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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Les Chambers




By Phil Tricker, Al Turner and Dick Grant (with Acknowledgements To The Late Ray Topping, and The Late Les Chambers and The Late “Country” Johnny Mathis)
SESSIONS

ca March 1954 Hollywood, CA - Les Chambers and His Mountaineers (Merle Travis [ld gt], Dick Stubbs [steel] + unknown musicians)
001 ST-2104 TOO MUCH PRIDE Starday 45-137/Jasmine JASMCD-3583/4
002 ST-2105 KISSES LIKE THAT Starday 45-158/JASMCD-3583/4
003 ST-2106 LONESOME 45-158/JASMCD-3583/4
004 ST-2107 LONELY HEART WALTZ Starday 45-137
ca August 1954 Jim Beck Studio, 1914 Forest Ave., Dallas, TX - Les Chambers (poss. George Peaton [ld gt], Dick Stubbs [steel], Dub Spray [bass], ? [drums], Eddie Steward [fiddle], Eddie Caldwell [piano])
005 ST-2190 REAL SINCERELY Starday 45-206
006 ST-2191 I CAN’T HELP MYSELF Starday unissued
007 ST-2192 BABY PLEASE LEAVE ME ALONE Starday unissued
008 ST-2193 TRY TO LOVE ME Starday unissued
ca November 1954 Jim Beck Studio, 1914 Forest Ave., Dallas, TX - Les Chambers and Dick Stubbs and His Mountaineers ((poss. George Peaton [ld gt], Dick Stubbs [steel], Dub Spray [bass], ? [drums])
009 ST-2232 SNEAKIN’ OUT (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT) Starday 45-180
010 ST-2233 BALD HEADED DADDY (HAIR TODAY-GONE TOMORROW) 45-180/Jasmine JASMCD-3583/4 Cactus OFF-CD-5064
011 ST-2234 WILL IT ALWAYS BE Starday unissued
012 ST-2235 TWO STUBBORN PEOPLE Starday unissued
ca January 1955 Jim Beck Studio, 1914 Forest Ave., Dallas, TX - Les Chambers and Johnny Mathis (George Peaton [ld gt], Dick Stubbs [steel], Dub Spray [bass], ? [drums], Eddie Steward [fiddle], Eddie Caldwell [piano])
013 ST-2266 WILL IT ALWAYS BE Starday 45-181
014 ST-2267 EVERYBODY ELSE DOES 45-181/Dragon Street DCD-70102 Rollercoaster RCCD-3049 Cactus CACT CD-5008 Jasmine JASMCD-3583/4
ca August 1955 Jim Beck Studio, 1914 Forest Ave., Dallas, TX - Les Chambers and Johnny Mathis (George Peaton [ld gt], Dick Stubbs [steel], Dub Spray [bass], ? [drums], Eddie Steward [fiddle], Eddie Caldwell or Marion Oliver [piano])
015 ST-2342 GIVE ME A LITTLE MORE Starday 45-206
1969 poss. Nashville, TN - Les Chambers
016 PRP-9382 THE STOOL NEXT TO ME Fall 168
017 PRP-9381 WEATHER MAN SONG 169
1971 Nashville, TN - Les Chambers (Leon Rhodes [ld gt] + unknown rh gt, steel, bass, drums, piano)
018 V-0007 GOODBYE WORLD Volunteer 45-4002
019 V-0008 unknown title unissued
020 V-0009 HAIR TODAY-GONE TOMORROW Volunteer 45-4002
021 V-0010 unknown title unissued

SINGLES
Starday (1954-55)
45-137 Too Much Pride / Lonely Heart Waltz – 06-54 (rev. June 26)
45-158 Kisses Like That / Lonesome - 54
45-180 Sneakin’ Out (In The Middle Of The Night) / Bald Headed Daddy (Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow) - 55 w. Dick Stubbs
45-206 Real Sincerely / Give Me A Little More - 55
45-181 Will It Always Be / Everybody Else Does - 55 w. Johnny Mathis
45-206 Real Sincerely / Give Me A Little More (w. Johnny Mathis) - 55
Fall (1969)
168/169 The Stool Next To Me / Weather Man Song - 69
Volunteer (1971)
45-4002 Goodbye World / Hair Today-Gone Tomorrow -71
 

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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.