The Do-Ra-Me label

Murry Nash's Do-Ra-Me Records was based in Nashville, Tennessee. Nash was an influential but today mostly forgotten record producer during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. He worked for RCA-Victor and Mercury during the 1940s and almost became director of the Grand Ole Opry in the mid-1950s. However, Nash started to produce records for independent labels by 1955 and branched out on his own and established Ashna Music in the late 1950s. Ashna ("pig latin" for Nash) was the parent company to a couple of record labels operated by Nash during this time.

Billboard November 10, 1962, advertising of a Wayne Johnson record on Do-Ra-Me

Do-Ra-Me was launched in 1959. In early 1960, Nash bought Reavis Recording Studio in Nashville from Joe Reavis and established his "Recording of Nashville" studio there, which had been in the Cumberland Lodge Building from 1955 on. It can be assumed that a lot of the recordings on Do-Ra-Me were recorded at Sound of Nashville. Though, a couple of sessions were held at other facilities. Also, most of the songs were published by his Ashna Music. 

I was able to trace down single releases on Do-Ra-Me until ca. 1963. Around the same time, in 1964, Nash took a dayjob at the main post office in Nashville. He still ran his music operations up to 1970, then he retired from the music business.

You can listen to Charley Matthews' Do-Ra-Me single on Some Local Loser and to April Clarke's recordings also here.

Discography

Do-Ra-Me 1401

Jimmy Hurt and the Del Rios 

You Know, Darling (I’m In Love with You) (Collier-Richbourg) / Oh What a Feeling () 

F-790 / F-788

Do-Ra-Me 1402 

Wally Jeffery 

Oh Yeah (Miller-Jeffery) / Lonely, Lonely, Heart (Miller-Jeffery) 

F-792 / F-793 

Do-Ra-Me 1403
Chuck Howard
Out of Gas () / Let's Talk Things Over ()

Do-Ra-Me 1404 

Little Willie Brown & the Cameos 

Cut It Out (W. Brown) / Gonna Make It on Back () 

F-794 / ? 

Do-Ra-Me 1405 

Audrey Bryant 

Someone Like You (Robbins-Biggs-Biggs) / Let’s Trade a Little (Ralph Nelson) 

F-800 / F-801 

Do-Ra-Me 1406 

Herbie Smith 

Most Likely to Succeed (Smith) / Baby Moon () 

F-804 / F-805 

1959 (BB) 

Do-Ra-Me 1407 

The Marquees
Can It Be Wrong () / In the Halo of Your Love ()

Do-Ra-Me 1408 

Do-Ra-Me 1409 

Mary Lou Williams 

I’m Gettin‘ Married (H. Phillips) / Does My Heart Tell the Truth () 

F-818  / ?

Do-Ra-Me 1410 

Tom Moses 

Unruly Heart () / It’s a Lonely Road () 

Do-Ra-Me 1411 

Do-Ra-Me 1412 

The Dixielanders 

Uncle John’s Bongos (Blake-Culpepper-Evans) / Walk Easy (Blake) 

F-828 / F-829 

Do-Ra-Me 1413 

Lenny Davis 

Satan’s Got You (By the Hand) (Ray Whitt) / Sing Little Bluebird (Ray Whitt) 

RN-704 / RN-705 

Do-Ra-Me 1414 

The Imps 

Uh-Oh () / That’ll Get It () 

Do-Ra-Me 1415 

The Music Makers with the Marrob Singers
Something Else (McDearis) / Dreams of Teresa ()
F-835 / ?

Do-Ra-Me 1416 

Houston Turner and the Dixielanders 

Uncle John’s Bongos (Blake-Culpepper-Evans) / The Best Dressed Beggar (in Town) (Houston Turner) 

F-828 / F-860 

1962 (BB) 

Do-Ra-Me 1417 

Jimmie John
Frankfurter's Machine () / Fire in the House ()

Do-Ra-Me 1418 

April Clarke
Afraid to Answer (Biggs-Biggs-Robbins) / Lonelyville (Biggs-Biggs-Robbins)
F-872 / F-873

Do-Ra-Me 1419 

Pete Gusman
Listen (Jerry Butler) / Let's Talk Things Over (C. Howard)

Do-Ra-Me 1420 
The Dixielanders
The Trot (R. Blake) / I'll Watch Your Lights Grow Dimmer ()
F-853 / ?

