Illustrated Willie Love discography

Willie Love
b. November 4, 1906 in Duncan, Mississippi
d. August 19, 1953 in Jackson, Mississippi
discography W I L L I E L O V E; from front cover of
source: back cover of Oldie Blues OL 2825

#	year of release	title / label # / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
1	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Eyesight To The Blind (DRC-1-15) - Crazy About You Baby (DRC-1-16) rec. January 4, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Joe Dyson, dr Trumpet Records founder and owner Lillian McMurry pressed up a limited supply of this record and sent the test pressing back to the pressing plant to get more made. The plant burned down with the test pressing in it so she had to re-record the record (see below) Trumpet no #
2	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Eyesight To The Blind (DRC15-2) @ youtube - Crazy About You Baby (DRC16-2) @ youtube rec. March 12, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; prob. Willie Love, p; (Elmore James ?) g; Henry Reed, b; Joe Dyson, dr in addition to those labels shown in the right column, Lillian McMurry also used what was left of the DRC-1-15/DRC-1-16 labels (see above) on later records of DRC-15-2/DRC-16-2, but with DRC 15-2 resp. DRC 16-2 in the wax.! Trumpet 129
3	1951	WILLIE LOVE AND HIS THREE ACES - Take It Easy Baby (DRC37) - Little Car Blues (DRC38) rec. April 7, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Willie Love, voc, p; Otis Green, ts; Lonnie Holmes, g; Alex Wallace, dr Trumpet 137
4	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Do It If You Wanta (DRC18) - Cool, Cool Blues (DRC19) # rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, # Dave Campbell, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 139
5	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica and House Rockers - Stop Crying (DRC17) - Come On Back Home (DRC20) rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 140
6	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica & House Rockers - West Memphis Blues (DRC22) - I Cross My Heart (DRC21) rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 144
7	1951	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues (DRC45) - Pontiac Blues (DRC46) rec. August 5, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Leonard Ware, b; dr Trumpet 145
8	1951	WILLIE LOVE and HIS THREE ACES - Everybody's Fishing (DRC48) # - My Own Boogie (DRC50) * rec. July 25, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Willie Love, voc, p; * prob. Otis Green, ts; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; prob Alex Wallace, dr; # ens voc Trumpet 147
9	1952	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON - Mighty Long Time (DRC88) - Nine Below Zero (DRC89) rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b; Joe Dyson, dr Trumpet 166
10	1952	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica and House Rockers - Stop Now Baby (DRC92) - Mr. Down Child (DRC93) rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b; Joe Dyson, dr Trumpet 168
11	1952	WILLIE LOVE AND HIS THREE ACES - Feed My Body To The Fishes (DRC100) - Falling Rain (DRC101) rec. December 1, 1951 in Jackson; Willie Love, voc, p; Little Milton Campbell, g; T.J. Green, b; Junior Blackmon, dr Trumpet 172
12	1952	WILLIE LOVE & His Three Aces - Vanity Dresser Boogie (DRC102 - Seventy Four Blues (DRC103) rec. December 1, 1951 in Jackson; Willie Love, voc, p; Little Milton Campbell, g; T.J. Green, b; Junior Blackmon, dr Trumpet 173
13	1952	WILLIE LOVE & The Three Aces - 21 Minutes To Nine (DRC104) - Shady Lane Blues (DRC105) rec. December 1, 1951 in Jackson; Willie Love, voc, p; Little Milton Campbell, g; T.J. Green, b; Junior Blackmon, dr Trumpet 174
14	1952	WILLIE LOVE and His Three Aces - Nelson Street Blues (DRC106) - V-8 Ford (DRC107) rec. December 1, 1951 in Jackson; Willie Love, voc, p; Little Milton Campbell, g; T.J. Green, b; Junior Blackmon, dr Trumpet 175
		- Shout Brother, Shout (DRC174) - Way Back (DRC175) - Worried Blues (DRC175A) # - Wonderful Baby (DRC176) - Lonesome World Blues (DRC177?) # - Willie Mae (DRC178) - Ella Lee (DRC178) rec. March 23, 1953 in Jackson, Ms.; Willie Love, voc, p; Bernard Williams, ts; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; b; Oneal Hudson, dr Trumpet unissued # Acoustic Archives AA 700
