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appendix c
Selected Discographies:
A Partial History
The following discographies document only a portion of the thousands of historical recordings made at the Gold Star/SugarHill Studios facility—including those (that we know of) from its earliest incarnation as Quinn Recording Company and all of those from its brief (1968–1970) identity as International Artists Recording Studios. Most of the groupings presented here, arranged chronologically, refl ect productions for certain regional labels that had particularly long or otherwise noteworthy affi
liations with Gold Star/SugarHill
Studios. Please note that numerous recordings discussed in this book are not documented here—because they were made for other labels and because of limitations of space.
Much of this information was researched by, and provided courtesy of, Texas music historian Andrew Brown.
I. Gulf Records
Singles produced at Quinn Recording, 1944–1946
100A/100B
Woody Vernon,
1944–1945
“I’m Lonesome But I’m Free” /“A Rainy Sunday Night”
103A/103B
Jerry Irby,
1945
“Nails in My Coffi
n” /“You Don’t Love Me Anymore”
105A/105B
Al Clauser & His Oklahomans,
1945–1946
“Soldier’s Return” /“Dream Rose”
3000A/3000B
Jesse Lockett & His Orchestra,
1946
“Boogie Woogie Mama” /“Blacker the Berry”
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II. Gold Star Records
Singles produced at Quinn Recording or (as it
became known) Gold Star Studios, 1946–1951
gold star 1300 series (country)
1313/
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
1946
1314
“Basile Waltz” /“Jole Blon”
1315/
Tex Looney and His Western Stars,
ca. late 1946
1316
“I Left a Rose” /“Blue Eyes”
1317
Leon Jenkins and The Easterners,
ca. December 1946
“Drinkin’ My Life Away” /“Blue Schottische”
1318
Aubrey Gass with The Easterners,
ca. February 1947
“Kilroy’s Been Here” /“Delivery Man Blues”
1319
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
ca. March 1947
“Allons a Lafayette” /“Port Arthur Waltz”
1320
Woody Vernon and Southern Stars, “What Happens Next” / The ca. March 1947
Southern Stars, “Million Dollar Polka”
1322/
Al Terry with The Goldstar Band, “I’ll Be Glad When
ca. March 1947
1323
I’m Free” /“If You Want a Broken Heart”
1324
Virgil Bozman & His Oklahoma Tornadoes,
ca. April 1947
“Just a Year Ago Today” /“Grinding for You Darling”
1325
Gold Star Trio, “Baruska” /“Ostang”
1947
1326/
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
1947
1330
“Fa-De-Do Stomp” /“Rubber Dolly”
1332
Oklahoma Tornadoes, “La Prison” /
1947
Hokey Pokey Trio, “Hokey Pokey”
1333
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
1947
“Wrong Keyhole” /“Missing You”
1334
Gold Star Band, “Green Bayou Waltz” /
1947
Sons of The South, “Hawaiian Two-Step”
1335
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
1947
“Bayou Pon Pon” /“Lawtell Waltz”
1336
Harry Choates and His Fiddle, “Louisiana” /“Poor Hobo”
1947
1337
David Gray and The Gold Star Band, “Talk of the Town” /
ca. 1947
Gold Star Band, “Gold Star Polka”
1338
Phil Marx and The Texans,
ca. 1947
“The Stars, the Moon, and You” /“Forgive Me”
1339
Byrd & Bingo and The Swynett Swingsters,
ca. 1947
“I’m Afraid of Horses” /“It’s a Natural Thing”
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1340
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
ca. 1947
“Rye Whiskey” /“Devil in the Bayou”
1341
Hank Locklin, “Rio Grande Waltz” /
ca. 1947
“You’ve Been Talking in Your Sleep”
1342
Frances Turner, “The Moment I Found You” /
1947
“The Curse of an Aching Heart”
1343
Harry Choates and His Fiddle, “Draggin’ the Bow” /“Te Petite” 1947
1343
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
ca. 1947–1948, issued
“Draggin’ the Bow” /“Sidewalk Waltz”
late 1950/early 1951
1344
Tennessee Van and The Cumberland River Boys,
1948
“Tonight I Wonder” /“Going Back Home”
1345
Buddy Duhon with Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
1948
“Old Cow Blues” /“Nobody Cares for Me”
1350
Harry Choates and His Fiddle,
ca. 1948–1949
“Mari Jole Blon” /“Honky-Tonkin’ Days”
1352
Eddie Noack and The Road Buddies,
ca. 1948–1949
“Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” /“Trifl in’ Mama Blues”
1357
Eddie Noack and Bill Byrd,
1949
