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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

F R A N K I E   L E E   S I M S, source: Lawrence Cohn: Nothing But The Blues, 1993, p. 82; photographer: Chris Strachwitz
source: Lawrence Cohn: Nothing But The Blues, 1993, p. 82
photographer: Chris Strachwitz
Frankie Lee Sims
b. April 30, 1917 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
d. May 10, 1970 at Woodlawn Hospital in Dallas, Texas
buried at Lincoln Memorial Park, Dallas, TX
discography
 

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11947Smoky Hogg

- Hard Times (A)   @ youtube
- Goin' Back Home (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1947 in Dallas, TX; Smokey Hogg, voc, p; Frankie Lee Sims, g


Bullet 285

Smokey Hogg discography

21948FRANKIE LEE SIMS and BLUE BONNET TRIO

- Cross Country Blues (A)   @ youtube
- Home Again Blues (B) #   @ youtube

rec. 1948 at Sellars studio on Commerce Street in Dallas, TX; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; # unknown [Hop Wilson?], steel g; b


Blue Bonnet 147 [Herb Rippa's label]

31948FRANKIE LEE SIMS And His Guitar Trio

- Don't Forget Me Baby (A)   @ youtube
- Single Man Blues (B)   @ youtube

rec. 1948 at Sellars studio on Commerce Street in Dallas, TX; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; unknown [Hop Wilson?], steel g; b


Blue Bonnet 148

 1949LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS

- Jail House Blues (A) #   @ youtube
- "T" Model Blues (B)   @ youtube



originally unissued track from same session:
- Traveler's Blues (Trying To Find A Friend) #   @ youtube

rec. 1949 in Houston, Tx. by Bill Quinn; Lightnin' Hopkins, voc, g; # Frankie Lee Sims, g [rather Hop Wilson, steel g (Govenar 2010, p. 55)]


Gold Star 662

= Sittin' In With 644 (195?)

# Dart LP 8000
Verve LP 8453
Verve LP 331.010 (Fr)

Arhoolie LP 2010

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

51953FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- Lucy Mae Blues   @ youtube   @ Spotify
- Don't Take It Out On Me (X)   @ youtube   @ Spotify



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Married Woman [Specialty SP/SPS 2117]   @ youtube
- Wine And Gin Bounce (instr) [Specialty CD 7022]   @ youtube

rec. May 5, 1953 in Dallas, TX; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; p; b; Herbert Washington, dr

 
Specialty 459 [Art Rupe's label]

61953FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- I'm Long Long Gone   @ youtube
- Yeh Baby (X)   @ youtube

rec. May 14, 1953 in Dallas, TX; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; p; b; Herbert Washington, dr


Specialty 478

   

- Boogie Cross The Country [] #
- Jelly Roll Baker [] #
- I'm So Glad #
- Long Gone (alt tk) #
- Raggedy And Dirty #

- No Good Woman [] *
- Walking Boogie *

rec. May 14, 1953 in Dallas, TX; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; [] hca; p; b; Herbert Washington, dr

Specialty unissued

# Specialty SP/SPS 2124 (1970)

* Specialty SPCD-79022 (1993)

71954FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- Rhumba My Boogie   @ youtube
- I'll Get Along Somehow   @ youtube

rec. February 5, 1954 in Dallas, TX; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; p; b; Herbert Washington, dr


Specialty 487

   

- Frankie's Blues #
- Cryin' Won't Help You #
- I Done Talked And I Done Talked #
- Lucy Mae Blues - Part 2 #

- Hawk Shuffle *
- Frankie Lee's 2 O'Clock Jump *

rec. February 5, 1954 in Dallas, TX; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; p; b; Herbert Washington, dr

Specialty unissued

# Specialty SP/SPS 2124 (1970)

* Specialty SPCD-79022 (1993)

81957FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- What Will Lucy Do? (3382)
- Misery Blues (3381)

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; Willie Taylor, p; Jimmy Mullen ("Mercy Baby"), dr

 
Ace 524 [Johnny Vincent's label]

91957FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- Hey Little Girl (3386)
- Walking With Frankie (3387) (3:02)   @ youtube



originally unissued extended version from same session:
- Walking With Frankie (3387 - extended version) (3:31) [Westside WESM 554]   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; Jack White, ts; Willie Taylor, p; Ralph Morgan, b; Jimmy Mullen ("Mercy Baby"), dr

 
Ace 527

101957MERCY BABY

- Marked Deck (3388)   @ youtube
- Rock 'n Roll Baby (3389)   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Julius "Jimmy" Mullins ("Mercy Baby"), voc, dr; Jacquette Brooks, Jack White, saxes; Willie Taylor, p; Frankie Lee Sims, g; Ralph Morgan, b


Ace 528 (US 1957)

111958MERCY BABY

- Silly Dilly Woman (3402) #   @ youtube
- Mercy's Blues (3403)   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Julius "Jimmy" Mullins ("Mercy Baby"), voc, dr; # Jacquette Brooks, # Jack White, saxes; Willie Taylor, p; Frankie Lee Sims, g; Ralph Morgan, b


Ace 535 (US 1957)

121958FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- She Likes To Boogie Real Low (S138)   @ youtube
- Well Goodbye Baby (S139)   @ youtube



originally unissued tracks from same session:
- Come Back Baby
- How Long [Westside WESM 554]   @ Spotify

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; Jack White, ts; Willie Taylor, p; Ralph Morgan, b; Jimmy Mullen ("Mercy Baby"), dr


Vin 1006 [Ace subsidiary]

131958FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- I Warned You Baby (3415) #   @ youtube
- My Talk Didn't Do No Good (3414)   @ youtube

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; # Jack White, ts; # Willie Taylor, p; Ralph Morgan, b; Jimmy Mullen ("Mercy Baby"), dr

 
Ace 539

141960Mercy Baby

- Pleadin' (3435)
- Don't Lie To Me (3436) #

rec. 1957 in Jackson, MS; Julius "Jimmy" Mullins ("Mercy Baby"), voc, dr; # Jacquette Brooks, # Jack White, saxes; Willie Taylor, p; Frankie Lee Sims, g; Ralph Morgan, b


Ric 955

   

- Why'd You Break My Heart #
- Short Haired Woman #
- My Home Ain't Here #
- Lucy Mae Blues - tk. 2 #
- Jelly Roll Baker #
- Come Back Baby - tk. 1 #
- Come Back Baby - tk. 2 #
- Send My Soul To The Devil - tk. 1 #
- As Long As I Live #
- Walking With Frankie #
- Don't Be Mad With Me #
- Going Back To Dallas #
- Going To The River #
- Frankie Lee Boogie #

