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Edgar Blanchard Discography

by Christian Oestreicher

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Date: January 1947
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: DeLuxe

Paul Gayten (ldr), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Warren Stanley (b), Robert Green (d), Earl Williams (v)

a. D 321 Striking Blues(Earl Williams) - 2:56
DeLuxe 781058 — Rainy Morning Blues / Striking Blues   (1947)
DeLuxe 783058 — Rainy Morning Blues / Striking Blues   (1950)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1000 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 1   (2021)
b. D 322 Rainy Morning Blues(Earl Williams) - 2:47
DeLuxe 781058 — Rainy Morning Blues / Striking Blues   (1947)
DeLuxe 783058 — Rainy Morning Blues / Striking Blues   (1950)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1000 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 1   (2021)
c. D 323 Your Hands Ain't Clean(Paul Gayten) - 2:31
DeLuxe 781063 — Your Hands Ain't Clean / (You Don't Love Me) True   (1947)
DeLuxe 783063 — Your Hands Ain't Clean / (You Don't Love Me) True   (1950)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 8 — Creole Gal   (1979)
Route 66 CDRBD 008 — Creole Gal   (1985)
Frémeaux & Associés CDFA 353 — Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 3 1947/1   (1998)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1013 — The R&B Years 1947/1   (2005)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Max Cat CD(no number) — Creole Gal   (2010)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3162 — True (You Don't Love Me) - Early Recordings 1947-1949   (2021)
And More Bears CDAMB 71095 — Back Trackin'   (2022)
d. D 324 True (You Don't Love Me)(Louis Cottrell, Lloyd Glenn, Don Albert) - 2:41
DeLuxe 781063 — Your Hands Ain't Clean / (You Don't Love Me) True   (1947)
DeLuxe 783063 — Your Hands Ain't Clean / (You Don't Love Me) True   (1950)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 8 — Creole Gal   (1979)
Route 66 CDRBD 008 — Creole Gal   (1985)
Max Cat CD(no number) — Creole Gal   (2010)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3162 — True (You Don't Love Me) - Early Recordings 1947-1949   (2021)
And More Bears CDAMB 71095 — Back Trackin'   (2022)

True (You Don't Love Me) is a Title Variation of You Don't Love Me (Don Albert, Louis Cottrell, Lloyd Glenn)

Paul Gayten (v) on c-d; Earl Williams (v) on a-b.


Date: February 1947
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: DeLuxe

Joseph "Cousin Joe" Pleasant (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Paul Gayten (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Warren Stanley (b), Robert Green (d), Joseph "Cousin Joe" Pleasant (v)

a. D 361-1 Just As Soon As I Go Home(Joseph "Pleasant Joe" Pleasant) - 2:32
DeLuxe 781065 — Just As Soon As I Go Home / Phoney Woman Blues   (1947)
DeLuxe 783065 — Just As Soon As I Go Home / Phoney Woman Blues   (1947)
Oldie Blues LP 12"OL 8008 — Cousin Joe From New Orleans In His Prime   (1984)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 013 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 1, 1921-1949/2   (2011)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1001 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 2   (2021)
b. D 362-1 Phoney Woman Blues(Frank Severino) - 2:36
DeLuxe 781065 — Just As Soon As I Go Home / Phoney Woman Blues   (1947)
DeLuxe 783065 — Just As Soon As I Go Home / Phoney Woman Blues   (1947)
Oldie Blues LP 12"OL 8008 — Cousin Joe From New Orleans In His Prime   (1984)
Ace (UK) CDCDTOP 1435 — Beef Ball Baby! The New Orleans R&B Sessions   (2015)
c. D 363-3 Little Woman Blues(Frank Severino) - 2:19
DeLuxe 781067 — Little Woman Blues / It's Dangerous To Be A Husband   (1947)
DeLuxe 783067 — Little Woman Blues / It's Dangerous To Be A Husband   (1947)
Frémeaux & Associés CDFA 5086 — New Orleans Blues 1940-1953/1   (2004)
Proper CDP 1837 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/1   (2014)
Ace (UK) CDCDTOP 1435 — Beef Ball Baby! The New Orleans R&B Sessions   (2015)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1000 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 1   (2021)
d. D 364-2 It's Dangerous To Be A Husband(Joseph "Pleasant Joe" Pleasant) - 2:45
DeLuxe 781067 — Little Woman Blues / It's Dangerous To Be A Husband   (1947)
DeLuxe 783067 — Little Woman Blues / It's Dangerous To Be A Husband   (1947)
Riverboat LP 12"900.235 — Joseph From New Orleans   (1975)
Riverboat LP 12"900.265 — Joseph From New Orleans   (1975)
EPM Musique CD160 312 — New York & New Orleans Blues 1945-1951   (2002)
Ace (UK) CDCDTOP 1435 — Beef Ball Baby! The New Orleans R&B Sessions   (2015)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1000 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 1   (2021)
All titles on:
Blue Moon CDBMCD 6002 — The Complete Cousin Joe Recordings 1945-1955 Vol. 2   (1995)
Night Train International CDNTI CD 3001 — The Complete Recordings 1945-1955/2   (2001)


Date: April 1947
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: DeLuxe

Paul Gayten (ldr), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Warren Stanley (b), Robert Green (d)

a. D 386 Laura(Johnny Mercer, David Raksin) - 2:58
DeLuxe 781076 — Laura / Trust In Me   (1947)
DeLuxe 783076 — Laura / Trust In Me   (1950)
b. D 387 Trust In Me(Richard "Dick" Sherman, Robert B. Sherman) - 2:25
DeLuxe 781076 — Laura / Trust In Me   (1947)
DeLuxe 783076 — Laura / Trust In Me   (1950)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1002 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 3   (2021)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3162 — True (You Don't Love Me) - Early Recordings 1947-1949   (2021)
And More Bears CDAMB 71095 — Back Trackin'   (2022)
c. D 388 That Ain't No Lie(Paul Gayten) - 2:43
DeLuxe 781078 — That Ain't No Lie / Gayten 's Boogie   (1947)
DeLuxe 783078 — That Ain't No Lie / Gayten 's Boogie   (1950)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1002 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 3   (2021)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3162 — True (You Don't Love Me) - Early Recordings 1947-1949   (2021)
And More Bears CDAMB 71095 — Back Trackin'   (2022)
d. D 389 Gayten 's Boogie(Paul Gayten) - 2:47
DeLuxe 781078 — That Ain't No Lie / Gayten 's Boogie   (1947)
DeLuxe 783078 — That Ain't No Lie / Gayten 's Boogie   (1950)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3162 — True (You Don't Love Me) - Early Recordings 1947-1949   (2021)
And More Bears CDAMB 71095 — Back Trackin'   (2022)

Paul Gayten (v) on a-c.


Date: June 1947
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: DeLuxe

Paul Gayten (ldr), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Warren Stanley (b), Robert Green (d)

a. D 418 Worried Over You(Rose, Nelson) - 2:58
DeLuxe 781090 — I'm Glad For Your Sake / Worried Over You   (1947)
DeLuxe 783090 — I'm Glad For Your Sake / Worried Over You   (1948)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1001 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 2   (2021)
b. D 419 I'm Glad For Your Sake (But I'm Sorry For Mine)(Peter Tinturin, Jack Lawrence) - 3:01
DeLuxe 781090 — I'm Glad For Your Sake / Worried Over You   (1947)
DeLuxe 783090 — I'm Glad For Your Sake / Worried Over You   (1948)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1002 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 3   (2021)
c. D 421 In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)(Leroy Carr, Don Raye) - 2:37
DeLuxe 781118 — Peter Blue And Jumper Too / In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down   (1947)
DeLuxe CDCDE 1001 — DeLuxe Records - The R&B Years Volume 2   (2021)
All titles on:
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3162 — True (You Don't Love Me) - Early Recordings 1947-1949   (2021)
And More Bears CDAMB 71095 — Back Trackin'   (2022)


Date: 1949
Location: ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX
Label: Peacock

Norman Dunlap (ldr), Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (h), Tommy Ridgley (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), unknown (b), John "Silver" Cooks (d), Norman Dunlap (v), The Gondoliers (bkv)

a. ACA 1309 If This Is Love(Norman Dunlap)
b. ACA 1311 You Mean The World To Me(Norman Dunlap)
Both titles on:
Peacock 781515 — If This Is Love / You Mean The World To Me   (1949)


Date: 1949
Location: ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX
Label: Peacock

Edgar Blanchard (ldr), Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (h), Tommy Ridgley (p), Edgar Blanchard (g, v), Donald Cooks (b), John "Silver" Cooks (d), The Gondoliers (bkv)

a. ACA 1312 Creole Gal Blues(Edgar Blanchard) - 2:29
Frémeaux & Associés CDFA 5086 — New Orleans Blues 1940-1953/2   (2004)
Weton-Wesgram CDLATA 562 — 100 Blues Tunes/4   (2006)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1033 — Down Home Blues Classics Volume 1 1943-1953/3   (2015)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 025 — A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 5 - 1949/1   (2016)
Acrobat CDACQCD 7175 — An Anthology Of 20th Century Blues/3   (2023)
b. ACA 1313 She'll Be Mine After Awhile(Alexander Lightfoot) - 2:59
Proper CDP 1838 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/2   (2014)
Both titles on:
Peacock 781514 — Creole Gal Blues / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1949)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CHD 171 — Lyons Avenue Jive   (1986)
Official CD5254 — Blues Harmonica Wizards - Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers   (1998)
Acrobat CDACMCD 4003 — Texas Blues Volume 1 - Houston Hotshots   (2003)

Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (h) on a.


Date: 1949
Location: ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX
Label: Peacock

John "Silver" Cooks (ldr), Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (h), Tommy Ridgley (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), unknown (b), John "Silver" Cooks (d, v), The Gondoliers (bkv)

a. ACA 1314 Mr. Ticket Agent(John Cook) - 2:34
Peacock 781510 — Mr. Ticket Agent / Coming Back Home   (1949)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CHD 171 — Lyons Avenue Jive   (1986)
Official CD5254 — Blues Harmonica Wizards - Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers   (1998)
JSP CDJSP 77150C — Juke Joints 3/3   (2001)
Acrobat CDACMCD 4003 — Texas Blues Volume 1 - Houston Hotshots   (2003)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1033 — Down Home Blues Classics Volume 1 1943-1953/3   (2015)
tape copy CD(no number) — Texas Blues Volume 07   (2022)
b. ACA 1315 Coming Back Home(John Cook) - 2:38
Peacock 781510 — Mr. Ticket Agent / Coming Back Home   (1949)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CHD 171 — Lyons Avenue Jive   (1986)
Official CD5254 — Blues Harmonica Wizards - Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers   (1998)
Acrobat CDACMCD 4003 — Texas Blues Volume 1 - Houston Hotshots   (2003)
Proper CDP 1838 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/2   (2014)
tape copy CD(no number) — Texas Blues Volume 07   (2022)
c. Sailboat On The Ocean(John Cook)
unissued
d. Even Though(John Cook)
unissued


Date: 1949
Location: ACA Recording Studio, 612 Westheimer, Houston, TX
Label: Peacock

Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (ldr), Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (h, v), Tommy Ridgley (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), unknown (b), John "Silver" Cooks (d), The Gondoliers (bkv)

a. ACA 1318 Papa George Blues(Alexander Lightfoot)
b. ACA 1319 Lightfoot Boogie(Alexander Lightfoot)
Both titles unissued.

Date: Jun 15, 1950
Location: unknown recording studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: DeLuxe

Roy Brown (ldr), Wilbur Harden (t), Johnny Fontenette (ts), Leroy "Batman" Rankins (bar), Edward Santineo (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Charles "Ike" Isaacs (b), Calvin "Eagle Eyes" Shields (d), Roy Brown (v)

a. D 1516-6 Love Don't Love Nobody(Roy Brown) - 2:43
DeLuxe 783306 — Dreaming Blues / Love Don't Love Nobody   (1950)
King LP 12"607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1958)
Charly LP 12"CRB 1093 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CassetteTC-CRB 1096 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
King CDKCD-607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1990)
Lucky CDCDLR 907 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Seven   (1998)
Indigo CDIGODCD 105 — The R&B Hits 1950/2   (2001)
Bear Family CDBCD 16705 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1950   (2004)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1006 — The R&B Years 1950/3   (2004)
Saga CD982 077-6 — From Gospel To Soul - When The Church Hits The Charts   (2004)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/1   (2011)
Bear Family CDBCD 16921 CP — Plug It In! Turn It Up! (Electric Blues - The Definitive Collection! Part 1 1939-1954)/1   (2012)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 078 — A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 7 - 1950/1   (2021)
b. D 1517-4 Dreaming Blues(Roy Brown) - 3:07
DeLuxe 783306 — Dreaming Blues / Love Don't Love Nobody   (1950)
King LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1959)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 6 — Good Rocking Tonight   (1978)
Route 66 CDRBD 006 — Good Rocking Tonight   (1985)
Sing LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1987)
King CDKCD-627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1988)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 078 — A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 7 - 1950/3   (2021)
c. D 1518-2 Good Man Blues(Roy Brown) - 3:18
DeLuxe 783312 — Good Man Blues / Sweet Peach   (1951)
King 4545-5521 — Mighty Mighty Man / Good Man Blues   (1962)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 6 — Good Rocking Tonight   (1978)
Route 66 CDRBD 006 — Good Rocking Tonight   (1985)
Lucky CDCDLR 905 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Five   (1998)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 078 — A Rhythm & Blues Chronology 7 - 1950/2   (2021)
d. D 1519-1 Too Much Lovin' Ain't Good(Roy Brown) - 2:46
Charly LP 12"CRB 1093 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CassetteTC-CRB 1096 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CDCD CHARLY 37 — Battle Of The Blues - Wynonie Harris V. Roy Brown   (1986)
All titles on:
Charly CDCD CHARLY 289 — Blues Deluxe   (1991)
King CDKCD 6019 — Blues Deluxe   (1997)
Classics CDCLA 5036 — The Chronological Roy Brown 1950-1951   (2002)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756B — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/2   (2005)
Ace (UK) CDCDTOP 1423 — Pay Day Jump - Later Sessions   (2015)


Date: Jun 22, 1950
Location: unknown recording studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: DeLuxe

Roy Brown (ldr), Wilbur Harden (t), Johnny Fontenette (ts), Leroy "Batman" Rankins (bar), Edward Santineo (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Charles "Ike" Isaacs (b), George Jenkins (d), Roy Brown (v)

a. D 1520 Teen Age Jamboree(Roy Brown) - 2:55
DeLuxe 783311 — Double Crossin' Woman / Teen Age Jamboree   (1951)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 6 — Good Rocking Tonight   (1978)
Route 66 CDRBD 006 — Good Rocking Tonight   (1985)
Classics CDCLA 5036 — The Chronological Roy Brown 1950-1951   (2002)
b. D 1521 Train Time Blues(Roy Brown) - 2:49
DeLuxe 783318 — Big Town / Train Time Blues   (1951)
Lucky CDCDLR 910 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Ten   (1999)
Classics CDCLA 5036 — The Chronological Roy Brown 1950-1951   (2002)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/1   (2011)
c. D 1522 Bar Room Blues(Roy Brown) - 3:04
DeLuxe 783319 — Bar Room Blues / Good Rockin' Man   (1951)
King LP 12"607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1958)
King CDKCD-607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1990)
Classics CDCLA 5036 — The Chronological Roy Brown 1950-1951   (2002)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1005 — The R&B Years 1951/4   (2004)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/1   (2011)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 066 — After Hours - The King Records Story 1956-1959/2   (2014)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
d. D 1523 Long About Sundown(Roy Brown) - 2:58
DeLuxe 783308 — Cadillac Baby / Long About Sundown   (1950)
King LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1959)
Sing LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1987)
King CDKCD-627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1988)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/1   (2011)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
All titles on:
Charly CDCD CHARLY 289 — Blues Deluxe   (1991)
King CDKCD 6019 — Blues Deluxe   (1997)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756B — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/2   (2005)


Date: Jun 23, 1950
Location: unknown recording studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: DeLuxe

Roy Brown (ldr), Wilbur Harden (t), Johnny Fontenette (ts), Leroy "Batman" Rankins (bar), Edward Santineo (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Charles "Ike" Isaacs (b), George Jenkins (d), Roy Brown (v), chorus (bkv)

a. D 1524-1 Beautician Blues(Roy Brown) - 2:35
DeLuxe 783313 — Wrong Woman Blues / Beautican Blues   (1951)
Classics CDCLA 5036 — The Chronological Roy Brown 1950-1951   (2002)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756B — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/2   (2005)
b. D 1525 Drum Boogie(Roy Brown) - 3:10
c. D 1526 Swingin' With Johnny(Roy Brown) - 2:26
Lucky CDCDLR 909 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Nine   (1999)
e. D 1527 Double Crossin' Woman(Roy Brown) - 2:58
DeLuxe 783311 — Double Crossin' Woman / Teen Age Jamboree   (1951)
King LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1959)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 2 — Laughing But Crying   (1977)
Route 66 CDRBD 002 — Laughing But Crying   (1985)
Sing LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1987)
King CDKCD-627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1988)
Classics CDCLA 5036 — The Chronological Roy Brown 1950-1951   (2002)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756B — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/2   (2005)
Weton-Wesgram CDLATA 562 — 100 Blues Tunes/4   (2006)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
All titles on:
Charly CDCD CHARLY 289 — Blues Deluxe   (1991)
King CDKCD 6019 — Blues Deluxe   (1997)

Roy Brown (v) on a, e; chorus (bkv) on a.


