THE
LEWIS FAMILY
STARDAY
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY
THE LEWIS FAMILY-1 Radio Station WJAT Swainsboro, Ga: ca.
1953
THE MUSICAL LEWIS FAMILY-2
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy “Little Roy”
Lewis (ld gtr-1/5 stg bjo-2); Talmadge Lewis (fdl-3/mand-4); Roy “Pop” Lewis
Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
701/2037 CARRY ON -2 Sullivan (Uniss), Hollywood
45-1074, Starday SEP-140
() (Starrite BMI) Starday
45-SEP-140, Starday SLP-121
Melodisc
MLP-12-120, Nashville
NLP-2016
Nashville NLP-2062
Flyright
FLY CD-64, Nashville
CR5-04
Nashville NA7-2055-2,
Starday SD-0953-2
702/2038 OVER IN GLORYLAND -2 Sullivan
(Uniss), Hollywood 45-1074
() Nashville NLP-2062, Nashville
NA7-2055-2
Starday
SD-0953-2
703/2039 (HE KNEW) JUST WHAT TO DO -1 Sullivan (Uniss),
Hollywood 45-1075, Starday SEP-102
() Starday
SEP-114, Starday SLP-105, Nashville
NLP-2005
Nashville NLP-2062, Nashville
NA7-2055-2
Starday
SD-0953-2
704/2040 I’VE GOT TO CROSS JORDAN -2 Sullivan (Uniss),
Hollywood 45-1075, Starday SEP-102
() Starday
SLP-105, Nashville
NLP-2005
Nashville NLP-2062, Nashville
NA7-2055-2
Starday
SD-0953-2
NB(1): The above recordings are possibly UNISSUED SULLIVAN
Recordings.
NB(2): HOLLYWOOD 45-1074
released 1957.
NB(3): HOLLYWOOD 45-1075
released 1957.
NB(4) STARDAY Master Numbers assigned
NB(5): STARDAY SEP-102 “THE LEWIS FAMILY (GOSPEL QUARTET)
released February 1959.
NB(6): STARDAY SEP-114 “GOSPEL SONGS by ALL STAR ARTISTS”
released 1959.
NB(7): STARDAY SLP-105 “PREACHIN’ PRAYIN’ SHOUTIN’ &
SINGIN’” released 1959.
NB(8): STARDAY SLP-121 “SINGIN’ TIME DOWN SOUTH” released October
1960.
NB(9): MELODISC MLP-12-120 “SINGIN’ TIME DOWN SOUTH”
released United Kingdom
NB(10): STARDAY 45-SEP-140 “THE LEWIS FAMILY” released 1960.
NB(11): NASHVILLE
NLP-2005 “PEACE IN THE VALLEY” released 1964.
NB(12): NASHVILLE
NLP-2016 “SINGING TIME DOWN SOUTH” released 1964.
NB(13): NASHVILLE
CR-5-04 “SINGIN’ TIME DOWN SOUTH” released
NB(14): NASHVILLE NLP-2062 “GOSPEL
SINGING SENSATIONS FROM DIXIE” released 1969.
NB(15): FLYRIGHT FLY CD-64 “HILLBILLY GOSPEL 1948-1958”
released United Kingdom
NB(16): STARDAY SD-0953-2 “BORN OF THE SPIRIT” released
2003.
NB(17): NASHVILLE NA7-2055-2
“GOSPEL SINGING SENSATIONS FROM DIXIE”
released 2010.
THE LEWIS FAMILY 1955/1956
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr-1/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl-3/mand-4); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr.(stg bs). Producer:
558-A/2041 DID YOU DO WHAT THE LORD SAID TO DO Sullivan 558-A, Starday (Uniss),
Starday SD-0953-2
(-)
558-B/2042 WAIT A LITTLE LONGER PLEASE JESUS 558-B, Starday SEP-102, Starday
SLP-105
(Houser) (Central Songs-BMI) Starday
SLP-121, Melodisc MLP-12-120
Nashville NLP-2016, Starday
SD-0953-2
557-A/2043 LIGHTS IN THE VALLEY Sullivan
557-A, Starday SEP-102,
SLP-105
(York)
(Starday-BMI) Nashville NLP-2005,
Starday SD-0953-2
557-B/2044 HE’S THE ONLY ONE Sullivan
557-B, Starday SEP-102,
SLP-105
(-) Nashville NLP-2005,
Starday SD-0953-2
NB(1): SULLIVAN 557 released April 1956.
NB(2): SULLIVAN 558 released April 1956.
NB(3): Both SULLIVAN 557 & SULLIVAN 558 are STARDAY
custom pressings.