- Wanted Everybody But Me
- Walking In The Rain

rec. prob. November 1960 in New York; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; ts; p; b; dr

unissued Bobby Robinson recordings

# Krazy Kat KK7428 (1985)
= Aim AIM1089CD (2006)

151960Lightnin' Hopkins: Lightning Strikes Again resp. Fast Life Woman resp. Blues et Gospel No 2 resp. Blues Underground
Original Hits - A Collector's Item

- Traveler's Blues [Gold Star unissued] #
- Penitentiary Blues
- Race Track Bluers
- Jackstropper Blues
- Fast Life Woman

- Short Haired Woman
- Unsuccessful Blues

- Jailhouse Blues [Gold Star 662] #
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightnin' Boogie


# with Frankie Lee Sims, g

Verve V8453 artwork by Burt Goldblatt
D D-8000 cover, design by Mike Daily

MGM E/SE-3917 [unissued]


= Dart LP 8000 (US 1960)

notes by Frederick Warner

= Verve V8453 (US 1962) "Fast Life Woman"


= Verve Bel Air 331.010 (Fr 196?) "Sam Lightnin' Hopkins Blues et Gospel No 2"


= D D-8000 "Blues Underground" (US 196?)

Lightnin' Hopkins discography

161962The Blue Guitar of Frankie Lee Sims

- What Will Lucy Do? [Ace 524]
- Misery Blues [Ace 524]

- Walking With Frankie [Ace 527]
- Hey Little Girl [Ace 527]

7 inch EP
notes by Kurt Mohr

Top Rank RE/RES-129 (Fr 1962)

16a196?Frankie Lee Sims / Billy Boy: chicago blues

Frankie Lee Sims
- Hola, Nena (Hey Little Girl) [Ace 527]   @ youtube
- ¿ Que Hara Lucy ? (What Will Lucy Do) [Ace 524]

Billy Boy Arnold
- He Aqui Mi Retrato (Here's My Picture)   @ youtube
- Me Tienes Equivocado (You've Got Me Wrong)


7 inch EP

Top Rank / Discophon 17.095 (Spain 196?)

Billy Boy Arnold discography

16b196?the Kings sing the Blues

Teem LP-5005 track sequence:
Frankie Lee Sims
- Walking With Frankie [Ace 527]
Sonny Boy Williams
- No Nights By Myself
Elmore James
- I Believe
Charles Brown
- Trouble Blues
Earl King
- Those Lonely, Lonely Nights

Eddie Bo
- I'll Keep On Trying
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What's Wrong With Me
Lightnin' Slim
- Bad Feeling Blues [Ace 505]
Frankie Fair
- Mean Mistreater
Sugar Boy Crawford
- I Cried


Vivid VS-1008 track sequence:
Sonny Boy Williams
- Boppin' With Sonny
- No Nights By Myself
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Mean Old World
- Baby I've Been Mistreated
Elmore James
- Dust My Broom
Bo Bo Thomas
- I Wish I Was A Catfish

Lightnin' Slim
- Bad Feeling Blues [Ace 505]
Schoolboy Cleve
- Beautiful Beautiful Love
- My Baby Done Gone
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What's Wrong With Me

Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do [Ace 524]
- Misery Blues [Ace 524]


Teem LP-5005 [Ace budget subsidiary]



(=) Vivid Sound/Ace VS-1008 (Jp 1979)

171965Pure Blues Volume One

Homesick James
- Crossroads
Buster Brown
- Don't Dog Your Woman
Lightnin' Slim
- Bad Feeling Blues
Etta James
- Roll With Me Honey

Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do? [Ace 524]
John Lee Hooker
- Boogie Chillun
Bobby Peterson
- One Day

J.B. Lenoir
- I Sing Um The Way I Feel
Willie Mae Thornton
- Tom Cat
Elmore James [actually Andrew 'Bobo' Thomas]
- I Wish I Was A Catfish

Mercy Baby
- Mercy's Blues [Ace 535]
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Bad Boogie
James Brown
- Why Does Everything Happen To Me


notes by Guy Stevens

Sue ILP 919 (UK 1965)

181965We Sing The Blues

Lightnin Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me
Otis Rush
- Cant Quit You Baby
Buster Brown
- Sugar Babe
Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup
- Mean Ole Frisco
Magic Sam
- Every Night About This Time [Chief C-7026]
Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground [Ace 536]
Tarheel Slim
- Number Nine Train

Lightnin Slim
- Lightnin Slim Boogie
T.V. Slim
- Hold Me Close To Your Heart
Lightnin Hopkins
- Mojo Hand
B.B. King
- The Letter
Elmore James & Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Believe My Time Ain't Long
Junior Wells
- Come On In This House

Frankie Lee Sims
- Misery Blues [Ace 524]
Earl Hooker
- Swear To Tell The Truth


compiled by Guy Stevens

notes by Guy Stevens

Sue ILP 921 (UK 1965)

20196?Texas Blues - The Early '50s

Smokey Hogg
- Penitentiary Blues [Top Hat 1020 / Ray's 33 ???]
- Penitentiary Blues, part 2 [Top Hat 1020 / Ray's 33 ???]
Mercy Dee
- Lonesome Cabin Blues

Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues [Specialty 459]
John Hogg
- West Texas Blues
- Black Snake Blues

Frankie Lee Sims
- I'm Long, Long Gone [Specialty 478]
Buddy Chiles
- Mistreated Blues
Anonymous [Mance Lipscomb]
- Tom Moore's Farm
L.C. Williams
- Trying, Trying
Texas Alexander
- Crossroads
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
Lightning Hopkins
- Late In The Evening


note [sic] by Paul Oliver

Blues Classics BC 16

Blues Classics Records discography

211968?Story Of The Blues - New Traditional Guitar -1

Frankie Lee Sims
- Yeah Baby [Specialty 478]
- Rhumba My Boogie [Specialty 487]
- I'll Get Along Somehow [Specialty 487]
Big Joe Williams
- She Left Me A Mule [Trumpet 171, 1952]
- Bad Heart Blues [Trumpet 171, 1952]
- Mama Don't Allow Me [Trumpet 151, 1952]
- Delta Blues [Trumpet 151, 1952]
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Appetite Blues [Modern 20568, prob. 1946]

Honeyboy [Frank Patt]
- My Time Ain't Long [Specialty 476]
- Bloodstains On The Wall [Specialty 476]
Smokey Hogg
- What's On Your Mind [Specialty 369]
- You Better Watch That Jive [Specialty 369]
- I'm Through With You [Specialty 334]
- Evil Mind Blues [Specialty 334]
John Lee Hooker
- Wandering Blues
- House Rent Boogie



Negro Art M-12-SB-359 (Fr 1968?)