Do-Ra-Me 1421 
Wayne Johnson
I Put My Ring Back on My Finger () / Admit It ()
1962 (BB)

Do-Ra-Me 1422 

Redd Stewart with the Pee Wee King Band 

Levi Lady (Blair-Barnes-Peppers-Stewart) / River Road Rock Twist (Pee Wee King-Redd Stewart) 

F-878 / F-879

1962 (BB) 

Do-Ra-Me 1423 

Jimmy Maynard
Lilly White Rose () / The River's Running Wild ()

Do-Ra-Me 1424 

Al Horn 

It’s Much Too Soon (Harley Frazier) / Where Does Love Go (Jan Crutchfield) 

C-122 / C-123 
1963 (BB)

Do-Ra-Me 1425

Jimmie John 

I’m Your Toy (Jimmie John) / They Don’t Really Know Me () 

Note: This was a special record cut for and distributed by Al Payne Motor Sales (Newark, Ohio). 

Do-Ra-Me 1426 

Johnny Stills
In My Time () / Battle at San Juan Hill (Jimmy Driftwood)
? / VN-704

Do-Ra-Me 1427 

Wayne Johnson 

Just You () / Just Thought You Ought to Know () 

Do-Ra-Me 1428 

Marty Martel
Half of Me () / Love Hangover ()

Do-Ra-Me 1429

April Clarke 

Afraid to Answer (Biggs-Biggs-Robbins) / Happy Birthday, Dear Jesus (Swan-Hager) 

F-872 / C-144 

Do-Ra-Me 1430
Bob Watts
I Don't Care (Biggs-Biggs-Robbins) / If I Die Tomorrow (From Loving You Too Much) ()
C-141 / ?
1963  
Do-Ra-Me 1431

Do-Ra-Me 1432
Bob Taylor
Samson and Delilah (L.W. Einbinder) / Let's Talk Things Over ()
C-142 / ? 
1963 (BB)

Do-Ra-Me 1433
The Moores
After It's Over (Ruby Moody) / The Soul of a Child (E. Judkins-M. Biggs)
C-152 / C-153

Do-Ra-Me 1434
Charley Matthews
I Wished Upon a Bluebird (C. Matthews) / Just Your Love (C. Matthews)
C-150 / C-151

Do-Ra-Me 1435
Al Horn
Crazy Moon () / Slowly Dying ()

Do-Ra-Me 1436
Jimmie John
Daddy, Where Did I Come From? () / The Soul of a Child ()

Do-Ra-Me 1437 

Houston Turner 

Buenos Noches (Biggs-Biggs-Robbins) / Candy Apple Red (H. Turner) 

BN-162-v / BN-163-v 

Do-Ra-Me 1438 

Ronnie Dale 

Bald Headed Lover (Jimmie John) / Don’t Wake Me Up () 

N-164 / ? 

Do-Ra-Me 1439
Webster Brothers
My Heart Won't Let Me Forget () / The Memory Waltz ()
1963 (BB)

Do-Ra-Me 1440 

Houston “Buck“ Turner 

If I’d Died Before I Met You () / I Was Loving You More ()

Do-Ra-Me 1441
The Cumberland Mountain Boys / Vocal by Jimmy Maynard
Election Day ()
The Cumberland Mountain Boys
Cumberland Breakdown ()

Do-Ra-Me 5023
Sierra Sue
Christmas Snowman (Meredith-Liberty) / Alone, Deserted, Forgotten ()
F-847 / ? 

Do-Ra-Me 5024

Do-Ra-Me 5025

Do-Ra-Me 5026 

Dewell Everette and the Dual-Tones 

One More Kiss (D. Everette) / I Left Her Crying (D. Everette) 

F-855 / F-856 

Do-Ra-Me 5027 

Cliffie Nash 

I’ll Never Know (C. Nash) / No Time for Sisters (John Meredith) 

F-55 / F-57 

Do-Ra-Me 5027
Sierra Sue
Whole Heart and Soul (Sierra Sue - J. Meredith) / Love Words ()
F-872 / ?