THE MUSICAL LEWIS FAMILY
1957
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5
stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
719 JUST A ROSE WILL DO Hollywood
45-1083, Starday SD-0953-2
(J.A. McClung) (Hartford Music)
720 YOU’VE GOT A CHANCE 45-1083, SD-0953-2
(Wallace Lewis) (Golden State
Songs-BMI)
NB: HOLLYWOOD 45-1083
released 1957.
LEWIS FAMILY ca. February 1958
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5
stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
2759 YOU CAN’T DO WRONG Starday
EP-358 A, Starday SLP-121
(Polly Lewis) (Starrite BMI) Melodisc
MLP-12-120, Nashville
NLP-2016
Starday
SD-0953-2
2760 WHERE THERE’S A WILL Starday
EP-358 A, Nashville NLP-2062
(Wallace Lewis) (Starrite BMI) Nashville
NA7-2055-2, Starday SD-0953-2
2761 A VOICE FROM HEAVEN Starday EP-358
B, Nashville NLP-2062
(Wallace Lewis) (Starrite BMI) Nashville
NA7-2055-2, Starday SD-0953-2
2762 OLD GOSPEL SHIP Starday
EP-358 B,Starday SLP-105 (Dee-Lewis) (Starrite
BMI) Nashville
NLP-2005, Starday SD-0953-2
NB: STARDAY EP-358 “LEWIS FAMILY” released April 1958.
THE LEWIS FAMILY March
1958
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5
stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop”
Lewis Sr.(stg bs); Travis
Lewis (); Lewis Phillips (). Producer:
2895 BORN OF THE SPIRIT Starday
SEP-104-A, Starday SEP-114 (H.Scoggins-G.Abernathy)
(Starday Music BMI) Nashville
NLP-2016, Starday SD-0953-2
2896 I’M NOT ALONE Starday
SEP-104-A, Starday SLP-121 (Wallace Lewis)
(Starday Music BMI) Melodisc
MLP-12-120, Nashville NLP-2016
Starday
SD-0953-2
2897 I DO BELIEVE Starday
SEP-104-B, Starday SLP-121
(Polly Lewis) (Starday Music BMI) Starday
45-SEP-140, Melodisc MLP-12-120
Nashville
NLP-2016, Nashville CR-5-04
Starday
SD-0953-2
2898 I SHALL NOT BE MOVED Starday
SEP-104-B, Starday SLP-121
(Lewis Family) (Starday Music BMI) Melodisc
MLP-12-120, Nashville NLP-2016
Nashville
CR-5-04, Starday SD-0953-2
NB(1): STARDAY SEP-104 “THE LEWIS FAMILY (GOSPEL QUARTET
VOCALS)” released Wednesday 15th April 1959.
NB(2): STARDAY SEP-104 reviewed Billboard Monday 20th April
1959.
NB(3): STARDAY SEP-104 also pressed on RED wax.
THE LEWIS FAMILY 1958
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr.(stg bs). Producer:
BORN
IN BETHLEHEM Starday
45-EP-731A, B.A.C.M CD D-402
(Polly Lewis) (Golden State Songs-BMI)
HE’S
GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS 45-EP-731A, Starday SLP-121
(G. Love) (Chappell ASCAP) Melodisc
MLP-12-120, Nashville NLP-2016
B.A.C.M CD D-402
A
BEAUTIFUL CITY Starday
45-EP-731B, Starday SLP-121
(Wallace Lewis) (Golden State Songs-BMI) Melodisc MLP-12-120, Nashville
NLP-2016
B.A.C.M CD D-402
PAUL
AND SILAS Starday 45-EP-731B, B.A.C.M CD D-402 (Arr. Wm. York)
(Golden State Songs-BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY 45-EP-731 released August 1958.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-EP-731 is
STARDAY custom pressing.
NB(3): B.A.C.M CD D-402 “CUSTOM MADE GOSPEL”.
Released United Kingdom January 2013.
THE LEWIS FAMILY August
1958
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5
stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
3080 TO GET MY REWARD Starday
SEP-117-A, Starday SLP-121
(Roy Lewis) (Starday Music BMI) Starday
45-SEP-140, Melodisc MLP-12-120
Nashville
NLP-2016, Starday SD-0953-2
3081 SUNSHINE LAND Starday
SEP-117-B, Starday SEP-127, Starday SLP-116
(W.Lewis-P.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville
NLP-2003, Starday SD-0953-2
3082 AT THE END OF MY JOURNEY Starday
SEP-117-B, Starday SLP-121
(Polly Lewis) (Starday Music BMI) Melodisc
MLP-12-120, Nashville NLP-2016
Nashville
CR-5-04, Starday SD-0953-2
3083 OVER YONDER BY THE SEA Starday
SEP-117-A, Starday SLP-116
(W.Lewis-W.York) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville
NLP-2003, Starday SD-0953-2
NB(1): STARDAY SEP-117 “THE LEWIS FAMILY (Gpspel Vocals)”
released February 1960.
