Laura Lee Perkins

Alie Faye Perkins, *20-07-1939 Killarney, WV, +06-04-2018
2nd version
by Martin Hawkins, Russ Wapensky, Richard Weize, Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst
SESSIONS
prob. November 1957 [demo session] WEOL Radio Station, Elyria, OH – Laura Lee Perkins (Laure Lee Perkins [vcl/piano/gt/drums/hmny vcl]. Producer: Jeff Baxter)
00001 HOUND DOG BCD 17294
00002 NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW BCD 17294
00003 MY BABE BCD 17294
00004 REMEMBER ME (I’M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU) BCD 17294
prob. December 1957 [demo session] Audio Studio, Cleveland, OH – Laura Lee Perkins (Laure Lee Perkins [vcl/piano], ? [gt], / [bass]. Producer: Bill Randle, Jeff Baxter)
00005 DON’T WAIT UP unissued lost
00006 OH LA BABY Disky DC 885932 BCD 17294
10 January 1958 [13:00-16:00] Master Recorders, 533 North Fairfax Ave., Hollywood, CA – Laura Lee Perkins (Laura Lee Perkins [vcl], Jimmie Haskell [gt], Joe Maphis [gt], Howard Roberts [gt], Jud DeNaut [bass], Richie Frost [drums], Don Ferris [piano]. Producer: Jimmie Haskell)
001 IM 1465 COME ON BABY Detour 02/ Disky DC 885932 BCD 17294
002 IM 1466 I JUST DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN' Imperial X5493/ Disky DC 885782 BCD 17294
003 IM 1467 GONNA ROCK MY BABY TONIGHT Imperial unissued Detour DT 4502/ Disky DC 885932 BCD 17294
004 IM 1468 KISS ME BABY Imperial X5493/ Disky DC 885932 BCD 17294
prob. February 1957 [overdu session] Master Recorders, 533 North Fairfax Ave., Hollywood, CA – Laura Lee Perkins demos [Joe Maphis [gt], poss. Howard Roberts [gt], Ritchie Frost [drums], Don Ferris [piano], ? [sax]. Producer: Jimmie Haskell)
005 [00005] IM-1510 DON'T WAIT UP X5507/Disky DC 885782 BCD 17294
006 [00006] IM-1511 OH LA BABY X5507/Disky DC 885932 BCD 17294
DISKY DC 885782 RED HOT ROCKABILLY VOL. 1 (NED, 1999); DISKY DC 885932 RED HOT ROCKABILLY VOL. 2 (NED, 1999); DISKY DC 88962 RED HOT ROCKABILLY VOL. 3 (NED, 1999)
ca 1963 [live] The Sundowner Club, Albuquerque, NM – Laura Lee Perkins (Laura Lee Perkins [vcl/piano], Tony Thomas [gt], Sam Thomas [bass], John Apkarian [drums], ? [trumpet]. Producer: Tony Thomas)
007 MOUNTAIN DEW Sundowner LP 6101/BCD 17294
008 YOU DON’T KNOW Sundowner LP 6101/BCD 17294
009 I ENJOY BEING A GIRL Sundowner LP 6101/BCD 17294
February 2006 unknown – Laura Lee Perkins
010 HERE WE GO!
011 A BETTER LIFE
012 A LITTLE TEAR
013 JAMBALAYA
014 THE WRONG KIND
015 EVERYBODY ROCK AND ROLL
016 JOHNNY B. GOODE
017 DON'T WAIT UP
018 KISS ME BABY
019 GONNA ROCK MY BABY TONIGHT
020 I DON'T LIKE THIS KIND OF LIVIN'
021 COME ON BABY
022 OH LA BABY
tracks above issued on album I’m Back And Here We Go


