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 BCD 17677
BEAR FAMILY BCD 17677 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.45 - ROCKABILLY AND ROCK AND ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF IMPERIAL RECORDS. (GER, 2024)
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 BCD 16102
006 [00006] IM-1511 OH LA BABY  X5507/Disky DC 885932 BCD 17294
BEAR FAMILY BCD 16102 THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT VOL.12 / ROCKABILLY FROM THE VAULTS OF IMPERIAL RECORDS (GER, 1997); 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

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