NB(2): STARDAY SEP-117 reviewed Billboard Monday 29th
February 1960.
NB(3): All the above recordings were either recorded during
August 1958 or ca. 14th October 1959.
NB(4): STARDAY SLP-116 “OLD TIME RELIGION, COUNTRY STYLE”
released 1961.
NB(5): NASHVILLE NLP-2003 “OLD TIME RELIGION” released 1964.
THE LEWIS FAMILY August
1958
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5
stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
3327 MY CLOSEST KIN Starday
SLP-121, Melodisc MLP-12-120
() (Starday BMI) Nashville
NLP-2016, Starday SD-0953-2
Federal
FED-CD-0510
3328 HIDE YOU IN THE BLOOD Starday
SLP-121, Melodisc MLP-12-120
() (Starday BMI) Nashville
NLP-2016, Nashville CR-5-04
Starday
SD-0953-2
3329 JESUS IS MY KING Starday
SLP-121, Melodisc MLP-12-120
() (Starday BMI) Starday
SD-0953-2
3330 HELP ME UNDERSTAND Starday SLP-121,
MLP-12-120
() (Starday BMI) Nashville
NLP-2016, Nashville CR-5-04
Starday
SD-0953-2
3331 JUST ONE ROSE Starday
SLP-121, Melodisc MLP-12-120
() (Starday BMI) Starday SEP-168,
Nashville NLP-2016
Nashville
CR-5-04, Starday SD-0953-2
Federal
FED-CD-0510
3332 I SEE JESUS Starday
SLP-121, Melodisc MLP-12-120
() (Starday BMI) Starday
SD-0953-2
NB: STARDAY SEP-168 “GOSPEL SONGS BY ALL
STAR ARTISTS” released 1961.
THE LEWIS
FAMILY
Monday 16th January 1961
Polly Lewis (vcl/pno-1); Janis Lewis
(vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr-2/5
stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
4668 HE’S
A SHELTER Starday
SEP-161, Starday SD-0953-2
(R.Lewis)
(Starday Music-BMI)
4669 I
KNOW (GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF ME) SEP-161, SD-0953-2
(M.Lewis)
(Starday Music-BMI)
4670 GRAND
HOMECOMING -2 SEP-161, Nashville NLP-2062
(M.Lewis)
(Starday Music-BMI) Nashville
NA7-2055-2, Starday SD-0953-2
4671 SPREAD
SUNSHINE -1 Starday SEP-161, Nashville NLP-2062
(Polly
Lewis) (Starday Music-BMI) Nashville
NA7-2055-2, Starday SD-0953-2
NB: STARDAY
SEP-161 “THE LEWIS FAMILY-GOSPEL SONGS” released 1961.
THE LEWIS
FAMILY Fall
1961
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis Lewis (vcl);
Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5 stg bjo);
Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
4974 OUT
IN THE COUNTRY Starday
SLP-161, Starday SD-0953-2
()
(Starday Music-BMI)
4975 TALKING
WITH DEATH SLP-161, SD-0953-2
()
(Starday Music-BMI)
4976 STAY
ON TOP WITH JESUS Starday
SLP-161, Starday SD-0953-2
()
(Starday Music-BMI)
4977 ARE
YOU READY FOR HEAVEN SLP-161, SD-0953-2
()
(Starday Music-BMI)
4978 SOMEBODY
LOVES ME SLP-161, Starday SLP-183
()
(Starday Music-BMI) Starday
SD-0953-2
4979 DWELLING
IN BEULAH LAND Starday
SLP-161, Nashville NLP-2016 ()
(Alamo BMI) Nashville
NLP-5-04, Starday SD-0953-2
4980 THE
HEAVENLY PLAN Starday
SLP-161, SD-0953-2
()
(Starday Music-BMI) Federal
FED-CD-0510
4981 WORLD’S
GREATEST STORY Starday
SLP-161, SD-0953-2
()
4982 ARE
YOU ASHAMED SLP-161, SD-0953-2
()
(Starday Music-BMI)
4983 SOME
SWEET, HAPPY DAY Starday
SLP-161, SD-0953-2
()
4984 CHILD
OF THE KING Starday
SLP-161, SD-0953-2
()
4985 MATTHEW
24 SLP-161, Starday SEP-205
(Glosson)
(Country BMI) Starday
SD-0953-2
4986 WINGS
OF A DOVE Starday
SLP-161, Starday SEP-187
() Golden
Classics GC-1003, Starday SD-0953-2
4987 IN
HEAVEN Starday
SLP-161, Starday SD-0953-2
()
(Starday Music-BMI)
NB(1):
STARDAY SLP-161 “THE LEWIS FAMILY: ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION” released 1962.