Do-Ra-Me 5028 

Cliffie Nash 

Jennie Lou (C. Nash) / I Love You Darling (C. Nash) 

F-56 / F-58 

Do-Ra-Me 5035
Charlie Gore
Slow and Noiseless Footsteps (Wesley Young) / The Same Old Story (Jimmie John)
N-183 / N-184

Do-Ra-Me 5037
Johnny Stills
Here's a Toast to You () / My Home Away from Home ()

Do-Ra-Me 5040
Bob Flowers and the Star Dusters
To Keep You Satisfied (Doc Gaines) / It Was Sweet While It Lasted ()
N-207 / ?
"Recorded in Nashville"

Do-Ra-Me 5040 

Jimmie John 

I Like It That Way (Jimmie John) / You Just Don’t Care () 

C-109 / ? 

Do-Ra-Me 5043 

Gene Boden 

This Kind of Hurt (Dan Carter) / But Maybe Tomorrow () 

GB-94-1 / ? 

Do-Ra-Me 5045
Bob Flower and the Star Dusters
I'll Celebrate This New Years (with the Blues) (Bill Baker) / Always Loving You (Virginia Windhan)
F-247 / F-249

 

Do-Ra-Me 5050

Bob Flower and the Star Dusters

Three Months Ago Today (Wm. Howard Baker) / It's Over Now ()

FN-248-1 / 

"Recorded in Nashville"

Do-Ra-Me 5402
The Moores
My Heart Won't Let Me Forget / Another's Heaven
C-135 / ?

Do-Ra-Me DJ-2

Wayne Johnson - I Put Your Ring Back on My Finger () / Wayne Johnson - Admit It () / Wayne Johnson - Just You ()

ZTBV-83113-1A / T1 (Columbia)

Wayne Johnson - Just Thought You Ought to Know () / Redd Stewart - River Road () / Redd Stewart - Levi Lady ()
ZTBV-83114-1C / T1 (Columbia)
1962

Information concerning Murray Nash mostly taken from: "ROCK 'N' ROLL PIONEER" by Bo Berglind 

Other sources: RCS, Billboard, own collection
Thanks to Rocky Lane, Anonymous, Derik, jimbomacaroni, Steve Hathaway

Alden 'Shorty' Holloway RIP

Country and Rock'n'Roll musician Alden "Shorty" Holloway passed away on January 1, 2013 at the age of 87. He was a native of Moko, Arkansas, where he was born in 1925. He performed professionally for a long time and appeared with such stars as Porter Waggoner, Little Jimmy Dickens, and many others. He is best remembered by Rock'n'Roll collectors for such songs as "Blast Off," which he recorded for Dixie in 1958.

Read more at hillbilly-music.com.

Hap Records

Hap was a label based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. To be honest, I have not much information on the company except that it was owned by Herbert "Happy" Schleif, who was said to "[...] always had a delightful grin on his face," thus the label's name. It was a subsidiary of Schleif's Mountain City recording studio, located in "Suite 3, Dome Building" in Chattanooga. The Dome was built in 1892 for the Chattanooga Times and it seems that it later housed also offices by other businesses.

Billboard mentions Hap Records in December 1960 as being a "record manufacturer". In addition to running a studio and the label, Schleif also oparated his Mountain City Publishing Company. The first singles appear to have been released in the spring of 1960 and there were at least 60 discs with Hap 1018 showing the location as Daisy, Tennessee (if the numerical system has no gaps or skips). Most of them were by local artists such as the Dixieland Drifters, a group that included at one time or another Howell Culpepper, Norman Blake, Peanuts Faircloth, Buck Turner among others. Blake was good friends with Schleif, so possibly through this connection, the band had the chance to record for Hap. Their first release on the label was Hap #1005 "You Won't Fall in Love" b/w "Will Angels in Sweethearts." The first song was written by Fletcher Bright, who recalls:

"I don't recall anything about the label. It was an old 45 single. I think Norman Blake was on the dobro, Peanut Faircloth was singing. My late wife Marshall wrote the words, borrowing heavily from a Jimmy Van Heusen tune (It Could Happen to You), and I supplied the melody. I was playing with the Dixie Land Drifters at the time (Norman, Cecil Powell, and Howell Culpepper)."