Negro Art Records discography

221969Texas - Louisiana

Alexander Moore
- I Want My Mary
- Miss No Good Weed
Black Diamond (James Butler)
- T.P. Railer
Li'l Son Jackson
- Ground Hog Blues

Frankie Lee Sims
- Don't Forget My Baby [Blue Bonnet 148]
- Single Man Blues [Blue Bonnet 148]
Jesse Thomas
- Same Old Stuff [Miltone 232]
- Zetter Blues [Miltone 233]
- Mountain Key Blues [Miltone 233]
Country Jim (James Bledsoe)
- Rainey Morning Blues
- Avenue Blues
- Cario Blues [sic]
- Evil Blues


notes by Chris Roby

Highway 51 H-103 (UK 1969)

Highway 51 Records discography

231969This Is Blues

Homesick James
- Crossroads
J.B. Lenoir
- I Sing Um The Way I Feel
Elmore James
- It Hurts Me Too
Buster Brown
- Doctor Brown
Sonny Boy Williamson
- No Nights By Myself
Willie Mae Thornton
- Tom Cat
Freddy King
- Driving Sideways

Lowell Fulsom
- Talking Woman Blues
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me

Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do [Ace 524]
Otis Rush
- I Can't Quit You Baby
Junior Wells
- Prison Bars All Around Me
Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground
Tarheel Slim
- Numer 9 Train


compiled by Guy Stevens


Island IWP 5 (UK 1969)

241969This Is How It All Began
The Specialty Story Vol. 1

Gospel
- It's Getting Late In The Evening - Chosen Gospel Singers
- By and By - The Soul Stirrers
- Somebody Touched Me - Prof. Alex Bradford
- Trouble In My Way - The Swan Silvertones
Country Blues
- Don't Trust Nobody - John Lee Hooker

- Married Woman - Frankie Lee Sims [Specialty unissued]
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee

City Blues
- R.M. Blues - Roy Milton
- Pink Champagne - Joe Liggins
Ballads
- Please Send Me Someone To Love - Percy Mayfield
- Tabarin - The Four Flames
Jump & Boogie
- X-Temporaneous Boogie - Camille Howard
- Hucklebuck - Roy Milton
- Shuffle Shuck - Jimmy Liggins



Specialty SP/SPS 2117 (US 1969)


= Specialty SNTF 5002 (UK)

= Columbia/Specialty SL-5083-SP (Jp 1974)

251970Blues In D Natural

Robert Nighthawk
- Crying Won't Help You
- The Moon Is Rising
Elmore James
- Hawaiian Boogie
- Early In The Morning
Charles Clark
- Hidden Charms
- Row Your Boat
Homesick James
- The Woman I Love
Earl Hooker
- Blues In D Natural

Earl Hooker
- Tanya
- Blue Guitar

Frankie Lee Sims
- She Likes To Boogie Real Low [Vin 1006]
- Well Goodbye Baby [Vin 1006]
Tommy Brown
- Southern Women
- Remember Me
Sly Williams
- I Believe In A Woman
- Boot Hill


 
Red Lightnin' RL 005 (UK 1970)

Red Lightnin' Records discography

261970Frankie Lee Sims: Lucy Mae Blues

LP tracks:
- Lucy Mae Blues [Specialty 459]
- Married Woman
- Jelly Roll Baker
- I'm So Glad
- Boogie Cross The Country
- Frankie's Blues


- Don't Take It Out On Me [Specialty 459]
- I Done Talked And I Done Talked
- Cryin' Won't Help You
- Raggedy And Dirty
- Lucy Mae Blues - Part 2

- Long Gone (alt tk)

compiled by Barret Hanson. Original recordings produced by Jim Beck and John Vincent

CD tracks:
- Lucy Mae Blues [Specialty 459]
- Don't Take It Out On Me [Specialty 459]
- Married Woman
- Wine And Gin Bounce °°
- Boogie 'Cross The Country
- Jelly Roll Baker
- I'm So Glad
- Long Gone (alt tk)
- Raggedy And Dirty
- Yeh Baby [Specialty 478] °°
- No Good Woman °°
- Walking Boogie (tk 4) °°
- Frankie's Blues
- Cryin' Won't Help You
- I Done Talked And I Done Talked
- Lucy Mae Blues - Part 2
- Rhumba My Boogie [Specialty 487] °°
- I'll Get Along Somehow [Specialty 487] °°
- Hawk Shuffle °°
- Frankie Lee's 2 O'Clock Jump °°

°° CD bonus tracks

notes by Frankie Lee Sims (Chris Strachwitz interview)

Specialty SP/SPS 2124 (US 1970)


= Sonet/Specialty SNTF 5004 (UK 1974)

= Vivid Sound/Ace VS-2002 (Jp 1979)

notes by Billy Vera

= Specialty SPCD-7022-2
(=) Ace CDCHD 423 (UK 1993)

271971FRANKIE LEE SIMS

- Lucy Mae (Blues)
- Married Woman (Blues)


Specialty SPE 5009 (UK 1971)


= Specialty 478-45 (UK 198?)

 1971Lightning Hopkins: Early Recordings Vol. 2

- Short Haired Woman
- Old Woman Blues
- Untrue Blues
- T-Model Blues [Gold Star 662]

- Jail House Blues [Gold Star 662] #
- Trying To Find A Friend (Traveler's Blues) [Gold Star unissued] #
- Can't Be Successful
- Tom Moore Blues

- Fast Life Woman
- Grosebeck Blues - Take 2
- Grosebeck Blues - Take 3
- Rollin' Woman Blues
- Ain't It A Shame
- Somebody's Got To Go
- Automobile Blues
- All I Got Is Gone


rec. in late 40s, Houston, Tx., for Gold Star Records; # with Frankie Lee Sims, g [rather Hop Wilson, steel g (Govenar 2010, p. 55)]


Arhoolie 2010 (US 1971)

Arhoolie Records discography

291972More Great Rock

Derrell Felts & The Confederates
- Playmates
- The Weeper
David Gates
- Walkin' And Talkin'
- Swingin' Baby Doll

Frankie Lee Sims
- Walking With Frankie [Ace 527]
Bobby Lee Trammell
- If You Ever Get It Once

Billy Joe Tucker
- Boogie Woogie Bill
- Mail Train
Thomas Wayne
- You're The One That Done It
Ronnie Molleen
- Rockin' Up
- Fat Mama
Clear Waters
- Hill Billy Rock



