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Meteor singles 1952-57
Meteor 5000 Elmore James
I believe / I held my baby last night (December 1952)
Recorded November 1952, Universal Studios, Chicago Illinois.
Elmore James (vcl/gtr); J T Brown (ts); Johnny Jones (pno);
Ransom Knowling (b); Odie Payne Jr (dms)
Meteor 5001 Bep's Brown and his Orchestra
Round house boogie / Kickin' the blues around (December 1952)
Recorded November 1952, Universal Studios, Chicago Illinois.
J T Brown (ts); Johnny Jones (pno); Elmore James (gtr);
Ransom Knowling (b); Odie Payne Jr (dms)
Meteor 5002 Carl "Mr Broadway" Green
My best friend / Four years, seven days (1953)
Recorded February 4 1953, Universal Recorders Inc, Los Angeles, California.
Carl Green (vcl); Willard McDaniel (pno); Maxwell Davis Orchestra
Meteor 5003 Elmore James
Baby what's wrong / Sinful women (1953)
Recorded November 1952, Universal Studios, Chicago Illinois.
Elmore James (vcl/gtr); J T Brown (ts); Johnny Jones (pno);
Ransom Knowling (b); Odie Payne Jr (dms)
Meteor 5004 Chicago Sunny Boy
Jack pot / Western Union man (April 1953)
Chicago Sunny Boy is a pseudonym for Joe Hill Louis.
Recorded February 24 1953, Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave,
Memphis Tn. Joe Hill Louis (vcl/gtr/dms/hca). Additional
drums and bass overdubbed in L A on March 18
Meteor 5005 Earl (Whoopin' and Hollerin') Forest
I wronged a woman / I can't forgive you (1953, probably 78 rpm only)
Meteor 5006 Sunny Blair
Please send my baby back / Gonna let you go (June 1953)
Recorded April 1952, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Sunny
Blair (vcl); Baby Face Turner (gtr); Ike Turner (pno); Bill Russel (dms)
'Gonna let you go' was previously released as Modern 882 by Baby Face Turner
Meteor 5007 Jimmy Wright and his Orchestra
Porkey pine / Scotch mist (June 1953)
Recorded March 24 1953 in Los Angeles, California. Jimmy Wright (dms);
Porkey Harris (gtr); Boogie Daniels (ts); Charles Norman (b); Clarence Lively (pno)
Meteor 5008 Chicago Sunny Boy
On the floor / Love you baby (1953, probably 78 rpm only)
Chicago Sunny Boy is a pseudonym for Joe Hill Louis.
Recorded February 24 1953, Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave,
Memphis Tn. Joe Hill Louis (vcl/gtr/dms/hca). Additional
drums and bass overdubbed in L A on March 18
Meteor 5009 Carl "Mr Broadway" Green
Horizon / Boogie freight (1953, probably 78 rpm only)
Recorded February 4 1953, Universal Recorders Inc, Los Angeles, California.
Carl Green (vcl); Willard McDaniel (pno); Maxwell Davis Orchestra
Meteor 5010 Buster Smith with his Orchestra
Crying in the chapel / Leapin' in Chicago (September 1953, probably 78 rpm only)
Meteor 5011 Jimmy Wright and his Orchestra
I'm in the mood to be loved / Slow down daddy (September 1953, probably 78 rpm only)
Recorded 1953, probably in Los Angeles, California. Merry Dee (vcl);
Jimmy Wright (dms); Porkey Harris (gtr); Chuck Higgins and Art Reed (ts);
Russ Young (bs); Charles Norman (b); Clarence Lively (pno)
Meteor 5012 Leo Baxter Orchestra
Heartaches / Can I depend on you? (September 1953, probably 78 rpm only)
Meteor 5013 Al Smith's Progressive Jazz
Beale Street stomp / Sliding home (October 1953)
Recorded January 1953, Universal Studios, Chicago Illinois.
Al Smith (b); Cliff Davis and Red Holloway (ts); McKinley Easton
(bs); Horace Palm (org); Lefty Bates (gtr); Al Duncan (dms)
Meteor 5014 Bud Deckelman with the Daydreamers
Let's not pretend / Daydreamin' (September 1954)
Promotional 78 rpm and regular commercial 45 rpm depicted.