“Pyramid Club” /“Simulated Diamonds”
1370
Ray and Ina Patterson, “Brown Eyes” /“Sunny Side of Life”
1949
1371
Eddie Noack, “Raindrops in the River” /“Hungry But Happy”
1949
1380
Harry Choates & His Fiddle,
1949
“Louisiana Boogie” /“Sidewalk Waltz”
1381
Cotton Thompson with Deacon (Rag-Mop) Anderson
1950
and The Village Boys, “How Long” /“Hopeless Love”
1382
Gene Jones (Okie Jones),
1950
“Stop, Look, and Listen” /“Foolish Heart”
1385
Harry Choates & His Fiddle,
1950
“Harry Choates Blues” /“Chere Mon”
1386
Johnny Nelms and The Sunset Cowboys [sic: Johnny Nelms],
1950
“I’ll Learn Ya, Dern Ya” /“I’m So Ashamed”
1387
Don Thorpe with Mary and Her Merrymakers,
ca. 1950
“Country Corn” /Dude Barnett with Mary and Her
Merrymakers, “Sometimes (I Get So Lonesome)”
1388
Harry Choates & His Fiddle,
ca. 1950–1951
“It Won’t Be Long” /“Maggie Waltz”
1389
Jimmy Choates, “French Waltz No. 3” /“French Waltz No. 1”
ca. 1950–1951
1390 *
Margaret Mabry, “I Lost a Souvenir” /“Streets of Gold”
ca. 1950–1951
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1390
Johnny Royal, “Golden Wedding Waltz” /
ca. 1950–1951
Dick Gottleibe, “Cross Roads”
1391
Eddie Noack and Gig Sparks, “Greenback Dollar” /
1951
Eddie Noack and Bill Byrd, “Tragic Love”
1392
Grady Hester with Caller, George Reese,
1951
“Cindy” /“Split Your Corners”
1394
Wink Lewis and Martha Lynn,
1951
“Won’t You Come Back” /“I’ll Take You Back”
1395
Cole Sisters, “Texas Waltz” /“I’ll Wait and Watch”
1951
* Note: Apparently inadvertently, Gold Star assigned its 1390 catalogue number twice.
gold star 600 series (blues)
613
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Ida Mae” /“Shining Moon”
ca. June 1947
614
L. C. (Lightnin’ Jr.) Williams,
ca. July 1947
“Trying, Trying” /“You’ll Never Miss the Water”
615
Thunder Smith, “Cruel Hearted Woman” /
ca. July 1947
“Big Stars Are Falling”
616
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Mercy” /“What Can It Be”
ca. August 1947
618
Curtis Amy & His Combo,
ca. August 1947
“Realization Blues” /“Sleeping Blues”
622
Conrad Johnson & His Orchestra,
ca. September 1947
“Howling on Dowling” /“Fisherman’s Blues”
623
L. C. Williams, “Hole in the Wall” /“Boogie All the Time”
1947
624
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Lonesome Blues” /“Appetite Blues”
ca. October 1947
626
Peppermint Nelson [Peppermint Harris],
ca. October 1947
“Peppermint Boogie” /“Houston Blues”
628
Leroy Ervin, “Rock Island Blues” /“Blue, Black, and Evil”
ca. November 1947
632
Perry Cain/Skippy Brown/Edwin Pickens,
ca. January 1948
“All the Way from Texas” /“Cry, Cry”
633
Henry Hayes and His Band,
ca. February 1948
“Bowlegged Angeline” /“Baby Girl Blues”
634
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Walking Blues” /“Lightning Blues”
ca. March 1948
635
Southland Quartet, “Go ’Long for a Long Time” /“Have a Time” ca. April 1948
636
Roy Brown, “Deep Sea Diver” /“Bye Baby Bye”
ca. July 1948
637
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “No Mail Blues” /“Ain’t It a Shame”
ca. August 1948
638
Lil’ Son Jackson, “Roberta Blues” /“Freedom Train Blues”
ca. August 1948
640
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Tim Moore’s Farm” /“You Don’t Know”
ca. September 1948
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641
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Treat Me Kind” /“Somebody’s Got to Go”
ca. September 1948
642
Lil’ Son Jackson, “Ground Hog Blues” /
ca. October 1948
“Bad Whiskey, Bad Women”
644
Thunder Smith, “Santa Fe Blues” /“Temptation Blues”
ca. October 1948
645
Andy Thomas, “Angel Chile” /“My Baby Quit Me Blues”
ca. November 1948
646
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Baby Please Don’t Go” /“Death Bells”
ca. November 1948
647
Sherman Williams and His Band,
ca. December 1948
“Why Don’t You Tell Me So” /“No One in My Heart”
648
L. C. (Lightnin’ Jr.) Williams, “Black Woman” /
ca. December 1948
“I Won’t Be Here Long”
650
Will Rowland Orchestra, “Cold Blooded Woman” /
ca. December 1948
“Run Mr. Rabbit Run”
651
Lee Hunter, “Back to Santa Fe” /“Lee’s Boogie”
ca. January 1949
652
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Mad with You” /“Airplane Blues”
ca. February 1949
653
Lil’ Son Jackson, “Gone with the Wind” /“No Money, No Love”
ca. March 1949