Collector CL 1012 (NL 1972)

301972The City Blues

Roosevelt Sykes
- Homesick Blues
Bumble Bee Slim
- Strange Angel
- Lonesome Trail Blues
Jesse Thomas
- Jack O'Diamonds [Specialty 419]
Mercy Dee
- The Drifter
- Dark Muddy Bottom
Big Maceo Merriweather
- Just Tell Me Baby

Honeyboy
- Blood Stains On The Wall
- My Time Ain't Long
Gus Jenkins
- Cold Love
- Worries & Troubles

Frankie Lee Sims
- Yeh Baby [Specialty 478]
Mercy Dee & Thelma
- Rent Man Blues
Joe Turner
- Still In The Dark



Specialty SNTF 5015 (UK 1972)

311974Down Home Blues

- Big City Blues - Big Maceo
- Lonesome Old Feeling - Bumble Bee Slim

- I'll Get Along Somehow - Frankie Lee Sims [Specialty 487]
- My Woman Knows The Score - Mercy Dee [Specialty 458]
- Cryin' For My Baby - Pete McKinley
- I'm Through With You - Smokey Hogg [Specialty 334]
- I Ate The Wrong Part - Little Temple And His "88"

- One Sunday Morning - Big Maceo
- Goin' Back To Mama - Clarence London
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee [Specialty 458]
- Ida Red - Bumble Bee Slim

- Yeh, Baby! - Frankie Lee Sims [Specialty 478]
- Mean Black - Pete McKinley
- Ay-Tete Fee - Clifton Chenier


notes by Bez Turner

Specialty SNTF 5024 (UK 1974)

= Specialty SPY 28092 (Fr 1977)

321974Dark Muddy Bottom Blues

John Lee Hooker
Pinebluff Pete
Big Joe Williams
Lightnin' Hopkins
Clarence London
Country Jim
Smokey Hogg
Big Maceo
- One Sunday Morning
Mercy Dee
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
- Jelly Roll Baker


Columbia/Specialty SL-5089-SP (Jp 1974)

33197?Down Behind The Rise 1947-1953

Jesse Thomas
- D. Double Due Love You [Miltone 232]
- Same Old Stuff [Miltone 232]

Frankie Lee Sims
- Single Man Blues [Blue Bonnet 148]
- Don't Forget Me Baby [Blue Bonnet 148]
Jesse Thomas
- Gonna Write You A Letter [Modern 20-710]
Lightnin' Hopkins
- Jazz Blues
- Henny Penny Blues
Beverly Scott
- Brownskin Woman

Jesse Thomas
- Another Friend Like Me [Club 1/2]
- I Wonder Why [Club 1/2]
Willie Lane
- Too Many Women Blues
Wright Holmes
- Good Road Blues
- Drove From Home Blues
Johnny Beck (aka The Blind Boy)
- Locked In Jail
- Lay Down Mama
Jesse Thomas
- Gonna Move To California [Elko 107]


notes by Leroy Pierson

Nighthawk 106 (US 197?)

Nighthawk Records discography

341979Home Again Blues

Luther Huff
- 1951 Blues
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Desert Blues
Bluesboy Bill
- Come On Babe
Sunnyland Slim
- Back To Korea Blues
Hot Red Happy
- Worried Blues
Hank Kilroy
- Awful Shame
Baby Face Leroy
- Lou Ella
Brother Willie Eason
- I Want To Live (So God Can Use Me)


Frankie Lee Sims
- Home Again Blues [Blue Bonnet 147]
Sonny Boy Johnson
- Come And Go With Me
Eddie Kirkland
- Time For My Lovin' To Be Done
Sunnyland Slim
- It's All Over Now
John Tinsley & Fred Holland
- Keep Your Hands Off 'Er
L. C. Green
- Come Back Sugar Mama
Charles Bradix
- Wee Wee Hours
Little Sam Davis
- 1958 Blues


notes by Pat Conte, Don Kent and Robert Javors

Mamlish S-3799 (US 1979)

Mamlish Records discography

361979The Kings Sing The Blues Vol. 2

Jerry McCain
- Steady
- She's Tough
Sammy Myers
- My Love Is Here To Stay
- Sleeping In The Ground

Mercy Baby
- Marked Deck [Ace 528]
- Mercy's Blues [Ace 535]

Frankie Fair
- Mean Mistreater

Frankie Lee Sims
- Hey Little Girl [Ace 527]
- My Talk Didn't Do Any Good [Ace 539]
- Well Goodbye Baby
Buddy Guy
- The Way You've Been Treat Me
- Baby Don't You Wanna Come Home



Vivid Sound/Ace VS-1011 (Jp 1979)

371979The Ace Story Vol. 1

- Sea Cruise - Frankie Ford
- Everybody's Carried Away - Earl King

- Hey Little Girl - Frankie Lee Sims [Ace 527]
- Rockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu, Part 1 - Huey "Piano" Smith & Clowns
- Just For You And I - Supremes
- Your Little Baby Face Thing - Joe Tex
- Gee Baby - Joe & Ann

- I Love My Baby - Phaetons
- Storm Warning - Mac Rebennack
- Just A Dream - Jimmy Clanton
- Peanut Vendor - Alvin "Red" Tyler
- Let's Get It On - Hershel Almond
- Quit My Job - Bobby Marchan
- Morgus The Magnificent - Morgus & The Ghouls



Ace CH 11 (UK 1979)

381979The Ace Story Vol. 2

- Blow Wind Blow - Junior Gordon
- Bad Boogie - Lightnin' Hopkins

- Silly Dilly Woman - Mercy Baby [Ace 535]
- Roberta - Frankie Ford
- I Love To Rock 'N' Roll - Eddie Bo
- Rockin' Behind The Iron Curtain - Bobby Marchan & Clowns
- Please Don't Tell 'Em - Blue Dots

- Mercy - Gene & Al (The Spacemen)
- Sea Cruise - Little Shelton
- Such A Mess - Lloyd Price
- Looped - Joe Dyson
- Shakin' With A Flavor - Eddy Seacrest
- Educated Fool - Charles Brown & Amos Milburn
- Go Jimmy Go - Jimmy Clanton (with studio talk)



Ace CH 12 (UK 1979)

391983The Ace Story Vol. 3

- Boppin' With Sonny - Sonny Boy Williamson
- Saturday Night Fish Fry - Blue Dots
- Everybody's Wailin' - Huey Smith & Rhythm Aces

- Marked Deck - Mercy Baby [Ace 528]
- Snake Eyes - Alvin "Red" Tyler
- I'm So Glad You're Mine - Albert Scott
- Somebody Told It - Huey "Piano" Smith & Clowns

