Mercury Records Catalog: 78 rpm 2000/3000 series

Mercury 2000 series (10 inch 78 rpm)

2001   Four Jumps Of Jive - Satchel Mouth Baby / It's Just The Blues

Bernardo Dennis, Ellis Hunter, guitar; Willie Dixon, bass; Gene "Jimmy" Gilmore, vocal, piano.

Chicago, IL, September 12, 1945

101Satchel Mouth Baby
102It's Just The Blues

2002   Karl Jones - Mitzy / Trouble In Mind

Bob Schaffner, trumpet; unknown, alto sax; unknown, piano; unknown, guitar; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; Karl Jones, vocal.

1945

105Mitzy
106Trouble In Mind

2003   Cats 'N Jammer Three, Bill Samuels - I Cover The Waterfront / Jockey Blues   1945

Bill Samuels, piano, vocal; Adam Lamberts, guitar; Sylvester Hicks, bass; Hillard Brown, drums.

NYC, September 15, 1945

109-5I Cover The Waterfront
110-4Jockey Blues

** also released on Bill Samuels - I Cover The Waterfront / Jockey Blues, Mercury 70205 in 1953, 70205x45 in 1953.

2004   June Richmond - I Haven't Changed A Thing / After You've Gone

unknown, trumpet; unknown, alto sax; unknown, tenor sax; Sonny Thompson, piano; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; June Richmond, vocal.

Chicago, IL, November, 1945

112I Haven't Changed A Thing
114After You've Gone

2005   Sippie Wallace - Shorty George / She's A Mighty Fine Woman

no details.

2006   not used

2007   not used

2008   Sippie Wallace - Careless Love / Foggy City

no details.

2009   not used

2010   Sippie Wallace, Albert Ammons - Bedroom Blues / Buzz Me

Artie Starks, clarinet, tenor sax; Albert Ammons, piano; Lonnie Johnson, guitar; John Lindsay, bass; Tommy Taylor, drums.

Chicago, IL, September 25, 1945

117-4Bedroom Blues
121-5Buzz Me

2011   June Richmond - Hey Lawdy Mama / If I Could Be With You

unknown, trumpet; unknown, alto sax; unknown, tenor sax; Sonny Thompson, piano; unknown, bass; unknown, drums; June Richmond, vocal.

Chicago, IL, November, 1945

111Hey Lawdy Mama
113If I Could Be With You

2012   not used

2013   not used

2014   not used

2015   Four Jumps Of Jive - Boo Boo Fine Jelly / Streamline Woman Blues

Bernardo Dennis, Ellis Hunter, guitar; Willie Dixon, bass; Gene "Jimmy" Gilmore, vocal, piano.

Chicago, IL, September 12, 1945

103Boo Boo Fine Jelly
104Streamline Woman Blues

2016   Albert Ammons - Suitcase Blues / Deep Water Blues

Artie Starks, clarinet, tenor sax; Albert Ammons, piano; Lonnie Johnson, guitar; John Lindsay, bass; Tommy Taylor, drums; Sippie Wallace, vocal.

Chicago, IL, September 25, 1945

118Suitcase Blues
119Deep Water Blues

2017   Romy Gosz - Gay Time Polka / Dakota Waltz

no details.

2018   Romy Gosz - On Our Porch Polka / Grandfather's Joy

no details.

2019   Tiny Hill - Angry / I'm Coming Home To Stay

no details.

2020   not used

2021   Bill Samuels - I'm Coming Home To Stay / One Hundred Years From Today

no details.

2022   Sheriff Tom Owen And His Cowboys - A New Ten Gallon Hat / You Can't Cry Over My Shoulder

no details.

2023   not used

2024   Tiny Hill - I'll Keep On Loving You / Sioux City Sue

no details.

2025   Romy Gosz - Laendler No. 11 / Broke But Happy Polka

no details.

2026   not used

2027   not used

2028   Dave Pritchard - Take Your Girlie To The Movies / We Left Our Wives At Home

no details.

2029   Sheriff Tom Owen And His Cowboys - I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle / I've Taken All I'm Gonna Take From You

no details.

2030   Eddie Vinson - It's A Groovy Affair / I've Been So Good

Joe Bridgewater, John Hunt, Elmer "Stumpy" Whitlock, trumpet; Leon Comegys, Jesse "Rip" Tarrant, trombone; Frank Dominguez, Ernest "Lee" Tanner, alto sax; Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, alto sax, vocal; Red Carmen, Lee Pop, tenor sax; Greely Walton, baritone sax; Earl Van Riper, piano; Leonard "Heavy" Swain, bass; Gus Johnson, drums.

