W I L L I E   N I X; from front cover of  Living Blues # 43; click to enlarge !
source: front cover of Living Blues # 43
Under Construction !

Willie Nix
real name: Willie Nicks
b. August 6, 1922 in Memphis, Tennessee
d. July 8, 1991 in Leland, Mississippi

discography
Joe Willie Wilkins and W I L L I E   N I X; Blues Unlimited # 120 (1976), p. 6; ('courtesy Steve La Vere'); click to enlarge !
Joe Willie Wilkins and Willie Nix
source: Blues Unlimited # 120 (1976), p. 6
("courtesy Steve La Vere")

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Willie Nix 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs

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of release
titlelabel # / notes

10 inch 78 rpm / 7 inch 45 rpm
11951WILLIE NIX

- Lonesome Bedroom Blues (MM 1608)   @ youtube
- Try Me One More Time (MM 1609)

rec. c. June 18, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; Billy "Red" Love, p; Willie Johnson, g



RPM 327
   

- Fine And Mellow Baby

rec. c. June 18, 1951 at Memphis Recording Service in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; Billy "Red" Love, p; Willie Johnson, g
RPM unissued

P-Vine PCD 3036

21952WILLIE NIX

- Truckin' Little Woman (C 1026)
- Just One Mistake (C 1027)

rec. April 25, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; Walter Horton, hca; Billy Love, p; Willie Johnson, g

Checker 756
   

- Take A Little Walk With Me #
- Ridin' In The Moonlight *
- Prison Bound Blues #   @ youtube
- Mighty Showers Of Rain *   @ youtube

rec. April 25, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; Walter Horton, hca; Billy Love, p; Willie Johnson, g

Sun/Checker unissued

# Charly CR 30127

* Sun Box 105

31952JOE HILL LOUIS

- When I'm Gone (C 1036A, edited for release on Checker 763) #
- Dorothy Mae (C 1035A) *

# rec. March 31, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Nolan Hall, dr

* rec. July 18, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, g; Walter Horton, hca; Jack Kelly, b; Willie Nix, dr

Checker 763
41953Joe Hill Louis

- She May Be Yours (But She Comes To See Me Sometime) (U58-3) #
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (U57, tk 2) *

# rec. November 17, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, hca, g; Albert Williams, p; Willie Nix, dr
* rec. December 29, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, hca, g; Albert Williams, p; dr



Sun 178
   

- She Comes To See Me Sometime (tk 2) #
- Make My Love Stay Warm *

rec. November 17, 1952 at the SUN Studio in Memphis, TN; Joe Hill Louis, voc, hca, g; Albert Williams, p; Willie Nix, dr
Sun unissued

# P-Vine PLP 304

* Bear Family BCD 15524

51953WILLIE NIX   THE MEMPHIS BLUES BOY

- Seems Like A Million Years (U 59)   @ youtube
- Baker Shop Boogie (U 60)   @ youtube

rec. October 9, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g



Sun 179
   

- Baker Shop Boogie (tk 1) #
- Baker Shop Boogie (tk ?) *

rec. October 9, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g
Sun unissued

# Charly CR 30114

* Titanic CD 6006

   

- untitled instrumental

rec. December 10, 1952 in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; George Lawson, ts; James Cotton, hca; Albert Williams, p; Joe Willie Wilkins, g
Sun unissued
   

- Seems Like A Million Years (tk 1)
- Seems Like A Million Years (tk 2)

rec. December 10, 1952 (?) in Memphis, TN; Willie Nix, voc, dr; ts; prob. Walter Horton, hca; Willie Johnson, g; g
Sun unissued

Titanic CD 6006

   

- Cold Love (U4336)
- Mean And Evil (U4337)
- Eight Ball (U4338) #

rec. January 9, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Augustus "Gus" Jenkins, voc, p; Walter Horton, hca; Willie Nix, dr
Chess unissued

# Chess LP 6641 174

   

