Illustrated Turner Parrish discography

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Turner Parrish
Turner William Parrish
b. July 27, 1897 in New Providence, Montgomery County, Tennessee
d. January 20, 1966 at the General Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana
discography

#	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
1	1929	Teddy Moss - You Broke My Heart Baby (15515- ) # @ Spotify - Sympathizing Blues (15520- ) * @ Spotify rec. August 28, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Moss, voc; Bob Robinson, cl; Turner Parrish, p Gennett 7010 # Champion 15880 as by "James Platt" * Champion 15860 as by "James Platt" # Supertone 9522 as by "Floyd Griffin" * Supertone 9525 as by "Floyd Griffiin" # Varsity 6052 as by "Blue Boy" * Varsity 6030 as by "Tall Tom" Teddy Moss discography
2	1929	Teddy Moss - Easy Papa (15521- ) * @ youtube @ Spotify - Ocean Wave Blues (15513-A) # @ Spotify * rec. August 28, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Moss, voc; Turner Parrish, p; Bob Robinson, cl # rec. August 28, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Moss, voc; Herve Duersen, p Gennett 7055 * Champion 15880 as by "James Platt" * Supertone 9522 as by Floyd Griffin * Varsity 6030 as by "Tall Tom" Teddy Moss discography
3	1929	Teddy Moss - Heart Breaker Blues (15516-A) * @ Spotify - Back-Biter Blues (15517- ) # @ Spotify rec. August 28, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Moss, voc; Bob Robinson, cl; Turner Parrish, p Gennett 7084 = Champion 15927 as by "James Platt" Supertone 9523 as by "Floyd Griffin" * Varsity 6065 # Varsity 6052 as by "Tall Tom" Teddy Moss discography
4	1929	Floyd Griffin [Teddy Moss] - Dying In The Electric Chair [Gennett 6993; Champion 15860; Varsity 6059] - You Broke My Heart Baby [Gennett 7010; Champion 15880; Varsity 6030] Supertone 9522 Teddy Moss discography
5	1929	Floyd Griffin [Teddy Moss] - Heart Breaker Blues [Gennett 7084; Champion 15927; Varsity 6065] - Back-Biter Blues [Gennett 7084; Champion 15927; Varsity 6052] Supertone 9523 Teddy Moss discography
6	1929	Dudley Brown [Turner Parrish] - Wake Up In The Morning Blues (15518-A) @ youtube - Western Traveler Blues (15519- ) @ youtube rec. August 28, 1929 in Richmond, IN; Turner Parrish, voc, p; Bob Robinson, cl Supertone 9524
7	1929	Floyd Griffiin [sic¹⁾] [Teddy Moss] - Sympathizing Blues [Gennett 7010; Champion 15860; Varsity 6052] - Easy Papa [Gennett 7055; Champion 15880; Varsity 6030] ¹⁾ typesetter obviously used a ligature "ffi" plus an additional "i" for the (invented) family name! Supertone 9525 Teddy Moss discography
8	1933	James Platt [Teddy Moss] - Sympathizing Blues [Gennett 7010; Supertone 9525; Varsity 6052] - Dying In The Electric Chair [Gennett 6993; Supertone 9522; Varsity 6059] 1708 copies sold Champion 15860 (1933) Teddy Moss discography
9	1933	James Platt [Teddy Moss] - You Broke My Heart Baby [Gennett 7010; Supertone 9522; Varsity 6030] - Easy Papa [Gennett 7055; Supertone 9525; Varsity 6030] Champion 15880 (1933) Teddy Moss discography
10	1933	Turner Parrish - My Own Lonesome Blues (18659- ) - Four Day Blues (18660- ) rec. August 4, 1932 in Richmond, IN; Turner Parrish, p "None reported" of these titles according to 78 Quarterly #9, p. 32 Champion 16509 (1933)
11	1933	TURNER PARRISH - Ain't Gonna' Be Your Dog No More (18967- ) @ youtube - Graveyard Blues (18966- ) @ youtube rec. January 13, 1933 in Richmond, IN; Turner Parrish, voc, p Champion 16629 (1933) = Champion 50027 (1935)
12	1933	TURNER PARRISH - Fives (18969- ) [actually "Trenches"!] @ youtube - Trenches (18968-A) [actually "Fives"!] # @ youtube rec. January 13, 1933 in Richmond, IN; Turner Parrish, p "Titles have been mixed. 'Trenches' should be 'The Fives', and 'The Fives' are 'Trenches'. Listen to the imitation of a machinegun during the breaks in 'The fives' !!!!!!" (Michael Hortig) Champion 16645 (1933) = Champion 50046 (1935) # Decca 3832