- Don't Leave Me Here To Cry - Supremes
- She's Tough - Jerry McCain
- For Cryin' Out Loud - Huey "Piano" Smith & Clowns
- My Love For You - Junior Gordon
- Sahara - Mac Rebennack
- Cut It Out - Joe Tex

- Rock 'N' Roll Baby - Mercy Baby [Ace 528]
- Steady - Jerry McCain


Ace CH 55 (UK 1983)

401984The Ace Story Vol. 4

- Teenage Wedding - Johnny Angel
- Tee-Na-Na - Dicky Williams
- Walk On - Alvin "Red" Tyler
- I Wanna Know Why - Roland Cooke
- Wherever You May Be - Joe & Ann
- Free Single And Disengaged - Huey "Piano" Smith
- Goodbye Blues - Jesse Allen
- Charlie Brown Got Expelled - Joe Tex

- Scald Dog - Huey "Piano" Smith
- Happy Sax - Alvin "Red" Tyler
- Can I Have A Word - Floyd Brown
- Can't Let You Go I Love You So - Albert Scott
- Yum Yum Yum - Joe Tex
- Mother's Advice - Joe Tex
- I'll Keep On Trying - Eddie Bo

- Walking With Frankie - Frankie Lee Sims [Ace 527]


Ace CH 98 (UK 1984)

411984The Ace Story Vol. 5

- Well I Never Get Tired - Johnny Fairchild
- Educated Fool - Huey "Piano" Smith & Clowns
- Let's Get It - Edgar Blanchard
- Hey Hey Baby Come Home - Albert Scott
- Baby Say You Will - Jesse Allen
- Somebody Else Is Taking My Place - Bobby Webb
- Roll On Train - Elton Anderson

- Well Goodbye Baby - Frankie Lee Sims [Vin 1006]

- Doin' The Rock And Roll - Calvin Spears
- Classy Lassie - Alvin "Red" Tyler
- Love Is My Business - Bobby Woods
- Packing Up - Earl King
- (Something) Keeps Dragging Me On - Ronnie & The Delinquents
- Loves Like A River - Charles Brown
- Who Can I Turn To - Big Boy Miles
- Roll 'Em Back - Eddie Bo



Ace CH 113 (UK 1984)

42198420 Great Blues Recordings of the 50's and 60's Vol. 2

Elmore James
Chuck Higgins
Roy Hawkins
Willie Egan
Johnny Guitar Watson
B.B. King

Frankie Lee Sims
- Don't Take It Out On Me [Specialty 459]
Howlin' Wolf
Earl King
Mercy Baby
Little Willie Littlefield
Bobby Blue Bland
Peewee Crayton
Eddie Kirkland
Bumble Bee Slim



Cascade/Ace DROP 1010 (UK 1984)

431985Frankie Lee Sims: Walking With Frankie
Unissued cuts from 1960

LP track sequence:
- Woman Why'd You Break My Heart
- Short Haired Woman
- My Home Ain't Here
- Lucy Mae Blues
- Jelly Roll Baker
- Come Back Baby - tk. 1
- Come Back Baby - tk. 2

- Send My Soul To The Devil
- As Long As I Live
- Walking With Frankie
- Don't Be Mad With Me
- Going Back To Dallas
- Going To The River
- Frankie Lee Boogie

rec. prob. November 1960 in New York; Frankie Lee Sims, voc, g; ts; p; b; dr; Bobby Robinson recordings

CD track sequence:
- Walking With Frankie
- Don't Be Mad With Me
- Lucy Mae Blues
- My Home Ain't There
- Send My Soul To The Devil
- Short Haired Woman
- Going Back To The River
- As Long As I Live
- Come Back Baby tk. 1
- Frankie Lee Boogie
- Going Back To Dallas
- Jelly Roll Baker
- Woman Why'd You Break My Heart
- Come Back Baby tk. 2

notes by Chris Bentley

Krazy Kat KK7428 (UK 1985)


= Aim AIM1089CD (Australia 2006)

Krazy Kat Records discography

441986Texas Country Blues   1948-1953

Rattlesnake Cooper
- Rattlesnake Blues   @ Spotify
- Lost Woman   @ youtube
Willie Lane
- Black Cat Rag   @ youtube
- Howling Wolf Blues   @ youtube
Sonny Boy Davis
- I Don't Live Here No More   @ youtube
Willie Lane
- Prowlin' Ground Hog   @ youtube
Sonny Boy Davis
- Rhythm Blues   @ youtube

Rattlesnake Cooper
- I Treated You Wrong   @ youtube
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I Got A Letter [Elko unissued, P-Vine PLP 2-704]   @ youtube
- Cold Blues [Elko unissued]   @ youtube
Manny Nichols
- Forgive Me Baby [previously unissued]   @ youtube
Big Son Tillis & D.C. Bender
- I'm Going Upstairs [Elko unissued]   @ youtube

Frankie Lee Sims
- Cross Country Blues [Blue Bonnet 147]   @ youtube

notes (July 1986) by Chris Bentley

Krazy Kat KK7434 (UK 1986)

Krazy Kat Records discography

451988Troubles Troubles
New Orleans Blues from the vaults of Ric & Ron

Eddie Lang
- Troubles, Troubles
- She's Mine All Mine
- I'm On My Way
- Easy Rockin'
- You Sure Is Fine
Edgar Blanchard and the Gondoliers
- Bopsody In Blues
- Blues Cha-Cha

Jerry Morris with Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow's Orchestra
- Lost Lover
- Bony Marone & Friends
- Cool Down Baby
- Amen
Jimmy Rivers Combo
- Blue Eagle Part 1

Mercy Baby
- Pleadin' [Ric 955]
- Country Baby


Rounder 2080 (US 1988)

461989Kings Of The Blues

- Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
- She Moves Me - Johnny Guitar Watson
- Sufferin' Mind - Guitar Slim

- I'll Get Along Somehow - Frankie Lee Sims [Specialty 487]
- Blues Serenade - Babyface Turner
- On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry
- Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker
- Sitting Here Thinking - T-Bone Walker
- Problem Child - Mercy Dee

- Worried About My Baby - Howling Wolf
- Tavern Lounge Boogie - Eddie Guitar Burns
- Believe I'll Change Towns - Smokey Hogg
- Too Many Drivers - Lowell Fulson
- Yesterday - Clifton Chenier
- Lonesome Dog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Hard Times - Johnny Fuller
- Riding Mighty High - Floyd Dixon
- Please Find My Baby - Elmore James


compiled by Ted Carroll

CD track sequence:
- Sweet Little Angel - B.B. King
- She Moves Me - Johnny Guitar Watson
- Sufferin' Mind - Guitar Slim