15	1953	WILLIE LOVE AND 3 ACES - Shout, Brother, Shout (DRC174A) - Way Back (DRC175B) rec. April 13, 1953 in Houston, TX; Willie Love, voc, p; Richard Lillie, ts; Lester Williams, g; Buck Hinson, b; Rusty Alfred, dr Trumpet 209
		- Worried Blues (tk 1) (DRC175A) # - Worried Blues (tk 2) # - Wonderful Baby (DRC176) [] - Lonesome World Blues (DRC177) - Willie Mae (DRC178) § * rec. April 13, 1953 in Houston, TX; Willie Love, voc, p; Richard Lillie, ts; Lester Williams, g; Buck Hinson, b; Rusty Alfred, dr Trumpet unissued # P-Vine PCD 2184 (Jp) [] Collectables CD 5243 § Collectables CD 5240 * Alligator CD 2800
		- She's Crazy (tk 1) * - She's Crazy (tk 2) # - 309 # - Sonny's Rhythm (tk 1) # - Sonny's Rhythm (tk 2) * - City Of New Orleans # - Clowning With The World rec. April 14, 1953 in Houston, TX; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Richard Lillie, ts; Willie Love, p; Lester Williams, g; Walter Henson, b; Rusty Alfred, dr Trumpet unissued # Acoustic Archives AA 700 * Acoustic Archives AA 801
16	1953	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON His Harmonica & Houserockers - Too Close Together (DRC91) # - Cat Hop (DRC180) * # rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, MS; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b * rec. March 23, 1953 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Kyle, Carlton Wells or Bernard Williams, sax; J.W. Walker, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g; b; O'Neil Hudson, dr Trumpet 212
17	1953	"SONNY BOY" WILLIAMSON and His House Rockers - She Brought Life Back To The Dead (DRC90 78 rpm) # - She Brought Life Back To The Dead (45-DRC90 45 rpm) # - Gettin' Out Of Town (DRC185) # rec. December 4, 1951 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Willie Love, p; Elmore James, Joe Willie Wilkins, g; Cliff Givens, voc b * rec. October 24, 1953 in Jackson, Ms; Alex 'Rice' Miller, voc, hca; Bernard Williams, ts; .James Williams, g; Hermann Fowlkes, b; O'Neil Hudson, dr; Frank Crawley, mrcs Trumpet 215
*LP / CD compilations*
18	1966	Memphis ....On Down the post-war blues volume 2 Jimmy & Walter (Walter Horton & Jimmy De Berry) - Easy Joe Hill Louis - Dorothy Mae - When I Am Gone Willie Love & His Three Aces - Nelson Street Blues [Trumpet 175] - V-8 Ford [Trumpet 175] Levi Seabury & His Band - Motherless Child Blues Charley Booker - Moonrise Blues - Charley's Boogie Woogie Harmonica Frank - She's Done Moved Junior Brooks - Lone Town Blues Drifting Slim - My Little Machine - Down South Blues Luther Huff - Dirty Disposition - 1951 Blues Boyd Gilmore - Take A Little Walk With Me - All In My Dreams notes by Mike Rowe The Post War Blues pwb 2 PWB discography
19	1966	Two Willies From Memphis Willie Love and His Three Aces - Shady Lane Blues [Trumpet 174] - Feed My Body To The Fishes [Trumpet 172] - Falling Rain [Trumpet 172] Willie Nix - Lonesome Bedroom Blues (RPM 1951) - No More Love (Chance 1954) - Nervous Wreck (Chance 1954) 7 inch EP notes by Eddie Harding Highway 51 H-700 Highway 51 Records discography
20	1968	Memphis And The Delta - 1950s Houston Boines - Relation Blues Luther Huff - Bull Dog Blues Junior Brooks - She's A Little Girl Harmonica Frank - Goin' Away Walking Forest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy Roosevelt Sykes - West Helena Blues Joe Hill Louis - I Feel Like A Million Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis Boyd Gilmore - Rambling On My Mind Drifting Slim - Good Morning Blues Willie Love - Seventy Four Blues [Trumpet 173] James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues Baby Face Turner - Gonna Let You Go Elmore James - Please Find My Baby cover photo by Danny Lyon notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15 (1968) notes by Paul Oliver Blues Classics BC 15 (1970s repress) Blues Classics discography
