Trail; Ridin' Old Paint; My Little Cow Pony And I; Wait For The Wagon; Texas Plains; Uncle Noah's Ark; Wagon Train; I Picked Up The Trail When I Found You; Just Come On Back; Ridin' Down The Canyon; Sky Ball Paint; I'm Dreaming Tonight Of My Darling; Give Me A Home On The Plains; When The Wild Flowers Are In Bloom; When The Moon Shines Down On The Mountains; When Pay Day Rolls Around; At The End Of The Santa Fe Trail; Girl Who Played Injun With Me; Indian Stomp (instr.); Keep A Light In Your Window Tonight; I Long For The Hills Of Wyoming; Ezekiel Saw De Wheel; Nancy Till; Happy Rovin' Cowboy; Ride 'Em Ride 'Em Cowboy; Climbin' Up The Golden Stairs; I Only Want A Buddy Not A Sweetheart; Ridin' Home; At The End Of The Lane; We'll See The Hard Times Through – ca 06
 



SINGLES
Brunswick (1930)
421 When The Bloom Is On The Sage / Red River Valley – 30 (reissued on Supertone S2049, Vocalion 03164)
441 My Pretty Quadroon / When It's Harvest Time - 30
455 (By A Window)...At The End Of The Lane / Mellow Mountain Moon - 30
462 Back In The Hills Of Colorado / Peek-A-Boo – 30 (issued twice, 2nd edition was the remakes)
506 My Old Iowa / Wonder Valley - 31
514 Strawberry Roan / Everglades - 31
519 Prairie Skies / She Sleeps 'Neath The Daisies - 31
Electro Vox (ca 1934) Ezra Paulette
201/202 The Last Roundup / Lonesome Road – ca 34
Decca (1935) Pappy, Zeke, Ezra and Elton
5097 Isle Of Capri / Opem Up Them Pearly Gates – 35
5126 The Lady In Red / In A Little Gypsy Tea Room – 35
5153 Where The Rhododendron Grows / Red Sails In The Sunset – 35
ARC (1937)
Vocalion
03263 When The Wild Flowers Are In Bloom / The Prisoner’s Song - 37
03882 The Old Arapahoe Trail / Rosalie – 01-38
04104 Singing My Hill Billy Song / On The Texas Prairie 05-38
Conqueror
8954 On The Texas Prairie / The Girl Of The Prairie - 38
8955 Singing My Hill Billy Song / The Old Arapahoe Trail - 38
8956 When The Wild Flowers Are In Bloom / Rosalie- 38
9011 My Little Cow Pony And I / The Prisoner’s Song - 38
ARC labels
8-01-53 Rosalie / The Old Arapahoe Trail – 01-38
8-04-55 When The Wild Flowers Are In Bloom /. The Prisoner’s Song – 04-38
Rich (1942)
7106/7107 (1130/1131) There's a Blue Star in the Window / The Silhouette of You - 42
1132/1133 (7108/09?) The Shack I Call Home / Someday Sweetheart - 42
7110/11 The Two Faced Japanese / The Angels Of Bataan - 42
7112/13? The Coyote Howls Rich / ? Somewhere Over There – 42
7114 Wreath of Memories / Smiles Are Made Out of the Sunshine
7115 Down Houston Way / Two Hundred Texas Rangers
7116 Headin' for Nowhere / I'm Thru Wastin' Time On You
7117 Wheel of Fortune / Where There's Someone Waiting
Solar (Rich masters)
4 The Coyote Howls Rich / Somewhere Over There – 42 (also as 0712)
Courtney (Rich masters)
C 106 Wreath of Memories / Smiles Are Made Out of the Sunshine – 13-04-46
C 107 Wheel Of Fortune / Where There's Someone Waiting (Just For Me) - 13-04-46
C 108 The Silhouette of You [Down Houston Way - 13-04-46
C 109 The Shack I Call Home / Someday Sweetheart - 13-04-46
C 110 Headin' for Nowhere / I'm Thru Wastin' Time On You - 13-04-46
Treble Clef
C 101 West Of The Rockies / Colorado (also as Tech-Art 508)