13	1935	Turner Parrish / Charlie Segar Turner Parrish - Trenches [Champion 16645, 50046] Charlie Segar - Boogie Woogie (C-9646-A) * @ youtube * rec. January 11, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Charles Segar, p Decca 3832
14	1939/40	TALL TOM [Teddy Moss] - You Broke My Heart Baby [Gennett 7010; Champion 15880; Supertone 9522] - Easy Papa [Gennett 7055; Champion 15880; Supertone 9525] Varsity 6030 Teddy Moss discography
15	1939/40	BLUE BOY [Teddy Moss] - Sympathizing Blues [Gennett 7010; Champion 15860; Supertone 9525] - Back Biter Blues [Gennett 7084; Champion 15927; Supertone 9523] Varsity 6052 Teddy Moss discography
16	1939/40	TEDDY MOSS - Rocky Luck Blues (16210-A) # [Gennett 7158; Champion 15973] - Heart Breaker Blues [Gennett 7084; Champion 15827; Supertone 9523] # rec. February 4, 1930 in Richmond, IN; Teddy Moss, voc; Bob Robinson, cl; Jimmy Blythe, p; Scrapper Blackwell, g Varsity 6065 Teddy Moss discography
*LP / CD compilations*
17	4/1957	Jazz Piano Rarities Fats Waller - Sister Kate - Trixie Blues Dixie Four - St. Louis Man - Kentucky Stomp Dobby Bragg [Roosevelt Sykes] - Fire Detective Blues Meade Lux Lewis - Don't Put That Thing On Me Turner Parrish - Trenches - Fives London AL 3565 (UK 4/1957) (Origins Of Jazz series) London Records discography
17a	1959	Tall Tom & Pinewood Tom The Male Blues Vol. 4 Tall Tom (Teddy Moss) - You Broke My Heart - Easy Papa Pinewood Tom (Josh White) - D.B.A. Blues - New Mean Mistreater Blues 7 inch 45 rpm EP Jazz Collector JEL 5 (UK 1959) Jazz Collector discography
18	1960	Early And Rare - Classic Jazz Collectors Items Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues Ma Rainey - Wringing And Twisting Blues Tommy Ladnier - Mojo Strut Cripple Clarence Lofton - More Motion Big Bill Broonzy - Mr. Conductor Man Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp Fats Waller - Trixie Blues Blind Lemon Jefferson - Jack O'Diamonds Blues Ike Rodgers - Screenin' The Blues Joe Smith / Trixie Smith - Everybody's Doin' The Charleston Now Turner Parrish - Trenches Riverside 12-134 (US 1960)
19	1965	Piano Blues 1927-1933 - Midnight Rambler's Blues - Bert M. Mays - Oh-Oh Blues - Bert M. Mays - Larceny Woman Blues - Rudy Foster - Dying Pickpocket Blues - Rudy Foster - Black Gal Makes Thunder - Jack O'Diamonds - Corn Trimmer Blues - Jack O'Diamonds - The Ducks Yas Yas - James Bat Robinson - Humming Blues - James Bat Robinson - On The Wall - Louise Johnson - By The Moon And Stars - Louise Johnson - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Polock Blues - Jabo Williams - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams - Graveyard Blues - Turner Parrish - Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More - Turner Parrish notes by Paul Oliver Riverside RM/RLP 8809 (US 1965) = Pierre Cardin presente 93518 (Fr 1975) = BASF 10 29525 7 (Fr) (Jazz Ancestors series) = Music Parade Cetra LEL 206 (It) Little Brother Montgomery discography Jabo Williams discography
20	1971	Jazz Panorama Of The '20 - Vol. 3 Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues (3:20) Ma Rainey - Wringing And Twisting Blues (3:00) Tommy Ladnier - Mojo Strut (3:10) Cripple Clarence Lofton - More Motion (3:58) Big Bill Broonzy - Mr. Conductor Man (3:06) Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag (2:28) Jelly Roll Morton - King Porter Stomp (2:23) Fats Waller - Trixie Blues (2:57) Blind Lemon Jefferson - Jack O' Diamonds Blues (2:52) Joe Smith, Trixie Smith - Everybody Is Doin' The Charleston Now (3:12) Ike Rodgers - Screenin' The Blues (3:12) Turner Parrish - Trenches (3:12) Archive Of Jazz 101.591 (It 1971) = Joker SM 3127 (It 19??)
