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Abramson, Herb 
November 16, 1916 – November 9, 1999.

Ace, Johnny 
June 9, 1929 – December 25, 1954.

Pledging my love – ILP 976

Allison, Gene
August 29, 1934 – February 28, 2004.

Let’s sit and talk – ILP 943

Anderson, Ernestine 
November 11, 1928 – 10th March 2016.

Continental mind – WI 309 | Kent CDKEND 235
Keep an eye on love – WI 309 | Kent CDCHD 1001

Anglos, The 

Incense – WI 4033 | WIP 6615 | 10WIP 6615 | ILP 938 | IWP 3 | Kent CDKEND 235
You’re fooling me (Stepping stone) – WI 4033 | CDKEND 258

Baby, Mercy 


March 12, 1930 – September 10, 1977.

Mercy’s blues – ILP 919

Barnes, Jimmy, no information.

– If by any chance | DAY2CD197

– Maybe never | DAY2CD197

Baretto, Ray

El Watusi- ILP 964

Baron, The 

In the mood – WI 398
Is a blue bird blue – WI 398

Bass, Ralph 

1 May 1911 – 5 March 1997.

Bateman, June
November 17, 1939 – 13 February 2016

Believe me darling – ILP 920

Bateman, June, and Watts, Noble “Thin Man”

I don’t wanna – WI 347
Noble’s theme – WI 347

Berns, Bert 

8 November 1929 – 30 December 1967.

Betteridge, David

Betters, Harold March 21, 1928 – October 11, 2020.

Do anything you wanna/Pt 2 – WI 378 | ILP 925 | Kent CDCHD 1001

NEW Billy and Rickey

– Baby doll | DAY2CD197

Birdlegs and Pauline (Updated 10 June 2025)

In so many ways – WI 4014
Spring – WI 4014 | ILP 934 | Kent CDCHD 1001

Sidney "Birdlegs" Banks, 13 October 1929 - 2 December 2007.

Black, Marjorie No information. ls: 12/23

One more hurt – 4 988006 701007

Bland, Bobby

 January 27, 1930 – June 23, 2013.

A touch of the blues – WI 4044 | ILP 974
Driftin’ Blues – ILP 974
I’m Too Far Gone – ILP 974 | ILP 976
Getting Used to the Blues – ILP 974
Good time Charlie – ILP 976
One Horse Town – ILP 974
Road of Brokenhearted Men – ILP 974
Sad Feeling – ILP 974
Set Me Free – ILP 974
Shoes – ILP 974
Sweet Lips of Joy – ILP 974
Sweet Loving – ILP 974
That did it – WI 4044 | ILP 974 | Kent CDKEND 235
These hands (small but mighty) – ILP 976

Bob and Earl 


Robert Nelson Relf : January 10, 1937 – November 20, 2007.
Earl Lee Nelson (Jackie Lee) : 8 September 1928 – 12 July 2008.
Robert James Byrd : July 1, 1930 – July 27, 1990.

Baby I’m satisfied – WI 393 | ILP 934 | ILP 951
Baby it’s over – ILP 951
Dancin’ everywhere – ILP 951
Don’t ever leave me – WI 4030 | ILP 951
Fancy free – WI 4030 | ILP 951
Harlem Shuffle – WI 374 | ILP 925 | ILP 951 | IWP 3 | 10WIP 6599 | Kent CDKEND 235
I’ll Keep Running Back – WI 374 | ILP 938 | ILP 951
My woman – ILP 951
Puppet on a string – ILP 951
The cissy – WI 393 | ILP 951
Your lovin’ goes a long way – ILP 951
Your time is my time – ILP 951

Bob, Big

Dates unknown: thought deceased.

Your line was busy – ILP 933 | Kent CDCHD 1008

Bono, Sonny


February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998.

Bradley, Mamie 

– I feel like a million | DAY2CD197

Braggs, Al “TNT” 


23rd May, 1938 – 3rd December, 2003.

Earthquake – ILP 976

Brenston, Jackie 

24 August 1928 or 1930 – 15 December 1979.

Trouble up the road – 4 988006 701007

Britt, Tina


July 5, 1938 –
The Real thing – ENS 3 | ENSUC 3 | COL-CD 5123 | 4 988006 701007

Brown, Buster 


August 15, 1911 – January 31, 1976.