Date: Jan 16, 1951
Location: unknown recording studio, Cincinnati, OH
Label: DeLuxe

Roy Brown (ldr), Leslie Ayers (t), Wilbur "Red" Prysock (ts), Orrington Hall (bar), Jimmy "Bee Bee" Robinson (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Clarence Mack (b), Calvin "Eagle Eyes" Shields (d), Roy Brown (v)

a. D 1534-1 Wrong Woman Blues(Roy Brown) - 3:06
DeLuxe 783313 — Wrong Woman Blues / Beautican Blues   (1951)
King LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1959)
Sing LP 12"627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1987)
King CDKCD-627 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 2   (1988)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1005 — The R&B Years 1951/2   (2004)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
b. D 1535 Good Rockin' Man(Roy Brown) - 2:59
DeLuxe 783319 — Bar Room Blues / Good Rockin' Man   (1951)
El Toro CDR&B 100 — Rockin' With The Rhythm & Blues   (2002)
Frémeaux & Associés CDFA 357 — Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll Vol. 7 1951/1   (2002)
Indigo CDIGOTCD 2532 — The R&B Hits 1952/3   (2003)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1002 — The R&B Years 1952/1   (2004)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/1   (2011)
Hoodoo CD263588 — Good Rockin' Tonight - 1947-1960 Deluxe, KIng, Imperial & Home Of the Blues Sides   (2017)
c. D 1536 I've Got The Last Laugh Now(Roy Brown) - 2:55
DeLuxe 783323 — I've Got The Last Laugh Now / Brown Angel   (1952)
King LP 12"607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1958)
King CDKCD-607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1990)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1002 — The R&B Years 1952/2   (2004)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
d. D 1537 Big Town(Roy Brown) - 2:55
King LP 12"607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1958)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 26 — I Feel That Young Man's Rhythm   (1984)
Charly LP 12"CRB 1093 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CassetteTC-CRB 1096 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CDCD CHARLY 37 — Battle Of The Blues - Wynonie Harris V. Roy Brown   (1986)
Route 66 CDRBD 026 — I Feel That Young Man's Rhythm   (1988)
King CDKCD-607 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 1   (1990)
Lucky CDCDLR908 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Eight   (1999)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1005 — The R&B Years 1951/3   (2004)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/1   (2011)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 64 — Southern Bred Vol. 14 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
All titles on:
Charly CDCD CHARLY 289 — Blues Deluxe   (1991)
King CDKCD 6019 — Blues Deluxe   (1997)
Classics CDCLA 5036 — The Chronological Roy Brown 1950-1951   (2002)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756B — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/2   (2005)


Date: Spring 1952
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Park

Clarence Samuels (ldr), Dave Bartholomew (t), Edward Santineo (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Alonzo Stewart (d), Clarence Samuels (v), The Gondoliers (bkv), The Royal Playboys (New Orleans) (grp)

a. 801-A1 I Didn't Sleep A Wink Last Night(Clarence Samuels) - 1:47
Park 78 12"801 — The Royal Playboys/Clarence Samuels/Meyer Kennedy   (1952)
18 Top Hits EPT-801 — Rock And Roll Series   (1952)
Waldorf Music-Hall LP 10"33-BR-46 — Rhythm & Blues New Orleans Style   (1955)
Jasmine CDJASCD 866 — The King Of New Orleans R & B - The Best Of The Rest/2   (2019)
b. 801-A3 How Many More Years(Clarence Samuels) - 1:39
Park 78 12"801 — The Royal Playboys/Clarence Samuels/Meyer Kennedy   (1952)
18 Top Hits EPT-801 — Rock And Roll Series   (1952)
Waldorf Music-Hall EPMH-45-156 — Rock And Roll   (1955)
Waldorf Music-Hall LP 10"33-BR-46 — Rhythm & Blues New Orleans Style   (1955)
Waldorf Music-Hall LP 10"MH-33-136 — Rock And Roll New Orleans Blues   (1955)
Jasmine CDJASCD 866 — The King Of New Orleans R & B - The Best Of The Rest/2   (2019)
c. 801-B1 Bookies Blues(Meyer Kennedy, Dave Bartholomew) - 1:33
Park 78 12"801 — The Royal Playboys/Clarence Samuels/Meyer Kennedy   (1952)
18 Top Hits 78 AlbumBR-2 — New Orleans Blues   (1952)
18 Top Hits EPT-801 — Rock And Roll Series   (1952)
Waldorf Music-Hall EPMH-45-156 — Rock And Roll   (1955)
Waldorf Music-Hall LP 10"MH-33-136 — Rock And Roll New Orleans Blues   (1955)
Jasmine CDJASCD 866 — The King Of New Orleans R & B - The Best Of The Rest/2   (2019)
d. 801-B2 Tender Heart(Clarence Samuels) - 1:51
Park 78 12"801 — The Royal Playboys/Clarence Samuels/Meyer Kennedy   (1952)
18 Top Hits EPT-801 — Rock And Roll Series   (1952)
Waldorf Music-Hall LP 10"33-BR-46 — Rhythm & Blues New Orleans Style   (1955)
Jasmine CDJASCD 866 — The King Of New Orleans R & B - The Best Of The Rest/2   (2019)
e. 802-B3 You Know I Miss You(Antoine "Fats" Domino, Alvin E. Young) - 1:34
Park 78 12"802 — Royal Playboys And Shrewsbury Kid/Clarence Samuels/Meyer Kennedy   (1952)
Waldorf Music-Hall LP 10"33-BR-46 — Rhythm & Blues New Orleans Style   (1955)
All titles on:
Waldorf Music-Hall LP 12"33-T-1A/B — Rhythm And Blues - Rock-And-Roll   (1955)


Date: Jun 29, 1952
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Lloyd Price (ldr), Dave Bartholomew (t), Joe Harris (as), Herb Hardesty (ts), Salvador Doucette (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Lloyd Price (v)

a. They Say(Lloyd Price) - 2:41
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2163 — Walkin' The Track   (1974)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0512 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7047-2 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Classics CDCLA 5100 — The Chronological Lloyd Price 1952-1953   (2004)
b. I'm Too Young(Lloyd Price) - 2:40
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2163 — Walkin' The Track   (1974)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0512 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7047-2 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Classics CDCLA 5100 — The Chronological Lloyd Price 1952-1953   (2004)
c. Laurelle(Lloyd Price) - 2:43
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2153 — Personality Plus   (1973)
Classics CDCLA 5100 — The Chronological Lloyd Price 1952-1953   (2004)
d. take 4alt Laurelle(Lloyd Price) - 2:42
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0360 — Lawdy!   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7010-2 — Lawdy!   (1991)
e. SP 746-A Operator(Lloyd Price) - 2:20
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2163 — Walkin' The Track   (1974)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0360 — Lawdy!   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7010-2 — Lawdy!   (1991)
Classics CDCLA 5100 — The Chronological Lloyd Price 1952-1953   (2004)


Date: Nov 19, 1952
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Aladdin

Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (ldr), Alexander "Papa" Lightfoot (h), Tommy Ridgley (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), John "Silver" Cooks (d)

a. NO 2056-9 She'll Be Mine After Awhile(Alexander Lightfoot) - 2:25
Aladdin 783171 — P.L Blues / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Aladdin 783304 — Jumpin' With Jarvis / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Aladdin 4545-3171 — P.L Blues / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Aladdin 4545-3304 — Jumpin' With Jarvis / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Official CD5254 — Blues Harmonica Wizards - Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers   (1998)
Frémeaux & Associés CDFA 5086 — New Orleans Blues 1940-1953/2   (2004)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1033 — Down Home Blues Classics Volume 1 1943-1953/3   (2015)
b. NO 2057-1 Jumpin' With Jarvis(Alexander Lightfoot) - 2:15
Aladdin 783304 — Jumpin' With Jarvis / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Aladdin 4545-3304 — Jumpin' With Jarvis / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Official CD5254 — Blues Harmonica Wizards - Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers   (1998)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1015 — Down Home Blues Classics Volume 5 Memphis & The South 1949-1954/1   (2007)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 014 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 2, 1947-1953/2   (2011)
c. NO 2058-1 Fast Jump(Alexander Lightfoot)
unissued
d. NO 2059-1 P.L. Blues(Alexander Lightfoot) - 2:31
Aladdin 783171 — P.L Blues / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Aladdin 4545-3171 — P.L Blues / She'll Be Mine After Awhile   (1952)
Official CD5254 — Blues Harmonica Wizards - Papa Lightfoot & Sammy Myers   (1998)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1015 — Down Home Blues Classics Volume 5 Memphis & The South 1949-1954/2   (2007)
JSP CDJSP 4213A — Juke Joint Blues 2 - Crazy With The Blues/1   (2009)

Tommy Ridgley (p) on a-c.


Date: 1952
Location: unknown recording studio, Houston, TX
Label: Peacock

Marie Adams (ldr), Joe Scott (t), Bill Harvey (ts, dir), Fred "Daddy Goodloe" Ford (bar), Paul Monday (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Johnny Parker (b), "Wimpey" (d), Marie Adams (v)

a. ACA 2064 My Search Is Over(Marie Adams, Don Robey) - 2:44
Peacock 781583 — My Search Is Over / I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonk   (1953)
Peacock 455-1583 — My Search Is Over / I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonk   (1953)
b. ACA 2065 My Destination(Don Robey) - 2:44
Peacock 781646 — My Destination / The Shape I'm In   (1954)
Peacock 455-1646 — My Destination / The Shape I'm In   (1954)
c. ACA 2066 I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonk(Marie Adams, Don Robey) - 2:41
Peacock 781583 — My Search Is Over / I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonk   (1953)
Peacock 455-1583 — My Search Is Over / I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonk   (1953)
Acrobat CDACMCD 4005 — Texas Blues Volume 3 - Gonna Play The Honky Tonks   (2003)
Indigo CDIGOTCD 2532 — The R&B Hits 1952/3   (2003)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1002 — The R&B Years 1952/3   (2004)
Bear Family CDBCD 16707 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1952   (2005)
d. ACA 2067 He's My Man(Manuel Charles) - 2:50
Peacock 781604 — He's My Man / Alone   (1953)
Peacock 455-1604 — He's My Man / Alone   (1953)


Date: May 12, 1953
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Atlantic

Big Joe Turner (ldr), Frank S. Mitchell (t), Pluma Davis (tb, dir), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Taylor (bar), Kathy Thomas (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Johnny Fernandez (b), unknown (b, bkv), Alonzo Stewart (d), Big Joe Turner (v)

a. A 1071 This Will Make You Laugh(Irene Higginbotham)
unissued
b. A 1072 Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop(Lou Willie Turner) - 2:42
Atco LP 12"SD 33-376 — His Greatest Recordings   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 525 — His Greatest Recordings   (1973)
Proper CDP 1453 - Properbox 089 — Shout, Rattle And Roll/4   (2005)
Bear Family CDBCD 17579 — I’ve Been Around - The Complete Imperial & ABC-Paramount Recordings/09   (2019)
c. A 1073 Honey Hush(Lou Willie Turner) - 2:40
Atlantic 781001 — Honey Hush / Crawdad Hole   (1953)
Atlantic 4545-1001 — Honey Hush / Crawdad Hole   (1953)
Atlantic EPEP 536 — Joe Turner Sings   (1956)
Atlantic EPEP 606 — Rock With Joe Turner   (1957)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 8005 — Rock & Roll   (1957)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 8081 — The Best Of Joe Turner   (1962)
Atco LP 12"SD 33-376 — His Greatest Recordings   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 525 — His Greatest Recordings   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"P-4586A — Rock & Roll   (1979)
Charly LP 12"CRB 1070 — Jumpin' With Joe   (1982)
Atlantic LP 12"7 81294-1 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 - Volume 2 1952-1955/1   (1985)
Atlantic LP 12"81294-1 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 - Volume 2 1952-1955/1   (1985)
Atlantic LP 12"81620-1 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974/2a   (1985)
Atlantic CD7567 81620-2 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974/2   (1986)
Atlantic CD781 294-2 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 - Volume 2 1952-1955   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7 81752-1 — Greatest Hits   (1987)
Atlantic CD7 81752-2 — Greatest Hits   (1989)
Atlantic CD7567 82305 2 3 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974/2   (1991)
Rhino CDR2 71550 — Big, Bad And Blue/2   (1994)
Rhino CDR2 71806 — The R&B Box - 30 Years Of Rhythm & Blues Volume 2 Teenagers Are Diggin' It (1951-1954)   (1994)
Sequel CDRSA CD 809 — Greatest Hits   (1994)
Lucky CDCDLR 901 — Bump Jump Jive Volume One   (1998)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6419 — Rock & Roll/Rockin' The Blues   (2000)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1001 — The R&B Years 1953/3   (2004)
Indigo CDIGOTCD 2540 — The R&B Hits 1953/1   (2004)
Bear Family CDBCD 16708 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1953   (2005)
Membran CD222487-444/D — Rocks In My Bed/4   (2005)
Proper CDP 1453 - Properbox 089 — Shout, Rattle And Roll/4   (2005)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3011 — New Orleans R&B Crescent City Classics/2   (2006)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27564 — Rock & Roll   (2008)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/2   (2010)
Harmonia Mundi CDIM 54207 — Fever - A Rhythm & Blues Trilogy/1 Classics   (2011)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 132 — Tell Me What'd I Say - The Atlantic Story 1955-1960/1   (2011)
Atlantic CD8122 79457 9 4 — Rock & Roll   (2012)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3032 — Ten Years Of Hits (The Singles As & Bs 1951-1960)/1   (2013)
Hoodoo CD263531 — Rock & Roll/Rockin' The Blues   (2015)
Vinyl Lovers LP 12"6785459 — Rock & Roll   (2016)
Real Gone CDRGMCD 200 — Five Classic Albums Plus Singles/1   (2016)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3275 — The Singles Collection 1950-60/1   (2018)
d. A 1074 Crawdad Hole(Lou Willie Turner, Dave Bartholomew) - 2:37
Atlantic 781001 — Honey Hush / Crawdad Hole   (1953)
Atlantic 4545-1001 — Honey Hush / Crawdad Hole   (1953)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 8005 — Rock & Roll   (1957)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 8081 — The Best Of Joe Turner   (1962)
Atco LP 12"SD 33-376 — His Greatest Recordings   (1971)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 40 525 — His Greatest Recordings   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"P-4586A — Rock & Roll   (1979)
Atlantic LP 12"7 81752-1 — Greatest Hits   (1987)
Atlantic CD7 81752-2 — Greatest Hits   (1989)
Rhino CDR2 71550 — Big, Bad And Blue/2   (1994)
Sequel CDRSA CD 809 — Greatest Hits   (1994)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 6419 — Rock & Roll/Rockin' The Blues   (2000)
Membran CD222487-444/D — Rocks In My Bed/4   (2005)
Proper CDP 1453 - Properbox 089 — Shout, Rattle And Roll/4   (2005)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3011 — New Orleans R&B Crescent City Classics/2   (2006)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27564 — Rock & Roll   (2008)
Bear Family CDBCD 17215 — Rocks   (2011)
Atlantic CD8122 79457 9 4 — Rock & Roll   (2012)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3032 — Ten Years Of Hits (The Singles As & Bs 1951-1960)/1   (2013)
Hoodoo CD263531 — Rock & Roll/Rockin' The Blues   (2015)
Vinyl Lovers LP 12"6785459 — Rock & Roll   (2016)
Real Gone CDRGMCD 200 — Five Classic Albums Plus Singles/2   (2016)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3275 — The Singles Collection 1950-60/1   (2018)
Bear Family CDBCD 17579 — I’ve Been Around - The Complete Imperial & ABC-Paramount Recordings/09   (2019)

Lee Allen (ts) on a, c-d; Alvin "Red" Taylor (bar) on a, c-d; Johnny Fernandez (b) on b; unknown (b) on a, c-d.


Date: Aug 18, 1953
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Atlantic

Ray Charles (ldr), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Warren Hebrard (ts), Ray Charles (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g, dir), Frank Fields (b), Alonzo Stewart (d)

a. A 1109 Feelin' Sad(Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones) - 2:47
Atlantic 781008 — Feelin' Sad / Heartbreaker   (1953)
Atlantic 4545-1008 — Feelin' Sad / Heartbreaker   (1953)
Atlantic 4545-2174 — Feelin' Sad / Carrying That Load   (1962)
Atlantic LP 12"8083 — The Ray Charles Story Volume 3   (1962)
Atlantic LP 12"AT 8083 — The Ray Charles Story Volume 3   (1963)
Belter LP 12"12.039 — The Ray Charles Story Volume 3   (1963)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 2-506 — Blues Jubilee/1   (1973)
Saga CD982 077-6 — From Gospel To Soul - When The Church Hits The Charts   (2004)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 014 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 2, 1947-1953/2   (2011)
b. A 1110 I Wonder Who(Ray Charles) - 2:46
Atlantic 4545-2118 — Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) / I Wonder Who   (1961)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 027 — Gems From The Atlantic Vaults 1961-1962/1   (2013)
Both titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"SD 8052 — The Genius Sings the Blues   (1960)
Atlantic LP 12"8052 — The Genius Sings The Blues   (1961)
London LP 12"LTZ-K 15238 — The Genius Sings the Blues   (1961)
Atlantic LP 12"ATL 09023 — The Genius Sings The Blues   (1967)
Atlantic CD8122 73524-2 — The Genius Sings The Blues   (1995)
Habana CD112502 — Les Triomphes Du Rhythm 'N' Blues Volume 02 - The Genius   (2004)
Classics CDCLA 5134 — The Chronological Ray Charles 1953-1954   (2005)
Membran CD22772-382/D — The Ultimate Jazz Archive 16/4 Ray Charles (1952-1954)   (2005)
Rhino CDR2 74731 — The Complete Ray Charles Atlantic Recordings/1   (2005)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3011 — New Orleans R&B Crescent City Classics/2   (2006)
Proper CDP 1631 - Properbox 133 — The Way I Feel/3   (2007)
Masterworks CD703 — An Easy Introduction To The Blues - Top-15 Albums/6   (2014)


Date: Aug 18, 1953
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Atlantic

Tommy Ridgley (ldr), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Warren Hebrard (ts), Ray Charles (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Alonzo Stewart (d), Tommy Ridgley (v)

a. A 1120 Ooh Lawdy My Baby(Tommy Ridgley) - 2:48
b. A 1121 I'm Gonna Cross That River(DeVore, Sturgill) - 2:57
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0718 — Where It's At !! - Let The Boogie Woogie Rock And Roll   (1999)
Both titles on:
Atlantic 781009 — Ooh Lawdy My Baby / I'm Gonna Cross That River   (1953)
Atlantic 4545-1009 — Ooh Lawdy My Baby / I'm Gonna Cross That River   (1953)
Classics CDCLA 5161 — The Chronological Tommy Ridgley 1949-1954   (2005)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792B — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/2   (2007)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3031 — King Of The Stroll/1   (2008)


Date: November 1953
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Atlantic

Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd (ldr), Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler (ts), Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (b), Earl Palmer (d)

a. A 1173 In The Night(Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd, Cosimo Matassa) - 2:33
Star Talent CD(no number) — All His 78's   
Atlantic 781020 — Tipitina / In The Night   (1954)
Atlantic 4545-1020 — Tipitina / In The Night   (1954)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 7225 — Blues Originals Vol. 2 - New Orleans Piano   (1972)
Rhino CDR2 71502 — Fess - The Professor Longhair Anthology/1   (1993)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756D — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/4   (2005)
Hoodoo CD263379 — No Buts, No Maybes   (2011)
Floating World CDFLOATM 6174 — Singles 1949-1957/1   (2012)
Masterworks CD703 — An Easy Introduction To The Blues - Top-15 Albums/8   (2014)
Oldays CDODR-7144 — Best Of Early Years   (2022)
b. alt Tipitina(Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd) - 2:40
Nighthawk CDNHCD 108 — Mardi Gras In New Orleans   (1990)
Nighthawk CD108 — Mardi Gras In New Orleans   (2000)
Floating World CDFLOATM 6174 — Singles 1949-1957/2   (2012)
Wax Love LP 12"WLV 82004 — Mardi Gras In New Orleans   (2017)
c. A 1174 Tipitina(Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd) - 2:34
Star Talent CD(no number) — All His 78's   
Atlantic 781020 — Tipitina / In The Night   (1954)
Atlantic 4545-1020 — Tipitina / In The Night   (1954)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 7225 — Blues Originals Vol. 2 - New Orleans Piano   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"SD 2-506 — Blues Jubilee/1   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"7 81294-1 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 - Volume 2 1952-1955/1   (1985)
Atlantic LP 12"81294-1 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 - Volume 2 1952-1955/1   (1985)
Atlantic LP 12"81620-1 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974/2a   (1985)
Atlantic LP 12"30.182 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"675.0004 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81694 1 0 — Atlantic Blues/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81694-1 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"78 1694-1 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81694 — Atlantic Blues/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81713 — Atlantic Blues/1   (1986)
Atlantic Cassette78 1694-4 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic CD7567 81620-2 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974/2   (1986)
Atlantic CD781 294-2 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974 - Volume 2 1952-1955   (1986)
Atlantic CD7567 82305 2 3 — Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 1947-1974/2   (1991)
Rhino CDR2 71502 — Fess - The Professor Longhair Anthology/1   (1993)
Rhino CDR2 71806 — The R&B Box - 30 Years Of Rhythm & Blues Volume 2 Teenagers Are Diggin' It (1951-1954)   (1994)
Shout! Factory CDD4K 37441 — Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens - The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans/4   (2004)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVBCD 1011 — The R&B Years 1954/2   (2005)
Indigo CDIGOTCD 2565 — The R&B Hits 1954/1   (2005)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756D — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/4   (2005)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3011 — New Orleans R&B Crescent City Classics/2   (2006)
Bakhåll CDBAKCD 0650 — Hear My Back Door Slam   (2006)
Proper CDP 1614 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/2 Cat Music   (2007)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 011 — The History Of Rhythm And Blues 1952-57/2   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263379 — No Buts, No Maybes   (2011)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 132 — Tell Me What'd I Say - The Atlantic Story 1955-1960/2   (2011)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 014 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 2, 1947-1953/2   (2011)
Floating World CDFLOATM 6174 — Singles 1949-1957/1   (2012)
Masterworks CD703 — An Easy Introduction To The Blues - Top-15 Albums/8   (2014)
Proper CDP 1838 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/2   (2014)
History Of Soul CDRANDB 072 — Birth Of Funk 1949-1962/1   (2021)
Oldays CDODR-7144 — Best Of Early Years   (2022)
d. A 1175 Ball The Wall(Roy "Professor Longhair" Byrd) - 3:19
Atlantic LP 12"SD 7225 — Blues Originals Vol. 2 - New Orleans Piano   (1972)
Atlantic LP 12"30.182 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"675.0004 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81694 1 0 — Atlantic Blues/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81694-1 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"78 1694-1 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81694 — Atlantic Blues/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81713 — Atlantic Blues/1   (1986)
Atlantic Cassette78 1694-4 — Atlantic Blues - Piano/1   (1986)
Rhino CDR2 71502 — Fess - The Professor Longhair Anthology/1   (1993)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756D — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/4   (2005)
Hoodoo CD263379 — No Buts, No Maybes   (2011)
Floating World CDFLOATM 6174 — Singles 1949-1957/1   (2012)
Masterworks CD703 — An Easy Introduction To The Blues - Top-15 Albums/8   (2014)
e. A 1176 Who's Been Foolin' You?(Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup) - 2:12
Atlantic LP 12"SD 7225 — Blues Originals Vol. 2 - New Orleans Piano   (1972)
Rhino CDR2 71502 — Fess - The Professor Longhair Anthology/1   (1993)
JSP CDJSPCD 7756D — Roy Brown And New Orleans R&B/4   (2005)
Hoodoo CD263379 — No Buts, No Maybes   (2011)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 014 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 2, 1947-1953/2   (2011)
Floating World CDFLOATM 6174 — Singles 1949-1957/2   (2012)
All titles on:
Atlantic Jazz CD8122 7225-2 — New Orleans Piano   (1989)
Important Artists CD7802 — Tipitina - The Complete 1949-1957 New Orleans Recordings/2   (2008)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3037 — Mardi Gras In New Orleans - Complete Recordings 1949-1962/2   (2013)


Date: ca. May 27, 1954
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: King

Roy Brown (ldr), Philip Scott (ts), Jimmy Thomas (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Tommy Shelvin (b), Frank Parker (d), Roy Brown (v)

a. K 9442 Ain't It A Shame(Henry Glover) - 2:21
King 784731 — Ain't It A Shame / Gal From Kokomo   (1954)
King 4545-4731 — Ain't It A Shame / Gal From Kokomo   (1954)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/2   (2011)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 021 — The Henry Glover Story Volume 2, 1951-1961/1   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 0200 — The Henry Glover Story/3   (2020)
b. K 9443 Ain't No Rockin' No More - 2:37
King 785247 — School Bell Rock / Ain't No Rockin' No More   (1959)
King 4545-5247 — School Bell Rock / Ain't No Rockin' No More   (1959)
Charly LP 12"CRB 1093 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CassetteTC-CRB 1096 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CDCD CHARLY 37 — Battle Of The Blues - Wynonie Harris V. Roy Brown   (1986)
Lucky CDCDLR 904 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Four   (1998)
El Toro CDR&B 112 — Saturday Night! - King & Imperial Recordings   (2008)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 123 — Good Rockin' Man/2   (2011)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 68 — Southern Bred Vol. 18 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
c. K 9444 Queen Of Diamonds(unknown) - 2:47
King 784761 — Queen Of Diamonds / Fanny Brown Got Married   (1954)
King 4545-4761 — Queen Of Diamonds / Fanny Brown Got Married   (1954)
King LP 12"668 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 4   (1959)
Gusto LP 12"GTS 110 — Gabe's Dirty Blues/2   (1978)
King CDKCD-668 — Battle Of The Blues Volume 4   (1988)
El Toro CDR&B 112 — Saturday Night! - King & Imperial Recordings   (2008)
Oldays CDODR-6038 — Rockin' At Midnight - Battle Of The Blues   (2015)
d. K 9445 Gal From Kokomo(unknown) - 2:34
King 784731 — Ain't It A Shame / Gal From Kokomo   (1954)
King 4545-4731 — Ain't It A Shame / Gal From Kokomo   (1954)
Gusto LP 12"GTS 110 — Gabe's Dirty Blues/2   (1978)
Charly LP 12"CRB 1093 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CassetteTC-CRB 1096 — Boogie At Midnight   (1985)
Charly CDCD CHARLY 37 — Battle Of The Blues - Wynonie Harris V. Roy Brown   (1986)
Lucky CDCDLR 902 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Two   (1998)
El Toro CDR&B 112 — Saturday Night! - King & Imperial Recordings   (2008)
All titles on:
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0459 — Mighty Mighty Man!   (1993)


Date: 1954
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Checker

Paul Gayten (ldr), unknown (t), Edgar "Big Boy" Myles (tb), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Field (b), Earl Palmer (d)

a. Down Boy(unknown) - 2:35
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
b. If You Love Me, Tell Me So(Paul Gayten) - 2:40
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
c. U 7693 I'm Tired(Paul Gayten)
Checker 78801 — I'm Tired / Get It   (1954)
Checker 45801 — I'm Tired / Get It   (1954)
d. U 7694 Get It(Paul Gayten) - 2:29
Checker 78801 — I'm Tired / Get It   (1954)
Checker 45801 — I'm Tired / Get It   (1954)
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)


Date: 1954
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ace (Jackson, MS)

Bobby Marchan (ldr), Lee Allen, Robert Parker (ts), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Bobby Marchan (v)

a. ACA 2991 Give A Helping Hand(B. Fields) - 2:26
Ace (Jackson, MS) 45504 — Give A Helping Hand / Pity Poor Me   (1955)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792D — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/4   (2007)
b. take 6alt Give A Helping Hand(B. Fields) - 2:49
Westside CDWESM 592 — Clown Jewels - The Ace Masters 1956-75   (1998)
Westside CDWESD 240 — Shuckin' Stuff - Rare Blues From Ace Records (MS)/1   (2002)
c. ACA 2992 Pity Poor Me(B. Fields) - 2:43
Ace (Jackson, MS) 45504 — Give A Helping Hand / Pity Poor Me   (1955)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792D — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/4   (2007)
d. take 5alt Pity Poor Me(B. Fields) - 2:49
Westside CDWESM 592 — Clown Jewels - The Ace Masters 1956-75   (1998)
Westside CDWESD 240 — Shuckin' Stuff - Rare Blues From Ace Records (MS)/1   (2002)


Date: Aug 28, 1955
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Argo

Paul Gayten (ldr), unknown (t), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Field (b), Earl Palmer (d)

a. U 8224 Be My Baby(Paul Gayten)
b. U 8225 Music Goes 'Round And Around(Eddie Farley, Red Hodgson, Mike Riley) - 1:58
Meladee CD502 — Ballin In N'Awlins - Original 1952-1958 Recordings Volume 2   
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0561 — Jiving Jamboree Vol. 1   (1995)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 70 — Southern Bred Vol. 20 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
Both titles on:
Argo 785257 — Music Goes 'Round And Around / Be My Baby   (1956)
Argo 455257 — Music Goes 'Round And Around / Be My Baby   (1956)


Date: Dec 14, 1955
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Checker

Charles "Hungry" Williams (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p, dir), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d, v)

a. U 7956 So Glad She's Mine(Charles Edward Williams) - 2:12
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
Proper CDP 1615 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/3 Try Rock 'N' Roll   (2007)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/3   (2010)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/1   (2014)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 66 — Southern Bred Vol. 16 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
b. U 7957 Mary Don't You Weep, Mary Don't You Moan(Eugey, Smith) - 2:21
Both titles on:
Meladee CD502 — Ballin In N'Awlins - Original 1952-1958 Recordings Volume 2   
Checker 78831 — So Glad She's Mine / Mary Don't You Weep, Mary Don't You Moan   (1955)
Checker 45831 — So Glad She's Mine / Mary Don't You Weep, Mary Don't You Moan   (1955)


Date: 1955
Location: unknown recording studio, Jackson, MS
Label: Ace (Jackson, MS)

Earl King Johnson (ldr), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Warren Hebrard (ts), Edgar Blanchard (bar, g), Johnny Fernandez (p), Earl King Johnson (g, v), Charles Easley (b), Alonzo Stewart (d)

a. ACA 3277 Little Girl(Johnny Vincent, Earl King Johnson) - 2:18
Ace (Jackson, MS) 45514 — Little Girl / My Love Is Strong   (1956)
Ace (Jackson, MS) LP 12"VS 1012 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1979)
P-Vine CDPCD-2478 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1993)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792C — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/3   (2007)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1281 — Ace Story Volume 2   (2010)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 029 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 3, 1953-1955/2   (2011)
Not Now CDNOT2CD 598 — Come On/1   (2016)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3271 — The Singles Collection 1953-62/1   (2018)
b. ACA 3278 My Love Is Strong(Earl King Johnson, Johnny Vincent) - 2:27
Ace (Jackson, MS) 45514 — Little Girl / My Love Is Strong   (1956)
Ace (Jackson, MS) LP 12"VS 1012 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1979)
P-Vine CDPCD-2478 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1993)
Westside CDWESD 240 — Shuckin' Stuff - Rare Blues From Ace Records (MS)/1   (2002)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792C — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/3   (2007)
Fuel 2000 CD302 061 915 2 — The Ace Records Blues Story/1   (2012)
Not Now CDNOT2CD 598 — Come On/2   (2016)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3271 — The Singles Collection 1953-62/1   (2018)
c. ACA 3308 It Must Have Been Love(Earl King Johnson) - 2:34
Ace (Jackson, MS) 45517 — It Must Have Been Love / I'll Take You Back Home   (1956)
Ace (Jackson, MS) LP 12"VS 1012 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1979)
P-Vine CDPCD-2478 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1993)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792C — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/3   (2007)
Fuel 2000 CD302 061 915 2 — The Ace Records Blues Story/2   (2012)
Not Now CDNOT2CD 598 — Come On/2   (2016)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3271 — The Singles Collection 1953-62/1   (2018)
d. ACA 3309 I'll Take You Back Home(Earl King Johnson) - 2:55
Ace (Jackson, MS) 45517 — It Must Have Been Love / I'll Take You Back Home   (1956)
Ace (Jackson, MS) LP 12"VS 1012 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1979)
P-Vine CDPCD-2478 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (1993)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792C — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/3   (2007)
Not Now CDNOT2CD 598 — Come On/2   (2016)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3271 — The Singles Collection 1953-62/1   (2018)
e. ACA 3569 I Met A Stranger(Earl King Johnson, Johnny Vincent) - 2:38
Vin 451003 — Everybody Got To Cry / I Met A Stranger   (1958)
Not Now CDNOT2CD 598 — Come On/2   (2016)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3271 — The Singles Collection 1953-62/2   (2018)
All titles on:
Westside CDWESM 520 — Earl's Pearls - The Very Best Of Earl King (1955-1960)   (1997)
Classics CDCLA 5174 — The Chronological Earl King 1953-1955   (2006)
P-Vine CDPCD-93018 — Earl King ‎– Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (The Ace Recordings)   (2007)
Oldays CDODR-6039 — Those Lonely, Lonely Nights   (2015)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3060 — Let The Good Times Roll - Singles As & Bs 1955-1962   (2016)
Soul Jam CD806 170 — More Than Gold - The Complete 1955-1962 Ace & Imperial Singles   (2019)

Edgar Blanchard (bar) on b, (g) on a, c-e.


Date: Feb 3, 1956
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Little Richard (ldr), Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler (ts), Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Little Richard (v)

a. SP 572-B Slippin' And Slidin'(Richard Wayne Penniman, Edwin Bocage, Albert Collins, Floyd Smith) - 2:44
Specialty 45SP-572 — Long Tall Sally / Slippin' And Slidin'   (1955)
Specialty 78572 — Long Tall Sally / Slippin' And Slidin'   (1956)
London EPRE-O 1071 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 1   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-401 — Here's Little Richard Vol. 2   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-1211 — His Biggest Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/1   (1972)
Ace (UK) CDCDFAB 001 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1991)
Atlas (Fr) CassetteBLU-K7 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Atlas (Fr) CDBLU-CD 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1016 — The R&B Years 1956 Vol. 1/1   (2007)
Proper CDP 1615 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/3 Try Rock 'N' Roll   (2007)
Purple Chick CDPC-99 — The Complete Buddy Holly/09   (2010)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 012 — Rumba Blues Volume 2 - The Mambo Years   (2010)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/1   (2014)
b. SP 572-A Long Tall Sally(Richard Wayne Penniman, Enortis Johnson, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 2:10
Specialty 45SP-572 — Long Tall Sally / Slippin' And Slidin'   (1955)
Specialty 78572 — Long Tall Sally / Slippin' And Slidin'   (1956)
London EPRE-O 1074 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 2   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-400 — Here's Little Richard Vol. 1   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-1211 — His Biggest Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2112 — Our Significant Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/1   (1972)
Orbis Publishing LP 12"HRL 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Orbis Publishing CassetteHCR 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Ace (UK) CDCDFAB 001 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1991)
Atlas (Fr) CassetteBLU-K7 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Atlas (Fr) CDBLU-CD 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
Specialty CDSPCD 7074 — Specialty Records Greatest Hits   (2001)
Bear Family CDBCD 16711 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1956   (2006)
Specialty CDSPCD 33057-2 — Specialty Profiles - Roy Milton/2   (2006)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1016 — The R&B Years 1956 Vol. 1/1   (2007)
Proper CDP 1615 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/3 Try Rock 'N' Roll   (2007)
Harmonia Mundi CDIM 54207 — Fever - A Rhythm & Blues Trilogy/1 Classics   (2011)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/2   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/1   (2014)
c. SP 606-B Miss Ann(Richard Wayne Penniman, Enortis Johnson) - 2:18
Specialty 78606 — Jenny, Jenny / Miss Ann   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-606 — Jenny, Jenny / Miss Ann   (1957)
London EPRE-O 1104 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 4   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-400 — Here's Little Richard Vol. 1   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/2   (1972)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/5   (1994)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
Proper CDP 1793 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/1 One Night   (2012)
All titles on:
London LP 12"HA-C 2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"LLS 7017 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-O.2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1963)
London LP 12"MH-69 — Pop Gospel   (1963)
London LP 12"4066 — Tutti Frutti   (1968)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Artone LP 12"BSP S-1539 — Little Richard's Greatest Hits   (1970)
Specialty LP 12"SL-5063-SP — Here's Little Richard   (1973)
Vivid Sound LP 12"VS-2004 — Here's Little Richard   (1979)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1985)
Specialty LP 12"LA 680 207.617 — Here's Little Richard   (1986)
Specialty LP 12"UPS-680-S — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Specialty CD30CP-209 — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHM 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-1 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/1   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CDPCD-1901 — Here's Little Richard   (1993)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Magic CD3930565 — Tutti Frutti - Album n°1   (2005)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSL 1-287 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Hallmark CD706932 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Doxy LP 12"DOY 607 — Here's Little Richard   (2009)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Specialty CD0888072338401 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Specialty CDSPC 33300 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Not Now LP 12"NOTLP 151 — Here's Little Richard   (2014)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6081 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Specialty CDUCCO-90393 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/1   (2016)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/1   (2018)
Alternative Fox LP 12"FOX 043 — Here's Little Richard   (2020)
Specialty LP 12"CR 00750 — Here's Little Richard   (2024)


Date: Feb 8, 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Lloyd Price (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Lloyd Price (v)

a. SP 571-B Woe Ho Ho(Lloyd Price) - 2:20
Specialty 78571 — I Yi Yi Gomen-A-Sai (I'm Sorry) / Woe Ho Ho   (1955)
Specialty 45SP-571 — I Yi Yi Gomen-A-Sai (I'm Sorry) / Woe Ho Ho   (1955)
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2153 — Personality Plus   (1973)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0512 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7047-2 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Proper CDP 1793 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/1 One Night   (2012)
Hoodoo CD263576 — Cookin'   (2017)
b. SP 602-B Breaking My Heart (All Over Again)(Lloyd Price) - 2:25
Specialty 78602 — Baby, Please Come Home / Breaking My Heart (All Over Again)   (1957)
Specialty 45SP-602 — Baby, Please Come Home / Breaking My Heart (All Over Again)   (1957)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0512 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7047-2 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Hoodoo CD263576 — Cookin'   (2017)
c. SP 571-A I Yi Yi Gomen-A-Sai (I'm Sorry)(Lloyd Price) - 2:22
Specialty 78571 — I Yi Yi Gomen-A-Sai (I'm Sorry) / Woe Ho Ho   (1955)
Specialty 45SP-571 — I Yi Yi Gomen-A-Sai (I'm Sorry) / Woe Ho Ho   (1955)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0512 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7047-2 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Oldays CDODR-6106 — Lloyd Price   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263576 — Cookin'   (2017)
d. alt I Yi Yi Gomen-A-Sai (I'm Sorry)(Lloyd Price)
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2163 — Walkin' The Track   (1974)


Date: Feb 9, 1956
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Little Richard (ldr), Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler (ts), Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Little Richard (v)

a. take 1alt Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson) - 2:11
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
b. take 2alt Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson) - 1:55
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
c. SP 584-A Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson) - 2:16
Specialty 78584 — Heeby-Jeebies / She's Got It   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-584 — Heeby-Jeebies / She's Got It   (1956)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Magic CD3930565 — Tutti Frutti - Album n°1   (2005)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
d. take 3 The Most I Can Offer(W. Scott) - 2:26
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
e. take 4alt The Most I Can Offer(W. Scott) - 2:25
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
f. take 3inc Oh Why?(W. Scott) - 00:16
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
g. take 4alt Oh Why?(W. Scott) - 2:08
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
h. SP 734-B Oh Why?(W. Scott) - 2:09
London EPRE-O 1104 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 4   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-401 — Here's Little Richard Vol. 2   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-C 2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"LLS 7017 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-O.2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1963)
London LP 12"MH-69 — Pop Gospel   (1963)
London LP 12"4066 — Tutti Frutti   (1968)
Artone LP 12"BSP S-1539 — Little Richard's Greatest Hits   (1970)
Specialty LP 12"SL-5063-SP — Here's Little Richard   (1973)
Vivid Sound LP 12"VS-2004 — Here's Little Richard   (1979)
Specialty 45SP-734 — Chicken Little Baby / Oh Why?   (1983)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1985)
Specialty LP 12"LA 680 207.617 — Here's Little Richard   (1986)
Specialty LP 12"UPS-680-S — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Specialty CD30CP-209 — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHM 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-1 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/1   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CDPCD-1901 — Here's Little Richard   (1993)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Magic CD3930565 — Tutti Frutti - Album n°1   (2005)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSL 1-287 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Hallmark CD706932 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Doxy LP 12"DOY 607 — Here's Little Richard   (2009)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/2   (2010)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/2   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Specialty CD0888072338401 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Specialty CDSPC 33300 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Not Now LP 12"NOTLP 151 — Here's Little Richard   (2014)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6081 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Specialty CDUCCO-90393 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/1   (2016)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/1   (2018)
Alternative Fox LP 12"FOX 043 — Here's Little Richard   (2020)
Specialty LP 12"CR 00750 — Here's Little Richard   (2024)
i. take 9alt Oh Why?(W. Scott) - 2:17
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)

Little Richard (ldr) on a-e, g-i, (v) on a-e, g-i; Lee Allen (ts) on a-e, g-i; Alvin "Red" Tyler (ts) on a-e, g-i; Huey "Piano" Smith (p) on a-e, g-i; Edgar Blanchard (g) on a-e, g-i; Ernest McLean (g) on a-e, g-i; Frank Fields (b) on a-e, g-i; Earl Palmer (d) on a-e, g-i.


