"Little" Willy Foster 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

#	year of release	title	label # / notes
10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
1	1955	"LITTLE" WILLY FOSTER Parrot 813 - Falling Rain Blues (P53222) # - Four Day Jump (P53223) Blue Lake 113 - Falling Rain Blues (BL 55-134) #   @ youtube - Four Day Jump (BL 55-133)   @ youtube rec. January 14, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Willie Foster, hca, # voc; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Floyd Jones, Eddie Taylor, g Lazy Bill Lucas discography	Parrot 813 (c.3/1955) = Blue Lake 113 (7/1955)
		- 3 unknown titles rec. June 10, 1955 in Chicago, IL; Little Willie Foster, voc, hca; Lazy Bill Lucas, p [?]; Floyd Jones, Eddie Taylor, g; Ray Scott, dr	unissued
2	1957	Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues (C 1010)   @ youtube - Little Girl (C 1011) *   @ youtube rec. 1956 in Chicago, IL; Little Willie Foster, voc, hca; Lazy Bill Lucas, p; Floyd Jones, g, * voc; Triolue High [Teeno Yehire], g; prob. Willie Dixon, b; Ray Scott, dr Floyd Jones discography Lazy Bill Lucas discography	Cobra 5011 [Eli Toscano's label]
LP / CD compilations
3	1965	Chicago Blues - The Early 1950s Homesick James - Homesick Baby Face Leroy - Boll Weevil - Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 1 Little Walter - Muskadine J.B. Hutto - Dim Lights - Things Are So Slow Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years Baby Face Leroy - Rollin' & Tumblin' - pt. 2 Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man Little Willie Foster - Falling Rain Blues [Parrot 813] Snooky & Moody - Stockyard Blues Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman Floyd Jones - Dark Road Big Walter - Hard Hearted Woman Robert Nighthawk - Kansas City Blues John Brim - Tough Times	Blues Classics BC 8 Blues Classics discography
4	1972	Take A Little Walk With Me The Blues in Chicago 1948-1957 J.B. Hutto - Combination Boogie Willie Nix - All By Yourself Floyd Jones - Any Old Lonesome Day Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy Little Willie Foster - Little Girl [Cobra 5011] John Lee Henley - Knockin' On Lula Mae's Door Robert Nighthawk - My Sweet Lovin' Woman John Brim - Gary Stomp Lazy Bill Lucas - She Got Me Walkin' [Chance 1148] Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck Floyd Jones - Skinny Woman Grace Brim - Going Down The Line Johnny Young - My Baby Walked Out Little Walter - Blue Baby Jimmy Rogers - Ludella No.2 Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me Grace Brim - Mean Man Blues Robert Nighthawk - Feel So Bad Homesick James - The Woman I Love [Chance 1131] Lazy Bill Lucas - I Had A Dream [Chance 1148] Willie Nix - No More Love Floyd Jones - Floyd's Blues John Lee Henley - Rhythm Rockin' Boogie Memphis Minnie - World Of Trouble Johnny Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule Floyd Jones - Big World John Brim - Drinking Woman Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay Junior Wells - Tomorrow Night Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues [Cobra 5011] Johnny Shines - Living In The White House compiled, annotated and produced by Leroy Pierson	DLP notes by Leroy J. Pierson Boogie Disease BD 101/2 [Leroy Pierson's first (one record) label, 500 copies only]
4a	1980	King Cobras Chicago Kings Of The Harmonica Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues [Cobra 5011] Louis Myers - Bluesy Sonny Boy Williamson - Steady Rollin' Man Charles Clark - Row Your Boat tk 1 - Row Your Boat tk 2 Little Willie Foster - Little Girl [Cobra 5011] Sunnyland Slim - It's You Baby Arbee Stidham - When I Find My Baby Louis Myers - Just Whaling Shakey Horton - Need My Baby tk 1 - Need My Baby tk 2 - Have A Good Time Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61 Sonny Boy Williamson - Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket	notes by Bruce Bastin Flyright FLY 567 Flyright discography
4a	1989	Chicago Blues Harmonicas 1949 - 1958 Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Any More - Take A Little Walk With Me Snooky Pryor - Boogy Fool - Raisin' Sand - Cryn' Shame - Eighty Nine Ten John Lee Henley - Rhythm Rockin' On Lula Mae's Door Little Willie Foster - Crying The Blues [Cobra 5011] - Little Girl [Cobra 5011] Louis Myers - Bluesy Arbee Stidham - When I Find My Baby Louis Myers - Just Whaling Sonny Boy Williamson - Steady Rollin' Man - Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket Charles Clark - Row Your Boat Shakey Horton - Need My Baby - Have A Good Time Sunnyland Slim - Highway 61	Flyright FLYCD 11 = Paula PCD-7 (1991 US) Flyright discography