Doctor Brown – ILP 920 | IWP 5
Don’t dog your woman – ILP 919
Fannie Mae – WI 368 | ILP 938 | ILP 977 | Kent CDCHD 1008
Lost in a dream – WI 368 | CDKEND 258
Medium shuffle – ILP 920
Sugar babe – ILP 921

Brown, James 


May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006.

Night train – WI 360 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | ILP 925 | Kent CDKEND 235
Why does everything happen to me – WI 360 | ILP 919 | Kent CDCHD 1008

Brown, Maxine 

August 18, 1939 –

All in my mind – ILP 934
Funny – ILP 934

Burrage, Harold

 
30 March 1931 – 25 November 1966.

A long way together – WI 353
I’ll take one – WI 353

Butler, Jerry

December 8, 1939 – 21 February 2025

Believe in me – WI 4009 | ILP 934 | Kent CDKEND 235
I don’t want to hear it any more – WI 4003
I stand accused – WI 4003 | CDKEND 258
Just a little bit – ILP 934
Just for you – WI 4009
Make it easy on yourself – ILP 943

Byrd, Russell 


Bertrand Russell Berns, 8 November 1929 – 30 December 1967.

Hitch hike parts 1 and 2 – WI 305 | ENSUC 3 | Kent CDKEND 235 | 4 988006 701007

C, Roy


August 3, 1939 – September 16, 2020

High school dropout – ILP 938
Shotgun wedding – ILP 938 | IWP 3

Caldwell, Venton “Buddy”, V Tone Records. No information. ls: 03/24

Carr, James 
June 13, 1942 – January 7, 2001.

You don’t want me – ILP 943 | Kent CDKEND 235

Carter, Calvin 
May 27, 1925 – July 9, 1986.

Carter, Eloise No information. ls: 12/23

My man Rockhead – 4 988006 701007 | DAY2CD197

– I need you | DAY2CD197

NEW Chandeliers, The, No information. ls: 04.24

– She’s a heart breaker | DAY2CD197

– Give me your love | DAY2CD197

Chandler, Gene 
July 6, 1937 –

Rainbow – ILP 934

I can’t save it/I can take care of myself – WI 4052 (not issued).

Clanton, Jimmy, and Rockets, The 


Jimmy Clanton September 2, 1938 –

Just a dream – ILP 920

Clark, Claudine 
April 26, 1941 –

Moon madness – WI 4039
The strength to be strong – WI 4039 | CDKEND 258

Clark, Dee 
November 7, 1938 – December 7, 1990.

Hey little girl – ILP 933
Just keep it up – ILP 934

Cliff, Jimmy

Give and take - ILP 964

Cook, Little Joe 
Chris Farlowe (John Henry Deighton) 13 October 1940 –

Stormy Monday blues Parts 1 and 2 – WI 385

Covay, Don 

24 March 1936 – 31 January 2015.

Believe it or not – 4 988006 701007 | DAY2CD197

Betty Jean | DAY2CD197

Covey, Julien , and Machine, The

20 October 1940-
A little bit hurt – ILP 964 | WIP 6615 | 10WIP 6615

Crudup, Arthur Big Boy 
August 24, 1905 – March 28, 1974.

Mean old Frisco – ILP 921

Crutchfield, Jerry 
August 10, 1934 – 11 January, 2022

Curtis, King, and Noble Knights, The 
Curtis Ousley, February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971

Soul twist – ILP 943

Darrow, Johnny (Updated 23 August 2023)
John Alfred “Johnny” Moore aka Johnny Darrow, December 14, 1934 – December 30, 1998.

Don’t start me talking | ENSUC 3 4 988006 701007 | DAY2CD197

– Hand in hand | DAY2CD197

Davis, Spencer, Group

Gimme some loving - ILP 964

Day, Bobby (Updated 23 August 2023)
Robert James Byrd (Bobby Day), July 1, 1928 – July 27, 1990.

Over and over – WI 388
Rockin’ robin – WI 388 | ILP 977

Day, Jackie (Updated 24 August 2023)
February 8, 1938 – January 4, 2007.

