Lee Long And The Four Fifths on Reed

Lee Long  And The Four Fifths

CP-2567  -- Samanthy

Brooks-Ewing-Patrick, Brooks Publ. Co.

CP-2568 -- The Drifter

Ewing-Brooks, Brooks Publ. Co.

Reed 1036

1959

What can I say about Lee Long which was not said before ?  She penned both songs of the Bill Perry release on Reed 1029 (Go Fly A Kite b/w You Hit The Nail On The Head).

Songwriters Brooks and Ewing later composed "Senior Prom" which was sung by Violet Ray on Gladatone 101, a label out of Moss Point, Miss. owned by Ramblin' Frank Cunningham.

Hawkeye Hawkins (Hawkins 104)

Hawkeye Hawkins

The Lonesome Rambler

 
CP-1867 — I'm the Big Wheel In This Town Town Town

Hawkins, Double "M" Music Co. (BMI)

CP-1868 — Wabash Cannon Ball

Hawkins Records 104
608 N. 24th St.  Apt. B, Birmingham 4, Alabama

 For his other records, see Hawkins discography

Ronnie Moore on Teen's Choice

Ronnie Moore

CP-4341 ~ Time For School
CP-4342 ~ Sweet Shop Doll

Teen's Choice 7




Billboard October 17, 1960

Ronnie Moore, bassist and singer from Birmingham, Alabama. He was the previous year on Stomper Time Records in Memphis. Bassist of The Stompers, Eddie Bond's band.

Later bassist of The Gentrys ("Keep on Dancing", MGM Records).

Leon Bowman co-wrote "Sweet Shop Doll".

There was a Ronnie Moore who recorded for Major Bill Smith in Fort-Worth, Texas (records on Le Cam and Jaro), but probably a different artist.



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Helen June Gray and The Noojinaires

Helen June Gray
and The Noojinaires

CP-1984 - Gimme, Gimme
CP-1985 - Too Late For Tears

both wr. Ferguson-Ferguson, Double "M" Music BMI

Reed RR 1023

1959

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Pat Riley And The Rockets on Reed

Pat Riley And The Rockets

CP-1769 ~ I Need You Baby
CP-1770 ~ Little Bop A Little

Reed 1201

May 1959

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"Little Bop A Little" saw the light again in 1997, thanks to Cees Klop (The Rockin' "Reed" Recordings, Collector CD 4440), which was not the case of "I Need You Baby".

Both songs were written by one Payne (probably Irvin Payne, a guitar and steel player who died in 2009. Irvin Payne taught many people in the Birmingham area how to play guitar for over 50 years).

The "Sensational" Pat Riley on Tin Pan Alley (two singles in 1957) is obviously a different Pat Riley. You can hear Pat "not bopping" Riley at YouTube here, here or even here...

In the sixties, there was one Pat Riley on Gold Standard and one on Bandit. but I've not heard them.

Another Pat Riley listed in Billboard on Whiz Records (1968) but it's a misprint. The artist is actually Pat BRILEY.

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Reed Records was founded by Homer Milam in 1958. The first releases were pressed by the RCA Records custom division and the songs published by Double "M" Music, BMI. The Pat Riley record is one of the first of many pressed by Rite Records. Later records were published by Starland Music, a company owned by Gary Sizemore, blues singer Jerry McCain’s manager and sales manager of the Bel-Aire Distributing Company (formed in Birmingham in 1959).
This is perhaps the indication of a change of the label's ownership.

According to Malcom Chapman, Reed Records & Recording Service was located above Brittney’s Cafe on 1917 First Avenue N in Birmingham.

The studio was already active as early as 1956, when Birminghamian Baker Knight (and his Knighmares) recorded here “Bring My Cadillac Back" (Kit Records, leased to Decca).

According to Bobby Mizzell, Homer Milam had a heart attack and died in the early 70's. "They tore Reed to the ground and I have no idea what happened to all those records." (see Bo Berglind article).


Label pictures credit : Udo Frank

Reed Records discography (Rite pressings only) 45rpmrecords.com

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The Starliners on Reed

The Starliners

9389 – Thunder
9390 - Static

Reed Records RR 1066

1963

A pair of instrumentals.