Date: March 1956
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Bobby Charles (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank, Paul Gayten (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Bobby Charles (v)

a. U 8129 Ain't Got No Home(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:37
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
b. U 8130 Why Can't You Honey(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:34
Chess 781647 — Why Can't You / Put Your Arms Around Me Honey   (1956)
Chess 451647 — Why Can't You / Put Your Arms Around Me Honey   (1957)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 131 — Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful/1   (2011)
Great Voices Of The Century CDGVC 2033 — On Bended Knee - The Birth Of Swamp Pop/1   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/2   (2014)
c. U 8131 Time Will Tell(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 1:56
Chess 781628 — Time Will Tell / Take It Easy Greasy   (1956)
Chess 451628 — Time Will Tell / Take It Easy Greasy   (1956)
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1016 — The R&B Years 1956 Vol. 1/2   (2007)
d. U 8132 Take It Easy, Greasy(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:10
Chess 781628 — Time Will Tell / Take It Easy Greasy   (1956)
Chess 451628 — Time Will Tell / Take It Easy Greasy   (1956)
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
MCA CD380 569-2 — The Chess Story 1947-1975/06   (2000)
Proper CDP 1615 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/3 Try Rock 'N' Roll   (2007)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/1   (2014)
All titles on:
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Master Classics MP3(no number) — The '50s Louisiana Rock 'N' Roll   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)

Edward Frank or Paul Gayten (p).


Date: Mar 16, 1956
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Atco

Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (ldr), Dalton Rousseau (t), Gus Fontenette (as), Joseph Henry Tillman (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Lawrence Eddie Cotton (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (g, v), Lloyd Lambert (b, dir), Oscar Moore (d)

a. 56C 83 Strange Things Happening(Percy Mayfield) - 2:55
b. 56C 84 Down Through The Years(Renald Richards) - 2:20
Atco 456072 — Oh Yeah / Down Through The Years   (1956)
Atlantic LP 12"P-4598A — Atlantic Blues Special   (1979)
Atlantic LP 12"30.184 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"675.0005 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81695 1 9 — Atlantic Blues/3   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81695-1 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"78 1695-1 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81695 — Atlantic Blues/3   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81713 — Atlantic Blues/3   (1986)
Atlantic Cassette78 1695-4 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
c. 56C 85 Oh Yeah!(Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones) - 2:16
Atco 456072 — Oh Yeah / Down Through The Years   (1956)
Atlantic LP 12"P-4598A — Atlantic Blues Special   (1979)
d. 56C 86 Plenty Good Room(Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones) - 1:59
All titles on:
Atlantic LP 12"81760-1 — Atco Sessions   (1987)
Atlantic CD81760-2 — Atco Sessions   (1987)
Atlantic CDAMCY-6144 — Atco Sessions   (2000)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 7700 — Atco Sessions   (2006)
Hoodoo CD263459 — I Got Sumpin' for You - The 1953-1958 Recordings   (2012)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27649 — Atco Sessions   (2016)


Date: Mar 20, 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Checker

Paul Gayten (ldr), unknown (t), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Field (b), Earl Palmer (d)

a. U 8061 You Better Believe It(Paul Gayten) - 2:19
Checker 78836 — You Better Believe It / Mother Roux   (1956)
Checker 45836 — You Better Believe It / Mother Roux   (1956)
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
MCA CD380 569-2 — The Chess Story 1947-1975/06   (2000)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1016 — The R&B Years 1956 Vol. 1/2   (2007)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/1   (2014)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 69 — Southern Bred Vol. 19 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
b. U 8062 Mother Roux(Paul Gayten) - 2:29
Checker 78836 — You Better Believe It / Mother Roux   (1956)
Checker 45836 — You Better Believe It / Mother Roux   (1956)
Checker 78872 — Happy, Happy Birthday Baby / Yo, Yo, Walk - The Tune Weavers/Paul Gayten   (1957)
Checker 45872 — Happy, Happy Birthday Baby / Yo, Yo, Walk - The Tune Weavers/Paul Gayten   (1957)
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/3   (2010)
Proper CDP 1839 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/3   (2014)
c. U 8063 The Right To Love You(Paul Gayten) - 2:39
Chess CDCHD4-9340 — Chess Blues/3   (1992)
MCA CDCHD4-9340 — Chess Blues/3   (1992)


Date: May 9, 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Little Richard (ldr), Lee Allen, Alvin "Red" Tyler (ts), Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Little Richard (v)

a. take 1alt I Got It(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:06
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
b. 5239 I Got It(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:21
Specialty 78681 — I Got It / Baby   (1959)
London 45HLU 9065 — Baby (Don't You Want A Man Like Me) / I Got It   (1960)
Specialty 45SP-681 — I Got It / Baby   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/1   (1972)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0719 — Backbeat - The World's Greatest Rock 'N' Roll Drummer   (1999)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/2   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/4   (2012)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6131 — Little Richard   (2015)
c. take 9alt I Got It(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:28
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
d. take 1alt Ready Teddy(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 1:34
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
e. take 3alt Ready Teddy(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 1:53
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
f. take 4alt Ready Teddy(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 1:45
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
g. SP 579-B Ready Teddy(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 2:10
Specialty 78579 — Rip It Up / Ready Teddy   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-579 — Rip It Up / Ready Teddy   (1956)
London EPRE-O 1074 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 2   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-401 — Here's Little Richard Vol. 2   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-C 2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"LLS 7017 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-O.2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1963)
London LP 12"MH-69 — Pop Gospel   (1963)
London LP 12"4066 — Tutti Frutti   (1968)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Artone LP 12"BSP S-1539 — Little Richard's Greatest Hits   (1970)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/1   (1972)
Specialty LP 12"SL-5063-SP — Here's Little Richard   (1973)
Vivid Sound LP 12"VS-2004 — Here's Little Richard   (1979)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1985)
Specialty LP 12"LA 680 207.617 — Here's Little Richard   (1986)
Specialty LP 12"UPS-680-S — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Specialty CD30CP-209 — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHM 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-1 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/1   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Ace (UK) CDCDFAB 001 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CDPCD-1901 — Here's Little Richard   (1993)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Magic CD3930565 — Tutti Frutti - Album n°1   (2005)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1018 — The R&B Years 1956 Vol. 2/1   (2007)
Proper CDP 1616 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/4 Rockin' At Cosimo's   (2007)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSL 1-287 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Hallmark CD706932 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Doxy LP 12"DOY 607 — Here's Little Richard   (2009)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Purple Chick CDPC-100 — The Complete Buddy Holly/10   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Specialty CD0888072338401 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Specialty CDSPC 33300 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/3   (2013)
Not Now LP 12"NOTLP 151 — Here's Little Richard   (2014)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6081 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Specialty CDUCCO-90393 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/1   (2016)
Snapper CDSBLUECD 092 — The Roots Of Johnny Hallyday   (2016)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/1   (2018)
Alternative Fox LP 12"FOX 043 — Here's Little Richard   (2020)
Specialty LP 12"CR 00750 — Here's Little Richard   (2024)
h. take 10alt Ready Teddy(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 2:09
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-3 — The Specialty Sessions/3   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
i. take 3inc Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!(Richard Wayne Penniman)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
j. take 4inc Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:10
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
k. take 5inc Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!(Richard Wayne Penniman)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
l. take 6inc Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:17
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
m. 5103 Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:07
Specialty 78624 — Good Golly, Miss Molly / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey   (1957)
London 45HLU 8560 — Good Golly, Miss Molly / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!   (1958)
Specialty 45SP-624 — Good Golly, Miss Molly / Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey   (1958)
Specialty EPSEP-403 — Little Richard Vol. 1   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2103 — Little Richard   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/2   (1972)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-2 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/2   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/1   (2010)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Hoodoo CD263408 — The Influences Behind The Beatles   (2012)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 175 — The Promised Land - A Rock & Roll Road Map/2   (2013)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6131 — Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/2   (2016)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
n. take 8alt Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:06
Demand LP 12"DM 0025 — The Great Little Richard   (1981)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
o. take 1inc Rip It Up(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 1:16
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
p. take 3rhs Rip It Up(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 2:23
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
q. take 4inc Rip It Up(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 1:49
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
r. take 6alt Rip It Up(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 3:11
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
s. take 13alt Rip It Up(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 2:12
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
t. take 14alt Rip It Up(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 2:34
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
u. SP 579-A Rip It Up(John Marascalco, Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell) - 2:34
Specialty 78579 — Rip It Up / Ready Teddy   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-579 — Rip It Up / Ready Teddy   (1956)
London EPRE-O 1074 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 2   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-402 — Here's Little Richard Vol. 3   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-C 2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"LLS 7017 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-1211 — His Biggest Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2112 — Our Significant Hits   (1960)
London LP 12"HA-O.2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1963)
London LP 12"MH-69 — Pop Gospel   (1963)
London LP 12"4066 — Tutti Frutti   (1968)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Artone LP 12"BSP S-1539 — Little Richard's Greatest Hits   (1970)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/1   (1972)
Specialty LP 12"SL-5063-SP — Here's Little Richard   (1973)
Vivid Sound LP 12"VS-2004 — Here's Little Richard   (1979)
Orbis Publishing LP 12"HRL 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Orbis Publishing CassetteHCR 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1985)
Specialty LP 12"LA 680 207.617 — Here's Little Richard   (1986)
Specialty LP 12"UPS-680-S — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Specialty CD30CP-209 — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-3 — Duck Back In The Alley   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHM 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-1 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/1   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Ace (UK) CDCDFAB 001 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Atlas (Fr) CassetteBLU-K7 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Atlas (Fr) CDBLU-CD 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CDPCD-1901 — Here's Little Richard   (1993)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Specialty CDSPCD 7074 — Specialty Records Greatest Hits   (2001)
Shout! Factory CDD4K 37441 — Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens - The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans/4   (2004)
Magic CD3930565 — Tutti Frutti - Album n°1   (2005)
Bear Family CDBCD 16711 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1956   (2006)
Boulevard Vintage CDBVDCD 1016 — The R&B Years 1956 Vol. 1/2   (2007)
Proper CDP 1616 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/4 Rockin' At Cosimo's   (2007)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSL 1-287 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Hallmark CD706932 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Doxy LP 12"DOY 607 — Here's Little Richard   (2009)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Purple Chick CDPC-100 — The Complete Buddy Holly/10   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 178 — Rip It Up - The Specialty Story/1   (2012)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Specialty CD0888072338401 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Specialty CDSPC 33300 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Metro Select CDMETRSL 062 — The Legendary Session/2   (2013)
Not Now LP 12"NOTLP 151 — Here's Little Richard   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/1   (2014)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6081 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Specialty CDUCCO-90393 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/1   (2016)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/1   (2018)
Alternative Fox LP 12"FOX 043 — Here's Little Richard   (2020)
Specialty LP 12"CR 00750 — Here's Little Richard   (2024)

i, j;   k, l  performed as medleys


Date: May 15, 1956
Location: Master Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Label: Specialty

Little Richard (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Little Richard (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. take 5alt Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson) - 2:12
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-4 — Can't Belive You Wanna Leave   (1989)
b. take 6inc Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson)
c. take 7inc Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-4 — Can't Belive You Wanna Leave   (1989)
d. take 8inc Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson) - 2:06
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-4 — Can't Belive You Wanna Leave   (1989)
e. take 9alt Heebie-Jeebie (Love)(John Marascalco, Maybelle Jackson) - 1:50
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-4 — Can't Belive You Wanna Leave   (1989)
All titles on:
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-4 — The Specialty Sessions/4   (1989)

b, c, d  performed as medley


Date: Jun 29, 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Lloyd Price (ldr), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Lloyd Price (v)

a. SP 578-A Country Boy Rock(Lloyd Price) - 2:05
Specialty LP 12"SP-2105 — Lloyd Price   (1959)
Specialty LP 12"2C 062 95291 — Rock N' Roll Museum Vol. 1   (1974)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0512 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7047-2 — Heavy Dreams   (1993)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 68 — Southern Bred Vol. 18 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
b. SP 578-B Rock 'N' Roll Dance(Lloyd Price, John Marascalco) - 2:15
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0291 — Specialty Rock 'N' Roll   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0360 — Lawdy!   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7010-2 — Lawdy!   (1991)
Proper CDP 1616 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/4 Rockin' At Cosimo's   (2007)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 178 — Rip It Up - The Specialty Story/2   (2012)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 66 — Southern Bred Vol. 16 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
Both titles on:
Specialty 78578 — Country Boy Rock / Rock 'N' Roll Dance   (1955)
Specialty 45SP-578 — Country Boy Rock / Rock 'N' Roll Dance   (1955)
Oldays CDODR-6106 — Lloyd Price   (2015)


Date: July 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Bobby Charles (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank, Paul Gayten (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Bobby Charles (v)

a. U 8226 I'm Still In Love With You(C. Glenn, Aaron "T-Bone" Walker)
unissued
b. U 8227 Laura Lee(Gilbert "Gil Giroy" Giroir) - 2:11
Chess 781638 — Laura Lee / No Use Knocking   (1956)
Chess 451638 — Laura Lee / No Use Knocking   (1956)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Master Classics MP3(no number) — The '50s Louisiana Rock 'N' Roll   (2010)
Proper CDP 1793 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/1 One Night   (2012)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)
c. U 8228 You Can Suit Yourself(Paul Gayten, Fred Mendelsohn) - 2:08
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Master Classics MP3(no number) — The '50s Louisiana Rock 'N' Roll   (2010)
d. U 8229 No Use Knocking(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry, Paul Gayten) - 2:13
Chess 781638 — Laura Lee / No Use Knocking   (1956)
Chess 451638 — Laura Lee / No Use Knocking   (1956)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Master Classics MP3(no number) — The '50s Louisiana Rock 'N' Roll   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)

Edward Frank or Paul Gayten (p).


Date: August 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Edgar Blanchard (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edgar Blanchard, Roy Montrell (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d)

a. SP 585-A Ricki-Ticki-Too(Herman Sandy, Roy Montrell, Edgar Blanchard) - 1:55
Specialty 78585 — Mr. Bumps / Ricki-Ticki-Too   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-585 — Mr. Bumps / Ricki-Ticki-Too   (1956)
b. SP 585-B Mr. Bumps(Edgar Blanchard) - 2:10
Specialty 78585 — Mr. Bumps / Ricki-Ticki-Too   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-585 — Mr. Bumps / Ricki-Ticki-Too   (1956)
Specialty LP 12"SNTF 5021 — Going Back To New Orleans   (1978)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 165 — New Orleans Volume 1   (1986)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/1   (2013)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 22 — Do You Mean It - Earthquakes From The Gitbox   (2019)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 054 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1956-1957/1   (2019)
c. SP 586-A Sweet Sue, Just You(Will J. Harris, Victor Young) - 2:20
Specialty 78586 — Sweet Sue, Just You / Stepping High   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-586 — Sweet Sue, Just You / Stepping High   (1956)
Lucky CDCDLR908 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Eight   (1999)
d. SP 586-B Stepping High(Alvin Tyler, Edgar Blanchard) - 1:50
Specialty 78586 — Sweet Sue, Just You / Stepping High   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-586 — Sweet Sue, Just You / Stepping High   (1956)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0477 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans Volume Two   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7038-2 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans Volume Two   (1993)
Proper CDP 1616 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/4 Rockin' At Cosimo's   (2007)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/2   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/2   (2014)


Date: Sep 6, 1956
Location: Master Recorders, Los Angeles
Label: Specialty

Little Richard (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Little Richard (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. take 1alt I Got It(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:20
b. take 2alt I Got It(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:30
c. alt She's Got It(Richard Wayne Penniman, John Marascalco) - 2:29
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/2   (2017)
d. SP 584-A She's Got It(Richard Wayne Penniman, John Marascalco) - 2:27
Specialty 78584 — Heeby-Jeebies / She's Got It   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-584 — Heeby-Jeebies / She's Got It   (1956)
London EPRE-O 1071 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 1   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-400 — Here's Little Richard Vol. 1   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-C 2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"LLS 7017 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2100 — Here's Little Richard   (1957)
London LP 12"HA-O.2055 — Here's Little Richard   (1963)
London LP 12"MH-69 — Pop Gospel   (1963)
London LP 12"4066 — Tutti Frutti   (1968)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Artone LP 12"BSP S-1539 — Little Richard's Greatest Hits   (1970)
Specialty LP 12"SL-5063-SP — Here's Little Richard   (1973)
Vivid Sound LP 12"VS-2004 — Here's Little Richard   (1979)
Orbis Publishing LP 12"HRL 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Orbis Publishing CassetteHCR 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1985)
Specialty LP 12"LA 680 207.617 — Here's Little Richard   (1986)
Specialty LP 12"UPS-680-S — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Specialty CD30CP-209 — Here's Little Richard   (1987)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHM 128 — Here's Little Richard   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-1 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/1   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Ace (UK) CDCDFAB 001 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Atlas (Fr) CassetteBLU-K7 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Atlas (Fr) CDBLU-CD 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CDPCD-1901 — Here's Little Richard   (1993)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Magic CD3930565 — Tutti Frutti - Album n°1   (2005)
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab LP 12"MFSL 1-287 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Hallmark CD706932 — Here's Little Richard   (2008)
Doxy LP 12"DOY 607 — Here's Little Richard   (2009)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Specialty CD0888072338401 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Specialty CDSPC 33300 — Here's Little Richard   (2012)
Not Now LP 12"NOTLP 151 — Here's Little Richard   (2014)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6081 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Specialty CDUCCO-90393 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/1   (2016)
Specialty CD0888072025738 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Specialty CDCR 00012 — Here's Little Richard/1   (2017)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/1   (2018)
Alternative Fox LP 12"FOX 043 — Here's Little Richard   (2020)
Specialty LP 12"CR 00750 — Here's Little Richard   (2024)
e. take 1alt Send Me Some Lovin'(John Marascalco, Lloyd Price) - 2:53
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
f. SP 598-B Send Me Some Lovin'(John Marascalco, Lloyd Price) - 2:35
Specialty 45SP-598 — Lucille / Send Me Some Lovin'   (1956)
Specialty 78598 — Lucille / Send Me Some Lovin'   (1957)
London EPRE-O 1103 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 3   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-405 — Little Richard Vol. 3   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2103 — Little Richard   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SP-1211 — His Biggest Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2112 — Our Significant Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/2   (1972)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-2 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/2   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
Magic CD3930565 — Tutti Frutti - Album n°1   (2005)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Purple Chick CDPC-100 — The Complete Buddy Holly/10   (2010)
Proper CDP 1793 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/1 One Night   (2012)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/3   (2013)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6131 — Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/2   (2016)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
The Broadcast Archives CDBSCD 6083 — The Little Box Of Tom Petty/3   (2018)
g. rhs Hound Dog(Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) - 2:02
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
All titles on:
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-5 — The Specialty Sessions/5   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-4 — Can't Belive You Wanna Leave   (1989)


Date: Oct 23, 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Edgar "Big Boy" Myles (ldr), Edgar "Big Boy" Myles (tb, v), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Warren Myles (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), The Shaw-Wees (grp)

a. SP 590-A Just To Hold My Hand(Paul Perryman, Don Robey) - 2:10
Specialty 78590 — Just To Hold My Hand / Hickory Dickory Dock   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-590 — Just To Hold My Hand / Hickory Dickory Dock   (1956)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0393 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans   (1992)
Specialty CDSPCD 2168-2 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans   (1992)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/4   (1994)
Proper CDP 1616 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/4 Rockin' At Cosimo's   (2007)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 178 — Rip It Up - The Specialty Story/1   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/1   (2014)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 67 — Southern Bred Vol. 17 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
b. SP 590-B Hickory Dickory Dock(Howard Mandolphe) - 1:49
Specialty 78590 — Just To Hold My Hand / Hickory Dickory Dock   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-590 — Just To Hold My Hand / Hickory Dickory Dock   (1956)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0291 — Specialty Rock 'N' Roll   (1990)
JSP CDJSPCD 7792D — Crescent City Bounce - From Blues To R&B In New Orleans/4   (2007)
Proper CDP 1616 - Properbox 129 — The Cosimo Matassa Story/4 Rockin' At Cosimo's   (2007)
c. Long Lost Stranger(James "Sugarboy" Crawford) - 2:54
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 165 — New Orleans Volume 1   (1986)
d. Mickey Mouse Boarding House(Edgar "Big Boy" Myles) - 2:33
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 181 — New Orleans Volume 2   (1986)
Lucky CDCDLR 913 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Thirteen   (1999)

The Shaw-Wees (grp) on a, c-d.


