Illustrated Walter Davis discography

This Walter Davis photograph was taken on February 19, 1936
for use by the RCA Victor Company (a bit photoshop amended by Stefan Wirz)
courtesy of Frederick O. Barnum III Collection of RCA Victor Company negatives
Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Delaware
Walter Davis, c. 1946
source: Keith Shadwick: The Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues, p. 429
(from the Frank Driggs Collection)

Walter Davis
b. March 1, 1911 on a farm in Grenada, Grenada County, Mississippi ¹⁾
d. October 22, 1963 in St. Louis, Missouri ¹⁾
buried at ~~Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale (outside St. Louis City)~~ Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri ²⁾
discography
publicity photo, late 1940s
source: Bill Dahl: The Art of The Blues.- Chicago & London
(The University of Chicago Press) 2016, p. 140

#	year of release	title / label / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm* Since this ain't no museum, my aim is not to depict actually existing specimen of 78 rpm records, but to show the labels as pristine as workmanlike possible even if this - in some cases - takes a whole lot of my time to photoshop process the initial data
1	1930	Walter Davis - Mr. Davis' Blues (62905-2) @ youtube - M. & O. Blues (62907-2) # @ youtube rec. June 12, 1930 at the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, OH; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Victor V38618 (US 1930) # = Bluebird 1851 # = Bluebird B-5031 (1933) # = Sunrise S3118 not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
2	1/23/1931	Walter Davis - Blue Sea Blues (62906-1) (originally titled "Gloomy Sea Blues") or - Blue Sea Blues (62906-2) @ youtube - Broke And Hungry (62908-1) or - Broke And Hungry (62908-2) @ youtube rec. June 12, 1930 at the Hotel Sinton in Cincinnati, OH; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p 3231 copies sold Victor 23250 (US January 23, 1931) = Bluebird B-5038 (4/1933) = Sunrise S3135 not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
3	8/28/1931	Walter Davis - What Made Me Love You So? (69417-1) @ youtube - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good (69416-2) @ youtube rec. June 10, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p; prob. Henry Townsend, g 1095 copies sold Victor 23282 (US August 28, 1931) not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography Henry Townsend discography
4	10/23/1931	Walter Davis - You Don't Worry My Mind (69415-1) @ youtube - Sunny Land Blues (a/k/a "Railroad Man Blues") (69414-1) @ youtube originally unissued tracks from same session: - You Don't Worry My Mind (69415-2) [Document BDCD-6045] @ youtube - Railroad Man Blues (69414-2) [Document DOCD-5662] @ youtube rec. June 10, 1931 in Louisville, KY; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p; prob. Henry Townsend, g 1263 copies sold Victor 23291 (US October 23, 1931) not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 69415-2 - test, most likely used for the Document BDCD-6045 release Roosevelt Sykes discography Henry Townsend discography
5	12/18/1931	Walter Davis - M. & O. Blues No. 2 (My Baby's Come Back) (67573-1) # @ youtube - Mr. Davis Blues No. 2 (67574-1) @ youtube rec. September 29, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p 3971 copies sold Victor 23302 (US December 18, 1931) # = Bluebird 1851 # = Bluebird B-5031 (1933) # = Sunrise S3118 not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
6	1/15/1932	Walter Davis - Howling Wind Blues (67579-1) # @ youtube - Pleading To My Baby Blues (67577-1) @ youtube rec. September 29, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p 838 copies sold Victor 23308 (US January 15, 1932) # = Bluebird B-5077 # = Sunrise S3158 not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
7	2/26/1932	Walter Davis - Strange Land Blues (67576-1) @ youtube - Engineer's Blues (67578-1) @ youtube rec. September 29, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p 624 copies sold Victor 23315 (US February 26, 1932) not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
8	4/22/1932	Walter Davis - Lonesome Hill Blues (70673-1) # @ youtube - Mama Why Don't You Be Yourself (70674-1) @ youtube rec. February 10, 1932 in Dallas, TX; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p 558 copies sold Victor 23325 (US April 22, 1932) # = Bluebird B-5077 # = Sunrise S3158 not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
9	6/17/1932	Walter Davis - M & O Blues–No. 3 (My Baby Called the Police) (70676-1) * @ youtube - Worried Man Blues (70675-1) # @ youtube rec. February 10, 1932 in Dallas, TX; Walter Davis, voc; * Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p; # James 'Stump' Johnson, p 1114 copies sold Victor 23333 (US June 17, 1932) = Bluebird B-5129 = Sunrise S3209 not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
10	8/12/1932	Walter Davis - Blue Ghost Blues (70678-1) @ youtube - Hijack Blues (70677-1) @ youtube rec. February 10, 1932 in Dallas, TX; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p 480 copies sold Victor 23343 (US August 12, 1932) = Bluebird B-5094 = Sunrise S3177 not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
11	10/07/1932	Walter Davis - South-East Missouri Blues (67575-1) @ youtube - Road-Man Blues (67580-1) @ youtube rec. September 29, 1931 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p 293 copies sold test pressing Victor 23355 (US October 7, 1932) not re-released on Document DOCD-5281, but on JSP JSPCD-605 Roosevelt Sykes discography
12	4/1933	Walter Davis - M. & O. Blues [Victor V38618] - M. & O. Blues No. 2 (My Baby's Come Back) [Victor 23323] Bluebird 1851 (1933?) Bluebird B-5031 (4/1933) = Sunrise S3118
13	4/1933	Walter Davis - Blue Sea Blues (62906-1, 2) (originally titled "Gloomy Sea Blues") [Victor 23250] - Broke And Hungry (62908-1, 2) [Victor 23250] Bluebird B-5038 (4/1933) = Sunrise S3135
June 1933 Bluebird Records catalog (excerpt)
14	1933	Walter Davis - Howling Wind Blues [Victor 23308] - Lonesome Hill Blues [Victor 23325] Bluebird B-5077 (1933) = Sunrise S3158
15	1933	Walter Davis - Night Creepin' (76811-1) @ youtube - Evil Woman (76812-1) @ youtube rec. August 2, 1933, 9.30 to 10.45 a.m. in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Victor 23414 (US 1933) - Night Creepin' (76805-1) - Evil Woman (76806-1) rec. August 2, 1933, 10.45 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p (=) Bluebird B-5228 (US 1933) = Sunrise S3311 Roosevelt Sykes discography
16	1933	Walter Davis - L & N Blues (76808-1) @ youtube - Life Boat Blues (76810-1) @ youtube rec. August 2, 1933, 9.30 to 10.45 a.m. in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Victor 23418 (US 1933) - Moonlight Blues (76803-1) - Life Boat Blues (76804-1) rec. August 2, 1933, 10.45 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Bluebird B-5192 (US 1933) = Sunrise S3272 Roosevelt Sykes discography
17	1933	Walter Davis - Red Cross Blues (76807-1) @ youtube - Moonlight Blues (76809-1) @ youtube rec. August 2, 1933, 9.30 to 10.45 a.m. in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Victor 23423 (US 1933) - Red Cross Blues (76801-1) - L & N Blues (76802-1) rec. August 2, 1933, 10.45 a.m. to 12.00 noon in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Bluebird B-5143 (US 1933) = Sunrise S3224 Roosevelt Sykes discography
At the end of 1933 the Victor race series, which had reached 23432, was withdrawn
18	12/1933	Walter Davis - Red Cross Blues–Part 2 (77316-1) * @ youtube - Stormy Weather–Part 1 (77285-1) # @ youtube # rec. Dectember 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p * rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Bluebird B-5305 (12/1933) Roosevelt Sykes discography
19	1/1934	Walter Davis - You Don't Smell Right (77281-1) @ youtube - All Worn Out (77282-1) @ youtube rec. Dectember 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p, sp Bluebird B-5324 (1/1934) = Sunrise S3405 Roosevelt Sykes discography
20	2/1934	Walter Davis - What's The Use Of Worrying (77284-1) @ youtube - What You Got On Your Mind (77287-1) @ youtube rec. Dectember 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Bluebird B-5361 (2/1934) = Sunrise S3442 Roosevelt Sykes discography
21	3/1934	Walter Davis - Poor Grinder Blues (77315-1) * @ youtube - Oil Field Blues (77283-1) # @ youtube # rec. Dectember 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p * rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p Bluebird B-5390 (3/1934) Roosevelt Sykes discography
22	4/1934	Walter Davis/ Henry Thomas - Stormy Weather Blues–Part 2 (77286-1) # @ youtube - Sick With The Blues (77314-1) * @ youtube # rec. December 9, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc; Willie Kelly (Roosevelt Sykes), p * rec. December 11, 1933 in Chicago, IL; Henry Townsend, voc, g Bluebird B-5411 (4/1934) Henry Townsend discography Roosevelt Sykes discography
At the February 25, 1935 recording session, Walter Davis started accompanying himself on the piano
23	3/1935	Walter Davis - Wonder Where My Baby's Gone (85485-1) @ youtube - Sloppy Drunk Again (85479-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5879 (3/1935) Henry Townsend discography
24	5/1935	Walter Davis - Sweet Sixteen (85484-1) # @ youtube - Lay Around On Your DBA (85486-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; # poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5931 (5/1935) = Bluebird B-6236 (1/1936) Henry Townsend discography
25	6/1935	Walter Davis - Minute Man–Part 1 (85482-1) @ youtube - Minute Man–Part 2 (85483-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5965 (6/1935) Henry Townsend discography
26	6/1935	Walter Davis - Travelin' This Lonesome Road (85480-1) @ youtube - Sad And Lonesome Blues (85481-1) @ youtube rec. February 25, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-5982 (6/1935) Henry Townsend discography