- I'll Get Along Somehow - Frankie Lee Sims [Specialty 487]
- Blues Serenade - Babyface Turner
- On My Way Back Home - Flash Terry
- Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker
- Sitting Here Thinking - T-Bone Walker
- Problem Child - Mercy Dee Walton
- Lonesome Old Feeling - Bumble Bee Slim
- I Tried - Young Wolf
- Cotton Picker - Chuck Higgins & The Mellotones
- Wild Hop - Pee Wee Crayton
- Worried About My Baby - Howling Wolf
- Tavern Lounge Boogie - Eddie Guitar Burns
- Believe I'll Change Towns - Smokey Hogg
- Too Many Drivers - Lowell Fulson
- Yesterday - Clifton Chenier
- Lonesome Dog Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
- Hard Times - Johnny Fuller
- Riding Mighty High - Floyd Dixon
- Please Find My Baby - Elmore James


notes by Ted Carroll

Ace CH 276 (UK 1989)


Ace CD 276 (UK 1997)

 1991Lightning Hopkins
The Gold Star Sessions Vol. 1


- Short Haired Woman
- Baby Please Don't Go
- Going Home Blues (Going Back and Talk To Mama)
- Automobile Blues
- Big Mama Jump
- Loretta Blues
- Seems Funny Baby
- Thunder And Lightning Blues (Coolin' Board Blues)
- Grosebeck Blues
- Tim Moore's Farm
- Lightning Boogie

- Traveler's Blues [Gold Star unissued] #
- Goodbye Blues
- Unkind Blues
- Fast Life Woman
- Zolo Go
- You Don't Know
- Treat Me Kind
- Somebody Got to Go
- Death Bells
- Mad With You
- Airplane Blues
- Racetrack Blues
- Unsuccessful Blues

# with Frankie Lee Sims, g [rather Hop Wilson, steel g (Govenar 2010, p. 55)]


Arhoolie CD 330 (US 1991)

 1991Lightning Hopkins
The Gold Star Sessions Vol. 2


- Walking Blues
- Shining Moon
- Ida May
- Mercy
- Automobile Blues
- Glory B. Blues (Blue Bird Blues)
- All I Got Is Gone
- Whiskey Blues
- European Blues
- What Can It Be
- Lonesome Home
- Appetite Blues
- Lightning Blues
- Hammond Boogie (Organ Boogie)
- Rollin' Woman Blues

- Jail House Blues [Gold Star 662] #
- T-Model Blues [Gold Star 662]
- No Mail Blues
- Ain't It a Shame
- Old Woman Blues
- Untrue Blues
- Henny Penny Blues
- Jackstropper Blues
- Grievance Blues

# with Frankie Lee Sims, g [rather Hop Wilson, steel g (Govenar 2010, p. 55)]


Arhoolie CD 337 (US 1991)

4919984th & Beale And Further South
The Ace Blues Masters Vol. 2

Joe Hill Louis
- 4th And Beale
- Ruthie Mae
- Joe Hill Boogie
- Going Down To Louisiana
- Get Up Off It
- Sweetest Woman I Ever Knew
Big Boy Crudup
- Mean Old World
- Baby I've Been Mistreated
- My Baby Boogies All The Time
- I Wonder

Frankie Lee Sims
- What Will Lucy Do [Ace 524]
- Misery Blues [Ace 524]
- Hey Little Girl [Ace 527]
- Walking With Frankie [Ace 527 - extended version!]
- My Talk Didn't Do No Good [Ace 539]
- I Warned You Baby [Ace 539]
- She Likes To Boogie Real Low [Vin 1006]
- Well Goodbye Baby [Vin 1006]
- How Long [Vin unissued]
Mercy Baby
- Marked Deck [Ace 528]
- Rock 'N' Roll Baby [Ace 528]
- Pleadin' [Ric 955]
- Don't Lie To Me [Ric 955]


Westside WESM 554 (UK 1998)

49a199?Savage Kick Vol. 1

Peppermint Harris - Angel Child
Frankie Lee Sims - She Likes To Boogie Real Low
Lightnin' Hopkins - Movin' Out Boogie
Lord Luther - Thinkin' Man's Girl
Screamin' Joe Neal - She's My Baby
Big John Greer - Come Back Uncle John
Cardinals - Choo Choo
Calvin Boze - Safronia B.
Harmonica Frank - Rock-A-Little Baby
Icky Renrut - The Rooster

Mojo Watson - Look-A-There
Bunker Hill - Little Red Riding Hood
Clear Waters - Hillbilly Blues
Big Three Trio - After Awhile
Al Garris - That's All
Thrills - I Ain't Got The Money
Jimmy McCracklin - Savoys Jump
Bo Dudley - Shotgun Rider
The Four Gators - Wine-O-Wine
Billy Miranda - Go Ahead



Savage Kick SK-501 (UK 199?)


Savage Kick CD SK-501 (UK)

502002Shuckin' Stuff
Rare Blues from Ace Records (MS)

CD 1
- Goodbye Blues - Jesse Allen
- I'm Not Satisfied (alt tk) - Dave Dixon
- Those Lonely, Lonely Nights (alt tk) - Earl King

- Mercy's Blues - Mercy Baby [Ace 535]
- I Got The Blues For You - Al Collins
- Give A Helping Hand (alt tk) - Bobby Marchan

- What Will Lucy Do - Frankie Lee Sims [Ace 524]
- 4th And Beale - Joe Hill Louis
- Shuckin' Stuff - Al Collins
- Baby You Can Get Your Gun - Earl King
- Let's Get It - Edgar Blanchard
- Bad Feeling Blues (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- Don't Say A Mumblin' Word - Fred McDowell
- My Baby Done Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- I Got My Nose Open - John Littlejohn
- I Feel So Good - Albert Scott
- Mean Old World - Big Boy Crudup
- Feeling So Low (alt tk) - Dave Dixon
- My Love Is Strong (alt tk) - Earl King
- Lightnin' Slim Boogie (alt tk) - Lightnin' Slim
- She's 19 Years Old - John Littlejohn
- Smokestack Lightning - Bad Smitty
- Sweetest Woman I Ever Knew - Joe Hill Louis
- Pity Poor Me (alt tk) - Bobby Marchan

- Silly Dilly Woman - Mercy Baby [Ace 535]
- I'm So Glad You're Mine - Albert Scott
- Hey Little Girl - Frankie Lee Sims [Ace 527]

