Sammy Lewis
b. August 9, 1932, Memphis, Tennessee
date and location of death unknown

discography
S A M M Y   L E W I S; source: Sun Box 105
source: Sun Box 105

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm.
All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own.

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Sammy Lewis 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#year
of release
titlelabel # / notes
11955 

SAMMY LEWIS   WILLIE JOHNSON COMBO   (78 rpm)
SAMMY LEWIS with WILLIE JOHNSON   (45 rpm)

- I Feel So Worried (U 146-3) #   @ youtube
- So Long Baby Goodbye (U 147-2) *   @ youtube

rec. March 28, 1955 in Memphis, Tenn.; Sammy Lewis, hca, # voc; Willie Johnson, g, * voc; L.C. Hubert, p; Joe Nathan Franklin, dr; prod. by Sam Philips







Sun 218
   

- Gonna Leave You Baby # \\   @ youtube
- Feel So Worried (U 146-1) # \\
- Baby Tell Me Your Name (Feel So Worried) (U 146-2) # //
- So Long Baby Goodbye (U 147-1) * \\

rec. March 28, 1955 in Memphis, Tenn.; Sammy Lewis, hca, # voc; Willie Johnson, g, * voc; L.C. Hubert, p; Joe Nathan Franklin, dr; prod. by Sam Philips
Sun unissued

\\ Sun Box 105
// Sun LP 1060

23/1966The Blues Came Down From Memphis

Dr. Ross
The Boogie Disease [Sun 212]
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues
Willie Nix
- Baker Shop Boogie
Rufus "Hound Dog" Thomas
- Bear Cat
Jimmy DeBerry
- Take A Little Chance
Dr. Ross
- Juke Box Boogie [Sun 212]

Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo
- I Feel So Worried [Sun 218]

Little Milton
- If You Love Me
Jimmy DeBerry
- Time Has Made A Change
Dr. Ross
- Come Back Baby [Sun 193]

Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo
- So Long [Sun 218]
Rufus Thomas Jr.
- Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)
Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years
Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown [Sun 193]


compiled by Michael Vernon



London HAS 8265 (UK)

notes by Neil Slaven



= Charly CR 30125 (1977)


= Rarity 5040 (Brazil 1988)

= Charly CD 67 (UK 1988)

= Charly CDGR 243 (UK)

31977Sammy Lewis

- You Lied To Me, Baby
- Somebody Stole My Love

rec. c. 1977 in West Memphis, AR; Sammy Lewis, voc, hca; g; b; Bill Finton, dr; prod. by Charlene Garland for Mole-Hill Productions





8th Street ESR-1001
41979Blow By Blow

Junior Wells
- A Tribute To Little Walter
Jerry McCain
- She's Tough
- Steady
Andy Belvin
- Travellin' Mood

Sammy Lewis
- Somebody Stole My Love [8th Street ESR-1001]
- You Lied To Me [8th Street ESR-1001]
Sam Myers
- My Love Is Here To Stay
- Sleeping In The Ground

Long Tall Lester
- Working Man
- All Because Of You
Eddie Hope
- A Fool No More
- Lost Child
Charles Walker
- My Babe
- 40 Days And 40 Nights
Cliff Jackson
- Nine Below Zero
Smokey Smothers
- Hello Little Schoolgirl





Sundown CG 709-01

Sundown discography

4a1982The Sunbox

LP 1:
- Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston
- T-Model Boogie - Roscoe Gordon
- Howlin' For My Baby - Howlin' Wolf
- Mr. Highway Man - Howlin' Wolf
- Treat Me Mean And Evil - Joe Hill Louis
- Tiger Man - Joe Hill Louis
- Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix
- My Baby Left Me - Raymond Hill
- Sweet Home Chicago - Albert Williams

- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Just Walkin' In The Rain - Prisonaires
- Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- When It Rains It Really Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson

- So Long Baby Goodbye - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo [Sun 218]

3 LP box set

Charly SUNBOX 100
(UK 1982)

Sun boxes discography

51985Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1956

LP 4
side 7 - Gospel Train

Brewsteraires
- Where Shall I Be (When That First Trumpet Sounds)
- (The Lord Gave Me) Wings For My Soul
Southern Jubilees
- There's A Man In Jerusalem
- Forgive Me Lord
- He Never Left Me Alone
Prisonaires
- A Prisoner's Prayer -
Jones Brothers
- Amazing Grace
- Gospel Train
- Look To Jesus


side 8 - Feel So Woried
Doctor Ross
- That Ain't Right (with Henry Hill)
- Left Job Boogie
- Terra Mae
- Come Back Baby