27	8/1935	Walter Davis - Dentist Blues (91429-1) @ youtube - Root Man Blues (91430-1) # @ youtube rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6040 (8/1935) = Montgomery Ward M-4835 # Bluebird B-8490 (8/1940) Henry Townsend discography
28	8/1935	Tampa Red / Walter Davis Tampa Red - (Play Your Hand) Keep On Dealin' (91405-1) * @ youtube Walter Davis - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell (91433-1) # @ youtube # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g * rec. July 27, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red, voc, g; Myrtle Jenkins, p Bluebird B-6059 (8/1935) Tampa Red discography Henry Townsend discography
29	9/1935	Walter Davis - Pearly May (91431-1) @ youtube - What Have I Done Wrong? (91432-1) @ youtube rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6074 (9/1935) Henry Townsend discography
30	10/23/1935	Walter Davis / Pine Top Walter Davis - Santa Claus (91434-1) # @ youtube Pine Top - Every Day I Have The Blues (91440-1) * @ youtube # rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g * rec. July 28, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Aaron Sparks, voc, p; Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6125 (October 23, 1935) Henry Townsend discography Sparks Brothers discography
31	11/1935	Walter Davis - Moonlight Is My Spread (96234-1) # @ youtube - Don't The Clouds Look Lonesome? (96235-1) @ youtube rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6167 (11/1935) # Bluebird B-8490 (8/1940) Henry Townsend discography
32	12/1935	Walter Davis - Katy Blues (96236-1) @ youtube - Ashes In My Whiskey (96237-1) @ youtube rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6201 (12/1935) Henry Townsend discography
33	1/1936	Walter Davis - Blues At Midnight (96238-1) @ youtube - Can't Get Along With You (96239-1) @ youtube rec. October 31, 1935 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-6228 (1/1936) Henry Townsend discography
1936 Bluebird Records catalog (excerpt)
34	4/22/1936	Walter Davis - Well Diggin' Papa (100335-1) @ youtube - Carpenter Man (100336-1) @ youtube rec. April 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-6354 (April 22, 1936)
35	6/1936	Walter Davis - Just Wondering (100332-1) @ youtube - Fallin' Rain (100334-1) @ youtube unissued track from same session: - Feel Myself Sinking Down (100333-1) rec. April 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-6410 (6/1936) = Montgomery Ward M-7051
36	8/12/1936	Walter Davis - Jacksonville—Part 1 (100337-1) @ youtube - Jacksonville—Part 2 (100338-1) @ youtube rec. April 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-6468 (August 12, 1936)
37	8/1936	Tampa Red / Walter Davis Tampa Red - She Don't Know My Mind–Part 2 (100304-1) # @ youtube Walter Davis - Think You Need A Shot (100339-1) * @ youtube # rec. April 1, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Tampa Red & Chicago Five: Tampa Red, voc, g; prob. Black Bob, p, unknown, sb * rec. April 3, 1936 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-6498 (8/1936) = Montgomery Ward M-7045 * = Post 439 (as by Hooker Joe and titled "The Needle")
38	5/19/1937	Walter Davis - What Else Can I Do? (07646-1) @ youtube - Nightmare Blues (07647-1) @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, # p; poss. Henry Townsend~~, g; prob.~~ or Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-6971 (May 19, 1937) Henry Townsend discography
39	6/1937	Walter Davis - Good Gal (07648-1) * @ youtube - Shady Lane (07645-1) # @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, # p; ~~poss. Henry Townsend, g; prob.~~ Robert Lee McCoy, g; * Robert Lee McCoy, 2nd voc Bluebird B-6996 (6/1937) Henry Townsend discography
40	6/1937	Walter Davis - Fifth Avenue (07642-1) @ youtube - I Ain't Got Changing Clothes (07643-1) @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, # p; poss. Henry Townsend~~, g; prob.~~ or Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-7021 (6/1937) Henry Townsend discography
41	7/21/1937	Walter Davis - Angel Child (07641-1) # @ youtube - West Coast Blues (07644-1) * @ youtube rec. May 5, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend~~, g; prob.~~ or Robert Lee McCoy, g Bluebird B-7064 (buff label: July 21, 1937 // staff label: 9/1937) Henry Townsend discography
42	12/1937	Walter Davis - Guiding Rod (016515-1) # @ youtube - Talk's All Over Town (016516-1) * @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-7292 (12/1937) Montgomery Ward M-7505 Henry Townsend discography
43	12/1937	Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (016524-1) @ youtube - Project Highway (016525- ) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g Bluebird B-7302 (12/1937) Sonny Boy Williamson discography
1938 Bluebird Records catalog (excerpt)
44	12/1937	Walter Davis - Streamline Woman (016512-1) @ youtube - Holiday Blues (016510-1) @ youtube unissued tracks from same session: - Let Me Dig Your Basement (016511-1) - Let Me Meg Your Water (016513-1) rec. November 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-7329 (12/1937) Montgomery Ward M-7433 Henry Townsend discography
45	1/1938	Sonny Boy Williamson - Suzanna Blues (016523- ) @ youtube - Black Gal Blues (016520-1) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g Bluebird B-7352 (1/1938) Sonny Boy Williamson discography
46	1/1938	Walter Davis - Big Jack Engine Blues (016514-1) @ youtube - My Babe (016517-1) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird ~~B-7325~~ B-7375 (1/1938) Henry Townsend discography
47	2/1938	Sonny Boy Williamson - Worried Me Blues (016519- ) @ youtube - Frigidaire Blues (016522- ) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g Bluebird B-7404 (2/1938) Sonny Boy Williamson discography
48	2/1938	Sonny Boy Williamson - Up The Contry Blues (016518- ) @ youtube - Collector Man Blues (016521- ) @ youtube rec. November 11, 1937 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; unknown, g; 2nd unknown, g Bluebird B-7428 (2/1938) Sonny Boy Williamson discography
49	3/1938	Sonny Boy Williamson - Sunny Land (020115- ) # @ youtube - My Little Cornelius (020110- ) @ youtube rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Yank Rachell, mand, # poss sp; Joe Williams, g Bluebird B-7500 (3/1938) = Montgomery Ward M-7504 Sonny Boy Williamson discography Yank Rachell discography Big Joe Williams discography
50	4/1938	Walter Davis - I Hear My Baby Crying (020106-1) @ youtube - Walking The Avenue (020107-1) # @ youtube rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; # Yank Rachell, g Bluebird B-7512 (4/1938, "staff" label) / (10/1939 ff., "dog 3" label) = Montgomery Ward M-7507 Yank Rachell discography
51	4/1938	Walter Davis - Easy Goin' Mama (020108-1) # @ youtube - If You Only Understand (020105-1) (= Pet Cream Blues) * @ youtube rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Yank Rachell, # g, * mand Bluebird B-7551 (4/1938) = Bluebird B-7996 (1/1939) * Montgomery Ward M-7506 Yank Rachell discography
52	5/1938	Walter Davis - Million Dollar Baby (020103-1) @ youtube - When Nights Are Lonesome (020102-1) @ youtube rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Yank Rachell, g Bluebird B-7589 (5/1938) Yank Rachell discography
53	6/1938	Walter Davis - I Did Everything I Could (020101-1) # @ youtube - Candy Man (020104-1) * @ youtube rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; # Yank Rachell, g Bluebird B-7643 (6/1938) * Montgomery Ward M-7506 Yank Rachell discography
54	6/1938	Walter Davis - If You Ever Get Lonesome (020100-1) @ youtube - Friendless (020109-1) @ youtube rec. March 13, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Yank Rachell, g Bluebird B-7663 (6/1938) Yank Rachell discography
55	7/1938	Walter Davis - Angel Child–Part 2 (020834-1) @ youtube - 13 Highway (020835-1) @ youtube rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Yank Rachell, mand Bluebird B-7693 (7/1938, "staff" label) / (10/1939 ff., "dog 3" label) = Montgomery Ward M-7762 Yank Rachell discography
193? Bluebird Records catalog (excerpt) source: Bill Dahl: The Art of The Blues.- Chicago & London (The University of Chicago Press) 2016, p. 81
56	7/1938	Sonny Boy Williamson - Honey Bee Blues (020842-1) # @ youtube - Whiskey Headed Blues (020844-1) * @ youtube rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; # Walter Davis, p; Yank Rachell, # g, * mand, * poss sp; Joe Williams, g, * poss sp Bluebird B-7707 (7/1938) Montgomery Ward M-7940 Sonny Boy Williamson discography Yank Rachell discography Big Joe Williams discography
57	8/1938	Walter Davis - Just Tell Me Your Trouble (020840-1) @ youtube - Call Me Anytime (020841-1) @ youtube rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Yank Rachell, mand Bluebird B-7745 (8/1938) = Montgomery Ward M-7764 Yank Rachell discography
58	9/1938	Walter Davis - What Is Wrong With You (020838-1) @ youtube - Love Will Kill You (020839-1) @ youtube rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Yank Rachell, mand Bluebird B-7792 (9/1938) = Montgomery Ward M-7763 Yank Rachell discography
59	9/1938	Sonny Boy Williamson - My Baby I've Been Your Slave (020843- ) # @ youtube - Deep Down In The Ground (020849-1) * @ youtube rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; # Walter Davis, p; Yank Rachell, * g, # mand; # Joe Williams, g Bluebird B-7805 (9/1938) Montgomery Ward M-7592 Sonny Boy Williamson discography Yank Rachell discography Big Joe Williams discography
60	9/28/1938	Walter Davis - If You Treat Me Right (020837-1) @ youtube - Homesick (020836-1) @ youtube rec. June 17, 1938 at Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Yank Rachell, g Bluebird B-7836 (September 28, 1938) = Montgomery Ward M-7591 Yank Rachell discography
61	12/1939	Walter Davis - Cuttin' Off My Days (030829-1) @ youtube - I Like The Way You Spread Your Wings (030828-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-7978 (12/1938) = Montgomery Ward M-7844 Henry Townsend discography
62	1/1939	Walter Davis - Early This Morning (030836-1) @ youtube - Your Time Is Comin' (030833-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8002 (1/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7845 Henry Townsend discography
