mickey rat 22nd Jul 2019 | | 78 RPMSister Bonnie Bradford - He Stopped Me From Straying / Glorify His Name (1954) | Recorded December 1953, Los Angeles. Ruppli indicates accompaniment by Johnny Otis’s pianist Devonia Williams plus bass and drums [possibly Mario Delagarde and Rudy Pitts?] Label pix here.
He stopped me from straying; [by] Mary
Rubin. [Melody and chord symbols, with
words] © Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
lMar54; EP78629.
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mickey rat 19th Jul 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Four Internes - Holy Father / Stepped In The Water (1953) | Both sides recorded 2Mar53, Cincinnati
Holy Father; [by] Alonzo Eubanks. [Melody
and chord symbols, with words] © Jay &
Cee Music Corp., Cincinnati; 7Sep53;
EP74067.
Stepped in the water; [by] Harold White.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Jay & Cee Music Corp., Cincinnati;
19Nov53; EP76098.
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mickey rat 18th Jul 2019 | | 78 RPMChiemi Eri - Pretty-Eyed Baby / Gomenasi (1953) | This would have to be the oddest release on Federal. Dj copies indicate recorded in Japan.
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mickey rat 9th Jun 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Golden Eagles - Throw Out The Life Line / The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow (1953) | Recorded 29Nov 52, Mobile Alabama. Two unreleased tracks also recorded at this session: Everybody Ought To Love Their Soul (F1081) and Jesus Prayed (F1082).
The Lord will make a way somehow; [by]
Ralph Powe. [Melody and chord symbols;
with words] © Jay & Cee Music Corp.,
Cincinnati; 2Feb53; EP69064.
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mickey rat 9th Jun 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Four Internes - Newborn Again / Home Again (1952) | Both sides recorded June 1952.
Newborn again; [by] Alonzo Eubanks.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
20Oct52; EP66071.
Home again; [by] Alonzo Eubanks.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati; 160ct52:
EP66032.
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mickey rat 9th Jun 2019 | | 78 RPMThelma Bumpess And The Royalettes - God's Soldier / Precious Father (1952) | Recorded 30Nov51. Shirley Caesar possibly with this group? Two other tracks were recorded at this session but unissued: Feast On Milk And Honey (F202) and Need God Every Hour (F203).
God's soldier; [by] Thelma Bumpess.
[Melody and chord symbols; with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati,
26Jul52; EP64040.
Precious Father; [by] Thelma Bumpess.
[Melody and chord symbols; with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
26Jul52; EP64041.
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mickey rat 23rd May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Golden Eagles - Anywhere Anytime / My God Called Me This Morning (1952) | Both sides recorded October 1951.
Anywhere, anytime; [by] Larry Keith.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
21Jul52; EP63972.
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mickey rat 23rd May 2019 | | 78 RPMLittle Esther - Ramblin' Blues / Somebody New (1952) | Recorded 4Jan52 and 16Jan52, Los Angeles, with Johnny Otis band.
Ramblin' blues; [by] Ravon Darnell,
Johnny Otis [and] Mario DeLagarde.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Valjo Pub. Co., Cincinnati; 12Jul52;
EP63595.
Somebody new; [by] Johnny Otis [and]
Ravon Darnell. [Melody and chord symbols,
with words] © Armo Music Corp.,
Cincinnati; 12Jul52; EP63588.
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mickey rat 23rd May 2019 | | 78 RPMJohn Lee - Blind's Blues / Baby's Blues (1952) | Both sides rec. Jul51, Montgomery, Alabama. John Arthur Lee.
Blind's blues; [by] Charles Wernsing.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
12Jul52; EP63590.
Baby's blues; [by] Charles Wernsing.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
12Jul52; EP63589.
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mickey rat 23rd May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Royals - Moonrise / Fifth Street Blues (1952) | Recorded 10May52, Cincinnati. Charles Sutton lead vcl. on Moonrise with Alonzo Tucker additional vcl. {source Ruppli] and Hank Ballard making his first appearance with the group and singing lead on Fifth Street [source Marv Goldberg].
