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William Harris
b. ? in Glendora, Mississippi (?)
date and location of death unknown
discography

W I L L I A M   H A R R I S   a k a   A l o n s o   B o o n e

#year
of release
title / label / notes

10 inch 78 rpm
Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records,
but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible

even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
11927William Harris / Ollis Martin

Wiliam Harris
- I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go) (GEX-743-B) #   @ youtube
Ollis Martin
- Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down (GEX-780-) *


# rec. c. July 18, 1927 in Birmingham, AL; William Harris, voc, prob. g; Joe Robinson, g, sp
* rec. August 1927


Gennett 6306

   

- No Black Woman Can Sleep In My Cowlot (GEX-742-C)

rec. c. July 18, 1927 in Birmingham, AL; William Harris, voc; Joe Robinson, g


Gennett unissued

21928William Harris

- Bullfrog Blues (14318) *   @ youtube
- Keep Your Man Out Of Birmingham (14313-A) #   @ youtube

# rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

* rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g


Gennett 6661

31928William Harris

- Kitchen Range Blues (14312) #   @ youtube
- Gonna Get Me A Woman That I Calls My Own (14316) *

# rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

* rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

No copy surfaced yet!


Gennett 6677

41928William Harris

- Early Mornin' Blues (14322)   @ youtube
- Leavin' Here Blues (14321-A)   @ youtube

rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g


Gennett 6693

51928William Harris

- Kansas City Blues (14310-A) #   @ youtube
- Hot Time Blues (14323) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

* rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g


Gennett 6707

61928William Harris

- I'm A Roamin' Gambler (14319-A) #   @ youtube
- I Was Born In The Country—Raised In Town (14320) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

* rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

"Only known copy recently found - to appear in and on the 2019 Classic Blues Artwork From The 1920's Calendar and FREE CD which will begin selling in September of 2018." (John Tefteller)


Gennett 6737

71928William Harris

- Electric Chair Blues (14314) #   @ youtube
- Bad Treated Blues (14315) *   @ youtube

# rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

* rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g


Gennett 6752

81928William Harris / Charlie Hill

William Harris
- Nothing Right Blues (Bearing In Mind) (14311) #

Charlie Hill
- Papa Charlie Hill Blues (13715) *


# rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g
rec. c. May 3, 1928 in Richmond, IN; Charlie Hill, voc, g; prob. George W. Thomas, p

No copy surfaced yet!


Gennett 6904

  William Harris

- T.B. Blues (14317-A)

rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g


Gennett unissued

 

Some of the Gennett recordings were later reissued on subsidiary labels like Challenge, Champion, Conqueror, Silvertone, Superior, Supertone, Bell and Buddy - often using a pseudonym for the artist or group to avoid paying the musicians royalties (source: http://www.starrgennett.org/stories/history/4.htm)
 

91928Alonso Boone

- Electric Chair Blues [Gennett 6752]
- Kansas City Blues [Gennett 6707]

rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g


Supertone 9428 (US 1928)

101928Bud Johnson

- Bull Frog Blues * [Gennett 6661]
- Kitchen Range Blues # [Gennett 6677]

# rec. October 9, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

* rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

[2,048 pressed]


Champion 15614 (US 1928)

111928Bud Johnson

- Hot Time Blues [Gennett 6707]
- Early Mornin' Blues [Gennett 6693]

rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

[1,144 pressed]


Champion 15675 (US 1928)

121929William Harris

- Bull Frog Blues # [Gennett 6661]
- Early Mornin' Blues * [Gennett 6693]

# rec. October 10, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g

* rec. October 11, 1928 in Richmond, IN; William Harris, voc, g


Conqueror 7264 (US 1929)


LP / CD compilations
131963The Mississippi Blues   1927-1940

Bukka White
- The Panama Limited
- Special Streamline
Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
Robert Wilkins
- That's No Way To Get Along
- I Do Blues