63	2/1939	Walter Davis - You Don't Know Right From Wrong (030830-1) # @ youtube - Smoky Mountain (030832-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; # poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8026 (2/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7846 Henry Townsend discography
64	3/1939	Walter Davis - Everything Is O.K. (030834-1) @ youtube - Mercy Blues (030837-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8058 (3/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7847 Henry Townsend discography
65	4/1939	Walter Davis - Troubled And Weary (030831-1) @ youtube - Bad Luck And Trouble (030835-1) @ youtube rec. December 19, 1938 at the Leland Hotel in Aurora, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; poss. Henry Townsend, g Bluebird B-8107 (4/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-7848 Henry Townsend discography
66	8/1939	Walter Davis - New Orleans (040508-1) @ youtube - Corrine (040507-1) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8227 (8/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-8522
67	9/1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - Sugar Mama Blues No. 2 (040530- ) @ youtube - Good For Nothing Blues (040529- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8237 (9/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-8574 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
68	9/1939	Walter Davis - Big Four (040509-1) @ youtube - Airplane Blues (040510-1) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8261 (9/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-8523
69	10/1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - Bad Luck Blues (040525- ) @ youtube - My Little Baby (040526- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8265 (10/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-8575 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
70	10/27/1939	Walter Davis - Let Me ~~Play~~ In Your Saddle (040511-1) @ youtube - Green And Lucky (040512-1) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8282 (October 27, 1939) = Montgomery Ward M-8524
71	12/1939	Sonny Boy Williamson - Doggin' My Love Around (040527- ) @ youtube - Little Low Woman Blues (040528- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8307 (12/1939) = Montgomery Ward M-8576 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
72	12/1939	Walter Davis - Bachelor Blues (040514-1) * @ youtube - I Love You More And More (040513-1) # @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8312 (12/1939) # Montgomery Ward M-8525 * Montgomery Ward M-8526
73	1/1940	Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Gravy (040531- ) @ youtube - T.B. Blues (040532- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8333 (1/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8577 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
74	1/1940	Walter Davis - Just Another Day (040515-1) # @ youtube - Froggy Bottom (040516-1) * @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8343 (1/1940) # Montgomery Ward M-8526 * Montgomery Ward M-8525
75	2/1940	Booker T. Washington - Death Of Bessie Smith (044279- ) @ youtube - Just Want To Think (044275-1) @ youtube rec. November 29, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Booker T. Washington, voc; Walter Davis, p Bluebird B-8352 (2/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8806
76	2/1940	Sonny Boy Williamson - Something Going On Wrong (040533- ) @ youtube - Good Gal Blues (040534- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8357 (2/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8578 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
77	2/1940	Walter Davis - Down And Out (040517-1) @ youtube - Doctor Blues (040518-1) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8367 (2/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8527
78	3/1940	Booker T. Washington - Good Time Woman (044277-1) @ youtube - Cotton Club Blues (044276-1) @ youtube rec. November 29, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Booker T. Washington, voc; Walter Davis, p Bluebird B-8378 (March 8, 1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8807
79	3/1940	Sonny Boy Williamson - I'm Not Pleasing You (040537- ) @ youtube - New "Jailhouse Blues" (040538- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8383 (3/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8580 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
80	3/1940	Walter Davis - Sundown Blues (040519-1) @ youtube - Cotton Farm Blues (040520-1) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8393 (3/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8528
81	4/1940	Sonny Boy Williamson - Joe Louis And John Henry Blues (040535- ) @ youtube - Thinking My Blues Away (040536- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8403 (4/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8579 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
82	5/1940	Booker T. Washington - Cozy Corner Blues (044281-1) @ youtube - Save It All For Me (044282-1) @ youtube rec. November 29, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Booker T. Washington, voc; Walter Davis, p Bluebird B-8413 (5/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8808
83	5/1940	Walter Davis - Jungle Blues (040522-1) @ youtube - Nothing But You (040521-1) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8434 (5/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8529
84	5/1940	Sonny Boy Williamson - Life Time Blues (040539- ) @ youtube - Miss Ida Lee (040540- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8439 (5/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8581 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
85	6/1940	Booker T. Washington - Wrapped Up In Bad Luck (044280-1) @ youtube - If I Get Lucky (044278-1) @ youtube rec. November 29, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Booker T. Washington, voc; Walter Davis, p Bluebird B-8449 (6/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8809
86	7/1940	Walter Davis - Call Your Name (040523-1) @ youtube - Western Land (040524-1) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8470 (7/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8530
87	7/1940	Sonny Boy Williamson - Tell Me, Baby (040541- ) @ youtube - Honey Bee Blues (040542- ) @ youtube rec. July 21, 1939 in Chicago, IL; Sonny Boy Williamson, voc, hca; Walter Davis, p; Big Bill Broonzy, el g Bluebird B-8474 (7/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8582 Sonny Boy Williamson discography
88	8/1940	Walter Davis - Moonlight Is My Spread [Bluebird B-6167] - Root Man Blues [Bluebird B-6040] Bluebird B-8490 (8/1940)
89	8/1940	Walter Davis - Come Back Baby (049314-1) @ youtube - No Place To Go (049315-1) @ youtube rec. July 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8510 (8/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8906
90	10/1940	Walter Davis - If It Hadn't Been For You (049316-1) @ youtube - The Way I Love You (049317-1) @ youtube rec. July 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8534 (10/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8907
91	11/1940	Walter Davis - Four Feet Eleven (049318-1) @ youtube - Hello Blues (049319-1) @ youtube rec. July 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8574 (11/1940) = Montgomery Ward M-8908
92	1/1941	Walter Davis - Can't See Your Face (049320-1) @ youtube - Drop Me A Line Or Two (049321-1) @ youtube rec. July 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8600 (1/1941) = Montgomery Ward M-8909
93	4/1941	Walter Davis - Just Thinking (049322-1) @ youtube - Please Don't Mistreat Me (049323-1) @ youtube rec. July 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8664 (4/1941) = Montgomery Ward M-8910
94	5/1941	Walter Davis - I Hate To Say Goodbye (053976-1) @ youtube - Soon Forgotten (053981-1) @ youtube rec. March 21, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8694 (5/1941)
95	7/1941	Walter Davis - Why Should I Be Blue? (049325-1) @ youtube - Friends Must Part (049324-1) @ youtube rec. July 12, 1940 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8737 (7/1941) = Montgomery Ward M-8911
96	8/1941	Walter Davis - The Only Woman (053975-1) @ youtube - Ever Since You Been Gone (053983-1) @ youtube rec. March 21, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8773 (8/1941)
97	9/1941	Walter Davis - I Just Can't Remember (053982-1) @ youtube - All My Money Gone (053984-1) @ youtube rec. March 21, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8802 (9/1941)
98	10/24/1941	Walter Davis - New "Come On Back Baby" (053979-1) @ youtube - I'll Be Back After While (053977-1) @ youtube rec. March 21, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8833 (October 24, 1941)
99	11/1941	Walter Davis - New "Santa Claus" (053978-1) @ youtube - You Keep On Crying (053980-1) @ youtube rec. March 21, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8860 (11/1941)
100	2/1942	Walter Davis - Teasin' Brown Skin (070450-1) @ youtube - One Sweet Letter From You (070449-1) @ youtube rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8926 (2/1942)
101	3/20/1942	Walter Davis - Biddle Street Blues (070457-1) (instr) @ youtube - Frisco Blues (070456-1) (instr) @ youtube rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, p solo Bluebird B-8961 (March 20, 1942)
102	5/1942	Walter Davis - Hello Baby (070455-1) @ youtube - I Feel All Right (070454-1) @ youtube rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-8998 (5/1942)
103	7/1942	Walter Davis - Don't You Want To Go? (070448-1) (a/k/a "Sweet Home Chicago") @ youtube - Goodbye (070453-1) @ youtube rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird B-9027 (7/1942)
		- Just Want To Talk Awhile (070451-1) # @ youtube - Hello Blues (070452-1) * @ youtube rec. December 5, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p Bluebird unissued # RCA International INT 1085 * Document DOCD-5286