- (Talkin') Off The Wall #
- Off The Wall (2 inc. tks) *

rec. July 15, 1953 in Memphis, TN; Walter Horton (or Joe Hill Louis?), hca; prob. Pinetop Perkins, p; Earl Hooker, g; Edward Irvon or Willie Nix, dr;
Sun unissued

# Charly CD 30127

* Sun CD Box 7

61953WILLIE NIX and HIS BAND

- Nervous Wreck (C 5062)
- No More Love (C 5063)

rec. October 14, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Willie Nix, voc; Snooky Pryor, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Alfred Wallace, dr

Chance 1163
[Art Sheridan's label]
71953WILLIE NIX and HIS BAND

- Just Can't Stay (C 5064)   @ youtube
- All By Youself (C 5065)

rec. October 14, 1953 in Chicago, IL; Willie Nix, voc; Snooky Pryor, hca; Sunnyland Slim, p; Eddie Taylor, g; Alfred Wallace, dr

Sabre 104
[Art Sheridan's label]

LP / CD compilations
81965Chicago
the post-war blues volume 1

Johnny Shines
- Brutal Hearted Woman
- Evening Sun

Willie Nix & His Combo
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Yourself
"Little" Willie Foster
- Falling Rain Blues
- Four Day Jump
J B. Hutto & His Hawks
- Pet Cream Man
- Lovin' You

Othum Brown
- Ora-Nelle Blues
Little Walter
- I Just Keep Loving Her
Johnny William(s)
- Worried Man Blues
Johnny Young
- Money Taking Woman
John Lee
- Knocking On Lula Mae's Door
- Rythm Rockin' Boogie [sic]
Junior Wells & His Eagle Rockers
- Hodo Man [sic]
- Junior's Wail


notes by Charles Radcliffe





post-war blues pwb 1

pwb discography

93/1966The 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

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
Rufus Thomas Jr.
- Tiger Man (King Of The Jungle)

Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years

Dr. Ross
- Chicago Breakdown [Sun 193]



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)

101966Two Willies From Memphis

Willie Love and His Three Aces
- Shady Lane Blues [Trumpet 174]
- Feed My Body To The Fishes [Trumpet 172]
- Falling Rain [Trumpet 172]


Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues [RPM 327]
- No More Love [Chance 1163]
- Nervous Wreck [Chance 1163]

Willie Love discography
7 inch EP
notes by Eddie Harding







Highway 51 H-700

Highway 51 discography

111969Memphis Blues
Anthology Of The Blues Vol. 2

Howlin' Wolf
- Passing By Blues [RPM 340]
- I'm The Wolf [previously unissued]
Joe Hill Louis
- The Way You Treat Me
- Highway 99
Big Walter Horton
- Walter's Blues
Bobby Bland
- Love Me Baby

Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
- Drifting From Town To Town
Joe Hill Louis
- Western Union Man
Howlin' Wolf
- The Sun Is Rising [previously unissued]
- My Friends (Stealing My Clothes) [previously unissued]

Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues [RPM 327]
Big Walter Horton
- Little Boy Blues



Kent KST-9002


= United Superior US-7779

notes by Frank Scott



= Musidisc 30 AB 5602
(Fr 1976)

121972Take 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
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'

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
Lazy Bill Lucas
- I Had A Dream

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
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]
131973Joe Hill Louis & Willie Nix: Blue in the Morning

Joe Hill Louis
- Nappy Head Woman
- Cold Chills
- Mistreat Me Woman
- Key To The Highway
- Blue In The Morning
- Highway
- Big Legged Woman
- Gotta Go Baby

- Eyesight To The Blind
- The Way You Treat Me
- Peace Of Mind
- At The Woodchopper's Ball
- I Love My Baby
- Western Union Man

Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues [RPM 327]
- Try Me One More Time [RPM 327]

notes by Mike Leadbitter
and Steve LaVere

Polydor 2383-214
141973Genesis Vol. 2
The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago

Album 1 (6499 432)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About

Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
Elmore James
- Country Boogie
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- Muddy Shoes


Album 2 (6499 433)
Ethel Mae
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman

Forrest City Joe
- Lonesome Day Blues
Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Not Joking
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- All Night Long
- No Place To Go


Album 3 (6499 434)
Jackie Brenston
- Rocket "88"
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Doctor Ross Boogie

Willie Nix
- Truckin' Little Woman
- Just One Mistake
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Open Your Book
- Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.])

Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues
- She's Done Come And Gone
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone
Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root
- Howlin' Tomcat
- She Done Moved


Album 4 (6499 435)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key To Your Love
Howlin' Wolf
- Baby How Long
- Evil Is Goin' On
- Forty Four
- Who Will Be Next

Howlin' Wolf
- I Have A Little Girl
- Come To Me Baby
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- Smokestack Lightning
- You Can't Be Beat
- So Glad
- Break Of Day


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven
4 LP box set



Chess 6641 125
(UK Phonogram)
14a6/1975Genesis Vol. 3 - Sweet Home Chicago

Album 1
Baby Face Leroy
- My Head Can't Rest Anymore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Floyd Jones
- Dark Road
- Big World
- Overseas
- Playhouse
Otis Spann
- It Must Have Been The Devil
- Five Spot


Gus Jenkins
- Eight Ball
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires
- One Of These Days [Checker 752]
- Murmur Low [Checker 752]
Little Henry
- I Declare That Ain't Right
- Matchbox Blues
Blue Smitty
- Sad Story
- Elgin Movements
- Date Bait


Album 2
Muddy Waters
- Mean Red Spider
- Hard Days
- Burying Ground
- Last Time I Fool Around With You
- Screaming And Crying
- Where's My Woman Been
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 1
- Rollin' And Tumblin' - part 2

- Stuff You Gotta Watch
- Lonesome Day
- Iodine In My Coffee
- Flood
- I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man
- Oh! Yeh
- Smokestack Lightning


Album 3
Little Walter
- Juke
- Boogie
- Mean Old World
- Sad Hours
- Don't Have To Hunt No More
- Tonight With A Fool
- Quarter To Twelve
- Blues With A Feeling

- Last Boogie
- Fast Boogie
- Light's Out
- You're So Fine
- Blues Light
- Last Night
- Thunderbird
- I Got To Go


Album 4
Jimmy Rogers
- Today, Today Blues
- The World Is In A Tangle
- She Loves Another Man
- Hard Working Man
- Chance To Love
- My Little Machine
- Mistreated Baby
- What's The Matter

Jimmy Rogers
- You're The One
John Brim
- Rattlesnake
- It Was A Dream
- Ice Cream Man
- Lifetime Baby
- Tough Times
- Go Away
- That Ain't Right

compiled by Mike Rowe

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 174
(UK Phonogram)



Neil Slaven review in Blues Unlimited 113, p. 24-25; click to download pdf-file
Neil Slaven review in Blues
Unlimited 113, p. 24-25

151976Lowdown Memphis Harmonica Jam   1950-1955

Hot Shot Love
- Harmonica Jam
- Wolf Call Boogie
Joe Hill Louis
- Street Walkin' Woman
- Walkin' Talkin' Blues
J. D. Horton
- Cadillac Blues
- Why Don't You Let Me Be
Mumbles
- Now Tell Me Baby
- Jumpin' Blues

Joe Hill Louis
- Gotta Let You Got
- Boogie In The Park

Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years
- Bakershop Boogie
Woodrow Adams
- Wine Head Woman [Meteor 5018]
- Baby, You Just Don't Know [Meteor 5018]>
Chicago Sunny Boy
- Love My Baby
- On The Floor
notes by Leroy Pierson


click to read liner notes !
Nighthawk 103

Nighthawk discography

161976Sun Blues
The Roots Of Rock Vol. 7

Handy Jackson
- Got My Application Baby
- Trouble (Will Bring You Down)

Willie Nix
- Seems Like A Million Years
- Baker Shop Boogie
Little Junior's Blue Flames
- Feelin' Good
- Fussin' And Fightin' Blues
Rufus Thomas
- Tiger Man
- Save That Money