NB(2):
STARDAY SLP-183 “BLUEGRASS SAMPLERS” released 1962.
NB(3):
STARDAY SEP-187 “GOSPEL SONGS By ALL STAR ARTISTS” released 1962.
NB(4):
STARDAY SEP-205 “GOSPEL SONGS By ALL STAR ARTISTS” released 1962/
NB(5):
GOLDEN CLASSICS GC-1003 “GOLDEN CLASSICS, Vol.3.” released
THE LEWIS
FAMILY
ca.
May 1962
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis Lewis (vcl);
Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5 stg bjo);
Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
5422 MOTHER’S
ONLY SLEEPING Starday
SLP-193, Ember CW-115
()
(Peer Inter BMI)
5423 NO
ONE BUT THEE SLP-193, CW-115
()
5424 DREAMING
OF A LITTLE CABIN SLP-193, CW-115
()
Affliated BMI)
5425 TAKE
THIS WHOLE WORLD SLP-193, CW-115
()
(Starday Music BMI)
5426 AIN’T NO ROOM IN THIS CHURCH
FOR LIARS SLP-193, Starday SEP-208, Starday
SEP-215
(Lewis-York) (Starday Music BMI) Ember CW-115
5427 MY LORD’S GONNA MOVE THIS
WICKED RACE Starday SLP-193, Ember
CW-115
() Starday Music BMI)
5428 HONEY ON THE ROCK SLP-193, Starday SEP-208, Ember
CW-115
(York) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville
NLP-2045, Federal FED-CD-0510
5429 WHEN I WALK ALONG THE STREETS
OF GOLD Starday SLP-193, Ember CW-115
() (Starday Music BMI)
5430 EMPTY CROSS ON THE HILLSIDE SLP-193, CW-115
() (Starday Music BMI)
5431 I’VE STARTED OUT TO FIND A
BETTER HOME SLP-193, Starday SEP-208, CW-115
(Lewis-York) (Starday Music BMI)
5432 FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS SLP-193, Ember CW-115
() (Acuff-Rose BMI)
5433 GOD’S GREAT STRATOSPHERE SLP-193, Starday SEP-208, CW-115
(Seye) (Starday Music BMI)
5434 WHEN GOD’S CHARIOT COMES Starday
SLP-193, Ember CW-115
() (Stamps-Baxter BMI)
5435 JESUS IS THE ROCK SLP-193, CW-115
() (Acuff-Rose BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-193 “THE LEWIS FAMILY GOSPEL SPECIAL”
released August 1962.
NB(2): EMBER CW-115 “THE LEWIS FAMILY GOSPEL SPECIAL”
released United Kingdom 1962.
NB(3): STARDAY SEP-208 “THE LEWIS FAMILY” released 1962.
NB(4): STATDAY SEP-215 “GOSPEL SONGS By ALL STAR ARTISTS”
released 1962.
NB(5): NASHVILLE NLP-2045 “THE LEWIS FAMILY TAKES YOU TO A
GOSPEL SING-OUT” released June 1967.
THE LEWIS FAMILY
poss
Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison,
Tn: ca.
April 1963
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
6202 THERE’S A HIGHER POWER Starday
SLP-238
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
6203 THE GLORY LAND MARCH SLP-238
() (Peer Inter BMI)
6204 I KNOW MY LORD WILL LEAD ME
HOME SLP-238
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
6205 AS YOU TRAVEL ALONE SLP-238, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
6206 THERE IS A HAPPY LAND SLP-238
() (Starday Music BMI)
6207 FAMILY BIBLE SLP-238
() (Glad BMI)
6208 LITTLE MOSES SLP-238, Nashville NLP-2045
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
6209 NO DARK SHADOWS SLP-238, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
6210 STANDING AND WONDERING SLP-238
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
6211 JORDAN SLP-238
() (Starday Music BMI)
6212 A FAITHFUL FRIEND SLP-238
() (Ralph’s Radio Music BMI)
6213 DUST ON THE BIBLE SLP-238
() (Acuff-Rose BMI)
6214 WE’VE GOT TO KEEP WALKING SLP-238
() (Starday Music BMI)
6215 ONE WAY TICKET TO THE SKY SLP-238
() (Starday Music BMI)
NB: STARDAY SLP-238 “SING ME A GOSPEL SONG” released 1963.
