Illustrated Sammy Lewis discography

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Sammy Lewis
b. apparently August 9 (or September 8), 1932 in Memphis, Tennessee
it seems that he was the Samuel Lewis who died March 9, 2007 in West Memphis, Arkansas
discography
source: Sun Box 105 ("courtesy Blues Unlimited")

**Sammy Lewis** 78 rpm / 45 rpm / LPs / CDs
#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	1955	SAMMY LEWIS WILLIE JOHNSON COMBO (78 rpm) SAMMY LEWIS with WILLIE JOHNSON (45 rpm) - I Feel So Worried (U 146-3) # @ youtube - So Long Baby Goodbye (U 147-2) * @ youtube rec. March 28, 1955 in Memphis, TN; Sammy Lewis, hca, # voc; Willie Johnson, g, * voc; L.C. Hubert, p; Joe Nathan Franklin, dr; prod. by Sam Philips Sun 218
		- Gonna Leave You Baby # \\ @ youtube - Feel So Worried (U 146-1) # \\ - Baby Tell Me Your Name (Feel So Worried) (U 146-2) # // - So Long Baby Goodbye (U 147-1) * \\ rec. March 28, 1955 in Memphis, TN; Sammy Lewis, hca, # voc; Willie Johnson, g, * voc; L.C. Hubert, p; Joe Nathan Franklin, dr; prod. by Sam Philips Sun unissued \\ Sun Box 105 // Sun LP 1060
2	3/1966	The Blues Came Down From Memphis LP track sequence: 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] compiled by Michael Vernon CD track sequence: - We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours - Joe Hill Louis - Keep Your Arms Around Me - Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man (King of the Jungle) - Rufus Thomas - Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross - That Ain't Right - Doctor Ross - Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry - Wolf Call Boogie - DeBerry/Horton - Easy - Jimmy DeBerry & Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing - Big Walter Horton - Walter's Instrumental - Big Walter Horton - Seems Like a Million Years - Willie Nix - Baker Shop Boogie - Willie Nix - Take a Little Walk With Me - Willie Nix - Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas - Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton - Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love My Baby - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Carry My Business On - Houston Boines - I Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis - So Long Baby Goodbye - Willie Johnson compiled by Bez Turner notes by Neil Slaven London HAS 8265 (UK 3/1965) notes by Neil Slaven = Charly CR 30125 (UK 9/1977) = Charly 33/3E-CHART- 7021 (Greece 1977) = Charly CR 30125 (UK 19??) = Charly LP 10033 (Portugal 1985) = Brasidisc 5040 (Brazil 1988)(Serie Rarity) notes by Bez Turner (=) Charly CD 67 (UK 1987) (=) Charly CDGR 243 (UK 1998)
3	1972 ~~c. 1977~~	SAMMY LEWIS - You Lied To Me, Baby @ youtube - Somebody Stole My Love ¹⁾ @ youtube rec. 1972 (~~c. 1977~~) at Mastercraft Recording Studio (on the back end of Dan Craft's Record Shop) in West Memphis, AR by Howard & James Craft; Sammy Lewis, voc, hca; Bo Pete, ac g; George Bradfute, el g; Jim Monaghan, b; Jon Wells, dr; "prod. by Charlene Garland for Mole-Hill Productions" ¹⁾ "Lewis plays in fourth position, using a G harp to play in B minor." (Laurie McVay) 8th Street ESR-1001
4	1979	Blow By Blow Junior Wells - A Tribute To Little Walter Jerry McCain - She's Tough Andy Belvin - Travellin' Mood Sammy Lewis - Somebody Stole My Love [8th Street ESR-1001] Sam Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay Long Tall Lester - Working Man Eddie Hope - A Fool No More Charles Walker - My Babe Eddie Hope - Lost Child Sammy Lewis - You Lied To Me [8th Street ESR-1001] Jerry McCain - Steady Cliff Jackson - Nine Below Zero Sam Myers - Sleeping In The Ground Charles Walker - 40 Days And 40 Nights Long Tall Lester - All Because Of You Smokey Smothers - Hello Little Schoolgirl the original 1979 issue has Charles McDaniels, the 1985/86 re-release has Junior Wells on the front cover! Sundown CG 709-01 (NL 1979) = Sundown CG 709-01 (NL 1985/86 ?) Sundown Records discography