5	1989?	Hand Me Down Blues Parrot/Blue Lake # 1 Henry Gray - Watch Yourself - That Ain't Right - Goodbye Baby - You Messed Up Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You - Yes She's Gone - Hurry Home - Rusty Dusty Albert King - Hand Me Down Blues [Parrot unissued] - Little Boy Blue (alt tk) [Parrot unissued] John Brim - Gary Stomp [Parrot 799] Sunnyland Slim - Going Back To Memphis - Devil Is A Busy Man Snooky Pryor - Crosstown Blues [Parrot 807] - I Want You For Myself [Parrot 807] Little Willie Foster - Four Day Jump [Parrot 813]	notes (December 1989) by Dick Shurman Relic 8024 (US 1989?) = Relic CD 7015 (US 1990)
6	1999	Harp Blues - Wine Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot - Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers with Big Walter - Chicago Breakdown - Doctor Ross - Ninety Nine - Sonny Boy Williamson - Steady - Jerry McCain - Up The River - Cousin Leroy - Sweet Home Chicago - Little Junior Parker - Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers - Monkey Doin' Woman - Shy Guy Douglas - Found Love - Jimmy Reed - Roller Coaster - Little Walter & His Jukes - Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost - All Night Long Aka Rockin' And Rollin' - The Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & Manish Boys - Howlin' Wolf Boogie - Howlin' Wolf - Need My Baby - Shakey Horton - Little Girl - Little Willie Foster [Cobra 5011] - Bring Another Half Pint - Sonny Boy Williamson - I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy - Easy (I Almost Lost My Mind) - Jimmy & Walter - Western Union Man - Chicago Sunny Boy (Joe Hill Louis) - What's This I Hear? - Shy Guy Douglas - Rocket 88 - The Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet - West Helena Blues - George Smith - Boogie Twist - Snooky Pryor	Ace CDCHD 710
7	2002	Goin' Down To Eli's The Cobra & ABCO Rhythm & Blues Anthology 1956-1958 - Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim - Have A Good Time - Shakey Horton - Just Whaling - Louie Meyers and The Aces {sic] - You Eat Too Much - Harold Burrage - Killer Diller - Guitar Shorty - Irma Lee - Guitar Shorty - Screaming And Crying - Morris Pejoe - Row Your Boat - Charles Clark and the Willie Dixon Band - Steady Rollin Man - Sonny Boy Williamson - Can This Be Mine - Freddie Hall - When I Find My Baby - Arbee Stidham - I Don't Care Who Knows - Harold Burrage - Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson - Crying The Blues - Little Willie Foster [Cobra 5011] - I Wonder What's The Matter - Memphis Slim - Bluesy - Louie Meyers and The Aces {sic] - Messed Up - Harold Burrage - My Life Depends On It - Betty Everett - It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim - You Don't Treat Me Right - Guitar Shorty - Changing Love - Clarence Dolly - Maybe Blues - Morris Pejoe - Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket - Sonny Boy Williamson - Meet Me Halfway - Arbee Stidham - Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett - Little Girl - Little Willie Foster [Cobra 5011] - Need My Baby - Shakey Horton - I'll Just Keep Walkin' - Lee Jackson - Hidden Charms - Charles Clark and the Willie Dixon Band - Best Gal I Ever Had - Memphis Slim - Eli Toscano Blues - Sunnyland Slim / Willie Dixon prod. by Willie Dixon	Westside CD 868 (UK)
8	2005	The Devil Is A Busy Man - The Devil Is A Busy Man - Sunnyland Slim - Murder In The First Degree - St. Louis Jimmy - Watch Yourself - Henry Gray - Drop Anchor - Harmonica Slim - Wear Your Black Dress - Willie Egan - Mama Talk To Your Daughter - J.B. Lenoir - Rosalie Blues - L.G. McKinley - Easy Lovin' - Little Papa Joe - Blue Blue Boogie - Nature Boy Brown - Cool Playing Blues - Curtis Jones - Crosstown Blues - Snooky Pryor [Parrot 807] - Four Day Jump - Little Willie Foster [Parrot 813] - Bad Luck Blues - Albert King - On The Hook - Earl Hooker - Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sammy Davis - She's Takin' All My Money - Johnny Lewis - Alley Blues - Jimmy Wilson - Walkin' The Streets - Lightnin' Hopkins - Goin' Back Home Today - Willie Baker - Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys compiled by Paul Klein	notes by Victor Pearlin and Roger Kash Empire Musicwerks 545450693-2
