Illustrated Little Hudson discography

source: Blues Unlimited 137/138 (Spring 1980), p. 11
("courtesy Little Hudson") Little Hudson
real name: Hudson Shower (~~Showers~~)
b. September 6, 1919 in Anguilla, Sharkey County, Mississippi
d. March 22, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois
discography
unknown, Howlin' Wolf, Little Hudson & B.B. King
background right: Lane (the 708 Club security guard)
708 Club, Chicago, IL, mid-1950s

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm*
1	10/1953	LITTLE HUDSON and His Red Devil Trio - Rough Treatment (U 2359) @ youtube @ Spotify - I'm Looking For A Woman (U 2360) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. January 31, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Hudson Shower, voc, g; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; James Bannister, dr J.O.B. JOB-1015 (US 10/1953) = J.O.B. JOB-1015 (US 195?) [typo on 45: "Womam"] J.O.B. JOB-1015 (US 1957) = J.O.B. JOB-1015 (repro UK 20??) Lazy Bill Lucas discography
		- Things Going So Tough With Me (U 2361-1) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Things Going So Tough With Me (U 2361-4) # - Don't Hang Around (U 2362) # @ youtube @ Spotify - Shake It Baby (U 2363) # @ youtube rec. January 31, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Hudson Shower, voc, g; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; James Bannister, dr J.O.B. unissued # Flyright 568 Lazy Bill Lucas discography
		- No Money Down @ youtube rec. 1958 in Chicago, IL; Hudson Shower, voc, g; p; b; dr radio commercial for a clothing store originally unissued St. George STG 1003
*LP / CD compilations*
2	1966	Let Me Tell You About The Blues Volume One Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got Ernest Lewis - No More Lovin' - West Coast Blues Little Hudson - Rough Treatment [JOB 1015] Howlin' Wolf - Passing By Blues [RPM 340] John Brim - Gary Stomp Eddie Hope - Lost Child J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie - Now She's Gone West Texas Slim - Little Mae Bell - Loudella Eddie Hope - A Fool No More Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby The Howling Wolf - I Want Your Picture [RPM 347] - My Baby Stole Off [RPM 347] notes by Mike Leadbitter Blue Horizon LP 2 (UK 1966) [only 99 copies pressed] Blue Horizon Records discography
3	1971	Blues From Chicago Volume Three Floyd Jones and his Band - Ain't Times Hard [Vee-Jay 111] - Schooldays On My Mind [Vee-Jay 111] Lazy Bill and his Blue Rhythms - She Got Me Walkin' [Chance 1148] L.C. McKinley - Companion Blues [States 135] Chicago Sunny Boy [Joe Hill Louis] - Jackpot [Meteor 5004] James Banister and his Combo - Blues And Trouble [States 141] Little Walter and his Jukes - Teenage Beat [Checker 845] Sir John Lee Hooker - We're All God's Children [Fortune 855] L.C. McKinley - Weeping Willow Blues [States 135] Freddy King - That's What You Think [El-Bee 157] Little Hudson and his Red Devil Trio - Rough Treatment [JOB 1015] Big Walter and his Combo - Back Home To Mama [States 145] notes by Keith Tillman Python PLP-KM 15 (UK 1971) Python Records discography
4	1980	John Brim / Little Hudson Classic Early 1950s Chicago Blues P-Vine PLP 9020 track sequence: John Brim - Young And Wild [JOB unissued] - I Love My Baby (tk 1) [JOB unissued] - Woke Up This Morning [J.O.B. 110] - "Chattanooga Tennessee" (= Hospitality Blues) (Grace Brim, voc) [J.O.B. 117] - Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110] - Hard Pill To Swallow [most likely tk 1] [JOB unissued] - Drinkin' Woman [J.O.B. 1011] Little Hudson - Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015] - I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015] - Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 4) [JOB unissued] - Don't Hung [sic] Around [JOB unissued] - Shake It Baby [JOB unissued] John Brim - Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) [JOB unissued] # - Moonlight Blues [JOB unissued] # Flyright FLY 568 track sequence: John and Grace Brim - Young And Wild [P-Vine PLP 9020] - I Love My Baby (tk 1) [P-Vine PLP 9020] - I Love My Baby (tk 2) °° - Trouble In The Morning [J.O.B. 110] - Humming Blues [J.O.B. 110] - Man Around My Door [J.O.B. 117] °° - Hospitality Blues [J.O.B. 117] - Hard Pill To Swallow "tk 2" [~~tk 2~~ actually tk 1] John Brim - Drinking Woman [J.O.B. 1011] - Don't Leave Me (No Name Blues) # [P-Vine PLP 9020] - Moonlight Blues # [P-Vine PLP 9020] Little Hudson - Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015] - I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015] - Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 1) °° [J.O.B. unissued] - Things Going So Tough With Me (tk 4) [P-Vine PLP 9020] - Don't Hang Around [P-Vine PLP 9020] - Shake It Baby [P-Vine PLP 9020] # with Pete Franklin, g °° tracks not on P-Vine PLP 9020; note on Flyright FLY 568 back cover: "Most of the above were issued on P-Vine PLP-9020, but the album does not include JB-41532-2, 51921 and U-2361-1." P-Vine PLP-9020 (Jp 1980) "john brim & little hudson" notes by Mike Rowe Flyright 568 (UK 1981) KC CD 03, Paula PCD-22 Flyright Records discography John and Grace Brim discography
5	1984	Southside Screamers! Chicago Blues 1948-1958 12 rare unreleased Tracks Elijah Jones & His Guitar - Shake 'Em On Down - Sad Home Blues - TNT Blues - Race Horse Blues Guitar Johnny - My Baby's Gone Little Hudson Red Devil Trio - No Money Down [previously unissued] @ youtube" target="_blank">@ youtube Uncle Percy Blues Band - Squeeze Me Baby - Bottleneck Boogie Boll Weevil Blues Trio - Streamline Woman - Things Ain't What They Used To Be Dixie Boy & His Combo - One More Drink - Fast Life Boogie notes by George Paulus St. George STG-1003 (US 1984) St. George Records discography
6	1990	Blues Is Killin' Me Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me - Late Hours At Midnight - Louella - Pet Rabbit Floyd Jones - Dark Road - I Lost A Good Woman - On The Road Again - Rising Wind - Skinny Mama Little Hudson - Don't Hang Around [J.O.B. unissued] - I'm Looking For A Woman [J.O.B. 1015] - Rough Treatment [J.O.B. 1015] - Things Going So Tough With Me [J.O.B. unissued] Memphis Minnie - In Love Again - Kissing In The Dark - What A Night - World Of Trouble Little Son Joe - Ethel Bea - A Little Too Late Unknown - Where Have You Been So Long notes by Mike Rowe Flyright FLYCD 28 (UK 1990) = Paula PCD-19 (US 1991) Flyright Records discography Baby Face Leroy discography Floyd Jones discography
7	1995	Ain't Times Hard Modern Blues Anthology disc 1: - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf - Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd - Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix - We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis - Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir - Evening Sun - Johnny Shines - I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson [JOB 1015] - Easy - Big Walter Horton - Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas - Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry - Feelin' Good - Junior Parker - Mystery Train - Junior Parker - The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross - Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love - Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones - Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto - Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare - You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed - Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor - Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood - So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson disc 2: - I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold - Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor - Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman - I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold - Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor - I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush - Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton - The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton - Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams - It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim - Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson - The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James - All Your Love - Magic Sam - Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed - Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker - Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker - Double Trouble - Otis Rush - Row Your Boat - Charles Clark - Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake - This Is The End - Buddy Guy - Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim - Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon - I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker disc 3: - Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake - No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon - Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed - Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim - Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon - Fannie Mae - Buster Brown - Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard - Little By Little - Junior Wells - Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt - You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers - Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells - Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker - Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell - You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs - Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed - Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker - Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins - Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James - Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James - It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James - Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune - Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen - You Better Stop - Andrew Brown disc 4: - Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac - Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim - Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks - The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior - Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers - Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam - Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost - Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson - She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain - Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe - Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker - Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler - Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins - Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner - Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy - Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker - Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue - My Baby - Lowell Fulson - High Cost Of Livin' - Al King - It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor - Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington - Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush - Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton - Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang compiled by Les Fancourt 4 CD set with 44-pp. booklet Charly CD DIG 3 (UK 1995)
8	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 [JOB 1015] - Don't Hang 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 [J.O.B. 117] - 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 [JOB 1015] - 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 [J.O.B. 117] - 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)
9	2004	Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953) disc 1 - Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith - Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims - Hobo - J.-D. Edwards - Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams - Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin - Alley Special - Wright Holmes - Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson - Hattie Green - Dr. Hepcat - Angel Chile - Andy Thomas - Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter - Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper - Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles - No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson - Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane - Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck - Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix - Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James - Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker - Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore - Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson - Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols - Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins - Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston - Take It Easy - Nat Terry - Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham disc 2 - Boogie - Snooky & Moody - Hard Times - Floyd Jones - Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell - Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard - Big City Blues - Big Maceo - Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren - Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns - Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters - Cut That Out - Junior Wells - Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins - Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk - Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller - Mean Old World - Little Walter - Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe - It Was A Dream - John Brim - The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers - Sad Story - Blue Smitty - Little School Girl - L.C. Greene - Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry - Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines - I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir - Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson [JOB 1015] - I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker - She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr - High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed disc 3 - She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams - How Many Years - Howlin Wolf - Build Myself A Cave - Mr. Honey - Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks - Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard - Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond - Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes - Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton - Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter - Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson - 1951 Blues - Luther Huff - New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones - Dust My Broom - Elmore James - Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas - Going Home To Mama - Clarence London - Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee - Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy - After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot - Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker - Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love - Easy - Jimmy & Walter - Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry - Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup - Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans disc 4 - Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield - Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown - Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys - Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills - Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan - Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell - Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim - Number Writer - Dan Pickett - She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis - Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas - Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee - Shackles Round My Body - Little David - Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver - I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott - Blind's Blues - John Lee - Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland - Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy - Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum - Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou - So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee - Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim - Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry - Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker - Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton - Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree compiled by Neil Slaven 4 CD box notes by Neil Slaven Boulevard Vintage BVBCD-1003 (UK 2004) Boulevard Vintage discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 162
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 193
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver 2012, p. 387
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 460
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Tom Ball for additional info

Little Hudson
source: Blues Unlimited 128 (January/February 1978), p. 19
(photographer's name not given)

Willie Smith & Little Hudson
source: Blues Unlimited 145 (Winter 1983/84), p. 13
(photographer's name not given)