Mississippi John Hurt
- Got The Blues, Can't Be Satisfied
- Louis Collins

William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
- Hot Time Blues
Skip James
- If You Haven't Any Hay, Get On Down The Road
- Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
Son House
- Preachin the Blues, Part 1
- Preachin the Blues, Part 2


brochure notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow
 
Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1963)also delivered with labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues")

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions plus leaflet "The Mississippi Blues")

Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 196?)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

notes by Gayle Dean Wardlow (biographies) and David Evans (lyric transcriptions)

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (US 1966)   on labels: "The Mississippi Blues No. 1"

= Origin Jazz Library OJL-5 (180g repro 2018)

OJL Records discography


Canned Heat.'s debut album (Liberty LST-7526, rel. 1967) contained William Harris' "Bullfrog Blues"
(credited "Hite Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook")
also 45 rpm Liberty 55979 ("Rollin' and Tumblin' / Bullfrog Blues")
141967Mississippi Blues Vol. 1 (1927-1942)

Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Snake Doctor Blues
Blind Joe Amos - C & O Blues

William Harris - Early Mornin' Blues
Sam Collins - Signifyin' Blues
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Mean Black Moan
Charley Patton & Henry Sims - Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker
Robert Wilkins - Rolling Stone, part 1 & 2

Isaiah Nettles (The Mississippi Moaner) - Mississippi Moan
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Son House - The Jinx Blues - No. 2
Bukka White - Black Train Blues
Jelly Jaw Short (J.D. Short) - Barefoot Blues
Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues
Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues
Robert Johnson - Kind-Hearted Woman No. 2


 
Roots RL-302 (Austria 1967, 1st pressing) [line of front cover text in black]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 1968, 2nd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


Roots RL-302 (Austria 19??, 3rd pressing) [line of front cover text in red]


= autogram/Roots RL-302 (Germany 2013)

Roots Records discography

151967Mississippi Blues 1927 - 1941

Harvey Hull - Gang Of Brownskin Women
Henry Sims - Be True, Be True Blues

William Harris - I'm Leavin' Town
Skip James - Special Rider Blues
Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues
Charley Patton - Hang It On The Wall
Geechie Wiley - Eagles On A Half

Mattie Delaney - Tallahatchie River Blues
John Byrd - Billy Goat Blues
Charley Patton - Mean Black Moan
Charley Patton - Pea Vine Blues
Bobby Grant - Nappy Head Blues
Son House - Delta Blues
Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues


cover art: Michael Gruener, Nick Perls

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   390 East 8th St

Belzona L-1001 (US 1967)

there were specimen with "Belzona" covers and "Yazoo" labels sold!
Belzona' covers and 'Yazoo' labels; click to enlarge!

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   390 East 8th St

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 1968)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   54 King St

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 196?)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   245 Waverly Place

= Yazoo L-1001 (US 196?)

notes by Bradley Sweet [= Stephen Calt]   37 E. Clinton St, Newton, NJ

= Yazoo 1001HLP (US 2011) [180g reissue LP]

Yazoo Records discography

161970Cream Of The Crop

Son House
- Shetland Pony Blues
Willie Brown
- Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
Bukka White
- Sic 'Em Dogs On
- Po' Boy

William Harris
- Kitchen Range Blues
Dennis Crumpton & Robert Summers
- Go I'll Send Thee
- Everybody Ought To Pray Sometime
Bo Weavil Jackson (Sam Butler)
- Why Do You Moan?

Son House
- The Pony Blues
- The Jinx Blues - part 1
Alfred Lewis
- Mississippi Swamp Moan
Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
- Workin' On The Railroad
- Yellow Woman Blues
Richard (Rabbit) Brown
- James Alley Blues
The Beale Street Sheiks
- Rockin' On The Hill Blues


Roots RL 332 (Austria 1970)

