SUN Record Co - singles discography
Part I: number 174 - 199
Press here for number: 174 - 199, 200 - 224, 225 - 249, 250 - 299, 300 - 349, 350 - 407
SUN 174 Jackie Boy [Kelly] and Little Walter [Horton] (not issued)
Sellin' my whiskey / Blues in my condition
SUN 175 Johnny London - Alto Wizard
Drivin' slow / Flat tire (April 1952, 78 rpm only)
Recorded March 8, 1952, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn.
Johnny London (as); Charles Keel (ts); Joe Louis Hall (pno); Julius Drake (dms).
SUN 176 Walter Bradford and the Big City Four (not issued)
Dreary night / Nuthin' but the blues
SUN 177 Handy Jackson
Got my application, baby / Trouble (will bring you down) (January 1953, 78 rpm only)
Recorded January, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn.
SUN 178 Joe Hill Louis
We all gotta go sometime / She may be yours (January 1953, 78 rpm only)
Recorded December 8 and November 17, 1952, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave,
Memphis Tn. Joe Hill Louis (vcl/hca/gtr); Willie Nix (dms); Albert Williams (pno).
SUN 179 Willie Nix - the Memphis Blues Boy
Seems like a million years / Baker shop boogie (January 1953, 78 rpm only)
Recorded October 8 and 2, 1952, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn.
Willie Nix (vcl/dms); Joe Willie Wilkins (gtr); Albert Williams (pno); James Cotton (hca).
SUN 180 Jimmy [DeBerry] and Walter [Horton]
Easy / Before long (March 1953)
Recorded February 25, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Jimmy DeBerry (gtr, B-side vocals); Walter Horton (hca, A-side); Houston Stokes (dms).
SUN 181 Rufus 'Hound Dog' Thomas, Jr
Bear Cat (the answer to 'Hound Dog') / Walkin' in the rain (March 1953)
Recorded March 8, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee. Rufus
Thomas (vcl, B-side pno); Joe Hill Louis (gtr); Tuff Green (bs/gtr); Houston Stokes (dms).
Later pressings without the 'answer to Hound Dog' statement for copyright reasons.
SUN 182 Dusty Brooks and his Tones
Heaven or fire / Tears and wine (March 1953)
Recorded April 25, 1953, probably on the West Coast.
SUN 183 D. A. Hunt [Daniel Augusta Hunt]
Lonesome old jail / Greyhound blues (June 1953)
Recorded March 11, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn.
SUN 184 Big Memphis Marainey [Lillie Mae Glover] - Onzie Horne Combo
Call me anything, but call me / Baby, no, no! (June 1953)
Recorded April 19, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union Ave, Memphis Tn.
SUN 185 Jimmy DeBerry
Take a little chance / Time has made a change (June 1953)
Recorded May 16, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Jimmy DeBerry (vcl/gtr); Raymond Jones (dms); Mose Vinson (pno).
SUN 186 Prisonaires
Baby please / Just walkin' in the rain (July 8, 1953)
Label variations depicted. The demand for this hit record, was so strong that out of town pressing
plant capacity was needed. Therefore, there are genuine 1953 first pressings both with and without
push marks. The last 45 rpm depicted is the 1956 re-release on thin vinyl with push marks.
Recorded June 1, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Johnny Bragg (lead tenor vcl U-76); John Drue (lead tenor vcl U-75); William Stewart
(baritone vcl/gtr); Marcell Sanders (bass vcl); Ed Thurman (tenor vcl); Joe Hill Louis (electric gtr U-75)
SUN 187 Little Junior's Blue Flames [Herman 'Junior' Parker]
Feelin' good / Fussin' and fightin' blues (July 1953)
Note the 2nd, autographed 78 rpm: "To Red, Hot & Blue" with faded WHBQ Memphis radio station stamp.
Recorded June 18, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Herman Parker (vcl); Floyd Murphy (gtr);
Kenneth Banks (bs); John Bowers (dms); William 'Strutcher' Johnson (pno); James Wheeler (sax).