ALBUMS
no label 1285 I‘m Back And Here We Go: Here We Go!; A Better Life; A Little Tear; Jambalaya; The Wrong Kind; Everybody Rock and Roll; Johnny B. Goode; Don't Wait Up; Kiss Me Baby; Gonna Rock My Baby Tonight; I Don't Like This Kind of Livin'; Come On Baby; Oh La Baby – 06
Bear Family [GER] BCD 17294 Don’t Wait Up!: Don't Wait Up; Oh La Baby; I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'; Kiss Me Baby; Gonna Rock My Baby Tonight; Come On Baby; Hound Dog; No One Will Ever Know; My Babe; . Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You); Oh La Baby [Undubbed]; Mountain Dew; You Don't Know; I Enjoy Being a Girl – 15-07-12
SINGLES
Imperial (1958)
X5493 Kiss Me Baby / I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin' – 02-58 (rev. Feb. 24)
X5507 Don't Wait Up / Oh La Baby - 03-58 (rev March 31)
Detour [Imperial tracks]
DT-4502 Come On Baby / Gonna Rock My Baby Tonight - 88

Strommen Brothers

by Praguefrank, Michal Gololobov

SESSIONS

1977 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN– The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen, Del Strommer [vcl] + Pete Bordonalli [ld gt], Larry Keith [rh gt], Hal Rugg [steel], Don Smith [bass], Clyde Brooks [drums], Buddy Spicher/ Johnny Gimble/ Jimmy bryant  [fiddle], Charlie McCoy [harp], Billy Poett [sax])

001 HARD TIME CHARLIE SOFT SHOES  Baby Grand SE 1076 

002 BALLYHOO DAYS  Baby Grand SE 1076

003 WOULDN'T YOU RATHER  Baby Grand SE 1076

004 BAD DREAMS  Baby Grand SE 1076 

005 MISTER D.J.  Baby Grand SE 1076 

006 WHAT A WAY TO GO  Baby Grand SE 1076 

007 I AIN'T BLIND  Baby Grand SE 1076

008 CIGAREETTS, WHUSKY, AND WILD, WILD WOMEN  Baby Grand SE 1076

009 THE AUCTIONEER SONG  Baby Grand SE 1076

010 MARBLES  Baby Grand SE 1076 

ca 1978 unknown – The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen, Del Strommer [vcl] + unknown musicians)

011 I FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME  Baby Grand SE 2082 

012 LET ME IN  Baby Grand SE 2082

013 DON'T THROW OUR LOVE AWAY  Baby Grand SE 2082 

014 WE COULD HAVE BEEN THE CLOSEST OF FRIENDS  Baby Grand SE 2082 

015 MAN, SHE'S A PRETTY THING  Baby Grand SE 2082 

016 LOVE'S A GAME THAT YOU PLAY  Baby Grand SE 2082 

017 MEET ME DOWN BY THE RIVER  Baby Grand SE 2082 

018 CAROLINE  Baby Grand SE 2082 

ca 1979 unknown – The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen [vcl/keyboards], Del Strommer [vcl/percussion] + unknown musicians)

unknown tracks for SE 2083

1981 Columbia Recording Studio, 34 music Sq. East, Nashville, TN – The Strommen Brothers (Eliot Strommen [vcl/keyboards], Del Strommer [vcl/percussion] + Larry Keith [gt/bck vcl], Pete Bordonali [gt], Don Roth [gt], Steve Burchfield [gt], Sonny Garrish [steel], Larry Paxton [bass], Clyde Brooks [drums], Buddy Spicher [fiddle], Hubert Hester [fiddle],  Tony Migliore [keyboards], Dan Hoffman, C.C. Couch, Ricky Page, Alan Mooio, Dick Krim, Steve Pippin [bck vcl])

