Mercury Records Catalog: 78/45 rpm 8000/8100/8200 series

Mercury 8000 series (10 inch 78 rpm/7 inch 45 rpm)

Mer. 8001  Rex Stewart - Boy Meets Horn c/w Jug Blues

Rex Stewart (cor -1, cor, vo -2) Stafford Simon (tp) Sandy Williams (tb) Pete Clark (ts) Mike Colucchio (p) Wilson Myers (b) Bazeley "Bay" Perry (d)

1. 236-1	Boy Meets Horn
2. 237-1	Jug Blues

Mer. 8003  Eddie Vinson - Cherry Red Blues c/w Somebody's Got To Go

Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt, Elmer "Stumpy" Whitlock (tp) Leon Comegys, Jesse "Rip" Tarrant (tb) Frank Dominguez, Ernest "Lee" Tanner (as) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (as, vo) Red Carman, Lee Pope (ts) Greely Walton (bars) Earl Van Riper (p) Leonard "Heavy" Swain (b) Gus Johnson (d)

173-1	Cherry Red Blues
174-2	Somebody's Got To Go

Mer. 8005  Julia Lee - If It's Good c/w Show Me Missouri Blues

Clarence Davis (tp) Tommy Douglas (cl, as) Harry Ferguson, Freddie Gulliver (ts) Julia Lee (p, vo) Efferge Ware (g) Ben Curtis (b) Sam "Baby" Lovett (d)

280	If It's Good
281	Show Me Missouri Blues

Mer. 8007  Albert Ammons - Doin' The Boogie Woogie c/w Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera

Gene Ammons (ts -1) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d) Mildred Anderson (vo -1)

1. 328-1	Doin' The Boogie Woogie
2. 331-4	Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera

Mer. 8008  Rex Stewart - B.O. Blues c/w That's Rhythm

Rex Stewart (cor -1, cor, vo -2) Stafford Simon (tp) Sandy Williams (tb) Pete Clark (ts) Mike Colucchio (p) Wilson Myers (b, vo -1, b -2) Bazeley "Bay" Perry (d)

1. 236-1	B.O. Blues
2. 239	That's Rhythm

Mer. 8009  Eddie Vinson - Too Many Women Blues c/w Just A Dream

Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt, Elmer "Stumpy" Whitlock (tp) Leon Comegys, Jesse "Rip" Tarrant (tb) Frank Dominguez, Ernest "Lee" Tanner (as) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (as, vo) Red Carman, Lee Pope (ts) Greely Walton (bars) Earl Van Riper (p) Leonard "Heavy" Swain (b) Gus Johnson (d)

175	Too Many Women Blues
176	Just A Dream

Mer. 8010  Dinah Washington - When A Woman Loves A Man c/w Oo Wee Walkie Talkie

Willie Cook, Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson (tp) Gus Chappell (tb) possibly Dave Young (ts) possibly Rudy Martin (p) possibly Bill Settles (b) Oliver Coleman (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

203	When A Woman Loves A Man

Gerald Wilson, Snooky Young (tp) Melba Liston, James Robinson (tb) Clyde Dunn, Vernon Slater (ts) Maurice Simon (bars) Jimmy Bunn (p) unknown (b) Henry Green (d) Dinah Washington (vo) Rene Hall (arr)

392	Oo Wee Walkie Talkie

Mer. 8013  Julia Lee - Lotus Blossom c/w Dream Lucky Blues

Clarence Davis (tp -1) Tommy Douglas (cl, as -1) Harry Ferguson, Freddie Gulliver (ts -1) Julia Lee (p, vo) Efferge Ware (g -1) Ben Curtis (b) Sam "Baby" Lovett (d)

1. 282-1	Lotus Blossom
2. 283-1	Dream Lucky Blues

Mer. 8016  T-Bone Walker - My Baby Left Me c/w Come Back To Me Baby

Nick Cooper, Melvin Moore (tp, vo) Frank Derrick, Nathan Jones (as) Moses Gant (ts) Marl Young (p, vo) T-Bone Walker (g, vo) Mickey Sims (b) Red Saunders (d)

409-2	My Baby Left Me
410-2	Come Back To Me Baby

Mer. 8022  Albert Ammons - Swanee River Boogie c/w I Don't Want To See You

Gene Ammons (ts -2) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d -1, d, vo -2)

1. 430-1	Swanee River Boogie
2. 432-3	I Don't Want To See You (If You Can't See You By Myself)

Mer. 8023  Eddie Vinson - Cleanhead Blues c/w When A Woman Loves Her Juice

Vooley Bastine, John Hunt, Elmer "Stumpy" Whitlock (tp) Leon Comegys, Jesse "Rip" Tarrant (tb) Frank Dominguez (as) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (as, vo) Red Carman, Lee Pope (ts) Greely Walton (bars) Earl Van Riper (p) Leonard "Heavy" Swain (b) George "Butch" Ballard (d)