CD 2
- My Love Is Here To Stay (alt tk) - Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground (alt tk) - Sammy Myers
- Every Day I Have The Blues - Alabama Red
- I've Been Searchin' - Unknown Male Singer #0
- Honeycomb - Edgar Blanchard
- I'll Never Leave Anymore - Unknown Male Singer #0
- Annie Mae (alt tk) - Little Cameron
- I'm Leaving You Baby - Albert Scott
- Every Night About This Time - Unknown Male Singer #1
- Standing At The Station - Unknown Male Singer #3
- Baby Please - H-Bomb Ferguson
- Hideaway - Johnny Littlejohn
- Take Me Back Baby Unknown Female Singer
- Three Long Years - Unknown Male Singer #0
- My Love Is Here To Stay - Sammy Myers
- Sleeping In The Ground - Sammy Myers
- Driving Wheel (+ Message) - Alabama Red
- Standing At The Crossroads (alt tk) - Bad Smitty
- Lonesome Guitar (alt tk) - Edgar Blanchard
- Lifetime In Prison Pt. 1 - Billy Tate
- Lifetime In Prison Pt. 2 - Billy Tate
- Sittin' Here Worryin' (alt tk) - Little Cameron
- Little Boy Blue - Unknown Male Singer #2
- Pathway Of Love - Unknown Male Singer #3
- Right At Home - Albert Scott
- Whiskey And Women - Unknown Male Singer #0


2 CD set

Westside WESD 240 (UK 2002)

512007Lightning Hopkins: Lightning Special
Volume 2 of the Collected Works

disc 1:
- What Kind Of Heart Have You
- Mad As I Can Be - (alt tk)
- Ain't It A Shame
- Crazy 'bout My Baby
- What's The Matter Now
- My Mama Told Me
- Highway Blues
- I'm Wild About You Baby
- Bad Things On My Mind
- The War Is Over
- Policy Game
- Merry Christmas
- Happy New Year
- Cemetery Blues
- I Love You Baby
- Shine On Moon
- Lightnin's Boogie
- Lonesome In Your Home
- Remember Me
- Sittin' Down Thinkin'
- Lightnin's Special
- Please Don't Go Baby
- Don't Think 'cause You're Pretty
- Life I Used To Live
- Grandma's Boogie
- My Baby's Gone
- Early Mornin' Boogie


disc 2:
- Moving On Out Boogie
- Sick Feeling Blues
- Hopkins Sky Hop
- Evil Hearted Woman
- Don't Need No Job
- Blues For My Cookie
- Had A Gal Called Sal
- They Wonder Who I Am
- Nothin' But The Blues
- That's Alright Baby
- Finally Met My Baby
- My Little Kewpie Doll
- Wonder What Is Wrong With Me
- Late In The Evening
- Lightnin' Jump
- Leavin' Blues
- Moanin' Blues
- Walkin' The Streets
- Mussy Haired Woman
- Trying, Trying
- You'll Never Miss The Water
L.C. Williams
- Hole In The Wall
- Boogie All The Time
- Strike Blues
- You Can't Take It With You Baby
- So Sorry
- The Lazy J
- Fannie Mae


disc 3:
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson
- Roberta Blues
- Freedom Train Blues
- Ground Hog Blues
- Bad Whiskey - Bad Women
- Gone With The Wind
- No Money, No Love
- Talkin' Boogie
- Milford Blues
- Cairo Blues
- Evil Blues
- Gambling Blues
- Homeless Blues
Manny Nichols
- Walkin' Blues
- Forgive Me Baby
- Walking Talking Blues
- Tall Skinny Mama Blues
- Worried Life
- Forgive Me
- No One To Love Me
- Throw A Little Boogie
Thunder Smith
- Can't Do Like You Used To [Aladdin 165]
- West Coast Blues [Aladdin 165]
- Little Mama Boogie [Aladdin 166]
- Cruel Hearted Woman [Gold Star 615]
- Big Stars Are Falling [Gold Star 615]
- Santa Fe Blues [Gold Star 644]


disc 4:
Soldier Boy Houston
- Dallas Bebop Blues
- Western Rider Blues
- Hug Me Baby
- Out In California Blues
- In The Army Since 94
- Lawyer Houston Blues
- Going To The West Coast
- Lawton, Oklahoma Blues
J.D. Edwards
- Cryin'
- Playboy Blues
- Hobo
- Cold In The Evening
- West Coast Blues
Ernest Lewis
- Rosa Lee
- Shake 'em On Down
- Loudella
- Little Mae Belle
- No More Lovin'
- West Coast Blues
- What Wrong Have I Done
- In My Girlish Days

Frankie Lee Sims
- Home Again Blues
- Cross Country Blues
- Don't Forget Me Baby
- Single Man Blues

compiled by Neil Slaven

4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7790 (UK 2007)

522007'That's What They Want' Jook Joint Blues
Good Time Rhythm & Blues   1943-1956

disc 1:
- Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
- Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim
- Little Lean Woman - Little Al
- Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis

- Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
- Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
- Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas
- Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson
- Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson
- She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
- Down At the Depot - John Lee
- Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
- Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain
- Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker
- Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam
- Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
- Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes
- Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore
- Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards
- When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
- I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester
- Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee
- Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim
- Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner
- On My Way - Alvin Smith
- Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson


disc 2:
- She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
- Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
- That's What They Want - Jerry McCain
- Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson
- Blinds Blues - John Lee
- Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes
- One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee
- You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter
- I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim
- Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot
- Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson
- Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis
- Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
- Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
- Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips
- Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas
- No-4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete
- Someday You'll Understand - King Davis
- Alley Corn - Earl Hooker
- I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
- L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson
- She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis
- New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim
- West Kinney Street Blues - Skoodle-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
- I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve
- Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
- Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim


disc 3:
- A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
- Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson
- Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
- Jump the Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
- One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim
- A Dream - Little Willie Cotton
- Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley
- Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim
- Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
- You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain
- My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee
- Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis
- Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
- Tiger Man - Little Al
- Alabama Boogie - John Lee
- Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love
- Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
- Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay
- Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon
- Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy
- Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward
- Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter
- Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim
- Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins
- Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson
- The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes
- If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore


disc 4:
- Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester
- Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee
- Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
- 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
- Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam
- Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown
- Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner
- She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter
- T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
- Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim
- K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas
- Baby Blues - John Lee
- She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis
- Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson
- You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
- Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
- Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain
- Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim

- Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims
- Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas
- Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
- Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson
- Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
- Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins
- On the Hook - Earl Hooker
- I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim
- Philippine Blues - Country Jim
- Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love


4 CD set
notes by Neil Slaven

JSP JSPCD 7796 (UK 2007)

