Illustrated 'John Lee' Henley discography

source: Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing but the Blues.- London (Oak Publications) 1971, between pp. 122 & 123; photographer: Pete Welding John Lee Henley
b. February 13, 1919 near Canton, Madison County, Mississippi
d. March 12, 1995 in Chicago, Illinois
discography

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm*
1	c.5/1958	JOHN LEE - Rythm Rockin' Boogie [sic] (U-4911) # @ youtube - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door (U-4912) @ youtube rec. prob. 1952 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Henley, voc, hca; Robert Lockwood Jr., g; Johnny Holloway, g; Moody Jones, b; Sona Sago [Allan Williams], dr; # ensemble voc J.O.B. 114 (US c.5/1954) = J.O.B. 114 repro (2010) Robert Lockwood Jr. discography
		- My Baby's Gone @ youtube - Angel Child @ youtube - Love Me Over Slow @ youtube rec. March 17, 1964 in Chicago, IL; David Edwards, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron originally unissued Testament CD 6002 (1997) Honeyboy Edwards discography
		- Blue And Lonesome @ youtube - Ida Lou Blues @ youtube rec. March 17, 1964 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Henley, voc, hca; David "Honeyboy" Edwards, g; prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron originally unissued Testament CD 6002 (1997) Honeyboy Edwards discography
		- Slidin' Devil (2 tks) - Devil's Dream - Fox Chase rec. November 30, 1965 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Henley, hca solo unissued
		- Careless Love # [] - Greenback Dollar # - You Are My Sunshine # - Slidin' Devil - Old Mule - Old George Burney - Two Step - Foxchase [] - Devil's Dream - Snake Hippin' [] rec. January 9, 1966 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Henley, hca, # voc originally unissued [] Testament CD 6011
*LP / CD compilations*
2	1965	Chicago the post-war blues volume 1 Johnny Shines - Brutal Hearted Woman - Evening Sun Willie Nix & His Combo - Just Can't Stay - All By Yourself "Little" Willie Foster - Falling Rain Blues - Four Day Jump J B. Hutto & His Hawks - Pet Cream Man - Lovin' You Othum Brown - Ora-Nelle Blues Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her Johnny William(s) - Worried Man Blues Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman John Lee (Henley) - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door [J.O.B. 114] - Rythm Rockin' Boogie [J.O.B. 114] Junior Wells & His Eagle Rockers - Hodo Man [sic] - Junior's Wail notes by Charles Radcliffe post-war blues pwb 1 (UK 1965) pwb discography
3	1966	Ramblin' On My Mind Classic Train and Travel Blues Johnny Young with Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker - Hear That Whistle Blow Carl Hodges - Standing At The Greyhound Station Leroy 'Country' Dallas - She Caught The M&O Jimmy Brewer - Pea Vine Whistle Honeyboy Edwards - Highway 61 # @ youtube Big Joe Williams - Ramblin' On My Mind Blind Connie Williams - Key To The Highway Dr. Isaiah Ross - Hobo Blues John Lee Grandison - My Home Ain't Here Bill Jackson - Freight Train Blues Elijah Brown - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay W. B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Mean Old Train rec. 1963/1964 by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron; prod. by Pete Welding # rec. March 17, 1964 in Chicago, IL; David Edwards, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron cover photograph (Railroad Station, Edwards, Mississippi) by Walker Evans notes by Pete Welding Milestone MLP-3002 (mono) (US 1966) ~~Milestone MSP-93002 (stereo)~~ most likely never happened, 'cause all musical content only existed in mono! Milestone Records discography Honeyboy Edwards discography
4	1972	Take A Little Walk With Me The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957 J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie Willie Nix - All By Yourself Floyd Jones - Any Old Lonesome Day Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy Little Willie Foster - Little Girl John Lee Henley - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door Robert Nighthawk - My Sweet Lovin' Woman John Brim - Gary Stomp Lazy Bill Lucas - She Got Me Walkin' Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck Floyd Jones - Skinny Woman Grace Brim - Going Down The Line Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out Little Walter - Blue Baby Jimmy Rogers - Ludella No.2 Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me Grace Brim - Mean Man Blues Robert Nighthawk - Feel So Bad Homesick James - The Woman I Love Lazy Bill Lucas - I Had A Dream Willie Nix - No More Love Floyd Jones - Floyd's Blues John Lee Henley - Rhythm [sic] Rockin' Boogie Memphis Minnie - World Of Trouble Johnny Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule Floyd Jones - Big World John Brim - Drinking Woman Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay Junior Wells - Tomorrow Night Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues Johnny Shines - Living In The White House compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson DLP notes by Leroy J. Pierson Boogie Disease BD 101/2 [Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]
5	1981	Chicago Blues - A Quarter Century LP 1: Big Road To Chicago Johnny Shines - Ramblin' - Fish Tail - Cool Driver - Ain't Doin' No Good Floyd Jones - Dark Road Moody Jones - Rough Treatment - Why Should I Worry - Please Somebody 5 Long Years At Steel Mill Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years - Hard Head Woman J.T. Brown - My Gal Went Away - Soup Line Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark Son Joe - I'd Write A Letter Little Brother Montgomery - Keep On Drinkin' Memphis Slim - Black Cat Crossed My Trail LP 2: Chicago Blues Is Killing Me Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killing Me - Late Hours At Midnight - Pet Rabbit John Lee Henley - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door - Rhythm [sic] Rockin' Boogie J.B. Lenoir - Let It Roll John Brim - Hard Pill To Swallow Just Blowing Louis Meyers - Just Wailing - Bluesy Big Walter Horton - Have A Good Time - Need My Baby Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues - Little Girl Junior Wells with Earl Hooker - Calling All Blues LP 3: Down Home Child Grown Up Sunnyland Slim - Down Home Child - Over Night - Highway 61 Lee Jackson - Fishin' In My Pond - I'll Just Keep Walking Arbee Stidham - When I Find My Baby Homesick James - Crossroads Rather Fight Than Switch Buddy Guy - Sit And Cry - Try To Quit You Baby Shakey Jake with Magic Sam - Call Me If You Need Me Jesse Fortune - Too Many Cooks - Heavy Heart Beat A.C. Reed - I'd Rather Fight Than Switch Ricky Allen - Ouch! LP 4: Hard Times Follow Me Fenton Robinson - From My Heart - Say You're Leavin' Mighty Joe Young - Hard Times Earl Hooker - Blues In D Natural Lonnie Brooks - Figure Head Reggie Boyd - Nothing But Poison Andrew Brown - You Better Stop Sing The Way I Feel Koko Taylor - Honky Tonky Big Moose - Rambling Woman - Foot Race Big Mac - Rough Dried Woman Detroit Jr. - The Way I Feel - Call My Job Bobby Rush - I Don't Know Buster Benton - Money Is The Name Of The Game 4 LP set P-Vine PLP-9022-9025 (Jp 1981)
6	198?	Memphis Minnie & Others: World Of Trouble The Job series Vol. 7 John Lee Henley - Rythm [sic] Rockin' Boogie - Knockin' On Lulu Mae's Door Snooky Pryor - Stop The Train Conductor - takes 1, 2 3 - Walking Boogie Snooky Pryor and his Trio - Cryin' Shame - Eighty Nine Ten Eddie Boyd - Hard Headed Woman [J.O.B. unissued] - Pulling Strings (instr) [actually J.O.B. 1108 "Four Day Bounce" by Sunnyland Slim and His Playboys!] @ youtube Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark - World Of Trouble - In Love Again - What A Night Little Son Joe - Ethel Bea - A Little Too Late Harry Brooks - Black Mare J.T. Brown - Short Dresses notes by Mike Rowe Flyright FLY 585 (UK 198?) Flyright Records discography
7	1989	Chicago Blues Harmonicas 1949 - 1958 Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Any More - Take A Little Walk With Me Snooky Pryor - Boogy Fool - Raisin' Sand - Cryn' Shame - Eighty Nine Ten John Lee Henley - Rythm [sic] Rockin' Boogie - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues - Little Girl Louis Myers - Bluesy Arbee Stidham - When I Find My Baby Louis Myers - Just Whaling Sonny Boy Williamson - Steady Rollin' Man - Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket Charles Clark - Row Your Boat Shakey Horton - Need My Baby - Have A Good Time Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61 Flyright FLYCD 11 (UK 1989) = Paula PCD-7 (US 1991) Flyright Records discography
