3rd version
By Bengt Wahlström, Michel Ruppli, Carl G. Cederblad
SESSIONS
Summer 1957 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
001 NL 11X IT'S JUST MY LUCK TO BE FIFTEEN National NL-106/Star-1002
002 NL 12X THE TOUCH OF LOVE National NL-106
Star 1002 TEENAGE GIRLS, vol.2
ca January 1958 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
003 FD 132 IF I COULD HOLD YOU IN MY ARMS Felsted 45-8510 FEP 35001/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
004 FD 133 BILLY Felsted 45-8510 FEP 35001/FL- 7501 Golden Sandy CD-90127
March or April 1958 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
005 FD 158 YOU’D BE SURPRISED Felsted 45-8521/FL-7501 Golden Sandy CD-90127
006 FD 159 WHY OH WHY Felsted 45-8521/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
ca May 1958 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
007 FD 176 JUST A SANDY HAIRED BOY CALLED SANDY Felsted 45-8544/FL-7501 Golden Sandy CD-90127
008 FD 177 GEORGIE Felsted 45-8533, LP FL-7501 Golden Sandy CD-90127
ca May or early June 1958 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
009 FD 187 OH JOHNNY OH JOHNNY OH (w. choir) 45-8533/Golden Sandy CD-90127
1958 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
010 THAT CERTAIN BOY Felsted FL-7501
011 THAT’S WHAT’S WRONG WITH JIMMY FL-7501
012 I’M JUST WILD ABOUT HARRY FL-7501 Golden Sandy CD-90127
013 I LIKE MIKE FL-7501 Golden Sandy CD-90127
014 OH JOHNNY OH JOHNNY OH FL-7501 Golden Sandy CD-90127
015 PLEASE DON’T TELL JOE FL-7501
016 ELMER’S TUNE FL-7501/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
017 I LOVE YOU DAVE FL-7501
ca September 1958 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
018 FD 206 KISSIN’ CONVERSATION Felsted 45-8544
ca December 1958 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
019 FD 235 YOU WALKED INTO MY LIFE 45-8554
020 FD 236 SOMEBODY LOVES YOU 45-8554/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
ca February 1959 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. A Worchester Production)
021 FD 270 GOODBYE JIMMY, GOODBYE Felsted 45-8571 FEP 35001/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
022 FD 271 HERTACHES AT SWEET SIXTEEN 45-8571 FEP 35001/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
ca May 1959 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. A Worchester Production)
023 FD 316 SO CLOSE TO MY HEART 45-8587/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
024 FD 317 YOU DON’T KNOW GIRLS 45-8587/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
ca August or early September 1959 Metropolitan Recording Studios, INC, 1697 Broadway, New York City – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. A Worchester Production)
025 FD 354 MARY LOU WILSON AND JOHNNY BROWN Felsted 45-8596/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
026 FD 355 THINK LOVE Felsted 45-8596/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
ca January 1960 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Kathy Linden (Kathy Linden [vcl] + Bob Moore’s Orchestra and Chorus: Jerry Byrd [steel], Bob Moore [bass] + unknown musicians. Producer: Fred Foster)
027 MO-580 ALLENTOWN JAIL Monument 45-420/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
028 MO-581 THE WILLOW WEEPS 45-423/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
029 MO-582 MIDNIGHT 45-423/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
030 MO-583 THAT'S WHAT LOVE IS 45-420/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
October 1960 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Kathy Linden (Kathy Linde [vcl] + Bob Moore’s Orchestra and Chorus: Bob Moore [bass], Boots Randolph [sax]. Producer: Fred Foster)
031 MO-614 SO IN LOVE WITH YOU 45-436/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
032 MO-615 TAKE ME HOME, JIMMY 45-436/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
033 MO-616 TAKE ME HOME (TO MY LOVER) 45-428/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
034 MO-617 WE HAD WORDS 45-428/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
035 FOREVER IS A LONG, LONG TIME unissued
and possibly two more unissued tracks recorded for Monument in 1960, details untraced
March 1961 United Recording Corporation Studios, 6050 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Kathy Linden as Linda Wells (Joe Leahy Orchestra and singers, Producer: Joe Leahy)
036 RP 501A THAT CERTAIN PARTY RPC 501
037 BABY FACE RPC M/S 105
April or early May 1961 Hollywod, CA – Kathy Linden (Producer: Joe Leahy)
038 RP 504A BILLY IS MY BOYFRIEND RPC 504 Barry B-3056 [CAN]/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
039 RP 504B PUT THIS RING ON MY FINGER RPC 504 Barry B-3056 [CAN]/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
Summer 1961 Hollywood, CA – Kathy Linden as Dixie Darling (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
040 RP 508B SNUGGLED ON YOUR SHOULDER RPC 508
Summer 1961 Hollywood, CA – Kathy Linden (Joe Leahy’s Orchestra. Producer: Joe Leahy)
041 FD 494 A FIRST-TIME LOVE Felsted 45-8651
22 December 1961 [no 10430] poss. Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Kathy Linden (Orchestra Conducted by Perry Botkin, Jr.. Producer: Nick Venet)
042 36965 BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES Capitol 4700/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
043 36966 REMEMBER ME Capitol 4700/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
12 April 1962 [no 10588] poss. Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Kathy Linden (Orchestra Conducted by Perry Botkin, Jr. Producer: Nick Venet)
044 37525 TROUBLE'S BACK IN TOWN Capitol unissued
045 37526 THERE'LL ALWAYS BE SADNESS 4770 5018/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
046 37527 WORDS 4770/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
047 37528 JIMMY 4811/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
28 June 1962 [no 10692] poss. Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Kathy Linden, * & Glen Campbell (Orchestra Conducted by Jimmie Haskell. Producer: Nick Venet)
048 37923 SWEET TEMPTATION* unissued
049 37924 NEVER* unissued
050 37926 IF YOU REALLY LOVE ME (TAKE ME HOME) 4811/ Golden Sandy CD-90127
18 June 1963 [no.11296] poss. Western Recorders, 6000 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA – Kathy Linden (Jimmie Haskell Orchestra. Producer: Nick Venet)
051 39998 I USED TO GO WITH HIM unissued
052 39999 HANDLE WITH CARE unissued
053 50000 PEOPLE SAY 5018
tracks that have Kathy Linden singing a lead chorus voice on.