104	11/1946	Walter Davis - Please Remember Me (D6AB 1811) @ youtube - New B & O Blues (D6AB 1809) @ youtube rec. February 12, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Jump Jackson, dr RCA Victor 20-1999 (US 11/1946)
105	2/1947	Walter Davis - My Friends Don't Know Me (D6AB 1808) @ youtube - When You Need My Help (D6AB 1810) @ youtube rec. February 12, 1946 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Jump Jackson, dr RCA Victor 20-2156 (US 2/1947)
106	9/1947	Walter Davis - Things Ain't Like They Use To Be [sic] (D7VB 304) @ youtube - Just One More Time (D7VB 306) [= "Come Back Baby"] @ youtube rec. February 5, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Leonard Caston, g; Charles Sanders, dr RCA Victor 20-2335 (US 9/1947)
107	10/1947	Walter Davis - It's Been So Long (D7VB 307) @ youtube - Oh! Me! Oh! My! Blues (D7VB 305) @ youtube rec. February 5, 1947 in Chicago, IL; Walter Davis, voc, p; Leonard Caston, g; Charles Sanders, dr RCA Victor 20-2487 (US 10/1947)
108	1948	HOOKER JOE [Jesse James] - Ramrod (= Sweet Patuni) [Decca unissued] HOOKER JOE, JR. [Walter Davis] - The Needle [Bluebird B-B6498 "Think You Need A Shot"] Post 439 (US 1948)
	3/1949	Eddie "Sugarman" Pedigar - Brand New Baby (D9VB 0386) # @ youtube - I Wonder Baby (D9VB 0384) * @ youtube rec. February 25, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Penigar, ts, # voc; * D.A. McMurley "Little Miss Sharecropper" (LaVern Baker), "vocal refrain"; Ellis "Stumpy" Whitlock, tp; Oett "Sax" Mallard, C. Clark, saxes; ~~Walter Davis~~ William Strethen "Wild Bill" Davis, p; Rail Wilson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr RCA Victor 22-0016 (US March 1949)
	5/1949	Eddie "Sugarman" Pedigar - Easy Baby (D9VB 0383) * @ youtube - Lost And Blue (D9VB 0385) # @ youtube rec. February 25, 1949 in Chicago, IL; Eddie Penigar, ts, # voc; * D.A. McMurley "Little Miss Sharecropper" (LaVern Baker), "vocal refrain"; Ellis "Stumpy" Whitlock, tp; Oett "Sax" Mallard, C. Clark, saxes; ~~Walter Davis~~ William Strethen "Wild Bill" Davis, p; Rail Wilson, b; Oliver Coleman, dr RCA Victor 22-0036 (US May 1949) = RCA Victor 50-0020
109	1949	Walter Davis - Move Back To The Woods (A) @ youtube - You've Got To Reap What You Sow (B) @ youtube rec. 1949 in Nashville, TN; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g; unknown, b Bullet 305 (US 1949) Henry Townsend discography
110	8/1949	Walter Davis - Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong (A) @ youtube - I Would Hate To Hate You (Like I Love You) (B) @ youtube rec. 1949 in Nashville, TN; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g; unknown, b Bullet 311 (US 8/1949) Henry Townsend discography
111	1949	Walter Davis - Santa Claus Blues (A) @ youtube - Got To See Her Every Night (B) @ youtube rec. 1949 in Nashville, TN; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g; unknown, b Bullet 321 (US 1949) Henry Townsend discography
112	9/1950	Walter Davis - So Long Baby (A) @ youtube - Stop That Train In Harlem (B) @ youtube rec. 1949/50 in Nashville, TN; Walter Davis, voc, p; unknown, ts; prob. Henry Townsend, g; unknown, b Bullet 326 (US September 1950) Henry Townsend discography
113	1950	Walter Davis - My Life Depends On You (A) @ youtube - Come On Baby (B) @ youtube rec. c. 1950 in Nashville, TN; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g; unknown, b Bullet 328 (US 1950) Henry Townsend discography
114	5/1951	Walter Davis - You Are The One I Love (A) @ youtube - I Just Can't Help It (B) @ youtube rec. c. 1951 in Nashville, TN; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g; unknown, b Bullet 341 (US 5/1951) Henry Townsend discography
115	1951	Walter Davis - Lonely Nights (A) @ youtube - Good Morning Baby (B) @ youtube rec. 1951 in Nashville, TN; Walter Davis, voc, p; prob. Henry Townsend, g; unknown, b Bullet 345 (US 1951) Henry Townsend discography
116	1952	Walter Davis - You Make My World So Bright (E2AB-6864) @ youtube - Tears Came Rollin' Down (E2VB-6865) @ youtube rec. July 27, 1952 in St. Louis, MO; Walter Davis, voc, p; John Moore, ts; Henry Townsend, g RCA Victor 20-5012 (US 1952) // 47-5012 Henry Townsend discography
117	1952	Walter Davis - So Long Baby (E2-VB-6866) @ youtube - What May Your Trouble Be (E2-VB-6867) @ youtube rec. July 27, 1952 in St. Louis, MO; Walter Davis, voc, p; John Moore, ts; Henry Townsend, g RCA Victor 20-5168 (US 1952) // RCA Victor 47-5168 Henry Townsend discography
*EP / LP / CD compilations*
1	1965	Walter Davis - I Did Everything I Could - Easy Goin' Mama - If You Ever Get Lonesome - I Hear My Baby Crying cover photo by Paul Oliver notes by Michael Vernon RCA RCX 7169 (UK 1965)
2	1966	Piano Blues Walter Roland - Big Mama - Dice's Blues Sylvester Palmer - Broke Man Blues Mississippi Jook Band - Skippy Whippy Wesley Wallace - Fanny Les Blues - Number 29 Jabbo Williams - Pratt City Blues Walter Davis - M & O Blues Romeo Nelson - Dyin' Rider Blues Louise Johnson - On The Wall Roosevelt Sykes - Lost All I Had Blues Little Brother Montgomery - The First Time I Met You [aka "The First Time I Met The Blues"] Jabbo Williams - Jab Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Good Woman Blues compiled and edited by Samuel Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF 12 (US 1966) RBF Records discography
3	1967	Down With The Game Volume 2 Vintage Country Blues Casey Bill Weldon - Gonna Take My Time - Somebody Changed The Lock Furry Lewis - Everybody's Blues - Rock Island Blues Poor Boy Lofton - Dirty Mistreater - Rainey Day Blues Walter Davis - I Think You Need A Shot Walter Roland - Red Cross Blues No. 2 Sonny Scott - No Good Biddie Bo Carter - Sue Cow - Flea On Me - Pussy Cat Blues Robert Lee McCoy - Prowlin' Nighthawk - C.N.A. Down With The Game D 201 (UK 1967) Down With The Game discography
4	1968	Down With The Game Vol. 4: Walter & Peetie Peetie Wheatstraw + 'Neckbones' - Tennessee Peaches Blues Peetie Wheatstraw - Don't Feel Welcome Blues - Long Lonsome Drive Kokomo Arnold - Shine On, Moon Peetie Wheatstraw - Don't Feel Welcome Blues - Long Lonsome Drive - The Last Dime - More Good Whiskey Blues Alice Moore - Three Men Walter Davis - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell - Moonlight Is My Spread - My Babe Booker T. Washington - Save It All For Me Walter Davis - Frisco Blues - Root Man Blues - West Coast Blues title on labels: "Peetie & Walter" Down With The Game D 204 (UK 1968) Down With The Game discography Peetie Wheatstraw discography Kokomo Arnold discography Alice Moore discography
5	1968	Low Down Piano Blues and Boogie Woogie Sylvester Palmer - Mean Blues - Lonesome Man Blues Will Ezell - Old Mill Blues - Barrel House Woman Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing - Monkey Man Blues - You've Done Tore Your Playhouse Down - Streamline Train Lee Brown - Carpenter Man Blues - Little Girl, Little Girl Walter Davis - You Don't Know Right From Wrong - Smoky Mountain Roosevelt Sykes - New Mistake In Life - We Will Never Make The Grade St. Louis Jimmy - Soon Forget You - Can't Stand Your Evil Ways Confidential CLP 001 (Fr 1968)
6	1969	Favorite Country Blues Piano-Guitar Duets 1929-1937 Willie Harris - West Side Blues Charlie Spand - Good Gal - Back To The Woods Blues Leroy Carr - Sloppy Drunk Blues Roosevelt Sykes "& Clifford Gibson" - Tired Of Being Mistreated Springback James - Poor Coal Passer Leola Manning - The Blues Is All Wrong Joe Evans - Down In Black Bottom - Shook Woman Blues Blind Blake - Poker Woman Blues Walter Davis - Sloppy Drunk Again Cripple Clarence Lofton - Monkey Man Blues Bumble Bee Slim - New Orleans Stop Time Buddy Woods - Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away front cover drawing by Rory Block notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein, Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1015 (US 1969) = Yazoo CD 1015 Yazoo Records discography
7	7/1969	Sonny Boy Williamson: Sonny Boy And His Pals - Tell Me Baby (with Walter Davis & Big Bill Broonzy) - Honey Bee Blues (with Walter Davis & Big Bill Broonzy) - Decoration Day Blues No. 2 (with Joshua Altheimer & Fred Williams) - Love Me Baby (with Big Bill Broonzy, Blind John Davis & Alfred Elkins) - I'm Gonna Catch You Soon (with Ransom Knowling & Blind John Davis) - Miss Stella Brown Blues (with Blind John Davis, Ted Summitt & Armand Jump Jackson) - Desperado Woman Blues (with Blind John Davis, Ted Summitt & Armand Jump Jackson) - Lonesome Man Blues (with Elijah Jones, Yank Rachell & unknown accompanist) - I'm Wild and Crazy As I Can Be (with Elijah Jones & Yank Rachell) - Army Man Blues (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam) - Tappin' That Thing (with Yank Rachell, Alfred Elkins & Washboard Sam) - Worried Blues (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam) - 38 Pistol (with Yank Rachell, William Mitchell & Washboard Sam) - Vitamin A Blues (with Joe Williams & Jump Jackson) notes by David Harrison Saydisk Matchbox SDR 169 (UK 7/1969) Matchbox Records discography
8	1970	Walter Davis: Think You Need A Shot - M. & O. Blues - Ashes In My Window - Think You Need A Shot - Sweet Sixteen - Moonlight Is My Spread - Don't You Want To Go - L. & N. Blues - The Only Woman - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good - Root Man Blues - Just Want To Talk Awhile [Bluebird unissued] - Minute Man Blues Part 1 - Minute Man Blues Part 2 - New 'Come Back Baby - Let Me In Your Saddle - Howling Wind Blues notes by Neil Slaven RCA International (Camden) INT 1085 (UK 1970)
9	1970	Travellin' This Lonesome Road An Anthology Of The Victor/Bluebird Catalogues Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues # - Pick Poor Robin Clean # Blind Willie McTell - Mr. McTell's Got The Blues Memphis Jug Band - She Stays Out All Night Long James Rachel - Sweet Mama Clifford Gibson - Jive Me Blues - She Rolls It Slow Cannon's Jug Stompers - Pretty Mama Blues Walter Davis - Travellin' This Lonesome Road [Bluebird B-5982] - Sad And Lonesome Blues [Bluebird B-5982] Elijah Jones - Katy Fly - Mean Actin' Mama Joe Williams - Get Your Head Trimmed Down - Peach Orchard Mama Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning - Project Highway # previously unissued first takes front cover painting by Ben Jamine notes by Neil Slaven RCA International (Camden) INT 1175 (UK 1970) = RCA International 731.046 (UK 1970) = RCA 731.046 (Fr 1970)