Sammy Lewis - Willie Johnson Combo
- Gonna Leave You Baby [Sun unissued]
- I Feel So Worried (tk 1) [Sun unissued]
- I Feel So Worried (tk 3) [Sun 218]
- So Long Baby Goodbye [Sun unissued]

9 LP box set





Charly Sun Box 105

Sun boxes discography

61989The Sun Blues Archives, Vol. 1 - Blue Guitar

Earl Hooker
- The Hucklebuck
- Mexicali Hip Shake
- Razorback
- Blue Guitar
- Red River Variations
- Move On Down The Line
- Guitar Rag

Charlie Booker
- Walked All Night
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (alt. tk.)

Lewis-Johnson Combo
- Baby Tell Me Your Name [Sun unissued]
Coy Love & Pat Hare
- Harping On It
- Wolf Call Boogie
L.B. Lawson & James Scott Blues Rockers
- Flypaper Boogie
- Missing In Action
- Scott's Boogie

Charly / Sun LP 1060
7198?Rumble Chillen

Albert Williams
- Rhumba Chille
Rosco Gordon
- I'm Gonna Shake It
Jackie Brenston
- Tuckered Out
Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Love Me Baby
Doctor Ross
- Left Job Boogie
The Prisonaires
- Don't Say Tomorrow
Charlie Booker
- Walked All Night
Johnny O'Neal
- Ugly Woman

'Hot Shot' Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
Howlin' Wolf
- Everybody's In The Mood

Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson
- I Feel So Worried
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Shim Sham Shimmy
Billy Love
- Gee I Wish
James Cotton
- Hold Me In Your Arms
Doctor Ross
- Terra Mae
Joe Hill Louis
- Gotta Let You Go

Charly/Sun CRM 2033
81989Sun Records Harmonica Classics

Jimmy & Walter
- Easy
Walter Horton
- West Winds Are Blowing
- In The Mood
Doctor Ross
- Jukebox Boogie
- Country Clown
- Downtown Boogie

Hot Shot Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
- Harmonica Jam
- Wolf Call Boogie

Sammy Lewis - Willie Johnson Combo
- So Long Baby Goodbye
Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Your Arms Around Me Mama
- Got Me A New Woman
- She May Be Yours

Rounder SS 29

Rounder discography

919??Memphis Aggressive Guitars Vol. 1

Pat Hare
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
- Bonus Pay (Ain't Gonna Be That Way)
Big Memphis Ma Rainey
- Call Me Anything, But Call Me
- Baby, No, No!
Walter Bradford
- Reward For My Baby
- Love For Me Baby
- Lucy Done Moved

Tot Randolph
- Blues Train

Sammy Lewis
- Gonna Leave You Baby
- I Feel So Worried (take 1)
- I Feel So Worried (take 2)
- So Long Baby Goodbye
Roscoe Gordon
- Just Love Me Baby
Kenneth Banks
- High (But High)



P-Vine / Sun PLP 312 (Jp)
101996Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1958

CD 8:

Pat Hare
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby
- Bonus Pay
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- When it Rains it Pours
- Move Baby Move
- Shim Sham Shimmy

Sammy Lewis
- Gonna Leave You Baby
- Feel So Worried (tk 1)
- So Long Baby Goodbye
- Feel So Worried (tk 3)
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Red Hot
- Satisfied
Eddie Snow
- Bring Your Love Back Home To Me
- Ain't That Right
- Don't Dog Me Around
- Mean Mean Woman
- Stay With Me Baby (tk 1)
Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Something for Nothing
- Little Fine Healthy Thing
Rosco Gordon
- That's What You Do To Me
- I'm Gonna Shake It
- Let's Get High
- New Orleans Louisiana
Ike Turner
- Get It Over Babe
- How Long Will It Last
- I'm Gonna Forget About You (Matchbox)
- You Ain't The One For Me