Roots Records discography

171972The World's Rarest Country Blues Records

Blind Willie McTell
- B And O Blues No 2 (New York Sep. 21 1933)
King Solomon Hill
- Down On My Bended Knee (Grafton, Wis. c. Jan 1932)
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Disgusted Blues (Chicago, Ill. c. Jan 1929)
- The Cheaters Spell (Richmond Ind. Sep 24 1929)
Sluefoot Joe
- She's A Fool (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929)
- House Top Blues (Long Island City, N.Y. Apr 1929)
Jaybird Coleman
- Trunk Busted Suitcase Full Of Holes (Birmingham Alabama c. Aug. 1927)
Ruby Paul
- Last Farewell Blues (Chicago, Ill. Dec. 1927)
Blind Willie Davis
- Trust In God And Do Right. Grafton Wis. c. Jan 1930)


William Harris
- Electric Chair Blues
- Kansas City Blues (Richmond Ind. Oct. 9th 1928)
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Words Blues
- Skinny Leg Blues (Grafton, Wis. c. April 1930)
Skip James
- Hard-Luck Child
- 4 O'Clock Blues (Grafton Wis. c. Feb. 1931)
Charley Patton
- Circle Round The Moon
- Magnolia Blues
- Mean Black Cat Blues (Grafton Wis. Nov. 1929)


Strictly limited edition (150 copies). Plain white cover white separate typed listing sheet.
Note: "Every title presented on this lp has been dubbed from the only copy known to exist in the world. The makers have done their best to make these extremely rare and worn out 78's audible!"


For Specialists Only FSO-001 (Austria [Paltram/Roots] 1972)

181972Deep South Country Blues

William Harris
- Bull Frog Blues
William Moore
- Old Country Rock
Son House
- My Black Mama part I
- My Black Mama part II
Sunny Boy & His Pals (Papa Harvey Hull & Long Cleve Reed)
- The France Blues
Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues
- Rowdy Blues

Willie Brown
- Future Blues
- M & O Blues
George "Bullet" Williams
- Touch Me Light Mama
Henry Sims
- Tell Me Man Blues
Buster Johnson
- Undertaker Blues
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues part 1
- Cottonfield Blues part 2


 
Flyright LP 102 (UK 1972)

Flyright Records discography

19c.1977Delta Blues Heavy Hitters 1927 - 1931

William Harris
- I'm Leavin' Town
- Early Mornin' Blues
- Hot Time Blues
- Kitchen Range Blues
- Bull Frog blues
- Keep Your Man Out Of Birmingham
- Electric Chair Blues
- Kansas City Blues

Blind Joe/Willie Reynolds
- Married Man Blues
- Third Street Woman Blues
- Outside Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
Skip James
- Illinois Blues [Paramount 13072]
- Yola My Blues Away [Paramount 13072]
- Devil Got My Woman

notes by Stephen Calt

Herwin H 214 (US c.1977)

Herwin Records discography

201979Bullfrog Blues
"Can't be satismamlishfied"

Sam Butler
- Devil And My Brown Blues
- Heaven Is My View
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
- Working On The Railroad
- Shaggy Dog Blues

William Harris
- Hot Time Blues
- Early Morning Blues

William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
- Range In My Kitchen
Walter "Buddy Boy" Hawkins
- Yellow Woman Blues
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- When The Saints Go Marching In
- Why Do You Moan ?
Sam Butler
- Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long


cover painting by Richard Wakefield

notes by Stephen Calt & Gayle Dean Wardlow

Mamlish S-3809 (US 1979)

Mamlish Records discography

211991William Harris & Buddy Boy Hawkins
Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1927-1929)

William Harris
- I'm Leavin' Town
- Kansas City Blues
- Kitchen Range Blues
- Keep Your Man Out Of Birmingham
- Electric Chair Blues
- Bullfrog Blues
- Leavin' Here Blues
- Early Mornin' Blues
- Hot Time Blues
Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins
- Shaggy Dog Blues
- Number Three Blues (tk 2)
- Jailhouse Fire Blues
- Snatch It Back Blues
- Workin' On The Railroad
- Yellow Woman Blues
- Raggin' The Blues
- Awful Fix Blues
- A Rag Blues
- How Come Mama Blues
- Snatch It And Grab It
- Voice Throwin' Blues


notes by Paul Oliver
 
Document DOCD 5035 (Austria 1991)