10	1970	Cripple Clarence Lofton & Walter Davis Cripple Clarence Lofton - Juke Joint Stomp - I Don't Know - State Street Blues - Change My Mind Blues - Streamline Train - South Side Mess Around - Brown Skin Girls Walter Davis - Why Should I Be Blue - Santa Claus - Jacksonville - part 2 - Call Your Name - Please Don't Mistreat Me - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell - Can't See Your Face notes by Stephen Calt, Jerome Epstein. Nick Perls, Michael Stewart Yazoo L-1025 (US 1970) Yazoo Records discography
11	1976	Walter Davis Bluebird N^o 9 - Sweet Sixteen (2:49) # - Sad And Lonesome Blues (3:28) # - Let Me In Your Saddle (3:21) - Don't You Want To Go? (3:12) - One Sweet Letter From You (3:00) - Frisco Blues (2:55) - Teasin' Brown Skin (3:00) - I Feel All Right (2:56) - Just One More Time (3:00) - Things Ain't What They Used To Be (2:55) - Oh! Me, Oh! My, Blues (3:16) - It's Been So Long (2:50) - New B & O Blues (3:01) - Biddle Street Blues (2:55) - Goodbye (3:09) - Hello Baby (2:50) # with poss. Joe Williams, g; poss. Henry Townsend, g notes (in French and English) by Jacques Morgantini (translated by Don Waterhouse) RCA FXM1 7330 (Fr 1976) Big Joe Williams discography Henry Townsend discography
12	1976	Blues From The Windy City Chicago In Transition 1946 - 1952 Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Country Woman Blues John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring Another Half Pint Willie 'Long Time' Smith - Due Respects To You Eddie Boyd - I Had To Let Her Go Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Take One More Chance With Me Tampa Red - Maybe Some Day Guitar Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues Tampa Red - It's Good Like That Memphis Minnie - Tears On My Pillow Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Look What You Are Today Walter Davis - What May Your Troubles Be Guitar Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise Willie 'Long Time ' Smith - Flying Cloud Boogie James 'Beal St.' Clark - You Can't Make The Grade Walter Davis - Tears Came Rollin' Down notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley Flyright LP 4713 (UK 1976) Flyright Records discography
13	1977	The Blues Volume 1: Country and City Blues - Working Man Blues - Sleepy John Estes - I'se Just A Bad Luck Man - Casey Bill Weldon - Friendless Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - Vitamin A - Big Joe Williams - Mozelle Blues - Tommy McClennan - Big Woman Blues - Johnny Temple - When You Feel Down - Lonny Johnson - If I Get Lucky - Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - For B.B. King - T-Bone Walker - Mercy Mama - Tampa Red - Devil's Son-In-Law - Peetie Wheatstraw - Black Spider Blues - Robert Lockwood Jr. - What Have I Done - Lil Green - My Black Name Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson - She's Making A Fool Out Of Me - Washboard Sam - You Got To Run Me Down - William 'Jazz' Gillum Volume 2: Blues Pianists, Boogie Woogie and Blues Shouters - Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo - Sunny Road - Roosevelt Sykes - Just One More Time - Walter Davis - Rocks In My Bed - Leroy Carr - Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim - Jivin' The Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson - Eddie's Blues - Eddie Boyd - Chicago Breakdown - Big Maceo - Slow And Easy Blues - Jimmy Yancey - Cuttin' The Boogie - Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons - Bye Bye Baby - Jimmy Rushing - How Long How Long Blues - Big Joe Turner - Cleanhead Blues - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson - Hootie Blues - Jimmy Witherspoon - Thirsty Mama Blues - Hot Lips Page - Moaning The Blues - Victoria Spivey Volume 3: When The Jazzmen Play The Blues - Back O'Town Blues - Louis Armstrong - Winnin' [sic] Boy Blues - Jelly Roll Morton - Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning - Sidney Bechet - If You See Me Comin' - Mezzrow Ladnier Quintet - Across The Track Blues - Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra - House Rent Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra - After Hours - Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra - Ride My Blues Away - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets - That's The Blues Old Man - Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra - Mobile Bay - Rex Stewart - Rangoon - Cootie Williams - A Tiny Bit Of Blues - Big Maceo - Fats Waller's Original E Flat Blues - Fats Waller - Low Bottom n^o 2 - Wild Bill Davis - Hey Ba-Ba Re-Bop / Hamp's Boogie Woogie - Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra prod. by Jean-Paul Guitier boxed set of 3 LPs notes (in French and English) by Michael Walter (translated by Don Waterhouse) RCA PM 42039 (Fr 1977)
14	1979	Blues Giants Masters of Jazz Vol. 15 LP 1: - Southern Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - Jasper's Gal - Memphis Slim - Anytime Is The Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes - New Shake 'Em On Down - Tommy McClennan - Willow Tree Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson - Anna Lou Blues - Tampa Red - Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams - Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo - Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson - Milk Cow Blues - Big Bill Broonzy - Pleading Blues - Little Brother Montgomery - Get Yourself Together - Lonnie Johnson - Walkin' And Drinkin' - Roosevelt Sykes - Evil Blues - Washboard Sam - Let Me In Your Saddle - Walter Davis - Key To The Highway - William 'Jazz' Gillum LP 2: - Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim - Crawlin' Kingsnake - Big Joe Williams - Winter Time Blues - Big Maceo Merriweather - Louisiana Blues part 2 - Little Brother Montgomery - Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam - Look On Yonder Blues - William 'Jazz' Gillum - Coal And Iceman Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson - My Stove Don't Work - Casey Bill Weldon - Big Time Woman - Roosevelt Sykes - Katy Mae Blues - Tommy McClennan - Good Jelly - Big Bill Broonzy - When Things Go Wrong With You - Tampa Red - 'Way Down In Louisiana - Casey Bill Weldon - Teasin' Brown Skin - Walter Davis - Caught The Old Coon At Last - Memphis Slim - Lazy Woman Blues - Lonnie Johnson gatefold DLP notes by Anonymous RCA CL 42858 (Germany 1979) = RCA NL89728(2) (EU 1985)
15	1979	Big Four 1933-1941 'will satisfy your mind' (The Piano Blues Vol. 12) Little Brother - Farrish Street Jive - Vicksburg Blues - part 3 - Shreveport Farewell - Louisiana Blues - part 2 Walter Davis - Big Jack Engine - I Can Tell - Sweet Sixteen - Frisco Blues Roosevelt Sykes - Big Legs Ida - Low As A Toad - Let Me Hang My Stocking Stingback James - Bad Luck Ever Change? - New Red Cross - Snake Hip Blues - See For Yourself - Poor Coal Loader notes by Bob Hall and Richard Noblett Magpie PY 4412 (UK 1979) Magpie Records discography
16	1982	Big City Blues Bumble Bee Slim - Burned Down Mill Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning, School Girl Rosetta Howard - Let Your Linen Hang Low Curtis Jones - Gold Digger Blues Doctor Clayton - On The Killin' Floor Jazz Gillum - Take A Little Walk With Me Peg Leg Howell - Sadie Lee Blues Texas Alexander - Sabine River Blues Martha Copeland - Stole My Man Blues Cousin Joe - Bad Luck Blues Walter Davis - I Did Everything I Could Lonnie Johnson - Mr. Johnson Swing Peetie Wheatstraw - Chicago Mill Blues St. Louis Jimmy - Going Down Slow Jim Jackson - My Monday Woman Blues Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground notes by Alessandro Roffeni Albatros VPA 8473 (It 1982) = Albatros VC 5021 (cassette) Albatros Records discography
17	198?	Walter Davis 1937-1941 - Fifth Avenue - West Coast Blues - Good Gal - Holiday Blues - Streamline Woman - My Babe - Walking The Avenue - Friendless - 13 Highway - Homesick - Just Tell Me Your Trouble - I Like The Way You Spread Your Wings - Doctor Blues - Cotton Farm Blues - Come Back Baby - No Place To Go - I Just Can't Remember - All My Money Gone Best of Blues BoB-5 (Austria mid 1980s) B.o.B (Wolf) Records discography
18	1984	Trouble Done Bore Me Down Barbecue Bob - Good Time Rounder - Trouble Done Bore Me Down Charley Jordan - Doin' Wrong Blues Walter Vinson - That's It - Same Thing The Cats Fight About - Times Is Tight Like That Jim Jackson - Policy Blues Lucille Bogan - House Top Blues - Superstitious Blues Washington Phillips - Mother's Last Word To Her Son - Paul And Silas In Jail James Stump Johnson - Baby B. Blues - Worried Man Blues (Walter Davis, voc) [Victor 23333, Bluebird B-5129] Scrapper Blackwell - Springtime Blues - Mix That Thing Texas Alexander - Thirty Day Blues Sylvester Weaver - Gonna Ramble Blues - Teasing Brown Blues notes by Guido van Rijn and Hans Vergeer Agram 2011 (NL 1984)
19	1986	Walter Davis: The Bullet Sides... 1949-1952 - Move Back To The Woods - You've Got To Reap What You Saw - Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong - I Would Hate To Hate You - Santa Claus Blues - Got To See Her Every Night - So Long Baby - Stop That Train In Harlem - I Just Can't Help It - You Are The One I Love - Lonely Nights - Good Morning Baby - You Make My World So Bright - Tears Came Rollin' Down - So Long Baby - What May Your Trouble Be notes (May 1986) by Chris Smith Krazy Kat KK 7441 (UK 1986) Krazy Kat Records discography