8 CD box set



Charly CDSUNBOX 7
112006Memphis Blues
Important Postwar Blues

disc 1:
- Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis
- Boogie in the Park - Joe Hill Louis
- That Ain't Right (tk 1) - Henry Hill
- Little Soldier Boy (tk 2) - Doctor Ross
- Country Clown (tk 1) - Doctor Ross
- County Farm Blues - William Stewart
- They Call Me Talkin' Boy - William Stewart
- Easy - Jimmy & Walter
- Before Long - Jimmy & Walter
- Lonesome Ol' Jail - D.A. Hunt
- Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt
- Registration Day Blues - Sleepy John Estes
- Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes
- Rattlesnake Mama - William Stewart
- Forty Four Blues - William Stewart
- I Feel Like a Million - Joe Hill Louis
- Heartache Baby - Joe Hill Louis
- Shorty the Barber - Charlie Burse
- Last Time, The - Woodrow Wilson Adams
- Train Is Comin' - Woodrow Wilson Adams
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins
- Wolf Call Boogie - Sleepy John Estes
- Harmonica Jam - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Policy Man Blues (tk 1) - Coy "Hot Shot" Love
- Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry
- Tailor Made - Doctor Ross
- Boogie Disease, The - Doctor Ross


disc 2:
- Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- Bluebird - Howlin' Wolf
- Move on Down the Line - Earl Hooker
- Hucklebuck, The - Earl Hooker
- Walter's Instrumental - Walter Horton
- Grandmother Got Grandfather Told - Walter Horton
- Midnight Showers of Rain - Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Married Woman - Rufus Thomas
- Roscoe's Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- City Women - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, Baby - Earl Forest
- Rock the Bottle - Earl Forest
- Bad Women, Bad Whiskey - Little Parker, Jr.
- You're My Angel - Little Parker, Jr.
- Good Lovin' - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Drifting from Town to Town - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- My Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Straighten Up Baby - James Anthony Cotton
- Work with Her Boy - Shy Guy Douglas
- Detroit Arrow Blues - Shy Guy Douglas
- Carry My Business On (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Crying in the Courthouse (tk 1) - Houston Boines
- Walked All Night - Charley Booker
- Baby I'm Coming Home - Charley Booker
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- Bonus Pay - Pat Hare


disc 3:
- T Model Boogie - Rosco Gordon
- Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse) - Rosco Gordon
- Seems Like a Million Years (tk 1) - Willie Nix
- Riding in the Moonlight - Willie Nix
- Can't Love Me and My Money Too - L.B. Lawson
- Flypaper Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- Somebody Told Me - Little Milton
- If You Love Me Baby - Little Milton
- Feelin' Good - Little Junior
- Fussin' and Fightin' Blues - Little Junior
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Blues Leave Me Alone - Billy Love
- She Comes to See Me Sometime (tk 1) - Joe Hill Louis
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1) - David Honeyboy Edwards
- Mistreating Boogie - Mose Vinson
- Worry You Off My Mind - Mose Vinson
- Lucy Done Moved - L.C. Hubert
- Don't Dog Me Around - Eddie Snow
- Skin and Bone (tk 1) - Eddie Snow
- Dead Letter Blues (tk 1) - Johnny O'Neal
- Ugly Woman (tk 3) - Johnny O'Neal
- You'll Be Sorry - Houston Stokes
- Blue and Lonesome - Houston Stokes
- Long Gone Raymond - Raymond Hill
- I'm Back Pretty Baby - Raymond Hill
- Blue Man (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks
- High (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks


disc 4:
- Tiger Man - Rufus Thomas
- Save That Money - Rufus Thomas
- Lookin' for My Baby - Little Milton
- Homesick for My Baby - Little Milton

- Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- So Long Baby Goodbye - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Anthony Cotton
- Hold Me in Your Arms - James Anthony Cotton
- Come Back Home (tk 1) - Howlin' Wolf
- Chocolate Drop - Howlin' Wolf
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down - Boyd Gilmore
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Walter Horton
- Off the Wall - Walter Horton
- Love My Baby - Little Junior
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- Dry Up Baby - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Crying All Night Long - Bobby "Blue" Bland
- Way After Midnight (tk 1) - Billy Love
- Hey Now (tk 1) - Billy Love
- I Wronged a Woman - Earl Forest
- I Can't Forgive You - Earl Forest
- Midnight Hours Journey - Johnny Ace
- My Baby Left Me - Raymond Hill
- You're Driving Me Insane - Ike Turner
- Trouble and Heartaches - Ike Turner
- When It Rains It Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- Move Baby Move - Billy "The Kid" Emerson


4 CD set



JSP JSPCD 7777 (UK)


Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 159
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 322
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 276
- James LaRocca: Sammy Lewis.- Blues Unlimited 78 (Decfember 1970), p. 10
- http://www.rockabilly.nl/references/messages/sugar_chile_robinson.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Sun 218 (78 rpm) label

thanks to Joe Louis for additional info / label scan

 

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