Walter 'Buddy Boy' Hawkins discography

221994Mississippi Masters
Early American Blues Classics 1927 - 35

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues (1930)

William Harris
- Kansas City Blues (1928)
Otto Virgial
- Little Girl In Rome (1935)
Mattie Delaney
- Tallahatchie River Blues (1930)
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Words (1930)
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues (1930)

Williams Harris
- Bullfrog Blues (1928)
John D. Fox
- The Moaning Blues (1927)
Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues (1930)
King Solomon Hill
- Gone Dead Train (1932)
Garfield Akers
- Cottonfield Blues Part 1 (1929)
- Cottonfield Blues Part 2 (1929)

Williams Harris
- Hot Time Blues (1928)
Geeshie Wiley
- Skinny Leg Blues (1930)
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Third Street Woman Blues (1930)
John D. Fox
- Worried Man Blues (1927)
Mattie Delaney
- Down The Big Road Blues (1930)
King Solomon Hill
- Whoopee Blues (1932)
Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child Blues (1930)


Yazoo CD 2007 (US 1994)

Yazoo Records discography

231994Too Late Too Late Vol. 3 1926 - 1960's

Buddy Boy Hawkins (1927)
- Number Three Blues (tk 1)
Side Wheel Sally Duffie (1927)
- Bunker Hill Blues
- Plantation Blues
Memphis Jug Band (1928)
- She Stays Out All Night Long (tk 1)
Lottie Kimbrough & Winston Holmes (1928)
- Don't Speak To Me
Jim Jackson (1928)
- I'm Wild About My Lovin' (take 1)

William Harris (1928)
- Electric Chair Blues (Jefferson County Blues)
- Bad Treated Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson (1929)
- Big Night Blues (21402)
Charley Patton (1929)
- I Shall Not Be Moved (alt tk)
Mississippi Sheiks (1930)
- The Jazz Fiddler (take A)
Memphis Minnie (1930)
- Dirt Dauber Blues
- You Dirty Mistreater
Curley Weaver (1933)
- No No Blues (12909-1)
- Early Morning Blues (12910)
Tampa Red (1934)
- I'll Get A Break Some Day
Joshua White (1935)
- Cherry Picker
- Tweet Tweet Mama Blues
Leadbelly (1935)
- My Baby Quit Me (17183-1)
Casey Bill Weldon (1936)
- We Gonna Move (To The Outskirts...) (tk 2)
Tampa Red (1940)
- This Ain't No Place For Me
Ida Parham (1940's 1950's)
- Untitled Blues
Two Gospel Keys (1948)
- If I Never See You Anymore
- Stranger, Don't Drive Me Away
Jesse Thomas (c.1960's)
- Your Love Is Automatic
- Rain Sleet Or Snow

notes by Guido van Rijn

Document DOCD 5276 (Austria 1994)

241999Times Ain't Like They Used To Be   Vol. 4
Early American Rural Music Classic Recordings from the 1920s and 30s

- Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton
- Early Morning Blues - William Harris
- Billy In The Lowground - Burnett & Rutherford
- Rambling Gambler - Dixon Brothers
- Every Day In The Week Blues - Pink Anderson/Simmie Dooley
- I Got A Bulldog - Sweet Brothers
- Tom Cat Blues - Cliff Carlisle
- Preacher Blues - Hi Henry Brown
- Salt River - Kessinger Brothers
- Blushing Bride - Golden Melody Boys
- Kiss Me Quick - Georgia Yellow Hammers
- Magnolia Blues - Charlie Patton
- Perrodin Two Step - Angelas Le Jeunne
- Bachelor's Hall - Fiddling John Carson
- Walking Shoes (Button Up Shoes) - Tommy Johnson
- Wolves Howling - Stripling Brothers
- Mistreated The Only Friend You Had - James Cole & His Washboard Band
- Havana River Glide - Martin & Hobbs
- I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
- Make Down The Bed And We'll All Sleep Together - Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies
- Special Rider Blues - Skip James
- Walk Right In Belmont - Watts & Wilson
- Leaving All To Follow Jesus - Rev. Rice & Congregation