558-2	Cleanhead Blues
559-2	When A Woman Loves Her Juice

Mer. 8024  Dinah Washington - A Slick Chick c/w Postman Blues

Frank Galbraith, Russell Royster (tp) Tab Smith (as) Johnny Hicks (ts) Larry Belton (bars) Red Richards (p) Johnny Williams (b) Walter Johnson (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

562-2	A Slick Chick (On The Mellow Side)
563-4	Postman Blues

Mer. 8025  Myra Taylor - Take It Easy Greasy c/w Tell Your Best Friend Nothing

unknown (tp) unknown (as) Jimmy Keith (ts) unknown (bars) unknown (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) Myra Taylor (vo)

596	The Spider And The Fly
597	Bury Me Deep In The Till Blue Water

Mer. 8026  Jay McShann - I Want A Little Girl c/w Jimtown Boogie

Clarence Thornton (tp) Theodore Smalls (as) Seeward Evans (ts) Jay McShann (p) Percy Gabriel (b) Jesse Price (d) Jimmy Witherspoon (vo -1)

1. 630	I Want A Little Girl
2. 631	Jimtown Boogie

Mer. 8027  Myra Taylor - The Spider And The Fly c/w Bury Me Deep In The Till Blue Water

unknown (tp) unknown (as) Jimmy Keith (ts) unknown (bars) unknown (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) Myra Taylor (vo)

594	Take It Easy Greasy
595	Tell Your Best Friend Nothing

Mer. 8028  Eddie Vinson - Kidney Stew Blues c/w Old Maid Boogie

John Hunt (tp) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (as, vo) Lee Pope (ts) Greely Walton (bars) Earl Van Riper (p) Leonard "Heavy" Swain (b) George "Butch" Ballard (d)

634-8	Kidney Stew Blues
636-7	Old Maid Boogie

Mer. 8030  Dinah Washington - Embraceable You c/w That's Why A Woman Loves A Heel

Willie Cook, Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson (tp) Gus Chappell (tb) possibly Dave Young (ts) possibly Rudy Martin (p) possibly Bill Settles (b) Oliver Coleman (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

201	Embraceable You

Frank Galbraith, Russell Royster (tp) Tab Smith (as) Johnny Hicks (ts) Larry Belton (bars) Red Richards (p) Johnny Williams (b) Walter Johnson (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

564-2

That's Why A Woman Loves A Heel

Mer. 8032  Jay McShann - Have You Ever Loved A Woman c/w Gone With The Blues

Clarence Thornton (tp) Theodore Smalls (as) Seeward Evans (ts) Jay McShann (p) Percy Gabriel (b) Jesse Price (d) Jimmy Witherspoon (vo)

632-2	Have You Ever Loved A Woman
633-1	Gone With The Blues

Mer. 8035  Dinah Washington - Stairway To The Stars c/w I Want To Be Loved

Tony Aless (p) Billy Bauer (g) Chubby Jackson (b) Dinah Washington (vo) and others

763-3	Stairway To The Stars
764-3	I Want To Be Loved

Mer. 8040  Albert Ammons - Kilroy Boogie c/w Twelfth St. Boogie

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d)

622-3	Kilroy Boogie
625-3	Twelfth St. Boogie

Mer. 8043  Dinah Washington - Evil Gal Blues c/w Homeward Bound

Joe Morris (tp) Rudy Rutherford (cl) Arnett Cobb (ts) Lionel Hampton (vib -1, d -2) Milt Buckner (p) Vernon King (b) Fred Radcliffe (d -1) Dinah Washington (vo)

1. LHS1	Evil Gal Blues
2. LHS2	I Know How To Do It

Mer. 8044  Dinah Washington - Salty Papa Blues c/w I Know How To Do It

Joe Morris (tp) Rudy Rutherford (cl) Arnett Cobb (ts) Lionel Hampton (vib -1, p -2) Milt Buckner (p -1) Vernon King (b) Fred Radcliffe (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1. LHS3	Salty Papa Blues
2. LHS4	Homeward Bound

Mer. 8047  Helen Humes - Jet Propelled Papa c/w Blue And Sentimental

Buck Clayton (tp) George Matthews (tb) John Hardee (ts) Ram Ramirez (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d)

859	Jet Propelled Papa
860	Blue And Sentimental

Mer. 8048  Gene Ammons - Red Top c/w Idaho

Gail Brockman (tp) Gene Ammons (ts) James Craig (p) Gene Wright (b) Chuck Williams (d) George Stone (arr)

849-1	Red Top
850-1	Idaho

Mer. 8050  Dinah Washington - Fool That I Am c/w Mean And Evil Blues

Harry Jackson (tp) Andrew Gardner (as) Dave Young (ts) Rudy Martin (p) Bill Settles (b) Curtis Walker (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

926-2	Fool That I Am
928-1	Mean And Evil Blues

Mer. 8051  Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Luxury Tax Blues c/w Gonna Send You Back Where I Got You From

