Records recorded at SUN studios, Memphis Tennessee

 

4-Star 1492   Lost John Hunter and his Blind Bats
Cool down mamma / Schoolboy (August 1950)



 

Recorded in May 1950 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Gilt-Edge ET-114   Various Artists

Ultra-rare promotional 10" inch 33 1/3 RPM sampler
including Slim Rhodes' Skunk hollow boogie.

 

Gilt-Edge 5015   Slim Rhodes
Save a little love for me / Skunk hollow boogie (August 1950)

 

Recorded in July 1950 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

4-Star 1511   Lost John Hunter and his Blind Bats
Boogie for me baby / Y-M and V blues (September 1950)

Recorded in May 1950 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Gilt-Edge 5026 / Maple Leaf G-203   Slim Rhodes
Sixty days / Memphis bounce (1951)

 

 

 

Recorded in December 1950 at Memphis Recording Service.
White lable promo, regular red and very rare Canadian editions depicted.

 

Gilt-Edge 5034   Slim Rhodes
Time marches on / Hot foot rag (1951)

 

Recorded in December 1950 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Gilt-Edge 5044   Slim Rhodes
Red, white and blue / Ozark boogie (1951)

 

Recorded in July 1950 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Modern 20-795   Joe Hill Louis - the one man band
I feel like a million / Heartache baby (December 1950)

 

Recorded in November 1950 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 318   B B King
Don't you want a man like me / My baby's gone (early 1951)

 

Recorded on January 8, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Modern 809   Walter 'Mumbles' Horton
Little boy blue / Now tell me baby (early 1951)

 

Recorded in February 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 322   Rosco Gordon
City women / Roscoe's boogie (April 1951)

 

Recorded in February 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 323   B B King
B B blues / She's dynamite (summer 1951)

 

Recorded on January 8 and May 27, 1951 repectively at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 324   Rosco Gordon
Ouch! Pretty baby / Saddled the cow (and milked the horse) (August 1951)

 

Recorded in April 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 327   Willie Nix
Lonesome bedroom blues / Try me one more time (fall 1951)

 

Recorded in July 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Modern 839   Joe Hill Louis - the one man band
Gotta go baby / Big legged woman (fall 1951)

 

Recorded on April 30, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 336   Rosco Gordon
Dime a dozen / A new remedy for love (fall 1951)

 

Recorded in July 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 338   Walter 'Mumbles' Horton
Black gal / Jumpin' blues (fall 1951)

 

Recorded in June or July 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

RPM 348   B B King and his Orchestra
Fine lookin' woman / She don't move me no more (1952)

 

A-side recorded January 8, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.
B-side recorded later at other, non SUN-related, location.

 

RPM 365   Roscoe Gordon and his Orchestra
What you got on your mind / Two kind of women (1952)

 

B-side recorded December 3, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service. A-side possibly
recorded at other, non SUN-related, location. NB: Rosco's name is misspelt on the label.

 

Chess 1458   Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
Rocket 88 / Come back where you belong (April 1951)

 

Recorded on March 5, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Chess 1465   Lou Sargent and his Orchestra
Ridin' the boogie / She really treats me wrong (July 1951)

 

Recorded in May 1951 at Memphis Recording Service. B-side vocals by Les Mitchell.

 

Chess 1469   Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
My real gone rocket / Tuckered out (October 1951)

 

Recorded in May and September 20, 1951 respectively at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Chess 1472   Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats
Juiced / Independent woman (July 1951)

 

Recorded in June 1951 at Memphis Recording Service. A-side vocals by Billy Love.

 

Chess 1475-A   Harmonica Frank [Floyd]
Swamp root / Going away walkin' (August 1951)
Swamp root / Step it up and go (later)

 

 

Recorded July 15, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service. For some
reason the B-side was changed from blues to faster country after the initial release.

 

Chess 1479   The Howlin' Wolf
Moanin' at midnight / How many more years (August 1951)

 

Recorded May 14, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Chess 1486   Evangelist Gospel Singers of Alabama
Never grow old / Walk in the light (December 1951)

 

Probably recorded in August 1951 at Memphis Recording Service. NB: This recording session is not
logged in the MRS files, but Chess' archives indicate that the masters were purchased from Sam Phillips.

 

Chess 1487   Rosco Gordon
Booted / Love you 'til the day I die (December 1951)

 

Recorded in August 1951 at Memphis Recording Service. B-side vocals by
Bobby 'Blue' Bland. NB: Rosco's name is misspelt on the label.

 

Chess 1494   Harmonica Frank
Howlin' tomcat / She's done moved (January 1952)

 

Recorded in December 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Chess 1495   Bob Price
How can it be? / Sticks and stones (January 1952)

 

Recorded December 2, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service. Note red 'Hill Billy Series' label.

 

Chess 1497   The Howlin' Wolf
The Wolf is at your door / Howlin' Wolf boogie (January 1952)

 

Recorded December 18, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Chess 1504   Doctor Ross and his Jump and Jive Boys
Country clown / Doctor Ross boogie (March 1952)

 

Recorded on November 29, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Chess 1510   The Howlin' Wolf
Gettin' old and grey / Mr Higway man (April 1952)

 

Recorded January 23, 1952 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Checker 757   Woodrow Adams and the Three B's
Pretty baby blues / She's done come and gone (probably unreleaesed)

Recorded May 24, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Chess 1515   The Howlin' Wolf
Saddle my pony / Worried all the time (July 1952)

 

Recorded April 17, and probably January 23 1952 at Memphis Recording Service.

 

Chess 1517   Rufus Thomas, Jr
Juanita / Decorate the counter (September 1952)

 

Recorded on April 21, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Checker 763   Joe Hill Louis
Dorothy Mae / When I am gone (November 1952)

 

Recorded on July 18 and March 31, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Chess 1528   Howlin' Wolf
Oh, Red!! / My last affair (November 1952)

 

Recorded October 7, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Chess 1529   Walter Horton
Walter's boogie / West winds are blowing (probably unreleaesed)

Recorded September 15, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Duke 109   Rosco Gordon and the Beale Streeters
Too many women / Wise to you baby (fall 1952)

 

Recorded on July 21, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Trumpet 187   [Jesse] 'Tiny' Kennedy
Early in the morning, baby / Strange kind of feeling (December 1952)

 

Recorded September 25, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Trumpet 188   [Jesse] 'Tiny' Kennedy
Blues disease / Don't lay this job on me (April 1953)

 

Recorded September 25, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Trumpet 189   Sherman 'Blues' Johnson and his Clouds of Joy
Pretty baby blues / Sugar mama (December 1952)

 

Recorded September 30, 1952 at the SUN Studio.

 

Trumpet 190   Sherman 'Blues' Johnson and his Clouds of Joy
Hot fish / Lost in Korea (April 1953)

 

Recorded September 30, 1952 at the SUN Studio. Sound effects
overdubbed on 'Lost in Korea' by Sam Phillips in October.

 

Trumpet 192   [Billy] 'Tag' Williams
Island of heartaches / By and by (December 1952)

 

 

 

Recorded in October 1952 at the SUN Studio. 78 and 45 rpm labels depicted. Note the
'Bye' / 'By' spelling and writer credits revision on the two 78 rpms. The rarer misprint is on top.

 

Trumpet 193   [Billy] 'Tag' Williams
Sweetheart I wouldn't change a thing / One-sided love (April 1953)

 

Recorded in October 1952 at the SUN Studio. 78 and 45 rpm labels depicted.

 

 

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