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Bennett, Boyd

Born 1924 in Muscle Shoals, Ala. A regular on TV in Louisville, Ky., in 1955. Died in 2002.

References:
   Official website
   Official website


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
1955/Jan. 15
Bb pop rev.
King 45-1413 Waterloo {d,g}
I've Had Enough {q,r}
2
2
45-K9523
45-K9525
1955/Feb. 5
Bb pop rev.
King 45-1432 You Upset Me Baby {a,d,g,q,r}
Poison Ivy {d,g,q,r}
3
3
45-K9549
45-K9550
1955/Feb. 5
Bb pop rev.
King 45-1443 Boogie At Midnight {a,d,g,j,m}
Everlovin' {a,d,g,q,r}
4
4
45-K9563
45-K9564
1955/May 14
Bb c&w rev.
King 45-1470 Seventeen {a,d,g,i,j,m}
Little Ole You-All {d,g,j,m}
4
5
45-K9551
45-K9552
1955/May 28
Bb pop rev.
King 45-1475 Tennessee Rock And Roll {a,c,d,g,j,m}
Oo-Oo-Oo {d,g,q,r}
4
4
45-K3967
45-K3969
 
 
King EP-377 Seventeen
Boogie At Midnight
Oo-Oo-Oo
Little Ole You-All
3
3
3
3
KEP-355
KEP-355
KEP-356
KEP-356
1955/Sept. 17
Bb pop rev.
King 45-1494 My Boy--Flat Top {g,j,m}
Banjo Rock And Roll {d,g,j,m}
4
4
45-K9669
45-K9668
1955/Nov. 26
Bb pop rev.
King 45-4853 The Most {a,d,g,n,q,r}
Desperately
4
5
45-K9700
45-K9702
1956/Jan. 28
Bb pop rev.
King 45-4874 Right Around The Corner {a,d,g,j,m}
Partners For Life {d,g}
3
3
45-K8675
45-K8676
1956/Mar. 10
Bb pop rev.
King 45-4903 Blue Suede Shoes {a,d,g,j,m}
Mumbles Blues {a,d,g,q,r}
5
4
45-K9729
45-K9730
1956/Apr. 28
Bb pop rev.
King 45-4925 The Groovy Age {a,d,f,g,q,r}
Let Me Love You
4
5
45-K9731
45-K9747
1956/Aug. 18
Bb pop rev.
King 45-4953 Rabbit-Eye Pink And Charcoal Black {a,d,e,j,m,n}
Hit That Jive Jack {a,d,g,j,m,n}
4
6
45-K9804
45-K9803
1956/Oct. 27
Bb pop rev.
King 45-4985 Rockin' Up A Storm {a,d,n,q,r}
A Lock Of Your Hair
7
8
45-K9748
45-K9746
1957/Mar. 16
Bb pop rev.
King 45-5021 I'm Moving On {a,d,q,r}
Big Jay Shuffle  [instr.] {a,d}
5
3
45-K9933
45-K9931
1957/May 20
Bb pop rev.
King 45-5049 Put The Chain On The Door {a,d}
Big Boy  [instr.] {a,d}
4
3
45-K9932
45-K9930
1957/Dec. 16
Bb pop rev.
King 45-5097 Boy Meets Girl {d,n,q,r}
Sentimental Journey {d,n,q,r}
9
9
45-K4158
45-K4156
1958/Feb.
(Bb est.)
King 45-5113   Her Momma Doesn't Think It's Right
Signed, Sealed, Delivered {n}
3
3
45-K4157
45-K4159
1958/Feb. 17
Bb pop rev.
King 45-5115 Move {a,b,j,l,m,o,p}
Click Clack {a,d,h,j,m,n}
3
3
45-K4177
45-K4176
1959/Feb.
(Bb est.)
Mercury 71409X45 Tight Tights {d,n}
Tear It Up  [instr.]
1
1
YW17089
YW17078
1959/July 13
Bb pop rev.
Mercury 71479X45 Boogie Bear {d,n,q,r}
A Boy Can Tell {q,r}
1
1
YW18638
YW18641
1959/Nov. 2
Bb pop rev.
King 45-5282   High School Hop {d,g,m}
Cool Disc Jockey {d,g,m}
 