It is not known where these song were laid down on tape, possibly at the Mountain City studio. However, for their next release, the Dixieland Drifters visited Murray Nash's Recording of Nashville studio in Nashville, Tennessee, where they recorded "Bongos and Uncle John" and "How Big a Fool," first released on Hap #1009 in 1961. "Bongos and Uncle John" was re-released on 20th Century Fox as well as twice on Murray Nash's Do-Ra-Me label.

Billboard May 16, 1960

For further reading on the Dixieland Drifters, see American Music Magazine issue #130 (09/2012).

Discography

7998-5/7999-6: Gloria Ramsey and Sound Dealers Orchestra - Good Poppin' Daddy / My Love (1960)
1000:
1001:
1002:
1003: Kirk Hanserd - Johnny Collins / Two Won't Care (1960)
1004: Gene Woods - Afraid / The Ballad of Wild River (1960)
1005: Dixieland Drifters - You Won't Fall in Love / Will Angels Have Sweethearts (1960)
1006: Alan Marlo - Sleepy Time Girl / ? (1960)
1007:
1008: James Padgett - Gonna Rock the Ocean Waves / ? (1960)
1009: Dixieland Drifters - Bongos and Uncle John / How Big a Fool (1961)
1010:
1011:
1012:
1013:
1014:
1015: Sand Mountain Playboys - Wild Bill / ? (1961)
1016: Chuck Cain - Blue are the Tears I Cry / ? (1961)
1017: Arlie & Charlie - Johnny Reb Get Your Gun / ? (1961)
1018: Earl Scott - Opal Lee / ?
1019:
1020:
1021: Warrior River Boys - My Love Song for You / Five String Ramble
1022:
1023:
1024: Yellow Jackets - There's No Telling / ? (1962)
1025: Jim Taylor and the Yellow Jackets - Zemo / ?
1026-1059:
1060: Viola Schleif & Cathy Chapman - The Voice of the Americans / ?

The Dome Building in Chattanooga, Tennessee, home of Hap Records.

Sources: RCS, Billboard
Special thanks to DrunkenHob, Bob, C. Brown, Lon Eldridge, Fletcher Bright

Blues & R'N'B Obscure and Forgotten (But Still OK!)

In my opinion, this blog just hasn't enough blues and r'n'b on it. Now this is gonna change. I ain't that much into black music history but I know this is really great music. I have a lot of R&B recordings and I'm working on a comp featuring black music. However, I proudly present you bobsluckycat disc #2 with real great and unknown blues and rhythm and blues recordings on it. Let's read what he has to say about the artists (also included in the download folder):

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Overlooked and unheard for the most part or had problems which kept them from being played on the radio, these recordings have had a way of finding an audience for the most part over the years by true believers in American Black Music by whatever name you call it. Obscure? Yes. Great recordings? Yes, every single one.

Oscar McLollie and the Honey Jumpers first release for Modern Records in late 1952 was a total rip-off of the Joe Liggins hit from 1945, "The Honey Dripper". This is the original 45 rpm recording. McLollie had a "Jump" band similar to the more famous "Johnny Otis Show" and had several well known recordings through the 50's in the R-n-B field, mostly aimed at Blacks, several of which were hits.

Big John Greer was known more as a tenor saxophone player before and after he recorded the bluesy ballad "Got You on My Mind" in late 1951 which was a huge R-n-B hit in early 1952. Greer had several releases on RCA Victor and RCA Groove into 1955, but none came close to this one. It set the tone of many R-n-B ballads to follow throughout the '50 and early '60's. Jerry Lee Lewis's early 60's cover version on Smash Records is most impressive as well.