4a	1982	The Sunbox LP 1: - Rocket 88 - Jackie Brenston - T-Model Boogie - Roscoe Gordon - Howlin' For My Baby - Howlin' Wolf - Mr. Highway Man - Howlin' Wolf - Treat Me Mean And Evil - Joe Hill Louis - Tiger Man - Joe Hill Louis - Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix - My Baby Left Me - Raymond Hill - Sweet Home Chicago - Albert Williams - Easy - Jimmy & Walter - Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas - Just Walkin' In The Rain - Prisonaires - Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Mystery Train - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton - The Boogie Disease - Doctor Ross - When It Rains It Really Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - So Long Baby Goodbye - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson Combo [Sun 218] 3 LP box set Charly SUNBOX 100 (UK 1982) Sun boxes discography
5	1985	Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1956 LP 4 side 7 - Gospel Train Brewsteraires - Where Shall I Be (When That First Trumpet Sounds) - (The Lord Gave Me) Wings For My Soul Southern Jubilees - There's A Man In Jerusalem - Forgive Me Lord - He Never Left Me Alone Prisonaires - A Prisoner's Prayer - Jones Brothers - Amazing Grace - Gospel Train - Look To Jesus side 8 - Feel So Woried Doctor Ross - That Ain't Right (with Henry Hill) - Left Job Boogie - Terra Mae - Come Back Baby Sammy Lewis - Willie Johnson Combo - Gonna Leave You Baby [Sun unissued] - I Feel So Worried (tk 1) [Sun unissued] - I Feel So Worried (tk 3) [Sun 218] - So Long Baby Goodbye [Sun unissued] 9 LP box set Charly Sun Box 105 Sun boxes discography
6	1989	The Sun Blues Archives, Vol. 1 - Blue Guitar Earl Hooker - The Hucklebuck - Mexicali Hip Shake - Razorback - Blue Guitar - Red River Variations - Move On Down The Line - Guitar Rag Charlie Booker - Walked All Night Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (alt. tk.) Lewis-Johnson Combo - Baby Tell Me Your Name [Sun unissued] Coy Love & Pat Hare - Harping On It - Wolf Call Boogie L.B. Lawson & James Scott Blues Rockers - Flypaper Boogie - Missing In Action - Scott's Boogie Charly / Sun LP 1060
7	198?	Rumble Chillen Albert Williams - Rhumba Chille Rosco Gordon - I'm Gonna Shake It Jackie Brenston - Tuckered Out Little Junior's Blue Flames - Love Me Baby Doctor Ross - Left Job Boogie The Prisonaires - Don't Say Tomorrow Charlie Booker - Walked All Night Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman 'Hot Shot' Love - Wolf Call Boogie Howlin' Wolf - Everybody's In The Mood Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson - I Feel So Worried Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Shim Sham Shimmy Billy Love - Gee I Wish James Cotton - Hold Me In Your Arms Doctor Ross - Terra Mae Joe Hill Louis - Gotta Let You Go Charly / Sun CRM 2033
8	1989	Sun Records Harmonica Classics Jimmy & Walter - Easy Walter Horton - West Winds Are Blowing - In The Mood Doctor Ross - Jukebox Boogie - Country Clown - Downtown Boogie Hot Shot Love - Wolf Call Boogie - Harmonica Jam - Wolf Call Boogie Sammy Lewis - Willie Johnson Combo - So Long Baby Goodbye Joe Hill Louis - Keep Your Arms Around Me Mama - Got Me A New Woman - She May Be Yours notes by Colin Escott Rounder SS 29 = Rounder CD SS-29 Rounder Records discography
9	19??	Memphis Aggressive Guitars Vol. 1 Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Bonus Pay (Ain't Gonna Be That Way) Big Memphis Ma Rainey - Call Me Anything, But Call Me - Baby, No, No! Walter Bradford - Reward For My Baby - Love For Me Baby - Lucy Done Moved Tot Randolph - Blues Train Sammy Lewis - Gonna Leave You Baby - I Feel So Worried (tk 1) - I Feel So Worried (tk 2) - So Long Baby Goodbye Roscoe Gordon - Just Love Me Baby Kenneth Banks - High (But High) P-Vine / Sun PLP 312 (Jp)