Moonrise; [by] Alonzo Tucker. [Melody
and chord symbols, with words] © Armo
Music Corp., Cincinnati; 12Jul52;
EP63592.
Fifth Street blues; [by] Alonzo Tucker,
Sonny Woods, Henry Booth, Charles
Sutton [and] Henry Ballard. [Melody and
chord symbols, with words] © Armo
Music Corp., Cincinnati; 12Jul52;
EP63591.
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mickey rat 14th May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Four Internes - In That Great Reunion / One Of These Mornings (1952) | Both sides recorded December 1951
In that great reunion; [by] Al Eubanks.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
27Jun52; EP63376.
One of these mornings; [by] Raymond
Davis. [Melody and chord symbols, with
words] © Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
23Jun52; EP63375.
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mickey rat 9th May 2019 | | 78 RPMJimmy Tyler - Take It Away / Little Jim (1952) | Both sides recorded 20Dec51, Los Angeles. Composer Jimmy Harris and future jazz great Thad Jones both played trumpet in the Tyler Orchestra.
Take it away; [by] Henry Glover, Al
Morgan [and] Jimmy Harris. [Melody
and chord symbols, with words] © Jay
& Cee Music Corp., Cincinnati; 4Jun52;
EP62908.
Little Jim; [by] Jimmy Tyler [and] Jimmy
Harris. [Melody and chord symbols]
© Jay & Cee Music Corp., Cincinnati;
4Jun52; EP62907.
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mickey rat 9th May 2019 | | 78 RPMPigmeat Peterson - Everybody Loves A Fat Man / Loud Mouth Lucy (1952) | Both sides recorded 28Apr52, NYC, with a small unit from the Lucky Millinder Orchestra. Artist also recorded as Eddie Mack. Dornix was another of Syd Nathan’s publishing imprints, maybe shared with Lucky Millinder?? Flip is a Chuck Willis song.
EV'RYBODY LOVES A FAT MAN; w & m Billy
Bowen, Henry Glover & Lucky Millinder
© Dornix Music, inc. 30Apr52 EU273l80
LOUD MOUTH LUCY; w & m Chuck Willis
© Rush Music Co. 30Apr52 EU273228
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mickey rat 9th May 2019 | | 78 RPMLil Greenwood - Monday Morning Blues / My Last Hour (1952) | Both sides recorded 28Apr52, Los Angeles with a small group including Joe Lutcher and Mario Delagarde. Little Willie Littlefield second vcl. on Monday Morning Blues, The Four Jacks vcl. backing on both sides.
Monday morning blues; [by] Ravon
Darnell [and] Mario DeLagarde. [Melody
and chord symbols; with words] © Armo
Music Corp., Cincinnati; 11Jun52;
EP63227.
My last hour; [by] Ravon Darnell [and]
Mario DeLagarde. [Melody and chord
symbols, with words] © Armo Music
Corp., Cincinnati; 23Jun52; EP63377.
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mickey rat 9th May 2019 | | 78 RPMHerb Kenny And The Comets - Only You / When The Lights Go On Again (All Over The World) (1952) | ONLY YOU CAN MEND MY BROKEN HEART;
w & m Bill Donahue w, m & © Freddie
Van 14Sep50 EU215112
ONLY YOU CAN MEND MY BROKEN HEART; w &
m Herb Kenny, Bernie Cummins &
Freddie Van © on changed w & m Ostrow
Music Pub. Corp. 19Mar52 EU269334.
Appl. states prev. reg. l4Sep50,
EU215412.
Ostrow Music Pub. Corp. (ASCAP), 1650 Broadway, NYC, in 1952, owned by Abe Ostrow (Abraham Morris Ostrowsky). Flip is the Marcus-Benjamin song from the early ‘40s.