Date: December 1956
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Bobby Charles (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank, Paul Gayten (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Bobby Charles (v)

a. U 8337 Put Your Arms Around Me Honey(Junie McCree, Albert von Tilzer) - 2:34
Chess 781647 — Why Can't You / Put Your Arms Around Me Honey   (1956)
Chess 451647 — Why Can't You / Put Your Arms Around Me Honey   (1957)
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Master Classics MP3(no number) — The '50s Louisiana Rock 'N' Roll   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)
Bear Family CDBCD 17579 — I’ve Been Around - The Complete Imperial & ABC-Paramount Recordings/10   (2019)
b. U 8238 You Can Suit Yourself(Paul Gayten, Fred Mendelsohn) - 2:07
Chess 781658 — No More (I Ain't Gonna Love You No More) / You Can Suit Yourself   (1957)
Chess 451658 — No More (I Ain't Gonna Love You No More) / You Can Suit Yourself   (1957)
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)
c. U 8239 Mr. Moon(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:05
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)
d. U 8340 I'm A Fool To Care(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:36
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
e. U 8241 Over Yonder(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:13
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)
f. U 8342 I'll Turn Square For You(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:17
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/3   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)
g. Lonely Street(Joey Biscoe) - 2:29
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)

Edward Frank or Paul Gayten (p).


Date: Dec 12, 1956
Location: J&M Studio, 838 Rampart Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

The Soul Stirrers (ldr), Warren Myles (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Sam Cooke, Paul Foster (v), Thomas L. Bruster, Senior Roy Crain, Jesse James Farley, R. B. Robinson (bkv), Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell (prd)

a. 5038 Lovable(Sam Cooke, Tony Harris) / arr: Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell - 2:27
Specialty 78596 — Lovable / Forever   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-596 — Lovable / Forever   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2112 — Our Significant Hits   (1960)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 178 — Rip It Up - The Specialty Story/2   (2012)
b. 5110 I Don't Want To Cry(Sam Cooke) / arr: Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell - 2:48
Specialty 78627 — That's All I Need To Know / I Don't Want To Cry   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-627 — That's All I Need To Know / I Don't Want To Cry   (1957)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 178 — Rip It Up - The Specialty Story/2   (2012)
c. 5108 That's All I Need To Know(Sam Cooke) / arr: Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell - 2:22
Specialty 78627 — That's All I Need To Know / I Don't Want To Cry   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-627 — That's All I Need To Know / I Don't Want To Cry   (1957)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2112 — Our Significant Hits   (1960)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/2   (2010)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/1   (2013)
d. 5040 Forever(Alvin O. Taylor) / arr: Robert A. "Bumps" Blackwell - 2:59
Specialty 78596 — Lovable / Forever   (1956)
Specialty 78619 — I'll Come Running Back To You / Forever   (1956)
Specialty 45SP-596 — Lovable / Forever   (1957)
Specialty 45SP-619 — I'll Come Running Back To You / Forever   (1957)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/3   (2013)
Hoodoo CD263485 — Encore/Songs By Sam Cooke   (2014)
All titles on:
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2119 — The Two Sides Of Sam Cooke   (1970)
Specialty CDSPCD 7009-2 — Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers   (1991)
Specialty CD3SPD-4437-2 — The Complete Specialty Recordings Of Sam Cooke/3   (2002)
Le Chant Du Monde CD274 2240 — The Complete Singles 1956-1962/1   (2013)


Date: ca. Jan 10, 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New York
Label: Argo

Paul Gayten (ldr), unknown (t), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Field (b), Earl Palmer (d)

a. U 8376 Driving Home, Part 1(Paul Gayten) - 3:12
MCA CDMCD 32641 — Hits That Jumped!   (1995)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 226 — Book of Love - The Argo Records Story 1956-1962/2   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/2   (2014)
b. U 8377 Driving Home, Part 2(Paul Gayten) - 2:49
Chess LP 12"CH 9293 — Wrinkles - Classic And Rare Chess Instrumentals   (1989)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Both titles on:
Argo 785263 — Driving Home   (1957)
Argo 455263 — Driving Home   (1957)


Date: Jan 16, 1957
Location: unknown radio station, Washington, D.C.
Label: unknown broadcast

Little Richard (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Little Richard (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. take 1alt Ooh! My Soul(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:01
Demand LP 12"DM 0025 — The Great Little Richard   (1981)
b. take 3alt Ooh! My Soul(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:15
c. 5125 Ooh! My Soul(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:14
Specialty 78633 — Ooh! My Soul / True, Fine Mama   (1957)
Specialty 45SP-633 — Ooh! My Soul / True, Fine Mama   (1958)
Specialty EPSEP-404 — Little Richard Vol. 2   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2103 — Little Richard   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/2   (1972)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-2 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/2   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/5   (1994)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Oldays CDODR-6131 — Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/2   (2016)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
d. take 1inc Keep A-Knockin'(Milton Brown) - 1:36
e. take 2alt Keep A-Knockin'(Milton Brown) - 2:29
f. take 3alt Keep A-Knockin'(Milton Brown) - 2:25
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
g. take 4alt Keep A-Knockin'(Milton Brown) - 2:21
h. 5072 Keep A-Knockin'(Milton Brown) - 2:15
Specialty 78611 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1957)
London 4545-HL 1293 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1957)
London 45DL 20 140 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1957)
London 45HL 1293 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1957)
London 45PD 8105 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1957)
Regency 45688 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1957)
Specialty 45SP-611 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1957)
Specialty EPSEP-403 — Little Richard Vol. 1   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2103 — Little Richard   (1958)
London EPRE-U 1234 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 6   (1959)
Specialty LP 12"SP-1211 — His Biggest Hits   (1960)
London 4545-NZL 289 — Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave   (1967)
Specialty 45SP-697 — Keep A Knockin' / Bama Lama Loo   (1970)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2154 — The Essential Little Richard/2   (1972)
Orbis Publishing LP 12"HRL 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Orbis Publishing CassetteHCR 002 — The History Of Rock (Volume Two)/1   (1981)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-2 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/2   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 2154-2 — The Essential Little Richard   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Ace (UK) CDCDFAB 001 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Atlas (Fr) CassetteBLU-K7 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Atlas (Fr) CDBLU-CD 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/5   (1994)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/1   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
One Day Music CDDAY3CD 037 — Dizzy Miss Lizzy - The Specialty Story 1954-1960/2   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/2   (2014)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6131 — Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/2   (2016)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
All titles on:
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-6 — The Specialty Sessions/6   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-5 — He Knows How To Rock   (1989)


Date: Jan 16, 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Imperial

Ruth & Al (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), unknown (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), Ruth Durand, Al Reed (v), Dave Bartholomew (dir)

a. IM 1237 We Should Be Together Again(Dave Bartholomew)
unissued
b. IM 1238 P's And Q's(Dave Bartholomew, Ruth Durand) - 2:05
Imperial 785458 — P's And Q's / I'll Be The Bee   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5458 — P's And Q's / I'll Be The Bee   (1957)
c. IM 1239 Is It Fair(Dave Bartholomew)
unissued
d. IM 1240 I'll Be The Bee(A.L. Reed, Jr., Dave Bartholomew) - 2:10
Imperial 785458 — P's And Q's / I'll Be The Bee   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5458 — P's And Q's / I'll Be The Bee   (1957)


Date: February 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: ABC-Paramount

Lloyd Price (ldr), Dave Bartholomew, Ted Curson (t), Joseph Harris (as), Lee Allen, Herman Greene, Herb Hardesty, Lawrence Marioneaux, Chuck McClendon, Eddie Saunders, Neely Simmons (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Pritchard Cheesemen (sax), William Brown, Edward Frank, John Patton (p), Gladstone Thomas (org), Edgar Blanchard, Vernon Emmanuel, Lonnie Fowler, Bill Jones, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields, Clarence Johnson, Curtis Mitchell (b), Earl Palmer, Sticks Simpkins (d), Lloyd Price (v), The Ray Charles Singers (bkv), Don Costa (con)

a. AMP 763 Just Because(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:47
ABC-Paramount 459792 — Just Because / Why   (1957)
KRC 45KRC GB 587 — Just Because / Why   (1957)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
Rhino LP 12"RNLP 70076 — A History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 1, 1950-1958   (1987)
Rhino CDR2 75766 — The Best Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues, Volume Two   (1988)
Bear Family CDBCD 16712 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1957   (2006)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 011 — The History Of Rhythm And Blues 1952-57/4   (2010)
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/11   (2021)
b. AMP 764 Why(Lloyd Price) - 2:05
ABC-Paramount 459792 — Just Because / Why   (1957)
KRC 45KRC GB 587 — Just Because / Why   (1957)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2153 — Personality Plus   (1973)
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/11   (2021)
c. AMP 3416 Stagger Lee(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:25
ABC-Paramount 459972 — Stagger Lee / You Need Love   (1958)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2153 — Personality Plus   (1973)
Bear Family CDBCD 16714 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1959   (2006)
d. AMP 3415 You Need Love(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:50
ABC-Paramount 459972 — Stagger Lee / You Need Love   (1958)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
e. AMP 3508 Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)?(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:43
ABC-Paramount 459997 — Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? / Is It Really Love   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
ABC LP 12"ABCX 1959 — Rock 'N' Soul 1959   (1973)
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2153 — Personality Plus   (1973)
f. I Wish Your Picture Was You(Lloyd Price) - 2:11
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
g. Talking About Love(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:13
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
h. What Do You Do To My Heart(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:41
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
i. Mailman Blues(Lloyd Price) - 2:12
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
j. Lawdy Miss Clawdy(Lloyd Price) - 1:51
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
k. A Foggy Day(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) - 2:58
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 277 — The Exciting Lloyd Price   (1959)
l. Oh, Oh, Oh(Lloyd Price) - 2:25
All titles on:
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)

Collective personel.


Date: Feb 25, 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Atco

Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (ldr), Jimmy Miller (t), Gus Fontenette (as), Joseph Henry Tillman (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Lawrence Eddie Cotton (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones (g, v), Lloyd Lambert (b, dir), Oscar Moore (d)

a. 57C 230 If I Should Lose You(Renald Richards) - 2:23
b. 57C 231 It Hurts To Love Someone(Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones) - 2:38
Atlantic LP 12"SD 2-506 — Blues Jubilee/1   (1973)
Atlantic LP 12"P-4598A — Atlantic Blues Special   (1979)
Atlantic LP 12"30.184 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"675.0005 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81695 1 9 — Atlantic Blues/3   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"7567 81695-1 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"78 1695-1 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81695 — Atlantic Blues/3   (1986)
Atlantic LP 12"A1-81713 — Atlantic Blues/3   (1986)
Atlantic Cassette78 1695-4 — Atlantic Blues - Guitar/1   (1986)
Both titles on:
Atco 456097 — If I Should Lose You / It Hurts To Love Someone   (1957)
Atlantic LP 12"81760-1 — Atco Sessions   (1987)
Atlantic CD81760-2 — Atco Sessions   (1987)
Atlantic CDAMCY-6144 — Atco Sessions   (2000)
Collectables CDCOL-CD 7700 — Atco Sessions   (2006)
Hoodoo CD263459 — I Got Sumpin' for You - The 1953-1958 Recordings   (2012)
Atlantic CDWPCR-27649 — Atco Sessions   (2016)


Date: March 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Argo

Paul Gayten (ldr), unknown (t), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Field (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. U 8456 The Sweeper(Paul Gayten) - 2:36
Argo 785267 — The Sweeper / Old Buttermilk Sky   (1957)
Argo 455267 — The Sweeper / Old Buttermilk Sky   (1957)
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
b. U 8457 Everybody's Somebody's Fool(Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller)
unissued
c. U 8458 Old Buttermilk Sky(Hoagy Carmichael, Brooks)
Argo 785267 — The Sweeper / Old Buttermilk Sky   (1957)
Argo 455267 — The Sweeper / Old Buttermilk Sky   (1957)
d. U 8459 Nervous Boogie(Paul Gayten) - 2:17
Argo 785277 — Flatfoot Sam / Nervous Boogie - Oscar Wills/Paul Gayten   (1957)
Argo 455277 — Flatfoot Sam / Nervous Boogie - Oscar Wills/Paul Gayten   (1957)
Route 66 LP 12"KIX 8 — Creole Gal   (1979)
Route 66 CDRBD 008 — Creole Gal   (1985)
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/2   (1995)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/1   (2010)
Max Cat CD(no number) — Creole Gal   (2010)
Proper CDP 1794 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/2 Rockin' Pneumonia   (2012)
Proper CDP 1839 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/3   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/2   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 050 — Mighty Instrumental Hits R&B-Style 1942-1963/4   (2018)
e. For You My Love(Paul Gayten) - 2:24
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/1   (1995)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 017 — Rumba Blues Volume 3 - Guitar Cha-Cha-Cha   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDR 012 — Rumba Blues Dancin' Fever/1   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/2   (2014)

Paul Gayten (ldr) on a, d-e, (p) on a, d-e, (v) on a, d-e; unknown (t) on a, d-e; Lee Allen (ts) on a, d-e; Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar) on a, d-e; Edgar Blanchard (g) on a, d-e; Frank Field (b) on a, d-e; Charles "Hungry" Williams (d) on a, d-e.


Date: March 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Checker

Charles "Hungry" Williams (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p, dir), Edgar Blanchard (g), Roland Cook (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d, v)

a. U 8452 Darling(Paul Gayten) - 2:16
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
b. U 8453 So Worried(Paul Gayten) - 2:11
Chess LP 12"CH 9174 — New Orleans Rhythm & Blues   (1984)
Rockin' Out LP 12"LP 101 — Rockin' Out The Rhythm N' Blues   (1986)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 65 — Southern Bred Vol. 15 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
Both titles on:
Checker 78866 — Darling / So Worried   (1957)
Checker 45866 — Darling / So Worried   (1957)
Proper CDP 1794 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/2 Rockin' Pneumonia   (2012)


Date: Apr 9, 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Imperial

Faye Adams (ldr), Herb Hardesty (ts), Clarence Ford (bar), Edward Frank (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles Williams (d), Faye Adams (v), chorus (bkv)

a. IM 1301 I Have A Twinkle In My Eye(Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) - 2:00
Imperial 785471 — I Have A Twinkle In My Eye / Someone Like You   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5471 — I Have A Twinkle In My Eye / Someone Like You   (1957)
b. IM 1302 Keeper Of My Heart(unknown) - 2:17
Imperial 785443 — Keeper Of My Heart / So Much   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5443 — Keeper Of My Heart / So Much   (1957)
Mr. R&B LP 12"R&B 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
Mr. R&B CDRBD 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
c. IM 1303 You're Crazy(Dave Bartholomew, Carole King) - 2:09
Imperial 785456 — Johnny Lee / You're Crazy   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5456 — Johnny Lee / You're Crazy   (1957)
Mr. R&B LP 12"R&B 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
Mr. R&B CDRBD 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
d. IM 1304 Johnny Lee(unknown) - 2:17
Imperial 785456 — Johnny Lee / You're Crazy   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5456 — Johnny Lee / You're Crazy   (1957)
Mr. R&B LP 12"R&B 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
Mr. R&B CDRBD 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
e. IM 1305 When We Kiss(Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) - 2:12
Imperial 785525 — When We Kiss / Everything   (1958)
Imperial 45X 5525 — When We Kiss / Everything   (1958)
f. IM 1306 Goody Goody Gum Drop(Nappy Brown)
unissued
g. IM 1307 So Much(Whitman, Miller) - 2:56
Imperial 785443 — Keeper Of My Heart / So Much   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5443 — Keeper Of My Heart / So Much   (1957)
Mr. R&B LP 12"R&B 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
Mr. R&B CDRBD 110 — I'm Goin' To Leave You   (1989)
h. IM 1308 Someone Like You(J. Neeley) - 2:07
Imperial 785471 — I Have A Twinkle In My Eye / Someone Like You   (1957)
Imperial 45X 5471 — I Have A Twinkle In My Eye / Someone Like You   (1957)


Date: June 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Bobby Charles (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank, Paul Gayten (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Bobby Charles (v)

a. U 8564 One Eyed Jack(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:10
b. U 8565 Yea Yea Baby(Paul Gayten, Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:30
Both titles on:
Chess 781670 — One Eyed Jack / Yea Yea Baby   (1957)
Chess 451670 — One Eyed Jack / Yea Yea Baby   (1957)
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Master Classics MP3(no number) — The '50s Louisiana Rock 'N' Roll   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)

Edward Frank or Paul Gayten (p).