Yazoo CD 2048 (US 1999)

Yazoo Records discography

252001Roots of Canned Heat

- Roll And Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
- Bullfrog Blues - William Harris
- Goin' Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy Oden
- Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
- Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Statesboro' Blues - Blind Willie McTell
- Turpentine Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
- Whiskey Head Man - Tommy McClennan
- Pony Blues - Charley Patton
- Squablin' Blues - Barefoot Bill
- Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
- It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red
- Tell Me Man - Henry Sims
- Bulldoze Blues - Henry Thomas
- Two White Horses - Two Poor Boys
- Streamline Train - Cripple Clarence Lofton
- Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Shake It, Break It - Charley Patton
- That's All Right Mama - Arthur Crudup
- 34 Blues - Charley Patton
- Future Blues - Willie Brown


Catfish CD 174 (UK 2001)

Catfish Records (UK) discography

262001Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton

disc 6: Charley's Orbit - Songs
- Booze And Blues - Ma Rainey
- The Crowing Rooster - Walter Rhodes
- I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis
- Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy
- Bye Bye Blues - Tommy Johnson
- Maggie Campbell - Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson

- Kansas City Blues - William Harris
- Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
- Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
- Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
- Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks
- Just A Spoonful - Charley Jordan
- Banty Rooster - Blind Pete And George Ryan
- My Grey Pony - Big Joe Williams
- Dark Road Blues - Willie Lofton Trio
- Blues - Unknown Convict
- Sic 'Em Dogs On - Bukka White
- Po' Boy - Bukka White
- Make Me A Pallet on the Floor - Willie Brown
- County Farm Blues - Son House
- Saddle My Pony - The Howlin' Wolf
- Forty Four - The Howlin' Wolf
- Too Close - Roebuck "Pops" Staples & Staple Singers

7-CD album

Revenant RVN-CD-212

272003The Best There Ever Was
The Legendary Early Blues Performers Classic Recordings From the 1920s & 30s

Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Big Road Blues
Son House
- My Black Mamma - part 1
Mississippi John Hurt
- Ain't No Tellin
Skip James
- Cypress Grove
Blind Willie Johnson
- I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
Blind Willie McTell
- Mama Tain't Long Fo' Day
Jaydee Short
- Barefoot Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
Ed Bell
- Squabblin Blues
Charlie Patton
- It Won't Be Long
Frank Stokes
- What's The Matter Blues
Geeshie Wiley
- Last Kind Word Blues

William Harris
- Bullfrog Blues
Blind Blake
- You Gonna Quit Me Blues
King Solomon Hill
- The Gone Dead Train
Memphis Minnie
- Outdoor Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Prison Cell Blues
Sam Collins
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
Furry Lewis
- Big Chief Blues


Yazoo CD 3002 (US 2003)

Yazoo Records discography

282005American Primitive Vol. II
Pre-War Revenants (1897-1939)

disc 1:
- I Want Jesus To Talk With Me, Go Down Moses (1926) - Homer Quincy Smith
- Deal Rag (1930) - Walter Taylor
- Motherless Child Blues (1930) - Elvie Thomas
- Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues) (1930) - Tommy Settlers and his Blues Moaner
- I Got Your Ice Cold NuGrape (1926) - NuGrape Twins
- Molly Man (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason
- Black Dog Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose
- Workhouse Blues (1939) - Mattie May Thomas
- Bo-Lita (1927) - Kid Brown and his Blue Band
- My Mama Always Talked To Me (1927) - John Hammond
- Ballin' The Jack (1930) - The Salty Dog Four
- Friday Moan Blues (1930) - Alfred Lewis
- Pick Poor Robin Clean (1931) - Geeshie Wliey
- It's Cold In China Blues (1935) - The Mississippi Moaner
- Black Sheep Blues (1935) - Pigmeat Terry
- Old Hen Cackle (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Frisco Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose)