NYC, late 1945

hu447It's A Groovy Affair
hu448I've Been So Good

2031   Eddie Vinson - Mr. Cleanhead Steps Out / Juicy Head Baby

same session.

NYC, late 1945

hu446Mr. Cleanhead Steps Out
hu449Juicy Head Baby

2032   Rex Allen - Curtains Of Sorrow / Whatcha' Gonna Do

no details.

2033   June Richmond - Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule / Don't Jive Me Like That

no details.

2034   not used

2035   not used

2036   not used

2037   not used

2038   not used

2039   June Richmond - Just Beyond The Rainbow / Are You With It

no details.

2040   Erroll Garner - Symphony / Bouncing With Me

Errol Garner, piano.

NYC, December 5, 1945

165-2Symphony
166-2Bouncing With Me

2041   Tiny Hill - Who's Sorry Now / I'll Take Her Back

no details.

2042   The Prairie Ramblers - Farewell Blues / Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend

no details.

2043   not used

2044   Rex Allen - Don't You Turn Your Back On Me / I'm So Alone In The Crowd

no details.

2045   not used

2046   not used

2047   not used

2048   not used

2049   not used

2050   The Four Vagabonds - Taking My Chance With You / When The Old Gang's Back On The Corner

no details.

2051   Bill Samuels - Candy Store Jump / That Chick's Too Young To Fry

no details.

2052   Dinah Washington - I Can't Get Started With You / Joy Juice

Willie Cook, Harry "Pee Wee" Jackson, trumpet; Gus Chappell, trombone; possibly Dave Young, tenor sax; possibly Rudy Martin, piano; possibly Bill Settles, bass; Oliver Coleman, drums; Dinah Washington, vocal.

Chicago, IL, January 14, 1946

202-2I Can't Get Started With You
204Joy Juice

2053   Dinah Washington - Embraceable You / When A Woman Loves A Man

same session.

Chicago, IL, January 14, 1946

201Embraceable You
203When A Woman Loves A Man

2054   The Hometowners - You'll Never Grow Old In My Heart / Wave To Me My Lady

no details.

2055   The Hometowners - Nobody Knows / Keep Movin' On

no details.

2056   Shorty Thompson - Yonder Where The Blues Begin / Who Broke The Lock On The Hen House Door

no details.

2057   Buddy Morrow - Lullaby / Jalousie

Buddy Morrow, trombone, leader; Helen Manning, vocal #1; unidentified orchestra.

1946

1. 210Jalousie (aka Jealousy)
2. 211Lullaby

2058   not used

2059   not used

2060   Buddy Rich - You've Got Me Crying Again / Desperate Desmond

Paul Cohn, Bitsy Mullens, Jim Pupa, Carl Warwick, trumpet; Sam Hyster, Johnny Mandel, Earl Swope, trombone; Romeo Penque, alto sax; George Berg, Mick Blanos, tenor sax; Sid Brown, baritone sax; Tony Nichols, piano; Lenny Mirabella, guitar; Joe Shulman, bass; Buddy Rich, drums, vocal; Dorothy Reid, vocal #1.

NYC, February 5, 1946

1. 214-1/2You've Got Me Crying Again
2. 215-1/2Desperate Desmond

** also released on Mercury 3012.

2061   not used

2062   Shorty Thompson - Smiles Are Made Out Of The Sunshine / Foolish Love

no details.

2063   Connie Haines - Do You Love Me / Shoo Fly Pie

no details.

2064   Jayne Walton - I Fall In Love With You Every Day / Without You

no details.

2065   Chuck Foster - Ah-Dee-Ah / I'm In Love With Two Sweethearts

no details.

2066   Connie Haines - California Sunbeam / She's Funny That Way

no details.

2067   Jayne Walton - When I Lost You / Chiapanecas

no details.

2068   Buddy Rich - It Couldn't Be True / Dateless Brown

Paul Cohn, Bitsy Mullens, Jim Pupa, Carl Warwick, trumpet; Sam Hyster, Johnny Mandel, Earl Swope, trombone; Romeo Penque, alto sax; George Berg, Mick Blanos, tenor sax; Sid Brown, baritone sax; Tony Nichols, piano; Lenny Mirabella, guitar; Joe Shulman, bass; Buddy Rich, drums, vocal; Dorothy Reid, vocal #2.

NYC, February 5, 1946

1. 213-1Dateless Brown
2. 216-1It Couldn't Be True

** also released on Mercury 3001.

2069   Eileen Barton - As If I Didn't Have Enough On My Mind / One-Zy Two-Zy

no details.