20	1987	Walter Davis: Let Me In Your Saddle 1930-1941 - M & O Blues - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good - Howling Wind Blues - L & N Blues - Travellin' This Lonesome Road - Sad And Lonesome Blues - Minute Man Blues Pt. 1 - Minute Man Blues Pt. 2 - Sweet Sixteen - Root Man Blues - Moonlight Is My Spread - Ashes In My Whiskey - Think You Need A Shot - Let Me In Your Saddle - The Only Woman - New "Come Back Baby" notes by Terry Ohmer Bluetime BT 2004 (Denmark 1987)
21	1988	Walter Davis 1930-1933 - Mr. Davis' Blues - Blue Sea Blues - Broke And Hungry - Railroad Man Blues (Sunny Land Blues) - What Made Me Love You So? - M & O Blues (My Baby's Come Back) - Mr. Davis' Blues No. 2 - South East Missouri Blues - Strange Land Blues - Pleadin' To My Baby - Engineer's Blues - Lonesome Hill Blues - Mama, Why Don't You Be Yourself? - Worried Man Blues - M & O Blues No. 3 (My Baby's Called The Police) - Hijack Blues - Blue Ghost Blues - Red Cross Blues Old Tramp OT-1213 (NL 1988)
22	1990	Walter Davis Vol. 1 (1935-1941) - Santa Claus - Jacksonville Part 1 - Jacksonville Part 2 - Big Jack Engine Blues - You Don't Know Right From Wrong - Smokey Mountain - Call Your Name - Just Want To Think (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Cotton Club Blues (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Good Time Woman (Booker T. Washington, voc) - If I Get Lucky (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Death Of Bessie Smith (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Wrapped Up In Bad Luck (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Cozy Corner Blues (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Save It All For Me (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Can't See Your Face - Just Thinking - Please Don't Mistreat Me - Why Should I Be Blue? - Just Want To Talk Awhile RST Blues Documents BD-2084 (Austria 1990) RST Records discography
23	1994	Walter Davis Volume 1 Complete recorded works in chronological order 2 August 1933 to 28 July 1935 - Red Cross Blues (3:00) - L&N Blues (2:52) - Moonlight Blues (2:53) - Life Boat Blues (2:49) - Night Creepin' (2:49) - Evil Woman (2:48) - You Don't Smell Right (2:40) - All Worn Out (2:47) - Oil Field Blues (2:40) - What's The Use Of Worrying (3:20) - Stormy Weather Blues - Part 1 (3:03) - Stormy Weather Blues - Part 2 (3:10) - What You Got On Your Mind (3:13) - Poor Grinder Blues (2:38) - Red Cross Blues Part 2 (2:59) - Sloppy Drunk Again (3:02) - Travelin' This Lonesome Road (3:32) - Sad And Lonesome Blues (3:27) - Minute Man Blues - Part 1 (3:16) - Minute Man Blues - Part 1 (3:16) - Sweet Sixteen (2:47) - Wonder Where My Baby's Gone (3:14) - Lay Around On Your D B A (3:15) - Dentist Blues (2:57) - Root Man Blues (3:12) "Walter Davis' complete 1930-1932 recordings are available on JSP CD-605 and therefore not included in this series." notes by Julian Yarrow Document DOCD-5281 (Austria 1994)
24	1994	Walter Davis Volume 2 Complete recorded works in chronological order 28 July 1935 To 5 May 1937 - Pearly May - What Have I Done Wrong? - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell - Santa Claus - Moonlight Is My Spread - Don't The Clouds Look Lonesome? - Katy Blues - Ashes In My Whiskey - Blues At Midnight - Can't Get Along With You - Just Wondering - Fallin' Rain - Well Diggin' Papa - Carpenter Man - Jacksonville - Part 1 - Jacksonville - Part 2 - Think You Need A Shot (The Needle) - Angel Child - Fifth Avenue - I Ain't Got Changing Clothes - West Coast Blues - Shady Lane - What Else Can I Do? - Nightmare Blues notes by Julian Yarrow Document DOCD-5282 (Austria 1994)
25	1994	Walter Davis Volume 3 Complete recorded works in chronological order 5 May 1937 to 17 June 1938 - Good Gal - Holiday Blues - Streamline Woman - Big Jack Engine Blues - Guiding Rod - Talk's All Over Town - My Babe - If You Ever Get Lonesome - I Did Everything I Could - When Nights Are Lonesome # - Million-Dollar Baby # - Candy Man # - If You Only Understand # - I Hear My Baby Crying # - Walking The Avenue # - Easy Goin' Mama # - Friendless # - Angel Child - Part 2 # - 13 Highway # - Homesick - If You Treat Me Right # - What Is Wrong With You? # - Love Will Kill You # # with Yank Rachell notes by Julian Yarrow Document DOCD-5283 (Austria 1994)
26	1994	Walter Davis Volume 4 Complete recorded works in chronological order 17 June 1938 to 21 July 1939 - Just Tell Me Your Trouble # - Call Me Anytime # - I Like The Way You Spread Your Wings - Cuttin' Off My Days - You Don't Know Right From Wrong - Bad Luck And Trouble - Smoky Mountain - Your Time Is Comin' - Everything Is O.k. - Troubled And Weary - Early This Mornin' - Mercy Blues - Corrine - New Orleans - Big Four Blues - Airplane Blues Let Me In Your Saddle - Green And Lucky - I Love You More And More - Bachelor Blues - Just Another Day - Froggy Bottom - Down And Out # with Yank Rachell notes by Julian Yarrow Document DOCD-5284 (Austria 1994)
27	1994	Walter Davis Volume 5 Complete recorded works in chronological order 21 July 1939 to 12 July 1940 - Doctor Blues - Sundown Blues - Cotton Farm Blues - Nothing But You - Jungle Blues - Call Your Name - Western Land - Just Want To Think (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Cotton Club Blues (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Good Time Woman (Booker T. Washington, voc) - If I Get Lucky (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Death Of Bessie Smith (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Wrapped Up In Bad Luck (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Cozy Corner Blues (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Save It All For Me (Booker T. Washington, voc) - Come Back Baby - No Place To Go - If It Hadn't Been For You - The Way I Love You - Four Feet Eleven - Hello Blues (049319) [Bluebird B-8574] - Can't See Your Face - Drop Me A Line Or Two - Just Thinking notes by Julian Yarrow Document DOCD-5285 (Austria 1994)
28	1994	Walter Davis Volume 6 Complete recorded works in chronological order 12 July 1940 To 12 February 1946 - Please Don't Mistreat Me (3:02) - Friends Must Part (3:06) - Why Should I Be Blue? (3:01) - The Only Woman (2:49) - I Hate To Say Goodbye (2:51) - I'll Be Back After While (2:49) - New "Santa Claus" (3:03) - New "Come Back Baby" (2:40) - You Keep On Crying (3:14) - Soon Forgotten (3:02) - I Just Can't Remember (2:47) - Ever Since You Been Gone (3:06) - All My Mone Gone (3:11) - Don't You Want To Go? (3:11) - One Sweet Letter From You (2:54) - Teasin' Brown Skin (2:57) - Just Want To Talk Awhile (3:04) - Hello Blues (070452-1) (2:54) [Bluebird unissued] - Goodbye (3:09) - I Feel All Right (3:01) - Hello Baby (2:52) - Frisco Blues (2:54) - Biddle Street Blues (2:53) - My Friends Don't Know Me (3:12) notes by Julian Yarrow Document DOCD-5286 (Austria 1994)
29	1994	Walter Davis Volume 7 Complete recorded works in chronological order 12 February 1946 to 27 July 1952 - New B & O Blues - When You Need My Help - Please Remember Me - Things Ain't What They Used To Be - Oh! Me! Oh! My! Blues - Just One More Time - It's Been So Long - Move Back To The Woods - You've Got To Reap What You Sow - Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong - I Would Hate To Hate You (Like I Love You) - Santa Claus Blues - Got To See Her Every Night - So Long Baby (326-A) - Stop That Train In Harlem - You Are The One I Love - I Just Can't Help It - Lonely Nights - Good Morning Baby - You Make The World So Bright - Tears Came Rolling Down - So Long Baby (E2VB-6866) - What May Your Trouble Be notes by Julian Yarrow Document DOCD-5287 (Austria 1994)
30	1997	Too Late, Too Late Volume 9 More Newly Discovered Titles, Alternate Takes & Supplements, 1922-1945 Marion Harrison Baby, Can't You Understand? Marion Harrison - So Blue Inez Wallace - Come Back, Dear Anna Jones - You Can't Do What My Last Man Did (tk 1) Anna Oliver - What's The Use Of Lovin'? (tk 1) J. Churchill - Sleep, Baby, Sleep (tk 1) Horace George - The Meal Is Low In The Barrel Blues George Williams & Bessie Brown - She's My Sheba, I'm Her Sheik (tk 3) Butterbeans & Susie - Hard Luck Blues Butterbeans & Susie - Yes, I've Been Cheatin' Evelyn Preer - The Birth Of The Blues Evelyn Preer - Sunday (tk 1) Evelyn Preer - Sunday (tk 6) Evelyn Preer - Cock-A-Doodle, I'm Off My Noodle Evelyn Thompson - Looking For The Sunshine, Walking Around In The Rain Evelyn Thompson - One Sweet Letter From You George H. Tremer - Spirit Of '49 Rag Teresa Harris - Daddy, Won't You Please Come Home? Mel Parker - Leaving Blues Mel Parker - Don't Treat Me Like A Dog Walter Davis - Blue Sea Blues (tk 1) [Victor 23250] Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charley - In Kentucky Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charley - Just One More Time St. Louis Jimmy Oden - New Going Down Slow [Black & White 106] Document DOCD-5590 (Austria 1997)
31	1999	Walter Davis: First Recordings 1930-1932 featuring Roosevelt Sykes - Mr. Davis' Blues [Victor V-38618] - Blue Sea Blues (tk 2) [Victor 23250] - M & O Blues [Victor V-38618] - Broke And Hungry (tk 2) [Victor 23250] - Railroad Man Blues (tk 1) (= "Sunny Land Blues") # [Victor 23291] - You Don't Worry My Mind # [Victor 23291] - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good [Victor 23282] - What Made Me Love You So? [Victor 23282] - M & O Blues No. 2 (My Baby's Come Back) [Victor 23302] - Mr. Davis Blues No. 2 [Victor 23302] - South-East Missouri Blues [Victor 23335] - Strange Land Blues [Victor 23315] - Pleadin' To My Baby [Victor 23308] - Engineer's Blues [Victor 23315] - Howling Wind Blues [Victor 23308] - Road Man Blues [Victor 23335] - Lonesome Hill Blues [Victor 23325] - Mama, Why Don't You Be Yourself? [Victor 23325] - Worried Man Blues [Victor 23323] - M & O Blues No. 3 (My Baby Called The Police) [Victor 23323] - Hi-Jack Blues (= Hijack Blues) [Victor 23334] - Blue Ghost Blues [Victor 23334] remastered by John R.T. Davies # with prob. Henry Townsend, g notes by Neil Slaven JSP CD 605 (UK 1999)