21	1968?	Story Of The Blues - Blues Pianorama -1 Harmonica Slim - My Girl Won't Quit Me - You Better Believe Joe Hill Louis - Glamour Girl - Keep Your Arms Around Me Willie Love - Take It Easy, Baby [Trumpet 137] - Little Car Blues [Trumpet 137] Jimmy Eager - Please Mr. Doctor [Sabre 100, 1954] Tampa Red - I Should Have Loved Her More Baby Boy Warren - Somebody Put Bad Luck On Me - Stop Breakin' Down Billy Emerson - Move, Baby, Move [Sun 214, 1954-55] - When It Rains It Pours [Sun 214, 1954-55] Little Junior's Blue Flames - Feelin' Good [Sun 187] - Fussin' And Fightin' Blues [Sun 187] Allen Bunn - My Kinda Woman [Red Robin 124] - Too Much Competition [Red Robin 124] Negro Art M-12-SB-357 (Fr) Negro Art Records discography
21a	1968	Story Of The Blues - Blues Pianorama -2 Big Boy Myles - Who's Been Foolin' You [Specialty 564, prob. 1955] - That Girl I Married [Specialty 564, prob. 1955] Champion Jack Dupree - Shake Baby Shake [Red Robin 112, prob. 1952] - Highway Blues [Red Robin 112, prob. 1952] - Stumbling Block Blues [Red Robin 109] - Number Nine Blues [Red Robin 109] Lonnie Lyons - Sneaky Joe - Betrayed Willie Love & His Three Aces - Shout Brother Shout [Trumpet 209] - Way Back [Trumpet 209] - Vanity Dresser Boogie [Trumpet 173] - Everybody's Fishing [Trumpet 147] - My Own Boogie [Trumpet 147] Eddie Boyd - It's Miserable To Be Alone [JOB 1009] - I'm Pleading [JOB 1009] - Blue Coat Man [JOB 1007] Negro Art M-12-SB-360 (Fr) Negro Art Records discography
21b	1970	"Arhoolie Records, Box 9195, Berkeley, Ca. 94709" Sonny Boy Williamson: King Biscuit Time - Do It If You Wanna - Cool Cool Blues - Come On Back Home - Stop Crying - Eyesight To The Blind - West Memphis Blues - I Cross My Heart - Crazy About You Baby - Nine Below Zero - Mighty Long Time - She Brought Life Back To The Dead - Stop Now Baby - Mr. Downchild - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues - Pontiac Blues - Too Close Together Original recordings produced by Lillian NcMurry; reissue prod. by Chris Strachwitz notes by Paul Oliver Arhoolie 2020 (US 1970) notes by Paul Oliver = Trio PA-3057 (Jp 1975) notes by Paul Oliver (uses slightly different "King Biscuit Time" photo!) "Arhoolie Records, 10341 San Pablo Ave., El Cerrito, Ca. 94530" Arhoolie 2020 (US 19??) Arhoolie Records discography
22	1983	Willie Love: Shout Brother Shout - Take It Easy Baby [Trumpet 137] - Little Car Blues [Trumpet 137] - Everybody's Fishing [Trumpet 147] - My Own Boogie [Trumpet 147] - Feed My Body To The Fishes [Trumpet 172] - Falling Rain [Trumpet 172] - Vanity Dresser Boogie [Trumpet 173] - Seventy Four Blues [Trumpet 173] - 21 Minutes To Nine [Trumpet 174] - Shady Lane Blues [Trumpet 174] - Nelson Street Blues [Trumpet 175] - V-8 Ford [Trumpet 175] - Shout Brother Shout [Trumpet 209] - Worried Blues (takes 1 & 2) # - Lonesome World Blues # - Wonderful Baby # - Willie Mae # - Way Back [Trumpet 209] # additional tracks on P-Vine / Purple Pyramid CDs notes by Martin van Olderen Oldie Blues OL 2825 (NL) (=) P-Vine PCD 2184 (Jp 1990) "Nelson Street Blues" = Purple Pyramid CD 832 (2000) "Greenville Smokin'" Oldie Blues discography
23	1989	Sonny Boy Williamson & Willie Love: Clownin' With The World Sonny Boy Williamson - She's Crazy (tk 2) - 309 - Sonny's Rhythm (tk 1) - City Of New Orleans - Keep It Yourself - Shuckin' Mama - I'm Not Beggin' Nobody - Clownin' With The World Willie Love - Take It Easy, Baby - Little Car Blues - V-8 Ford - Nelson Street Blues - Falling Rain - Feed My Body To The Fishes - Worried Blues - Lonesome World Blues notes by Marc Ryan Acoustic Archives AA-700 North San Juan, CA ("Trumpet Records") = Alligator ALCD 2700 (US 1993)
24	1990	Delta Blues 1951 Big Joe Williams sessions on Scott's Radio Service, and at Cedars of Lebanon in 1951, originally issued on Trumpet Records, Jackson, Mississippi - Mama Don't Allow Me - Delta Blues - Overhauling Blues - Whistling Pines - Friends And Pals - Juanita - She Left Me A Mule - Bad Heart Blues Luther Huff rec. at Scott's Radio Service Jan/Feb 1951 - 1951 Blues - Dirty Disposition - Bull Dog Blues - Rosalee Willie Love and his Three Aces (incl. Elmore James, Little Milton) recorded at Scott's Radio Service and Musician's Union Hall - Everybody's Fishing - My Own Boogie - 74 Blues - Shady Lane Blues - 21 Minutes To Nine - Vanity Dresser Boogie notes by Marc Ryan Acoustic Archives AA-702 North San Juan, CA ("Trumpet Records") = Alligator ALCD 2702 (US 1993)