029 THAT’S WHEN THE MAGIC BEGINS Monument SM 12002 

030 RIDE THE BULL TONIGHT Monument 21002/SM 12002 

031 WILLIE SING ME BACK TO TEXAS Monument SM 12002 

032 WISHING WE DIDN’T KNOW NOW WHAT WE DIDN’T KNOW THEN Monument SM 12002 

033 WHAT’S A NICE GUY LIKE ME DOING IN A PLACE LIKE THIS Monument 21002/SM 12002 

034 LET ME DOWN EASY Monument SM 12002 

035 OLD SOLDIER Monument SM 12002 

036 I’M A FOOL FOR LOVING HER, AND YOU’RE A FOOL FOR LOVING ME Monument SM 12002

037 YOU SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT EVERYBODY Monument WS4-03875/SM 12002 

038 THE LAST SHOW Monument WS4-03875/SM 12002  

ALBUMS

Baby Grand SE 1076* Ballyhoo Days: Hard Time Charlie Soft Shoes; Ballyhoo Days; Wouldn't You Rather; Bad Dreams; Mister D.J.; What A Way To Go; I Ain't Blind; Cigareetts, Whusky, And Wild, Wild Women; The Auctioneer Song; Marbles – 77 (*SE 1072 listed in some sourcesů also as Orphan OR 0836 What A Waz To Go)

Baby Grand SE 2082 Meet Me Down By  The River: I Finally Got It Right This Time; Let Me In; Don't Throw Our Love Away; We Could Have Been The Closest Of Friends; Man, She's A Pretty Thing; Love's A Game That You Play; Meet Me Down By The River; Caroline – 79

Baby Grand SE 2083 Lifetime Loser: (tracks unknown) - 79

Monument SM 12002 Down At the Bluebird: That’s When The Magic Begins; Ride The Bull Tonight; Willie Sing Me Back To Texas; Wishing We Didn’t Know Now What We Didn’t Know Then; What’s A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This; Let Me Down Easy; Old Soldier; I’m A Fool For Loving Her, And You’re A Fool For Loving Me; You Say Something Nice About Everybody; The Last Show – 31-12-81 (reissued on PW  38529 The Strommen Brothers in 1983)

SINGLES

Monument

M 21002 What's A Nice Guy Like Me Doing In A Place Like This? / Ride The Bull Tonight – 21-10-81

WS4-03875 You Say Something Nice About Everybody / The Last Show – 82

 

Diane Ray

*01-09-1942 Gastonia, NC

by Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank

SESSIONS

15 February 1963 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Avenue, Nashville, TN – Diane Ray

001 YW-27050/PB-9429/PS-4450  PLEASE DON’T TALK TO THE LIFEGUARD Mercury 72117/SR 60903

002 YW-27051/PB-9430/PS-4451  THAT S ALL I WANT FROM YOU  72117/SR 60903

27 August 1963 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Diane Ray

003 2-30086  SNOW MAN  72223/SR-60903

004 2-30087  WHERE IS THE BOY?  72195/SR-60903

005 2-30088  JUST SO BOBBY CAN SEE 72223/SR-60903

006 2-30089  SLOW DANCIN' WITH DON SR-60903

007 2-30090  MY SUMMER LOVE (IS LEADING FOR AN EARLY FALL) 72195 /SR-60903

008 2-30091  YOU'D BE SO PROUD OF ME SR-60903

009 2-30092  LOOK AT ME  NOW unissued

23 January 1964 RCA Victor Studio, 1611 Hawkins St., Nashville, TN – Diane Ray

010 2-30314  THAT BOY'S GONNA BE MINE  72276/SR-60903

011 2-30315  NO OTHER ARMS CAN EVER HOLD YOU  72248/SR-60903

012 2-30316  HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABY 72276/SR-60903

013 2-30317  TIED UP WITH MARY  72248/SR-60903

ALBUMS

Mercury MG-20903/SR-60903 The Exciting Years: Please Don't Talk to the Lifeguard; That's All I Want From You; Happy, Happy Birthday Baby; That Boy's Gonna Be Mine; Snow Man; My Summer Love (Is Leading For an Early Fall); Just So Bobby Can See; No Other Arms Can Ever Hold You; Tied Up with Mary; Slow Dancing With Don; Where is the Boy; You'd Be So Proud Of Me  - 04-64 (rev. April 11)

SINGLES

Mercury (1963-64)

72117  That’s All I Want From You / Please Don’t Talk To The Lifeguard – 04-63

72195  Where Is The Boy? / My Summer Love - 10-63 (rev. Oct. 26)

72223  Snow Man / Just So Bobby Can See - 12-63

72248  Tied Up With Mary / No Arms Can Ever Gold You – 03-64

72276  That Boy's Gonna Be Mine / Happy, Happy Birthday Baby – 06-64