Volley Bastine, John Hunt, Clark Terry (tp) Leon Comegys, Arnett Sparrow (tb) Frank Dominguez (as) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (as, vo) Red Carman, Lee Pope (ts) Greely Walton (bars) Earl Van Riper (p) Leonard "Heavy" Swain (b) George "Butch" Ballard (d)

921-2	Luxury Tax Blues
923-2	Gonna Send You Back Where I Got You From

Mer. 8053  Albert Ammons - St. Louis Blues c/w Shufflin' The Boogie

Marvin Randolph (tp) Gene Ammons (ts) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Al Burroughs (d)

929-2	St. Louis Blues
930-1	Shufflin' The Boogie

Mer. 8056  Helen Humes - I Just Refuse To Sing The Blues c/w They Raided The Joint

Buck Clayton (tp) George Matthews (tb) John Hardee (ts) Ram Ramirez (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Walter Page (b) Jo Jones (d)

861-2	I Just Refuse To Sing The Blues
862-3	They Raided The Joint

Mer. 8057  Dinah Washington - Since I Fell For You c/w You Can Depend On Me

Rudy Martin (p, cel) Bill Settles (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

965	Since I Fell For You
967	You Can Depend On Me

Mer. 8058  The Trenier Twins - Hey, Sister Lucy! c/w I Miss You So

Don Hill (as) Buddy Collette (ts) Gene Gilbeaux (p) Bob Bain (g) Herman Washington (b) Henry Tucker Green (d) Claude Trenier, Cliff Trenier (vo)

1024-1|1058	I Miss You So
1025-1	Hey, Sister Lucy!

Mer. 8060  Eddie Vinson - King For A Day Blues c/w Railroad Porter's Blues

John Hunt (tp) Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (as, vo) Lee Pope (ts) Greely Walton (bars) Earl Van Riper (p) Leonard "Heavy" Swain (b) George "Butch" Ballard (d)

635	King For A Day Blues

add Volley Bastine, Clark Terry (tp) Leon Comegys, Arnett Sparrow (tb) Frank Dominguez (as) Red Carman (ts)

922	Railroad Porter's Blues

Mer. 8061  Dinah Washington - There's Got To Be A Change c/w Early In The Morning

Harry Jackson (tp) Andrew Gardner (as) Dave Young (ts) Rudy Martin (p) Bill Settles (b) Curtis Walker (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

927-1

There's Got To Be A Change

Rudy Martin (p, cel) Bill Settles (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

968	Early In The Morning

Mer. 8062  Gene Ammons - McDougal's Sprout c/w Hold That Money

Gail Brockman (tp) Ernest McDonald (as, bars) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Ellis Bartee (d) Earl Coleman (vo -2) George Stone (arr)

1. 1133-2	McDougal's Sprout
2. 1134-2	Hold That Money

Mer. 8063  Albert Ammons - S.P. Blues c/w Hiroshima

Gene Ammons (ts) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Al Burroughs (d)

931-1	S.P. Blues
932-1	Hiroshima

Mer. 8065  Dinah Washington - I Love You, Yes I Do c/w Don't Come Knockin' At My Door

Teddy Brannon (p) Dickie Thompson (g) Gene Groves (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1148	I Love You, Yes I Do
1149	Don't Come Knockin' At My Door

Mer. 8068  Myra Taylor - Move Out c/w Quit Barking In My Rhubarb

unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) Myra Taylor (vo)

1157-1	Move Out
1158-1	Quit Barking In My Rhubarb (Gang Of Mine)

Mer. 8070  Albert Ammons - The Sheik Of Araby c/w You Are My Sunshine

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) unknown (d)

1170-2	The Sheik Of Araby
1171-2	You Are My Sunshine

Mer. 8071  The Trenier Twins - No, Baby, No! c/w Oooh! Look-a There, Ain't She Pretty

Don Hill (as) Buddy Collette (ts) Gene Gilbeaux (p) Bob Bain (g) Herman Washington (b) Henry Tucker Green (d) Claude Trenier, Cliff Trenier (vo)

1026-1

No, Baby, No!

Mer. 8072  Dinah Washington - No More Lonely Gal Blues c/w Ain' Misbehavin'

Rudy Martin (p) poss. Hurley Ramey (g) Bill Settles (b) Dinah Washington (vo)

1224	No More Lonely Gal Blues
1226	Ain't Misbehavin'

Mer. 8073  Cootie Williams - I Love You, Yes I Do c/w Smooth Sailing

Bob Merrill, Cootie Williams (tp) Rupert Cole (as) Weasel Parker (ts) Arnold Jarvis (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Leonard Swain (b) Sylvester "Vess" Payne (d) Eddie Mack, Billy Matthews (vo) The Balladeers (vocal group)