21	1977	Postscripts, 1927-33 The Piano Blues Vol. 5 Little Brother Montgomery - Frisco Hi-Ball Turner Parrish - Trenches Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues Mozelle Alderson - Tight Whoopee Sammy Brown - Jockey Blues Speckled Red - Wilkins Street Stomp Jame Robinson - Humming Blues Rufus & Ben Quillian - Holy Roll Cow Cow Davenport - Atlanta Rag Pinetop & Lindberg - 4-11-44 Lonnie Clark - Down In Tennessee Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning No 2 Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut Stump Johnson - Bound To Be A Monkey Kingfish Bill Tomlin - Hot Box foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4405 (UK 1977) Magpie Records discography
22	1983	Jazz Gems from Gennett-Champion - Walkin' The Dog - Carmichael's Collegians - West End Blues - Zach Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels - Rock And Gravel - Syd Valentine and his Patent Leather Kids - Black And Tan Fantasy - Paul Davis and his Orchestra - Crossin' Beale Street - Alabama Jim and George - Slappin' The Bass - Bud Ritchie and his Boys - After You've Gone - Alphonse Trent and his Orchestra - Trenches - Turner Parrish - I've Found A New Baby - Paul Cornelius and his Orchestra - Mosby Stomp - Mosby & Sykes compiled and mastered by Steve Hoffman "Transferred from the original Gennett-Champion 78 RPM metal parts" notes by Dave Dexter, Jr. MCA LP 1371 (US 1983) (Jazz Heritage Series)
23	1984	Barrelhouse Years 1928-1933 'some piano player, I'll tell you that' (The Piano Blues Vol. 20) Pine Top Smith - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie (-B) - Pine Top Blues (-B) Pinetop & Lindberg - Down On The Levee - Louisiana Bound - East Chicago Blues Speckled Red - The Right String - The Dirty Dozen - no. 2 'Boodle It' Wiggins - Evil Woman Blues Turner Parrish - Fives Lonnie Clark - Broke Down Engine Davenport - Slum Gullion Stomp 'Montana' Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp 'Jabo' Williams - Fat Mama Blues Henry Brown - Blind Boy Blues Bert M. Mays - You Can't Come In Davenport & Smith - Alabama Strut mastered by John R. T. Davies foreword by Francis Smith notes by Bob Hall Magpie PY 4420 (UK 1984) Magpie Records discography
24	1988	The Piano Blues Of Herve Duerson And Turner Parrish Complete Recordings In Chronological Order Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut - Naptown Special - Easy Drag Teddy Moss - Texas Dream Blues - Ocean Wave Blues - Dyin' In The Electric Chair - You Broke My Heart Baby - Heart-Breaker Blues - Back-Biter Blues Turner Parrish - Wake Up In The Morning Blues - Western Traveler Blues Teddy Moss - Sympathizin' Blues - Easy Papa - Rocky Luck Blues - Graveyard Blues - Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More - Trenches - Fives RST Blues Documents BD-2025 (Austria 1988) RST Blues Documents Records discography
25	1993	Barrelhouse Piano Blues & Stomps 1929 - 1933 Herve Duerson - I'm Busy, You Can't Come In (Alura Mack as Sallie Taylor, voc) - Avenue Strut - Naptown Special - Easy Drag - Evening Chimes Waltz (Teddy Moss, voc) - Texas Dream Blues (Dreamin' Of Texas) (Teddy Moss, voc) - Ocean Wave Blues (Teddy Moss, voc) - Dyin' In The Electric Chair (Teddy Moss, voc) Turner Parrish - You Broke My Heart Baby (Teddy Moss, voc) - Heart Breaker Blues (Teddy Moss, voc) - Back-Biter Blues (Teddy Moss, voc) - Wake Up In The Morning - Western Traveler Blues - Sympathizin' Blues (Sorry Blues) (Teddy Moss, voc) - Easy Papa (Teddy Moss, voc) Herve Duerson - You'll Be Sorry Some Day (Harry Campbell, voc) Turner Parrish - Graveyard Blues - Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More - Trenches - Fives 'Kingfish' Bill Tomlin - Dupree Blues - Army Blues - Hot Box - Mean And Unkind Blues notes by Howard Rye Document DOCD-5193 (Austria 1993)
26	1998	Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here Strutting The Dozens - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Mama Don't Allow No Easy Riders Here - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Atlanta Rag - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Avenue Strut - Herve Duerson - Mixed up Rag - William Ezell - Louisiana Glide - Blind Leroy Garnett - Windy City - Arnold 'Doc' Wiley - Slum Gullion Stomp - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Old Mill Blues - William Ezell - Wilkins Street Blues - Speckled Red - Easy Drag - Herve Duerson - Texas Shout - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - The Fives - Turner Parrish - Arnold Wiley Rag - Arnold 'Doc' Wiley - Playing the Dozen - William Ezell - Chain 'Em Down - Blind Leroy Garnett - Alabama Strut - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Heifer Dust - William Ezell - Walking Blues - Raymond Barrow - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen No. 2 - Speckled Red - Chimin' the Blues - Charles 'Cow Cow' Davenport - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown Yazoo CD 2034 (US 1998) Yazoo Records discography
