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Buzz Busby Discography BUZZ BUSBY SESSION DISCOGRAPHY BAYOU BOYS Radio Station WCOP Boston, Ma: 1953 Bernarr Graham “Buzz Busby” Busbice (vcl-1/mand); Jack Henderson Clement (hmny vcl/rhy gtr); Calvin Scott “Scotty” Stoneman (fdl); Ralph Jones (dobro); poss Lou Mondon (stg bs). Producer: Aubrey L. Mayhew P-50903-1A COLD & WINDY NIGHT -1 Sheraton P-50903, Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-016 (Buzz Busby) NB(1) The above recording were released on NEW ENGLAND’S ORIGINAL WCOP HAYLOFT SOUVENIR Record Album released Saturday 13th February, 1954. NB(2): Side 1 (P-50900) consists of “I’M CRAZY ABOUT YOU” by Jack Clement & “WEEKEND BLUES” by Muriel White. NB(3); Side 2 (P-50901) consists of “I’M THE GUILTY ONE” by Carl Stuart & WATCHIN’ THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK” by Bobby Bobo. NB(4): Side 3 (P-50902) consists of “SWISS LULLABY” by The LeClair Sisters & “WON’T YOU BE MY SWEETHEART” by Al Green. NB(5): Side 4 (P-50903) consists of “COLD & WINDY NIGHT” by The Bayou Boys & “BOSTON POLKA” by Dee Rogers. NB(6): Side 5 (P-50904) consists of “PLEASE REMEMBER I’M YOUR DARLIN’” by Dee Rogers & “THIRD DEGREE BOOGIE” by Jerry Devine. NB(7): Side 6 (P-50905) consists of “WILLOW SNARE” by Lucky Shore & “TAR PAPER SHACK” by Jimmie & Ruth Senter. NB(8): HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBRCD-016 “New England’s Original Hayloft Jamboree Souvenir Record Album” released United Kingdom. HAM & SCRAM Radio Station WGAY,Kemp Mill Road Silver Spring, Md: ca: March/April 1954 Buzz “Ham” Busby (vcl/mand); Lester Leroy “Pete”/ “Scram” Pike (vcl/rhy gtr); Donald “Donnie” Bryant (bjo); Lee Cole (stg bs). M.C.: Introduction of HAM & SCRAM – LEE COLE Webco WLPS-0103 MacDONALD’S FARM (According to HAM & SCRAM) WLPS-0103 (Buzz Busby) NB: “MacDONALD’S FARM” registered BMI Thursday 13th May 1982. HAM & SCRAM Ben Adelman Studio, Georgia Ave & Kennedy St .N.W. Washington, D.C. 1954 Buzz “Ham” Busby (tnr vcl-1/mand); Pete “Scram” Pike (ld vcl-2/rhy gtr); Donald “Don” Stover (bjo); John William Hall (ld vcl-3/fdl); Buck Austin (pno); Lee Cole (bari vcl/ stg bs); Louie (dms). Producer: Benjamin “Ben” Adelman A-0055-1 PEARLY GATES (WICKED PATH OF SIN) (Uniss), Mount Vernon Music MVM-176 (Bill Monroe) Mount Vernon Music MVS-176, Mount Vernon Music MVM-183 A-0055-1 JUST A LITTLE TALK WITH JESUS (Uniss), Mount Vernon Music MVM-176 (B.Busby-K.Adelman) Mount Vernon Music MVS-176 NB: MOUNT VERNON MUSIC MVM-183 “ALL STARS COUNTRY, WESTERN & BLUEGRASS, Vol.2” release date unknown. HAM & SCRAM Ben Adelman Studio, Georgia Ave & Kennedy St.N.W. Washington, D.C. 1954 Buzz “Ham” Busby (tnr vcl-6/mand); Pete “Scram” Pike (ld vcl-7/rhy gtr); Don Stover (bjo); John Hall (ld vcl-8/fdl-1); Buck Austin (chrs-3/pno-2); Lee Cole (recit- 4/chrs-3/stg bs); Unk (dms-5). Producer: Ben Adelman A-0055-1 DEEP FREEZE MAMA BLUES (Uniss), Mount Vernon Music MVM-176 () Mount Vernon Music MVS-176 BABY, BABY -2-3-4 (Uniss), MVM-176 (B.Busby-K.Adelman) Mount