7a	1997	Carl Martin: Crow Jane Blues - Crow Jane Blues @ youtube - Corrina, Corrina * @ youtube - Trouble On Your Hand No. 2 # @ youtube - State Street Pimp No. 2 * @ youtube - Gravedigger Blues * [Testament CD 6004] @ youtube - Worried All The Time [] @ youtube - Liza Jane * @ youtube - Good Morning Judge @ youtube - John Henry * @ youtube - West Virginia Blues [] @ youtube - Trouble On Your Hand No. 1 # @ youtube - Everyday I Have The Blues * [Testament CD 6004] @ youtube - Frankie & Johnny * @ youtube - State Street Pimp No. 1 * @ youtube - Railroad Blues \|\| [Testament LP 2220, CD 4001, CD 5006] @ youtube - You Can't Beat The Syndicate (Carl Martin interviewed by Pete Welding) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Mistreatin' Blues - Goin' Back Home rec. May 31, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g # rec. May 31, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, g; Johnny Young, mand * rec. May 31, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, mand; Johnny Young, g \|\| rec. June 6, 1966 in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, fiddle; Johnny Young, g; John Lee Granderson, g [] rec. December 20, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Ted Bogan, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Young, mand All tracks previously unreleased (except where noted) notes (September 1997) by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6006 (US 1997) Testament Records discography Carl Martin discography Johnny Young discography John Lee Granderson discography
8	1997	David 'Honeyboy' Edwards: Crawling Kingsnake - Just Like Jesse James * - Sweet Home Chicago * - Blues Like Showers Of Rain * - Long Tall Woman Blues * - Love Me Over Slow * - Crawling Kingsnake * - Skin And Bones Blues * - Bull Cow Blues * - Blue And Lonesome # [] - My Baby's Gone # - Ida Lou Blues # [] - Angel Child # - Love Me Over Slow # - Honeyboy speaks with Pete Welding about Robert Johnson and Tommy Johnson * * rec. July 29, 1967 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; David "Honeyboy" Edwards, voc, g # rec. March 17, 1964 in Chicago, IL by Pete Welding; David "Honeyboy" Edwards, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca, [] voc prod. by Pete Welding notes by Frank Scott Testament CD 6002 (US 1997) Testament Records discography David "Honeyboy" Edwards discography
9	1997	Mandolin Blues Yank Rachell - Dig My Buddy, Joe @ youtube - Smokey Joe @ youtube - Rainy Day Blues # @ youtube - My Baby's Gonna Jump And Shout # @ youtube Carl Martin - Every Day I Have The Blues @ youtube - Grave Digger Blues @ youtube Willie Hatcher (with John Lee Granderson, g) - Garbage Man Blues @ youtube - Crawdad @ youtube - Waiting Just For You @ youtube Ted Bogan - Mary, Run To The Window § @ youtube Johnny Young - Highway 61 @ youtube - Jumpin' On Eight (instr) @ youtube - Stealin' @ youtube - Mandolin Rock (instr) @ youtube - I Tried To Get You Off My Mind @ youtube - Bumble Bee [] @ youtube - Crawling King Snake \|\| @ youtube Yank Rachell tracks rec. February 12, 1967 in Chicago, IL; Yank Rachell, voc, mand, g; Taj Mahal, g, # hca; Sleepy John Estes, g Carl Martin tracks rec. ~~June 6, 1966~~ [actually May 31, 1966] in Chicago, IL; Carl Martin, voc, fiddle, g, mand; Johnny Young, g Willie Hatcher tracks rec. prob. mid-1960s in Chicago, IL; Will(ie) Hatcher, voc, mand; John Lee Granderson, g Ted Bogan track rec. prob. December 20, 1965 in Chicago, IL; Ted Bogan, voc, g; John Lee Henley, hca; Johnny Young, mand Johnny Young tracks rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL; Johnny Young, voc, mand; John Wrencher, hca; John Lee Granderson, g [] rec. May 9, 1964 live at the University of Chicago; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p \|\| rec. 1963-1964 in Chicago, IL ; Johnny Young, voc, mand, g; Little Walter, hca; Jimmy Walker, p notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6004 (US 1997) Testament Records discography
