House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music) (56 page)

1955

205

Jack Derrick,
“Rainbow of Love”
/
“Waitin’ and Watchin’”

1955

207

Sonny Fisher,
“Rockin’ and Rollin’”
/
“I Can’t Lose”

Sept. 1955

208

Leon Payne,
“I Die Ten Thousand Times a Day”
/
“We’re on the Main Line”
1955

209

Sonny Burns,
“A Real Cool Cat”
/
“Frown on the Moon”

9/24/55

212

Harry Choates,
“Poor Hobo”
/
“Opelousas Waltz”

1955

[reissue of Gold Star masters]

213

Eddie Noack,
“Fair Today, Cold Tomorrow”
/
“Don’t Worry ’Bout Me Baby”
1955

214

Glenn Barber,
“Ain’t It Funny”
/
“Livin’ High and Wide”

11/19/55

215

Leon Payne,
“Christmas Love Song”
/
“Christmas Everyday”

Dec. 1955

216

George Jones,
“What Am I Worth”
/
“Still Hurtin’”

1/14/56

218

Fred Crawford,
“Just Another Broken Heart”
/
“Me and My New Baby”

1956

219

Buddy Dee And String Band,
“Swamp Water Drag”
/

1956

“Cherokee Ride”
/
“String Band Rag”
/
“Shuffl

e the Blues”
[EP]

220

Leon Payne,
“You Are the One”
/
“Doorstep to Heaven”

1956

223

Sonny Burns,
“Satan’s a-Waitin’”
/
“Girl of the Streets”

1956

224

Harry Choates,
“Port Arthur Waltz”
/
“Honky Tonk Boogie”

1956

[reissue of Gold Star masters]

225

Eddie Noack,
“When the Bright Lights Go Dim”
/

1956

“It Ain’t Much But It’s Home”

228

R. D. Hendon and His Western Jamboree Cowboys,

3/24/56

“We Smiled”
/
“Don’t Push Me (Let Me Fall)”

229

Rudy Grayzell,
“The Moon Is Up (The Stars Are Out)”
/
“Day by Day”

3/17/56

230

Biff Collie,
“Doodle Doo”
/
“Empty Kisses”

1956

231

Bill Mack,
“Fat Woman”
/
“Kitty Kat”

March 1956

232

Leon Payne, “
Two by Four”
/
“You Can’t Lean on Me”

1956

233

Larry Nolen and His Bandits,
“Ship Ahoy”
/
“Lady Luck”

1956

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234

George Jones,
“Your Heart”
/
“I’m Ragged But I’m Right”

1956

235

Link Davis,
“Sixteen Chicks”
/
“Deep in the Heart of a Fool”

4/21/56

236

Benny Barnes,
“Once Again”
/
“No Fault of Mine”

5/5/56

237

Neal Merritt,
“What’s the Diff erence”
/
“You Had to Do Me Wrong”

1956

238

Johnny Nelms,
“Tribute to Andy Anderson”
/
“Everything Will Be Alright”

1956

239

Jimmy Lee Durden and The Drifters,
“I Miss Her So”
/
“Since Yesterday”

1956

240

Thumper Jones [George Jones],
“Rock It”
/
“How Come It”

5/5/56

241

Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell,
“Duck Tail”
/
“You’re Gone”

5/5/56

242

Link Davis,
“Sixteen Chicks”
/
“Grasshopper Rock”

5/12/56

243

Fred Crawford,
“Rock Candy Rock”
/
“Secret of My Heart”

1956

244

Sonny Fisher,
“Little Red Wagon”
/
“Pink and Black”

6/9/56

245

Rock Rogers [Leon Payne],
“Little Rock Rock”
/
“That Ain’t It”

1956

246

Eddie Noack,
“For You I Weep”
/
“You Done Got Me”

1956

247

George Jones,
“It’s OK”
/
“You Gotta Be My Baby”

1956

248

R. D. Hendon and His Western Jamboree Cowboys,

1956

“The Waltz of Texas”
/
“Lonely Nights”

249

Glenn Barber,
“Shadow My Baby”
/
“Feeling No Pain”

1956

250

Leon Payne,
“All the Time”
/
“One More Chance”

1956

251

Biff Collie,
“Joy Joy Joy”
/
“All of a Sudden”

1956

252

Bill Mack,
“Cat Just Got in Town”
/
“Sweet Dreams Baby”

7/28/56

253

Rocky Bill Ford,
“Have You Seen Mabel”
/
“Mad Dog in Town”

July 1956

254

Sonny Burns,
“Think Again”
/
“If You See My Baby”

1956

255

Link Davis,
“Don’t Big Shot Me”
/
“Trucker from Tennessee”

1956

256

George Jones,
“Boat of Life”
/
“Taggin’ Along”

8/11/56

257

Amos Como,
“Hole in the Wall”
/
“Heartbroken Lips”

Sept. 1956

259

Larry Nolan And His Bandits,
“Golden Tomorrow”
/
“I Wonder”

1956

260

Neal Merritt,
“No One But You”
/
“Someday You’ll Pay”

1956

262

Benny Barnes,
“Poor Man’s Riches”
/
“Those Who Know”

1956

263

Johnny Tyler,
“Lie to Me Baby”
/
“County Fair”

10/6/56

264

George Jones,
“Gonna Come Get You”
/
“Just One More”

9/15/56

265

Bob Doss,
“Somebody’s Knocking”
/
“Don’t Be Gone Long”

10/13/56

266

James O’Gwynn,
“Losing Game”
/
“If I Never Get to Heaven”

1956

267

Leon Payne,
“A Prisoner’s Diary”
/
“Sweet Sweet Love”

1956

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268

Louisiana Lannis,
“Much Too Much”
/
“Muscadine Eyes”

