SESSION DISCOGRAPHY * ALBUMS DISCOGRAPHY * SINGLES DISCOGRAPHY

Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Bill Choate


by Praguefrank, Thieu Van De Vorst, Mario Manciotti, Carl LaFong, Steve Hathaway

SESSIONS

ca. July 1949  unknown – Bill Choate
001 3250 I’LL BE YOURS 1351
002 3251 IF IT TAKES ALL MY LIFE  1351
1954 or 1955 unknown – Bill Choate and The Dude Ranch Boys
003 CAV 841A CHECK YOR’E GUNS AT THE DOOR Cavalier 841
004 CAV 841B THE OLD DISH RAG Cavalier 841
Cavalier label operated in San Francisco
15/16 March 1964 Bob Tucker Studio, Clovis, NM - Bill Choate (Bill Choate [vcl/gt],  Lou Walker [ld gt], Shorty Messer [steel], Dean Phillips [bass], Earl Ham [drums], Jimmy Young [fiddle]. Producer Russell Sims)
005 KIND OF LOVE I CAN'T FORGET Sims LP/LPS-123                   
006 DETOUR Sims LP/LPS-123 
003 HOME IN SAN ANTONE Sims LP/LPS-123
004 MAIDEN PRAYER Sims LP/LPS-123
005 WORRIED OVER YOU Sims LP/LPS-123
006 I'M A FOOL TO CARE Sims LP/LPS-123
007 SAN ANTONIO ROSE Sims LP/LPS-123
008 FADED LOVE Sims LP/LPS-123 
009 DUSTY SKIES Sims LP/LPS-123
010 WEDDING BELLS Sims LP/LPS-123
011 MY LIFE HAS BEEN A PLEASURE Sims LP/LPS-123                   
012 I GO OUT OF MY MIND Sims LP/LPS-123

ALBUMS
Sims LP/LPS-123 True Country And Western Songs:  Kind Of Love I Can't Forget; Detour; Home In San Antone; Maiden Prayer; Worried Over You; I'm A Fool To Care; San Antonio Rose; Faded Love;  Dusty Skies; Wedding Bells; My Life Has Been A Pleasure; I Go Out Of My Mind  - 64     

SINGLES
4 Star (1949)
1351  I’ll Be Yours /  If It Takes All My Life  - 09-49
Cavalier (1954 or 1955)
841 Check Yor’e Guns At The Door  /  The Old Dish Rag – 54 (55)


Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.