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mickey rat 9th May 2019 | | 78 RPMBilly Hadnott - Ooh Chica / My Ideal (1952) | Both sides rec. 26Apr52, Los Angeles. Six piece band incl. Billy Hadnott bass and Ernie Freeman piano.
Ooh Chica; [by] Billy Hadnott [and] Ralph
Bass. [Melody and chord symbols]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
11Jun52; EP63228.
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mickey rat 9th May 2019 | | 78 RPMPreston Love - Strictly Cash / Like A Ship At Sea (1952) | Both sides rec. 22Jan52, Los Angeles with a small Johnny Otis group: Preston Love alto sax, Hampton Hawes piano, Billy Hadnott bass, Laird Bell drums and Otis vibes. Like A Ship At Sea has a Gene Phillips vcl. – song prev. recorded in 1938 by Jimmie Lunceford.
Strictly cash; [by] Johnny Otis [and]
Preston Love. [Melody and chord symbols]
© Valjo Pub. Co., Cincinnati;
27Jun52; EP63383.
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Dominoes - That's What You're Doing To Me / Love, Love, Love (1952) | Both sides rec. 14May51, NYC. Clyde McPhatter and Bill Brown lead vcls.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO ME; w & m
Rose Marks & William Ward © Armo
Music Corp. 26Jul51 EU245469
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE; w, m & © William
Ward 28May51 EU239646
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMRoy "Bald Head" Byrd - Rockin' With Fes / Gone So Long (1952) | Recorded 4Nov51, New Orleans. Walter Nelson guitar.
Rockin' with Fes; [by] Roy Byrd.
[Melody and chord symbols; with
words] © Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
6May52; EP62319.
Gone so long; [by] Roy Byrd.
[Melody and chord symbols; with
words] © Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
6May52: EP62320.
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMBaby Shirley - I'd Rather Serve Jesus / I Know Jesus Will Save (1952) | Recorded 30Nov51. Shirley Caesar.
I'd rather serve Jesus; [by] Thelma
Bumpess. [ Melody and chord symbols,
with words] © Armo Music Corp.,
Cincinnati; 20May52; EP62748.
I know Jesus will save; [by] Shirley
Caesar. [Melody and chord symbols;
with words] © Armo Music Corp.,
Cincinnati; 6May52; EP62318.
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Four Jacks [Federal] - Goodbye Baby / You Met A Fool (1952) | Recorded 19Mar52, Los Angeles, with small instrumental group incl. Dimple Harris piano and Mario Delagarde bass.
Goodbye baby; [by] Mario DeLagarde,
Ravon Darnell [and] Ralph Bass. [Melody
and chord symbols, with bass] © Armo
Music Corp., Cincinnati; 20May52;
EP62753.
You met a fool; [by] Mario DeLagarde,
Ravon Darnell [and] Ralph Bass.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
20May52; EP62752.
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMPete "Guitar" Lewis - Raggedy Blues / Harmonica Boogie (1952) | Both sides rec. 3Jan52, Los Angeles, with Johnny Otis band.
Raggedy blues; [by] Pete Lewis. [Melody
and chord symbols, with words] © Armo
Music Corp., Cincinnati; 20May52;
EP62750.
Harmonica boogie; [by] Pete Lewis.
[Melody and chord symbols] © Armo
Music Corp., Cincinnati; 20May52;
EP62749.
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Royals - I Know I Love You So / Starting From Tonight (1952) | Recorded 8Jan52, Cincinnati. Charles Sutton and Henry Booth lead vcls.
I know I love you so; [by] Alonzo Tucker.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Jay & Cee Music Corp., Cincinnati;
20May52; EP62737.
Starting from tonight; [by] Alonzo Tucker.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Jay & Cee Music Corp., Cincinnati;
20May52; EP62736.
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMLittle Esther - Aged And Mellow / Bring My Lovin' Back To Me (1952) | Tracks from two Los Angeles sessions, 4Jan52 and 16 Jan52, both with the Johnny Otis Orchestra.