THE LEWIS FAMILY
Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison, Tn: ca.
June 1963
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mamd); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
6427 HE’S MADE A WAY Starday
SLP-252
() (Starday Music BMI)
6428 THE LAMB’S BOOK OF LIFE SLP-252
() (Starday Music BMI)
6429 JOSHUA FIT THE BATTLE OF
JERICHO SLP-252, Starday SLP-255, Starday
SLP-465
() Nashville
NLP-2045, Starday SK-959
Federal
FED-CD-0510
6430 THE ONLY WAY HOME Starday
SLP-252
() (Excellorec BMI)
6431 OLD AND IN THE WAY SLP-252
() (Lois BMI)
6432 THERE’S SOMEBODY WRONG ABOUT
THE BIBLE SLP-252
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
6433 MY HOMEWARD FLIGHT SLP-252
() (Starday Music BMI)
6434 SWING
DOWN CHARIOT SLP-252, Nashville
NLP-2045
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
6435 KEEP ON THE FIRING LINE SLP-252, Starday SLP-303, Starday
SLP-308
(York) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville
NLP-2045
6436 SEEKING A FAR OFF HOME Starday
SLP-252
() (Starday Music BMI)
6437 THERE’S JOY AHEAD Starday
SLP-252, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
6438 YOU GO TO YOUR CHURCH SLP-252, Nashville NLP-2045
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
6439 HEAVENLY CHIMES SLP-252
() (Ralph’s Radio Music BMI)
6440 HE’S SWEETER SLP-252
() (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-252 “ALL NIGH SINGING CONVENTION”
released December 1963.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-255 “THE WONDERFUL OF GOSPEL and SACRED
MUSIC” released 1963.
NB(3): STARDAY SLP-303 “PREACHIN’, PRAYIN’, SINGIN’”
released 1964.
NB(4): STARDAY SLP-308 “GOSPEL HALL OF FAME” released 1965.
NB(5): STARDAY SLP-465 “THE BEST OF THE LEWIS FAMILY”
released 1970.
LITTLE ROY LEWIS Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson
Road Madison,
Tn: ca.
June 1963
(bjo); Wallace Lewis (rhy
gtr); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs).
Producer:
634-ST-6441 JOYFUL BANJO Starday SEP-223,
Starday SEP-238-A
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
634-ST-6442 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS (Inst) SEP-223, SEP-238-A
(York) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville
NLP-2062, Federal FED-CD-0510
Nashville
NA7-2055-2
634-ST-6443 SAIN’T’S BANJO MARCH Starday SEP-223,
Starday SEP-238-B
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
634-ST-6444 THE EVERLASTING ARMS (Inst) Starday SEP-223, Starday SEP-238-B
(Lewis) (Starday Music BMI) Nashville
NLP-2062, Federal FED-CD-0510
Nashville
NA7-2055-2
NB(1): STARDAY SEP-223 “LITTLE ROY LEWIS (Instrumental)”
released 1963.
NB(2): STARDAY SEP-233 released TWICE, initially with the
Original STARDAY logo and then with the STARDAY stripes logo.
NB(3): STARDAY SEP-238 “LITTLE ROY LEWSIS” released 1965.
THE LEWIS FAMILY
poss
Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison,
Tn: poss
Fall 1963
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (vcl/stg bs). Producer:
6865 OVER THE ROLLING SEA Starday
SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
6866 PURPLE ROBE SLP-289, Starday SLP-465
() (Acuff-Rose BMI) Federal
FED-CD-0510
6867 BORN AGAIN Starday
SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
6868 PRECIOUS MOMENTS Starday
SLP-331
() (Starday Music BMI)
6869 THE SHIP OF GLORY Starday
SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
6870 GOD’S HEAVEN SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
6871 GONNA KEEP MY LOVE LIGHT
BURNING SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
6872 LOOK AWAY SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
6873 SHINE, SHINE, SHINE SLP-289, Nashville NLP-2045
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI) Gusto
GT7-2100-2
6874 I’VE FOUND A HIDING PLACE Starday
SLP-331, Starday S-SLP-450
() (Affliated BMI) Hollywood
HCD-254, Gusto GT7-2099-2
6875 WHY NOT TONIGHT Starday
SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-289 “SINGIN’ IN MY SOUL!” released August
1964.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-331 “THE FIRST FAMILY OF GOSPEL SONG”
released August 1965.