Hot Shot Love
- Wolf Call Boogie
- Harmonica Jam
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues
- Hold Me In Your Arms
Doctor Ross
- Boogie Disease
- Juke Box Boogie
Eddie Snow
- Ain't That Right
- Bring Your Love Back To Me

Charly CR 30114 (UK)
171976Memphis Blues Anthology:
Drifting From Town To Town

Blues Great Essential Vol. 4

Walter Horton
- Jumpin' Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- Cold Chills

Willie Nix
- Try Me One More Time
Bobby Bland
- Drifting From Town To Town
Joe Hill Louis
- Eyesight To The Blind
Junior Parker
- Bad Woman, Bad Whiskey

Walter Horton
- Hard-Hearted Woman
Joe Hill Louis
- I Feel Like A Millionaire

Willie Nix
- Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Bobby Bland & Junior Parker
- Love My Baby
Joe Hill Louis
- Chocolate Blonde
Bobby Bland
- Good Lovin'





Trio PA-3123M (Jp 1976)

Trio discography

188/1977Union Avenue Breakdown
The Roots Of Rock Vol. 12

Jimmy DeBerry
- Party Line Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- Treat Me Mean And Evil

Willie Nix
- Prison Bound Blues
- Take A Little Walk With Me
Walter Horton
- Walter's Boogie
Honeyboy Edwards [mistakenly credited to Albert (Joiner) Williams]
- Sweet Home Chicago
Albert (Joiner) Williams
- Rhumba Chillen

Woodrow Adams
- The Train Is Coming
William Stewart
- Rattlesnakin' Mama
- The Call Me Talkin' Boy
Dr. Ross with Henry Hill
- That Ain't Right
Dr. Ross
- Texas Hop
Pinetop Perkins
- Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Chris Booker [sic]
- Walked All Night (tk 2) [Sun unissued]
Boyd Gilmore & Earl Hooker
- Believe I'll Settle Down
notes by Martin Hawkins



Charly CR 30127 (UK)
191980Chicago Slickers Vol. 2 1948-55

Little Walter
- Blue Baby
Man Young
- Let Me Ride Your Mule
- My Baby Walked Out
Robert Nighthawk
- My Sweet Lovin' Woman
Grace Brim
- Goin Down The Line
Johnny Shines
- Living In The White House

Willie Nix
- No More Love
- Nervous Wreck

Willie Nix
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Yourself
Floyd Jones
- Skinny Woman
John Brim
- Drinking Woman
Lazy Bill
- I Had A Dream
J. B. Hutto
- Combination Boogie
Floyd Jones
- Any Old Lonesome Day

- Floyd's Blue



Nighthawk 107

Nighthawk discography

201983Combination Blues
Chicago Bluesmasters Vol. 1

J.B. Hutto & His Hawks
- Combination Boogie
- Now She's Gone
- Pet Cream Man
- Lovin' You
- Price Of Love
- Things Are So Slow
- Dim Lights

Snooky Pryor
- Judgement Day
- Someone To Love Me
- You Tried To Ruin Me

Willie Nix And His Combo
- Nervous Wreck
- No More Love
- Just Can't Stay
- All By Myself

Charly CRB 1042
211985Sun Records - The Blues Years   1950-1956

record five:
side 9 - Sellin' My Stuff

Walter Horton
- Walter's Instrumental
Jackie Boy & Little Walter
- Selling My Whiskey
Walter Horton
- West Winds Are Blowing
- Little Walter's Boogie
- Off The Wall
- Easy
Jimmy DeBerry
- Before Long
- Party Line Blues


side 10 - Take A Little Chance
Jimmy DeBerry
- Take A Little Chance
- Time Has Made A Change

Willie Nix
- Midnight Showers Of Rain
- Prison Bound Blues
- Riding In The Moonlight
- Take A Little Walk Wth Me
- Seems Like A Million Years
- Baker Shop Boogie


record six:
side 11 - Hoo Doo Man

L.B. Lawson
- Can't Love Me And My Money Too
Honeyboy Edwards
- Sweet Home Chgicago
Albert Williams
- Rhumba Chillen
- Hoo Doo Man

