Illustrated Robert Petway discography

R O B E R T P E T W A Y; source: http://www.thedevilsmusic.net/lyrics/robert_petway.html
source: http://www.thedevilsmusic.net/lyrics/robert_petway.html
(image processed by Stefan Wirz) Robert Petway
apparently né Robert Pettiway
b. ~~October 18, 1907~~ apparently about 1902 in Itta Bena, Leflore County, Missisippi
d. ~~May 30, 1978~~ ¹⁾ after 1942, unknown location ~~in Chicago, Illinois~~
discography

¹⁾ Bob Eagle: "I believe the guy who died on this date was *not* the blues singer. [...] AFAIK, there is nothing to connect this guy with the Catfish Blues man."

#	year of release	title / label # / notes
*10 inch 78 rpm*
1	1941	Robert Petway - Let Me Be Your Boss (059480-1) @ youtube - Rockin' Chair Blues (059478-1) @ youtube rec. March 28, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; prob. Alfred Elkins, imb Bluebird B8726
2	1941	Robert Petway - Sleepy Woman Blues (059482-1) @ youtube - Don't Go Down Baby (059483-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. March 28, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; prob. Alfred Elkins, imb Bluebird B8756
3	1941	Robert Petway - Left My Baby Crying (059481-1) @ youtube @ Spotify - My Little Girl (059479-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. March 28, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; prob. Alfred Elkins, imb Bluebird B8786
4	1941	Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (059476-1) @ youtube - Ride 'Em On Down (059477-1) @ youtube rec. March 28, 1941 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; prob. Alfred Elkins, imb Bluebird B8838
5	4/1942	Robert Petway - Boogie Woogie Woman (074111-1) * @ youtube @ Spotify - Hollow Log Blues (0074112-1) @ youtube rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb; * poss. Tommy McClennan, voc, sp Bluebird B8987 (US 4/1942) Tommy McClennan discography
6	1942	Robert Petway - In The Evening (074113-1) @ youtube - Bertha Lee Blues (074108-1) @ youtube rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb Bluebird B9008
7	8/1942	Robert Petway - My Baby Left Me (074114-1) @ youtube - Cotton Pickin' Blues (074115-1) @ youtube @ Spotify rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb Bluebird B9036 (US 8/1942)
		- Hard Working Woman (074109-1) - Ar'nt Nobody's Fool (074110-1) rec. February 20, 1942 in Chicago, IL; Robert Petway, voc, g; Alfred Elkins, imb Bluebird unissued
*EP / LP / CD compilations*
8	1965	Robert Petway (1941) Treasury Of Jazz N^o 51 - Catfish Blues [Bluebird B8838] - Ride 'em On Down [Bluebird B8838] - Rockin' Chair Blues [Bluebird B8726] - My Little Girl [Bluebird B8786] All Treasury of Jazz issues supervised by Bert Bradfield RCA Victor 86.418 M (Fr 1965)
9	1966	Blues Roots / Mississippi Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues - Big Fat Mama Blues - Big Road Blues Mississippi Jook Band - Barbecue Bust Joe Williams - My Grey Pony Bo Carter - Cigarette Blues - All Around Man Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - Honeymoon Blues Charlie McCoy - That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Man Robert Petway - Bertha Lee Blues Sonny Boy Williamson - Miss Louisa Blues - Until My Love Come Down compiled by Samuel Charters notes by Samuel Charters RBF RF 14 (US 1966) RBF discography
10	1967	Down With The Game Vol. 1 Bukka White - When Can I Change My Clothes - High Fever Blues Charley Jordan - Cutting My A B C's - Chifferobe Little Buddy Doyle - Three Sixty-Nine Blues - Sweet Man Blues Memphis Minnie - Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues Memphis Minnie - Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool) Little David Alexander - Original Sweet Patunia (Patootie Blues) - Standing By A Lampost [sic] Robert Petway - Boogie Woogie Woman Joe Williams - Please Don't Go - Break 'Em On Down Tommy Griffin - Miserable Life Blues the labels have "D.203" plus "DWG.204" resp. "DWG.205" printed Down With The Game D 200 (UK 1967) DWTG discography