27	1999	Down In Black Bottom - Lowdown Barrelhouse Piano Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps from the 1920s & 1930s - Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More - Turner Parrish - You Gonna Miss Me Blues - Freddie Nicolson - Freddie's Got The Blues - Freddie Nicholson - New Orleans Blues - Dan Stewart - The Right String, But The Wrong Yo Yo - Speckled Red - 31 Blues - Bob Call - You Can't Come In - Bert Mays - Michigan River Blues - Bert Mays - Humming Blues - Bat The Humming Bird - Black Hearted Blues - Tampa Red - Mexico Bound Blues - Joe Dean - Louisiana Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Frisco Hi-Ball Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Down In Tennessee - Lonnie Clark - West Side Blues - Willie Harris - Broke Down Engine Blues - Lonnie Clark - Mean Blues - Sylvester Palmer - Whoopee Mama Blues - John Oscar - Chimes Blues - Cow Cow Davenport - Graveyard Blues - Turner Parrish - The Jockey Blues - Sammy Brown - Shook It This Morning Blues - Joe Evans - Down In Black Bottom - Joe Evans prod. by Francis Wilford-Smith Yazoo CD 2043 (US 1999) Yazoo Records discography
28	2001	Piano Blues - The Essential disc 1: - Head Rag Hop - Romeo Nelson - Trenches - Turner Parrish - Ain't It A Shame - Leroy Carr - Big Mama - Walter Roland - 44 Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Flying Crow Blues - Black Ivory King - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Rocks In My Pillow - Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) - Oh You Devil You - Oliver Brown - Fat Fanny Stomp - Jim Clarke - Playing The Dozen - Will Ezell - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Black Gal Makes Thunder - Rudy Foster - All Night Long - Louise Johnson - Whoopie - Eddie Miller - Pine Tops Boogie - Pine Top Smith - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road - Skip James - The Dirty Dozen - Speckled Red disc 2: - I'm So Glad I'm 21 Years Old Today - Joe Dean - Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade 'Lux' Lewis - Think You Need A Shot - Walter Davis - Cow Cow Blues - Cow Cow (Charles) Davenport - Keep A-Knocking An You Can't Get In - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins - No. 29 - Wesley Wallace - 31 Blues - Bob Call - Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard - Joe Pullum - Joe Louis Strut - Memphis Minnie - Dearborn Street Breakdown - Charles Avery - Lonesome Man Blues - Sylvester Palmer - East Chicago Blues - Sparks Brothers - Pratt City Blues - 'Jabo' Williams - Shack Bully Stomp - 'Jabo' Williams - Soon This Morning - Charlie Spand - 5 O'Clock Blues - Jimmy Yancey - Detroit Rocks - Montana Taylor compiled by Paul Swinton double CD notes by Gary Atkinson Document CBL-200004 (UK 2001)
29	2003	Boogie Woogie disc 1: Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie Stomp (3:37) Clarence "Pinetop" Smith - Pinetops Boogie Woogie (3:13) Pete Johnson & Joe Turner - Roll 'Em Pete (2:50) Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (2:34) Meade "Lux" Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues (2:51) Cripple Clarence Lofton & Red Nelson - Streamline Train (2:48) Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special (4:25) Clarence Williams - Sugar Blues (3:35) Big Maceo - Texas Stomp (2:51) Tampa Red - Boogie Woogie Dance (3:09) Romeo Nelson & Tampa Red Frankie Jaxon - Head Rag Hop (2:58) Jimmy Blythe - Boogie Woogie Blues (3:06) Pete Johnson - Let 'Em Jump (3:03) Walter Roland - Jookit Jookit (2:57) Speckled Red - St. Louis Stomp (3:15) Turner Parrish - Fives (3:17) Albert Ammons - Bass Goin' Crazy (3:20) Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp (3:30) Little Brother Montgomery - Parrish Street Jive (2:33) James Price Johnson - Harlem Chocolate Babies (3:32) 10 CD set Documents 223006 (UK 2003)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 299
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 669-670, 707, 784
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 150
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 747, 787
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Michael Hortig, Rob Ford, Chris Smith and Mike Gann for additional info / scans