10	1998	Down Home Harp - Blue Mood - Big Walter Horton - We All Got To Go - Billy Boy Arnold - Billy Boy's Jump - Billy Boy Arnold [Testament 5018] - Borrow Love And Go - James 'Bat' Robinson - You Know I Love You - Big John Wrencher - Thinkin' About Your Apples - Coot Venson - Sweet Woman Blues - George Robertson - Canadian Sunset - Harmonica Slim Willis Quartet - Last Night Blues - Andrew Cauthen - Blue As I Can Be - Willie Lee Harris Medley: - Fox Chase - John Lee Henley # - Snake Hippin' - John Lee Henley # - Careless Love - John Lee Henley # [] - Sweet Little Woman - Robert Nighthawk with Little Walter - Slow Train Through Arkansas - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle - T-Model And The Train - Elmon 'Driftin' Slim' Mickle - Morning Rock - Coot Venson - Blues For Illinois - Dr. Ross - Mattie Mae - Billy Boy Arnold - Where The Southern Crosses The Dog - Coot Venson - Goin' Down To The Station - Andrew Cauthen - Walter's Boogie - Big Walter Horton - John Henry - James 'Bat' Robinson - Baby, You Don't Have To Go - Johnny Young with Little Walter all tracks previously unissued except "Billy Boy's Jump" # rec. January 9, 1966 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Henley, hca, [] voc Andrew Cauthen and John Wrencher photos by Pete Welding; Dr. Ross, Elmon Mickle and Walter Horton photos by Frank Scott notes by Frank Scott Testament TCD 6011 (US 1998) = P-Vine PCD-5575 (Jp) Testament Records discography
11	2000	Stompin' 27 22 Rockin' Blues Classics! Schoolboy Cleve (Cleveland White) - She's Gone Jo Jo Williams - Rock 'n' Roll Boogie Sunnyland Slim (Albert Luandrew) - It's You Baby Eddie 'Guitar Slim' Jones - Certainly All Calvin Frazier - Track Down Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay Eddie Burns - Biscuit Baking Mama Little Sonny (Aaron Willis) - I Love You Baby Until The Day I Die McKinley James - Ain't Gonna Pick No Cotton Little Walter Jr. (George Smith) - Miss O'Mally's Rally Dr. Ross (Isaiah Ross) - Industrial Boogie Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis John Lee (Henley) - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie Clarence Johnson - That's Not Right Clarence Johnson - Baby Come Back To Me Birmingham Jr. (Wright Birmingham) - You're Too Bad Elmon Mickle - Jackson Blues Elmon Mickle - Lonesome Highway Jimmy Rogers - Sloppy Drunk Joe Hill Lewis - Hydramatic Woman Clear Waters (Eddy Harrington) - Boogie Woogie Baby Clifford King - Chicken Shack Boogie Stompin' CD 327 Stompin' Records discography
12	2001	Rough Treatment: The J.O.B. Records Story disc 1: - Evening Sun - Johnny Shines - Late Hours At Midnight - Babyface Leroy - Pet Rabbit - Babyface Leroy - How Much More - J.B. Lenoir - Mojo - J.B. Lenoir - Boogie Fool - Snooky Pryor - Crying Shame - Snooky Pryor - Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor - Rough Treatment - Little Hudson - Don't Hand Around - Little Hudson - Sweet Woman From Maine - Robert Jr. Lockwood - Dust My Broom - Robert Jr. Lockwood - Dark Road - Floyd Jones, - Skinny Mama - Floyd Jones - Kissing In The Dark - Memphis Minnie - Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd - Hard Pill To Swallow - John Brim - Glad I Don't Worry No More - Fat Man - Please Somebody - Moody Jones - Keep Drinkin' - Little Brother Montgomery - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie - John Lee - Man Around My Door - Grace Brim - Down Home Child - Sunnyland Slim - Ethel Bea - Little Son Joe - Ramblin' - Johnny Shines - Goin' Back To Memphis - Ernest Cotton disc 2: - Aw Aw Baby - Robert Jr. Lockwood - Pearly B - Robert Jr. Lockwood - Leaving Your Town - Sunnyland Slim - Overnight - Sunnyland Slim - Trouble In The Morning - John Brim - You've Got To Stop This Mess - Fat Man - Eighty Nine Ten - Snooky Pryor - Raising Sand - Snooky Pryor - Things Going So Tough With Me - Little Hudson - I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson - Play A Little While - J.B. Lenoir - People Are Meddling - J.B. Lenoir - Knockin' On Lula's Mae's Door - John Lee - Big World - Floyd Jones - On The Road Again - Floyd Jones - Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines - Cool Driver - Johnny Shines - Hospitality Blues - Grace Brim - Louella - Babyface Leroy - Blues Is Killing Me - Babyface Leroy - Blue Coat Man - Eddie Boyd - Little Too Late - Little Son Joe - Why Should I Worry - Moody Jones - Boogie - Little Brother Montgomery - World Of Trouble - Memphis Minnie - Drinking Woman - John Brim - Uh'm Beautiful - Ernest Cotton 2 CD set Westside CD WESD 233 (UK 2001)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, pp. 113-114
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 224
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 225
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 206
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 225
- Mike Leadbitter (ed.): Nothing but the Blues.- London (Oak Publications) 1971
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/job.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva for additional info / scans