11	1968	Mississippi Blues Vol. 3 1928-1942 Arthur Petties - Out On The Santa Fe Blues Bo Carter - I Want You To Know Poor Boy Lofton - Jake Leg Blues - My Mean Baby Blues Mississippi Sheiks - Jail Bird Love Song - Yodeling Fiddling Blues Big Joe McCoy - I'm Through With You - When You Said Goodbye Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man Mr. Freddie Spruell - Let's Go Riding Robert Petway - My Baby Left Me - Cotton Pickin' Blues Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues Mississippi Jook Band - Dangerous Woman Tommy McClennan - Mozelle Blues - Mr. So And So Blues compiled and produced by Evelyn Sperker Roots RL-314 (Austria 1968) Roots Records discography
12	1969	Vintage Country Blues Vol. 6 Scrapper Blackwell Big Bill Broonzy - Something Good Bumble Bee Slim - Everybody's Fishing Tommy Griffin - Mistreatin' Papa - Snake Hipping Blues Frank James - Springback Papa Elijah Jones - Katy Fly - Mean Actin' Mama Robert Petway - Let Me Be Your Boss Josh White - Cherry Picker - Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues Joe Williams - Crawlin' King Snake Blind Squire Turner - She Ain't No Girl Of Mine - Pitty-Pat Blues Down With The Game D 206 ["... never released; 2 test pressings exist ... with mock up Robert Crumb style sleeve" (Peter Brown)] DWTG discography
13	1971	Blues 1920-40 LP track sequence: LP 1 Tommy Johnson - Big Road Blues Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues Frank Stokes - T'Ain't Nobody's Business Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman LP 2 Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz Gus Cannon - Viola Lee Blues Gus Cannon - Going To Germany Gus Cannon - Walk Right In Daddy Stovepipe - The Spasm Tommy McClennan - Whiskey Head Woman Tommy McClennan - De'se My Blues Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama Robert Petway - Catfish Blues Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me LP 3 Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed Leroy Carr - - Six Cold Feet In The Ground Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues - part 3 Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues Joe Pullum - Hard Working Man Blues [Bluebird B6276] Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway CD track sequence: CD 1 Early Years of Country Blues Tommy Johnson - Road Blues (3:18) Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues (3:37) Ishman Bracey - Trouble-Hearted Blues (3:24) Blind Willie McTell - Dark Night Blues (2:49) Blind Willie McTell - Loving Talking Blues (2:34) Clifford Gibson - Drayman Blues (2:59) Clifford Gibson - She Rolls It Slow (2:44) °° Bukka White - The Panama Ltd. (3:08) Memphis Blues Jim Jackson - I'm Wild About My Loving (3:11) Furry Lewis - Dry Land Blues (3:05) Frank Stokes - 'Taint Nobody's Business (3:11) Frank Stokes - Frank Stokes' Dream (2:52) Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love, She Got ... (2:56) Sleepy John Estes - Poor John Blues (2:52) °° Sleepy John Estes - Lawyer Clark Blues (3:09) Son Bonds - A Hard Pill To Swallow (2:58) °° Memphis Minnie - Don't Want No Woman (3:13) Jug Band Memphis Jug Band - Memphis Jug Blues (3:30) Memphis Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis (2:20) Memphis Jug Band - Jug Band Waltz (2:49) Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues (3:08) Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany (2:32) Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In (2:52) Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm (2:54) Washboard Sam & His Washboard Band - Gonna Hit The Highway (3:09) °° CD 2 Mississippi Blues In The 30's Tommy McClennan - Whisky Head Woman (3:00) Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues (3:17) Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (3:21) Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:12) Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:46) Robert Petway - Catfish Blues (2:52) Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:55) Piano Blues Leroy Carr - Rocks In My Bed (3:11) Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet In The Ground (3:06) Peetie Wheatstraw - Devil's Son-In-Law (3:22) Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw (3:15) Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues Part 3 (3:07) Big Maceo - Worried Life Blues (2:57) Big Maceo - Detroit Jump (2:47) °° Joe Pullum with Andy Boy - Hard Working Man Blues (3:35) City Blues Big Bill Broonzy - Friendless Blues (3:22) Big Bill Broonzy - The Southern Blues (3:32) Tampa Red - Kingfish Blues (3:11) Robert Lee McCoy - Tough Luck (3:04) Sonny Boy Williamson - Good Morning Schoolgirl (3:01) Sonny Boy Williamson - Elevator Woman (2:38) °° Sonny Boy Williamson - Early In The Morning (2:58) Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:40) Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - That's All Right (2:54) °° compiled by Yasufumi Higurashi, Toyo Nakamura & Hiroshi Suzuki; manufactured from Master Recordings of RCA corporation °° CD has seven additional tracks! 3 LP folding box with 30-pp. booklet RCA Victor RA-5433/5 (Jp 1971) 3 LP slide-in box with 30-page booklet = RCA Victor RA-9051/3 (Jp 1975) 2 CD set, notes by Hiroshi Suzuki, Toyo Nakamura, Yasufumi Higurashi, Hisamitsu Noguchi & Shoichi Yui = RCA BVCP-8733/4 (Jp 1994) "Blues 1927-46" 2 CD set = RCA BVCM-37530/1 (Jp 2004) "Blues 1927-46"
14	1974	Lonesome Road Blues 15 Years in the Mississippi Delta 1926 - 1941 Big Joe Williams - Little Leg Woman Arthur Pettis - Good Boy Blues Sonny Boy Nelson - Street Walkin' Mississippi Bracey [Bracy] - Stered Gal [Stir It, Gal] - Cherry Ball Sam Collins - My Road Is Rough And Rocky - Lobesome Road Blues Robert Petway - Catfish Blues Freddie Spruell - Milk Cow Blues - Tom Cat Blues Skip James - I'm So Glad Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me Johnny Temple - The Evil Devil Blues The Mississippi Moaner - It's Cold In China Blues notes by Stephen Calt and John Miller Yazoo L-1038 (US 1974) = Yazoo L-1038 = Yazoo CD 1038 (US 1992?) Yazoo Records discography
15	1975	Mississippi Blues In The 40s Tommy McClennan - New Shake 'Em On Down - My Baby's Gone - Blues Trip Me This Morning - Roll Me, Baby - Blue As I Can Be Robert Lockwood - Black Spider Blues - I'm Gonna Train My Baby Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue Arthur Crudup - If I Get Lucky Robert Petway - Ride 'Em On Down - Left My Baby Crying - Sleepy Woman Blues - Bertha Lee Blues - In The Evening album conception by Toyo Nakamura notes (in Japanese) by Yasufumi Higuarsi RCA RVC RA-5708 (Jp 1975)
16	1983?	Robert Petway (1941-42) Complete Recordings in Chronological Order - Catfish Blues - Ride 'Em On Down - Rockin' Chair Blues - My Little Girl - Let Me Be Your Boss - Left My Baby Crying - Sleepy Woman Blues - Don't Go Down Baby - Bertha Lee Blues - Boogie Woogie Woman - Hollow Log Blues - In The Evening - My Baby Left Me - Cotton Pickin' Blues notes by Paul Oliver Wolf WSE 108 BF10,28
17	1991	Mississippi Blues (1935-1951) The Complete Recorded Works Of Otto Virgial, Robert Petway, Robert Lockwood Robert Lockwood - Black Spider Blues - Dust My Broom - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole - I'm Gonna Train My Baby - Little Boy Blue - Take A Walk With Me Robert Petway - Bertha Lee Blues - Boogie Woogie Woman - Catfish Blues - Cotton Pickin' Blues - Don't Go Down Baby - Hollow Log Blues - In The Evening - Left My Baby Crying - Let Me Be Your Boss - My Baby Left Me - My Little Girl - Ride 'Em On Down - Rockin' Chair Blues - Sleepy Woman Blues Otto Virgial - Bad Notion Blues - Got The Blues About Rome - Little Girl In Rome - Seven Year Itch notes by Alan Balfour Wolf WBCD-005 (Austria 1991)
18	199?	Mississippi Blues Vol. 3 Complete Recordings of Robert Petway, Mississippi Matilda & Sonny Boy Nelson Robert Petway - Catfish Blues - Ride 'em On Down - Rockin' Chair Blues - My Little Girl - Let Me Be Your Boss - Left My Baby Crying - Sleepy Woman Blues - Don't Go Down Baby - Bertha Lee Blues - Boogie Woogie Woman - Hollow Log Blues - In The Evening - My Baby Left Me - Cotton Pickin' Blues Mississippi Matilda - A & V Blues - Hard Working Woman - Happy Home Blues Sonny Boy Nelson - Long Tall Woman - Low Down - Lovin' Blues - Street Walkin' - If You Don't Believe I'm Leaving Baby - Pony Blues notes by Chris Smith Document DOCD 5671 (Austria 199?)