Date: June 1957
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: KRC

Lloyd Price (ldr), Dave Bartholomew, Ted Curson (t), Joseph Harris (as), Lee Allen, Herman Greene, Herb Hardesty, Lawrence Marioneaux, Chuck McClendon, Eddie Saunders, Neely Simmons (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Pritchard Cheesemen (sax), William Brown, Edward Frank, John Patton (p), Gladstone Thomas (org), Edgar Blanchard, Vernon Emmanuel, Lonnie Fowler, Bill Jones, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields, Clarence Johnson, Curtis Mitchell (b), Earl Palmer, Sticks Simpkins (d), Lloyd Price (v), The Ray Charles Singers (bkv), Don Costa (con)

a. KRC 2576 Georgianna(Lloyd Price, Bill Boskent) - 2:14
KRC 45KRC 305-45 — Georgianna / 0Hello Little Girl   (1957)
Flyright LP 12"LP 4709 — New Orleans R & B Volume Two   (1974)
Krazy Kat LP 12"KK 7403 — New Orleans Rhythm 'N Blues 1949-1967   (1982)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVDD 175 — The Promised Land - A Rock & Roll Road Map/2   (2013)
b. KRC 2577 Lonely Chair(Lloyd Price, Bill Boskent) - 2:15
KRC 45KRC 301-45 — Lonely Chair / The Chicken And The Bop   (1957)
c. KRC 2579 The Chicken And The Bop(Bill Boskent, Lloyd Price) - 2:15
KRC 45KRC 301-45 — Lonely Chair / The Chicken And The Bop   (1957)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 67 — Southern Bred Vol. 17 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
All titles on:
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/11   (2021)


Date: Jul 11, 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Vee-Jay

Larry Birdsong (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Wilbert Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d), Larry Birdsong (v), The Noel Singers (bkv), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. 57-707 If You Don't Want Me No More(Alex Bradford) - 2:01
Vee-Jay 45VJ 254 — If You Don't Want Me No More / I'm Pleading Just For You   (1957)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)
b. 57-708 I'm Pleading Just For You(Larry Birdsong) - 2:36
Vee-Jay 45VJ 254 — If You Don't Want Me No More / I'm Pleading Just For You   (1957)
P-Vine CDPCD-5274 — Vee Jay - The Chicago Black Music/4   (2002)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 131 — Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful/1   (2011)
c. 57-709 Oh, Oh, My Darling(Larry Birdsong) - 2:06
Vee-Jay 45VJ 262 — Oh, Oh, My Darling / Time Will (Time)   (1957)
P-Vine CDPCD-5274 — Vee Jay - The Chicago Black Music/4   (2002)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)
d. 57-710 Time Will (Time)(W. Dinning) - 2:35
Vee-Jay 45VJ 262 — Oh, Oh, My Darling / Time Will (Time)   (1957)
All titles on:
Charly LP 12"CRB 1084 — The New Orleans Connection   (1984)

Clifford "Gene" Burks (ts) on a; Larry Lenneart (bar) on a; Wilbert Smith (p) on a; Edgar Blanchard (g) on a; Olsie Robinson (b) on a; Emile Russell (d) on a.


Date: October 1957
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: KRC

The King Bees (New Orleans), Lloyd Price (ldr), Dave Bartholomew, Ted Curson (t), Joseph Harris (as), Lee Allen, Herman Greene, Herb Hardesty, Lawrence Marioneaux, Chuck McClendon, Eddie Saunders, Neely Simmons (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Pritchard Cheesemen (sax), William Brown, Edward Frank, John Patton (p), Gladstone Thomas (org), Edgar Blanchard, Vernon Emmanuel, Lonnie Fowler, Bill Jones, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields, Clarence Johnson, Curtis Mitchell (b), Earl Palmer, Sticks Simpkins (d), The King Bees (New Orleans), Lloyd Price (v), The Ray Charles Singers (bkv), Don Costa (con)

a. KRC 2745 Lovely Love(The King Bees) - 2:21
KRC 45KRC 302-45 — Lovely Love / Can't You Understand   (1957)
Bear Family DVDBVD 20126 AT — The !!!! Beat Vol. 1 - Shows 1 to 5   (2005)
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/11   (2021)
tape copy DVD(no number) — The !!! Beat Show #01   (2022)
b. KRC 2746 Can't You Understand(The King Bees) - 2:43
KRC 45KRC 302-45 — Lovely Love / Can't You Understand   (1957)
Bear Family DVDBVD 20126 AT — The !!!! Beat Vol. 1 - Shows 1 to 5   (2005)
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/11   (2021)
tape copy DVD(no number) — The !!! Beat Show #01   (2022)
c. KRC 2747 Hello Little Girl(Bill Boskent, Lloyd Price) - 1:56
KRC 45KRC 305-45 — Georgianna / 0Hello Little Girl   (1957)
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/11   (2021)
d. KRC 2920 To Love And Be Loved(Bill Boskent) - 2:35
KRC 45KRC 305-45 — To Love And Be Loved / How Many Times   (1957)
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/12   (2021)
e. KRC 2922 How Many Times(Bill Boskent, Lloyd Price) - 2:00
KRC 45KRC 305-45 — To Love And Be Loved / How Many Times   (1957)
Bear Family CDBCD 17052 — R&B In DC 1940-1960 - Rhythm & Blues, Doo Wop, Rockin' Rhythm And More/12   (2021)

The King Bees (New Orleans) (ldr) on a-b, (v) on a-b; Lloyd Price (ldr) on c-e; The Ray Charles Singers (bkv) on c-e.


Date: Oct 18, 1957
Location: Master Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Label: Specialty

Little Richard (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Little Richard (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Earl Palmer (d), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. take 1alt Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 3:28
b. take 2alt Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:45
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
c. take 6alt Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:33
d. 5149 Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:21
Specialty 78645 — Baby Face / I'll Never Let You Go   (1958)
Specialty 45SP-645 — Baby Face / I'll Never Let You Go   (1958)
Specialty EPSEP-405 — Little Richard Vol. 3   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2103 — Little Richard   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"SP-1211 — His Biggest Hits   (1960)
Specialty LP 12"SPS-2113 — Little Richard's Grooviest 17 Original Hits!   (1968)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-2 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/2   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0109 — His Greatest Recordings   (1990)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/2   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263399 — Here's Little Richard/Little Richard   (2011)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/1   (2012)
Oldays CDODR-6131 — Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/2   (2016)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
e. take 1inc Good Morning Little School Girl(John Lee Williamson)
f. take 2inc Good Morning Little School Girl(John Lee Williamson)
g. take 3inc Good Morning Little School Girl(John Lee Williamson) - 3:00
h. take 5alt Ooh! My Soul(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 1:30
i. take 6alt Ooh! My Soul(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 1:15
j. take 7alt Ooh! My Soul(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 1:51
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
k. take 9alt Ooh! My Soul(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:07
l. 5164 Early One Morning(Richard Wayne Penniman) - 2:15
Specialty 78652 — She Knows How To Rock / Early One Morning   (1958)
Specialty 45SP-652 — She Knows How To Rock / Early One Morning   (1958)
London EPRE-U 1208 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 5   (1959)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2104 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1959)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-3 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/3   (1990)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/2   (2010)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/2   (2012)
Hoodoo CD263453 — The Fabulous Little Richard/It's Real   (2013)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/3   (2016)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
m. take 1inc She Knows How To Rock(Willie "Piano Red" Perryman)
n. take 2inc She Knows How To Rock(Willie "Piano Red" Perryman)
o. take 3inc She Knows How To Rock(Willie "Piano Red" Perryman)
p. take 4inc She Knows How To Rock(Willie "Piano Red" Perryman) - 4:29
q. take 5inc She Knows How To Rock(Willie "Piano Red" Perryman) - 1:31
r. 5162 She Knows How To Rock(Willie "Piano Red" Perryman) - 2:02
Specialty 78652 — She Knows How To Rock / Early One Morning   (1958)
Specialty 45SP-652 — She Knows How To Rock / Early One Morning   (1958)
London EPRE-U 1208 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 5   (1959)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2104 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1959)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-3 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/3   (1990)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
Specialty CDSPCD 7063-2 — Shag On Down By The Union Hall   (1996)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0729 — The Original British Hit Singles   (1999)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/2   (2010)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/2   (2012)
Hoodoo CD263453 — The Fabulous Little Richard/It's Real   (2013)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6131 — Little Richard   (2015)
Concord LP 12"SPC-36989-01 — Mono Box - The Complete Specialty And Vee-Jay Albums/3   (2016)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
s. rhs Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On(James Faye "Roy" Hall, Dave "Curley" Williams) - 3:33
P-Vine CDPCD-1905 — Flashin' - Little Richard 25 Alternative Takes   (1993)
t. SP 680-A Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On(James Faye "Roy" Hall, Dave "Curley" Williams) - 1:53
Specialty 78680 — Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Maybe I'm Right   (1959)
Specialty 45SP-680 — Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On / Maybe I'm Right   (1959)
Specialty LP 12"SP-2104 — The Fabulous Little Richard   (1959)
London EPRE-U 1235 — Little Richard And His Band Vol. 7   (1960)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 2-3 — His 3 Original Specialty Albums On 3 CDS/3   (1990)
Specialty CassetteSPC 7012 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Specialty CDSPCD 7012-2 — The Georgia Peach   (1991)
Atlas (Fr) CassetteBLU-K7 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
Atlas (Fr) CDBLU-CD 3011 — Les Génies du Blues No. 11 - Long Tall Sally   (1992)
See For Miles CDSEECD 366 — The EP Collection   (1993)
DeAgostini CDRO 9959-2 — The Georgia Peach   (2001)
Jasmine CDJASCD 545 — She Knows How To Rock (The Singles As & Bs)/2   (2010)
Real Gone CDRGRNRCD 001 — Little Richard - 5 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles/2   (2012)
Hoodoo CD263453 — The Fabulous Little Richard/It's Real   (2013)
Great Voices Of The Century CDEXTPCD 603 — Extended Play - Specialty Recordings EPs Vol. 1-7   (2015)
Hoodoo CD263526 — The Complete 1957-1960 London EP Sides   (2015)
Oldays CDODR-6081 — Here's Little Richard   (2015)
Avid CDAMSC 1286 — Little Richard - Four Classic Albums/2   (2018)
All titles on:
Ace (UK) LP 12"ABOXLP 1-7 — The Specialty Sessions/7   (1989)
Ace (UK) CDABOXCD 1-5 — He Knows How To Rock   (1989)

e, f, g;   m, n, o, p  performed as medleys

Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo is a Title Variation of I'll Never Let You Go (Richard Wayne Penniman)


Date: late 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ember

Lee Allen (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Edward Frank (p), Allen Toussaint (org), Justin Adams (g), Edgar Blanchard (bj), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. E 2157 Promenade(Alvin Tyler, Edward Frank) - 2:15
Ember 45E 1027 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee / Promenade   (1957)
Ember EPEEP 103-45 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee Volume One   (1958)
b. E 2158 Walkin' With Mr. Lee(Lee Allen) - 2:23
Mercury LP 12"133 100 MCL — Rhythm & Blues Party   
Ember 45E 1027 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee / Promenade   (1957)
Ember EPEEP 103-45 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee Volume One   (1958)
Rhino LP 12"RNLP 70076 — A History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 1, 1950-1958   (1987)
Mercury CD845 825-2 — Back Beat - The Rhythm Of The Blues Vol. 1   (1991)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0602 — Teen Beats Volume 3   (1996)
Bear Family CDBCD 16713 AS — Blowing The Fuse 1958   (2006)
Not Now CDNOT2CD 369 — The Very Best Of Burlesque/2   (2010)
Proper CDP 1794 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/2 Rockin' Pneumonia   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 050 — Mighty Instrumental Hits R&B-Style 1942-1963/4   (2018)
c. E 2159 Tic Toc(Lee Allen) - 2:34
Ember 45E 1039 — Tic Toc / Chuggin'   (1958)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/1   (2010)
Soul Jam CD600 800 — Happy Times In New Orleans   (2011)
Proper CDP 1794 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/2 Rockin' Pneumonia   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/1   (2017)
All titles on:
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
Nola LP 12"LP 16 — Down On Bourbon Street   (1985)


Date: Dec 17, 1957
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Imperial

Faye Adams (ldr), Herb Hardesty (ts), Clarence Ford (bar), Edward Frank (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Faye Adams (v)

a. IM 1459 Everything(Faye Adams) - 2:19
Imperial 785525 — When We Kiss / Everything   (1958)
Imperial 45X 5525 — When We Kiss / Everything   (1958)
b. IM 1460 Bells In My Heart(Arthur Smith)
unissued
c. IM 1461 Feel Like I Want To Cry(Esther Phillips, traditional)
unissued
d. IM 1462 Love No More(Dave Bartholomew)
unissued


Date: 1957
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Vee-Jay

Leonard "Chick" Carbo (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d), Leonard "Chick" Carbo (v), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. 58-912 Pig Tails And Blue Jeans(Leonard "Chick" Carbo) - 2:16
Meladee CD502 — Ballin In N'Awlins - Original 1952-1958 Recordings Volume 2   
Vee-Jay 78291 — Pig Tails And Ribbons / So Tired   (1957)
Vee-Jay 45VJ 291 — Pig Tails And Ribbons / So Tired   (1957)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 017 — Rumba Blues Volume 3 - Guitar Cha-Cha-Cha   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDR 012 — Rumba Blues Dancin' Fever/1   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
b. 58-913 Baby Baby(Earl Forest, Joe Josea) - 2:55
c. 58-914 I Don't Want To Lose Her(Leonard "Chick" Carbo) - 2:16
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
d. 58-915 So Tired(Dorothy LaBostrie, Larry McKinley) - 2:09
Meladee CD502 — Ballin In N'Awlins - Original 1952-1958 Recordings Volume 2   
Vee-Jay 78291 — Pig Tails And Ribbons / So Tired   (1957)
Vee-Jay 45VJ 291 — Pig Tails And Ribbons / So Tired   (1957)
All titles on:
Charly LP 12"CRB 1084 — The New Orleans Connection   (1984)
P-Vine CDPCD-5274 — Vee Jay - The Chicago Black Music/4   (2002)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)


Date: January 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ember

Lee Allen (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Edward Frank (p), Allen Toussaint (org), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. E 2180 Chuggin'(Lee Allen) - 2:30
Ember 45E 1039 — Tic Toc / Chuggin'   (1958)
Top Rank EPJKR 8020 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
b. E 2182 Jim Jam(Lee Allen) - 2:17
Ember 45E 1047 — Jim Jam / Short Circuit   (1958)
Top Rank EPJKR 8020 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
c. E 2183 Strolling With Mr. Lee(Lee Allen) - 2:20
Ember 45E 1031 — Boppin' At The Hop / Strolling With Mr. Lee   (1958)
Top Rank EPJKR 8020 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
d. E 2185 Boppin' At The Hop(Lee Allen) - 2:09
Ember 45E 1031 — Boppin' At The Hop / Strolling With Mr. Lee   (1958)
Lucky CDCDRL 914 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Fourteen   (1999)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0819 — Great R&B Instrumentals   (2001)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/2   (2017)
e. E 2189 Short Circuit(Lee Allen) - 2:13
Ember 45E 1047 — Jim Jam / Short Circuit   (1958)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
f. Bee Hive(Beusee, B. Roberts) - 2:25
Top Rank EPJKR 8020 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
g. Teen Dream(Lee Allen) - 2:08
Ember EPEEP 103-45 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee Volume One   (1958)
Top Rank EPJKR 8020 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
h. Hot Rod Special(Al Smith) - 2:11
Top Rank EPJKR 8020 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
i. Lee's Blues(Lee Allen) - 2:09
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
j. Big Horn Special(Lee Allen) - 2:27
Ember EPEEP 103-45 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee Volume One   (1958)
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
k. Ivy League(Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) - 2:30
Ember LP 12"ELP 200 — Walkin' With Mr. Lee   (1959)
All titles on:
Nola LP 12"LP 16 — Down On Bourbon Street   (1985)

Hot Rod Special is a Title Variation of Sliding Home (Al Smith)


Date: early 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Edgar Blanchard (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard, Earl King Johnson (g), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. alt Lonesome Guitar(Joseph Ruffino, Edgar Blanchard) - 2:32
Westside CDWESD 240 — Shuckin' Stuff - Rare Blues From Ace Records (MS)/2   (2002)
b. R 3433 Lonesome Guitar(Joseph Ruffino, Edgar Blanchard) - 2:26
Ric 45954 — Lonesome Guitar / Let's Get It   (1958)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/2   (2017)
c. alt Let's Get It(Edgar Blanchard, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:30
Westside CDWESD 240 — Shuckin' Stuff - Rare Blues From Ace Records (MS)/1   (2002)
d. R 3434 Let's Get It(Edgar Blanchard, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:20
Ric 45954 — Lonesome Guitar / Let's Get It   (1958)
Ace (UK) LP 12"2035 — Ace Story Volume 5   (1984)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 113 — Ace Story Volume 5   (1984)
Ace (UK) Cassette2035 — Ace Story Volume 5   (1984)
Edsel LP 12"ED 257 — Carnival Time! - The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder LP 12"2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Westside CDWESM 560 — Havin' Fun With Huey "Piano" Smith And His Clowns - More Of The Best   (1999)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/1   (2017)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 65 — Southern Bred Vol. 15 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
e. Honeycomb(Bob Merrill) - 2:15
Westside CDWESD 240 — Shuckin' Stuff - Rare Blues From Ace Records (MS)/2   (2002)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/3   (2017)


Date: February 1958
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Falcon (Vee-Jay)

The Upsetters (New Orleans) (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines (ts), Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts, v), Larry Lenneart (bar), Wilbert Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d)

a. 58-835 The Upsetter(C. Burks) - 2:05
Falcon (Vee-Jay) 781010 — The Upsetter / The Strip   (1958)
Falcon (Vee-Jay) 451010 — The Upsetter / The Strip   (1958)
b. 58-836 The Strip(Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith) - 2:35
Falcon (Vee-Jay) 781010 — The Upsetter / The Strip   (1958)
Falcon (Vee-Jay) 451010 — The Upsetter / The Strip   (1958)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/2   (2017)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 70 — Southern Bred Vol. 20 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
c. Upsetter Rock(Roy Gaines, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith) - 1:58
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/1   (2017)
d. Wake Up(Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith, Roy Gaines) - 2:20
P-Vine CDPCD-5272 — Vee Jay - The Chicago Black Music/2   (2002)
All titles on:
Charly LP 12"CRB 1084 — The New Orleans Connection   (1984)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)


Date: February 1958
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Vee-Jay

Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines (ts), Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts, v), Larry Lenneart (bar), Wilbert Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. 58-837 Hatti Malatti(Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith) - 2:48
Vee-Jay 45VJ 272 — Hatti Malatti / Mama Loochie   (1958)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJLP 1084 — This Is Where It Is - The Original Nitty Gritty   (1964)
Vee-Jay LP 12"VJSR 1084 — This Is Where It Is - The Original Nitty Gritty   (1964)
Vee-Jay CDNVD2-708 — The Unavailable 16 Hits Of Yesteryear/The Original Nitty Gritty   (1993)
P-Vine CDPCD-5274 — Vee Jay - The Chicago Black Music/4   (2002)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/3   (2010)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
b. 58-838 Baldhead Baby(Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith) - 2:32
P-Vine CDPCD-5274 — Vee Jay - The Chicago Black Music/4   (2002)
c. 58-839 A Girl In Every City(Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith) - 1:57
d. 58-938 Mama Loochie(Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith) - 2:20
Vee-Jay 45VJ 272 — Hatti Malatti / Mama Loochie   (1958)
Lucky CDCDRL 914 — Bump Jump Jive Volume Fourteen   (1999)
All titles on:
Charly LP 12"CRB 1084 — The New Orleans Connection   (1984)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)


Date: ca. Feb 8, 1958
Location: unknown recording studio, Los Angeles
Label: Specialty