SUN 188 Rufus Thomas, Jr
Tiger man (king of the jungle) / Save that money (July 1953)
Recorded June 30, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Rufus Thomas (vcl); Floyd Murphy (gtr);
Kenneth Banks (bs); Houston Stokes (dms); William 'Strutcher' Johnson (pno); James Wheeler (sax).
Rufus Thomas didn't record again until 1956, then on Meteor Records.
SUN 189 Prisonaires
My god is real / Softly and tenderly (August 1953)
Recorded August 3, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Johnny Bragg (lead tenor vcl); John Drue (tenor vcl); William Stewart (baritone vcl/gtr);
Marcell Sanders (bass vcl); Ed Thurman (tenor vcl); Ike Turner (bs U-81/pno U-82)
SUN 190 Ripley Cotton Choppers
Silver bells / Blues waltz (September 1953, probably 78 rpm only)
Recorded July 11, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
SUN 191 Prisonaires
A prisoner's prayer / I know (November 1953)
Recorded August 3 / October 17, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee.
Johnny Bragg (lead tenor vcl); John Drue (tenor vcl); William Stewart (baritone vcl/gtr);
Marcell Sanders (bass vcl); Ed Thurman (tenor vcl); Ike Turner (el gtr on A-side)
SUN 192 Little Junior's Blue Flames
Love my baby / Mystery train (November 1953)
Probably recorded in September or October 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn.
Possbily with same personnel as the SUN 187 session.
SUN 193 Doctor Ross
Come back baby / Chicago breakdown (December 1953)
SUN 194 'Little' Milton [James Milton Campbell]
Beggin' my baby / Somebody told me (December 1953)
Recorded July 28, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Little Milton (vcl/gtr);
Jesse Knight (bs); Willie Sims (dms); Ike Turner (pno); C W Tate (tnr sax).
SUN 195 Billy 'the Kid' Emerson
No teasing around / If lovin' is believing (February 1954)
Recorded January 11, 1954, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Billy Emerson (vcl/pno);
Ike Turner (gtr); Jesse Knight (bs); Willie Sims (dms); Eugene Fox (tnr sax); Oliver Sain (tnr sax).
SUN 196 [Coy] 'Hot Shot' Love
Wolf call boogie / Harmonica jam (February 1954)
Recorded January 8, 1954, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Coy Love (vcl/hca);
Pat Hare (gtr); Kenneth Banks (bs); Houston Stokes (dms); Mose Vinson (pno).
SUN 197 Earl Peterson - Michigan's singing cowboy
Boogie blues / In the dark (February 1954)
Probably recorded January 4, 1954, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tn. Earl Peterson's one and only
SUN single reportedly sold a mere 2672 copies. He re-copyrighted and re-recorded 'Boogie blues' for
Columbia in October 1954, whilst still under contract with SUN. Columbia released it in February 1955.
St Francis 100 and SUN 198 Howard Seratt
Make room in the life boat for me / Jesus means all to me
Troublesome waters / I must be saved (February 1954)
Howard Seratt actually recorded and released another single at his own expense, at the time
of his first (and only) SUN release. The U-49 and U-50 matrix numbers and the vinyl trail-off etchings,
shows that the record was manufactured at the same time and place as the SUN release. In fact, SUN 198
indeed has the words 'St Francis' etched into the trail-off grooves, indicating that it wasn't inteded for SUN use.
SUN 199 James Cotton
My baby / Straighten up baby (April 1954)
Recorded December 7, 1953, SUN studio, 706 Union, Memphis Tennessee. James Cotton (vcl); Pat Hare (gtr); Kenneth Banks (bs);
Houston Stokes (dms); Billy Love (pno); Harvey Simmon (tnr sax); Tom Roane (sax). Early mis-print label and corrected version depicted.
Press here for number: 174 - 199, 200 - 224, 225 - 249, 250 - 299, 300 - 349, 350 - 407
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