2070   Eileen Barton - They Say It's Wonderful / You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me

no details.

2071   Nappy Lamare - Sometimes I'm Happy / Blues Fo Fannie

no details.

2072   Vincent Lopez - All Through The Day / Where Did You Learn To Love

no details.

2073   Rose Marie - Chen 'A Luna (There's A Moon) / In The Land Of The Buffalo Nickel

no details.

2074   Vincent Lopez - Ashby De La Zooch / Laughing On The Outside

no details.

2075   Frank Parker - Begin The Beguine / You Are Too Beautiful

no details.

2076   Sammy Madden - Good Morning Polka / Huntsman Laendler

no details.

2077   Rudy Plocar - Charming Katie Polka / Chicago Waltz

no details.

2078   Rudy Plocar - Veterans' Polka / On The Hill Waltz

no details.

2079   Rudy Plocar - Repete Polka / Old Bohemian Waltz

no details.

2080   Rudy Plocar - Arise My Darling Polka / Alone In The World Waltz

no details.

2081   The Slovenian Five - Blue Bird Polka / Sweet Potato Polka

no details.

2082   Bill Gale - Annabella / Banjo Polka

no details.

2083   Louie Bashell - Morning Dew Polka / Give Me Back My Heart Waltz

no details.

2084   Bill Gale - Corn / Tillie (The Tavern Keeper's Daughter)

no details.

2085   Bill Gale - Love Will Find A Way / Pyramid Polka

no details.

2086   Bill Gale - We're Gonna Have Some Fun Tonite / Knock Wood Polka

no details.

2087   Eddie Skeets - Barnswallow Polka / Meadowlark Waltz

no details.

2088   Joe Tarto - I Want Some Lovin' / Honey (Why Can't You Be Sweet To Me)

no details.

2089   Joseph Lasicky - Heartbreaker's Waltz / Carol Rose Polka

no details.

2090   Joe Tarto - Tin Pan Polka / I Knew From The Start

no details.

2091   Eddie Skeets - Hometown Polka / Swagger Waltz

no details.

2092   Joseph Lasicky - Baby's Lullaby / Let's Dance Polka

no details.

2093   Joseph Lasicky - Forest City Polka / When The Buds Begin To Blossom

no details.

2094   Lew Ayres - Noah Parts 1 & 2

no details.

2095   Joseph Lasicky - Tonight By Candlelight / Sorry Polka

no details.

2096   Lew Ayres - Shadrach, Meshach And Abednego / Daniel

no details.

Mercury 3000 series (10 inch 78 rpm)

3001   Buddy Rich - It Couldn't Be True / Dateless Brown

Paul Cohn, Bitsy Mullens, Jim Pupa, Carl Warwick, trumpet; Sam Hyster, Johnny Mandel, Earl Swope, trombone; Romeo Penque, alto sax; George Berg, Mick Blanos, tenor sax; Sid Brown, baritone sax; Tony Nichols, piano; Lenny Mirabella, guitar; Joe Shulman, bass; Buddy Rich, drums, vocal; Dorothy Reid, vocal #2.

NYC, February 5, 1946

1. 213-1Dateless Brown
2. 216-1It Couldn't Be True

** originally released on Mercury 2068.

3012   Buddy Rich - You've Got Me Crying Again / Desperate Desmond

Paul Cohn, Bitsy Mullens, Jim Pupa, Carl Warwick, trumpet; Sam Hyster, Johnny Mandel, Earl Swope, trombone; Romeo Penque, alto sax; George Berg, Mick Blanos, tenor sax; Sid Brown, baritone sax; Tony Nichols, piano; Lenny Mirabella, guitar; Joe Shulman, bass; Buddy Rich, drums, vocal; Dorothy Reid, vocal #1.

NYC, February 5, 1946

1. 214-1/2You've Got Me Crying Again
2. 215-1/2Desperate Desmond

** originally released on Mercury 2060.

3015   Buddy Morrow - Smoke Gets In Your Eyes / I'd Be Lost Without You

Buddy Morrow, trombone, leader; John McAtee, vocal #2; unidentified orchestra.

1946

1. 336Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
2. 339I'd Be Lost Without You

3020   Buddy Morrow - When The Moon Is Gone / I've Got The Sun In The Morning

Buddy Morrow, trombone, leader; Carl Denny, vocal #1; Helen Lee, vocal #2; unidentified orchestra.

1946

1. 337When The Moon Is Gone
2. 338I've Got The Sun In The Morning