1587	I Love You, Yes I Do
1588	Smooth Sailing

Mer. 8075  Albert Ammons - Ammons Stomp c/w The Clipper

Orlando Randolph (tp) Riley Hampton (as) Albert Ammons (p) Israel Crosby (b) Jump Jackson (d)

1611-1	Ammons Stomp
1614-1	The Clipper

Mer. 8078  The Trenier Twins - Ain't She Mean c/w It's A Quiet Town (In Crossbone County)

Don Hill (as) Buddy Collette (ts) Gene Gilbeaux (p) Bob Bain (g) Herman Washington (b) Henry Tucker Green (d) Claude Trenier, Cliff Trenier (vo)

1023|1057

Ain't She Mean

Mer. 8079  Dinah Washington - West Side Baby c/w Walkin' And Talkin'

Rudy Martin (p) poss. Hurley Ramey (g) Bill Settles (b) Dinah Washington (vo)

1225-2

Walkin' And Talkin'

Rudy Martin (p, cel) Bill Settles (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

966-2

West Side Baby

Mer. 8080  Gene Ammons - Odd-En-Dow c/w Dues In Blues

Gail Brockman (tp) John "Flaps" Dungee (as, bars) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Ellis Bartee (d) Earl Coleman (vo) A.K. Salim (arr)

1333-1

Odd-En-Dow

same personnel

1392-2

Dues In Blues

Mer. 8081  Myra Taylor - Clinging Vine c/w It's A Sin To Tell A Lie

unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) Myra Taylor (vo)

1159-1	Clinging Vine
1160-1	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie

Mer. 8082  Dinah Washington - Resolution Blues c/w I Want To Cry

Bob Merrill, Cootie Williams (tp) Robert Cole (as) William Parker (ts) Arnold Jarvis (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Leonard Swain (b) Sylvester "Vess" Payne (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1593-1	Resolution Blues
1594-4	I Want To Cry

Mer. 8083  Cootie Williams - You Talk A Little Trash (And I'll Spend A Little Cash) c/w Typhoon

Bob Merrill, Cootie Williams (tp) Rupert Cole (as) Weasel Parker (ts) Arnold Jarvis (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Leonard Swain (b) Sylvester "Vess" Payne (d) Eddie Mack, Billy Matthews (vo) The Balladeers (vocal group)

1585-2	You Talk A Little Trash (I'll Spend A Little Cash)
1586-2	Typhoon

Mer. 8087  Albert Ammons - Tuxedo Boogie c/w Bear Den Boogie

Albert Ammons (p) Israel Crosby (b) Jump Jackson (d)

1362-2	Tuxedo Boogie
1364-2	Bear Den Boogie

Mer. 8089  The Trenier Twins - Sometimes I'm Happy c/w (I'm Going Back With My) Cadillac Convertible

Mer. 8094  Dinah Washington - Tell Me So c/w In The Rain

Harry Jackson (tp) Andrew Gardner (as) Dave Young (ts) Rudy Martin (p) Bill Settles (b) Curtis Walker (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1266	Tell Me So

unknown (cl) unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unknown (vocal group)

1824	In The Rain

Mer. 8095  Dinah Washington - Am I Asking Too Much c/w I Sold My Heart To The Junkman

Harry Jackson (tp) Andrew Gardner (as) Dave Young (ts) Rudy Martin (p) Bill Settles (b) Curtis Walker (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1269-3

Am I Asking Too Much

unknown (cl) unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unknown (vocal group)

1825-2

I Sold My Heart To The Junkman

Mer. 8096  Gene Ammons - Shermanski c/w E.A.A.K. Blues

Gail Brockman (tp) Ernest McDonald (as, bars) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Ellis Bartee (d) George Stone (arr)

1135-2

Shermanski

John "Flaps" Dungee (as, bars) Earl Coleman (vo) A.K. Salim (arr) replaces McDonald, Stone

1335	E.A.A.K. Blues

Mercury 8100 series (10 inch 78 rpm/7 inch 45 rpm)

Mer. 8100  Albert Ammons - Baltimore Breakdown c/w In A Little Spanish Town

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) unknown (d)

1172	In A Little Spanish Town

Orlando Randolph (tp) Riley Hampton (as) Albert Ammons (p) Israel Crosby (b) Jump Jackson (d)

1612-1

Baltimore Breakdown

Mer. 8102  Dinah Washington - You Satisfy c/w Laughing Boy

Harry Jackson (tp) Andrew Gardner (as) Dave Young (ts) Rudy Martin (p) Bill Settles (b) Curtis Walker (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

925-2

You Satisfy

Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

2468-5

Laughing Boy

Mer. 8103  Willie Smith - Not So Bop Blues c/w Tea For Two

Willie Smith (as) Dodo Marmarosa (p) Barney Kessel (g) Red Callender (b) Jo Jones (d)

1516 | 234 | 1898	Not So Bop Blues
1517 | 235 | 1899	Tea For Two

Mer. 8104  Flip Phillips - Cake c/w Cool

Howard McGhee (tp) Flip Phillips (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (d)