Joe Hill Louis
- When I'm Gone
- We All Gotta Go Sometime

- She May Be Yours
- Keep Your Arms Around Me

side 12
Mose Vinson
- Mistreatin' Boogie
- Worry You Off My Mind
Joe Hill Louis
- Hydramatic Woman
- Tiger Man
Mose, Joe & Walter
- Shine Boy
Mose Vinson
- Reap What You Sow
- 44 Blues
- Come See Me

9 LP box set




Charly SUNBOX 105 (UK)

Sun Blues Boxes
discography

221986Joe Hill Louis: The Bebop Boy

- We All Gotta Go Sometime
- She May Be Yours
- Sweet Gal In Town (She May Be Yours) (take 2)
- I Got A New Woman
- Keep Your Arms Around Me
- Tiger Man
- I'm A Poor Boy

- Boogie In The Park
- Gotta Let You Go
- When I'm Gone (= She Treats Me Mean And Evil)
- Tiger Man
- Hydramatic Woman
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (tk 2)
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (tk 3)





P-Vine PLP 304 (Jp)
231986Memphis: Beale Street Breakdown
Chess Blues Archives Vol. 3

Doctor Ross
- Doctor Ross Boogie
- Country Clown


P-Vine PLP 6073 (Jp)
241995Ain't Times Hard
Modern Blues Anthology

CD 1
- Dust My Broom - Elmore James
- Well That's All Right - Howlin' Wolf
- Five Long Years - Eddie Boyd

- Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Mojo Boogie - J.B. Lenoir
- Evening Sun - Johnny Shines
- I'm Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson
- Easy - Big Walter Horton
- Bear Cat (The Answer To Hound Dog) - Rufus Thomas
- Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry
- Feelin' Good - Junior Parker
- Mystery Train - Junior Parker
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross
- Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love
- Ain't Times Hard - Floyd Jones
- Combination Boogie - J.B. Hutto
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- You Don't Have To Go - Jimmy Reed
- Bad Boy - Eddie Taylor
- Aw Baby (Sweet Home Chicago) - Robert Jr. Lockwood
- So Long Baby, Goodbye - Willie Johnson


cd 2
- I Wish You Would - Billy Boy Arnold
- Big Town Playboy - Eddie Taylor
- Hands Off - Priscilla Bowman
- I Ain't Got You - Billy Boy Arnold
- Every Woman I Know (Crazy About Automobiles) - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Judgement Day - Snooky Pryor
- I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
- Have A Good Time - Big Walter Horton
- The Telephone Is Ringing - Pee Wee Crayton
- Going Back Home - Big Joe Williams
- It's You Baby - Sunnyland Slim
- Fishin' In My Pond - Lee Jackson
- The Twelve Year Old Boy - Elmore James
- All Your Love - Magic Sam
- Honest I Do - Jimmy Reed
- Blues Get Off My Shoulder - Bobby Parker
- Mama, You Got A Daughter - John Lee Hooker
- Double Trouble - Otis Rush
- Row Your Boat - Charles Clark
- Roll You Moneymaker - Shakey Jake
- This Is The End - Buddy Guy
- Number Nine Train - Tarheel Slim
- Kansas City - Jimmy Witherspoon
- I'm In The Mood - John Lee Hooker


cd 3
- Bad Luck And Trouble - Boogie Jake
- No More Doggin' - Rosco Gordon
- Baby, What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed
- Rockin' The House - Memphis Slim
- Just A Little Bit - Rosco Gordon
- Fannie Mae - Buster Brown
- Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong - Edgar Blanchard
- Little By Little - Junior Wells
- Will My Man Be Home Tonight? - Lillian Offitt
- You Don't Have To Go - Sam Myers
- Messin' With The Kid - Junior Wells
- Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker
- Sittin' Here Drinkin' - Christine Kitrell
- You Don't Love Me - Willie Cobbs
- Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed
- Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
- Got Me A Louisiana Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
- Mean Old Frisco - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- My Baby's Sweet - Homesick James
- It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
- Too Many Cooks - Jesse Fortune
- Cut You A-Loose - Rick Allen
- You Better Stop - Andrew Brown


