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Challenge

Hollywood, Calif.  [source: an original label]

Founded by Gene Autry.
A Division of Melody Ranch Enterprises -- label of 1003.


Original Releases

Number Date & Source V Artists Titles {& References to LP/CD List} Matrix Numbers
CHL-606  
 
  Jerry Wallace How The Time Flies
With This Ring
Date Night
All My Love Belongs To You
Diamond Ring
Open Sesame
Blue Jean Baby
Fool's Hall Of Fame
The Other Me
Lucky Boy
Because We Are Young
Good And Bad
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1001 1957/Apr. 6
Bb pop rev.
  Dave Dupre' Fire In The Eyes
Don't Cry For You I Love
 
 
1002 1957/May
(Bb est.)
  Dave Dupre' Flame Of Love
Well It Isn't Fair
 
 
1003-45 1957/June 10
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Wallace Fool's Hall Of Fame
Blue-Jean Baby
CH-1005
CH-1006
1004 1957/June 10
Bb pop rev.
The Commodores Sweet Angel
Not A Day Goes By
CH 112
CH 113
1005 1957/July
(Bb est.)
  Dave Dupre' A Job Well Done
Our Tomorrow
 
 
CH-1008-45 1957/Oct. 7
Bb pop rev.
Dave Burgess I'm Available
Who's Gonna Cry
45CH-130 17670
45CH-131 17671
CH-1012 1957/Dec.
(Bb est.)
Huelyn Duvall Comin' Or Goin' {b,i,x, F, 1c,1d}
Teen Queen {b,i,r,x, F,V, 1c,1d}
45-138
45-137
1014 1958/Jan. 27
Bb pop rev.
Kip Tyler She Got Eyes {c, G,I}
Shadow Street {c, I}
45-143
45-142
1018 1958/Jan. 27
Bb pop rev.
Dave Burgess Maybelle {L}
Take This Love {L, 1e}
45-152
45-110
9114 1961/July 3
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Fuller First Love Never Dies
Guilty Of Loving You {s}
 
