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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Billy Byrd

By Praguefrank, Ole Skjoldhøj, Dick Grant, Mario Manciotti, Bill DanielsSESSIONS see also Ernest Tubb
1953 unknown – Billy Byrd
001 LITTLE CAROL ANN MOSES (OF VICKSBURG) Delta 421
002 NO PRICE TAG Delta 421
Summer 1959 poss. Nashville, TN - Billy Byrd (Billy Byrd [gt], Hank Garland [2nd gt] + unknown musicians)
003 SLIPPING AROUND WB WS-1327 WB WS-1576
004 YOUR CHEATIN' HEART WB WS-1327 WB WS-1576
005 ANYTIME WB WS-1327
006 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS WB WS-1327 WB WS-1576
007 TROUBLE IN MIND WB WS-1327
008 BYRDLAND GUITAR WB WS-1327
009 CANDY KISSES WB WS-1327 WB WS-1576
010 A FALLEN STAR WB WS-1327
011 JUST A LITTLE LOVIN' WB WS-1327
012 HEY GOOD LOOKIN' WB WS-1327
013 HALF AS MUCH WB WS-1327 WB WS-1576
014 WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU WB WS-1327
ca October 1961 poss. Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Billy Byrd (Billy Byrd [gt], Jimmy Capps [gt] + unknown musicians)
015 ST-5091 BEE BYRD BOUNCE Starday SLP-176 SLP-236 Nashville NLP-2021
016 ST-5092 GIBSON GIRL SLP-176 NLP-2021
017 ST-5093 TEENAGE BLUES SLP-176 NLP-2021
018 ST-5094 NASHVILLE SHUFFLE
019 ST-5095 CHATANOOGA BOUND
020 ST-5096 NATCHEZ TRACE
STARDAY SLP-176 TENNESSEE GUITAR (1962)
Spring 1962 Nashville, TN - Billy Byrd (Billy Byrd [gt] + unknown musicians. Producer: Chuck Sagle)
021 OH LONESOME ME Reprise R9-6040
022 HEARTACHES BY THE NUMBER Reprise R9-6040 WB WS-1576
023 HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY Reprise R9-6040 WB WS-1576
024 I MISS YOU ALREADY Reprise R9-6040
025 THAT'S WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LONEOME Reprise R9-6040
026 YOU WIN AGAIN Reprise R9-6040 WS-1576
027 BORN TO LOSE Reprise R9-6040 WB WS-1576
028 I REALLY DON'T WANT TO KNOW Reprise R9-6040 WB WS-1576
029 AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET Reprise R9-6040
030 LONELY STREET Reprise R9-6040
031 I CAN'T HELP IT Reprise R9-6040 WB WS-1576
032 FOUR WALLS Reprise R9-6040 WB WS-1576
1964 unknown – The Rangers (Ronnie Page [ld vcl], Darell Johnson [tenor vcl], David Reece Baritone [vcl/piano], Billy Byrd [gt])
R01 LEANING ON THE EVERLASTING ARMS Scripture LP-109
R02 BEAUTIFUL ISLE OF SOMEWHERE Scripture LP-109
R03 PEACE IN THE VALLEY Scripture LP-109
R04 WHAT A FRIEND Scripture LP-109
R05 MANSION OVER THE HILLTOP Scripture LP-109
R06 PRECIOUS MEMORIES Scripture LP-109
R07 WHERE COULD I GO Scripture LP-109
R08 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER Scripture LP-109
R09 POWER IN THE BLOOD Scripture LP-109
R10 OLD RUGGED CROSS Scripture LP-109
R11 LIFE'S RAILWAY TO HEAVEN Scripture LP-109
R12 BRIGHTEN THE CORNER Scripture LP-109

ALBUMS
Warner Bros. W/WS-1327 I Love A Guitar:
Slipping Around; Your Cheatin' Heart; Any Time; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Trouble In Mind; Byrdland Guitar; Candy Kisses; Fallen Star; Just A Little Lovin'; Hey, Good Lookin'; Half As Much; Walking The Floor Over You – 09-59 (MX 8329/30)
Reprise R9-6040 Lonesome Country Songs: Oh, Lonesome Me; Heartaches By The Number; Have You Ever Been Lonely; I Miss You Already; That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome; You Win Again; Born To Lose; I Really Don't Want To Know; Am I That Easy To Forget; Lonely Street; I Can't Help It; Four Walls – 08-62
Scripture LP-109 Gospel Guitar: Leaning On The Everlasting Arms; Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere; Peace In The Valley; What A Friend ; Mansion Over The Hilltop; Precious Memories; Where Could I Go; Sweet Hour Of Prayer; Power In The Blood; Old Rugged Cross; Life's Railway To Heaven; Brighten The Corner - 64 The Rangers
Warner Bros. W/WS-1576 The Golden Guitar Of Billy Byrd: Born To Lose; You Win Again; Candy Kisses; Have You Ever Been Lonely; Slipping Around; I Can't Help It; Your Cheatin' Heart; I Really Don't Want To Know; Half As Much; Heartaches By The Number; I Love You So Much It Hurts; Four Walls – 12-64
(sampler;  tracks from WS 1327, R9-6040)


SINGLES
Delta (1953)
421 Little Carol Ann Moses (of Vicksburg) / No Price Tag - 53

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.