Vernon Music MVS-176 TAKE BACK YOUR HEART (I ORDERED LIVER) -1 (Uniss), MVM-176 () Mount Vernon Music MVS-176 THE FUNNIEST SIGHT I EVER DID SEE -1-5 (Uniss), MVM-176 () Mount Vernon Music MVS-176 I DO MEAN MOO- 2-8 (Uniss), MVM-176 () Mount Vernon Music MVS-176 NB(1): MOUNT VERNON MUSIC MVM/MVS-176 “COUNTRY, COMEDY, SONGS & FROLIC By Ham & Scram Featuring BUZZ BUSBY” released June 1963. NB(2): Bluegrass Unlimited Vol.40, #3 - September 2005 states that Ben Adelman’s Studio was located on the 2nd floor of a moving and storage Company warehouse at 317 Cedar Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. NB(3):That area of the District of Columbia is known as ‘Takoma’. A few blocks away, on the other side of the District Line is Takoma Park, Md. Takoma is in D.C. and Takoma Park, another distinct location, is in Maryland at the time, there were no recording studios in Takoma Park. NB(4): JOHN HALL died Tuesday 23rd January 2007 aged 73. LUKE GORDON Ben Adelman Studio, 323 Cedar Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Late 1954/Early 1955 Gordon R. “Luke Gordon” Brown (vcl/ac gtr); Buzz Busby (mand-1); John Humbird Duffey (dobro); Scotty Stoneman (fdl); Oscar James “Jimmy” Stoneman (stg bs). Producer: Ben Adelman CP-4571 GOIN’ CRAZY L&C LP-0014, Spin-O-Rama M-137, Spin-O-Rama S-137 (Luke Gordon) CP-4572 GOIN’ DOWN THE ROAD FEELIN’ BAD -1 L&C LP-0014, Spin-O-Rama M-137, Spin-O-Rama S-137 1 (Luke Gordon) Premier PM-9037, Premier PS-9037, Coronet CX-246 Coronet CXS-246, Mount Vernon Music MVM-156 Mount Vernon MVS-156, Dixie CD-5555, World Artists WACD-101 BACM CD D-393 CP-4572 TAKE ME FOR THE FOOL THAT I AM -1 L&C LP-0014, Spin-O-Rama M-108, Spin-O-Rama S-108 (Luke Gordon) Premier PM-9041, Premier PS-9041 Mount Vernon Music MVM-156, Mount Vernon MVS-156 CP-4571 ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONCHARTRAIN -1 L&C LP-0014, World Artists WACD-106, BACM CD D-393 (Ramona Vincent-Hank Williams) (Acuff-Rose BMI ) CP-4572 IS IT WRONG LP-0014, WACD-106, CD D-393 () CP NB(1); “GOIN’ CRAZY” on L&C LP-0014-playing time is 2m:27.8secs. NB(2): “GOIN’ CRAZY” on SPIN-O-RAMA M/S-137 is sped up-playing time is 2m:21.0secs. NB(3): “IS IT WRONG” on L&C LP-0014-playing time is 2m:06.4secs. NB(4): “IS IT WRONG” on both WORLD ARTISTS WACD-101 & B.A.C.M. CD D-393 is sped up-playing time is 2m:01.2secs. NB(5): L&C LP-0014 “LUKE GORDON” released 1961. NB(6): MOUNT VERNON MUSIC MVM/MVS-156 “COUNTRY & WESTERN-LUKE GORDON” released 1962. NB(7): SPIN-O-RAMA M/S-108 “JIMMY DEAN with LUKE GORDON Featuring the Country Singing of Jimmy Dean and Featuring the Country Singing of Luke Gordon” released 1963. NB(8); SPIN-O-RAMA M-108 released TWICE with DIFFERENT sleeves. NB(9): SPIN-O-RAMA M/S-137 “COUNTRY ROUND-UP starring JIMMY DEAN with LUKE GORDON” released 1965. NB(10): PREMIER PM/PS-9037 & CORONET CX/CXS-246 “SWINGIN’ SHINDIG Starring JOHNNY RIVERS also starring The Tremonts, Luke Gordon, Charlie Francis” released 1965. NB(11): PREMIER PM-9041/PS-9041 “JIMMY DEAN with LUKE GORDON Featuring the