Recorded 1954 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Bud Deckelman (vcl); Thadeus 'Dood' Deckelman (gtr); Quinton Claunch (gtr);
Bill Cantrell (fiddle); Dan Chambers (b); Eddie Emanus (steel)
Meteor 5015 The Angel Voices
Tell the angels / Walkin' & talkin' with Jesus (1954)
Burner Dene Jordan and Cliffie Mae Spike (vcl)
Meteor 5016 Sax Man Brown - Elmo James Broom Dusters
Sax-ony boogie / Dumb woman blues (September 1954)
The B-side is credited to J T (Big Boy) Brown - Elmo James Broom Dusters.
Recorded November 1952, Universal Studios, Chicago Illinois.
J T Brown (ts/vcl B-side); Johnny Jones (pno); Elmore James (gtr);
Ransom Knowling (b); Odie Payne Jr (dms)
Meteor 5017 "Red" Hadley's Wranglers
Ring out those bells / Brother, that's all (1955)
Recorded 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
G D 'Red' Hadley (vcl/pno); Junior 'Jay' Hadley (gtr); Ray Cooper (gtr); Harold Buskirk (b)
Meteor 5018 Woodrow Adams with the Boogie Blues Blasters
Wine head woman / Baby you just don't know (1955)
Recorded 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Woodrow Adams (vcl/hca); Joe Hill Louis (dms); unknown (gtr); unknown (pno)
Meteor 5019 Howard Swords with the Blue Light Boys
You will have to pay / I'm as lonely as I can be (1955)
Recorded 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Haward Swords (vcl/gtr); Reece Byram (gtr); Ed Rice (steel);
Dot Curtis (pno); Quinton Claunch (dms)
Meteor 5020 James Anderson with the Anderson Harmoneers
Let my last days be my best / Something within me (1955)
Meteor 5021 [Andrew] 'Smokey' Hogg
I declare / Dark clouds (1955)
Re-release of Crown 122 where Smokey Hogg had been labled as
the pseudonym 'Andrew H', possibly for contractual reasons.
Meteor 5022 Mac Sales with the Esquire Trio
A gal named Joe / Yakety yak (October 1955)
The B-side is credited to Mac & Jake with the Esquire Trio.
Recorded 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Mac Sales is a pseudonym for Malcolm Yelvington, who still was under contract
contract with SUN records at the time of this recording. See his SUN recordings for personnel.
Meteor 5023 Barney Burcham with the Daydreamers
Can't steal my way around / Much too young for love (1955)
Recorded 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Rubel Elijah 'Barney' Burcham (vcl); Reggie Young (gtr); Dan Chambers (b);
Dood Deckelman (gtr); Kenneth Herman (steel); Gilbert Mickle (vln)
Meteor 5024 Saxman Brown with the Broomdusters / Elmore James and his Broomdusters
Sax symphonic boogie / Flaming blues (1955)
Re-named re-release of Meteor 5001 (see 5001 for details)
Meteor 5025 Jess Hooper with the Daydreamers
All messed up / Sleepy time blues (1955)
Recorded 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Jess Hooper (vcl); Dough Cox (gtr); Clyde Rush (gtr); Bill 'Shorty'
Torrence (b); Tommy Sealey (vln); Millard Yow (steel);
Meteor 5026 Al Smith's Broomdusters
Chop chop boogie / Hot rod special (1956)
Re-named re-release of Meteor 5013 (see 5013 for details)
Meteor 5027 Buddy Bain, Kay Wayne, Merle (Red) Taylor with the Hayriders
Daydreams come true / Can we live it down? (February 1956)
Recorded December 5, 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Buddy Bain (vcl); Kay 'Wayne' Crotts (vcl); Merle 'Red' Taylor (vcl/vln);
Kenneth Herman (steel); Quinton Claunch (b); Jimmy Smith (pno)
Meteor 5028 Mason Dixon with the Redskins
Don't worry 'bout nuthin' / I'll never fall out of love with you (1956)
Recorded 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Mason Dixon is Merle 'Red' Taylor (vcl); Bill Cantrell (vln); Terry Thompson
(gtr); Kenneth Herman (steel); Ronald Smith (gtr); Dexter Johnson (b)
Meteor 5029 Junior Thompson with the Meteors
Raw deal / Mama's little baby (1956)
Recorded in January 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Jesse 'Junior' Thompson (vcl); Terry Thompson (gtr); Ray Lovelace (gtr); Don Moore (gtr);
Quinton Claunch (gtr); Jimmy Lovelace (b); Monty Olive (pno)
Meteor 5030 Lendon Smith with the Jesters
Women / Lost love (April 1956)
Recorded January 1, 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
A-side vocals by Lendon Smith, Bill Cantrell and Quinton Claunch (b gtr); Jody
Chastain (steel); Dexter Johnson (b); Bill Cantrell (vln); Kenny Lovelace (vln)
Meteor 5031 Mary Edwards with the Saxons
Oh! Oh! Mama / Chilly Willy (1956)
Recorded December 2, 1955 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Mary Edwards (vcl); Billy Joe Miller (gtr); Quinton Claunch (gtr); Jimmy Lamberth (sx);
Johnny Bernero (dms); Smokey Joe Baugh (pno); Herman Hawkins (b)
Meteor 5032 Charlie Feathers with Jody and Jerry
Tongue-tied Jill / Get with it (April 1956)
Some 45 rpm copies have the wrong label applied to respective side (hence the mix above).