656
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Mad with You” /“Airplane Blues”
ca. March 1949
657
Will Rowland & His Band, “Reefer Blues” /
ca. March 1949
“Don’t Lose Your Mind”
658
Jimmie Lee’s Band, “Bobby Sox Bop” /“Club Raven”
ca. April 1949
659
Andy Thomas, “In Love Blues” /“Walking and Crying”
ca. April 1949
660
Buddy Chiles, “Mistreated Blues” /“Jet Black Woman”
ca. April 1949
661
D. C. Washington [D. C. Bender],
ca. June 1949
“Rebob Boogie” /“Happy Home Blues”
662
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Jailhouse Blues” /“T-Model Blues”
ca. July 1949
663
Lil’ Son Jackson, “Cairo Blues” /“Evil Blues”
ca. September 1949
664
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Lightnin’ Boogie” /“Unkind Blues”
ca. October 1949
665
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Fast Life Woman” /“European Blues”
ca. October 1949
666
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Automobile” /“Zolo Go”
ca. late 1949
667
L. C. Williams, “Strike Blues” /
ca. late 1949
“You Can’t Take It with You Baby”
668
Lil’ Son Jackson, “Gambling Blues” /“Homeless Blues”
ca. early 1950
669
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Old Woman Blues” /“Untrue Blues”
ca. early 1950
670
Link Davis, “Joe Turner” /“Have You Heard the News”
ca. early 1950
671
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Henny Penny Blues” /“Jazz Blues”
1950
673
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Jackstropper Blues” /“Grievance Blues”
1950
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gold star 100 series (gospel)
113
Tex Moon, “In the Garden” /“Near the Cross”
1947/48
114
Elder Bonds, “Prayer for the Sick” /“Can’t Make the Journey”
1947/48
115
Madam Ernestine, “While the Blood Runs Warm” /
1949
“I’ll Never Turn Back”
116
Elder Bonds, [titles unknown]
gold star 400 series (mexican american)
401
Conjunto de Ma
xie Granados (with Fred Zimmerle, accordion,
Mike Garza, contrabajo), “Houston Polka” /“Flora Perdida”
gold star 500 series (square dance)
501
Grady Hester and The Texsons,
“8th of January” /“Give the Fiddler a Dram”
502
Russell McKnight, “Sally Goodin’” /“Bill Cheatem”
ca. 1949
503–
Grady Hester And The Texsons,
505
[titles unknown]
gold star 700 series and miscellanea
711
Eddie Noack, “Frown on the Moon” /“Unlucky Me”
712
Smith Spadachene, “Moving On” /“Spanish Two-Step”
713
Woody Vernon, “My Happiness” /Pete Marchiando, “Latin Medley”
714
Corman Harris, “Bolero De Diablo” /“Swanee Bolero”
715
Buster Dees, “Please, Dear” /“The Moment I Found You”
1949
717
Buster Dees, “White Roses” /“Forgotten”
1950
813
Ray Krenek Orchestra, [titles unknown]
888
Leon Jenkins, “Hot Pretzels” /“Green Corn”
1628
Tommy Wilson with Sammy Incardona Orchestra, “My Texas Girl” /
1947
Little Sammy Incardona and His Orchestra, “You’re Lonesome
and I’m Blue”
3131
Lightnin’ Hopkins, “Short Haired Woman” /“Big Mama Jump” *
ca. May 1947
* Note: Lightnin’ Hopkins also recorded scores of additional tracks at Gold Star Studios, not documented here, for release on other labels.
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III. Gold Star Masters, 1953–1963
In late 1953, Bill Quinn began assigning a sequential numeric code to the masters that he created at Gold Star. The numbering sequence started at 1000 and continued until Quinn’s retirement in 1963. The highest known Gold Star master number is 1699, dating from a session in June 1963. Beginning in 1964, under new management, the studio facility’s mastering numeration started again at 1000.
The record label and corresponding catalogue number for each entry (if known) is indicated parenthetically. (Note: The Gold Star mastering numbers may or may not be the same as the issuing record companies’ assigned catalogue numbers.) 1953
1003
Slim Jones, “Texas Woman”
Blue Light 1003
1954
1004
V. Cecil Williams, “Two Timin’ Baby”
Gilbert 1004
1005
V. Cecil Williams, “Maurine”
Gilbert 1005
1010
Deacon Anderson, “Daddy’s Waltz”
Bayou 1010
1011
Deacon Anderson, “Just Looking through These Tears”
Bayou 1011
1012
Eddie Noack, “How Does It Feel to Be the Winner”
TNT 110
1013
Eddie Noack, “Too Hot to Handle”
TNT 110
1016
Sonny Corner, “Darling Goodbye”
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