Discography

1955

  • Alonzo Scales - (Wing 90020 1955) My Baby Likes to Shuffle
  • Anna Belle Caesar - (Glad Hamp 2003 1955) Little Annie
    w Lionel Hampton Orchestra
  • Bee Arnold - (Goldband 1032 1955) Plant You Now Dig You Later
  • Big Boy Groves - (Spark 114 1955) I Got A New Car
  • Big Joe Turner - (Atlantic 1053 1955) Flip, Flop and Fly / Ti-Ri-Lee
  • Big Joe Turner - (Atlantic 1069 1955) Hide & Side / Midnight Cannonball
  • Big John Greer - (Groove 0119 1955) Come Back Maybelline
  • Big Maybelle - (OKeh 7060 1955) One Monkey Don't Stop No Show
  • Bill Haley & Comets - (Decca 29713 1956) Burn that Candle
  • Big Walter Price - (Peacock 1661 1955) Shirley Jean
    A favorite on jukeboxes in every juke joint; a huge local hit
  • Big Walter Price - (TNT 8006 1955) Six Weeks Of Misery
  • Billie Nelson w Five Wings - (Savoy 1183 1955) Pack Shack and Stack
  • Billy Brooks - (Duke 142 1955) Song of the Dreamer
  • Billy Ford - (Josie 775 1955) Stop Lyin' on Me
  • Billy Nightingale - (Atco 6053 1955) Price for Love
  • Billy the Kid Emerson - (Sun 219 1955) Red Hot
  • Bo Diddley - (Checker 814 1955) Bo Diddley
  • Bobo Jenkins - (Boxer 308 1955) Nothn' But Love
  • Bobby Tuggle - (Checker 823 1955) Too Late, Old Man
  • Boogaloo & Galiant Crew - (Crest 1014 1955) Big Fat Lie / Talk About A Party
  • Carl Perkins - (Sun 234 1955) Blue Suede Shoes
  • Chuck Berry - (Chess 1604 1955) Maybellene
  • Daddy Cleanhead - (Specialty 541 1955) Something's Going on in My Room
  • Danny Overbea - (Checker 816 1955) Hey Poncho
  • Dennis Binder - (United 194 1955) The Long Man
  • Doc Starkes & the Nite Riders - (Teen 116 1955) I Know You're In There
  • Earl Connelly King - (King 4889 1955) Big Blue Diamonds
  • Earl Connelly King - (King 4780 1955) Don't Take It So Hard
    Philadelphia artists who recorded in New York; with Teddy Charles (vibraphonist)
  • Earl Curry - (Post 2011 1955) Hobo
  • Eddie Boyd - (Chess 1595 1955) Real Good Feeling
  • Eddie Snow - (Sun UNISS 1955) Don't Dog Me Around
  • Eddie Snow - (Sun 226 1955) That Ain't Right
  • Ella Johnson - (Mercury 70580 1955) Alright Okay You Win
  • Elmore James - (Flair 1079 1955) Goodbye (Baby)
    recorded at J&M Studios, New Orleans - Earl Palmer; drums
  • Ernest Brooks - (Ekko 20001 1955) Talkin' Off the Wall
  • Elvis Presley - (Sun 223 1955) Mystery Train
  • Elvis Presley - (Sun 223 1955) I Forgot To Remember To Forget
    Just prior to contract being sold to RCA records
  • Etta James - (Modern 947 1955) Roll with Me Henry
    aka "Dance with Me Henry," "The Wallflower"; Covers and cleaned-up versions of The Royal's tune from 1954!!! Specifically issued for white audiences
  • Faron Young - (Capitol 3056 1955) Forgive Me, Dear / Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
  • Faron Young - (Capitol 4533 1955) Hello Walls / Congratulations
  • Gene & Billy - (Spark 120 1955) It's Hot
  • Gene Lee - (Music City 803A 1955) Gonna Blow Out the Lamp
  • Guitar Tommy Moore - (Ultrasonic 101 1955) Your Car Machine
  • JB Lenoir - (Parrot 809 1955) Mama Talk To Your Daughter
  • JB Lenoir - (Parrot 814 1955) What Have I Done
  • JB Lenoir - (Parrot 821 1955) I Lost My Baby
  • John Brim - (Chess 1588 1955) Go Away
  • John Lee Hooker - (Modern 948 1955) Half A Stranger / Shake Holler And Run
  • John Lee Hooker - (Modern 958 1955) Taxi Driver / You Deceive Me
  • John Lee Hooker - (Modern 966 1955) Hug And Squeeze Me / The Syndicator
  • John Lee Hooker - (Modern 978 1955) Lookin' For A Woman / I'm Ready
  • Johnny Guitar Watson - (RPM 436 1955) Those Lonely Lonely Nights
  • Johnny Wright - (RPM 443 1955) The World Is Yours
  • King Richard - (Apollo 1201 1955) Didn't We Fool Them