NB(3): STARDAY S-SLP-450 “THE GOLDEN GOSPEL BEST” released May
1970.
NB(4): GUSTO GT7-2099-2 “THE GOLDEN GOSPEL BEST” released 2009.
NB(5): GUSTO GT7-2099-2 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.44,
#3-September 2009.
THE LEWIS FAMILY Early
1964
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (vcl/stg bs). Producer:
6876 CLIMBING JACOB’S LADDER Starday
SLP-289, Starday SLP-308
() Nashville
NLP-2045, Starday SLP-465, Starday SK-959
6877 SINGING IN MY SOUL Starday
SLP-289
() (Conrad BMI)
6878 MOVING ONWARD SLP-289
() (Starday Music BMI)
6879 GO OUT AND TELL THE NEWS SLP-289, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
THE LEWIS FAMILY ca.
January 1965
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (vcl/stg bs) Producer:
7281 CRYING HOLY UNTO THE LORD Starday
SLP-331, Starday SLP-370
() (Starday Music BMI)
7282 JESUS IS COMING SLP-331
()
(Starday Music BMI)
7283 HIS BLOOD NOW COVERS MY SIN SLP-331, Starday 801
() (Starday Music BMI)
7284 NO TROUBLE IN HEAVEN SLP-331
()
7285 WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR
RELIGION SLP-331, Starday SLP-370, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
7286 I’VE GOT A HOME SLP-331, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
7287 WHERE THE SHADES OF LOVE LIE
DEEP SLP-331
() (Starday Music BMI)
7288 WHEN I REACH THAT CITY SLP-331, Starday 801
() (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-370 “THE FAMILY GOSPEL: 16 SACRED SONG
FAVORITES” released 1966.
NB(2): STARDAY 801 released March 1967.
THE LEWIS FAMILY with CARL STORY
Starday
Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison,
Tn: ca.
June 1965
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Carl Moore Story (vcl/rhy gtr); Wallace Lewis
(rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy
“Pop” Lewis Sr. (vcl/stg bs). Producers:
John Thomas “Tommy” Hill & Jack “Hoss”
Linneman
7602 I WOULD NOT BE DENIED Starday
SLP-364
() (Starday Music BMI)
7603 STANDING IN THE NEED OF
PRAYER SLP-364
()
7604 I’M ON MY WAY TO CANAAN’S
LAND SLP-364
()
7605 WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN SLP-364, Starday SD-3019
() (Starday Music BMI)
7606 HEAVEN BOUND TRAIN SLP-364
() (Starday Music BMI)
7607 FIRE AND BRIMSTONE SLP-364
() (Starday Music BMI)
7608 THE FRIENDS WHO PRAYED FOR ME SLP-364
() (Starday Music BMI)
7609 THERE’S NEVER AN UNGUARDED
MOMENT Starday SLP-364, Gusto
GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
7610 NO HIDING PLACE DOWN THERE SLP-364
() (Starday Music BMI)
7611 PRECIOUS MEMORIES SLP-364
() (Stamps-Baxter BMI)
7612 I AM A PILGRIM SLP-364, Nashville NLP-2045
() (Starday Music BMI) Holywood
HT-217, Hollywood HCD-217
7613 SINLESS SUMMERLAND Starday SLP-364
() (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-364 “THE LEWIS FAMILY SINGS THE GOSPEL
WITH CARL STORY” released 1966.
NB(2): STARDAY SD-3019 “THE LEWIS FAMILY: 16 GREATEST HITS”
released 1977.
NB(3): HOLLYWOOD HT/HCD-217 “THE LEWIS FAMILY: 16 GREATEST
HITS” released 1977.
NB(4): GUSTO GT7-2100-2 “SONGS OF WALLACE LEWIS” released
2009.