Recorded April 1, 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Charlie Feathers (vcl/gtr); Jerry Huffman (lead gtr); Jody Chastain (b)
Meteor 5033 Bill Bowen with the Rockets
Have myself a ball / Don't shoot me baby (I'm not ready to die) (1956)
Recorded June 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Meteor 5034 Brad Suggs with the Swingsters
Charcoal suit / Bop, baby, bop (June 1956)
Recorded 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Brad Suggs (gtr); Ira 'Rocky' Caple (steel); Smokey Joe Baugh (pno); Johnny Bernero (dms)
Meteor 5035 Wayne McGinnis with the Swing Teens
Rock, roll and rhythm / Lonesome rhythm blues (June 1956)
Recorded 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Wayne McGinnis (gtr); Billy Joe Miller (gtr); Curley Wilson (b)
Meteor 5036 Minnie Thomas with Slim Waters' Lagoons
What can the matter be? / I know what you need (August 1956)
Meteor 5037 Walter Miller with the Barons
My last mile / Standing on the highway (1956)
Meteor 5038 The Del Rios with the Bearcats
Lizzie / Alone on a rainy night (November 1956)
Meteor 5039 Rufus "Bear Cat" Thomas with the Bearcats
The easy livin' plan / I'm steady holdin' on (November 1956)
Recorded November 1956 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Rufus Thomas (vcl); Evelyn Young (ts); Harvey Simmons (ts); Willie Dee (tpt);
Billy Morrow (pno); unknown (gtr); Lewis Steinberg (b); Jeff Greyer (dms)
Meteor 5040 Little Milton with Playmates Of Rhythm
Love at first sight / Let's boogie baby (1957)
Recorded 1957 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
'Little' Milton Campbell (vcl/lead gtr); Oliver Sain (as); C W Tate and Lawrence
Taylor (ts); Leon Bennett (pno); Willie Dotson (b); Jerry Walker (dms)
Meteor 5041 Fenton Robinson with the Dukes
Tennessee woman / Crying out loud (1957)
Recorded March 1957 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Fenton Robinson (vcl/lead gtr); Charles McGowan (gtr); Robert Williams (ts); J W Hewlett (dms)
Meteor 5042 The Velvatones with Memphis Rhythm Boys
Feeling kinda lonely / Real gone baby (April 1957)
Recorded 1957 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Julia Graves, Peggy Laster, Kay Ross, Alice Fly (vcl); Paul Buskirk
(mandolin); Frank Tolley (pno); Johnny Bernereo (dms); unknown (b, gtr)
Meteor 5043 Jimmy Haggett with the Daydreamers
Tell her true / Gonna shut you off baby (April 1957)
Recorded 1957 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
James Clecy Haggett (vcl/gtr); Lee Adkins (gtr); Jimmy Smith (pno);
'Frenchy' (ts); Kenny Herman (steel); Johnny Bernero (dms)
Meteor 5044 Jimmy Lamberth with the Saxons
I'll pretend / Latch on to your baby (1957)
Recorded 1957 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Jimmy Lamberth (vcl/ts); Martin Willis (cl/ts); Paul Buskirk
(mandolin); Frank Tolley (pno); Johnny Bernero (dms)
Meteor 5045 Little Milton with His Playmates Of Rhythm
Let my baby be / Oh, my little baby (1957)
Recorded 1957 in the Meteor Studio, 1746 Chelsea Ave, Memphis Tn.
Uninspired and unsuccessful remake of SUN 194 with new lyrics. Probably
different session but same musicians as Meteor 5040.
Meteor 5046 Steve Carl with the Jags
Curfew / 18 year old blues (1957)
Recorded summer 1956 in the Kay Bank Studios, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Steven Carlos Leuthold (vcl/gtr); Mike Pederson (gtr);
Dave Earp (pno); Al Anderson (dms); unknown (b)
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