Big Duke Henderson is a minor foot-note in R-n-B music. His recording, while funny, took statistics from the best-selling book of the day, "Sexual Behavior in the Human Female" by Dr. Alfred Kinsey which was a runaway best seller in 1953 and turned it into a riotous song which was doomed from day one to get no air-play. Jukebox plays were another thing entirely. Henderson was a post-war blues and jazz singer with many west coast "Jump" bands out of L.A. on many record labels. After this next to last recording, Henderson became a gospel D.J. personality and minister and formed a couple of Gospel Music record labels. Go figure.

Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends last release on Capitol Records in 1954 was the flip side of one of her better known fun recordings of "Last Call for Alcohol". "Goin' to Chicago" was a pretty straight forward R-n-B number and had been a standard first recorded by Count Basie and His Orch. with Jimmy Rushing on vocal. Julia Lee had been around since the 20's and was a gifted piano player, singer and comedienne much in the vein of Pearl Bailey, but at times much raunchier as well, on records and in person especially. She died in 1958, but her recordings have since been discovered by later generations who have taken to her music.

Little Walter and the Jukes had several hits on Checker Records from 1952 forward and this cut is the "B" side of his early 1956 recording of "Who" which went to #7 on the R-n-B charts. This up-tempo recording shows the "white rockabilly" influence of Scotty Moore on the guitarist, Robert Lockwood Jr. at the time. Not heard much at the time, this is the song covered by many later on, including Eric Clapton.

Lightnin' Hopkins over the years recorded for many, many labels. This 1955 Chart 45 RPM was his only one for this label. This recording is about as Black as it gets and it's in well-engineered high fidelity. Neither side got much, if any, air play at the time, but I consider it one of his best ever.

Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller) came out of the South in the early 50's after a well known career there. His contract with Checker Records in the mid-50's allowed him to record an assortment of blues and r-n-b which found welcomed air-play on radio. This song "The Key" and one or two others was deemed a little too "adult" for air-play. Miller died in 1965 after several successful tours in Europe.

Dirty Tampa Red's recording of "Dirty Mother Fuyer" was for years thought to be an underground party record and more talked about than heard. It had a legitimate? release on Aladdin Records in 1947 and may have been killed due to the fact Tampa Red was a long time exclusive artist on RCA Victor and RCA Bluebird. The facts are cloudy to say the least. Bob Hite of Canned Heat rediscovered this record in the vaults while putting together a series of Blues Roots albums released on Imperial Records in 1969.

Wilbert Harrison, three years before he had the classic hit "Kansas City", in a “what was he thinking moment” cut this song for DeLuxe Records. The "A" side was entitled "Gin and Cocoanut Milk" and was a fun sort of blues record. This "B" was about inter-racial marriage and the problems going along with it. Not a candidate for air play on radio obviously, and in 1956 was not a widely done thing in the first place and was illegal to do, openly or otherwise, in some states back then.

Roy Brown from 1947 when he signed with DeLuxe Records, he was a very successful R-n-B and Blues shouter who sold a lot of records into the mid-50's, including the Original "Good Rockin' Tonight". King Records bought out the DeLuxe company primarily to secure his contract. With the coming of rock-n-roll, Brown signed a recording contract with Imperial Records. Imperial pushed his first two first two records pretty good to no avail. He was considered "old school" by then and couldn't catch on with the D.J.'s and got no air play except on Black R-n-B stations. "Saturday Night" was as good a jump record, very much in the Little Richard, Larry Williams, Fats Domino vein, being made at the time and also while at the time went nowhere, was covered in the 80's by Bill Wyman and an All-Star Group on an album entitled "Willie & The Poor Boys".

Elmore James, a legendary and influential Blues singer, guitarist, inventor of his dual pick-up slide guitar had many single records throughout the 50's. This recording on Chief Records in 1957 is a somewhat ragged cover version of the Tampa Red's RCA Victor recording from 1950. He re-recorded this song again later for Enjoy Records which is a better known version. Otis Rush recorded this song for Chess Records in 1960, after a stint on Cobra Records, and it's considered to be one of his best recordings. Otis has gone on to become one of the most well known and respected and successful Blues singers of all time, and deservedly so.

Snooks Eaglin not widely known outside of New Orleans, was a blind blues man who was widely beloved as an entertainer in the New Orleans area and Sweden and Europe as well. His reworking of Wee Willie Wayne's "Travelin' Mood" helped move R-n-B into a more modern era.

