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Monday, October 4, 2010

Shelly Lee Alley



*06-07-1894 Alleyton, TX, +1964
2nd version
By Tony Russell, Praguefrank, Mario Manciotti, Al Turner, Vaclav Zpatecka
SESSIONS
23 June 1937 Brunswick Warehouse, Dallas, TX – Lummie Lewis and His Merry Makers (Columbus “Lummie“ Lewis [vcl-1/poss. yodel-2/gt], Shelly Lee Alley [vcl-3], ? [vcl-4], band [vcl-5], Aldan “Wimpy“ Hutson [banjo], Dick Haltom or Pinky Dawson [bass], George Hutinger [fiddle], Mac Register [piano])
L01 DAL 448-1 IT WORRIES ME -4-5 Vocalion 03696
L02 DAL 449-2 THOSE MEAN MAMA BLUES -2-3 03855
L03 DAL 450-2 SAVE IT FOR ME -3 03632/KKCD-34
L04 DAL 451-1 TRAVELIN‘ BLUES -1 03696
L05 DAL 452-2 SWEETHEART OF MINE -3 03855
L06 DAL 453-1 MERRYMAKERS STOMP –instr.- 03632/KKCD-34
4 November 1937 San Antonio, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl-1/fiddle], Chuck Keeshan [gt/vcl -2], Ted Daffan [steel], Jack Moran [bass], Cliff Bruner [fiddle], Anthony Scanlin [clarinet/sax/piano], Don Law [washboard])
001 SA 2887-1 LET ME BRING IT TO YOUR DOORS -1 Vocalion 03975
002 SA 2888-1 I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU -2 Vocalion 03975
003 SA 2889 SHE’S SO DIFFERENT -1 unissued
004 SA 2890 ALONE -1 unissued
005 SA 2891 WHY ARE YOU BLUE? -1 unissued
006 SA 2892 HOUSTON BLUES -1 unissued
007 SA 2893-1 YOU’VE GOT ME WORRIED NOW -1 Vocalion 03939/KKCD-34
008 SA 2894 NONIE -1 unissued
009 SA 2895 DON’T YOU CARE -1 unissued
010 SA 2896 DEEP CONGRESS AVENUE -1 unissued
011 SA 2897-1 MY PRECIOUS DARLING -1 Vocalion 03891
5 November 1937 San Antonio, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl/fiddle], Chuck Keeshan [gt], Ted Daffan [steel], Jack Moran [bass], Cliff Bruner [fiddle], Anthony Scanlin [clarinet/sax/piano], Don Law [washboard])
012 SA 2898-1 TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES Vocalion 04451/ KKCD-34 HMC
013 SA 2899-1 WOMEN, WOMEN, WOMEN Vocalion 03939/ KKCD-34 HMC
014 SA 2900 YOU CAN MAKE ME HAPPY unissued
015 SA 2901-1 YOU’VE MADE A DREAM COME TRUE Vocalion 03891
016 SA 2902 SHE’S MY RED HOT GAL unissued
10 May 1938 Dallas, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl/fiddle], Chuck Keeshan [gt], Ted Daffan [steel], Cliff Bruner [fiddle], Lester Voss/Pinkie Dawson [bass], Douglas Blaikie [piano], Anthony Scanlin [clarinet/sax])
017 DAL 478-1 I’LL GET IT Vocalion 04371/ KKCD-34
018 DAL 479-1 NINE OR TEN TIMES Vocalion 04371/ KKCD-34
019 DAL 480-1 TRY IT ONCE AGAIN Vocalion 04145
020 DAL 481 MY STEPPIN‘ GAL unissued
021 DAL 482-1 DEEP CONGRESS AVENUE Vocalion 04276/ KKCD-34 HMC
022 DAL 483 SHE’S MY RED HOT GAL unissued
023 DAL 484-1 SHE’S SO DIFFERENT Vocalion 04276/ KKCD-34
024 DAL 485-1 HOUSTON BLUES Vocalion 04201/ KKCD-34 HMC
11 May 1938 Dallas, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl/fiddle], Chuck Keeshan [gt], Ted Daffan [steel], Cliff Bruner [fiddle], Lester Voss/Pinkie Dawson [bass], Douglas Blaikie [piano], Anthony Scanlin [clarinet/sax])
025 DAL 486 YOU CAN MAKE ME HAPPY unissued
026 DAL 487 WHY ARE YOU BLUE? unissued
027 DAL 488-1 YOU‘VE GOT IT Vocalion 04145/ KKCD-34 HMC
028 DAL 489-1 YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN Vocalion 04451/ KKCD-34
029 DAL 490 ALONE unissued
030 DAL 491-1 BRING IT ON HOME TO GRANDMA Vocalion 04201/ KKCD-34
031 DAL 492 BLONDE HEADED MAMA BLUES unissued
5 December 1938 Dallas, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl/fiddle], Gus Plant[gt], Ernest Evans [steel], Leon Selph [fiddle], Chet Miller [bass], Ralph Smith [piano], Smoky Miller [clarinet/sax])
032 DAL 715-1 SHE JUST WIGGLED AROUND Vocalion 04600/ KKCD-34
033 DAL 716-1-2 I GOT THE BLUES unissued
034 DAL 717-1-2 I SEE THAT CERTAIN SOMETHING IN YOUR EYE unissued
035 DAL 718-1 SHE WOULDN’T Vocalion 04793/ KKCD-34
036 DAL 719-1 WHAT’S THE MATTER NOW? Vocalion 04879
037 DAL 720-1 DON’T YOU CARE? Vocalion 04670
038 DAL 721-1 WHY SHOULD I WORRY NOW Vocalion 05391
6 December 1938 Dallas, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl/fiddle], Gus Plant [gt], Ernest Evans [steel], Leon Selph [fiddle], Chet Miller [bass], Ralph Smith [piano], Smoky Miller [clarinet/sax])
039 DAL 729-1 WHAT SIZE DO YOU NEED Vocalion 04879
040 DAL 730 THOSE LOVING LIES unissued
041 DAL 731-1 SHE LOVES IT SO Vocalion 04728/ KKCD-34
042 DAL 732-1 NEW MEAN MAMA BLUES Vocalion 05256/ KKCD-34 HMC
043 DAL 733-1 I’LL TAKE YOU BACK AGAIN Vocalion 04728
044 DAL 734-1 I’M SO USED TO YOU Vocalion 04670/ KKCD-34
045 DAL 735-1 CAN’T NOBODY TRUCK LIKE ME –instr.- Vocalion 04793/ KKCD-34
046 DAL 736-1 ALLEY CAT STOMP –instr.- Vocalion 04600/ KKCD-34
12 June 1939 Saginaw, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl-1/fiddle], Chuck Keeshan [gt/vcl-3],Gus Plant [gt], Howard Oliver [banjo], Ted Daffan [steel/vcl-2], Leon Selph [fiddle], Chet Miller [bass], Ralph Smith [piano], George Ogg [clarinet/sax])
047 DAL 772-1 I’VE GOT THE BLUES NO.2 -1 Vocalion 05053/ KKCD-34 HMC
048 DAL 773-1-2-3 BIG HOUSE BLUES -1 unissued/ KKCD-34 H,C
049 DAL 774-1 I’M WONDERING NOW -1 Vocalion 05106
050 DAL 775-1 IT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE NOW -1 Vocalion 05106 Conqueror 9306
051 DAL 776-1 I WISH I’D NEVER LEARNED TO LOVE -1-3 Vocalion 04986
052 DAL 777-1 TIRED OF YOU -2 Vocalion 05391
053 DAL 778-1 LET’S DO IT HONEY -1 Vocalion 05053/ KKCD-34
054 DAL 779-1 MY TEXAS SWEETHEART -1-3 Vocalion 05322
055 DAL 780-3 TWO MORE YEARS (AND I'LL BE FREE) -3 Vocalion 04986
056 DAL 781-1 HANG YOUR PRETTY THINGS BY MY BED -1Vocalion 05202
057 DAL 782-1 MY LITTLE DREAM GIRL -1 Vocalion 05322
058 DAL 783-1 GOODBYE FOREVER -3 Vocalion 05256
059 DAL 784-1 I’LL KEEP THINKING OF YOU -1-3 Vocalion 05202
29 April 1940 Dallas, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alley Cats (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl/fiddle], Gus Plant [gt], Howard Oliver [banjo], Ernest Evans [steel], Leon Selph [fiddle], Chet Miller [bass], Ralph Smith [piano])
060 DAL 1088-1 I’M SMILING-JUST TO HIDE A BROKEN HEART Okeh 05667
061 DAL 1089-1 HOW CAN YOU TREAT ME THIS WAY Okeh 05738
062 DAL 1090-1 DON’T LEAVE ME WITH A BROKEN HEART Okeh 05667
063 DAL 1091-2 OH WHAT A FOOL I’VE BEEN Okeh 05930
064 DAL 1092-1 I JUST CAN’T FORGET THE PAST Okeh 05930
065 DAL 1093-2 IT WON’T BE LONG Okeh 05738/HMC
066 DAL 1094-2 IT DOESN’T MATTER NOW Okeh 05585
067 DAL 1095-1 IT TOOK MY BREATH AWAY Okeh 05585/ KKCD-34
9 October 1941 Dallas, TX – Shelly Lee Alley and His Alleycats (Harry Choates [steel] + more unknown musicians)
068 BS-071142-1 ANSWER TO MY PRECIOUS DARLING Bluebird B-8888
069 BS-071143-1 BEER JOINT BLUES B-8934/ KKCD-34 HMC
070 BS-071144-1 THE BIG HOUSE BLUES B-8934/ KKCD-34 H,C
071 BS-071145-1 WHY ARE YOU BLUE unissued
072 BS-071146-1 MY LOVE B-8888
073 BS-071147-1 SWEETHEART OF MINE unissued
1945 poss. Dallas, TX – Shelly Lee Alley (Shelly Lee Alley [vcl], Clyde Brewer [fiddle] + unknown musicians)
074 APP 13A SOLDIER'S RETURN Globe 112
075 LOW DOWN BLUES Globe 112/HMC
ca. March 1955 ACA Studio, 5522 Washington Ave., Houston, TX – Shelly Lee Alley an The Jet Staff Band
076 ACA 3193 SOME HOW Jet 1916
077 ACA 3194 COLD COLD WAYS 1916


ALBUMS
Krazy Kat [UK] KKCD-34 Alley Cat Stomp 1937-1941:
Save It For Me; Merrymakers Stomp; You've Got Me Worried Now; Train Whistle Blues; Woman, Woman, Woman; I'll Get It; Nine Or Ten Times; Deep Congress Avenue; She's So Different; Houston Blues; You've Got It; You Know What I Mean; Bring It On To Grandma; She Just Wiggled Around; She Wouldn't; She Loves It So; New Mean Mama Blues; I'm So Used To You Now; Can't Nobody Truck Like Me; Alley Cat Stomp; I've Got The Blues; Big House Blues; Let's Do It Honey; It Took My Breath Away; Beer Joint Blues; The Big House Blues – 21-02-06
BACM [UK] CD D  401 Shelly Lee Alley And His Alley Cats: Mean Mama Blues;  Sweetheart Of Mine;  Let Me Bring It To Your Door;  I'm Still In Love With You;  My Precious Darling;  Nine Or Ten Times;  What's The Matter Now;  Don't You Care;  Why Should I Worry Now;  What Size Do You Need;  I'll Take You Back Again;  Tired Of You;  My Texas Sweetheart;  Two More Years;  Hang Your Pretty Things By My Bed;  Goodbye My Little Dream Girl;  How Can You Treat Me This Way;  Don't Leave Me With A Broken Heart;  Oh What A Fool I've Been;  I Just Can't Forget The Past;  Answer To My Precious Darling;  My Love;  Soldier's Return;  Low Down Blues;  Somehow;  Cold Cold Ways;  Little Home Of Long Ago – 13
HMC ? Texas Western Blues: Train Whistle Blues;  Women, Women, Women;  Deep Congress Avenue;  Houston Blues;  You've Got It;  New Mean Mama Blues;  I've Got the Blues #2;  Big House Blues;  I Won't Be Long;  Beer Joint Blues;  The Big House Blues;  Low Down Blues – (private issue)
 


SINGLES

Vocalion
03891 My Precious Darling / You’ve Made A Dream Come True – 01-38
03939 You’ve Got Me Worried Now / Women, Women, Women – 02-38
03975 Let Me Bring It To Your Doors / I’m Still In Love With You – 03-38
04145 Try It Once Again / You‘ve Got It – 06-38
04201 Houston Blues / Bring It On Home To Grandma – 07-38
04276 Deep Congress Avenue / She’s So Different – 08-38
04371 Nine Or Ten Times / I’ll Get It – 10-38
04451 Train Whistle Blues /You Know What I Mean - 11-38
04600 She Just Wiggled Around / Alley Cat Stomp – 01-39
04670 Don’t You Care? / I’m So Used To You – 03-39
04728 She Loves It So / I’ll Take You Back Again – 04-39
04793 She Wouldn’t / Can’t Nobody Truck Like Me – 05-39
04879 What’s The Matter Now? / What Size Do You Need – 07-39
04986 I Wish I’d Never Learned To Love / Two More Years (And I’ll Be Free) - 08-39
05053 I’ve Got The Blues No.2 / Let’s Do It Honey – 09-39
05106 I’m Wondering Now / It Makes A Lot Of Difference Now - 10-39
05202 Hang Your Pretty Things By My Bed / I’ll Keep Thinking Of You – 11-39
05256 New Mean Mama Blues / Goodbye Forever – 12-39
05322 My Texas Sweetheart / My Little Dream Girl – 01-40
05391 Why Should I Worry Now / Tired Of You – 03-40
05585 It Doesn’t Matter Now / It Took My Breath Away – 06-40
OKeh
05667 I’m Smiling-Just To Hide A Broken Heart / Don’t Leave Me With A Broken Heart – 07-40
05738 How Can You Treat Me This Way / It Won’t Be Long – 08-40
05930 Oh What A Fool I’ve Been / I Just Can’t Forget The Past – 12-40
Conqueror
9306 It Makes A Lot Of Difference Now / [Light Crust Doughboys]
Bluebird
B-8888 Answer To My Precious Darling / My Love - 41
B-8934 Beer Joint Blues / The Big House Blues - ca 42
Globe (1945)
112 Soldier's Return / Low Down Blues - 45
Jet (1955)
1916 Some How / Cold Cold Ways – 09-55 (rev. Sept. 10)
 

Billy Vest

By Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Praguefrank
SESSIONS

16 April 1930 Atlanta, GA – Billy Vest (The Strolling Yodler) (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
001 W150239-2 SHE'LL NEVER FIND ANOTHER DADDY LIKE ME Colmbia 15669-D
002 W150240-2 I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW 15669-D
19 September 1930 Columbia Recording Studio, 1819 Broadway, New York City – Billy Vest (The Strolling Yodler) (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
003 W150287-2 YODELING HOBO 15602-D
004 W150288-3 A MESSAGE FROM HOME 15602-D
17 April 1931 New York City – Billy Vest (The Strolling Yodler) (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
005 W151521-2 BILLIE'S BLUE YODEL 15692-D
006 W151522-2 SHE DIED LIKE A ROSE 15692-D
007 W151523 THE CLUB HELD A MEETING unissued
008 W151524 LITTLE GIRL‘S PLEA unissued
009 W151525 A CROWN OF SOFT BROWN HAIR unissued
010 W151526 OH! SIR I WAS ONLY FLIRTING unissued
10 June 1931 Gennett Recording Studio, Starr Piano Company Building, Whitewater Gorge Park, Richmond, IN – Billy Vest (Billy Vest [vcl/gt], Kyle Roop [gt], Aubry Smith [fiddle])
011 17813 WEEPING WILLOW TREE Gennett unissued trial recording
11 April 1933 New York City – Billy Vest (Billy Vest [vcl/gt])
012 13224-1 THE BIG CITY JAIL Banner 32762 Melotone 12691 Perfect 12911 Oriole 8231 Romeo 5231 Conqueror 8235
013 13225 WHEN ITS HONEYSUCKLE TIME unissued
014 13226-1 THE LAST GOODBYE Conqueror CQ8236
015 13227 DARK EYES PLEA unissued
016 13228-2 FRANKIE AND JOHNNY NO.2 Banner 32762 Melotone 12691 Perfect 12911 Oriole 8231 Romeo 5231 Conqueror 8235
017 13229-1 THE TRAMP'S LAST RIDE Vocalion 5494 Conqueror 8236
26 August 1935 New York City – Bob Vest with Billy Vest (Billy West [vcl/gt], Bob West [duet vcl-1/gt])
018 18007-1 THERE'S ROOM IN MY ALBUM FOR YOUR PICTURE -1 Conqueror 8574 ARC labels 5-12-54
019 18008-1 DEAR OLD TEXAS Conqueror 8574 ARC labels 5-12-54
020 18009 COWBOY PRISONER unissued
021 18010 ELECTRIC CHAIR BLUES unissued

SINGLES
Columbia (1930)
15602-D Yodeling Hobo / A Message From Home - 30
15669-D She'll Never Find Another Daddy Like Me / I Loved You Better Than You Knew - 31
15692-D Billie's Blue Yodel / She Died Like A Rose - 31
ARC
Banner/Melotone/Pefect/Oriole/Romeo
32762/12691/12911/8231/5231 The Big City Jail / Frankie And Johnny No.2 - 33
5-12-54 There's Room In My Album For Your Picture / Dear Old Texas - 12-35
Conqueror
8235 The Big City Jail / Frankie And Johnny No.2
8236 The Tramp's Last Ride / The Last Goodbye
8574 There's Room In My Album For Your Picture / Dear Old Texas
Vocalion
5494 The Tramp's Last Ride / [Jack Harper]

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.