32	1999	Broke, Black And Blue An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities disc 1: Up Country Blues - Barrel House Blues - Ed Andrews - Georgia Stockade Blues - Tom Delaney - Sun Brimmers Blues - Memphis Jug Band - Goin' To Leave You Blues - Big Boy Cleveland - Dry Bone Shuffle - Blind Blake - Up Country Blues - DeFord Bailey - Dead Drunk Blues - Sippie Wallace - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - Long 'Cleve' Reed - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - Barbecue Bob - Bo Lita - Kid Brown - Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - William & Versey Smith - Church Bells Blues - Luke Jordan - Two Ways To Texas - Emery Glen - It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley - Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley - Rock Island Blues - Lewis Black - Midnight Blues - Bill Moore - Fare Thee Blues - Johnnie Head - My Monday Woman Blues - Jim Jackson - What's The Matter Blues - Frank Stokes - School Girl Blues - Rosie Mae Moore - Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson - Left Alone Blues - Ishman Bracey - T And T Blues - Mooch Richardson - TC Johnson Blues - T. C. Johnson disc 2: Broke & Hungry Blues - Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacey - No More Women Blues - Alger "Texas" Alexander - How Long, How Long Blues - Willie Jackson - Unknown Blues - Tarter & Gay - Chicken Wilson Blues - Chicken Wilson - Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt - Broke And Hungry Blues - Peg Leg Howell - Funny Feathers - Victoria Spivey - Pitchin' Boogie - William Ezell - Mr- Devil Blues - Jed Davenport - Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey - Weary Heart Blues - James Wiggins - Poor Man Blues - Henry Townsend - Framer's Blues - Eli Framer - Trinity River Blues - T-Bone Walker - Heavy Suitcase Blues - Charley Taylor - Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - Garfield Akers - Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins - Walking Blues - Son House - Future Blues - Willie Brown - Long Ways From Home - Louise Johnson - Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose - Good Boy Blues - Arthur Petties - No Special Rider Blues - Little Brother Montgomery disc 3: Good Whiskey Blues - Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds - Dupree Blues - Willie Walker - 22-20 Blues - Skip James - Lonesome Road Blues - Sam Collins - Midnight Hour Blues - Leroy Carr - Fat Mama Blues - Jabo Williams - Never Mind Blues - Georgia Boyd - Twelves (Dirty Dozens) - Kokomo Arnold - Little Leg Woman - Big Joe Williams - That's What My Baby Likes - Bessie Jackson - Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw - Strut That Thing - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Teasin' Brown Blues - Louie Lasky - Cold Blooded Murder, No.2 - Bumble Bee Slim - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind - Blind Boy Fuller - Ashes In My Whiskey - Walter Davis - It's Cold in China Blues - The Mississippi Moaner - Jockey Blues - Jazz Gillum - Prisoner Blues - George Clarke - Back Door Blues - Casey Bill Weldon - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Buddy Woods - Booker T. Blues - Washboard Sam - Hard Scufflin' Blues - Little Buddy Doyle - Jersey Belle Blues - Lonnie Johnson - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - Tommy McClennan disc 4: Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - East St.Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White - Can't You Read - Big Maceo Merriweather - Life Is Like That - Memphis Slim - Memory Of Sonny Boy - Forrest City Joe - Horse Shoe Boogie - Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues - Lee Brown - Low Land Blues - Lee Brown - Round The World Blues - Lee Brown - Rock That Boogie - Jimmie Gordon - Fast Life - Jimmie Gordon - Mistreated Blues - Jimmie Gordon - I Ain't Like That No More - Jimmie Gordon - Chain Gang Blues - Johnny Temple - Yum, Yum, Yum - Johnny Temple - My Baby's Acting Funny - Jimmie Gordon - It's Time To Go - Jimmie Gordon - That Woman's A Pearl Diver - Jimmie Gordon - Jumpin' At The Club Blue Flame - Jimmie Gordon - I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - Johnny Temple - Something In The Moon That Gives Me A Thrill - Johnny Temple - Dixie Flyer - Johnny Temple - Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - Johnny Temple - Rhythm Mama - Johnny Temple - New Little Girl, Little Girl - Lee Brown 4 CD set 40-pp. booklet by Joop Visser Proper CDBOX 7 (UK 1999)
33	1999	Walter Davis: Please Remember Me 1930-1947 - M & O Blues (3:06) - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good (3:20) - Worried Man Blues (2:35) - L & N Blues (2:57) - Sloppy Drunk Again (3:03) - Travelin' This Lonesome Road (3:33) - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell (2:46) - Ashes In My Whiskey (2:34) - Fallin' Rain (3:30) - West Coast Blues (3:18) - If You Treat Me Right (3:22) - Let Me In Your Saddle (3:22) - T.B. Blues (2:57) - Cozy Corner Blues (2:50) - Come Back Baby (2:43) - I'll Back After While (2:49) - Don't You Want To Go? (3:14) - Hello Blues (2:55) - Goodbye (3:10) - Frisco Blues (2:55) - Please Remember Me (2:45) - Oh! Me, Oh! My, Blues (3:17) Blues Collection 159492 (Fr 1999) (Historic Recordings series)
34	2000	Jazz & Blues Piano Vol. 2 1924 - 1947 Everett Robbins - Triflin' Daddy's Blues Jimmy Blythe - Chicago Stomp (tk 2) Fred Longshaw - Chili Pepper - Tomato Sauce Maude Mills with Fats Waller & Mike Jackson - I've Got The Joogie Blues (tk 2) - Black Snake Blues Andy Pendleton - Sweet Emmaline - Dreaming The Hours Away Bert M. Mays - You Can't Come In (alt tk) Glory Bernard - South Bound Blues (tk A) (acc. Porter Grainger) Georgia Tom (Thomas A. Dorsey) - Then My Gal's In Town (tk 2) Charlie Spand - She's Got Good Stuff (tk 2) Walter Davis - Railroad Man Blues (tk 2 - test) (= "Sunny Land Blues") (acc. Roosevelt Sykes) Clarence Williams Trio - Hop On Me Blues Roosevelt Sykes - New Mistake In Life (tk B) - Ups And Downs Blues (tk B) Tut Soper (acc. Baby Dodds) - That's A Plenty - It's A Ramble - Thou Swell - Stardust Stomp - Oronics No 3 Ida Cox (acc. Jessie Crump) - Kentucky Man Blues (film soundtrack) - 'Fore Day Blues (film soundtrack) Knocky Parker - The Grace And Beauty (broadcast) notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD-5662 (Austria 2000)
34a	2001	Cincinnati Blues disc 1: - Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith - I've Got Salvation In My Heart - Sam Jones - Lonesome John - Sam Jones - Fisher's Hornpipe - Sam Jones - Court Street Blues - Sam Jones - A Woman Gets Tired Of The Same Man All The Time - Sam Jones - A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Sam Jones - Bed Slats - Sam Jones - Cincinnati Southern Blues - Ivy Smith and Cow Cow Davenport - Sixth Street Moan - Kid Cole - Hey Hey Mama Blues - Kid Cole - Hard Hearted Mama Blues - Kid Cole - Niagara Fall Blues - Kid Cole - Newport Blues - Cincinnati Jug Band - George Street Stomp - Cincinnati Jug Band - Tear It Down - Bob Coleman - Cincinnati Underworld Woman - Bob Coleman - Sing Song Blues - Bob Coleman - M & O Blues - Walter Davis - Have You Ever Been Worried In Mind Pt. 1 - Sweet Papa Tadpole - Have You Ever Been Worried In Mind Pt. 2 - Sweet Papa Tadpole - You Baby Can't Get Enough - Sweet Papa Tadpole - Keep Your Yes Ma'm Clean - Sweet Papa Tadpole - Black Spider Blues - Sweet Papa Tadpole - Weep And Moan When I'm Gone - Sweet Papa Tadpole disc 2: - I Had To Smack That Thing - Frances Wallace - Can't Get Enough - Clara Burston - Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'm Clean - Walter Cole - Everybody Got Somebody - Walter Cole - What's That Tastes Like Gravy - King David's Jug Band - Rising Sun Blues - King David's Jug Band - Sweet Poatao Blues - King David's Jug Band - Tear It Down King - King David's Jug Band - I Can Deal Worry - King David's Jug Band - Georgia Bo Bo - King David's Jug Band - Clair And Pearley Blues - Kid Coley - Tricks Ain't Walkin No More - Kid Coley - Freight Train Blues - Kid Coley - War Dream Blues - Kid Coley - George Street Blues - Leroy Carr - I'm Going To Cincinnati - Walter Coleman - Greyhound Blues - Walter Coleman - Mama, Let Me Lay It On You - Walter Coleman - Smack That Thing - Walter Coleman - Carry Your Good Stuff Home - Walter Coleman - Mama Let Me Lay It On You - Walter Coleman with Jesse James - Sweet Patuni - Jesse James - Southern Casey Jones - Jesse James - Lonesome Day Blues - Jesse James - Highway 61 - Jesse James booklet by Steven Tracy Catfish KATCD 186 (UK 2001) Catfish Records (UK) discography
35	20??	Piano Discoveries - Flapper's Stomp - Ezra Howlett Shelton - Five Minute Blues - Leothus Lee Green - What's the Matter Now? Pt. 3 - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson - What's the Matter Now? Pt. 4 - Charlie "Bozo" Nickerson - That's the Kind of Girl I'm Looking For - Ivy Smith / Cow Cow Davenport - It's a Pretty Little Thing - Georgia Tom / Tampa Red - Poor Old Bachelor Blues - Tampa Red / Georgia Tom - Louisiana Blues (tk B-test) - Little Brother Montgomery - You Don't Worry My Mind (tk 2) - Walter Davis - Church House Blues (tk 1) - Leroy Carr - Beer Drinking Woman (tk 2) - Albert Ammons / Memphis Slim / Pete Johnson - Boogie Woogie Man - Albert Ammons / Pete Johnson - Deep End Boogie - Cripple Clarence Lofton - I Don't Know - Cripple Clarence Lofton - Fine and Mellow - Cripple Clarence Lofton (featuring Evie Westphal) - Vocal Blues - Jimmy Yancey - (featuring Cripple Clarence Lofton) - Talking & Piano Experiment - Cripple Clarence Lofton/Jimmy Yancey - Untitled - Cripple Clarence Lofton / Jimmy Yancey - Boogie No. A1 - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - Mama and Jimmy Blues - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - The Rocks - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - Untitled Blues - Jimmy Yancey (previously unreleased) - Unkown Rag (At Party) - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased) - Ecstatic Rag - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased) - Everybody's Rag - Alonzo Yancey (previously unreleased) Document BDCD-6045 (Austria 20??)