THE LEWIS FAMILY Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison, Tn: 1965
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (vcl/stg bs). Producer:
7994 WE DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO
CAST A STONE Starday SLP-381, Starday
SLP-408
()
7995 I KNOW IT CAN’T BE FAR Starday
SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
7996 THE PENTECOST Starday
SLP-381
() (Starday Music BMI)
7997 PICTURE ON THE WALL SLP-381, Starday S-SLP-450
() (Starday Music BMI) Hollywood
HCD-254, Gusto GT7-2099-2
7998 WALK WITH CHRIST Starday
SLP-381
() (Starday Music BMI)
7999 THERE’S A LITTLE PINE LOG
CABIN SLP-381
() (Affiliated BMI)
8000 ONE MORE RIVER TO CROSS SLP-381, Starday S-SLP-450
() (Starday Music BMI) Hollywood
HCD-450, Gusto GT7-2099-2
8001 ASHAMED TO SPEAK HIS NAME Starday
SLP-381
() (Starday Music BMI)
8002 WAIT FOR ME SLP-381
() (Starday Music BMI)
8003 READ YOUR BIBLE SLP-381
() (Starday Music BMI)
8004 THE MAN FROM GALILEE SLP-381, Starday SD-3019
() (Starday Music BMI)
8005 EACH RING OF THE HAMMER Starday
SLP-408, Starday SLP-465
() (Circle O BMI) Federal
FED-CD-0510
8006 WALKING MY LORD UP CALVARY’S
HILL Starday SLP-381,
Starday S-SLP-450
() (Acuff-Rose BMI) Hollywood
HCD-254, Gusto GT7-209-2
8007 WHERE HE LEADS I WILL FOLLOW Starday
SLP-381, Starday SLP-465, Starday SK-959
() (Starday Music BMI) Starday
SD-3019, Hollywood HT-217
Hollywood HCD-217
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-381 “THE LEWIS FAMILY ALBUM” released August
1966.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-408 “TIME IS MOVING ON” released 1967.
NB(3): STARDAY SLP-408 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.2,
#7-January 1968.
THE LEWIS FAMILY Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson
Road Madison,
Tn: ca.
October 1966
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (stg bs). Producer:
8323 THE UNCLOUDED DAY Starday
SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8324 SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8325 IN THE GARDEN SLP-395, Starday SLP-465, Starday
SK-959
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8326 BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8327 WHEN THE MORNING COMES SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8328 THE HAVEN OF REST Starday
SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8329 DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE SLP-395, Starday SK-959
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8330 IN THE SWEET BYE AND BYE SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8331 BRIGHTEN THE CORNER WHERE YOU
ARE SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8332 NEVER ALONE Starday
SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8333 ON JORDAN’S STORMY BANKS SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8334 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS SLP-395
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-395 “SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER”
released January 1967.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-395 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.1,
#11-May 1967.
THE LEWIS FAMILY Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson
Road Madison,
Tn: ca.
April 1967
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mando); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (vcl/stg bs). Producer:
8494 TIME IS MOVING ON Starday
SLP-408, Starday S-SLP-450, Starday SD-3019
() (Starday Music BMI) Hollywood
HCD-254, Hollywood HT-217
Hollywood
HCD-217, Gusto GT7-2099-2
8495 SITTING HERE THINKING Starday
SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
8496 I ASK NOT SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
8497 I WANT TO SING SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
8498 I’LL SOON BE LEAVING SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
8499 I’M WINGING MY WAY BACK HOME Starday
SLP-450, Gusto GT7-2099-2
() (Stamps-Baxter BMI)
8500 ACROSS THE RIVER FROM HERE Starday
SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
8501 DON’T BE ASHAMED OF JESUS SLP-408, Starday S-SLP-450,
Starday SLP-465
() (Starday Music BMI) Starday
SK-959, Hollywood HCD-254
Gusto
GT7-2099-2
8502 HEAVEN IS CALLING ME HOME Starday
SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
8503 HIDING IN THE ROCK SLP-408, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
8504 WE WILL HAVE NO FEAR SLP-408
() (Starday Music BMI)
THE LEWIS FAMILY Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson
Road Madison,
Tn: ca.
September 1967
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/5 stg bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr. (vcl/stg bs). Producer:
8652 JUST FOR ME Starday
SLP-419, Starday S-SLP-450
(Rev. W.L. Bill Hoppey) (Stamps-Baxter BMI) Gusto GT7-2099-2
8653 OLD BRUSH ARBORS Starday
SLP-419
() (Glad BMI)
8654 TRAMP ON THE STREET SLP-419, Starday SLP-465, Starday
SK-959
()
8655 RANK STRANGERS SLP-419, Starday S-SLP-450
(A. Brumley) (Affiliated BMI) Hollywood
HCD-254, Gusto GT7-2099-2
8656 I CAN FEEL THE SPIRIT MOVING Starday
SLP-419
() (Starday Music BMI)
8657 GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN SLP-419, Starday SLP-465, Starday
SD-3019
(Arr. Wm. York) (Starday BMI) Starday
SK-959, Hollywood HT-217
Hollywood
HCD-217
8658 THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE Starday
SLP-419
(Arr. Wm. York) (Starday BMI)
8659 THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO GO Starday
SLP-419
(Arr. Wm. York) (Starday BMI)
8660 I’LL BE NO STRANGER SLP-419
(Randall Hylton) (Starday BMI)
8661 I’M MARCHING TOWARD GLORYLAND SLP-419
(Glen Chandler) (Starday BMI)
8662 CALVARY SLP-419
(Dewey Corbin) (Starday BMI)
8663 NEARER HOME SLP-419, Starday S-SLP-450
(Wallace Lewis) (Starday BMI) Hollywood
HCD-254, Gusto GT7-2099-2
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-419 “ALL DAY SINGING & DINNER ON THE
GROUND” released 1968.