Felsted 8518 Joe Leahy Orchestra MOONLIGHT BAY 1958
RPC 501 Dick Powell THE WONDERFUL TEENS 1961
RPC S/M 105 (LP) The Wonderful Teens with Dick Powell PHONOGRAPH FEVER, THE VARSITY DRAG 1961
RPC 502 Walter Brennan KNIGHT IN BRIGHT ARMOR (a Stan Jones song) 1961
RPC S/M 106 (LP) By The Fireside with Walter Brennan TWILIGHT RHAPSODY 1961
MGM K13033 Joe Leahy & Orchestra with The Teen Starlets THE HONEYMOON MACHINE / SUNSHINE HILL 1961
ALBUMS
Felsted FL-7501 That Certain Boy: Billy; You’d Be Surprised; That Certain Boy; That’s What’s Wrong With Jimmy; I’m Just Wild About Harry; I Like Mike; Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Oh; Please Don’t Tell Joe; Elmer’s Tune; I Love You Dave; Just A Sandy Haired Boy Called Sandy; Georgie - ca late 58 (rev. June 8, 1959)
Golden Sandy CD-90127 That's What Love Is: Somebody Loves Me; Oh Johnny; Why Oh Why; Take Me Home; Take Me Home Jimmy; We Had Words; Beautiful Brown Eyes; Heartaches at Sweet 16; Billy Is My Boyfriend; Goodbye Jimmy Goodbye; .If You Really Love Me; Jimmy; If I Could Hold You In My Arms; Midnight; Put This Ring On My Finger; Mary Lou Wilson and Johnny Brown; Remember Me; So Close To My Heart; So In Love With You; They're Always Be Sadness; Think Love; The Willow Weeps; Words; Oh Johnny Oh Johnny Oh; Elmer's Tune; Just a Sandy Haired Boy Called Sandy; You'd Be Surprised; Billy; Georgie New; I'm Just Wild About Harry; I Like Mike; You Don't Know Girls; That Is What Love Is; Allentown Jail
compilation:
Record Producers Corporation RPC M/S 105 Dick Powell The Wonderful Teens: Phonograph Fever-Joe Leahy Orchestra and Singers; The Sheik Of Araby - The Roaring Seven; The Charleston - The Roaring Seven; If You Know Susie - The Collegiates; Baby Face - Linda Wells; Diane - Bob Grabeau; That Certain Party - Linda Wells, The Varsity Drag - The Collegiates; The Wonderful Teens - Dick Powell - 04-61 (rev. May 22) (Linda Wells is a pseudonym for Kathy Linden)
SINGLES
National (1957)
NL-106 It's Just My Luck To Be Fifteen / The Touch Of Love – 09-57 (rev. Sept.16; Canadian issue on Regency 666)
Felsted (1958-59)
45-8510 If I Could Hold You In My Arms / Billy - 02-58 (rev. Feb. 10)
45-8521 You’d Be Surprised / Why Oh Why - ca 04-58 (rev. May 5)
45-8533 Georgie / Oh Johnny, Oh! - 06-58 (rev. June 30)
45-8544 Just A Sandy Haired Boy Called Sandy / Kissin’ Conversation – 10-58 (rev. October 13)
45-8554 You Walked Into My Life / Somebody Loves You - 01-59 (rev. Jan. 26)
45-8574 Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye / Hertaches At Sweet Sixteen - 03-59 (rev. March 23)
45-8587 So Close To My Heart / You Don’t Know Girls - 06-59 (rev. July 6)
45-8596 Mary Lou Wilson And Johnny Brown / Think Love – 10-59 (rev. Nov. 2)
45-8651 Baby Blues [Cynthia Pepper] / A First Time Love [Kathy Linden] – 62 (rev. August 11)
(EP)
FEP-35001 If I Could Hold You In My Arms; Billy / Goodbye Jimmy, Goodbye / Hertaches At Sweet Sixteen - 59
Monument (1960)
45-420 Allentown Jail / That's What Love Is - 03-60 (rev. April 11)
45-423 The Willow Weeps / Midnight - 07-60 (rev. August 1)
45-428 Take Me Home (To My Lover) / We Had Words – ca 11-60 (rev. Nov 7)
45-436 So In Love / Take Me Home, Jimmy – ca 03-61 (rev. March 6)
R.P.C. (1961)
RPC 501 That Certain Party - [Kathy Linden as Linda Wells] / The Wonderful Teens - [Dick Powell] – 61 (rev. May 15)
RPC 504 Billy Is My Boyfriend / Put This Ring On My Finger – 06-61 (rev. June 5; Canadian issue on Barry B-3056)
RPC 508 Neapolitan Nights (Joe Leahy Orchestra) / Snuggled On Your Shoulder (Joe Leahy Orchestra introducing Dixie Darling [Kathy Linden]) -61
Capitol (1961-64)
4700 Remember Me / Beautiful Brown Eyes – 02-62 (rev. Feb 17)
4770 There'll Always Be Sadness / Words – ca 05-62 (rev. June 2)
4811 If You Really Love Me (Take Me Home) / Jimmy – 07-62 (rev. July 21)
5018 People Say / There’ll Always Be Sadness – 08-63 (rev. Aug.10)