Before its too late – WI 4040 | Kent CDKEND 235
Without a love – WI 4040

Daylighters, The 

Hard headed girl – WI 343
Oh Mom – WI 343 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | ILP 925 | Kent CDCHD 1001

DeSanto, Sugar Pie 
Umpeylia Marsema Balinton (Sugar Pie DeSanto), October 16, 1935 – 20 December, 2024

Strange feeling – ILP 943

Diamond, Lee 
August 18, 1932 – 1985.

Hatti Malatti – ILP 933 | Kent CDCHD 1008

Donald, Wade 

Loving you every day – ILP 943

Don and Dewey (Updated 26 August 2023)
Don Bowman, June 18, 1938 – November 27, 1999.
Dewey Terry, July 17, 1937 – May 11, 2003.

Soul motion – WI 4032
Stretching out – WI 4032

Dorsets, The (Updated 26 August 2023)
Cool it – WI 391
Pork Chops – WI 391 | CDKEND 258

Dorsey, Lee (Updated 27 August 2023)
December 24, 1924 – December 2, 1986.

Behind the eight ball – ILP 924
Chin chin -ILP 924
Do re mi – WI 367 | Kent CDKEND 235
Eenie meenie minie mo – ILP 924
Give me you – ILP 924
Give me your love – ILP 924
Hoodlum Joe – ILP 924
Ixie dixie pixie pie – ILP 924
Messed around and fell in love – WI 399 | ILP 920| ILP 924
One and one – ILP 924
People gonna talk – ILP 924
Rock – ILP 924
When I meet my baby – WI 399 | ILP 920 | ILP 924
Ya ya – WI 367 | ILP 924 | ILP 977
You are my sunshine – ILP 924
Yum Yum – ILP 924

Downing, Big Al (Updated 27 August 2023)
January 9, 1940 – July 4, 2005.

Please come home – WI 341
Yes I’m loving you – WI 341 | Kent CDCHD 1008

Duals, The (Updated 27 August 2023)

Bellinger, Henry, 2 July 1942 - 1963.

Lageman, Johnny, 1942 - 

Stick Shift – ENS 6 | COL-CD 5123 | 4 988006 701007 | DAY2CD197

– Cruising | DAY2CD197

Duncan, Tommy (Updated 27 August 2023)

Dance Dance Dance – WI 4002 | ILP 938
Lets try it over again – WI 4002

Dynamite, Mr. (Updated 27 August 2023)

Sh’Mon Parts 1 and 2 – WI 4027

Eddie and Ernie (Updated 9 December 2023)

William Edgar “Eddie” Campbell, December 23, 1940 –  July 10, 1994.

Earnest L. Johnson Jr. , October 22, 1943 – August 20, 2005.

The outcast- 4 988006 701007

Time waits for no one – 4 988006 701007

Edwards, Jackie (Updated 28 August 2023)
1938 – 15 August 1992.

Pretty Girl – WI 329

I Feel So Bad - ILP 964

Stagger Lee – WI 329


Elbert, Donnie
May 25, 1936 – January 26, 1989.

A little piece of leather – WI 377 | ILP 925 | ILP 964 | 10WIP 6599 | Kent CDCHD 1001
Do whatcha wanna – WI 377
Lilly lou – WI 396
You can push it or pull it (Your red wagon) – WI 396 | ILP 938 | Kent CDKEND 235

Epperson, Minnie (Updated 29 August 2023)
Minnie Mae Epperson King, December 30 1942 – February 8 2013.

It’ll last forever – ILP 976

Epps, Preston, Trio with Franklin, Andre (Updated 29 August 2023)
Preston Eugene Epps, July 19, 1930 – May 9, 2019.

Say yeah – ILP 943

Everett, Betty (Updated 30 August 2023)
November 23, 1939 – August 19, 2001

I’ve got a claim on you – WI 352
Your love is important to me – WI 352

Fallon, Larry (Updated 30 August 2023)
1925 – June 2, 2005.

Fascinations, The (Updated 26 August 2023)

Girls are out to get you – WI 4049
You’ll be sorry – WI 4049

Fats, Harmonica, (Updated 26 August 2023)

8 September 1927 – 3 January 2000.

Tore Up/I get so tired – WI 4051 (not issued).

Flamingo, Chuck (Updated 26 August 2023), No information. ls: 09/24

Little bit of this, little bit of that – ILP 943

Ford, Dee Dee, and Gardner, Don (Updated 26 August 2023)
Don Gardner, May 9, 1931 – September 4, 2018.
Dee Dee Ford, 1936 – 1972.