45-714
9134 1962/Feb. 10
Bb pop rev.
Prentice Moreland Holy Mack'rel
Teacher Drives Me Crazy
45-784
45-783
#9148 1962/Apr. 28
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Fuller Too Many People {L}
Willingly (I Let You Go)
701
833
59000 1958/Mar. 3
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Wallace Good And Bad
The Other Me
165
162
59001 1958/Mar. 31
Bb pop rev.
Johnny And Jonie Kee-Ro-Ryin' {a,d,f, G}
Just Before Dawn
45-167
45-168
59002 1958/Apr. 7
Bb pop rev.
Huelyn Duvall Hum-Dinger {b,i,x, M, 1c,1d}
You Knock Me Out {b,i, M, 1c,1d}
158
160
59005 1958/Apr.
(Bb est.)
Bobby Milano Life Begins At Four O'Clock {a,k,t, G,U}
Double Talking Baby {a}
188
189
59006 1958/Apr.
(Bb est.)
Al Downing Down On The Farm {a,c,y, F,N,P,Q,R,X, 1g}
Oh! Babe {a,c, F,N, 1g}
190
191
59008 1958/Apr. 28
Bb pop rev.
Kip Tyler Jungle Hop {a,c,g,h,j,l, F,I,S,Z, 1h}
Ooh Yeah Baby {c, G,I, 1h}
194
195
59009 1958/May
(Bb est.)
  Kimball Coburn Boo-Be-Ah-Be {a,c}
Cute {c}
192
193
59009 1958/May
(Bb est.)
  Kimball Coburn My Little Girl {c}
Cute
227
226
59010 1958/June 2
Bb pop rev.
Kenny Loran Change Of Love
Lonely Boy
45-221
45-220
59011 1958/June 2
Bb pop rev.
  Diane Maxwell Cotton Candy Love
Dreamy
185
186
59013 1958/June 30
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Wallace With This Ring {J, 1f}
How The Time Flies
166
251
59014 1958/June 30
Bb pop rev.
Huelyn Duvall Three Months To Kill {a,b,i,k,q, F,T,V, 1c,1d}
Little Boy Blue {b,i , 1c,1d,1l}
45-233
45-232
59017 1958/July
(Bb est.)
  Jerry Arnold Little Boy Blue {B, 1a}
You Gave Me {B}
45-262
45-263
59020 1958/Aug. 18
Bb pop rev.
Phil Carter Twenty-Four Hour Night
Amazon {j}
45-259
45-257
59021 1958/Aug.
(Bb est.)
Four Teens Go Little Go Cat {a,k,p,u, C,F,U}
Spark Plug {a,k,o,u, F}
45-246
45-247
59024 1958/Sept. 1
Bb pop rev.
Johnny And Jonie Still Going Steady
Some Of Them Bones Are Mine
45-279
45-277
59025 1958/Oct. 6
Bb pop rev.
Huelyn Duvall Juliet {b,i, F, 1c,1d}
Friday Night On A Dollar Bill {b,i,x, F, 1c,1d}
45-231
45-159
59032 1958/Nov. 24
Bb pop rev.
Dave Burgess Lovey Dovey Baby {K}
I Hang My Head And Cry
45-217
45-307
59033 1958/Nov. 24
Bb pop rev.
Dean Beard Egad, Charlie Brown {a, D,W}
Keeper Of The Key {D,W}
45-310
45-309
59034 1958/Dec. 1
Bb pop rev.
Jim And Rod Didn't It Rock {a,w, E,G,O, 1j}
My Baby's Got Dreamy Eyes
45-300
45-301
59037 1959/Feb. 16
Bb pop rev.
Dave Burgess Lulu
I Don't Want To Know
45-357
45-356
59039 1959/Mar. 2
Bb pop rev.
Diane Maxwell Date Bait
Jimmy Kiss And Run
371
290
59041 1959/Mar. 9
Bb pop rev.
Johnny And Jonie Tijuana Jail
In The Middle Of The Night
383
278
59045 1959/May 11
Bb pop rev.
Dave Burgess Everlovin'
Just For Me
45-406
45-405
59048 1959/June 15
Bb pop rev.
Dean Beard Little Lover {D,L,W, 1b,1k}
Holding On To A Memory {W}
45-432
45-433
59052 1959/July 27
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Fuller Betty My Angel {s , 1i}
Memories Of You
45-440
45-441
59054 1959/Sept.
(Bb est.)
Hershel Almond You Are The One
Lonesome
45-507
45-506
59057 1959/Oct. 5
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Fuller Tennessee Waltz {m,s}
Charlene
45-523
45-524
59061 1959/Nov. 16
Bb pop rev.
Wynn Stewart Uncle Tom Got Caught {a,c,e, K}
Wishful Thinking
45-535
45-534
59066 1960/Feb. 15
Bb pop rev.
George Weston Too Good To Be True {v}
Dead Man {v}
45-537
45-536
59069 1960/Mar. 14
Bb pop rev.
Huelyn Duvall Pucker Paint {b,i, F,Y, 1c,1d}
Boom Boom Baby {b,i, F, 1c,1d}
45-472
45-499
59085 1960/July 25
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Fuller Anna From Louisiana
Gone For The Summer
45-617
45-616
59104 1961/Mar. 6
Bb pop rev.
Jerry Fuller Shy Away {n,s}
Heavenly
45-681
45-682
59105 1961/Mar. 6
Bb c&w rev.
Ralph Mooney Moonshine  [instr.]
Release Me  [instr.]
45-641
45-642
59231 1964/Feb. 15
Bb c&w rev.
Baker Knight Surrender To Me {A}
When Somebody Mentions Your Name {A}
45-1008
45-1009
59244 1964/Apr.
(Bb est.)
Bob Regan Tarantula
Highland Lassie {z, H}
45-1084
45-1083
59260 1964/Sept.
(Bb est.)
Baker Knight Apple Dandy {A}
Good Evening Mr. Heartache {A}
45-1122
 