10	1996	Sun Records - The Blues Years 1950-1958 CD 8: Pat Hare - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Bonus Pay Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - When it Rains it Pours - Move Baby Move - Shim Sham Shimmy Sammy Lewis - Gonna Leave You Baby - Feel So Worried (tk 1) - So Long Baby Goodbye - Feel So Worried (tk 3) Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Red Hot - Satisfied Eddie Snow - Bring Your Love Back Home To Me - Ain't That Right - Don't Dog Me Around - Mean Mean Woman - Stay With Me Baby (tk 1) Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Something for Nothing - Little Fine Healthy Thing Rosco Gordon - That's What You Do To Me - I'm Gonna Shake It - Let's Get High - New Orleans Louisiana Ike Turner - Get It Over Babe - How Long Will It Last - I'm Gonna Forget About You (Matchbox) - You Ain't The One For Me 8 CD box set Charly CDSUNBOX 7 (UK 1996) Sun boxes discography
11	2006	Memphis Blues Important Postwar Blues disc 1: - Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis - Boogie in the Park - Joe Hill Louis - That Ain't Right (tk 1) - Henry Hill - Little Soldier Boy (tk 2) - Doctor Ross - Country Clown (tk 1) - Doctor Ross - County Farm Blues - William Stewart - They Call Me Talkin' Boy - William Stewart - Easy - Jimmy & Walter - Before Long - Jimmy & Walter - Lonesome Ol' Jail - D.A. Hunt - Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt - Registration Day Blues - Sleepy John Estes - Rats in My Kitchen - Sleepy John Estes - Rattlesnake Mama - William Stewart - Forty Four Blues - William Stewart - I Feel Like a Million - Joe Hill Louis - Heartache Baby - Joe Hill Louis - Shorty the Barber - Charlie Burse - Last Time, The - Woodrow Wilson Adams - Train Is Comin' - Woodrow Wilson Adams - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - Pinetop Perkins - Wolf Call Boogie - Sleepy John Estes - Harmonica Jam - Coy "Hot Shot" Love - Policy Man Blues (tk 1) - Coy "Hot Shot" Love - Take a Little Chance - Jimmy DeBerry - Tailor Made - Doctor Ross - Boogie Disease, The - Doctor Ross disc 2: - Moanin' at Midnight - Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird - Howlin' Wolf - Move on Down the Line - Earl Hooker - Hucklebuck, The - Earl Hooker - Walter's Instrumental - Walter Horton - Grandmother Got Grandfather Told - Walter Horton - Midnight Showers of Rain - Willie Nix - Prison Bound Blues - Willie Nix - Bear Cat - Rufus Thomas - Married Woman - Rufus Thomas - Roscoe's Boogie - Rosco Gordon - City Women - Rosco Gordon - Baby, Baby - Earl Forest - Rock the Bottle - Earl Forest - Bad Women, Bad Whiskey - Little Parker, Jr. - You're My Angel - Little Parker, Jr. - Good Lovin' - Bobby "Blue" Bland - Drifting from Town to Town - Bobby "Blue" Bland - My Baby - James Anthony Cotton - Straighten Up Baby - James Anthony Cotton - Work with Her Boy - Shy Guy Douglas - Detroit Arrow Blues - Shy Guy Douglas - Carry My Business On (tk 1) - Houston Boines - Crying in the Courthouse (tk 1) - Houston Boines - Walked All Night - Charley Booker - Baby I'm Coming Home - Charley Booker - I'm Gonna Murder My Baby - Pat Hare - Bonus Pay - Pat Hare disc 3: - T Model Boogie - Rosco Gordon - Saddled the Cow (And Milked the Horse) - Rosco Gordon - Seems Like a Million Years (tk 1) - Willie Nix - Riding in the Moonlight - Willie Nix - Can't Love Me and My Money Too - L.B. Lawson - Flypaper Boogie - L.B. Lawson - Somebody Told Me - Little Milton - If You Love Me Baby - Little Milton - Feelin' Good - Little Junior - Fussin' and Fightin' Blues - Little Junior - Hart's Bread Boogie - Billy Love - Blues