SHO-ME RECORDS 1158

SHEPPARD SINGERS

Jun 66

45-1158-A - I'll Meet You By The River

(Brumley)   (Affiliated Music)

45-1158-A - Someone to Care

(J. Davis)   (Jimmie Davis Music)

45-1158-B - I Need No Mansion

(-)   (-)

45-1158-B - How Great Thou Art

(-)   (-)

SHO-ME RECORDS 1158

802 North Pine, Potosi, MO

Source: Jay Stern

DIXIE RECORDS 1147

DON WAYNICK and the Green Bullets

Mar 66

1147-A – There She Goes

(Miller/Stevenson/Haddock)   (4-Star BMI)

1147-B – Telephone Boogie

(R Nelson)   (Tronic BMI)

DIXIE RECORDS 1147

260 Rayburn, Sunset Hill, MO

Source: Phillip J Tricker

HART RECORDS 966

KEN CAPEHART and JANET SMITH

Mar 62

45-966-A - I’ll Wait A Lifetime

(L. Blanchard / K. Capehart)   (Starday Music)

45-966-B - Sitting Here Thinking

(K. Capehart)   (Starday Music)

HART RECORDS 966

St Clair, MO

Source: Lars Lungren

STARDUST RECORDS 805

CHANDOS McRILL and The Excellons

Sept 59

45-805-A - Poor Me   (Starday Music)

(McRill / La Homme)

45-805-B - The Toddle   (Starday Music)

(McRill / La Homme)

STARDUST RECORDS 805

1206 West Joseph St, Perryville, MO

(Label address not on first pressing.)

OZARK RECORDS 766

CECIL BRANDENBURG and his Little Dixie Boys
Mar 59
45-766A - Teardrops In My Eyes    (Golden State Songs)
(C Brandenburg)
45-766B - The Kind Of Loneliness I'm In     (Golden State Songs)
(C Brandenburg)
OZARK RECORDS 766
717 South Union St, Mexico, MO

Both sides are quite nice country. B side is slightly better.

Source: Jay Stern

STARDUST RECORDS 671

LEE VOORHIES and his Ozark Country Boys

Oct 57   (BMI Clearance on 13th January 1958.)

45-671-A - Load Up My Blues

(Voorhies)   (Starrite BMI)

45-671-B - Hand In Hand

(Voorhies)   (Starrite BMI)

STARDUST RECORDS 671

Box 8044, Kansas City, MO

Born Dwain Lee Voorhies on 19th April 1926 and was from Greentop, MO. He enlisted into the Navy during WWII and once he left the service, relocated to Kansas City, where he found work as a truck driver. Singing locally whilst earning his living as a driver made Dwain (Now Lee Voorhies) decide to make a record. How he appears on the Stardust Label imprint is a bit of a puzzle. According the the excellent interview with Chandos McRill’s wife by Shaun Hughes, she could not recall Chandos ever mentioning or indeed meeting Lee and there’s a possibility that Don Pierce used the same label name and design for the release simply because of the similar location.

Anyhow, this artist also recorded as Lee Finn on Westport Records the following year and then drifted off of the music scene whilst operating a successful haulage company. When contacted by Ronnie Weiser or Rollin’ Rock Records, he allowed him to release some unissued Westport Recordings on an EP but seemed to have had no inclination in resuming a singing career. He passed away on 2nd May 1999.

Source: Phil Tricker

STARDAY RECORDS 650

CLARENCE BAKER

Jul 57   (BMI Clearance on 27th September 1957.)

650-? - Hear My Plea

(No info)   (No info)

650-? - Soon I’ll Hear My Savior Calling

(No info)   (No info)

STAR-KAY RECORDS 650

2625 Hope Ave, St. Louis, MO

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Source: A = Terry Gordon / B = Ron Lees

MISSOURI RECORDS 640

ERNIE NOWLIN and Blue Shadow Boys

Jun 57   (BMI Clearance on 19th July 1957.)

ERNIE NOWLIN and Blue Shadow Boys

45-640-A - Tally Ho

(Nowlin) (Starrite BMI)

45-640-B - Tell Me Why

(Nowlin) (Starrite BMI)

MISSOURI RECORDS 640

5508 Wells Ave, St Louis, MO

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Label Shots: Terry Gordon

Photo: Jake Kemp / Mark Lee "G Minus" Allen

CRESTWOOD RECORDS 619

MARVIN JACKSON with the Battreal Boys

Mar 57   (BMI Clearance on 26th April 1957.)