I’m coming home to stay – ILP 934

Ford, Frankie (Updated 1 September 2023)
August 4, 1939 – September 28, 2015.

Alimony – ILP 920
It must be jelly – ILP 920
Roberta – WI 366
Sea cruise – WI 366 | ILP 977
Watch dog – WI 369
What’s going on – WI 369

Foster, Keith

Composer and reggae music record producer. See Simone, Sugar

NEW Four Jokers, The

Benjamin Washington (lead vocals)

James Myers (first tenor vocals)

Herbert Myers (second tenor vocals)

Charles Holloway (bass vocals)

– Written in the stars | DAY2CD197

Fowley, Kim (Posted 9 September 2023)

21 July 1939 – 15 January 2015.

Foxx, Inez and Charlie (Updated 17 March 2024)

Inez Fox, September 9, 1942 – 25 August, 2022.
Charlie Fox, October 23, 1939 – September 18, 1998.

Ask me – WI 314 | ILP 911 | 4 988006 701007
Broken hearted fool – WI 304 | ILP 911
Confusion – WI 323
Here we go round the mulberry bush – WI 307 | ENS 2 | ILP 911
He’s the one you love – WI 301 | ILP 911
Hi diddle diddle – WI 314 | ILP 911
Hurt by love – WI 323 | WIP 6615 | 10WIP 6615 | ENS 2 | ILP 911 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | ENSUC 3 | Kent CDKEND 235 | 4 988006 701007
Jaybirds – WI 304 | ILP 911
La de da I love you – WI 356 | ENS 2| ENSUC 3 | CDKEND 258 | 4 988006 701007
Mockingbird – WI 301 | ENS 2 | ILP 911 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | ENSUC 3 | Kent CDCHD 1001 | COL-CD 5123 | 4 988006 701007
Searching for my CC – ILP 911
Sittin’ here – ILP 911
Talk with me – ILP 911
Tom and Jim i ILP 911
Yankee doodle dandy – WI 356

Franklin, Andre, with Epps, Preston, Trio (Updated 5 October 2025)

*NEW* Franklin, Andre, of Little Rock, Arkansas, died on 4 March 2024. Can anyone confirm that this is the correct person please.

Preston Eugene Epps, July 19, 1930 – May 9, 2019.

Say yeah – ILP 943

Freeman, Bobby (Updated 1 September 2023)
June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017.

Do you wanna dance – ILP 933

Frog, Wynder K.

I'm a man -ILP 964

Fulson, Lowell (Updated 2 September 2023)
March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999.

Blues around midnight – WI 4023
Key to my heart – WI 375
Talking woman blues – WI 4023 | ILP 964 | Kent CDKEND 235 | IWP 5
Too many drivers – WI 375 | Kent CDCHD 1001

Gardner, Don, and Ford, Dee Dee (Updated 31 August 2023)
Don Gardner, May 9, 1931 – September 4, 2018.
Dee Dee Ford, 1936 – 1972.

I’m coming home to stay – ILP 934

Garner, Robert L.

Record producer, song writer, record company executive (Duke), promoter of Texas. No data available. Help Please.

Gene and Al’s Spacemen (Reviewed 2 September 2023)


Thought to be Eddie “Little” Bo and Mac Rebennack.
Edwin Joseph Bocage, September 20, 1930 – March 18, 2009.
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019.

Mercy – ILP 920 | Kent CDCHD 1008

George, Barbara 
16th August, 1942 – 10th August 2006.

Bless you – WI 316
I know – ENS 3 | ENSUC 3 | COL-CD 5123
Send for me If you need some lovin’ – – WI 316 | DAY2CD197

The recipe for perfect fools | DAY2CD197

Gordon, Rosco (Updated 3 September 2023)
April 10, 1928 – July 11, 2002.

Going home | CDKEND 258

Gray, Owen (Updated 7 September 2025)
5 July 1939 – 20 July 2025.

You don’t know like I know – 10WIP 6599

Green, Betty (Reviewed 3 September 2023 – No information available.)

He’s down on me | ENSUC 3

Hall, Gerri (Updated 4 April 2023)

2 August 1934 –

I lost the key – WI 4026
Who can I run to – WI 4026

Hall, René (Updated 4 September 2023)
September 26, 1912 – February 11, 1988.