1956

270

Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell,
“You Hurt Me So”
/
“Jig-Ga-Lee-Ga”

11/3/56

271

Jeanette Hicks,
“Extra-Extra”
/
“Cry Cry (It’s Good for You)”

1956

272

Fred Crawford,
“Lucky in Cards”
/
“I Learned Something from You”

1956

273

Harry Choates,
“Allons a Lafayette”
/
“Draggin’ the Fiddle”

1956

[reissue of Gold Star masters]

274

Smokey Stover,
“Now”
/
“My Building of Dreams”

1956

275

Link Davis,
“Bayou Buff alo”
/
“Would You Be Waiting”

Dec. 1956

276

Eddie Noack,
“The Worm Has Turned”
/

1956

“She Can’t Stand the Light of Day”

277

Harry Carroll,
“Checkerboard Lover”
/
“Two Timin’”

1956

278

Tibby Edwards,
“I Don’t Want to Say I Love You”
/
“Fool That I Was”

1956

[reissued on Mercury]

279

George Jones and Jeanette Hicks,
“Yearning”
/

1956

Jeanette Hicks,
“So Near (Yet So Far Away)”

280

Bill Mack,
“It’s Saturday Night”
/
“That’s Why I Cry”

2/2/57

281

Neal Merritt,
“I’ve Got to Cry”
/
“The Funniest Feeling”

1957

282

Slim Watts,
“Painted Lady”
/
“Tu-La-Lou”

Feb. 1956

283

Larry Fox,
“Don’t Hold Me Close”
/
“Guilty Heart”

1957

284

Harry Choates,
“Tondelay”
/
“Basile Waltz”
[reissue of Gold Star masters]

1957

285

Jimmy Lee Durden,
“Time Heals Everything”
/
“No Mistake”

1957

286

Jimmy Logsdon,
“No Longer”
/
“Can’t Make Up My Mind”

1957

287

Margie Singleton,
“One Step (Nearer to You)”
/
“Not What He’s Got”

1957

292

Sleepy LaBeef,
“All Alone”
/
“I’m Through”
[reissued on Mercury]

May 1957

293

Link Davis,
“Slippin’ and Slidin’ Sometimes”
/
“Allons a Lafayette”

May 1957

294

Eddie Skelton,
“Let Me Be with You”
/
“My Heart Gets Lonely”

5/27/57

295

Herbie Remington,
“Remington Swing”
/
“Ragged But Right”

1957

299

Jimmy and Dorothy Blakely,
“Runaway Heart”
/

June 1957

Jimmy Blakely,
“Crazy Blues”

301

Utah Carl,
“Sometime”
/
“Lovin’ You”

1957

302

Arlie Duff and The Duff Family,
“What a Way to Die”
/

July 1957

“You’ve Done It Again”

309

Margie Singleton,
“My Picture of You”
/
“Love Is a Treasure”

1957

310

Jack Cardwell,
“Once Every Day”
/
“Hey, Hey Baby”

8/26/57

313

Bill Mack,
“Million Miles Away”
/
“Cheatin’ on Your Mind”

9/30/57

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314

Fred Crawford,
“You’re Not the Same Sweet Girl”
/
“By the Mission Wall”

8/26/57

315

Eddie Skelton,
“That’s Love”
/
“No Sweetheart Tonight”

9/16/57

316

Eddie Noack,
“Scarecrow”
/
“Think of Her Now”

1957

319

The Davis Twins [with] Sleepy Jeff ers,
“Pretending Is a Game”
/

8/26/57

“My Blackbirds Are Blue Birds Now
”

320

The Marksmen,
“You Hurt Me So”
/
“Don’t Gamble with My Heart”

Sept. 1957

321

Rudy “Tutti” Grayzell,
“Let’s Get Wild”
/
“I Love You So”

Sept. 1957

322

Utah Carl,
“Stormy Skies”
/
“Don’t Go Wrong”

1957

323

Margie Singleton,
“Take Time Out for Love”
/
“Beautiful Dawn”

1957

331

Link Davis,
“Waltz of the Jambalaya”
/
“Big Coonie”

1957

332

Herbie Remington,
“Station Break”
/
“Slush Pump”

1957

334

Eddie Noack,
“Dust on the River”
/
“What’s the Matter Joe?”

1957

336

Cecil Bowman and The Arrows,
“Blues around My Door”
/
“Too Late”

1958

356

Roger Miller,
“Can’t Stop Loving You”
/
“You’re Forgetting Me”

late 1957

401

Benny Barnes With The Echoes,

1958

“You Gotta Pay”
/
“Heads You Win (Tails I Lose)”

424

Frankie Miller,
“Blackland Farmer”
/
“True Blue”

1956–1957

[recorded 1956, released 1959]

718

Roger Miller,
“Playboy”
/
“Poor Little John”

late 1957

VI. Starday Records

Long-play albums containing tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios, 1956–1969

101

George Jones,
Grand Ole Opry’s New Star

1956

[same title reissued on Mercury]

102

Various Artists,
Hillbilly Hit Parade

1956

125

George Jones,
The Crown Prince of Country Music

1961

151

George Jones,
The Fabulous Country Music Sound of George Jones

1962

335

George Jones,
George Jones

1965

344

George Jones,
Long Live King George

1965

366

George Jones,
Story

1966

401

George Jones,
Songbook & Picture Album

1967

440

George Jones,
Golden Country Hits

1969

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VII. Mercury Records

Long-play albums containing tracks recorded at Gold Star Studios, 1957–1965

20282

Various Artists,
Hillbilly Hit Parade

1957

[diff erent material than the Starday LP of same title]

20306

George Jones,
14 Top Country Favorites

1957

20328

Various Artists,
Hillbilly Hit Parade Vol. 2