Smokey Smothers recorded several songs for Federal Records (King) starting in 1960 with Freddie King on lead guitar. This is probably the best known song. His LP "Smokey Smothers Sings the Back Porch Blues" didn't sell well and was a highly sought after "collectible". When King Records was sold to Starday Records in 1969 many copies of the LP were still in the warehouse and dumped in the cut-out bins of the Woolworth/Woolco company along with many other King, Audio Lab, and related King label LP's.

Willie Mabon was a very successful blues singer who's 1952 hit record "I Don't Know" topped the R-n-B charts and had several cover versions by a wide variety of people in a wide variety of styles. He had a humorous quality to his style which endeared him to his fans. This recording was a double entendre loaded little novelty which got no air play and sold only moderately well, but still was fun.

Jolly George put out this double entendre filled song in 1963 and I've only seen the advanced D.J. copy. It never made it to air play I'm sure. Was it released? I have no record of it. Ray Charles put out an album in early 1966 entitled "Crying Time" which featured that hit and a couple more besides. This song at 6:19 was too long for much air play, but it is one of Ray's best and most over-looked recordings of the Charles Brown classic.

Albert Collins, a Texas bluesman, had three albums out on Imperial Records circa 1969-70 with a lot of unique guitar instrumentals and blues vocals but this song was the underground favorite from the second LP that everybody listened to and laughed at. No air-play for this song, obviously.

Mississippi Fred McDowell was discovered in the late 60's by Chris Strachwitz in rural Mississippi. This Capitol recording from November 1969 is probably the best song he ever recorded in his very unique style.

West Virginia Slim (probably Lucious Johnson) is relatively unknown. This song from a late 60's Kent LP featured Slim with a mixed race combo blowing out some hard edged blues. This song about underage romance is a hoot, although by today's standards, very politically incorrect.

B.B. King recorded this song, "Blue Shadows" in June 1971 in London, England, with a host of guest players for the album "B.B. King In London". He had recorded this previously on Kent Records. It is a blues standard. This is the best version ever recorded by anybody.

Bull Moose Jackson was most famous for the risque "Big Ten Inch Record" but was a hit maker in the 40's and 50's in the R-n-B charts, equally at home doing ballads, jump and up-tempo R-n-B or covers of Country singers who also happened to record for King Records. This recording was made around 1985 with a group out of Pittsburgh called "The Flashcats", and it's based on a joke that in turn was based on the 1950's beer commercials for Carlings Black Label Beer out of Cleveland Ohio. "Hey Mabel, Black Label!" was the call. Unless you lived in the Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Northern West Virginia axis it all would have went over your head. It was a last hurrah, and a local hit for the Bull Moose. It's funny and it catches the twinkle in his eye and his voice.

Jimmy Reed recorded this in 1963. I can't make up my mind if he just played the 12 string guitar and dubbed in an earlier version with the voice track stripped out or whether it's a completely new recording. It is a good cut to end this CD on. "St Louis Blues" written by W.C Handy is an American classic as was Jimmy Reed.

It's Me Baby!

Part three of my unofficial "Malcolm Yelvington November." After the two discography parts, I would like to follow up with a nice little film made by Devin Miller about Yelvington. This was done in 1997 when Yelvington was releasing his first album. It's very informative and interesting.

Malcolm Yelvington discography II

Malcolm Yelvington Discography, Part II: Session Discography

In many ways, the following session discograhy is redundant to the first part of the Malcolm Yelvington discography. However, it contains more detailed info on the recording sessions, including originally unreleased recordings and also recordings which were recorded by Yelvington as a backup musician or as part of a group. Additions and corrections are appreciated.

Malcolm Yelvington and the Star Rhythm Boys, from left to right: Miles Winn, Gordon Mashburn, Malcolm Yelvington, Jake Riles, unknown, early 1950s.