36	2001	The Essential Walter Davis disc 1: - Mr. Davis' Blues - Sloppy Drunk Again - Biddle Street Blues - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good - M. & O. Blues - Sweet Sixteen - Come Back Baby - Lonesome Hill Blues - Good Gal - Lay Around On Your D.B.A. - Dentist Blues - Cotton Club Blues (with Booker T. Washington) - Don't You Want To Go - Just Wandering - I Hear My Baby Crying - Railroad Man Blues - Engineer's Blues - Worried Man Blues disc 2: - Root Man Blues - It's Been So Long - Frisco Blues - M. & O. Blues No. 3 - You Don't Smell Right - You Are The One I Love - Stop That Train In Harlem - What May Your Trouble Be - Just Can't Help It - I Think You Need A Shot - Call Your Name - Poor Grinder Blues - Blue Ghost Blues - The Only Woman - Jacksonville - Part 1 - Jacksonville - Part 2 - Old Field Blues - New B. & O. Blues cover illustration by Chris Osborne 2 CD set Classic Blues CBL 200016 (US 2001)
37	11/2003	Walter Davis: Don't You Want To Go? - M&O Blues - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good - Howling Wind Blues - L&N Blues - Minute Man Blues, Pt. 1 - Minute Man Blues, Pt. 2 - Sweet Sixteen - Root Man Blues - Moonlight Is My Spread - Ashes In My Whiskey - Think You Need A Shot - Let Me In Your Saddle - The Only Woman - New Come Back Baby - Don't You Want to Go? - Tears Came Rollin' Down - What Your Trobles May Be Acrobat FABCD 204 (UK 11/2003)
38	2007	Bullet Records Blues - Going Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy - I Ain't Done Nothing Wrong - St. Louis Jimmy - My Trouble - St. Louis Jimmy - Sittin' And Thinkin' - St. Louis Jimmy - Mr. Brown Boogie - ~~St. Louis Jimmy~~ [actually Roosevelt Sykes] - Candy Man Blues - Roosevelt Sykes - Why Should I Cry - Roosevelt Sykes - Move Back To The Woods - Walter Davis - You've Got To Reap What You Sow - Walter Davis - Wonder What I'm Doing Wrong - Walter Davis - Got To See Her Every Night - Walter Davis - So Long Baby - Walter Davis - I Just Can't Help It - Walter Davis - Hard Times - Smokey Hogg - Jivin' Woman - Big Joe Williams - She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams - Miss Martha King - B.B. King - When Your Baby Packs Up And Goes - B.B. King - Evil Man Blues - Rudy Greene - No Good Woman Blues - Rudy Greene - Florida Blues - Rudy Greene - My Baby Left Me - Little Eddie - Darling You Know I Love You - Little Eddie - Why Don't You Let Me Be - J.D. Horton - Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton notes by Fred James Blue CD SPV 49762 (Germany 2007)
39	5/2011	Walter Davis: M & O Blues - M&O Blues - Sloppy Drunk Again - Travelin' This Lonesome Road - Sweet Sixteen - Root Man Blues - What Have I Done Wrong? - I Can Tell By The Way You Smell - Santa Claus - Think You Need A Shot (The Needle) - Good Gal - 13 Highway - Just Tell Me Your Trouble - Let Me In Your Saddle - Cotton Farm Blues - Call Your Name - Save It All For Me - Come Back Baby - Can't See Your Face - Why Should I Be Blue? - Don't You Want To Go? - One Sweet Letter From You - I Feel All Right notes by Hitoshi Koide P-Vine PCD-20083 (Jp 5/2011)
40	12/2021	Guido van Rijn: The St. Louis Blues of Walter Davis Agram Blues Books (NL 12/2021) "Accompanied by a CD including Paul Oliver's interviews with Walter Davis and his guitarist, Henry Townsend; both sides of Bullet 328 (the only Davis 78 still unreissued); and a selection of the best-sounding Walter Davis test pressings and 78s from the collections of Paul Swinton and Dave Williams." - Mr. Davis' Blues - 12 June 1930 (Victor V38618) - M. & O. Blues - 12 June 1930 (Victor V38618) - That Stuff You Sell Ain't No Good - 10 June 1931 (Victor 23282) - Minute Man - Part 1 - 25 February 1935 (Test) - Sweet Sixteen - 25 February 1935 (Bluebird B-5931) - Ashes In My Whiskey - 31 October 1935 (test) - Think You Need A Shot - 3 April 1936 (Bluebird B-6498) - Good Gal - 5 May 1937 (Bluebird B-6996) - What Is Wrong With You - 17 June 1938 (Bluebird B-7792) - Honey Bee Blues - 17 June 1938 (Bluebird B-8474) - Your Time Is Comin' - 17 December 1938 (test) - New "Come Back Baby" - 21 March 1941 (test) - All My Money Gone - 21 March 1941 (Bluebird B-8802) - Don't You Want To Go? - 5 December 1941 (Bluebird B-902)7 - Just Want To Talk Awhile - 5 December 1941 (test) - Frisco Blues - 5 December 1941 (Bluebird B-8961) - Biddle Street Blues - 5 December 1941 Bluebird B-8961) - My Life Depends On You - ca. March 1950 Bullet 328) - Come On Baby - ca. March 1950 Bullet 328) - Tears Came Rollin' Down - 27 July 1952 (RCA Victor 20-5012) - What May Your Trouble Be - 27 July 1952 (RCA Victor 20-5168) - Walter Davis Interview - 25 August 1960 Agram Blues ABCD 2027 (NL 12/2021)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 81
- Karel Bogaert: Blues Lexicon.- Antwerpen (Standaard) 1972, p. 99
- John R. Bolig: The Bluebird Label Discography.- American Discography Project (UC Santa Barbara Library), 2017
- Bill Dahl: The Art of The Blues.- Chicago & London (The University of Chicago Press) 2016, p. 140
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943.- Oxford (Clarendon), 4th ed. 1997, pp. 204-208
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 221
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, pp. 121-122, 437
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, p. 148
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 152, 520
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, pp. 305-306
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York (Da Capo Press) 1987, pp. 149-150
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York (Oak Publications), 1968.- pp. 63-64
- Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- London (Record Information Services), 1987.- pp. 328-329
- Paul Oliver: The Story of the Blues.- Harmondsworth/New York (Penguin Books), 1978 reprint, p. 86
- http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/artist/walter-davis
- https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/BoligBluebirdLabel.pdf
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Scott Dirks, Max Hoeffner, Benoît Brière, Fernando Goin, Andries van den Berg, Peter Brown, Helge Thygesen, Joe Formanek and Edith de Ronde for additional info / scans

¹⁾ Bob Eagle @ facebook (The Real Blues Forum), February 26, 2014:
"Will the real Walter Davis please stand up? [...] The rumor was that the Walter Davis who died on 22 October 1963 in St Louis had been born in 1896/ 1900. That is not quite right - that man died on 16 October 1963 and was *buried* on 22 October 1963. He was buried at Greenwood Cemetery (Hillsdale, outside St. Louis City). I believe there is now a headstone erected to the blues singer there - and unfortunately it seems to be erected over the wrong man.
The Walter who died on 22 October 1963 is also problematic. He is shown as being born on 1 February 1926, and as aged 37 at death. Now, obviously he could not be recording in 1930 if he had been born in 1926. Either the birth date is wrong, or it is not "our" Walter. The name of his wife also differs from other information I have, although he could have remarried. However the parents' names agree with the information from his social security file, and it looks as if he simply had lied to his wife about his age. This Walter was buried at Washington Park Cemetery (Berkeley, MO), but in 1999 he was relocated to Calvary Cemetery, a huge Catholic Cemetery in St. Louis (5239 W. Florissant Avenue). He is now in Section 37 Lot 559 Grave 2. (Because of the relocation, Calvary's records show him as having *died* in 1999). To sum up, it looks as if he *is* the man who died on 22 October 1963 (as per the headstone) but he is buried elsewhere, away from the headstone!"
²⁾ Bob Eagle @ facebook (The Real Blues Forum), November 15, 2020:
"Walter was initially buried at Washington Park Cemetery, 4650 James S. McDonald Boulevard, Berkeley, Missouri 63134, but in August 1999 his coffin was removed to Calvary Cemetery, a large Catholic cemetery at 5239 West Florissant Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63115-1460 - phone (314) 381-1313 - where he is buried in Section 37 Lot 559 Grave 2. A gravestone has been erected at the site by The Killer Blues Headstone Project."

Walter Davis suffered a stroke in 1952 that ended his career.
This picture of him working as a switchboard operator was taken in 1960 in St. Louis
source: ; photographer: Paul Oliver

source: www.findagrave.com; photographer: Steve Salter