cd 4
- Rough Dried Woman, Pt. 1 - Big Mac
- Ain't Broke Ain't Hungry - Polka Dot Slim
- Figure Head - Lonnie Brooks
- The Way I Feel - Detroit Junior
- Southern Country Boy - Carter Brothers
- Out Of Bad Luck - Magic Sam
- Ride With Your Daddy Tonight - Frank Frost
- Say You're Leavin' - Fenton Robinson
- She's Crazy 'bout Entertainers - Jerry Mccain
- Hard Times - Young, Mighty Joe
- Rambling Woman - Johnny 'Big Moose' Walker
- Put It All In There - George 'Wild Child' Butler
- Long Way From Home - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Rock Me Baby - Ike And Tina Turner
- Cummins Prison Farm - Calvin Leavy
- Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
- Shakin' Hands With The Judge - Little Joe Blue
- My Baby - Lowell Fulson
- High Cost Of Livin' - Al King
- It's My Fault Darling - Little Johnny Taylor
- Go And Help Yourself - Albert Washington
- Bowlegged Woman, Knock-Kneed Man, Pt. 1 - Bobby Rush
- Spider In My Stew - Buster Benton
- Food Stamp Blues - Eddie Lang


compiled by Les Fancourt
4 CD set

Charly CD 3 (UK)
251996Sun Records - The Blues Years - 1950-1958

disc three:
Willie Nix
- Midnight Showers of Rain
- Prison Bound Blues
- Riding in the Moonlight
- Let's Take a Little Walk
James Banister
- Ain't Gonna Tell You No Lie (Sweet Little Woman)
Dennis Binder
- Love You Love You Baby
Woodrow Adams
- Last Time (tk 1)
- Train is Comin'
- If You Don't Want Me
- Train Time
Walter Bradford
- Reward for my Baby
- Love for my Baby
LC Hubert
- Lucy Done Moved
Walter Horton
- West Winds are Blowing
- In the Mood
- Little Walter's Boogie (tk 2)
- We All Gotta Go Sometime (tk 2)
Raymond Hill
- Long Gone Raymond
- My Baby Left Me
- Somebody's Been Carryin' On Your Rollin' On
- I'm Back Pretty Baby

Willie Nix
- Seems Like a Million Years
- Bakershop Boogie
Walter 'Tang' Smith
- Hi-Tone Mama
- Every Monday Morning


disc four:
Houston Stokes
- You'll Be Sorry
- Blue and Lonesome
- Baby's Gone and Left Me
- We're All Gonna Do Some Wrong

Joe Hill Louis
- She Comes to See Me Sometime (tk 1)
- We All Gotta Go Sometime

- She May Be Yours (Sweetest Girl in Town)
- I'm A Poor Boy
Doctor Ross
- Left Job Boogie
- Shake 'em On Down (tk 1)
Henry Hill with Doctor Ross
- That Ain't Right (tk 1)
Doctor Ross
- Down South Blues
Honeyboy Edwards
- Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1)
Albert Williams
- Rhumba Chillen
- Hoodoo Man (Memphis Al)
Handy Jackson
Got My Application Baby
- Trouble Will Bring You Down
Various Artists
- Easy
- Before Long
Rufus Thomas Jr
- Bear Cat
- Walkin' in the Rain
Charlie Booker
- Walked All Night (tk 1)
- Baby I'm Comin' Home (tk 1)
Rosco Gordon
- Juice Head
- VO Baby


8 CD box set

Charly CDSUNBOX 7 (UK)

Sun Blues Boxes
discography

261997Big Bad Blues
25 Sun Blues Classics   Volume One

- Before Long - Jimmy & Walter
- We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis
- Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas
- Carry My Business On - Houston Boines
- Baby I'm Coming Home - Charlie Booker [Sun unissued]
- Juiced - Billy Red Love
- My Real Gone Rocket - Jackie Brenston
- Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love

- Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix
- Blues Train - Tot Randolph
- Mystery Train - Little Junior'S Blue Flames
- Beggin' My Baby - Little Milton
- Red Hot - Billy 'The Kid' Emerson
- Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton
- I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare
- Rattlesnakin Mama - William Stewart
- Tiger Man - Mose Vinson
- Gonna Leave You Baby - Willie Johnson
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Come Back Home - Howlin' Wolf
- Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross
- Feel So Worried - Willie Johnson
- Lets Get High - Rosco Gordon
- Aint That Right - Eddie Snow



Charly/Sun CPCD 8272
(UK)
272001The Traveling Record Man
Historic Down South Recording Trips Of Joe Bihari & Ike Turner

- Blue Serenade - Baby Face Turner
- My Sweet Woman - Driftin' Slim<
- No Ridin' Blues - Charlie Booker [Blues & Rhythm 7003]>
- Numbered Days (previously unreleased) - Big Charlie Bradix
- Riding In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Gonna Find Your Trick - Smokey Hogg
- Baby Please Don't Go - Pinetop Slim
- Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
- Good Morning Little Angel - Joe Hill Louis
- Tiny's Down Home - Tiny Webb
- Tomorrow I May Be Gone - Jesse Thomas
- Please Send My Baby Back Home aka Step Back Baby - Sunny Blair
- If I Lose You Woman - Alexander Moore
- My Little Machine - Driftin' Slim
- My Baby's Gone - Elmore James
- Rock House - Calvin Frazier
- She Broke Up My Life (She Got Me Walking) - Joe Hill Louis
- Keep Away From Me Baby - Joe Hill Louis

- Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix
- Talking Boogie - Lil' Son Jackson
- Long Tall Woman - Elmore James
- I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - "Arkansas Johnny Todd"
- Ramblin' On My Mind - Boyd Gilmore

Ace CDCHD 813
282006Memphis 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
- The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross


disc 2:
- Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf
- Bluebird - Howlin' Wolf
- Move on Down the Line - Earl Hooker
- The Hucklebuck - 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 [Sun unissued]
- Baby I'm Coming Home - Charley Booker [Sun unissued]
- 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)
292008Red Hot about The Blues
Previously Unreleased Sun Recordings

Billy the Kid Emerson - Red Hot (tk 2)
Houston Boines - Operator Blues (tk 3) [Modern unissued]
Houston Boines - G-Man Blues [Modern unissued]
Houston Boines - Operator Blues (tk 2) [Modern unissued]
Hot Shot Love - Cotton Patch Hop

Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years (tk 1)
Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie (tk 1 [?])
Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years (tk 2)
Doctor Ross - Juke Box Boogie (tk 2)
Doctor Ross - Boogie Disease (tk 5)
Doctor Ross - Juke Box Boogie (tk 1)
Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson - Feel so worried (tk 2)
Eddie Snow - Bring it home (tk 2)
Raymond Hill - The Snuggle (tk 2)
Billy the Kid Emerson - Little fine Healthy Thing (tk 3)
Billy the Kid Emerson - Something for Nothing (tk 1)
Billy the Kid Emerson - No Greater Love (tk 2)
Little Milton - Lookin’ for my Baby (tk 1)
Little Milton - If you love me
Little Milton - Homesick for my Baby
Little Milton - Alone and Blue (tk 1)
Little Milton - Lookin’ for my Baby (tk 5)
Roscoe Gordon - Just love me Baby (tk 1)
Roscoe Gordon - Love for you Baby
Roscoe Gordon - The Chicken
Roscoe Gordon - Weeping Blues
Roscoe Gordon - Just love me Baby (tk 4)
Billy Emerson - If Loving is Believing (tk 4)
Billy Emerson - I’m not going Home (tk 2)



Titanic TRC 6006 (It)


Will be completed and expanded with further details !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, pp. 234, 260, 345, 421
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 769-770
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, pp. 399-400
- http://www.ckua.com/10/03/10/1953-WILLIE-NIX-78-ON-SABRE-/landing.html?blockID=323852&feedID=7648
- http://www.boija.com/skivor/presun/presun.htm
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

source of left column picture: Highway 51 H-700

thanks to Ray Templeton for additional info

 

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