532009Frankie Lee Sims & Mercy Dee Walton: Masterly Texas Blues

disc 1:
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
- Don't Take It Out On Me
- Married Woman
- Wine And Gin Bounce
- Boogie 'Cross The Country
- Jelly Roll Baker
- I'm So Glad
- Long Gone
- Raggedy And Dirty
- Yeh, Baby!
- No Good Woman
- Walking Boogie
- Frankie's Blues
- Cryin' Won't Help You
- I Done Talked And I Done Talked
- Lucy Mae Blues (Part 2)
- Rhumba My Boogie
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Hawk Shuffle
- Frankie Lee's 2 O'Clock Jump
- What Will Lucy Do
- Misery Blues
- Hey Little Girl
- Walking With Frankie
- My Talk Didn't Do No Good
- I Warned You Baby
- She Likes To Boogie Real Low
- Well Goodbye Baby
- How Long

disc 2:
Mercy Dee Walton
- G.I. Fever (Baba-Du-Lay-Fever)
- Lonesome Cabin Blues
- Evil and Hanky
- Travelin' Alone Blues
- Homely Baby
- Empty Life
- Please Understand (All Over)
- Bird Brain Baby
- Bi Foot Country
- Danger Zone (Crepe On Your Door)
- Roamin' Blues
- Straight And Narrow
- Bought Love
- Old Fashioned Ways
- Happy Bachelor
- Pay Off (Anything In the World)
- One Room Country Shack
- My Woman Knows The Score
- Rent Man Blues
- Fall Guy
- Get To Gettin'
- Dark Muddy Bottom
- Trailing My Baby
- Main Event, The
- Romp & Stomp Blues
- Oh Oh Please
- Come Back Maybellene
- Have You Ever
- Stubborn Woman


2 CD set

JSP JSPCD 4217 (UK 2009)

542012The Ace Records Blues Story

CD 1:
Frankie Lee Sims - Walking With Frankie
Sammy Myers - My Love Is Here To Stay
Elton Anderson - Shed So Many Tears
Lightnin' Slim - Lightning Slim Boogie
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - I Wonder
Jesse Allen - Goodbye Blues

Frankie Lee Sims - Well Goodbye Baby
Earl King - My Love Is Strong
Mercy Baby - Silly Dilly Woman
Charles Brown - Love's Like A River
Eddie Bo - I'm So Tired
Dave Dixon - I'm Not Satisfied
Joe Dyson - Looped
Al Collins - Shuckin Stuff
Bobby Marchan - Don't Take Your Love Away From Me

Frankie Lee Sims - Hey Little Girl
Mercy Baby - Mercy's Blues
Earl King - Mother Told Me Not To Go


CD 2:
Earl King - Those Lonely, Lonely Nights
Frankie Lee Sims - My Talk Didn't Do No Good
Sammy Myers - Sleeping In The Ground
Elton Anderson - Roll On Train

Frankie Lee Sims - Misery Blues
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - My Baby Boogies All The Time
Lightnin' Slim - Bad Feeling Blues
Billy Tate - Lifetime In Prison, Pt. 1

Frankie Lee Sims - What Will Lucy Do?
Frankie Fair - Mean Mistreater
Dave Dixon - Feeling So Low
Jesse Allen - Baby Say You Will
Mercy Baby - Marked Deck

Frankie Lee Sims - Warned You Baby
Al Collins - I Got The Blues For You
Earl King - It Must Have Been Love
Mercy Baby - Rock And Roll Baby

Frankie Lee Sims - She Likes To Boogie Real Low

notes by Bill Dahl

Fuel 2000 619152 (US 2012)

552013Frankie Lee Sims: Walking With Frankie

- Walking With Frankie
- Don't Be Mad With Me
- Lucy Mae Blues
- My Home Ain't There
- Send My Soul To The Devil
- Short Haired Woman
- Going Back To The River
- As Long As I Live
- Come Back Baby (tk 1)
- Frankie Lee Boogie
- Going Back To Dallas
- Jelly Roll Baker
- Woman Why'd You Break My Heart
- Come Back Baby (tk 2)


P-Vine PCD-22363 (Jp 2013)

562016Frankie Lee Sims: Walking With Frankie

Frankie Lee Sims & Blue Bonnet Trio
- Cross Country Blues
- Home Again Blues
- Don't Forget Me Baby
- Single Man Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
- Lucy Mae Blues
- Don't Take It Out On Me
- I'm Long, Long Gone
- Yeh, Baby!
- Rhumba My Boogie
- I'll Get Along Somehow
- Misery Blues
- What Will Lucy Do?
- Hey Little Girl
- Walking With Frankie
- My Talk Didn't Do Any Good
- I Warned You Baby
- She Likes To Boogie Real Low
- Well Goodbye Baby
from sessions not originally issued:
- Married Woman
- Wine And Gin Bounce
- Boogie Cross The Country
- Jelly Roll Baker
- I'm So Glad
- Ragged And Dirty
- No Good Woman
- Walking Boogie
- Cryin' Won't Help You
- Hawk Shuffle
- How Long


Jasmine JASMCD3066 (UK 2016)



At
Pete Hoppula's Frankie Lee Sims discography
you'll find more CD compilation albums featuring Frankie Lee Sims tracks
which I'm at the moment too lazy to "illustrate" here

 

Sources / Further reading
- own record collection
- Tony Burke, Chris Bentley & Ray Templeton: Walking With Mr. Frankie - The Complete Frankie Lee Sims.- Blues & Rhythm 30 (1990), p. 14-16
- Lawrence Cohn: Nothing But The Blues.- New York, London, Paris (Abbeville Press) 1993, p. 82
- Bob Eagle & Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues - A Regional Experience.- Santa Barbara (Praeger Publishers) 2013, p. 370
- Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver 2006, p. 487-488, 388
- Robert Ford: A Blues Bibliography, 2nd Edition (Routledge Music Bibliographies) 2007, p. 884
- Alan Govenar: Lightnin' Hopkins - His Life and Blues.- Chicago (Chicago Review Press) 2010
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 461-462
- Chris Strachwitz (transcribed by Mike Rowe): Frankie Lee Sims interview.- Blues Unlimited 122 (1976), p. 20-22
- Pete Hoppula website
- http://www.bsnpubs.com/gulfcoast/ace.html
- http://thehoundblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/frankie-lee.sims.html
- http://rcs-discography.com/rcs/comp.php?key=499
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Alan Balfour, Ray Templeton, Joe Louis, Phil Wight, Wilson Fabian Ruales Villalva and Fernando Goin for additional info / scans

 

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