Country Singing of Jimmy Dean and Featuring the Country Singing of Luke Gordon” released 1965. NB(12): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-101 “WORLD ARTISTS Presents LUKE GORDON ORIGINALS: PICTURE SHOW and L&C” released Tuesday 5th June 2001. NB(13): WORLD ARTISTS WACD-106 “WORLD ARTISTS PRESENTS LUKE GORDON and JOHNNY EVANS- THERE COMETH A DAY” released September 2005. NB(14): B.A.C.M CD D-393 “LUKE GORDON SINGS DARK HOLLOW & OTHER CLASSIC NUMBERS” released United Kingdom 2012. LUKE GORDON Ben Adelman Studio, 323 Cedar Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 1955 (vcl/ac gtr); Buzz Busby (mand); Scotty Stoneman (fdl); Norman L. “Ric” Nelson (dobro); Jimmy Stoneman (stg bs). Producer: Ben Adelman CP-4572 DON’T SAY GOODBYE IF YOU LOVE ME L&C LP-0014, World Artists WACD-101, BACM CD D-393 (Luke Gordon) GOIN’ CRAZY (Uniss) (Luke Gordon) GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD (Uniss) (Luke Gordon) TAKE ME FOR THE FOOL THAT I AM (Uniss) (Luke Gordon) ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONTCHATRAI (Uniss) (Ramona Vincent-Hank Williams) (Acuff-Rose BMI) NB(1): L & C LP-0014 issued with Plain white sleeve. NB(2): According to the late RIC NELSON the above recording session lasted all day. NB(3): It is possible that the following titles were recorded at this session “GOIN’ CRAZY”/“GOING DOWN THE ROAD FEELING BAD”/ “TAKE ME FOR THE FOOL THAT I AM”/“ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONTCHARTRAIN” plus other UNKNOWN titles were recorded. LUKE GORDON Ben Adelman Studio, 323 Cedar Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 1955 (vcl/ac gtr); Scotty Stoneman (fdl); Donald “Don” West (stl gtr); Buzz Busby (mand); Homer “Curley” Smith (fdl); Jimmy Stoneman (stg bs). Producer: Ben Adelman CP-4571 I BELIEVE I’M ENTITLED TO YOU L&C LP-0014, World Artists WACD-104, BACM CD D-393 (Cliff Carlisle-Mel Foree-Chester Rice) CP-4572 SWING WIDE YOUR GATE OF LOVE LP-0014, WACD-104, World Artists WACD-106 (Hank Thompson) BACM CD D-393 CP-4572 LET THIS KISS BID YOU GOODBYE L&C LP-0014, World Artists WACD-101, World Artists WACD-102 (Luke Gordon) BACM CD D-393 CP-4571 WHEN IT’S TIME (FOR THE WHIPPOORWILLLS TO SING) L&C LP-0014, World Artists WACD-101 (Alton Delmore) (Vidor Pub. Inc. BMI) CP-4572 LONELY HEARTACHE LP-0014, Empire 45-512, Mount Vernon Music MVM-156 (Luke Gordon) (Cedar Music BMI) Mount Vernon Music MVS-156, Spin-O-Rama M-108 Spin-O-Rama S-108, Premier PM-9041, Premier PS-9041 World Artists WACD-101, World Artists WACD-106 BACM CD D-393 NB(1): “LET THIS KISS BID YOU GOODBYE” on L&C LP-0014-playing time is 2m:21.6secs. NB(2): “LET THIS KISS BID YOU GOODBYE” on WORLD ARTISTS WACD-101 & WACD-102 & B.A.C.M. CD D-393 is sped up-playing time is 2m:15.8secs. 2 NB(3): “WHEN IT’S TIME (FOR THE WHIPPOORWILLS TO SING)” on L&C LP-0014-playing time is 2m:22.2secs NB(4): “WHEN IT’S TIME (FOR THE WHIPPOORWILLS TO SING)” on WORLD ARTISTS WACD-101 is sped up-playing time is 2m:15.8secs.
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