Glen Rice (Beverly Hill Billies)

by Tony Russell, Mario Manciotti
SESSIONS

September 1932 San Francisco, CA –  Glen Rice and His Beverly Hill Billies (Curt Barrett [vcl-1/gt],  Chuck Cook [vcl-2/yodel-3/gt], Shug Fisher [poss. vcl-5/bass-4]. poss. Squeak McKinney [fiddle], two unknown [vcl-6], Glen Rice [leader])
001 SF-1  WHEN I WAS A BOY FROM THE MOUNTAINS (AND YOU WERE A GIRL FROM THE HILLS)  -2?-3?-4-6 Brunswick 597/ BACM CD D 022
002 SF-2-A  SWISS YODEL  -2-3 Brunswick 597
003 SF-3-A  THE BIG CORRAL -4-6    Brunswick  598/ BACM CD D 022
004 SF-4-A  WHOOPIE TI YI YO, GIT ALONG LITTLE DOGIES -2-4-6 Brunswick 598 / BACM CD D 022
005 SF-6 GOOSEBERRY PIE -5  unissued
28 September 1932 San Francisco, CA – Glen Rice and His Beverly Hill Billies (Curt Barrett [vcl-1/gt],  Chuck Cook [vcl-2/gt], Shug Fisher [bass]. poss. Squeak McKinney [fiddle], two unknown [vcl], Glen Rice [leader])
006 SF-12  RIDGE RUNNIN' ROAN -1  Brunswick 599 / BACM CD D 022
007 SF-13  ALONE IN LONESOME VALLEY -1-2 Brunswick 599 / BACM CD D 022
008 SF-14  BACK IN THE OLD SUNDAY SCHOOL -2 Brunswick 600/ BACM CD D 022
009 SF-15  COWBOY JOE -1  Brunswick 600  Minerva M-14017
1960 unknown – Beverly Hill Billies (Glen Rice, Tom Murray [vcl solo or duet-2], Hank Skillit, Zeke Manners, Lem Giles, Jad Dees, Elton Britt, Ezra Paulette [vcl solo or duet-1] , Chuck Cook [vcl solo or duet-4], Arizona Ramblers [-3])
010 INTRO: WHEN YOU AND I WERE YOUNG MAGGIE/DYNAMITE -1- Rare Arts WLP 1000 
011 SINGING MY HILLBILLY SONGS Rare Arts WLP 1000 
012 WHEN IT’S HARVEST TIME -1-2 Rare Arts WLP 1000 
013 MELLOW MOUNTAIN MOON -1 Rare Arts WLP 1000 
014 WRECK OF THE OLD 97 -3  Rare Arts WLP 1000 
015 BACK IN THE OLD SUNDAY SCHOOL -4 Rare Arts WLP 1000 
016 SWISS YODEL -4 Rare Arts WLP 1000 
017 WHITE RIVER ROAD  -2-4 Rare Arts WLP 1000 
018 PEEK A BOO WALTZ -1 Rare Arts WLP 1000 
019 THE STRAWBERRY RIOAN -3 Rare Arts WLP 1000 
020 BRIDGE RUNNIN’ ROAN Rare Arts WLP 1000 
021 THE BIG CORRAL Rare Arts WLP 1000 



ALBUMS
BACM [UK] CD D 022 The Original Beverly Hill Billies: When The Bloom Is On The Sage; My Pretty Quadroon; When It’s Harvest Time; At The End Of The Lane; Mellow Mountain Moon; Back In The Hills Of Colorado; Peek A Boo; My Old Iowa Home; Wonder Valley; Strawberry Roan; Prairie Skies; She Sleeps Beneath The Daisies; When I Was A Boy From The Mountains*; Big Corral*; Git Along Little Dogies*; Ridge Runnin’ Roan*; Lonesome Valley*; Back In The Old Sunday School*; The Old Arapahoe Trail; Rosalie; On The Texas Prairie; Singing My Hillbilly Song; When The Wild Flowers Are In Bloom; My Little Cow Pony And I – 02 Ezra Paulette’s Bever;y Hill Bollies or * Glen Rice and His Beverly Hill Billies
Rar-Arts WLP-1000 Those Fabulous Beverly Hillbillies: Intro: When You And I Were Young Maggie/Dynamite; Singing My Hillbilly Songs; When It’s Harvest Time; Mellow Mountain Moon; Wreck Of The Old 97; Back In The Old Sunday School; Swiss Yodel; White River Road; Peek A Boo Waltz; The Strawberry Rioan; Bridge Runnin’ Roan; The Big Corral – 01-61


SINGLES
Brunswick (1932)
597 When I Was A Boy From The Mountains (And You Were A Girl From The Hills) / Swiss Yodel  - 32
598 The Big Corral  / Whoopie Ti Yi Yo, Git Along Little Dogies - 32
599 Ridge Runnin' Roan / Lonesome Valley – ca 33
600 Back In The Old Sunday School / Cowboy Joe – ca 33