Top Rank Records discography (emphasis on jazz / blues / folk)

# year of release	title / notes
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French Top Rank / Arteco EP series
RES 101 (1959)	Jimmy Reed - Boogie In The Dark (20 dec 1953) - You Don't Have To Go (20 dec 1953) - Ain't That Loving You Baby (5 dec 1955) - You Got Me Crying (2 mar 1958) Top Rank RES 101 (Fr)
RES 102 (1959)	Jimmy Clanton / The Fleetwoods Jimmy Clanton - Little Boy In Love - My Own True Love The Fleetwoods - Mr. Blue - You Mean Everything To Me Top Rank RES 102
RES 105 (1959)	The Fireflies / Billie And Lillie The Fireflies - You Were Mine - Stella Got A Fella Billie And Lillie - Honeymoonin' - Bells, Bells, Bells Top Rank RES 105
RES 106 (1959)	Craig Douglas - Only Sixteen - Wish It Were Me - My First Love Affair - The Riddle Of Love Top Rank RES 106
RES 108 (1959)	The Rocking Strings - Cry - Cherokee - String Of Pearls - Lullabye Of Birdland Top Rank RES 108
RES 114 (1959)	The Crests - Flower Of Love - Molly Mae - I Do - Six Nights A Week Top Rank RES 114
RES 115 (1959)	Sandy Nelson / The Frantics Sandy Nelson - Teen Beat - Big Jump The Frantics - Fog Cutter - Black Sapphire Top Rank RES 115
RES 116 (1959)	Memphis Slim and his House Rockers - What's The Matter - This Time I'm Through - My Gal Keeps Me Cryin - Steppin' Out Top Rank RES 116
RES 117 (1959)	Bobby Comstock / The Tassels Bobby Comstock - Tennesee Waltz - Sweet Talk The Tassels - To A Young Lover - My Guy And I Top Rank RES 117
RES 124 (1959)	Bobby Rydell - We Got Love - I Dig Girls - Kissin' Time - You'll Never Tame Me Top Rank RES 124
RES 125 (1959)	The Knightsbridge Strings - Sleep Walk - Caravelle - Cow Cow Boogie - Wheel Of Fortune Top Rank RES 125
RS 126 (19??)	Billy Boy - Here's My Picture - You've Got Me Wrong Top Rank RS 126
RES 129 (1960)	The Blue Guitar of Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do [Ace 524] - Misery Blues [Ace 524] - Walking With Frankie [Ace 527] - Hey Little Girl [Ace 527] 7 inch EP Top Rank RE/RES-129 (Fr)
RES 130 (1960)	Rhythm and Blues by Big Jay McNeely with Little Sonny Warner - There Is Something On Your Mind - Psycho Serenade - Back..., Shack..., Track - I Got The Message Top Rank RES 130 (Fr)
RES 132 (1960)	Ann Henry - Waltzing Matilda - Sugar Blues - Like Young - A Touch Of The Blues Top Rank RES 132
RES 135 (1960)	Floyd Jones - Any Old Lonesome Day [Vee-Jay 126] - Floyd's Blues [sic] [Vee-Jay 126] - Hard Times [Vee-Jay 111] - Schooldays On My Mind [Vee-Jay 111] Top Rank RES 135 (Fr)
RES 136 (1960)	JOHN LEE HOOKER - Wheel And Deal (55-336) # - The Road Is So Rough (56-447) * - Everybody Rockin' (57-633) § - Crawlin' Black Spider (57-636) § # rec. October 19, 1955 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Jimmy Reed, hca; George Washington, b; Tom Whitehead, dr * rec. March 27, 1956 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; George Washington, b; Tom Whitehead, dr § rec. March 1, 1957 in Chicago, IL; John Lee Hooker, voc, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Quinn Wilson, b; Tom Whitehead, dr 7 inch EP notes by Jacques Demêtre Top Rank RES 136 (Fr)
RES 139 (1960)	Bobby Marchan and the Clowns: New Orleans Style 1960 - Chikee Wah Wah - Don't Take Your Love From Me - You Can't Stop Her - Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain Top Rank RES 139
