House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios (Brad and Michele Moore Roots Music) (53 page)

This Is the Remix
[album, UK] Columbia

2002

#57

Michelle Williams,
Heart to Yours

Columbia

2003

#1 Beyoncé

Knowles,

Columbia

Dangerously in Love

6/2003

#57

Beyoncé Knowles,
“Dangerously in Love 2”

Columbia

10/23/04

#3 Clay

Walker,

A Few Questions

RCA

II. Selected regional hit singles recorded or

mixed at Gold Star
/
SugarHill Studios

Those which did not register on the national charts yet

had signifi cant regional popularity, grouped by decade

1940s

Lightnin’ Hopkins,
“Short Haired Woman”

Gold Star 3131

Lightnin’ Hopkins,
“Unsuccessful Blues”

Gold Star 656A

Aubrey Gass,
“Kilroy’s Been Here”

Gold Star 1318

1950s

James O’Gwynn,
“Losing Game”

Starday 266

James O’Gwynn,
“Muleskinner Blues”

Mercury 71066

James O’Gwynn,
“Two Little Hearts”

Mercury 71234

Link Davis,
“Sixteen Chicks”

Starday 235

Albert Collins,
“The Freeze”

Kangaroo 103

1960s

C.L. & The Pictures,
“For the Sake of Love”

Kirk 635

Champagne Brothers,
“Stranger to You”

Typhoon 2002

Champagne Brothers,
“It’s Raining”

Typhoon 2003

Charlie Booth,
“Fishin’ Fits”

Lori 9534

Sleepy LaBeef,
“Tore Up”

Wayside 1654

Johnny Copeland,
“Down on Bending Knees”

Golden Eagle 101

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Johnny Williams,
“Long Black Veil”

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B. J. Thomas & The Triumphs,
“Garner State Park”

Joed 117

Neal Ford & The Fanatics,
“All I Have to Do Is Dream”

Tantara 1104

The Bad Seeds,
“All Night Long”

J-Beck 1004

Zakary Thaks,
“Face to Face”

J-Beck 1009

1970s

Tommy McLain,
“Jukebox Songs”

Crazy Cajun 2027

Warren Storm,
“King of the Dance Halls”

Crazy Cajun

1980s

Kelly Schoppa,
“Amarillo by Morning”

Bellaire

Kelly Schoppa,
“Does Ft. Worth Ever Cross Your Mind”

Bellaire

Tommy McLain,
“Daddy Said Roses Don’t Grow Here Anymore”

Crazy Cajun 2087

Little Joe y La Familia,
“Cuatro Caminos”

Leon

1990s

Jerry Rodriguez & Mercedes,
“El Pinguino”

Capitol/EMI Latin

David Olivares and XS,
“She’s About a Mover”

Fonovisa

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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