Leave Me Alone - Billy Love - She Comes to See Me Sometime (tk 1) - Joe Hill Louis - We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis - Sweet Home Chicago (tk 1) - David Honeyboy Edwards - Mistreating Boogie - Mose Vinson - Worry You Off My Mind - Mose Vinson - Lucy Done Moved - L.C. Hubert - Don't Dog Me Around - Eddie Snow - Skin and Bone (tk 1) - Eddie Snow - Dead Letter Blues (tk 1) - Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman (tk 3) - Johnny O'Neal - You'll Be Sorry - Houston Stokes - Blue and Lonesome - Houston Stokes - Long Gone Raymond - Raymond Hill - I'm Back Pretty Baby - Raymond Hill - Blue Man (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks - High (tk 1) - Kenneth Banks disc 4: - Tiger Man - Rufus Thomas - Save That Money - Rufus Thomas - Lookin' for My Baby - Little Milton - Homesick for My Baby - Little Milton - Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson - So Long Baby Goodbye - Sammy Lewis/Willie Johnson - Cotton Crop Blues - James Anthony Cotton - Hold Me in Your Arms - James Anthony Cotton - Come Back Home (tk 1) - Howlin' Wolf - Chocolate Drop - Howlin' Wolf - Blue Guitar - Earl Hooker - Believe I'll Settle Down - Boyd Gilmore - We All Gotta Go Sometime - Walter Horton - Off the Wall - Walter Horton - Love My Baby - Little Junior - Mystery Train - Junior Parker - Dry Up Baby - Bobby "Blue" Bland - Crying All Night Long - Bobby "Blue" Bland - Way After Midnight (tk 1) - Billy Love - Hey Now (tk 1) - Billy Love - I Wronged a Woman - Earl Forest - I Can't Forgive You - Earl Forest - Midnight Hours Journey - Johnny Ace - My Baby Left Me - Raymond Hill - You're Driving Me Insane - Ike Turner - Trouble and Heartaches - Ike Turner - When It Rains It Pours - Billy "The Kid" Emerson - Move Baby Move - Billy "The Kid" Emerson 4 CD set JSP JSPCD 7777 (UK)
12	2013	The Sun Blues Story disc 1: - Fine Looking Woman - B.B. King - Moanin' At Midnight- Howlin' Wolf - Harmonica Jam - Hot 'Shot' Love - Boogie In The Park - Joe Hill Louis - Save That Money - Rufus Thomas, Jr. - Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Willie Nix - Greyhound Blues - D.A. Hunt - Howlin' Tom Cat - 'Harmonica' Frank - Fussin' & Fightin' Blues - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter - Easy - Jimmy & Walter - Don't You Want A Man Like Me - B.B. King - My Baby - James Cotton - Something For Nothing - Billy Emerson - Truckin' Little Woman - Willie Nix - Jukebox Boogie - Doctor Ross - Got My Application, Baby - Handy Jackson - Take A Little Chance - Jimmy De Berry - Lookin' For My Baby - Little Milton - Night Workin' Blues - Rufus Thomas Jr. disc 2: - Come Back Baby - Doctor Ross - Shoobie Oobie - Rosco Gordon - I'm Lonesome Baby - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm - Hard Working Woman - B.B. King - When It Rains It Pours - Billy Emerson - Juiced - Billy Love - Straighten Up Baby - James Cotton - Baker Shop Boogie - Willie Nix - We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis - If You Love Me - Little Milton - Feelin' Good - Little Junior's Blue Flames - Little Fine Healthy Thing - Billy Emerson - Feel So Worried - Sammy Lewis & Willie Johnson - Baby, No No! - Big Memphis Ma Rainey - Try One More Time - Willie Nix - Drop Top - Billy 'Red' Love - Why Did You Deegee? - Rufus Thomas Jr. - She's Dynamite - B.B. King - Bring Your Love Back Home To Me - Eddie Snow - How Many More Years? - Howlin' Wolf disc 3: - Beggin' My Baby - Little Milton - Before Long - Jimmy & Walter - Love My Baby - Little Junior's Blue Flames - The Wolf Is At Your Door - Howlin' Wolf - Hold Me In Your Arms - James Cotton - Lonesome Ol' Jail - D.A. Hunt - Mistreated Woman - B.B. King - Wise To You Baby - Rosco Gordon - Country Clown - Doctor Ross - Gotta Let You Go - Joe Hill Louis - Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter - Somebody Told Me - Little Milton - Seems Like A Million Years - Willie Nix - Too Many Women - Rosco Gordon - Ridin' The Boogie - Lou Sargent - Cotton Crop Blues - James Cotton - Time Has Made A Change - Jimmy De Berry - Heartbroken And Worried - Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm - Walkin' In The Rain - Rufus Thomas Jr. - Drivin' Slow - Johnny London 3 CD box set notes by Drew Heatley One Day Music DAY3CD011(EU 2012)