9	2007	Treasures from the Vault of Cobra Records - This Is the End - Buddy Guy (alt tk) - Roll Your Moneymaker - Shakey Jake - I'm Gonna Forget About You - Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm (alt tk) - Something Else - Duke Jenkins - My Love - Betty Everett - Messed Up - Harold Burrage - I'll Just Keep Walkin' - Lee Jackson - Irma Lee - Guitar Shorty - Don't Leave Me - Clarence Jolly - Crying The Blues - Little Willie Foster [Cobra 5011] - My Life Depends on You - Betty Everett - You've Got to Lose - Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm (alt tk) - You Sure Can't Do - Buddy Guy (alt tk) - Fine Girl - The Calvaes - You Eat Too Much - Harold Burrage - The Duke Walks - Duke Jenkins	notes by Bill Dahl Fuel 2000 CD
10	2009	disc 2: - All Your Love (I Miss Loving) - Otis Rush - This Is the End (alt tk) - Buddy Guy - Roll Over Moneymaker - Shakey Jake - I'm Gonna Forget About You - Ike Turner And His Kings Of Rhythm - Something Else - Duke Jenkins - Groaning The Blues (tk 3) - Otis Rush - The Way You've Been Treating Me - Buddy Guy - My Love - Betty Everett - Messed Up - Harold Burrage - I'll Just Keep Walkin' - Lee Jackson - Irma Lee - Guitar Shorty - She's A Good 'Un (tk 4) - Otis Rush - Something Else - Duke Jenkins - I Can't Quit Your Baby (tk 3) - Otis Rush - Rock And Roll Boogie (alt tk) - Clouds - Little Red Rooster - Otis Rush - Your Sure Can't Do (alt tk) - Buddy Guy - Don't Leave Me - Clarence Jolly - Crying The Blues - Little Willie Foster [Cobra 5011] - Three Times A Fool - Otis Rush - My Life Depends On You - Betty Everett - Double Trouble (tk 3) - Otis Rush - Call Me If You Need Me - Shakey Jake and Willie Dixon Band - You've Got To Lose - Ike Turner and His Kings Of Rhythm - Fine Girl - Calvaes - You Eat Too Much - Harold Burrage - The Duke Walks - Duke Jenkins - Matchbox - Ike Turner and His Kings Of Rhythm disc 2: - Highway 61 - Sunnyland Slim - Have A Good Time - Shakey Horton - Just Whaling - Louise Mayer - Killer Diller - Betty Everett - Screaming And Crying - Morris Pejoe - Row Your Boat - Charles Clark - 21 Days In Jail (tk 2) - Magic Sam - Steady Rollin' Man - Sonny Boy Williamson - Can This Be Mine - Freddie Hall - When I Find My Baby - Arbee Stidham - I Din't Care Who Knows - Harold Burrage - I Hope You Come Back Home - Buddy Guy - Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson - I Wonder What's The Matter - Memphis Slim - Bluesy - Louise Leyer & The Aces - It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim - You Don't Treat Me Right - Guitar Shorty - Everything Gonna Be Alright - Magic Sam - Changing Love - Clarence Jolly - Maybe Blues - Morris Pejoe - Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket - Sonny Boy Williamson - Box Top - Ike Turner and His Kings Of Rhythm - Meet Me Halfway - Arbee Stidham - Ain't Gonna Cry - Betty Everett - Little Girl - Little Willie Foster [Cobra 5011] - Need My Baby - Shakey Horton - Hidden Charms - Charles Clark - Best Gal I Ever Had - Memphis Slim - Eli Eosacno Blues - Sunnyland Slim	2 CD set Retroworld FLOAT 6026
11	2011	Juicy Harmonica Vol. 2 - You're Too Bad - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007] - 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis - Rockin' 512] - Falling Rain Blues - Little Willy Foster [Blue Lake 113] - Alley Corn - Earl Hooker (Little Sam Davis, hca) [Rockin' unissued] - She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519] - Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 519] - Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca) [Checker 756] - Old Battle Ax - Robert Henry [King 4646] - Opossum Rock - Sonny Boy Williams [Duplex 9005] - Just One Mistake - Willie Nix (Walter Horton, hca) [Checker 756] - Early In The Morning - Robert Henry [King 4646] - Red Headed Woman - Baby Face (Little Walter, hca) [Savoy 1122] - After-While - Papa Lightfoot [Aladdin 3171] - Don't You Know I Love You - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued] - Du Dee Squat - Little Luther [Criss Cross 110] - Aw Shucks Baby - Little Red Walter [Le Sage 711] - Complete This Order - James Cotton [Loma 2042] - Laying In The Weeds - James Cotton [Loma 2042] - Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot [Imperial 5289] - Open Your Book (Daddy Wants To Read With You) - Percy Lee Crudup [Checker 754] - Midnight Jump - Walter J. Westbrook & His Phantom Five [Bobbin 106] - I Love You O Yes I Do - Woodrow Adams [Home Of The Blues unissued] - Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis [Rockin' 512] - Birmingham Late Hours - Birmingham Junior & His Lover Boys [Ebony 1007]	Sundown CD 4002 Sundown discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 154
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 181
- http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/parrot.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Cobra 5011

thanks to Flemming Nielsen, Alan Balfour and Joe Louis for additional info / scans