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Adams, Billy

Full name Willie Murray Adams. Born 1940 in Redbush, Kentucky.

References:
   Feature article and discography in issue 90 (2001) of American Music Magazine.
   Feature article and discography in issue 91 (2004) of Rockin' Fifties.


Original Releases

Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source Label & Number V Titles {& References to LP/CD List} As By Matrix Numbers
1957/Nov.
mx series
Quincy 932 Rock, Pretty Mama {f,k,p,u,z, A}
Don't Cramp My Style
2
3
CP-1332
CP-1331
1958/Jan. 27
Bb pop rev.
Dot 45-15689 You Heard Me Knocking {a,b,c,f,h,j,m,n,q,s}
True Love Will Come Your Way {f,h,j,s}
1
1
MW-10450
MW-10447
1958/Dec. 8
Bb pop rev.
Nau-Voo 45-802 You Gotta Have A Duck Tail {e,f,h,j,o,t,x,y}
Walking Star {f,h,j}
4
4
NAU-45-803
NAU-45-802
1959/Mar. 2
Bb pop rev.
Nau-Voo 45-805 That's My Baby {e,f,h,j,l,o}
Return Of The All American Boy {f,h,j,l,o,r}
4
4
NAU-45-809
NAU-45-808
1959/Aug. 10
Bb pop rev.
Nau-Voo 808   The Fun House {f,h}
Blue-Eyed Ella {f,h}
 
 
NAU-45-815
NAU-45-814
1961/Jan.
(Bb est.)
Fern 807 Tender Years {f}
Darling Take My Hand {f}
5
5
CP-4634
CP-4633
1961/Feb. 27
Bb pop rev.
Fern 808 Tattle Tale {f}
Born To Be A Loser {f}
6
6
CP-4915
CP-4916
1961/May
(Bb est.)
Fern 812 Rip Van Winkle {f,j}
Sleep Baby Sleep {f,i,j}
7
7
CP-5316
CP-5315
1961/June
(Bb est.)
Fern 813   Comic Strip
Call Me
8
8
 
 
1964
RCA mx code
Spider N-14/5 Holding Hands {f}
You Satisfy {f}
9
9
N-14 RK4M-3949
N-15 RK4M-3948
1964
RCA mx code
Spider N-16/7 Silly Feeling {f}
Are You Mad At Me? {f}
9
9
N-17
N-16 R4KM-6608
1965
RCA mx code
Jo-Mar 7-102 Marie
Blue And Grey
1
1
S4KM-1917
S4KM-1918
Additional Tracks on Comps
1957
 
[unissued]   Rock, Pretty Mama [alt. vers.] {d,f,g,h,j,v,w}    
1959
 
[unissued]   Keep The Flag Waving {f}    
1964
 
[unissued]   Bird Dog {f}    

References in "As By" Column:

  1. as by Billy Adams
  2. as by Billy Adams With The Rock & Roll Boys
  3. by Luke Gordon With The Rock & Roll Boys
  4. as by Billy Adams And The Rock-A-Teers
  5. as by Billy Adams With The Rock-A-Teers
  6. as by Billy Adams With Georgia And The Teens
  7. as by Billy Adams Acc. Georgia And The Teens With The Par-A-Mounts
  8. as by Billy Adams With The Paramounts
  9. as by The Break Out's

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

a. Ace CDCH 592 (cd) Dot Rock 'N' Roll
b. Bear Family BCD 15711 (cd) That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 5
c. Bear Family BCD 16272 (cd) Porter Records
d. Bop-A-Rama Bop- 002 (lp) Big Noise From The Planet Bop, Vol. 2
e. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55181 (cd) Gang War
f. Castle Music CMRCD 581 (cd) Rockin' Thru The Years, 1955-2002 / Billy Adams
g. Club 011 (lp) Grab This And Dance, Vol. 11
h. Collector CLCD 4411 (cd) Nau Voo Rock And Roll
i. Dee Jay Jamboree DJ-CD 55114 (cd) Teen Scene!, Vol. 2
j. Domino 1012 (lp) Rock Pretty Mama / Billy Adams
k. EFA 88962-2 (cd) Rockabilly Rarities, Vol. 1
l. Eagle 312 (lp) At The Rockhouse, Vol. 2
m. Flame 014 (lp) Desperate Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 14
n. Folkline 274- 27 (cd) Hardcore Rockabilly
o. Hamilton H 5877 (lp) Ohio Rockabilly
p. Legend 1003 (lp) Grand Daddy's Rockin', Vol. 2
q. Lenox 1015 (cd) I'm Gonna Rock
r. Live Gold Productions LG 120012 (cd) Elvis Mania 2
s. Lonely 2218 (lp) Bop Boy
t. Lonirae Music 1001 (lp) Out For Kicks
u. Lost Gold LGR 5798 (cd) Original Historic Rockabilly Classics, Vol. 1
v. MCA (U.S.) MCA- 25088 (lp) Rockabilly Classics
w. MCA (U.S.) MCAD 5935 (cd) 20 Rockabilly Classics
x. Now Dig This CMFCD 1042 (cd) Well, Now Dig This
y. Pompadour DA 001 (10-in. lp) Kings Of The Ducktail Cats: Barbershop Rockabilly
z. Spin EMG- 1000 (cd) $15,000 Worth Of Rockabilly
A. Yeaah! 12 (cd) Rockabilly Rarities, Vol. 1


Acknowledgments:   CMF Library, Bill Davis, Clif Doyal, Udo Frank, Bernd Kratochwil, Tom Lincoln, Michel Proost, Wayne Russell, Tony Wilkinson, Stefan Wriedt

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