607D | 229	Cake
610D | 232	Cool

Mer. 8105  Flip Phillips - Znarg Blues c/w My Old Flame

Howard McGhee (tp) Flip Phillips (ts) Hank Jones (p) Ray Brown (b) J.C. Heard (d): same session

608E | 230 | 1895	Znarg Blues
609B | 231 | 1896	My Old Flame

Mer. 8107  Dinah Washington - I'll Wait c/w It's Too Soon To Know

Mitch Miller (ob, arr) unknown (cl) unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1948-2	I'll Wait
1950-2	It's Too Soon To Know

Mer. 8114  Dinah Washington - Why Can't You Behave c/w It's Funny

possibly Cootie Williams (tp, ldr) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

2083	Why Can't You Behave
2084	It's Funny

Mer. 8115  Albert Ammons - Lady Be Good c/w Mr. Bell Boogie

Gene Ammons (ts) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d)

329-1

Lady Be Good

Albert Ammons (p) Israel Crosby (b) Jump Jackson (d)

1363-1

Mr. Bell Boogie

Mer. 8117  Myra Taylor - I'm In My Sins This Morning c/w Booted

unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) Myra Taylor (vo)

1163	I'm In My Sins This Morning
1164	Booted

Mer. 8122  Big Bill Broonzy - I Love My Whiskey c/w Water Coast Blues

Antonio Casey (as) Carl Sharp (p) Big Bill Broonzy (g, vo) Ransom Knowling (b) Alfred "Big Man" Wallace (d)

2176-1	I Love My Whiskey
2179-1	Water Coast Blues

Mer. 8123  Gene Ammons - Harold The Fox c/w Jeet Jet

Gail Brockman (tp) Ernest McDonald (as, bars) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Gene Wright (b) Ellis Bartee (d) George Stone (arr)

1136-1

Harold The Fox

John "Flaps" Dungee (as, bars) Earl Coleman (vo) A.K. Salim (arr) replaces McDonald, Stone

1332-1

Jeet Jet

Mer. 8125  Gene Ammons - Abdullah's Fiesta c/w Brother Jug's Sermon

Jesse Miller (tp) Ernest McDonald (as) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Leo Blevens (g) Leroy Jackson (b) Wesley Landers (d) Marcel Daniels (vo -1)

1. 2503-1	Abdullah's Fiesta
2. 2504-1	Brother Jug's Sermon

Mer. 8132  Sunnyland Slim - Mud Kickin' Woman c/w Everytime I Get To Drinkin'

Alex Atkins (as) Sunnyland Slim (p, vo) Robert Lockwood Jr. (g) Ernest "Big" Crawford (b) St. Louis Jimmy Oden (vo)

2574-1	Mud Kickin' Woman
2575-1	Everytime I Get To Drinkin'

Mer. 8133  Dinah Washington - What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry c/w Pete

Rudy Martin (p) poss. Hurley Ramey (g) Bill Settles (b) Dinah Washington (vo)

1227	What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry

Harry Jackson (tp) Andrew Gardner (as) Dave Young (ts) Rudy Martin (p) Bill Settles (b) Curtis Walker (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1268

Pete

Mer. 8137  St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Shame On You Baby c/w I'll Never Be Satisfied

Alex Atkins (as) Sunnyland Slim (p) Robert Lockwood Jr. (g) Ernest "Big" Crawford (b) St. Louis Jimmy Oden (vo)

2572-1	Shame On You Baby
2573-1	I'll Never Be Satisfied

Mer. 8140  Albert Ammons - Why I'm Leaving You

Gene Ammons (ts) Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d, vo)

431-1

Why I'm Leaving You

unknown (d) replaces Gene Ammons, Cooley

1169	Roses Of Picardy

Mer. 8145  Gene Ammons - Daddy Sauce's Airlines c/w Little Irv

Jesse Miller (tp) Ernest McDonald (as) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Leo Blevens (g) Leroy Jackson (b) Wesley Landers (d) Marcel Daniels (vo)

2501-1	Daddy Sauce's Airlines
2502-1	Little Irv

Mer. 8148  Dinah Washington - Long John Blues c/w Baby-Get Lost

unknown (cl) unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1785-1

Long John Blues

George Hudson (tp) Rupert Cole, Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) James Forman (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

2829-2

Baby-Get Lost

Mer. 8150  Dinah Washington - Am I Really Sorry c/w I Challenge Your Kiss

Buck Clayton (tp -1) Dinah Washington (vo) Mitch Miller (cond -1, ldr -2) unidentified orchestra (-1) unidentified orchestra, including strings (-2) and others (-1)

1. 2531-3	Am I Really Sorry
2. 2874-2	I Challenge Your Kiss

Mer. 8154  Dinah Washington - The Richest Guy In The Graveyard c/w Good Daddy Blues

George Hudson (tp) Rupert Cole, Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) James Forman (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