19	1997	Tommy McClennan & Robert Petway: A Guitar King 1939-1942 Tommy McClennan - Bottle It Up And Go - Whiskey Head Woman - New "Shake 'Em On Down" - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - You Can Mistreat Me Here - My Baby's Gone - It's Hard To Be Lonesome - Katy Mae Blues - Black Minnie - Love With A Feeling - Elsie Blues - Cross Cut Saw Blues - Deep Blue Sea Blues - Travellin' Highway Man - I'm A Guitar King - I Love My Baby - Mozelle Blues - Bluebird Blues Robert Petway - Bertha Lee Blues - Boogie Woogie Woman EPM / Blues Collection 158702 (Fr 1997) BR120,28
20	2003	Tommy McClennan & Robert Petway: Cotton Pickin' Blues Tommy McClennan - Bottle It Up And Go Robert Petway - Catfish Blues Tommy McClennan - Cotton Patch Blues - Whiskey Head Woman Robert Petway - Ride 'Em On Down Tommy McClennan - Cross Cut Saw Blues Robert Petway - Let Me Be Your Boss Tommy McClennan - Des'e My Blues - Brown Skin Girl Robert Petway - Bertha Lee Blues Tommy McClennan - You Can Mistreat Me Here - Classy Mae Blues Robert Petway - Boogie Woogie Woman Tommy McClennan - Blues Trip Me This Morning - New Shake 'em On Down - My Little Girl - It's A Crying Pity - Travelin' Highway Man Robert Petway - In The Evening Tommy McClennan - Mozelle Blues - Mr So And So Blues - I'm A Guitar King Robert Petway - Rocking Chair Blues Tommy McClennan - New Highway No. 51 Blues - Roll Me Baby Acrobat ACRCD 188 (UK 2003)
21	2004	Big Joe Williams and the Stars of Mississippi Blues disc 4: Tommy McClennan - Cross Cut Saw Blues (take 1) - Cross Cut Saw Blues (take 2) - Classy Mae Blues - You Can't Read My Mind - Travelin' Highway Man - Deep Blue Sea Blues - I'm A Guitar King - It's A Crying Pity - Mozelle Blues - Blues Trip Me This Morning - Mr. So And So Blues - Roll Me, Baby - I Love My Baby - Shake It Up And Go - Blues As I Can Be - Bluebird Blues - Bluebird Blues (take 2) - Boogie Woogie Woman Robert Petway - Catfish Blues - Ride 'Em On Down - Rockin' Chair Blues - My Little Girl - Let Me Be Your Boss - Left My Baby Crying - Sleepy Woman Blues disc 5: Robert Petway - Don't Go Down Baby - Bertha Lee Blues - Hollow Log Blues - In The Evening - My Baby Left Me - Cotton Pickin' Blues David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - Roamin' And Ramblin' Blues - You Got To Roll (Levee Camp Song) - You Got To Roll - Water Coast Blues - Stagolee - Just A Spoonful - Spread My Raincoat Down - Hellatakin' Blues - Wind Howlin' Blues - Worried Life Blues - Tear It Down Rag - The Army Blues Willie 'Poor Boy' Lofton - It's Killin' Me - Poor Boy Blues - Jake Leg Blues - My Mean Baby Blues - Dirty Mistreater - Rainy Day Blues - Beer Garden Blues - Dark Road Blues 5 CD set notes by Neil Slaven JSP JSPCD 7719 (UK 2004)
Additional information appreciated !!!

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Görgen Antonsson discographies
- Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich & Howard W. Rye: Blues & Gospel Records 1890 - 1943, 4th ed. 1997, pp. 717-718
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 188
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources
thanks to Alan Balfour, Patrice Champarou, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Russell Shor for additional information / scans