13	2013	The Sun Blues Box Blues, R&B And Gospel Music in Memphis 1950-1958 disc 6 - Kings Of Rhythm Raymond Hill - Long Gone - My Baby Left Me - I'm Back Pretty Baby - Somebody's Been Carryin' Your Rollin' On Bonnie Turner - Love Is A Gamble - Old Brother Jack Tot Randolph - Blues Train Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman (Peg Leg Baby) - Dead Letter Blues - Johnny's Dream Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby - Somebody Told Me - I Love My Baby Houston Boines - Carry My Business On - Standing In The Courthouse Crying Little Milton - If You Love Me - Alone And Blue - She's My Queen - Re-Beep (previously issued as Re-Beat) - Lookin' For My Baby - Rode That Train (Lookin' For My Baby) - Homesick For My Baby Earl Hooker - Steel Guitar Rag - Blue Guitar - The Drive - Move On Down The Line - The Hucklebuck Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Sammy Lewis / Willie Johnson - Gonna Leave You Baby - I Feel So Worried -1 - I Feel So Worried -2 - So Long Baby Goodbye disc 9 - OutTakes Handy Jackson - (Have You Ever Had) Trouble -2 Billy Love - You're Gonna Cry Sleepy John Estes - Runnin' Around -2 Elven Parr's In The Groove Boy - Skin And Bones Woman -2 Walter Horton - Little Walter's Boogie -2 Henry Hill with Doctor Ross - That Ain't Right -2 Joe Hill Louis - She May Be Yours (But She Comes To See Me Sometimes) Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago -2 'Little Walker' - Off The Wall -2 Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down -2 Johnny O'Neal - Ugly Woman -2 - Dead Letter Blues -2 - Johnny's Dream -2 - Wolf Call Boogie -2 Billy Love - Way After Midnight -2 - Gee I Wish -2 - The News Is All Around Town -2 Little Milton - Rode That Train/Lookin' For My Baby -3 Sammy Lewis / Willie Johnson - I Feel So Worried -3 - So Long Baby Goodbye -2 Doctor Ross - Left Job Boogie Charlie Booker - Walked All Night -2 - Baby I'm Coming Home -2 Ike Turner with Tommy Hodge - (I Know) You Don't Love Me - Down & Out (aka How Long Will It Last) - You Ain't The One - Matchbox (aka I'm Gonna Forget About You) Pat Hare - Cheating And Lying Blues (aka I'm Gonna Murder My Baby) in total 307 tracks on 10 CDs 10 CD box set 184 page booklet Bear Family BCD 17310 (Germany 2013) Sun boxes discography
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Jean-Claude Arnaudon: Dictionnaire du Blues.- Paris, France (Filipacci) 1977, p. 159
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013 (not included!)
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 322
- Robert Ford & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1971 - 2000 [the later years].- Vancouver 2011, p. 276
- James LaRocca: Sammy Lewis.- Blues Unlimited 78 (December 1970), p. 10
- http://www.706unionavenue.nl/66304686
- Blues World of Laurie McVay: Sammy Lewis - A Message in a Bottle
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
source of left column picture: Sun 218 (78 rpm) label
thanks to Joe Louis, Lex Jansen and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

Sammy Lewis at CMC Studio in West Memphis, Arkansas, 1972
sources: http://www.706unionavenue.nl/66304686 and Jefferson Magazine #40 (Summer 1978); photographer: Hans Schweitz

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