Aged and mellow; [by] Johnny Otis [and]
Preston Love. [Melody and chord
symbols] © Valjo Pub. Co., Cincinnati;
20May52; EP62740.
Bring my lovin' back to me; [by] Johnny
Otis [and] Ravon Darnell. [Melody and
chord symbols, with words] © Armo
Music Corp., Cincinnati; 20May52;
EP62754.
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mickey rat 7th May 2019 | | 78 RPMCora Williams And The Four Jacks - I Ain't Coming Back Anymore / Sure Cure For The Blues (1952) | I ain't coming back anymore; [by] Mario
DeLagarde, Ravon Darnell [and] Ralph
Bass. [Melody and chord symbols, with
words] © Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
20May52; EP62751.
Shirley Haven and The Four Jacks
Sure cure for the blues; [by] Sam Pettus,
Ravon Darnell [and] Mario DeLagarde.
[Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
20May52; EP62747.
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mickey rat 5th May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Four Internes - Living In The Glory Land / In That Great Gettin' Up Mornin' (1952) | recorded Dec 1951
Living in the glory land; [by] Al Eubanks.
[ Melody and chord symbols, with words]
© Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
29Apr52; EP62175.
In that great gettin' up morning; [by]
Theodore Freeland. [Melody and chord
symbols, with words] © Armo Music
Corp., Cincinnati; 29Apr52; EP62174.
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mickey rat 5th May 2019 | | 78 RPMDorothy Ellis - Drill Daddy Drill / Must Go Out And Play (1952) | Rec. 16Jan52, Los Angeles, with the Johnny Otis band including Ben Webster. Devonia Williams, Pete Lewis etc.
Drill, daddy, drill; [by] Ravon Darnell
[and] Mario DeLagarde. [Melody and
words] © Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
29Apr52; EP62452.
Must go out and play; [by] Ravon Darnell
[and] Mario DeLagarde. [Melody and
words] © Armo Music Corp., Cincinnati;
29Apr52; EP62451.
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mickey rat 5th May 2019 | | 78 RPMPreston Love - September Song / Wango Blues (1952) | Rec. 22Jan52, Los Angeles, with a Johnny Otis small group. Fine jazz-blues with Preston Love alto sax and Hampton Hawes piano, Gene Phillips vcl on Wango. September Song is the Kurt Weill-Maxwell Anderson oldie.
Wango blues; [by] Johnny Otis, Preston
Love [and] Eugene Phillips. [Melody
and chord symbols, with words] © Valjo
Pub. Co., Cincinnati; 12Apr52; EP62377.
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mickey rat 5th May 2019 | | 78 RPMThe Dominoes - Have Mercy Baby / Deep Sea Blues (1952) | Rec. 28Jan52, Cincinnati. Clyde McPhatter lead vcl. both sides. I have to say here that the version of Deep Blue Sea that still knocks me out today is the Hank Ballard version from 1961. My mate Chas had it on UK Parlophone and we played it to death – the Ballard version is a driving rocker with gospel influences.
HAVE MERCY, BABY; w, m & © William
Ward 14Feb52 EU264719
Have mercy, baby! By Billy Ward. [For
voice and piano] 40c © Meridian
Music Corp., New York; 12Aug52;
EP64641. [sheet music]
DEEP SEA BLUES: w, m & © William Ward
14Feb52 EU264718
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mickey rat 5th May 2019 | | 78 RPMDorothy Ellis - Slowly Going Out Of My Mind / He's Gone (1952) | Both tracks recorded 16Jan52, Los Angeles, with Johnny Otis band, including Ben Webster tenor sax (one of several respected jazz musicians who passed through Otis’s ensembles in the 1940s and early ‘50s). Composer Mario Delagarde was Otis’ bassist at that time.
HE'S GONE; w & m Mario DeLagarde &
Ravon Darnell © Armo Music Corp.
20Feb52 EU265275
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