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

a. Ace CDCHD 494 (cd) More Hollywood Rock 'N' Roll
b. Bear Family BFX 15200 (lp) The Challenge Masters / Huelyn Duvall
c. Bear Family BFX 15233 (lp) Rock And Roll Cannibals
d. Big H 79106 (lp) Vintage Rock 'N' Roll Collector's Items, Vol. 6
e. Big H 79112 (lp) Vintage Rock 'N' Roll Collector's Items, Vol. 12
f. Bop BOP- 001 (cd) Saturday Night On Bop Street, Vol. 1
g. Born Bad BB 003 (cd) Born Bad, Vol. 3
h. Born Bad BB 003 (lp) Born Bad, Vol. 3
i. Brazos Valley BV 3030 (cd) The Best Of Huelyn Duvall From The Original Master Tapes, 1957-1958
j. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55014 (cd) Horror Hop
k. Castle Pulse PBXCD 355 (cd) Rock Baby Rock It: Record Hop Rock And Roll
l. Cato 001 (lp) Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 1
m. Century [???] (cd) Rockabilly Baby
n. Century [?] (cd) Rockabilly City
o. Chief CCD 1156512 [2nd] (cd) Ultra Rare Rockin' & Boppin', Vol. 2
p. Chief CCD 1156513 [1st] (cd) Ultra Rare Rockin' & Boppin', Vol. 3
q. Club 008 (lp) Grab This And Dance, Vol. 8
r. Club 012 (lp) Grab This And Dance, Vol. 12
s. Collectables 5729 (cd) Teenage Love / Jerry Fuller
t. Collector CL 1008 (lp) Rock N' Roll, Vol. 1
u. Collector CL 1024 (lp) Piano Rock And Roll
v. Collector CLS 2303 (lp) Super Rock And Roll, Part C
w. Collector CLS 2306 (lp) Rock And Roll Forever
x. Collector CLCD 4415 (cd) Three Months To Kill / Huelyn Duvall
y. Disky DO 250542 (cd) As Good As It Gets: Rockabilly
z. Ditto 100 (lp) The Canadian Sweethearts / Bob & Lucille
A. Eagle 309013 (lp) High School Days / Baker Knight
B. Eagle 90111 (cd) Pleasant Jamboree / Jerry Arnold
C. Eagle EA-R 90207 (cd) Cool Off Baby
D. Encore ECD 193587 (cd) Rock Around The Town / Dean Beard
E. Folkline 274- 164 (cd) Go Kat Go!, Vol. 3
F. Hollowbody HC 12001 (cd) Wild Men Ride Wild Guitars: Original Rockabilly & Chicken Bop, Vol. 1
G. Hollowbody HC 12003 (cd) Wail Man Wail!: Original Rockabilly & Chicken Bop, Vol. 3
H. Hydra BCK 27106 (cd) The Canadian Sweethearts, Bob & Lucille -- Eeny Meeny Miney Moe
I. Hydra BCK 27121 (cd) Ooh Yeah Baby: Red Hot Rock & Roll / Kip Tyler
J. Juke Box Saturday Night JBSN 1001 (lp) Rock 'N' Roll Fever, Vol. 1
K. Juke Box Saturday Night JBSN 1003 (lp) Rock 'N' Roll Fever, Vol. 3
L. Juke Box Saturday Night JBSN 1006 (lp) Rock 'N' Roll Fever, Vol. 5
M. Juke Box Saturday Night 1009 (lp) Rock 'N' Roll Fever, Vol. 8
N. Jumble 1111 (lp) Big Al Downing And The Poe-Kats
O. Lost Gold LGR 5698 (cd) Original Historic Rockabilly Classics, Vol. 4
P. Magnum Force CDMF 030 (cd) Red Hot Rockabilly
Q. Magnum Force MFLP 030 (lp) Red Hot Rockabilly
R. Magnum Force CDMF 100 (cd) Magnum Rockabilly
S. Monster A Go-Go JM 13 (lp) Songs We Taught The Cramps: 16 Cramps Classics By The Original Artists
T. NPR 7302 (lp) Archive Series, Vol. 2
U. Out Of Time 8011 (lp) Rockin' The Bop, Vol. 1
V. Red Raven 1 (lp) Those Oldies But Rockies
W. Revival 3008 (lp) Rakin' And Scrapin' / Dean Beard
X. Rhino 73346 (cd) Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly
Y. SABAM SABAM 0200 (lp) The Rocking Jiving King, Vol. 2
Z. STCTU STCTU 002 (cd) Songs The Cramps Taught Us, Vol. 2
1a. Security [no #] (10-in. lp) Texas Rockabilly / Jerry Arnold
1b. Star-Club 506020 (cd) High School Rock 'N' Roll: The Isle Connection
1c. Sundazed LP 5019 (lp) Is You Is Or Is You Ain't? / Huelyn Duvall
1d. Sundazed SC 6083 (cd) Is You Is Or Is You Ain't? / Huelyn Duvall
1e. Teen Beat TB-CD 151 (cd) Play It Cool
1f. Teenager TEEN 5919 (lp) Let's Go Rocking At The High School Hop Again
1g. Union Pacific 004 (lp) Transfusion: Rave From The Grave, Blast From The Past, Vol. 1
1h. White Label WLP 8868 (lp) More Home Made Early Rock And Roll
1i. Yeaah! 18 (cd) Teen Town USA, Vol. 3
1j. Yeaah! 22 (cd) Rockabilly Rarities, Vol. 4
1k. Yeaah! 509 (cd) Teen Town USA, Vol. 9
1l. Zomboco 1 (cd) Real Rare Rockabilly, Vol. 1


Acknowledgments:   Jürgen Blazejewski, CMF Library, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Will Derrington, Udo Frank, Andy Gallagher, Anton Grundner, Derek Hamilton, Kent Heineman, Rob Karman, Frank Kramer, Kurt Krauter, Tom Lincoln, Bryce Martin, Gerd Miller, Dean Craige Morris, John Neal, Drew Pfeifer, Don Stilton, Adriaan Sturm, Perica Sucevic, Hans Teljeur, Wolfgang Weißbrodt, Peter van Wilsem, Bjorn Witlox, eBay

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

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