- Hot Time Blues (1928) - William Harris
- Take A Look At That Baby (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Mean Low Blues (1929) - Blues Birdhead
- Be My Kid Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson
- Little Girl In Rome (1935) - Otto Virgial
- Dangerous Blues (1939) - Mattie May Thomas
- Mean Low Blues (1929) - Blues Birdhead
- Be My Kid Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson)


disc 2:
- Last Kind Words Blues (1930) - Geeshie Wliey
- Poor Mourner (1897) - Cousins & Demoss
- Jamestown Exhibition (1930) - Bayless Rose
- There's A City Built Of Mansions (1926) - NuGrape Twins
- Cairo Blues (1929) - Henry Spaulding
- Two White Horses In A Line (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Shrimp Man (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason
- Don't Mistreat Your Good Boyfriend (1929) - The Bubbling Over Five)

- Bull Frog Blues (1928) - William Harris
- Purty Polly (1927) - John Hammond
- Go Down Moses (1926) - Homer Quincy Smith
- Over To My House (1930) - Wiley and Thomas
- Shaking Weed Blues (1930) - Tommy Settlers and his Blues Moaner
- Big Mac From Macamere (1939) - Mattie May Thomas
- Moaning The Blues (1935) - Pigmeat Terry
- Original Blues (1930) - Bayless Rose
- John Henry Blues (take 3) (1931) - Two Poor Boys
- Sobbin' Woman Blues (1928) - Elizabeth Johnson
- Bad Notion Blues (1935) - Otto Virgial
- Eagles On A Half (1931) - Geeshie Wliey
- Mississippi Swamp Moan (1930) - Alfred Lewis
- Red Cross The Disciple Of Christ Today (1928) - (Red Hot) Old Mose / Moses Mason

- Kansas City Blues (1928) - William Harris
- As Free As A Little Bird Can Be (1927) - John Hammond
- No Mo' Freedom (1939) - Mattie May Thomas

2 CD set

Revenant 214

292006The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of

disc 1
Freeny's Barn Dance Band: Croquet Habits
Son House: Mississippi County Farm Blues
Georgia Pot Lickers: Up Jumped The Rabbit
Memphis Minnie & Joe McCoy: I'm Going Back Home
Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles: Fightin' In The War With Spain
John Byrd: Old Timbrook Blues
Ernest Phipps And His Holiness Singers: A Little Talk With Jesus
Tommy Johnson: Slidin' Delta
The Three Striped Gears: Alabama Blues
Jack Gowdlock: Rollin Dough Blues
Kentucky Ramblers: Ginseng Blues
Ollis Martin: Police And High Sheriff Come Ridin' Down
Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston And The West Virginia Ramblers: John Hardy Blues
Long "Cleeve" Reed & Little Harvey Hull - The Down Home Boys: Original Stack O' Lee Blues
Amedie Ardoin & Dennis McGee: Two Step De La Prairie Soileau
Andrew & Jim Baxter: Operator Blues
J.D. Harris: The Grey Eagle
Memphis Jug Band: Jim Strainer Blues
Grayson County Railsplitters: Ain't That Trouble In Mind (unissued)
Dock Boggs: Old Rub Alcohol Blues
Jaybird Coleman: Mistreatin' Mama
Henry Whitter: It's A Rough Road To Georgia (unissued)
Rev. B.L. Wightman with Lottie Kimbrough & Congregation: Live The Life

disc 2
Yank Rachel with Sleepy John Estes & Jab Jones: Sweet Mama
Crowder Brothers: We All Love Mother (unissued
Son House: Clarksdale Moan
Ashley & Foster: Bull Dog Sal (unissued)
Jesse "Babyface" Thomas: Down In Texas Blues
Georgia Pot Lickers: Chicken Don't Roost Too High

