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Country and crossover since 1920s and my favorite artists of all genres too...
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Friday, June 3, 2011

Benny Borg

By Tony Russell (Country Discography 1921-1942), Praguefrank
SESSIONS
2 April 1927 Atlanta, GA – Benny Borg (The Singing Soldier) (Benny Borg [vcl/gt/harmonica-1])
001 W143859-2 PICTURE FROM LIFE‘S OTHER SIDE Columbia 15183-D Velvet Tone 7108-V Clarion 5141-C
002 W143860-1 I WANT A PARDON FOR DADDY -1 15148-D
003 W143861-2 A CONCERT HALL ON THE BOWERY 15183-D Velvet Tone 7108-V Clarion 5141-C
004 W143862-1 YOU‘RE GOING TO LEAVE THE OL HOME JIM TONIGHT 15148-D
9 September 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Benny Borg aka Scotty The Drifter (Benny Borg [vcl/gt/harmonica])
005 39923-A IS THERE NO KISS FOR ME TONIGHT, LOVE? Decca 5143
006 39924-A-B THE DARNED OLF MULE FROM GEORGIA unissued
007 39925-A GOOSEBERRY PIE 5296
008 39926-A-B BURGLAR MAN AND OLD MAID NO.2 unissued
009 39927-A YOU TELL HER I STUTTER 5296
010 39928-A-B SUGAR BABY rejected
011 39929-A JUST BEFORE THE BATTLE, MOTHER 5143
012 39930-A DRUNAKRD’S WARNING F6359 [ESP] W4006 [IRL]
013 39931-A-B BYE BYE BLUES unissued
10 September 1935 Decca Recording Studio, Pythian Temple, 135 West 70th St., New York City – Benny Borg aka Scotty The Drifter (Benny Borg [vcl/gt/harmonica-1])
014 39952-B OUR SENATOR HUEY LONG -1 5136
015 39953-A YOU’RE GOING TO LEAVE THE OLD HOME TONIGHT 5136
016 39954-A-B THE HILL-BILLY BRIDE unissued
017 39955-A-B THE SOLDIER'S BONUS unissued
018 39956-A-B MOTHER’S CRAZY QUILT unissued

SINGLES
Columbia (1927)
15148-D I Want A Pardon For Daddy / You‘re Going To Leave The Ol Home Jim Tonight - 27
15183-D A Concert Hall On The Bowery / Picture From Life‘s Other Side Columbia 15183-D (also Velvet Tone 7108-V Clarion 5141-C)
Decca (aka Scotty The Drifter)
5136 Our Senator Huey Long / You're Going To Leave The Old House – 09-35
5143 Is There No Kiss For Me Tonight, Love? / Just Before The Battle, Mother – 10-35
5296 You Tell Her I Stutter / Gooseberry Pie – 11-36

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Michel Ruppli, not only for his books which I use daily, but also for a large amount of rare and unpublished data from his giant archive.
Thanks to all my friends - country music fans - in Czech Republic - Vladimir Pikora, Michal Gololobov, Milos Holecek, Tony Foglar, Rene Pavlik and Petr Vitous.
Thanks to Mario Manciotti for sending session details daily
Thanks to Kurt Rokitta for a lot of session info
Thanks to Bill Daniels for sharing a lot of labels info
Thanks to Lillies Ohlsson for many western swing contributions.
Thanks to Dick Grant for many artists files
Thanks to Thieu Van De Vorst for a lot of additions and corrections
Thanks to Goran Adolph for many rare albums info
Thanks to Hans Sandberg for many rare session data
Thanks to Chris Huskey for many sessions info.
Thanks to Kittra Moore for musicians and recording data
Thanks to Dik de Heer for many additions on rockabilly.
Thanks to Luiz Roberto Costa for helping me with the western genre.
Thanks to Wolf Ruediger Sommer, who not only sent me additional data, but is also watch-dog, correcting my typos and other errors.
Thanks to Robert Platt for priceless info on Canadian (but not only) artists.
Thanks to Phil Watson for hard work on Crown Prince of country music discography. Thanks to Walter Gabriel for filling the gaps in track listings of rare albums and various artists compilations.
Thanks to Kent Heineman for many independent recordings info
Thanks to Ken Nelson for bluegrass and more additions.
Thanks to Tony Middleton for RCA session info.
Thanks to Xavier Maire for interesting additions and for info on his website www.bopping.org.
Thanks to Henk Scholts for long time cooperation.
Thanks to Richard Price for miscellaneous session information
Thanks to Carl G. Cederblad for additions to sessionographies
Thanks to Paul Urbahns, Marc Alesina, Bill Millet, Bengt Wahlström, John Morris, Dominique Anglares, Pierre Monnery, Jeremy Roberts, Ben Collins, Alex Frazer-Harrison, K.F.Raizor, Ed Tabor, Mario Wildner, Ole Skjoldhøj, Eileen Sisk, Per Kammersgaard, David Bussey, Bill Marks for rare info on their favorite artists.
Thanks to Reginald Bartlette for info and additions of Columbia custom numbers.
Thanks to Katarina Fromm for various singles info.
Thanks to many others who sent some info - all are important.
Thanks to Richard Weize for his idea to produce projects, which have small commercial potential, but huge value for collectors - I spend a lot of money buying boxes and CDs, sometimes mainly because of the accompanying discographies.
Thanks also to Patrick Milligan, who created many discographies for Bear Family projects
Thanks to Marek Bozickovic for picture in head
And last but not least I would like to thank all who visit this blog - they come from more than 100 countries.