THE LEWIS FAMILY Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road Madison, Tn: ca.
December 1967
Roy Lewis Jr. (bjo);
Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Roy “Pop” Lewis Sr.(stg
bs);
Producer:
8726 LEAD ME Starday
SLP-422
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
8727 CROSSING THE BRIDGE Starday
SLP-450, Hollywood HCD-254
() (Starday Music BMI) Gusto
GT7-2099-2
8728 THE GOSPEL TRAIN Starday
SLP-422, Nashville NLP-2115
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
8729 WALKING ON THE WATER SLP-422, Gusto GT7-2100-2
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
8730 HOME SWEET HOME SLP-422
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8731 THE CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD SLP-422
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8732 POWER IN THE BLOOD SLP-422
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8733 WHERE THE SOUL OF MAN NEVER
DIES SLP-422
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8734 BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC SLP-422
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8735 HAPPY RHYTHM SLP-422
(W.Lewis) (Starday Music BMI)
8736 DRY BONES SLP-422
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
8737 RAINBOW OF LOVE SLP-422
() (Affiliated BMI)
8738 WHEN THEY RING THOSE GOLDEN
BELLS SLP-422
(York) (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-422 “GOLDEN GOSPEL BANJO” released July 1968.
NB(2): STARDAY SLP-422 reviewed Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.5,
#2-August 1970.
NB(3): NASHVILLE NLP-2115 “DUELLING BANJOS” released 1973.
NB(4): HOLLYWOOD HCD-254 “THE GOLDEN GOSPEL BEST OF THE LEWIS
FAMILY” released
THE LEWIS FAMILY Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson
Road Madison,
Tn: ca.
July 1968
Polly Lewis (vcl); Janis
Lewis (vcl); Miggie Lewis (vcl); Wallace Lewis (rhy gtr); Roy Lewis Jr. (ld
gtr/bjo); Talmadge Lewis (fdl/mand); Unk (stg bs). Producer:
8842 LORD I’M READY TO GO Starday
SLP-433
() (Starday Music BMI)
8843 SING SLP-433, Starday SLP-465, Starday
SD-3019
() (Starday Music BMI) Starday
SK-959, Hollywood HT-217
Hollywood
HCD-217
8844 CHRIST WILL RIDE THE CLOUDS
OF GLORY Starday SLP-433, SLP-465
() (Starday Music BMI)
8845 DREAMING OF HEAVEN SLP-433
() (Starday Music BMI)
8846 MY LORD IS TAKING ME AWAY SLP-433, SLP-465, Starday SD-3019
() Starday
SK-959, Hollywood HT-217
Hollywood
HCD-217
8847 STAND BY ME Starday
SLP-433
() (Starday Music BMI)
8848 A LONESOME HIGHWAY Starday SLP-433
() (Starday Music BMI)
8849 WORK FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING SLP-433
() (Starday Music BMI)
8850 WALKING WITH MY SAVIOR SLP-433
() (Starday Music BMI)
8851 DID YOU EVER GO SAILING SLP-433, Starday SD-3019,
Hollywood HT-217
() (Stamps-Baxter BMI) Hollywood
HCD-217
8852 THE STORM Starday
SLP-433, Federal FED-CD-0510
() (Starday Music BMI)
8853 HE’S BUILDING A MANSION FOR
ME Starday
SLP-433
() (Starday Music BMI)
NB(1): STARDAY SLP-433 “DID YOU EVER GO SAILING DOWN THE
RIVER OF MEMORIES” released 1969.
NB(2): STARDAY SK-959 “BEST OF THE LEWIS FAMILY” released
1975.
NB(3): FEDERAL FED-CD-0510 “THE BEST OF THE LEWIS FAMILY:
THE FIRST FAMILY OF BLUEGRASS GOSPEL” released 2004.
DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT with acknowledgements to
KEN NELSON.
2010-2013.
NEED INFORMATION ON STARDAY SEP-197.
SOLID ROCK SLP-103 “THE LEWIS FAMILY: CREST
ALBUM” was released 1970.