Jerry Byrne (ldr), Harold Battiste (ts), Art Neville (p), Justin Adams, Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Jerry Byrne (v)

a. SP 635-A Lights Out(Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, Sunny (Dave Curley Williams) David) - 1:53
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0291 — Specialty Rock 'N' Roll   (1990)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0393 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans   (1992)
Specialty CDSPCD 2168-2 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans   (1992)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0574 — Rock 'N' Roll Fever - The Wildest From Specialty   (1994)
Specialty CD5SPCD-4412-2 — The Specialty Story/5   (1994)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 178 — Rip It Up - The Specialty Story/1   (2012)
Proper CDP 1794 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/2 Rockin' Pneumonia   (2012)
Proper CDP 1839 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/3   (2014)
Jasmine CDJASCD 298 — Good Times - The Early Career Of Mac Rebennack Aka Dr. John   (2015)
Soul Jam CD600 896 — Good Times In New Orleans 1958-1962 - In The Studio With Mac Rebennack Aka Dr. John   (2017)
b. SP 635-B Honey Baby(Tyler, Harold Battiste) - 2:15
Both titles on:
Specialty 45SP-635 — Lights Out / Honey Baby   (1945)
Specialty 78635 — Lights Out / Honey Baby   (1958)
Specialty LP 12"2C 062 95478 — Rock N' Roll Museum Vol 4. Specialty Originals   (1974)


Date: Feb 21, 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Imperial

Tommy Brown (ldr), Edward Frank (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Tommy Brown (v)

a. IM 1515 Walking With An Angel(Tommy Brown)
unissued
b. IM 1516 These Bones(Dave Bartholomew, S. Noel)
unissued
c. IM 1517 Just For You(Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King) - 2:01
Imperial 785533 — Just For You / Heart With No Feeling   (1958)
Imperial 45X 5533 — Just For You / Heart With No Feeling   (1958)
d. IM 1518 Heart With No Feeling(Pearl King, Dave Bartholomew) - 1:58
Imperial 785533 — Just For You / Heart With No Feeling   (1958)
Imperial 45X 5533 — Just For You / Heart With No Feeling   (1958)


Date: Spring 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Edgar Blanchard (ldr), Robert Parker, James Rivers (ts), Warren Myles (p), Edgar Blanchard (g, v), Roland Cook (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. U 8687 Lawdy Mama(Edgar Blanchard) - 2:10
Rarin' LP 12"555 — New Orleans Rock & Roll And R & B   (1970)
Chess LP 12"CH 9174 — New Orleans Rhythm & Blues   (1984)
Chess LP 12"CXMP 2055 — The Best Of New Orleans R & B   (1984)
Chess LP 12"Det 205 — New Orleans R&B   (1984)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/2   (1995)
Gondolier 45G 051 — Hey Lawdy Mama   (2016)
b. U 8688 Old Folks(Willard Robinson, Dedette Lee Hill)
unissued


Date: May 1958
Location: Chess Studios, Chicago, IL
Label: Chess

Eddie Bo (ldr), unknown (ts), Eddie Bo (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Roland Cook (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. Where's My Baby(Eddie Bocage) - 2:19
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/2   (1995)
b. U 8839 My Dearest Darling(Paul Gayten, Clarence Henry) - 2:31
Chess 781698 — My Dearest Darling / Oh-Oh   (1958)
Chess 451698 — My Dearest Darling / Oh-Oh   (1958)
c. U 8840 Oh-Oh(Eddie Bocage, Paul Gayten) - 2:24
Chess 781698 — My Dearest Darling / Oh-Oh   (1958)
Chess 451698 — My Dearest Darling / Oh-Oh   (1958)
Rarin' LP 12"555 — New Orleans Rock & Roll And R & B   (1970)
Chess LP 12"CH 9174 — New Orleans Rhythm & Blues   (1984)
Chess LP 12"CXMP 2055 — The Best Of New Orleans R & B   (1984)
Chess LP 12"Det 205 — New Orleans R&B   (1984)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/2   (1995)
MCA CD380 569-2 — The Chess Story 1947-1975/08   (2000)
Proper CDP 1794 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/2 Rockin' Pneumonia   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
All titles on:
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/1   (2020)

unknown (ts) on a-b; Eddie Bo (p) on a-b.


Date: May 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Bobby Charles (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank, Paul Gayten (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Bobby Charles (v)

a. U 8846/U 9861 Good Lovin'(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:05
Chess LP 12"CSMP 2009 — Chess Masters   (1977)
Hoodoo CD263548 — See You Later, Alligator   (2016)
b. U 8847 Your Picture(Robert Charles "Bobby" Guidry) - 2:12
Both titles on:
Chess CDMVCM 22078 — Chess Masters   (1998)
Master Classics MP3(no number) — The '50s Louisiana Rock 'N' Roll   (2010)


Date: May 1958
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: KRC

Lloyd Price (ldr), Dave Bartholomew, Ted Curson (t), Joseph Harris (as), Lee Allen, Herman Greene, Herb Hardesty, Lawrence Marioneaux, Chuck McClendon, Eddie Saunders, Neely Simmons (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Pritchard Cheesemen (sax), William Brown, Edward Frank, John Patton (p), Gladstone Thomas (org), Edgar Blanchard, Vernon Emmanuel, Lonnie Fowler, Bill Jones, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields, Clarence Johnson, Curtis Mitchell (b), Earl Palmer, Sticks Simpkins (d), Lloyd Price (v), The Ray Charles Singers (bkv), Don Costa (con)

a. S 126 No Limit To Love(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:35
KRC 455000 — No Limit To Love / Such A Mess   (1958)
b. S 127 Such A Mess(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:24
KRC 455000 — No Limit To Love / Such A Mess   (1958)
Sue LP 12"ILP 920 — 50 Minutes 24 Seconds Of Recorded Dynamite!   (1965)
Ace (UK) LP 12"2032 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1979)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 12 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1979)
Ace (UK) Cassette2032 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1979)
Ace (UK) CD2032 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1994)
P-Vine CDPCD-5351 — Whisky A Go Go Presents I'm Wise   (1998)
Hoodoo CD263433 — Lloyd Price Sings The Million Sellers/The Fantastic Lloyd Price   (2013)
c. S 129 Down By The River(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:15
Flyright LP 12"LP 4708 — New Orleans R & B Volume One   (1974)
Krazy Kat LP 12"KK 7403 — New Orleans Rhythm 'N Blues 1949-1967   (1982)
All titles on:
Grand Prix LP 12"KS 422 — Mr. Rhythm & Blues - Lloyd Price/Frank Motley   (1958)


Date: June 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Charles "Hungry" Williams (ldr), Robert Parker, James Rivers (ts), Warren Myles (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Roland Cook (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d, v)

a. U 8909 I Cried All The Way Home(Charles Edward Williams) - 2:27
b. U 8910 Rhythmatic Rhythm(Charles Edward Williams) - 2:18
Both titles on:
Rarin' LP 12"555 — New Orleans Rock & Roll And R & B   (1970)
Chess LP 12"CH 9174 — New Orleans Rhythm & Blues   (1984)
Chess LP 12"CXMP 2055 — The Best Of New Orleans R & B   (1984)
Chess LP 12"Det 205 — New Orleans R&B   (1984)


Date: June 1958
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Chess

Allen Brooks (ldr), Robert Parker, James Rivers (ts), Warren Myles (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Roland Cook (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Allen Brooks (v)

a. U 8911 Ding Dong Darling(Allen Brooks) - 2:30
b. U 8913 Foolish Woman(Allen Brooks) - 2:05
Both titles on:
Rarin' LP 12"555 — New Orleans Rock & Roll And R & B   (1970)
Chess LP 12"CH 9174 — New Orleans Rhythm & Blues   (1984)
Chess LP 12"CXMP 2055 — The Best Of New Orleans R & B   (1984)
Chess LP 12"Det 205 — New Orleans R&B   (1984)


Date: June 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Argo

Myles & Dupont (ldr), Robert Parker, James Rivers (ts), Warren Myles (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Roland Cook (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (v)

a. U 8912 Heaven Or Heartbreak(Warren Myles, August Dupont) - 2:43
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 226 — Book of Love - The Argo Records Story 1956-1962/2   (2013)
b. U 8914 Loud Mouth Annie(Warren Myles, August Dupont) - 2:26
Chess LP 12"CH 9174 — New Orleans Rhythm & Blues   (1984)
Chess LP 12"CXMP 2055 — The Best Of New Orleans R & B   (1984)
Chess LP 12"Det 205 — New Orleans R&B   (1984)
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/2   (1995)
MCA CDMCD 32641 — Hits That Jumped!   (1995)
MCA CD380 569-2 — The Chess Story 1947-1975/08   (2000)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/1   (2010)
Proper CDP 1840 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/4   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 70 — Southern Bred Vol. 20 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
Both titles on:
Argo 785326 — Loud Mouth Annie / Heaven Or Heartbreak   (1958)
Argo 455326 — Loud Mouth Annie / Heaven Or Heartbreak   (1958)
Rarin' LP 12"555 — New Orleans Rock & Roll And R & B   (1970)


Date: Jun 12, 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d), Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (v)

a. R 3437 You Done Me Wrong(Alvin Johnson) - 2:26
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
b. R 3438 Lena(Alvin Johnson, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:18
Black Diamond LP 7"4508 — Jumpin' Tonight   (1976)
Edsel LP 12"ED 257 — Carnival Time! - The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder LP 12"2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Both titles on:
Ric 45956 — You Done Me Wrong / Lena   (1958)


Date: late 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ace (Jackson, MS)

Eddie Bo (ldr), Melvin Lastie (t), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Eddie Bo (p, v), Edgar Blanchard, Earl King Johnson (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. S 221 I'll Keep On Trying(Keith McKenley, Eddie Bocage) - 2:32
Ace (UK) LP 12"2034 — Ace Story Volume 4   (1984)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 98 — Ace Story Volume 4   (1984)
Ace (UK) Cassette2034 — Ace Story Volume 4   (1984)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1337 — Ace Story Volume 4   (2012)
b. S 222 I Love To Rock 'N' Roll(Eddie Bocage) - 2:25
Ace (UK) LP 12"2032 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1979)
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 12 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1979)
Ace (UK) Cassette2032 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1979)
Ace (UK) CD2032 — Ace Story Volume 2   (1994)
Music Club CDMCCD 355 — Kings Of New Orleans R 'N' B   (1998)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1281 — Ace Story Volume 2   (2010)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/3   (2010)
Proper CDP 1795 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/3 Sea Cruise   (2012)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 64 — Southern Bred Vol. 14 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
Both titles on:
Ace (Jackson, MS) 45555 — I'll Keep On Trying / I Love To Rock 'N' Roll   (1959)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/1   (2020)


Date: 1958
Location: unknown recording studio, Baton Rouge, LA
Label: Montel

Lester Robertson (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Huey "Piano" Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d), Lester Robertson (v), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. alt My Girl Across Town(Lester Robertson) - 2:28
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1478 — Rhythm 'N' Bluesin' By The Bayou - Nights Of Sin, Dirty Deals And Love Sick Souls   (2018)
b. S 165 My Girl Across Town(Lester Robertson) - 2:35
Meladee CD501 — Ballin In N'Awlins - Original 1951-1959 Recordings Volume 1   
Montel 45SJM 1001 — My Girl Across Town / Take It Home To Grandma   (1958)
Montel 45MX 903 — My Heart Forever Yearns / My Girl Across Town   (1961)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/1   (2010)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1388 — Rhythm 'N' Bluesin' By The Bayou - Rompin' & Stompin'   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/3   (2014)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 69 — Southern Bred Vol. 19 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
c. S 166 Take It Home To Grandma(Lester Robertson) - 2:02
Montel 45SJM 1001 — My Girl Across Town / Take It Home To Grandma   (1958)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/3   (2010)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1422 — Rhythm 'N' Bluesin' By The Bayou - Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies   (2015)
d. alt Take It Home To Grandma(Lester Robertson) - 1:54
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1422 — Rhythm 'N' Bluesin' By The Bayou - Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies   (2015)


Date: 1958
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New York
Label: Argo

Paul Gayten (ldr), unknown (t), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Paul Gayten (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Field (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. U 8770 Windy(T. Hark) - 1:42
Proper CDP 1794 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/2 Rockin' Pneumonia   (2012)
b. U 8773 Tickle Toe(Paul Gayten) - 2:24
Chess CDCHD2-9355 — Chess New Orleans/2   (1995)
El Toro CDR&B 116 — Ain't Nothing Happenin'   (2009)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 131 — Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful/3   (2011)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/1   (2017)
Both titles on:
Argo 785300 — Windy / Tickle Toe   (1958)
Argo 455300 — Windy / Tickle Toe   (1958)
Roots CDRTS 33023 — Roots Of Rhythm & Blues - Jimmy McCracklin & Paul Gayten   (1990)


Date: Jun 1, 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Eddie Bo (ldr), Ike Williams (t), Robert Parker, James Rivers (ts), Eddie Bo (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Peter "Chuck" Badie (b), John Boudreaux (d)

a. R 3451 Hey There Baby(Eddie Bocage, Keith McKenley) - 2:14
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 68 — Southern Bred Vol. 18 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
b. R 3452 I Need Someone(Eddie Bocage) - 2:32
Both titles on:
Ric 45962 — Hey There Baby / I Need Someone   (1959)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1429 — Baby I'm Wise - The Complete RIC Singles 1959-1962   (2015)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/2   (2020)


Date: Aug 25, 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Eddie Bo (ldr), Ike Williams (t), Robert Parker, James Rivers (ts), Eddie Bo (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Peter "Chuck" Badie (b), John Boudreaux (d)

a. R 3455 You Got Your Mojo Working(Dorothy Johnson, William Allen) - 3:08
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
b. R 3456 Everybody Knows(Eddie Bocage) - 2:11
Both titles on:
Ric 45964 — You Got Your Mojo Working / Everybody Knows   (1959)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1429 — Baby I'm Wise - The Complete RIC Singles 1959-1962   (2015)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/2   (2020)


Date: Dec 22, 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (ldr), Lee Allen, Robert Parker, James Rivers (ts), Al "Carnival Time" Johnson (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Placide "Palz" Adams (b), Walter Lastie (d)

a. demorhs Carnival Time(Joseph Ruffino, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson) - 2:30
Rounder LP 12"2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1416 — Ain't It The Truth! - The Ric & Ron Story Volume 2   (2014)
b. demorhs Let Come What May(Al "Carnival Time" Johnson) - 1:48
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
c. R 3459 Carnival Time(Joseph Ruffino, Al "Carnival Time" Johnson) - 2:42
Ric 45967 — Carnival Time / Good Lookin'   (1960)
Mardi Gras LP 12"MGb 1001 — Mardi Gras In New Orleans   (1976)
Edsel LP 12"ED 257 — Carnival Time! - The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder LP 12"2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Shout! Factory CDD4K 37441 — Doctors, Professors, Kings & Queens - The Big Ol' Box Of New Orleans/3   (2004)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 131 — Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful/3   (2011)
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/4   (2014)
d. R 3460 Good Lookin'(Alvin Johnson) - 2:05
Ric 45967 — Carnival Time / Good Lookin'   (1960)


Date: 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Johnny Adams (ldr), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Warren Hebrard (ts), Lawrence Eddie Cotton (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Alonzo Stewart (d), Johnny Adams (v), The Gondoliers (grp)

a. demorhs How Come (And Why)(Johnny Adams, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:30
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1416 — Ain't It The Truth! - The Ric & Ron Story Volume 2   (2014)
b. demorhs I Won't Cry(Dorothy LaBostrie, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:58
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
c. demorhs Who Are You(Dorothy LaBostrie, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:37
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
d. demorhs My Baby Done Closed The Door(Joseph Ruffino, Johnny Adams) - 1:33
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
e. R 3448 Who Are You(Dorothy LaBostrie, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:15
Ric 45961 — I Won't Cry / Who Are You   (1959)
History Of Soul CDSOUL 003 — Soul Of New Orleans/2   (2013)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1424 — I Won't Cry - The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964   (2015)
f. R 3447 I Won't Cry(Dorothy LaBostrie, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:22
Ric 45961 — I Won't Cry / Who Are You   (1959)
Rhino LP 12"RNLP 70078 — A History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 3, 1962-1970   (1987)
Edsel LP 12"ED 257 — Carnival Time! - The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder LP 12"2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Proper CDP 1795 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/3 Sea Cruise   (2012)
History Of Soul CDSOUL 003 — Soul Of New Orleans/2   (2013)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1424 — I Won't Cry - The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964   (2015)
g. R 3449 Come On(Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, Seth David, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:17
Ric 45963 — Come On / Nowhere To Go   (1959)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/4   (2014)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1424 — I Won't Cry - The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964   (2015)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 66 — Southern Bred Vol. 16 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
h. R 3450 Nowhere To Go(Allen Toussaint, Alvin Tyler, Marilyn Schlack) - 2:24
Ric 45963 — Come On / Nowhere To Go   (1959)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1424 — I Won't Cry - The Complete Ric & Ron Singles 1959-1964   (2015)

The Gondoliers (grp) on c-d, g-h.


Date: 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ember

Lee Allen (ldr), Lee Allen (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Edward Frank (p), Allen Toussaint (org), Justin Adams, Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Charles "Hungry" Williams (d)

a. E 2269 Creole Alley(Lee Allen, Allen Toussaint) - 2:30
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/2   (2010)
Proper CDP 1795 - Properbox 174 — The Cosimo Matassa Story Volume 2 - Gumbo Ya Ya/3 Sea Cruise   (2012)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 054 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1956-1957/2   (2019)
b. E 2271 Cat Walk(Lee Allen, Allen Toussaint) - 2:16
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 131 — Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful/1   (2011)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/4   (2014)
Both titles on:
Ember 45E 1057 — Creole Alley / Cat Walk   (1959)
Nola LP 12"LP 16 — Down On Bourbon Street   (1985)

Allen Toussaint (org) on a.


Date: 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

The Gondoliers (ldr), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Lawrence Eddie Cotton (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Otis Deverney (b), Alonzo Stewart (d), Gerri Hall, unknown (v)

a. R 3439 You Call Everybody Darling(Sam Martin, Ben Trace, Clem Watts) - 2:05
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/1   (2010)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 65 — Southern Bred Vol. 15 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
b. R 3440 Knocked Out(Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack, Joseph Ruffino) - 2:39
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 051 — Heavy Sugar/3   (2010)
Proper CDP 1839 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/3   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/4   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 037 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1959/1   (2016)
Both titles on:
Ric 45957 — You Call Everybody Darling / Knocked Out   (1958)

Gerri Hall (v) on a; unknown (v) on a.