Recorded October 10, 1954, at Sun Studio (706 Union Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Gordon Mashburn (ld gtr), Miles Winn (st gtr), Reece (or Lavern) Fleming (pno/vcl), Jake Riles (bs)

"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Sticks McGee; J. Williams) - Sun 211
"Just Rolling Along" (Reece Fleming) - Sun 211

Recorded January 12, 1955, at Sun Studio (706 Union Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Gordon Mashburn (ld gtr), Miles Winn (st gtr), prob. Reece Fleming (pno), Jake Riles (bs)

"Yakety Yak" [version 1] (Reece Fleming; Gordon Mashburn) - Sun unissued
"Yakety Yak" [version 2] (Reece Fleming; Gordon Mashburn) - Sun unissued
"Blues in the Bottom of My Shoes (I've Got the Blues" [version 1] (Reece Fleming) - Sun unissued
"Blues in the Bottom of My Shoes (I've Got the Blues" [version 2] (Reece Fleming) - Sun unissued

Recorded 1955 at Meteor Studio (1794 Chelsea Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Miles Winn (st gtr), Frank Tolley (pno), Jake Riles (bs/vcl)

"A Gal Named Joe" (Reece Fleming) - Meteor 5022
"Yakety Yak" (Reece Fleming; Gordon Mashburn) - Meteor 5022

Recorded 1956 in Covington, Tennessee
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl) with unknown musicians

"It's Me Baby" [demo] (Reece Fleming) - unissued
"Rockin' with My Baby" [demo] (Malcolm Yelvington) - unissued

Recorded February 2, 1956, at Sun Studio (706 Union Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Gordon Mashburn (ld gtr), Frank Tolley (pno), Jake Riles (bs),  Billy Weirs (dms)

"It's Me Baby" (Reece Fleming) - Sun 246
"It's Me Baby" [alternate take] (Reece Fleming) - Sun unissued
"Rockin' with My Baby" (Malcolm Yelvington) - Sun 246
"Rockin' with My Baby" [alternate take 1] (Malcolm Yelvington) - Sun unissued
"Rockin' with My Baby" [alternate take 2] (Malcolm Yelvington) - Sun unissued
"Gonna Have Myself a Ball" (Reece Fleming) - Sun unissued

Recorded July 22, 1957, and October 5, 1957, at Sun Studio (706 Union Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Roland Janes (ld gtr), unk (pno/bs), Jimmy Van Eaton (dms)

"First and Last Love" [version 1] (unknown) - Sun unissued
"First and Last Love" [version 2] (unknown) - Sun unissued
"It's My Trumpet (And I'm Gonna Blow It)" [version 1] (Louie Moore) - Sun unissued
"It's My Trumpet (And I'm Gonna Blow It)" [version 2] (Louie Moore) - Sun unissued
"It's My Trumpet (And I'm Gonna Blow It)" [version 3] (Louie Moore) - Sun unissued
"Mr. Blues" [version 1] (Louie Moore) - Sun unissued
"Mr. Blues" [version 2] (Louie Moore) - Sun unissued
"Did I Ask You to Stay" [version 1] (unknown) - Sun unissued
"Did I Ask You to Stay" [version 2] (unknown) - Sun unissued
"Goodbye Marie" [version 1] (Reece Fleming) - Sun unissued
"Goodbye Marie" [version 2] (Reece Fleming) - Sun unissued

Recorded ca.1957/1958 at Sun Studio (706 Union Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr)

"Ocean (Goin' to the Sea)" (unknown) - Sun unissued
"Let the Moon Say Goodbye" (unknown) - Sun unissued

Recorded 1971 at Chelsea Studio (Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl) with unknown musicians

"Disappointed" (Malcolm Yelvington) - unissued

Recorded 1974 at Glo-Lite Studio (Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Bubba Feathers (ld gtr), Red Hadley (pno/vcl), Charlie Feathers (bs)², Marcus Van Story (bs/h³), Leslie Van Story (dms)

"Goodbye Marie" (Reece Fleming) - Shelby County EP 001
"Way Down Blues" ² ³ (Reece Fleming) - Shelby County EP 001
"Rockin' with Red" (William Lee Perryman; Red Hadley) - Shelby County EP 001