William Harris: I'm Leavin' Town (But I Sho' Don't Wanna Go)
Asa Martin & Roy Hobbs: Wild Cat Rag
King Solomon Hill: Whoopee Blues (Alternate Take)
Chubby Parker: Davey Crockett
Geeshie Wiley: Skinny Leg Blues
Sweet Brothers: I'm Gonna Marry That Pretty Little Girl
Blind Roosevelt Graves & Varoy Graves: I Shall Not Be Moved
Smith & Irvine: Lonesome Road Blues
Luke Jordon: If I Call You Mama
Grayson & Whitter: My Mind Is To Marry (unissued)
Osey Helton: Green River
Lottie Kimbrough: Don't Speak To Me
Wade Ward: Married Man's Blues (unissued)
Ken Maynard: Sweet Betsey From Pike (unissued)
Jaybird Coleman: Boll Weevil
Bill Shepherd with Hayes Shepherd & Ed Webb: Bound Steel Blues
Middle Georgia Singing Convention No. 1: Bells Of Love

double CD

Yazoo YAZ CD 2202 (US 2006)

Yazoo Records discography

3011/201823 Classic Blues Songs from the 1920s Volume 16
2019 Calendar with free CD

CD and Calendar contents:
- Winding Ball Mama - Papa George Lightfoot
- Piney Woods Money Mama - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Love Sick Blues - Jim Jackson
- Ma Rainey - Memphis Minnie
- Too Tight Blues No. 2 - Blind Blake
- Jumping On The Hill - Test [unreleased] - The Beale Street Sheiks
- Black Biting Bee Blues - Leola B. Wilson with Blind Blake
- Coon Can Blues - Dad Nelson
- Ash Tray Blues - Papa Charlie Jackson
- Oh Death - Charley Patton
- My Grey Pony - Joe Williams
- Christians Fight On, Your Time Ain't Long - Sam Butler

Supplementary CD tracks:
- Heaven Is My View - Sam Butler
- Snake Hipping Daddy - Papa George Lightfoot
- Low Down Mojo Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
- Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow
- Troubled 'Bout My Mother - Charley Patton
- Don't Speak To Me - Lottie Kimbrough
- Got The Blues About Rome - Otto Virgial
- Seven Year Itch - Otto Virgial
- Indian Squaw Blues - Freezone

- I'm A Roamin' Gambler - William Harris
- I Was Born In The Country, Raised In Town - William Harris

remastered by the AMERICAN EPIC sound team


Blues Images Vol. 16 (rel. 11/2018, for 2019)

Blues Images

 

Additional information appreciated !!!

 

 

Other artist's Covers of William Harris songs (selection)
#year
of release
Artist / label # / notes
11964John Hammond: Country Blues

- Traveling Riverside Blues
- Hitchhiking Woman
- Statesborough Blues
- Milk Cow's Calf Blues
- Crawling Kingsnake
- Bull Frog Blues   @ youtube

- Drop Down Mama
- Little Rain Falling
- Seventh Son
- Who Do You Love
- 32-20 Blues
- Goin' Down Slow

John Hammond, voc, g, hca



Vanguard VRS-9198 (mono)
= VSD 79198 (stereo)

John Hammond discography

201/65Dave Ray: Snaker's Here

- Julie Ann Johnson (Trad.)
- Go My Bail (Ray)
- Rock Me (Waters)
*
- Bull Frog Blues (Harris)
- Old Country Rock (Moore)
- Ramblin' On My Mind (Johnson) *
- Broke Down Engine (McTell)
- Blind Lemon (Leadbelly)
- Last Fair Deal Gone Down (Johnson) *

- Saddle Up My Pony (Williams)
- Brownsville Blues (Memphis Willie B.) *
- Becky Dean (Leadbelly)
- Yellow Woman's Door Blues (Trad.)
- Killing Me By Degrees (Ray)
- 'Fore Day Worry Blues (Leadbelly)
- Rising Sun Blues
- Need My Help Someday (Ray) #

# Tony Glover on mouth harp


Elektra EKL-284 (mono)
EKS-7284 (stereo)

Koerner, Ray & Glover discography

31967Canned Heat

- Rollin' and Tumblin' (M. Morganfield)
- Bullfrog Blues (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook)   @ youtube
- Evil Is Going On (W. Dixson)
- Goin' Down Slow (J. Oden)
- Catfish Blues (Adpt. - Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook)