Date: 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: ABC-Paramount

Lloyd Price (ldr), Dave Bartholomew, Ted Curson (t), Joseph Harris (as), Lee Allen, Herman Greene, Herb Hardesty, Lawrence Marioneaux, Chuck McClendon, Eddie Saunders, Neely Simmons (ts), Alvin "Red" Tyler (bar), Pritchard Cheesemen (sax), William Brown, Edward Frank, John Patton (p), Gladstone Thomas (org), Edgar Blanchard, Vernon Emmanuel, Lonnie Fowler, Bill Jones, Ernest McLean (g), Frank Fields, Clarence Johnson, Curtis Mitchell (b), Earl Palmer, Sticks Simpkins (d), Lloyd Price (v), The Ray Charles Singers (bkv), Don Costa (con)

a. AMP 3510 Is It Really Love?(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:01
ABC-Paramount 459997 — Where Were You (On Our Wedding Day)? / Is It Really Love   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
b. AMP 3650 Personality(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:38
ABC-Paramount 4510018 — (You've Got) Personality / Have You Ever Had The Blues   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
Increase LP 12"INCM 2004 — Cruisin' 1959   (1970)
ABC LP 12"ABCX 1959 — Rock 'N' Soul 1959   (1973)
Specialty LP 12"SPS 2153 — Personality Plus   (1973)
Increase CD150046 — The Cruisin' Years 1958, '59 & '60/2   (1992)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
c. AMP 3651 Have You Ever Had The Blues?(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:12
ABC-Paramount 4510018 — (You've Got) Personality / Have You Ever Had The Blues   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
Hoodoo CD263408 — The Influences Behind The Beatles   (2012)
d. AMP 3715 I’m Gonna Get Married(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:23
ABC-Paramount 4510032 — I'm Gonna Get Married / Three Little Pigs   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
ABC LP 12"ABCX 1959 — Rock 'N' Soul 1959   (1973)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
e. AMP 3716 Three Little Pigs(James Duncan) - 2:40
ABC-Paramount 4510032 — I'm Gonna Get Married / Three Little Pigs   (1959)
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 324 — Mr Personality's 15 Big Hits   (1960)
Hoodoo CD263433 — Lloyd Price Sings The Million Sellers/The Fantastic Lloyd Price   (2013)
f. Mary Ann(Ray Charles) - 2:38
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
g. Time After Time(Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 2:22
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
h. Yakety-Yak – Bing Bang(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:04
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
i. I Only Have Eyes For You(Al Dubin, Harry Warren) - 1:54
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
j. Dinner For One(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:22
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
k. Poppa-Shun(Lloyd Price, Harold Logan) - 2:35
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
l. All Of Me(Seymour Simons, Gerald Marks) - 2:57
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)
m. I Want You To Know(Harold Logan, Lloyd Price) - 2:16
ABC-Paramount LP 12"ABC 297 — Mr. Personality   (1959)
Hoodoo CD263363 — The Exciting Lloyd Price/Mr. Personality   (2010)

Collective personel.


Date: 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ace (Jackson, MS)

Robert Parker (ldr), Robert Parker (ts, v), Edgar Blanchard, Roy Montrell (g), unknown (b, d)

a. Lawdy Miss Clawdy(Lloyd Price) - 2:05
b. June Teen(Robert Parker) - 2:40
Both titles on:
Ace (UK) LP 12"CH 181 — New Orleans Volume 2   (1986)


Date: 1959
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Specialty

Edgar Blanchard (ldr), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Warren Hebrard (ts), Lawrence Eddie Cotton (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Frank Fields (b), Alonzo Stewart (d), The Gondoliers (grp)

a. Bopsody In Blue(Edgar Blanchard) - 2:22
Rounder LP 12"2080 — Troubles, Troubles - New Orleans Blues   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2080 — Troubles, Troubles - New Orleans Blues   (1988)
Zensor CDZS 59 — Troubles, Troubles - New Orleans Blues   (1988)
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
b. Blues Cha Cha(Edgar Blanchard) - 2:45
Rounder LP 12"2080 — Troubles, Troubles - New Orleans Blues   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2080 — Troubles, Troubles - New Orleans Blues   (1988)
Zensor CDZS 59 — Troubles, Troubles - New Orleans Blues   (1988)
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
c. Bop Sit-In Blues(Edgar Blanchard) - 2:21
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 0393 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans   (1992)
Specialty CDSPCD 2168-2 — Creole Kings Of New Orleans   (1992)


Date: January 1960
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Gee

The Upsetters (New Orleans) (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Wilbert Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d)

a. 9037 Rolling On(The Upsetters (New Orleans)) - 2:14
b. 9038 Blues(J. Avants, Jr.) - 2:22
Both titles on:
Gee 45G 1055 — Blues / Rolling On   (1960)

The Upsetters (New Orleans) (ldr) on a; Clifford "Gene" Burks (ts) on a; Grady Gaines (ts) on a; Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts) on a; Larry Lenneart (bar) on a; Wilbert Smith (p) on a; Edgar Blanchard (g) on a; Olsie Robinson (b) on a; Emile Russell (d) on a.


Date: Spring 1960
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Tommy Ridgley (ldr), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Warren Hebrard (ts), Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Charles Easley (b), John Boudreaux (d), Tommy Ridgley (v), chorus (bkv)

a. R 3461 Is It True?(Tommy Ridgley) - 2:14
Rounder CDCD 2079 — The New Orleans King Of The Stroll   (1988)
b. R 3462 Let's Try And Talk It Over(Tommy Ridgley) - 2:40
Edsel LP 12"ED 257 — Carnival Time! - The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder LP 12"2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
Proper CDP 1840 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/4   (2014)
Both titles on:
Ric 45968 — Is It True / Let's Try And Talk It Over   (1960)
Flyright LP 12"FLY LP 519 — The New King Of The Stroll   (1976)
Sound Of New Orleans LP 12"SONO 1007 — Through The Years   (1977)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3031 — King Of The Stroll/2   (2008)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1446 — In The Same Old Way: The Complete Ric, Ron And Sho-Biz Recordings   (2015)

chorus (bkv) on a.


Date: Summer 1960
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Tommy Ridgley (ldr), Melvin Lastie (t), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as), Warren Hebrard (ts), Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Charles Easley (b), John Boudreaux (d), Tommy Ridgley (v)

a. rhs Please Hurry Home(Tommy Ridgley) - 2:45
Rounder CDCD 2079 — The New Orleans King Of The Stroll   (1988)
b. R 3469 Please Hurry Home(Tommy Ridgley) - 2:31
Ric 45973 — Please Hurry Home / Do You Remember   (1960)
Flyright LP 12"FLY LP 519 — The New King Of The Stroll   (1976)
Sound Of New Orleans LP 12"SONO 1007 — Through The Years   (1977)
Rounder CDCD 2079 — The New Orleans King Of The Stroll   (1988)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3031 — King Of The Stroll/2   (2008)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1446 — In The Same Old Way: The Complete Ric, Ron And Sho-Biz Recordings   (2015)
c. R 3470 Do You Remember(Tommy Ridgley) - 2:17
Ric 45973 — Please Hurry Home / Do You Remember   (1960)
Flyright LP 12"FLY LP 519 — The New King Of The Stroll   (1976)
Sound Of New Orleans LP 12"SONO 1007 — Through The Years   (1977)
Acrobat CDADDCD 3031 — King Of The Stroll/2   (2008)
Proper CDP 1840 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/4   (2014)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1446 — In The Same Old Way: The Complete Ric, Ron And Sho-Biz Recordings   (2015)


Date: Aug 22, 1960
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

Eddie Bo (ldr), Ike Williams (t), Robert Parker (ts), James Rivers (bar), Eddie Bo (p, v), Edgar Blanchard, Ervin Charles (g), Peter "Chuck" Badie (b), John Boudreaux (d)

a. demorhs Every Dog Got Its Day(Dolores Johnson, Frank Douglas) - 2:07
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
b. R 3463 Tell It Like It Is(William Allen, Dorothy Johnson) - 2:19
Ric 45969 — Tell It Like It Is / Every Dog Got His Day   (1960)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1390 — You Talk Too Much - The RIC & RON Story Volume 1   (2014)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 032 — The History Of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues Volume 4, 1955-1962/5   (2014)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1429 — Baby I'm Wise - The Complete RIC Singles 1959-1962   (2015)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/2   (2020)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 63 — Southern Bred Vol. 13 - Louisiana & New Orleans R&B Rockers   (2021)
c. R 3464 Every Dog Got Its Day(Dolores Johnson, Frank Douglas) - 2:14
Ric 45969 — Tell It Like It Is / Every Dog Got His Day   (1960)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 131 — Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful/3   (2011)
Ace (UK) 45 AlbumRICBOX 16 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
Rounder 45 Album11661-9140-1 — From The Vaults Of Ric & Ron Records - Rare And Unreleased Recordings 1958-1962   (2012)
History Of Soul CDSOUL 003 — Soul Of New Orleans/1   (2013)
Rhythm & Blues CDR 010 — The History Of Rhythm And Blues 1957-62/4   (2013)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1429 — Baby I'm Wise - The Complete RIC Singles 1959-1962   (2015)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/2   (2020)
d. R 3471 Warm Daddy(Dolores Johnson, Frank Douglas, William Allen) - 2:03
Ric 45974 — Warm Daddy / Ain't It The Truth Now   (1960)
Proper CDP 1840 - Properbox 185 — Walking To New Orleans - A History Of The Crescent City Piano Pioneers/4   (2014)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1429 — Baby I'm Wise - The Complete RIC Singles 1959-1962   (2015)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/2   (2020)
e. R 3472 Ain't It The Truth Now(Daris Burham, Dolores Johnson) - 2:16
Ric 45974 — Warm Daddy / Ain't It The Truth Now   (1960)
Edsel LP 12"ED 257 — Carnival Time! - The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder LP 12"2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
Rounder CDCD 2075 — Carnival Time! The Best Of Ric Records Volume One   (1988)
History Of Soul CDSOUL 003 — Soul Of New Orleans/2   (2013)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1416 — Ain't It The Truth! - The Ric & Ron Story Volume 2   (2014)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1429 — Baby I'm Wise - The Complete RIC Singles 1959-1962   (2015)
Jasmine CDJASMCD 3137 — Slippin' And A Slidin' - Singles As & Bs 1956-1962/2   (2020)


Date: October 1960
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Fire

The Upsetters (New Orleans) (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Wilbert Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d)

a. FM 163 Jaywalking(The Upsetters (New Orleans)) - 2:38
Capricorn (Macon) CD9 42009-2 — Capricorn Records Presents The Fire/Fury Records Story/1   (1993)
Charly CDCD LAB 102 — The Fire & Fury Story/2   (1996)
Relic CD7046 — Raging Harlem Hit Parade 2   (1996)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)
Charly CDSNAJ 730 CD — The Fire & Fury Story/2   (2005)
Fantastic Voyage CDFVTD 131 — Heavy Sugar, Second Spoonful/2   (2011)
Fuel 2000 CD302 061 880 2 — The Fire/Fury Records R&B Story/1   (2011)
JSP CDJSP 77142D — The Bobby Robinson Story/4   (2011)
One Day Music CDDAY2CD 256 — The Sky Is Crying - The Fire Records Story/1   (2014)
History Of Soul CDSOUL 012 — Instrumentals Soul-Style 1/2   (2019)
b. FM 164 Steppin' Out(Mertis John) - 2:30
Fuel 2000 CD302 061 997 2 — The Fire/Fury Records Story Rarities Collection/1   (2014)
Koko Mojo CDKM-CD 52 — Boss Black Rockers Vol. 3 - Rockin' Shoes   (2020)
Both titles on:
Fire 451029 — Jaywalking / Steppin' Out   (1960)


Date: 1960
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Palm

Bobby Peterson (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Bobby Peterson (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d), The Upsetters (New Orleans) (grp)

a. 200-A (Let’s Do) The Shimmy(Bobby Peterson) - 2:28
Relic CD7138 — Irresistible You - Piano Rock   (1995)
Rhythm & Blues CDRANDB 045 — Mighty Instrumentals R&B-Style 1958/3   (2017)
b. 200-B Hot Peppers(Bobby Peterson) - 2:21
Both titles on:
Palm 45200 — (Let’s Do) The Shimmy / Hot Peppers   (1960)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)

Bobby Peterson as Chico Booth.


Date: 1961
Location: unknown venue, New Orleans, LA
Label: Ric

The Gondoliers (ldr), Warren Hebrard (f, cl, ts), Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (as, v), Lawrence Eddie Cotton (p, v), Edgar Blanchard (g, bj, v), Frank Fields (b), Alonzo Stewart (d, per, v)

a. live Tom Dooley(G. B. Grayson) - 14:12
b. live Fuzzy Wuzzy(Bob Bell, R. Branker) - 3:32
c. live Louse Of The Border(The Gondoliers) - 3:52
d. live My Ding-A-Ling(Dave Bartholomew) - 4:10
e. live The Squirrel(The Gondoliers) - 2:30
f. live The Teetzie Fly(The Gondoliers) - 6:55
All titles on:
Ric LP 12"RLP 2001 — Let's Have A Blast With The Gondoliers   (1961)


Date: July 1962
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Little Star

The Upsetters (New Orleans) (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Wilbert Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d)

a. LS 188-A Let's Get A Thing Going(Hidle Brown "H. B." Barnum) - 2:08
b. LS 188-B 'Tater Machine(The Upsetters (New Orleans)) - 2:32
Both titles on:
Little Star 45118 — Let's Get A Thing Going / 'Tater Machine   (1962)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)


Date: December 1962
Location: unknown recording studio, New Orleans, LA
Label: Little Star

The Upsetters (New Orleans) (ldr), Clifford "Gene" Burks, Grady Gaines, Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith (ts), Larry Lenneart (bar), Wilbert Smith (p), Edgar Blanchard (g), Olsie Robinson (b), Emile Russell (d)

a. LS 123-A I'm In Love Again(Dave Bartholomew, Antoine "Fats" Domino) - 2:03
b. LS 123-B Every Night About This Time(Antoine "Fats" Domino, Dave Bartholomew) - 2:50
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1303 — The Big Beat - The Dave Bartholomew Songbook   (2011)
Both titles on:
Little Star 45123 — I'm In Love Again / Every Night About This Time   (1962)
La Cienega CDLACGA 702 — The Upsetters   (2003)


Date: 1962
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: X-Ray

Ernest Holland (ldr), Henry Hawkins (t), Ernest Holland (ts), Edgar Blanchard (g), Curtis Mitchell (b), Nolan Palmer (d), rest unknown (grp)

a. 001 Washington Lee Swing(C. Robbins, S. Hafe) - 3:19
b. 002 The Medley(Lewis F. Muir, Irving Caesar, George Gershwin, Louis Wolfe Gilbert) - 2:23
Both titles on:
X-Ray 45001/002 — Washington Lee Swing / The Medley   (1964)


Date: September 9-10, 1964
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Instant

Vince "Mr. Calhoun" Monroe (ldr), Vince "Mr. Calhoun" Monroe (h, v), Edgar Blanchard (g), Sax Kari (g, b, d)

a. 165-1199-1 A Thing You Gotta Face(Sax Kari) - 2:57
Flat Top CDFTB 069 — Shake 'Em On Down Vol. 2   (2012)
b. 165-1200-1 Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry(Sax Kari) - 3:05
Flyright LP 12"LP 3503 — Jambalaya On The Bayou Vol. 2 - The Blues   (1969)
Charly CDSNAJ 731 CD — The Instant And Minit Story/3   (2005)
Both titles on:
Instant 453269 — A Thing You Gotta Face / A Thing You Gotta Face   (1964)
Instant 4545-3269 — A Thing You Gotta Face / Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry   (1964)
Bandy LP 12"BLP 70009 — Real Blues From New Orleans   (1981)
Charly LP 12"CRB 1170 — Loaded Down With The Blues   (1987)
P-Vine LP 12"PLP-346 — Loaded Down With The Blues   (1987)
Charly CDSNAD 664 CD — Mr Joe's Jambalaya & Loaded Down With The Blues/1   (2012)
Ace (UK) CDCDCHD 1506 — Bluesin' By The Bayou - Ain't Broke, Ain't Hungry   (2017)
tape copy CD(no number) — Swamp Blues Volume 1   (2022)


Date: 1964
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: White Cliffs

China Flair (ldr), Vince "Mr. Calhoun" Monroe (h), Edgar Blanchard (g), Sax Kari (g, b, d), China Flair (v)

a. Rockin' Way(Sax Kari) - 3:48
Charly CDSNAJ 731 CD — The Instant And Minit Story/3   (2005)
b. SoN 26911 He's My Man(Sax Kari) - 2:54
White Cliffs 45223 — He's My Man / Baby I Love You   (1964)
c. SoN 26912 Baby I Love You(Sax Kari) - 2:35
White Cliffs 45223 — He's My Man / Baby I Love You   (1964)


Date: 1964
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Kari

Ira Green (ldr), Edgar Blanchard (g), Sax Kari (g, b, d), Ira Green (v)

a. KAR 7 The Twitch, Part 1(Sax Kari) - 1:55
b. KAR 8 The Twitch, Part 2(Sax Kari) - 2:44
Both titles on:
Kari 45602 — The Twitch   (1964)


Date: 1964
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Kari

The Prince Royals (ldr), Edgar Blanchard (g), Sax Kari (g, b, d), The Prince Royals (v)

a. KAR 5 Farewell Annabell(Sax Kari) - 2:33
Kari 45601 — Farewell Annabell / Anna Mae   (1964)
b. KAR 6 Anna Mae(Sax Kari) - 2:38
Kari 45601 — Farewell Annabell / Anna Mae   (1964)
c. 240-2607 Circle Of Life(Sax Kari, L. Sanders) - 2:35
Tune-Kel 45609 — Circle Of Life / Like I Like It   (1967)
d. 240-2608 Like I Like It(L. Sanders, Sax Kari) - 2:53
Tune-Kel 45609 — Circle Of Life / Like I Like It   (1967)


Date: 1964
Location: Cosimo Studio, 523 Governor Nicholls Street, New Orleans, LA
Label: Bandy

Edgar Blanchard (ldr), Vince "Mr. Calhoun" Monroe (h), Edgar Blanchard (g, v), Sax Kari (g, b, d), The Prince Royals (bkv)

a. Tight Like That(Edgar Blanchard, Sax Kari) - 2:31
Charly LP 12"CRB 1170 — Loaded Down With The Blues   (1987)
P-Vine LP 12"PLP-346 — Loaded Down With The Blues   (1987)
Charly CDSNAJ 731 CD — The Instant And Minit Story/2   (2005)
Charly CDSNAD 664 CD — Mr Joe's Jambalaya & Loaded Down With The Blues/1   (2012)
b. Won't Be Long(Sax Kari, Edgar Blanchard)
c. Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong(Edgar Blanchard, Sax Kari) - 1:59
Charly LP 12"CRB 1170 — Loaded Down With The Blues   (1987)
P-Vine LP 12"PLP-346 — Loaded Down With The Blues   (1987)
Charly CDSNAJ 731 CD — The Instant And Minit Story/2   (2005)
Charly CDSNAD 664 CD — Mr Joe's Jambalaya & Loaded Down With The Blues/1   (2012)
Flat Top CDFTB 069 — Shake 'Em On Down Vol. 2   (2012)
Gondolier 45G 051 — Hey Lawdy Mama   (2016)
d. Keep My Pocket's Clean(Sax Kari, Edgar Blanchard) - 4:13
Charly CDSNAJ 731 CD — The Instant And Minit Story/3   (2005)
e. I'm Gone And That's All(Edgar Blanchard, Sax Kari) - 3:40
Charly CDSNAJ 731 CD — The Instant And Minit Story/3   (2005)
f. Don't Need No Company(Sax Kari, Edgar Blanchard)
All titles on:
Bandy LP 12"BLP 70009 — Real Blues From New Orleans   (1981)

The Prince Royals (bkv) on a, d-e.


Date: Mar 19, 1988
Location: International Shrine Of St. Jude, New Orleans, LA
Label: New Orleans

Edgar Blanchard (ldr), Edgar Blanchard, Carlo Ditta (g), Al Bernard, Jr. (b), Ray Lambert (d)

a. live Our Father(traditional) - 2:21
Orleans CDOR 1211 — Midnight At St. Jude's   (1993)


Sessions Reported: 99

Performances Reported: 406

Unique Songs Reported: 336

Unique Issues Reported: 751