RES 141 (1960)	Jimmy Reed - Baby What You Want Me To Do - Caress Me Baby - A String To Your Heart - I Know It's A Sin notes by Kurt Mohr Top Rank RES 141
RES 149 (1960)	David Hughes - Looking High High High (Qu'il Est Haut Haut Haut) - Mi Amor - Teach Me (How To Love Him) - You Would Have Done The Same Top Rank RES 149
RES 154 (1962)	Nat Kendrick And The Swans - Mashed Potatoes (Part 1) - Mashed Potatoes (Part 2) - Dish Rag (Part 1) - Dish Rag (Part 2) Top Rank RES 154
Miscellaneous
RLP 109 (1959)	Bluesville Chicago Blues And Gospel Train No. 10 Joseph Lee Williams - Going Back Home - Baby Left Town - Kings Highway - Eula Mae Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy - You'll Always Have A Home - Ride Em On Down Billy Boy - Wish You Would - I Was Fooled - Don't Stay Out All Night - I Ain't Got You Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day - Someone To Love Me Eddie Taylor - Don't Knock At My Door Vee Jay VJS 1000 (US 1957) ("Blues And Gospel Train N° 10") notes by Kurt Mohr = Top Rank RLP 109 (Fr 1959) ("Bluesville Chicago Vol. 1") Big Joe Williams discography Billy Boy Arnold discography Snooky Pryor discography
35/070 (1959)	Folk Festival at Newport Volume 1 Pete Seeger - The Bells of Rhymney - One Grain of Sand / Abiyoyo - Careless Love Martha Schlamme with Frank Hamilton - Hey Daroma - There's A Hole In My Bucket - Que Bonita Bandeira Leon Bibb with John Stauber, g; Eric Weisberg, b - Lonesome Traveler - Every Night When The Sun Goes Down - Times Are Getting Hard - Sinner Man Tom Makem with Pat Clancy, Pete Seeger - Cobbler's Song - Mountain Dew rec. at the Newport Folk Festival, July 11/12, 1959 notes by Studs Terkel Vanguard VSD 2053 (mono) VRS-9062 (stereo) = Top Rank 35/070 (UK) ("Top Rank Jazz and Folk Collectors' Choice Series No. 3") = Fontana TFL 6000 (UK)
35/071 (1959)	Folk Festival at Newport Volume 2 Odetta - Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho - Cotton Fields At Home - Great Historical Bum - I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain / Water Boy Joan Baez and Bob Gibson - Virgin Mary Had One Son - We Are Crossing The Jordan River The New Lost City Ramblers - Beware, O Take Care - When First Into This Country I Came - Hopalong Peter Barbara Dane - Little Maggie - Dink's Blues (with Frank Hamilton, g; Bill Lee, b) Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door - Pick A Bale Of Cotton rec. at the Newport Folk Festival, July 11/12, 1959 notes by Studs Terkel Vanguard VSD 2054 (mono) VRS-9063 (stereo) = Top Rank 35/071 (UK) ("Top Rank Jazz and Folk Collectors' Choice Series No. 4") = Fontana TFL 6004 (UK)
35/072 (1959)	Folk Festival at Newport Volume 3 Earl Scruggs - Flinthill Special Jean Ritchie - What're We Going To Do With The Baby-Oh - Pretty Saro - Shady Grove Jean Ritchie & Oscar Brand (accompanied by Billy Faier & Oscar Brand, g; Jean Ritchie, dulcimer) - Paper Of Pins John Jacob Niles - The Hangman, or The Maid Freed From The Gallows Frank Hamilton - Lady Gay Frank Warner - Old Racoon Earl Scruggs - Earl's Breakdown Oscar Brand (assisted by Billy Faier, voc, g) - Which Side Are You On? Cynthia Gooding - Un Domingo - Jalisco Ed McCurdy - The Old Fisherman - When Cockle Shells Turn Silver Bells - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Earl Scruggs - Cumberland Gap rec. at the Newport Folk Festival, July 11/12, 1959 notes by Studs Terkel Vanguard VSD 2055 (mono) VRS-9064 (stereo) = Top Rank 35/072 (UK) ("Top Rank Jazz and Folk Collectors' Choice Series No. 5") = Fontana TFL 6009 (UK)