Hall, Rick (Updated 4 September 2023)
January 31, 1932 – 2 January 2018.

NEW Hannibal, Mighty, The

9 August 1939 –  20 January 2014.

– The biggest cry | DAY2CD197

– I need a woman | DAY2CD197

Harris, Thurston (Updated 4 September 2023)
July 11, 1931 – April 14, 1990.

I hope you won’t hold it against me – WI 4016
Little bitty pretty one – WI 4016 | ILP 933 | ILP 977

Harrison, Wilbert 

January 5, 1929 – October 26, 1994.

Cheating baby – ILP 920
Goodbye Kansas City – ILP 920
Kansas City Twist – WI 363
Let’s stick together – WI 363 | ILP 925 | Kent CDCHD 1001
Let’s work together Parts 1 and 2 – ENS 4 | ENSUC 3 | COL-CD 5123

Hawkins, Ronnie (Updated 7 December 2022)


January 10, 1935 – May 29, 2022

Forty days – ILP 933 | Kent CDCHD 1008

Hawkins, Screaming Jay (Updated 5 September 2023)


July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000.

I hear voices – WI 379
I put a spell on you – WI 4008 | CDKEND 258
Just don’t care – WI 379
Little Demon – WI 4008

Haywood, Joe (Updated 5 September 2023)


1939 – November 1996.

Warm and tender love | CDKEND 258

Head, Roy, and Traits, The (Updated 6 September 2023)


Roy Kent Head, January 9, 1941 – September 21, 2020.

Apple of my eye – ILP 976
Treat her right – IWP 3 | ILP 976
Wiggling and giggling – ILP 976

Hendricks, Bobby


February 22, 1938 – 25 March 2022

A thousand dreams – WI 315 | COL-CD 5123
Itchy twitchy feeling – WI 315 – ENSUC 3 | Kent CDCHD 1008 | COL-CD 5123 | 4 988006 701007 | DAY2CD197

Psycho – 4 988006 701007 | DAY2CD197

– Cast your vote | DAY2CD197

– Busy flirtin’ | DAY2CD197

Hill, Z Z (Updated 6 September 2023)


30th September 1935 – 27th April 1984.

Gimme Gimme – IEP 711 | Kent CDKEND 235
You Can’t Hide A Heartache – IEP 711

Hinton, Joe (Updated 7 September 2023)


November 15, 1929 – August 13, 1968.

Funny how time slips away – ILP 976

Holden, Ron (Updated 7 September 2023)


August 7, 1939 – January 22, 1997.

My babe – ILP 933

Hollywood Argyles, The (Updated 8 September 2023)

Fowley, Kim, July 21, 1939 – January 15, 2015

Paxton, Gary Sanford, May 18, 1939 – July 17, 2016 

Selico, Ronnie

Hodge, Gaynel, 4 Jan 1937 - 3 June 2020

Cosby, Harper, 24 December 1925 - 4 May 2005

Nelson, Sander "Sandy" Lloyd, December 1, 1938 - February 14, 2022

Frazier, Dallas, October 27, 1939 - January 14, 2022

Mize, Buddy

Turner, Scott, 23 August 1931 - 9 February 2009


Sho’ know a lot about love – ILP 933

Hollywood Flames, The

David Ford (tenor)

John Berry (tenor)

George Watson (second tenor)

Joe Thompson (baritone/bass)

Annie Don’t Love Me No More – 4 988006 701007

NEW Honey Dos, The, no information. ls: 04/24

– Honey dew | DAY2CD197

– Someone | DAY2CD197

Hooker, Earl (Updated 8 September 2023)


January 15, 1929 – April 21, 1970.

Swear to tell the truth – ILP 921

Hooker, Earl and Wells, Junior

Amos Wells Blakemore Jr (Junior Wells), December 9, 1934 – January 15, 1998.


Earl Hooker, January 15, 1929 – April 21, 1970.

Calling all blues – WI 392

Hooker, John Lee


August 22, 1917 – June 21, 2001.

Boogie chillun – WI 361 | ILP 919 | Kent CDCHD 1008
I’m in the mood – WI 361

Hopkins, Lightning (Updated 10 September 2023)


March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982.

Bad boogie – ILP 919
Mojo Hand – ILP 921 | Kent CDCHD 1008
Wonder what is wrong with me – ILP 921 | IWP 5

Horse, Doctor (Updated 10 September 2023)


Al Pittman, 17 September 1917 – 28 April 2004.

Jack, that cat was clean – ILP 920 | Kent CDCHD 1008

Hughes, Jimmy (Updated 10 September 2023)


February 3, 1938 –

Goodbye my love – WI 4006 | ILP 934
It was nice – WI 4006
Steal away – ILP 934

Ikettes, The (Updated 12 September 2023)

Prisoner in love – WI 389
Those words – WI 389

Impressions, The (Updated 12 September 2023)


Curtis Lee Mayfield, June 3, 1942 – December 26, 1999.
Samuel G. “Sam” Gooden, September 2, 1934 – August 4, 2022.
Fred Cash, October 8, 1940 –
Jerry Butler, December 8, 1939 –

Believe in me – ILP 943

Intentions, The (Updated 13 September 2023)

Dancing fast dancing slow – IEP 711 | Kent CDKEND 235
My love she’s gone – IEP 711

Jackson, Alexander and Turnkeys, The (Updated 13 September 2023)

Tell it like it is – WI 386
The whip – WI 386 | CDKEND 258

NEW Jackson, Sonny, no information. ls: 04/24

– My Babe | DAY2CD197

Jacobs, Hank (Updated 13 September 2023)

14 December 1946 –

Hank’s Groove – ENS 5 | ENSUC 3
Monkey hips and rice – WI 313 | 4 988006 701007
So far away – WI 313 | ENS 5 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | IWP 3 | ENSUC 3 | CDKEND 258 | 4 988006 701007
Summertime – ENS 5 | ENSUC 3
Out of sight – ENS 5

James, Elmore (Updated 14 September 2023)


January 27, 1918 – May 24, 1963.

Anna Lee – ILP 918
Bleeding heart – WI 383 | ILP 927
Bobby’s rock – ILP 918
Coming home – ILP 927
Cry for me baby – ILP 927
Done somebody wrong – ILP 918
Dust my blues – WI 335 | ILP 918 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | Kent CDCHD 1001
Dust my broom – ILP 927
Elmore’s contribution to Jazz – ILP 927
Fine little mama – ILP 918
Happy Home – WI 335 | ILP 918
Held my baby last night – ILP 918
I can’t stop loving you – ILP 927
I’m worried – ILP 918
I need you – WI 4007
It hurts me too – WI 383 | ILP 927 | Kent CDCHD 1008 | IWP 5
I wish I was a catfish – ILP 919
Knocking at your door – WI 392 | ILP 927 | CDKEND 258
Look on yonder wall – ILP 918
Make my dreams come true – ILP 918
Mean mistreating mama – WI 4007
One way out – ILP 927
Pickin’ the blues – ILP 927
Rollin’ and tumblin’ – ILP 918
Shake your money maker – ILP 918
Standing at the crossroads – ILP 927
Stranger blues – ILP 918
Take me where you go – ILP 927
The sky is crying – ILP 918
The twelve year old boy – ILP 927

James, Elmore, and Williamson, Sonny Boy

I believe my time ain’t long – ILP 921

James, Etta (Updated 14 September 2023)


January 25, 1938 – January 20, 2012.

Good rockin’ Daddy – WI 359
Roll with me Henry (The Wallflower) – WI 359 | Kent CDCHD 1008 | ILP 919

James, Homesick 


John William Henderson, 1910 – 13 December 2006.

Can’t afford to do it – WI 330
Crossroads – WI 319 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | Kent CDCHD 1008 | IWP 5
My baby’s sweet – WI 319
Set a date – WI 330

Jaybirds, The (Updated 15 September 2023)

Somebody help me – WI 4013
The right kind – WI 4013

Joe and Ann (Updated 15 September 2023)

Joe Joseph

Ann Tyler

Gee baby – ILP 920

Johnson, Chuck, see Foxx, Charlie

Competition – WI 307

Johnson, Jimmy , no information. ls: 12/22

Don’t answer the door Parts 1 and 2 – WI 387

Jones, Thelma (Updated 16 September 2023)

Never leave me – WI 4047
Stronger – WI 4047 | Kent CDKEND 235

Kelly Brothers, The (Updated 17 September 2023)

Curtis Kelly

Robert Kelly

Andrew Kelly

Charles Lee

Offe Reece

Crying days are over – WI 4034 | Kent CDKEND 235
I’m falling in love again – WI 4034

Kendrick, Nat and Swans, The (Updated 17 September 2023)

Nat Kendrick, drummer, no details. ls: 09/24

(Do The) Mashed Potatoes(Part 1) – ILP 943

Kenner, Chris (Updated 17 September 2023)


December 25, 1929 – January 25, 1976.