2828-2

Good Daddy Blues

Willie Cook or Elmon Wright (tp) Matthew Gee or Charles Greenlea (tb) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) John Acea (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

2999-3

The Richest Guy In The Graveyard

Mer. 8160  Big Bill Broonzy - You've Been Mistreating Me Baby c/w I Stay Blue All The Time

Antonio Casey (as) Carl Sharp (p) Big Bill Broonzy (g, vo) Ransom Knowling (b) Alfred "Big Man" Wallace (d)

2177-1	You've Been Mistreating Me Baby
2178-1	I Stay Blue All The Time

Mer. 8163  Dinah Washington - New York, Chicago And L.A. c/w I Only Know

George Hudson (tp) Rupert Cole, Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) James Forman (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

2826-2	New York, Chicago And L.A.
2830-2	I Only Know

Mer. 8167  Gene Ammons - Everything Depends On You c/w Hot Springs

Josse Miller (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Ernest McDonald (as, bars) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Leo Blevens (g) Leroy Jackson (b) Wesley Landers (d) Jimmy Mundy (arr)

3001	Everything Depends On You
3002	Hot Springs

Mer. 8169  Dinah Washington - Journey's End c/w ???

unknown (p) unknown (g) unknown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra and vocal group

3130-1

Journey's End

Mer. 8173  Billy Valentine - How Long, How Long c/w Beer Drinkin' Baby

John Coltrane (ts) Billy Valentine (p, vo) Johnny Collins (g) Ray Brown (b) Specs Powell (d)

3188	How Long, How Long
3191	Beer Drinkin' Baby

Mer. 8177  Billy Valentine - Ain't Gonna Cry No More c/w I Want You To Love Me

John Coltrane (ts) Billy Valentine (p, vo) Johnny Collins (g) Ray Brown (b) Specs Powell (d): same session

3189	Ain't Gonna Cry No More
3190	I Want You To Love Me

Mer. 8181  Dinah Washington - I Wanna Be Loved c/w Love (Me) With Misery

possibly Benny Powell (tb) Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3409-3	I Wanna Be Loved
3410-1	Love (Me) With Misery

Mer. 8185  Gene Ammons - When You're Gone c/w Little Slam

Josse Miller (tp) Matthew Gee (tb) Ernest McDonald (as, bars) Gene Ammons (ts) Junior Mance (p) Leo Blevens (g) Leroy Jackson (b) Wesley Landers (d) Jimmy Mundy (arr)

3003	When You're Gone
3004	Little Slam

Mer. 8187  Dinah Washington With Cootie Williams Orchestra (no details)

Bob Merrill, Cootie Williams (tp) Robert Cole (as) William Parker (ts) Arnold Jarvis (p) Mundell Lowe (g) Leonard Swain (b) Sylvester "Vess" Payne (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

1594-4

I Want To Cry

Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3182-3

It Isn't Fair

possibly Benny Powell (tb) Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3407-3	Big Deal
3408-4	I'll Never Be Free

Mer. 8192  Dinah Washington - How Deep Is The Ocean c/w Why Don't You Think Things Over

George Hudson (tp) Rupert Cole, Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) James Forman (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

2825	How Deep Is The Ocean

Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3185-2

Why Don't You Think Things Over

Mer. 8194  Dinah Washington - My Kind Of Man c/w I Wanna Be Loved

Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra: same session

3183-5

My Kind Of Man

possibly Benny Powell (tb) Ernie Wilkins (as) Cecil Payne (bars) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3409-3

I Wanna Be Loved

Mercury 8200 series (10 inch 78 rpm/7 inch 45 rpm)

Mer. 8205  Albert Ammons - Red Sails In The Sunset c/w Margie

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d)

433-1

Red Sails In The Sunset

Jump Jackson (d) replaces Cooley

1281

Margie

Mer. 8206  Dinah Washington - My Kind Of Man c/w If I Loved You

Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified orchestra

3183-5	My Kind Of Man
3184-2	If I Loved You

Mer. 8207  Dinah Washington - Fast Movin' Mama c/w Juice Head Man Of Mine

Willie Cook or Elmon Wright (tp) Matthew Gee or Charles Greenlea (tb) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (ts) Cecil Payne (bars) John Acea (p) Freddie Green (g) Ray Brown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

2996-2	Fast Movin' Mama
2997-2	Juice Head Man Of Mine

Mer. 8209  Dinah Washington - My Heart Cries For You c/w I Apologize

Dinah Washington (vo) Jimmy Carroll (arr, cond) unidentified orchestra, including strings

4041-1	My Heart Cries For You
4042-3	I Apologize

Mer. 8210  Albert Ammons - Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera c/w Swanee River Boogie

Albert Ammons (p) Ike Perkins (g) Israel Crosby (b) Jack Cooley (d)

331-1

Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera

same personnel

430-3

Swanee River Boogie

** also issued on Mercury 8210x45.

Mer. 8211  Dinah Washington - I Won't Cry Anymore c/w Don't Say You're Sorry Again

