Memphis Willie B.Willie Borumb. November 4, 1912 in Memphis, Tennesseed. Oktober 5, 1993 in Memphis, Tennesseeburied at West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery in Memphis, TNdiscography
Vocalion 02821
Vocalion 02855
Vocalion unissued
Vocalion 02844
notes by Sam Charters Bluesville BV/BVLP 1034 (US 1961)
notes by Sam Charters = OBC OBCCD-573-2 (US 1994)
= OBC 00025218057325 (EU 10/2006)
Bluesville Records discographyOBC Records discography
notes by Samuel B. Charters Bluesville BV/BVLP 1048 (US 1962)
notes by Samuel B. Charters = Prestige BVLP 1048 (US 196?) - trident label in use 1964 -1971
notes by Sam Charters = OBC OBCCD-578-2 (US 1994)
= OBC 00025218057820 (EU 2006)
notes by John Greenway Bluesville BV/BVLP 1055 (US 1962)
notes by John Greenway Prestige BVLP 1055 (US 196?) - trident label in use 1964 -1971
notes by John Greenway = OBCCD-544 (US 1991)
Tampa Red discographyLonnie Johnson discographyPink Anderson discographyBlind Willie McTell discographyBluesville Records discographyOBC Records discography
notes by Samuel Charters Asch A-101 (US 1967)= Folkways FA AS101
notes by Samuel Charters = Blue Angel BA20011 (Germany 1978/79?) (Zweitausendeins)
CDrnotes by Samuel Charters = Smithsonian Folkways FW-ASCH101-CCD (US 2007)
J.D. Short discographyPink Anderson discographyFurry Lewis discographyBaby Tate discographyGus Cannon discographySleepy John Estes discography
notes by Stephen Calt, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L 1021 (US 1970)
= CD 1021 YAZ (US 1991)
Yazoo Records discography
Mamlish S 3803 (US 1973?)
Mamlish Records discography
notes by Gianni MarcucciAlbatros VPA 5458(It 1979)
(=) Albatros ALB 13"Way Back Yonder...Original Country BluesVolumes 1, 2 & 3"(It 1979)
Albatros Records discographyLum Guffin discographyHammie Nixon discography
notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Ace CH 247 (UK 1988)
Ace CDCH 247 (UK 1988)
Bluesville Records discography
Document DOCD-5014Document DOCD-5014"Memphis Blues Vol. 1"
Document DOCD 5159"Memphis Blues Vol. 2"
Memphis ArchivesMA-7001-CD
Prestige PRCD-9907-2
notes by Don Kent Yazoo CD 2008 (US 1994)
Blues Encore CD 52043
Columbia CK 65518
Prestige PRCD-9922-2
3 CD setGJM - 1201 Music 7002
Agram ABCD 2018
MP3 only [?]Black Cat
notes by Giambattista MarcucciMbirafon 113 (It)
www.cdbaby.com
112-pp. booklet notes by Bill Dahl Bear Family BCD 17231 (Germany 2014)
source of left column picture: Front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1048; photographer: Samuel B. Charters
thanks to 'Sam Hopkins' and Alan Balfour (both o' 'em), Max Hoeffner, Michael Hortig, Bob Eagle, Helge Thygesen, Rob Ford, Russell Shor and John Tefteller for additional info / scans
1934 19??
19??
Memphis Willie B. and his wife Velma, 1961
source: Front cover of Bluesville BVLP 1048photographer: Samuel B. Charters
Willie Borum 1969source: Bengt Olsson: Memphis Blues.- Studio Vista, London 1970 (paperback edition), p. 69photographer: Bengt Olsson (?) Sam Charters, Izzy Young, Willie Borum, Furry Lewis, Gus Cannonin front of Izzy Young's Folklore Center at 110 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY, 1965source: Front cover of Samuel Charters: Walking A Blues Road - A Selection of Blues Writing 1956-2004.- New York (Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd.) 2004photographer: Ann Charters Willie Borum, Furry Lewis & Gus Cannonin front of Izzy Young's Folklore Center at 110 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY, 1965source: Ann Charters and Samuel Charters: Blues Faces - A Portrait of the Blues.- Boston (David R. Godine Publisher) 2000, p. 73photographer: Ann Charters
Sam Charters, Izzy Young, Willie Borum, Furry Lewis, Gus Cannonin front of Izzy Young's Folklore Center at 110 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY, 1965source: Front cover of Samuel Charters: Walking A Blues Road - A Selection of Blues Writing 1956-2004.- New York (Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd.) 2004photographer: Ann Charters Willie Borum, Furry Lewis & Gus Cannonin front of Izzy Young's Folklore Center at 110 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY, 1965source: Ann Charters and Samuel Charters: Blues Faces - A Portrait of the Blues.- Boston (David R. Godine Publisher) 2000, p. 73photographer: Ann Charters
Willie Borum, Furry Lewis & Gus Cannonin front of Izzy Young's Folklore Center at 110 MacDougal Street, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY, 1965source: Ann Charters and Samuel Charters: Blues Faces - A Portrait of the Blues.- Boston (David R. Godine Publisher) 2000, p. 73photographer: Ann Charters