  • Larry Harrison - (Savoy 1171 1955) Move Baby Move
  • Lightin' Hopkins - (Herald 449 1955) They Wonder Who I Am
  • Lightin' Jr. w Empires - (Harlem 2334 1955) Somebody Changed the Lock
  • Lil Millet - (Specialty 565 1955) Rich Woman
  • Little Arthur Matthews - (Federal 12232 1955) I'm Gonna Whale On You
  • Little George Smith - (RPM 434 1955) Telephone Blues
  • Mc Burney - (Aladdin 3274 1955) Tired of Your Sexy Ways
  • Melvin Underwood - (RAM ???? 1955) Something's Wrong Baby / Little Melvin's Gonna Move
    RAM = Shreveport, La label
  • Mister Ruffin - (Spark 115 1955) Bring It On Back
  • Mr Bear - (Groove 0125 1955) How Come
  • Nappy Brown - (Savoy 1155 1955) Don't Be Angry
  • Pee Wee Crayton - (Imperial 5321 1955) You Know Yeah
  • Percy Welch - (Fran 144 1955) Back Door Man
  • Popeye Broussard - (Folk Star 1204 1955) Hole in the Wall
  • Ray Agee - (Spark 119 1955) Wobble Loo
  • Ray Charles - (Atlantic 1050 1955) I Got A Woman
  • Rollee McGill - (Mercury 70582 1955) You Left Me Here to Cry
  • Roger Williams - (Kapp 116 1955) Autumn Leaves
  • Rollee McGill - (Mercury 70582 1955) There Goes that Train
  • Rollee McGill - (Mercury 70652 1955) Rhythm Rockin' Blues
  • Roosevelt Sykes - (Imperial 5347 1955) Sweet Old Chicago
  • Roy Gaines - (Chart 606 1955) I'm Setting You Free
  • Rudy Green - (Excello 2074 1955) My Mumblin' Baby
  • Screamin' Jay Hawkins - (Mercury 70549 1955) This Is All
  • Smilin' Joe - (Imperial 5327 1955) Sleep-Walking Woman
  • Square Walton - (RCA Victor 20-5584 1955) Bad Hangover
  • Sticks McGhee - (King 4800 1955) Get Your Mind Out the Gutter
  • Tennessee Ernie Ford - (Capitol 14296 1955) Sixteen Tons
  • The Cadets - (Modern 960 1955) Fine Looking Baby
  • The Cadillacs - (Josie 785 1955) Speedo
  • The Charmers - (Timely 1011 1955) Battle Axe
  • The Debs - (Bruce 129 1955) Whadaya Want?
  • The Dukes - (Specialty 543 1955) Ooh Bop She Bop
  • The El Dorados - (Vee-Jay 147 1955) At My Front Door (Crazy Little Mama)
  • The Feathers - (Show Time 1106 1955) Crashing the Party
  • The Five Keys - (Capitol F3032 1955) Close Your Eyes
  • The Golden Tones - (Samson107 1955) Cryin' The Blues
  • The Larke Sisters - (Rama 60 1955) Gumbo Mambo
  • The Medallions - (Dootone 357 1955) Coupe DeVille Baby
  • The Platters - (Mercury 70753 1955) The Great Pretender
  • The Platters - (Federal 12244 1955) Only You (And You Alone)
  • The Robins - (Spark 116 1955) The Hatchet Man
  • The Sparks - (Hull 723 1955) Danny Boy
  • The Three of Us Trio - (???? 1955) Busybody Mama
    Washington DC area band 1952 to 1960
  • The Turbans - (Herald H-458 1955) When You Dance
  • The Cadillacs - (Josie 785 1955) Speedo
  • Tony & Barbara - (Dig 104 1955) Check Yourself
    Tony Allen and Barbara Jackson
  • Two Crows & the Diggers - (Dig this Record 779B 1955) Poison Ivy; Last Night
    This is Extended Play EP 45-rpm 7-inch record
  • Tye Tongue Hanley - (J-V-B 88 1955) You Got My Nose Wide Open
  • Wee Willie Wayne - (Imperial 5368 1955) Kinfolks
  • Willie Egans - (Mambo 111 1955) Come On
  • Willie Mabon - (Chess 1592 1955) C'mon Baby
  • Willie Mitchell - (Skipper 1001 1955) Wasting My Time
  • Willie Snow & the Diggers - (Dig This Record 779A 1955) You Upset Me Baby; Two Crows & the Diggers - Ko Ko Mo
    This is Extended Play EP 45-rpm 7-inch record
  • Wynonie Harris - (King 4789 1955) Mr Dollar
  • Wynonie Harris - (King 4814 1955) Get With The Grits
  • Wynonie Harris - (King 4852 1955) Bloodshot Eyes
  • Young Jessie - (Modern 961 1955) Don't Think I Will
  • Young Woolf (aka Gus Jenkins) - (Combo 88 1955) Worries And Troubles

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