Dinah Washington (vo) Jimmy Carroll (arr, cond) unidentified orchestra, including strings

4043-1	I Won't Cry Anymore
4044-3	Don't Say You're Sorry Again

Mer. 8231  Dinah Washington - Please Send Me Someone To Love c/w 'T Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

possibly Wynton Kelly (p) unknown (g) Walter Buchanan (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified brass

3878-1	Please Send Me Someone To Love
3879-2	'T Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

Mer. 8232  Dinah Washington - Fine Fine Daddy c/w I'm So Lonely I Would Cry

possibly Wynton Kelly (p) unknown (g) Walter Buchanan (b) unknown (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified brass: same session

3877-2	Fine Fine Daddy
3880-2	I'm So Lonely I Would Cry

Mer. 8242  Albert Ammons - Rhythm Boogie c/w When You And I Were Young, Maggie

Albert Ammons (p) Israel Crosby (b) Jump Jackson (d)

1365	Rhythm Boogie

add Orlando Randolph (tp) Riley Hampton (as)

1613-1

When You And I Were Young, Maggie

Mer. 8249  Dinah Washington - Be Fair To Me c/w Saturday Night

Clyde Reasinger, Tom Reeves (tp) Art Pearlman, Roger White (tb) Ed Freeman (as) Bob Hardaway, Bob Robinson (ts) John Koch (bars) Wynton Kelly or Ike Carpenter (p) Chuck Norris (g) Joe O'Rear (b) Dick Stanton (d) Dinah Washington (vo) Ike Carpenter (cond)

4369-5

Be Fair To Me

omit Norris

4371-3

Saturday Night

Mer. 8250  Ray Snead - Don't Play For Me No Clown c/w I'm A Good Rockin' Daddy

Gail Brockman (tp) Eddie Chamblee (ts) Leo Parker (bars) Eddie Ware (p) Ike Perkins (g) Johnny Pate (b) Al Williams (d) unknown (per) Ray Snead (vo)

4208	Don't Play For Me No Clown
4209	I'm A Good Rockin' Daddy

Mer. 8251  Memphis Slim - Train Time c/w Blue Evening

Nelson Berry, Neil Green (ts) Memphis Slim (p, vo) John Frazier (b) Oscar Larkin (d) Terry Timmons (vo -2)

1. 4240	Train Time
2. 4241	Blue Evening

Mer. 8256  Paul Quinichette - Cross Fire c/w Prevue

Paul Quinichette (ts) Kenny Drew (p) Bill Doggett (org) Freddie Green (g) Jimmy Lewis (b) Gus Johnson (d)

4247-6	Cross Fire
4580	Prevue

Mer. 8257  Dinah Washington - Out In The Cold Again c/w Hey, Good Looking

unknown (p) unknown (b) unknown (d) Joe Van Loan, Leonard Puzie, Jimmy Ricks, Warren Suttles, Dinah Washington (vo)

4613	Out In The Cold Again
4614-1	Hey, Good Looking

Mer. 8260  Robert Lockwood Jr. - (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole c/w Dust My Broom

Sunnyland Slim (p, vo) Robert Lockwood Jr. (g, vo) Ernest "Big" Crawford (b) Alfred "Big Man" Wallace (d)

4538	(I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole
4539	Dust My Broom

Mer. 8261  Big Bill Broonzy - Willie Mae c/w Hollerin' Blues

Bob Call (p -2) Ransom Knowling (b) Big Bill Broonzy (vo, g)

1. 4524	Willie Mae
2. 4528	Hollerin' Blues

Mer. 8263  Johnny Otis - Oopy Doo c/w Stardust

Don Johnson, Gerald Wilson (tp) John Pettigrew, George Washington (tb) Floyd Turnham (as) Lorenzo Hoderness, Ben Webster (ts) Curtis Lowe (bars) Devonia Williams (p) Pete Lewis (g) Mario Delagarde (b) Leard Bell (d) Emanuel "Gaucho" Vaharandes (cga) Johnny Otis (vo, vib, d)

4713-1

Oopy Doo

Mario Delegarde (b) replaces Delagarde

4719-3

Stardust

Mer. 8264  Sunnyland Slim - Ain't Nothin' But A Child c/w Brown Skinned Woman

Sunnyland Slim (p, vo) Robert Lockwood Jr. (g) Moody Jones (b) Alfred "Big Man" Wallace (d)

4631	Hit The Road Again
4632	Gin Drinkin' Baby

Mer. 8266  Memphis Slim - No Mail Blues c/w Gonna Need My Help Someday

Nelson Berry, Neil Green (ts, vo) Memphis Slim (p, vo) Henry Taylor (b) Oscar Larkin (d)