TR 5020 (1959)	Pete Seeger / Leon Bibb from the Newport Folk Festival 1959 Pete Seeger - Careless Love Leon Bibb - Times Are Getting Hard 7 inch 45 rpm Top Rank TR 5020 (UK)
JAR 132 (5/1959)	Wilbert Harrison - Kansas City - Listen My Darling Top Rank JAR 132 (UK)
11001 (19??)	Lightning Hopkins - Wonder What Is Wrong With Me (Sick Feeling Blues) - Bad Boogie (Moving On Out Boogie) Top Rank 11001 (Fr)
JKR 8009 (1959)	Pete Johnson: Roll 'em boy, let 'em Jump for Joy - Yancey Street Blues - Central Avenue Drag - 66 Stomp - Pete Kay Boogie Top Rank JKR 8009 (UK)
TEP 150 (1960)	Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing and Play - Cindy Cindy - Hey Hey Skip To My Lou - Oh Lawdy Pick A Bale Of Cotton - The Rock Island Line EP Top Rank TEP 150 (Sw)
JAR 333 (4/1960)	JIMMY REED - Baby What You Want Me To Do (59-1211) #   @ youtube - Caress Me Baby (58-922) *   @ youtube # rec. August 7, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, g; Mary Lee 'Mama' Reed, voc; William 'Lefty' Bates, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Marcus Johnson, b; Earl Phillips, dr * rec. May 28, 1958 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, g; Remo Biondi, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Earl Phillips, dr Vee-Jay VJ 333 = Top Rank JAR 333 (UK 12/1960)
JAR 394 (6/1960)	JIMMY REED - Found Love (59-1319)   @ youtube - Where Can You Be (59-1248) #   @ youtube # rec. August 25, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Phil Upchurch, g; Earl Phillips, dr * rec. December 15, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, g; William 'Lefty' Bates, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Earl Phillips, dr Vee-Jay VJ 347 = Top Rank JAR 394 (UK 6/1960)
JAR 357 (12/1960)	JIMMY REED - Hush Hush (59-1249) #   @ youtube - Going By The River - Part 2 (59-1213)   @ youtube # rec. August 25, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Phil Upchurch, g; Earl Phillips, dr * rec. August 7, 1959 in Chicago, IL; Jimmy Reed, voc, hca, g; William 'Lefty' Bates, g; Eddie Taylor, g; Marcus Johnson, b; Earl Phillips, dr Vee-Jay VJ 357 = Top Rank JAR 533 (UK 12/1960)
17.095 (196?)	Frankie Lee Sims / Billy Boy: chicago blues Frankie Lee Sims - Hola, Nena (Hey Little Girl) [Ace 527]   @ youtube - ¿ Que Hara Lucy ? (What Will Lucy Do) [Ace 524] Billy Boy Arnold - He Aqui Mi Retrato (Here's My Picture) [Vee Jay 192] - Me Tienes Equivocado (You've Got Me Wrong) [Vee Jay 192] 7 inch EP Top Rank / Discophon 17.095 (Spain 196?) Frankie Lee Sims discography Billy Boy Arnold discography
73004 (19??)	Mahalia Jackson singt - Go Tell It To The Mountains - Bow On Your Knees - It's Real - These Are They - Silent Night - Didn't It Rain - Walk With Me - It Pays To Serve Jesus - Hands Of God - Said He Would 10 inch 33 1/3 rpm Top Rank 73004 (Germany)
Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - http://www.bsnpubs.com/nyc/toprank/toprank.html - http://www.recordeli.dk/html/special-toprank.html - http://45-sleeves.com/UK/toprank/topr-uk.htm - http://www.globaldogproductions.info/t/top-rank-uk.html - http://www.vinylnet.co.uk/label-discography.asp/label/20/Top-Rank-records-discography.html - http://www.45cat.com/label/top-rank-fr - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Howard Rye for additional info / scans