Recorded 1974 at Quinton Claunch Studios (Memphis, Tennessee) and May 15, 1976 at Globe Studios (Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Marcus Van Story (vcl), Bubba Feathers (ld gtr), Charlie Feathers (bs), 'Choctaw' (bs), 'Memphis Cat' (dms)

"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee" (Sticks McGhee; J. Williams) - Barrelhouse LP BH011
"Shim Sham Shimmy" () - Barrelhouse LP BH011
"Shot Gun Boogie" (Tennessee Ernie Ford) - Barrelhouse LP BH011

Recorded 1980 at Sam Phillips Recording Service (639 Madison Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl) with unknown musicians

"Goin' Downtown" (Reece Fleming) - LP RB1001

Recorded 1988 live in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Eddie Jones (ld gtr), Dave Travis (gtr), Terry Keating (st gtr), Alan Wilson (bs), Howard Tible (dms), Teddy Redell (pno/vcl)

"Move It On Over" (Hank Williams) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"(Gonna) Have Myself a Ball" (Malcolm Yelvington; Reece Fleming) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Goodbye Marie" (Reece Fleming) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Disapointed" (Malcolm Yelvington) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Trumpet" (Louie Moore) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Hey, Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Tennessee Saturday Night" (Billy Hughes) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Stick McGhee; J. Williams) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Mr. Blues" (Malcolm Yelvington) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"A Gal Named Joe" (Reece Fleming) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Yakety Yak" (Gordon Mashburn; Reece Fleming) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"It's Me, Baby" (Reece Fleming) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"With Me Baby" (Malcolm Yelvington) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Sticks McGhee; J. Williams) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"Yakety Yak" (Gordon Mashburn; Reece Fleming) - Collector CD CLCD 4403
"I'll Fly Away" (Trad.; arr. Malcolm Yelvington; Tedy Redell) - Collector CD CLCD 4403

Recorded 1993 at unknown recording place

Malcolm Yelvington (vcl) with the Carpenter Crew

"I'm Thankful For" () - cassette label no.#

Recorded February 1992 at Sun Studio (706 Union Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)

Carl Perkins (vcl/gtr), Scotty Moore (ld gtr), Malcolm Yelvington (bs), Stan Perkins, Greg Perkins, D.J. Fontana, Paul Burlison, James Lott, Donnie Baer, Johnny Black, Willie Rainsford, Joe Schenk , Marcus Van Story

unknown tracks - Belle Meade CD BMCD-192

Note: Yelvington played bass on several track recorded on this session but it is not clear on which he participates. Also, it is not clear which musicians of the above mentioned perform which instruments.

Recorded July 30, 1995, in Memphis, Tennessee
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl/gtr), Mack Stevens (vcl/gtr/bs), Fuzzy Whitener (gtr)

"Gal Named Joe" (Reece Fleming) - Freedonia EP-102

"There's a Little Life Left in This Old Boy Yet" (Mack Stevens) - Freedonia EP-102

"Goodbye Marie" (Reece Fleming) - Freedonia EP-102

Recorded 1991-1997 at Sun Studio (706 Union Avenue - Memphis, Tennessee)
Malcolm Yelvington (vcl), unk (ld gtr/pno/bs/dms)

"Yakety Yak" (Gordon Mashburn; Reece Fleming) - 706 CD 70397
"It's Me Baby" (Reece Fleming) - 706 CD 70397
"You're the One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)" () - 706 CD 70397
"Fast Living" () - 706 CD 70397
"Disappointed" (Malcolm Yelvington) - 706 CD 70397
"Rocking With My Baby" (Malcolm Yelvington) - 706 CD 70397
"Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy" (Harry Stone; Jack Stapp) - 706 CD 70397
"Make Yourself At Home In My Heart" () - 706 CD 70397
"Love Me Tender" () - 706 CD 70397
"Hillbilly Rocking Man" () - 706 CD 70397
"There's a Little Life Left in This Old Boy Yet" (Mack Stevens) - 706 CD 70397
"My Happitiness" () - 706 CD 70397
"Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette)" (Merle Travis; Tex Williams) - 706 CD 70397
"Little Girl of Four" () - 706 CD 70397
"Walk Talk Sing" () - 706 CD 70397
"I'm Thankful" () - 706 CD 70397