4542	No Mail Blues
4543	Gonna Need My Help Someday

Mer. 8267  Dinah Washington - Wheel Of Fortune c/w Tell Me Why

unknown (tp) unknown (as) Wardell Gray, unknown, Ben Webster (ts) unknown (bars) Wynton Kelly (p) unknown (b) Jimmy Cobb (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

4731-9B	Wheel Of Fortune
4732-5	Tell Me Why

** also issued on Mercury 8267x45.

Mer. 8269  Dinah Washington - New Blow-Top Blues c/w Trouble In Mind

Paul Quinichette (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) Freddie Green (g) Keter Betts (b) Jimmy Cobb or Gus Johnson (d) Dinah Washington (vo) Nook Shrier (cond) unidentified brass

4223-1

New Blow-Top Blues

unknown (tp) unknown (as) Wardell Gray, unknown, Ben Webster (ts) unknown (bars) Wynton Kelly (p) unknown (b) Jimmy Cobb (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

4733-4

Trouble In Mind

** also issued on Mercury 8269x45.

Mer. 8271  Big Bill Broonzy - Hey Hey c/w Walkin' Down A Lonesome Road

Ransom Knowling (b) Big Bill Broonzy (vo, g)

4521-2	Hey Hey
4525-1	Walkin' Down A Lonesome Road

Mer. 8272  Paul Quinichette - I'll Always Be In Love With You c/w Sequel

Paul Quinichette (ts) Count Basie (org) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Gus Johnson (d)

4820-4	I'll Always Be In Love With You
4821-2	Sequel

Mer. 8273  Johnny Otis - One Nighter Blues c/w Goomp Blues

Don Johnson, Gerald Wilson (tp) John Pettigrew, George Washington (tb) Floyd Turnham (as) Lorenzo Hoderness, Ben Webster (ts) Curtis Lowe (bars) Devonia Williams (p) Pete Lewis (g) Mario Delegarde (b) Leard Bell (d) Emanuel "Gaucho" Vaharandes (cga) Johnny Otis (vo, vib, d)

4717-1	One Nighter Blues
4718-1	Goomp Blues

Mer. 8277  Sunnyland Slim - Hit The Road Again c/w Gin Drinkin' Baby

Sunnyland Slim (p, vo) Robert Lockwood Jr. (g) Moody Jones (b) Alfred "Big Man" Wallace (d)

4629	Ain't Nothing But A Child
4630	Brown Skinned Woman

Mer. 8279  Beryl Booker - A Handful Of Stars c/w You Better Go Now

Don Elliott (mel, vib) Budd Johnson (ts, bars) Beryl Booker (p -1, p, vo -2) Slam Stewart (b) Charlie Smith (d)

1. 4724	A Handful Of Stars
2. 4727	You Better Go Now

Mer. 8281  Memphis Slim - The Question c/w Never Let Me Love

Purcell Brockenborough, Neil Green (ts) Memphis Slim (p, vo) Ransom Knowling (b) Oscar Larkin (d) Terry Timmons (vo)

4195	The Question

Nelson Berry, Neil Green (ts) Memphis Slim (p, vo) John Frazier (b) Oscar Larkin (d)

4239	Never Let Me Love

Mer. 8284  Big Bill Broonzy - Mopper's Blues c/w I Know She Will

Ransom Knowling (b) Big Bill Broonzy (vo, g)

4526	Mopper's Blues
4527	I Know She Will

Mer. 8287  Paul Quinichette - Shad Roe c/w The Hook

Buck Clayton (tp) Dickie Wells (tb) Paul Quinichette (ts) Count Basie (p) Freddie Green (g) Walter Page (b) Gus Johnson (d)

4815-6	Shad Roe
4818-6	The Hook

Mer. 8290  James Moody - Until The Real Thing Comes Along c/w Hey Jim

Dave Burns (tp) Donald Cole (tb) James Moody (as, ts) Numa Moore (bars) Sadik Hakim (p) unknown (b) Teddy Stewart (d) Babs Gonzales (vo -2)

1. 9163	Until The Real Thing Comes Along
2. 9164	Hey Jim

** also issued on Mercury 8290x45.

Mer. 8292  Dinah Washington - Pillow Blues c/w Double Dealing Daddy

unknown (ts) Wynton Kelly (p) unknown (g) Keter Betts (b) Jimmy Cobb (d) Dinah Washington (vo) unidentified brass

9220-8	Pillow Blues
9222-3	Double Dealing Daddy

Mer. 8294  Dinah Washington - My Song c/w Half As Much

Clark Terry (tp) Russell Procope (cl, as) Paul Gonsalves (ts) Beryl Booker (p) unknown (g) Keter Betts (b) Jimmy Cobb (d) Dinah Washington (vo)

9247-4	My Song
9248-6	Half As Much

Mer. 8297  Beryl Booker - Stay As Sweet As You Are c/w Love Is The Thing

Beryl Booker (p) John Collins (g) Oscar Pettiford (b)

4979	Stay As Sweet As You Are
4980-5	Love Is The Thing