- Dust My Broom (E. James)
- Help Me (S. Williamson- R. Bass)
- Big Road Blues (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook)
- The Story of My Life (E. Jones)
- The Road Song (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook)
- Rich Woman (Hite, Jr. - Wilson - Taylor - Vestine - Cook)


Liberty LST-7526

41969John Dummer Blues Band

- Few Short Lines
- Bullfrog Blues   @ youtube
- Try Me One More Time
- Money & Fame
- Reconsider Baby

- Riding At Midnight
- Ain´t Gonna Work No More
- Big Feeling
- Memphis Minnie
- Birds & Booze Blues
- Skin Game


Mercury SMCL 20167

51972Rory Gallagher live!

- Messin' With The Kid
- Laundromat
- I Could've Had Religion

- Pistol Slapper Blues
- Going To My Home Town

- Bullfrog Blues

61976David Bromberg: How Late'll Ya Play 'til?


- Danger Man II
- Get up and Go/Fiddle Tunes
- Summer Wages
- Dallas Rag / Maple Leaf Rag
- Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo
- Young Westley

- Dyin' Crapshooter's Blues
- Bluebird
- Idol With The Golden Head
- Chubby Things
- Kaatskill Serenade


- Sloppy Drunk

- Bullfrog Blues   @ youtube

- Sweet Home Chicago
- Come On In My Kitchen
- Will Not Be Your Fool
- Such A Night


DLP
click to blow up !
Fantasy 79007

David Bromberg discography

71995Lightnin' Wells: Bull Frog Blues

- Jump Little Children
- Bullfrog Blues (William Harris)
- Keep Your Hands Off Her
- Gospel Train
- Airplane Blues
- One Way Gal (William Moore)
- Spank The Baby 2
- Walkin' My Troubles Away
- Jack And Jill Blues
- Bull City Rag
- Keep It Clean
- Graveyard Digger's Blues
- Step It Up And Go
- Wabash Blues
- Billy The Weaver
- How Do You Want Your Rollin' Done
- Your Red Wagon
- Sitting On Top Of The World


New Moon NMC 9507

82000David 'Honeyboy' Edwards: Shake 'Em On Down

- High Water Everywhere
- Drop Down Mama *
- Monkey Face Woman
- Shake 'Em On Down *
- Louise Louise Blues
- Pony Blues
- Anna Lee *
- Standing On The Corner
- West Memphis Blues #
- Bald Headed Woman

- Bullfrog Blues #
- Gambling Man
- Take Me In Your Arms
- Interview
- Lord I Got To Go


rec. 1999; David Edwards, voc, g; * Madison Slim, hca; # Jimmy D. Lane, g


APO CD 2010

Honeyboy Edwards discography

92006Sunshine On Your Back Porch
A Celebration of Gennett Records

Randy Brecker
- Canal Street Blues
Rhonda Vincent
- Rowan County Fued
Cindy Cashdollar
- Rye Straw
Stacey Earle
- Lost Lover Blues

The Hellhounds
- Bullfrog Blues
Duke Robillard
- Someday Baby Blues
Jenny O
- Stardust
Cindy Cashdollar
- Old Flannigan
Archer Street Rams
- Working Man Blues
The Hellhounds
- Backdoor Blues
Osei Essed
- Yoyo Blues
Deanna Bogart
- Maybe It's The Blues Langhorne Slim
- Mississippi Bo Weevil Blues
Melissa Ferrick
- Amazing Grace


Blind CD 0502

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon & John Godrich: Blues & Gospel Records 1902 - 1943, 3rd ed. 1982, p. 305
- Gayle Dean Wardlow: 'Big Foot' William Harris.- 78 Quarterly 3 (1988), p. 45-48
- John Tefteller and Blues Images Collection - used with permission
- Roger Misiewicz, T. Malcolm Rockwell & Helge Thygesen: Champion Sales Figures
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to David J. Costa, Buddy O. Wardlow, Eric Simkin, Helge Thygesen and Gayle Dean Wardlow for additional info / scans

 

 

 

 

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