SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Rocky Porter

by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
23 October 1951 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Rocky Porter
001 CO 47131 I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH AN ANGEL  4-20903/Cattle Compact CCD-310
002 CO 47132 KEEP ON KEEPING ON  4-20903/Cattle Compact CCD-310
21 May 1952 Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Rocky Porter
003 CO 47991/NASH 1488  PLEASE SAY A PRAYER (FOR THE BOYS OVER THERE) 4-21028/Cattle Compact CCD-310
004 CO 47992/NASH 1489  I’M IN LOVE WITH NO ONE (BUT I'M LOOKIN' FOR SOMEONE TO LOVE) 4-20980/CCD-310
005 CO 47993/NASH 1480 THE ALL-SEEING EYE  4-21028/Cattle Compact CCD-310
006 CO 47994/NASH 1481 ZSP-9902  SUPPOSE  4-20980/Cattle Compact CCD-310
28 March 1954  poss. Castle Studio, The Tulane Hotel, 206 8th Ave. North, Nashville, TN – Rocky Porter
007 CO 51201/NASH 1822?/ZSP-31537  THE WORLD IS A MONSTER  4-21264/Cattle Compact CCD-310
008 CO 51202/NASH 1823?/ZSP-31538  I TALKED TO THE MAN IN THE MOON  4-21264/Cattle Compact CCD-310
009 CO 51203/NASH 1824?/ZSP-31539  I KNEW IT ALL ALONG  4-21325/Cattle Compact CCD-310
010 CO 51204/NASH 1825?/ZSP-31540  DON’T FORGET TO REMEMBER  4-21325/Cattle Compact CCD-310
Mid 1957 unknown – Rocky Porter
011 HO8W-2186 CRYSTAL BALL Stars 549
012 HO8W-2187 FIRST SIGHT Stars 549
1968 unknown – Rocky Porter(Producer: Troy L. Martin)
013 SoN 56431 I KEEP DREAMIN ON YOU 1025
014 SoN 56432 THE WORLD IS A MONSTER 1025
1971 unknown – Rocky Porter
015 THESE THINGS DON’T TAKE THE PLACE OF MAMA D 1010
016 I KEEP DREAMING OF YOU (ALL THE TIME) D 1010
1972 unknown – Rocky Porter (Big M Production)
017 SoN 105121 TRYING TO GET MY BABY OFF MY MIND Big M 1003
018 SoN 105122 YOU TAKE HER LOVE FROM Big M 1003


ALBUMS
Cattle Compact [GER] CCD 310 The Golden Age Of Country Music
: [Rocky Porter:] I've Fallen In Love With An Angel; Keep On Keeping On; I'm In Love With No One (But I'm Looking For Someone To Love); Suppose; Please Say A Prayer (For The Boys Over There); The All-Seeing Eye; The World Is A Monster; I Talked To The Man In The Moon; I Knew It All Along; Don't Forget To Remember; [Cody Fox:] (Let Me Sing In) Echo Valley; In The Chapel In The Moonlight;  Tiger Rag (Inst.); Oh! She's Crazy; [Wiley & Gene:] All Over Nothing At All; Somebody Stole My Little Darlin'; It's All Over Now (I Won't Worry); Don't Be Jealous Of My Yesterdays; You Don't Love My Anymore (Little Darling); There's Always Somebody Else; You've Got To Pay The Fiddler; Stolen Kisses; [Gene Sullivan:] Good Gosh Almighty How I Love You; Walkin' And A Talkin'; Inflated Love; Would You Forgive Me? – ca 02

SINGLES
Columbia (1952-54)
4-20903 Keep On Keeping On / I've Fallen In Love With An Angel – 14-03-52
4-20980 Suppose / I'm In Love With No One – 18-07-52
4-21028 The All-Seeing Eye / Please Say A Prayer – 17-10-52
4-21264 I Talked To The Man In The Moon / The World Is A Monster – 14-06-54
4-21325 I Knew It All Along / Don't Forget To Remember – 10-54
Stars (1957)
549 Crystal Ball / First Sight – 08-57
Silver Star (1968)
1025 I Keep Dreaming On You /  The World Is A Monster - 68
Dogwood (1971)
D 1010 These Things Don’t Také The Place Of Mama / I Keep Dreaming Of You (All The Time) – 71
Big M (1972)
1003 Trying To Get My Baby Off My Mind / You Take Her Love From – 72


Merlin Fontenot

*26-09-1923 Eunice, LA
by Henk Scholts
SESSIONS
1974 La Louisianne Recording Studio, 711 Stevenson St., Lafayette, LA – Merlin Fontenot
001 LA DANSE DE LA COULÉE CROCHE La Louisianne LL 142
002 PAS DE DEUX BABINEAUX La Louisianne LL 142
003 COLINDA La Louisianne LL 142
004 HALE POUR LA TIENNE La Louisianne LL 142
005 T'ES PETITE ET T'ES MIGNONNE La Louisianne LL 142
006 LA DANSE DU GRAND CHEVALIER La Louisianne LL 142
007 BAYOU PON-PON La Louisianne LL 142
008 PAS DE DEUX A ELIA La Louisianne LL 142
009 GALOP CREOLE La Louisianne LL 142
010 JEUNES GENS DE LA CAMPAGNE La Louisianne LL 142
011 LA DANSE DE SAN ANTONIO La Louisianne LL 142
012 LES MARINGOUINS La Louisianne LL 142



ALBUMS
La Louisianne LL 142 Fiddlin' Cajun: La danse de la coulée croche; Pas de deux Babineaux; Colinda; Hale pour la tienne; T'es petite et t'es mignonne; La danse du Grand Chevalier; Bayou pon-pon; Pas de deux a Elia; Galop creole; Jeunes gens de la campagne; La danse de San Antonio; Les maringouins - 75


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.