45-619-A - Honey, If You Love Me

(M Jackson)   (Starrite BMI)

45-619-B - World Of Make Believe

(M Jackson)   (Starrite BMI)

CRESTWOOD RECORDS 619

Cadet, MO

Here's Marvin Jackson's first record. Now, Marvin may not be household name around these parts, but thanks to White Label / Collector Records, there's a whole CD of his stuff floating around out there. He cut some rough and ready rockabilly tracks, a few instrumentals (Marvin plays lead guitar) and some country stuff. Marvin got this and his follow up disc pressed by Starday - 300 hundred copies and perhaps some promotional material (which was either post cards to send to DJ's or - in Red Moore's case - a stamper which you could stamp "Play This - It's Hot" on the paper sleeves.) His third disc was pressed by King who only pressed 200 copies. According to my notes, the artist was based out of Cadet, MO at the time of these recordings, and Crestwood was his own label.

A side is pretty much country, but Marvin's got that voice that easily skips the fence of Country into the green fields that is rockabilly, so it's an early example of what he's gonna sound like later on. B side is a ballad. Quite nice steel guitar featured on both sides. I'll have some more info on him by the time we reach his next release (#644) (MC / Steve Kelerman / Adam Komorowski)

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VAN RECORDS 614

CAMPBELL TRIO with Jerry Tuttle (Steel Gtr)

Feb 57

45-614-A - Satan Lost A Sinner

(Jack and Billy Campbell)   (Starrite BMI)

45-614-B - God Can Do Without Your Service

(Jack and Billy Campbell)   (Starrite BMI)

VAN RECORDS 614

614 North Kimball, Malden, MO

Nice, delicate white gospel (with a hillbilly flavour)  from the Campbell Trio. It's the harmonies that win me over here. A side is taken at a faster clip than the B side, but it's the B side I prefer. Jerry Tuttle, the steel guitarist appears on a Rite Pressing from 62 (King Tutt - "Twisting At The Little Big Horn" / "Shorter Hours In School" - STARLINE RECORDS 1001 (Flint, MI), and he had at least one release on Dot Records ("Tweedle-O-Twill" / "Bop Goes The Weasel" - DOT 16093). As for the Campbell Trio - nada!

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Label Shots: Al Turner


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DIAMOND RECORDS 515 (Updated)

AL MEYER and his Pals

Mar 55 (BMI clearance on 13th May 55)

515-A - You're The Same Old Moon

(Meyer)   (Starrite BMI)

515-B - Somebody Cares

(Meyer / Daume)    (Starrite BMI)

DIAMOND RECORDS 515

81 South 6th Street, St Genevieve, MO

Zero info on Al Meyer apart from what’s listed on the label shot. Primitively recorded hillbilly disc with guitar, steel guitar and fiddle. If the label didn’t say MO, I would have sourced this disc a lot further south, perhaps Mississippi or Alabama. Vocally, it reminds me a little of Lloyd McCullough on Von Records. (Lloyd has his own custom on Starday 686). (MC).

20-NOV-2018

AL MEYER and his Pals were a band out of South- east Missouri and Illinois. They were featured on radio station KSGM's Ozark Opera on Saturdays from 11:15am to noon. 

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Label Shots: Al Turner

DART RECORDS 509

JERRY HOPKINS and the Southern Playboys

Dec 54 (BMI clearance on 21st Jan 1955)

509-A - Cuddle Up To Me   (BMI)

(Hopkins)

509-B - My Everlasting Love   (BMI)

(Moore / Hopkins)
DART RECORDS 509
1315 Montgomery St, St Louis, MO

Once again, no info on the artist. (There's a pattern emerging here ......) The DART version of “My Everlasting Love” is different to the version released on STARDAY 182 (“Mamma Baby” / “My Everlasting Love”), and I'm guessing this was the first release since the Starday disc was reviewed by Billboard on 18th June, 1955. The A side on the Dart disc is the uptempo tune with fiddle, guitar and steel guitar. B side’s pleasant enough weeper. DART 509 was issued on both 45 and 78rpm formats. Note the lack of publishing details - a rarity for a Starday Custom.(MC / Al Turner).

Any info? malcychapman@mac.com

Label Shots: Phil Tricker