 
45-K9701
45-K9670
1959/Nov. 16
Bb pop rev.
Mercury 71537X45 Naughty Rock And Roll {d,n,q,r}
Lover's Night {d}
1
10
YW18640
YW18639
1960/Apr. 4
Bb pop rev.
Mercury 71605X45 It's Wonderful
Amo, Amas, Amat
11
11
YW19707
YW19708
1960/June
(Bb est.)
Mercury 71648X45 Seventeen {n}
Sarasota
12
11
YW19709
YW19710
1960/July 18
Bb pop rev.
King 45-5374 Seventeen
My Boy -- Flat Top {d,i}
4
4
45-K4698
45-K4699
1960/Dec. 5
Bb pop rev.
Mercury 71724 Big Junior {d,n,q,r}
Hershey Bar {d,n,q,r}
13
13
YW20245
YW20247
1961/June 26
Bb pop rev.
Mercury 71813 Coffee Break {d,n}
The Brain {n}
13
13
YW20248
YW20246
1963/Apr. 27
Bb pop rev.
King 45-5738 Hear Me Talking {d,n,q,r}
Teenage Years
1
1
45-K11470
45-K11468
1965
mx series
Kernel 2050 You & Me And Love {d}
Time
1
1
SoN 18722
SoN 18721
1958/Sept. 1
Bb Aud.
King 594   Boyd Bennett  [monaural]
Seventeen
Partners For Life
Mumbles Blues
Little Old You-All
Click Clack
Right Around The Corner
Rabbit-Eye Pink And Charcoal Black
Tennessee Rock And Roll
My Boy Flat Top
Move
Blue Suede Shoes
Boogie At Midnight
Hit The Jive Jack
Banjo Rock And Roll
Put The Chain On The Door
Boy Meets Girl
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional Tracks on Comps
1955
 
King unissued   Banjo Rock And Roll [alt. vers.] {a}
Cool Disc Jockey [alt. vers.] {a}
My Boy--Flat Top [alt. vers.] {a}
Switchie, Witchie, Twitchie {d,g}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
K-3968-11
 
 
[need info]   Baby Ba Wo Wo Wo {d}
Cat Walk {d}
Darlin' Please Be Good To Me [vers. 1] {d,k}
Darlin' Please Be Good To Me [vers. 2] {d}
Dig Like You Never Dug {d,g}
Ft. Knox Boogie {d}
Harlem Nocturne {d}
I'm Glad I'm A Boy {d}
It's Our Night Tonight {d}
Rock A Nails {d}
Steamboat {d}
There's Nothing Like This {n}
Who's It Gonna Be {d}
You Upset Me Baby [alt. vers.] {d}
Your Mother Doesn't Think It's Right {d,n}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References in "As By" Column:

  1. as by Boyd Bennett
  2. as by Boyd Bennett And His Southlanders
  3. as by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets
  4. as by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets / Vocal By Big Moe
  5. as by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets / Vocal By Boyd Bennett
  6. as by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets / Vocal By Big Moe And Boyd Bennett
  7. as by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets / Vocal By Big Moe And Chorus
  8. as by Boyd Bennett And His Rockets / Vocal By Boyd Bennett And Chorus
  9. as by Boyd Bennett / Vocal By Boyd Bennett And Chorus
  10. as by Boyd Bennett / Alto Sax Solo By Jimmy McDaniels
  11. as by Boyd Bennett / Vocal By Boyd Bennett With The Anita Kerr Singers
  12. as by Boyd Bennett & His Orchestra / Vocal by Al Henderson With Anita Kerr Singers
  13. as by Boyd Bennett / Arranged And Conducted By Cliff Parman

Other Notes:


Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

a. Ace CHCHD 1039 (cd) Rockin' Up A Storm / Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
b. Ace CDCHD 777 (cd) King Rockabilly
c. Battle 300 (cd) When Country Goes Boppin' And Jivin', Vol. 1
d. Benjon Productions BJ 001 (cd) Old Time Rock & Roll / Boyd Bennett
e. Blend 2 (cd) Best Of Blend Rock & Roll Collection, Vol. 2
f. Blend BLR. 82008 (lp) Rock & Roll Collection, Vol. 8
g. Charly CD 282 (cd) Tennessee Rock 'N Roll / Boyd Bennett
h. Chief CCD 1156504 (cd) Ultra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 4
i. Fed 07 (ep) untitled
j. Gusto/King 594 (lp) Collector's Item / Boyd Bennett
k. Memphis 7033 (cd) They Thought They Were Elvis: Vocal Clones, Vol. 1
l. Rhino 73346 (cd) Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly
m. Sing 1160 (lp) Seventeen / Boyd Bennett
n. Swing B 4950 (lp) Rock And Roll / Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
o. Teenage Heaven TH 576 (lp) Country Rockers, Vol. 3 - Goin' Wild
p. Westside 103 (cd) Roc-King Up Another Storm
q. [BLINK?] BLINK 4145 (lp) Rockin' Up A Storm / Boyd Bennett
r. [KLP?] KLP 4145 (lp) Rockin' Up A Storm / Boyd Bennett


Acknowledgments:   Both Sides Now, CMF Library, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Derek Hamilton, Jeff Lynn Hinson, Gerd Miller, Jan Myren, Åke Roos, Peter Staehli, Don Stilton, Adriaan Sturm, Perica Sucevic, Hans Teljeur, Tapio Vaisanen, Joe Wajgel, Wolfgang Weißbrodt, Bjorn Witlox, eBay

Compilation & presentation © 2008, Terry E. Gordon This page generated on 04/05/2008

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