Sound files are from The Rockin' "Reed" Recordings (Collector CLCD 4440)



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Slick Lawrence on Squire

Slick Lawrence

Squire 305

CP-4893 ~ Little Mama

CP-4894 ~ No One Can Tell

Mona Taylor & The Blondells

The Blondells

CP-5501 - Rocking My Blues Away
sample
(Taylor, Starland Music BMI)



Mona Taylor & The Blondells

CP-5502 - No One Will Ever Know

Label : MBM 8020

1961

The label says "Miami/Los Angeles" (?). More likely from Alabama, I guess.

Audio sample : http://myworld.ebay.com/dadomax (Birmingham AL)

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Abby Lee and the Jesters on Reed

Label shot from the back cover of White Label LP 8932

Abby Lee and the Jesters

Reed 1025

CP-2081 ~ I Want Your Lovin'

CP-2082 ~ Waitin'

Both wr Inez Barr, Double M Music

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Teardrops on Colvin

TEARDROPS
Music dir. G Layne

Colvin 777

CP-3513 ~ Let’s Dance
CP-3514 ~ I Know

1960

Black vocal group on a Birmingham, Alabama label owned by Charlie Colvin.


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Hawkeye Hawkins The Lonesome Rambler

Hawkeye Hawkins
The Lonesome Rambler

Hawkeye

11913 ~ My Lord's Garden
11914 ~ In The Garden

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Hear both sides (clip only)


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S Whit Denson / Denson Quartet

Jet Magazine, July 9, 1964

S Whit Denson / Denson Quartet

Denson Ep 555

9101 – I Won't Turn Back / New Morning Sun
9102 - The Better Land / Wonderous Love

Sacred Hillbilly Music Birmingham, Alabama.

The Denson family has been active in composing, arranging, and performing Sacred Harp material since 1844; Whit Denson was a third-generation Denson who led a number of Sacred Harp groups on important early recordings in the twenties and was noted for his very smooth, almost sweet alto voice.

About Sacred Harp Singing

Sacred Harp singing -- a form of Southern gospel music that's rather obscure to much of the general population -- "is characterized by mass participation, full-voiced singing, lack of instrumental accompaniment, and rotation of song leaders."

What is Sacred Harp Singing?

* Sacred Harp singing is an American folk tradition of singing hymns and gospel songs from The Sacred Harp, a 150 year old songbook that uses shaped note heads to indicate position in the scale.
* This is the type of singing that took place in the church scene in Cold Mountain.
* Sacred Harp singing is a participatory event, not a performance, although visitors are welcome to come and listen.
* The singers sit in a hollow square facing each other and take turns leading songs, which are sung in several parts without instrumental accompaniment.
* The music has a distinctive open and modal sound, and the singing is usually exuberant, rhythmic and full of feeling.

Minnesota State Sacred Harp Singing Convention Midwinter Singing Sunday Brunch, St Paul, MN, 2/10/08. The first two verses of "I Won't Turn Back" by Whit Denson (abridged due to camera limitations).
[Source : YouTube]

Twilighters Quartet

Twilighters Quartet
Rick, John, Eddie, and Eddie
accompanied by
Jimmy Sullivan and Robert Cunningham

EP TR-1961

CP-5041 - In the Still of the Night / Billy, Billy, Went a Walking
CP-5042 - Moments to Remember / Down By the Riverside

Birmingham Alabama vocal group.

These were all students at Woodlawn High School in Birmingham in 1956 (many still sing as a group called the Warblers today)

Arlingon 106

The Harmony Four
CP-3739 – I Heard Him Knocking
CP-3740 - When I Join That Jubilee

White Gospel on a Birmingham, Alabama label owned by Homer Milam (he owned also Reed Records).


Arlington label [partial] discography :

Arlington 101
Norris Mims And His Band
Cp-1986 –?
Cp-1987 - Sweet Sweet Baby

Arlington 102
Chuck Wesley & The Highland Travelers 59/07
Cp-1990 ~ Ring Of Gold
Cp-1991 ~ Baby Baby Baby

Arlington 106
The Harmony Four
Cp-3739 – I Heard Him Knocking
Cp-3740 - When I Join That Jubilee

Arlington 108
John Henry & Steel Drivers 60/07
Cp-3987 ~ Sweet And Neat
Cp-3988 ~ I'm Gonna Tell On You

Arlington 109
David Hiser 60/09
4079 - ?
4080 - On Strike

Arlington 112
The Mann Sisters
?-One Moment
?-Just A Week Ago

Arlington 119/120
Sue Golden & The Illusions
7539 -I Ain’t Gonna Be Your Baby But One Time
7540 - Lonesome.