I like it like that – ILP 933
Land of 1,000 Dances – WI 351 | ILP 919 Promotion | ILP 919 issue | ILP 925 | Kent CDCHD 1001
That’s my girl – WI 351

Keyes, Bert (Updated 18 September 2023)


September 11, 1930 – July 21, 1987.

Kilgore, Theola (Updated 18 September 2023)


6 December 1925 – 19 May 2005.

He’s coming back to me – WI 4035
I’ll keep trying – WI 4035

King, Al (Updated 19 September 2023)


August 8, 1923 – January 21, 1999.

The winner – WI 4045
Think twice before you speak – WI 4045

King, B B (Updated 19 September 2023)


September 16, 1925 – 14 May 2015.

The letter – WI 358 | ILP 921
You never know – WI 358 | Kent CDCHD 1008

King, Freddy (Updated 20 September 2023)


Frederick Christian King, September 3, 1934 – December 28, 1976.

Driving sideways – WI 349 | Kent CDCHD 1008 | IWP 5
Hideaway – WI 349

Knight, Gladys and Pips, The (Updated 21 September 2023)


Gladys Maria Knight, May 28, 1944 –

Merald Woodlow “Bubba” Knight Jnr., September 24, 1942 –

Brenda Knight, No dates. ls: 12/22

William Franklin Guest, 2 July 1941 – 24 December 2015.

Eleanor Guest, deceased 23 August 1997.

Every beat of my heart – ILP 920
Guess who – ILP 934
Letter full of tears – WI 394
Love call – ILP 934 | CDKEND 258
Room in your heart – ILP 920
You broke your promise – WI 394

LaBelle, Patti, and the Bluebelles 


Patricia Louise Holte (Patti Labelle), May 24, 1944 –

Cindy (Cynthia Ann) Birdsong, December 15, 1939-

Nona Bernis Hendryx, October 9, 1944-

Sarah Dash, August 18, 1945 – September 20, 2021.

C’est la vie – WI 324
Down the aisle – WI 324 | CDKEND 258

La La, Prince 


Lawrence Nelson, 1936 – 17 October 1963.

She put the hurt on me – ENS 4 | ENSUC 3 | COL-CD 5123

Lamp Sisters, The 

Vocal group from Detroit. Help please.


I thought it was all over – WI 4048
Woman with the blues – WI 4048

Lenoir, J B 


March 5, 1929 -April 29, 1967.

I feel so good – WI 339 | Kent CDCHD 1008
I sing um the way I feel – WI 339 | ILP 919 | Kent CDCHD 1001 | IWP 5

Lewis, Bobby (Updated 24 September 2023)


February 9, 1925 – 28 April, 2020.

Tossin’ and turnin’ – ILP 933

Longhair, Professor 


Henry Roeland Byrd, December 19, 1918 – January 30, 1980.

Baby let me hold your hand – WI 397 | ILP 933 | ILP 977 | Kent CDCHD 1008
Looka no hair – WI 397

Lynn, Barbara (Updated 24 September 2023)


January 16, 1942 –

All I Need Is Your Love – ILP 949
Dedicate The Blues To Me – ILP 949
Don’t Be Cruel – ILP 949
Don’t Spread It Around – ILP 949
Everybody Loves Somebody – ILP 949
It’s Better To Have It – ILP 949
Jealous Love – ILP 949
Letter to mommy and daddy – WI 4028 | ILP 949
Lonely heartache – WI 4038
Money – ILP 949
Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin’ – ILP 949 | IWP 3
Second fiddle girl – WI 4028
You Can’t Buy My Love – ILP 949
You Don’t Have To Go – ILP 949
You’ll lose a good thing – WI 4038 | ILP 949
You’re Gonna Be Sorry – ILP 949

Lynn, Sammi

26 February 1936 – 4 October 2008

– You should know I’m still your baby | DAY2CD197

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