25	1991	Sonny Boy Williamson: Goin' In Your Direction with B.B. King, Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup and Willie Love Sonny Boy Williamson - Goin' In Your Direction - From The Bottom - No Nights by Myself - Boppin' With Sonny - Empty Bedroom - Red Hot Kisses - Gettin' Out Of Town - Cat Hop - She Brought Life Back To The Dead (alt tk) [Trumpet 215] - I'm Not Beggin' Nobody (alt tk) - She's Crazy (tk 1) - Sonny's Rhythm (tk 2) Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup & Sonny Boy Williamson - Make A Little Love With Me - Gonna Find My Baby Bobo 'Slim' Thomas & Sonny Boy Williamson - Catfish Blues Acoustic Archives AA-801 North San Juan, CA ("Trumpet Records") = Alligator ALCD 2803 (US 1994)
26	1991	Willie Love: Lonesome World Blues Trumpet Masters Vol. 1 - Take It Easy Baby - Little Car Blues - Everybody's Fishing - My Own Boogie - Falling Rain - Vanity Dresser Boogie - 74 Blues - Nelson Street Blues - Shady Lane Blues - V-8 Ford - Willie Mae - Way Back - Worried Blues - Lonesome World Blues Collectables COL-5240 (US 1991)
27	2000	Willie Love & The Three Aces: Greenville Smokin' - Take It Easy Baby - Little Car Blues - Everybody's Fishing - My Own Boogie - Falling Rain - Feed My Body To The Fishes - Vanity Dresser Boogie - 74 Blues - 21 Minutes To Nine - Shady Lane Blues - Nelson Street Blues - V-8 Ford - Shout Brother Shout - Worried Blues - Lonesome World Blues - Wonderful Baby - Willie Mae - Way Back notes by Marc Ryan Purple Pyramid CLP 0832 review by Craig Ruskey
28	2006	Sonny Boy Williamson: Cool Cool Blues The Classic Sides 1951-1954 disc 1: Sonny Boy Williamson - Eyesight To The Blind # - Crazy About You Baby # - Stop Crying # - Do It If You Wanna # - Cool, Cool Blues # - Come On Back Home # - I Cross My Heart # - West Memphis Blues # - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues # - Pontiac Blues # - Mighty Long Time # - Nine Below Zero # - She Brought Life Back To The Dead (45) # - She Brought Life Back To The Dead (78) # - Too Close Together # - Stop Now Baby # - Mr. Down Child # - Cat Hop - Gettin' Out Of Town - Red Hot Kisses - Going In Your Direction - Empty Bedroom - Boppin' With Sonny - From The Bottom - No Nights By Myself # with Willie Love, p disc 2: Big Joe Williams - Mama Don't Allow Me - Delta Blues - Overhauling Blues - Whistling Pines - Friends And Pals - Juanita - She Left Me A Mule - Bad Heart Blues - Dirty Disposition - 1951 Blues - Bull Dog Blues - Rosalee Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - My Baby Boogies All The Time - I Wonder - Gotta Find My Baby - Make A Little Love Bobo "Slim" Thomas - Catfish Blues Elmore James - Dust My Broom Jerry "Boogie" McCain - East Of The Sun - Wine-O-Wine - Stay Out Of Automobiles - Middle Of The Night - Love To Make Up - Crazy 'Bout That Mess - Fall Guy disc 3: Willie Love - Take It Easy Baby - Little Car Blues - Everybody's Fishing - My Own Boogie - Feed My Body To The Fishes - Falling Rain - Vanity Dresser Boogie - Seventy Four Blues - 21 Minutes To Nine - Shady Lane Blues - Nelson Street Blues - V-8 Ford - Shout Brother, Shout - Way Back Sherman "Blues" Johnson - Pretty Baby Blues - Sugar Mama - Hot Fish - Lost In Korea Tiny Kennedy - Early In The Morning Baby - Strange Kind of Feeling - Blues Disease - Don't Lay This Job On Me - Have You Heard About the Farmer's Daughter Wally Mercer - Too Old To Get Married - If You Don't Mean Business - Hey, Miss Lula disc 4: Sonny Boy Williamson - She's Crazy # - 309 # - Sonny's Rhythm # - City Of New Orleans # - Keep It To Yourself - Going In Your Direction - Clowning With The World - I Ain't Beggin' Nobody - Shuckin' Mama - From The Bottom - She's Crazy - Sonny's Rhythm - Keep It To Yourself - Going In Your Direction - From The Bottom - I Ain't Beggin' Nobody - From The Bottom Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Gotta Find My Baby - Gotta Find My Baby Willie Love - Worried Blues - Lonesome World Blues - Wonderful Baby - Willie Mae - Worried Blues - Shout, Brother, Shout - Willie Mae # with Willie Love, p 4 CD box notes by Neil Slaven JSP CD 7766 (UK 2006)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 348-349, 590-591
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p.
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: cover of Oldie Blues OL 2825
thanks to Alan Balfour, Paul Vernon, Falcon Jennings, William E Donoghue, Paul Garon, John Burton and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans