BILLY GRAY & his Western Okies

Billy Gray & his Western Okies

Kurz-Bio:
Der Country-Gitarrist und Sänger Billy Gray wurde am 29. Dezember 1924 in Paris, Texas, geboren und verstarb am 27. März 1975, erst 50-jährig, während einer Herz-Operation.
Seine Singles:
DECCA
05 54....9-29120....BILLY GRAY AND HIS WESTERN OKIES..Who'll Buy My Tacos? (45-L 7604)/Pin-Up Girl (45-L 7605)
05 54....9-29140....WANDA JACKSON and BILLY GRAY..You Can't Have My Love (45-L 7613)/WANDA JACKSON..Lovin', Country Style (45-L 7610)
09 54....9-29267....WANDA JACKSON And BILLY GRAY..If You Don't Somebody Else Will (45-86690)/WANDA JACKSON..You'd Be The First One To Know (45-86691)
09 54....9-29271....BILLY GRAY And His Western Okies..We Just Don't See Things Alike (Anymore) (45-L 7606)/Farther On Down The Road (45-L 7607)
04 55....9-29489....BILLY GRAY AND HIS WESTERN OKIES..I'm Mad At My Heart (45-87501)/Okie Blondie (45-87502)
11 55....9-29678....BILLY GRAY AND HIS WESTERN OKIES..Girls Girls Girls (45-87503)/Harbor Of Love (45-L 7608)
02 56....9-29800....BILLY GRAY AND HIS WESTERN OKIES..It Could Have Been Me (45-89047)/Tennessee Toddy (45-89048)
08 57....9-30389....BILLY GRAY And MIMI ROMAN With Bill Gray's Western Swing Band..Mr. Opportunity (45-101078)/We're Taking Chances (45-101076)
LONGHORN
10 60....LH 505A....BILLY GRAY Vocal with Orchestra..I'll Go Broke Loving You/B….I'll Find A Way (To Free Myself)
LIBERTY
07 63….55599….BILLY GRAY AND THE WESTERN OKIES..I Left My Heart In San Francisco (LB-1678)/I'll Never Live Long Enough (To Forget About You) (LB-1679)
VANDAN
?? 64….VR-8472….BILLY GRAY & THE NUGGETS..Funny Way Of Hurting Me (R4KM-8472)/One Broken Heart Ago (R4KM-8473)
LONGHORN
01 66....LH-565....BILLY GRAY..Rotten Love (SoN 27511)/For No Reason (SoN 27512)

Keep Searchin'
Gerd

Aus dem Netz B-Seite zu Billy's Posting:

"Tennessee Toddy"

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78er mit Bob Manning (nicht der Crooner):

DUDE RECORDS
00 ??....JB-1605…. Bob Manning and his RIDERS OF THE SILVER SAGE Vocal by Bob Manning..”Lola Lee”/
Bob Manning and his RIDERS OF THE SILVER SAGE Vocal by Billy Gray..”Old Folks Boogie”

BULLET
08 48….659…. Bob Manning and his RIDERS OF THE SILVER SAGE Vocal by Bob Manning..I'm A Fool To Care/
Bob Manning and his RIDERS OF THE SILVER SAGE Vocal by Billy Gray..Reading Your Letters With Tears In My Eyes

DUDE RECORDS
00 ??....JB-1606…. Bob Manning and his RIDERS OF THE SILVER SAGE Vocal by Billy Gray..Green Light/I Left My Heart In Texas

In der Literatur
Detroit Country Music –Maki/Cady
ist einiges beschrieben.

Die oben aufgeführten Titel wurden alle in Jim Becks Studio in Dallas bei Dude Records eingespielt und zwei davon in Lizenz an Bullet abgegeben. Nach der ersten Session für 4 Songs hatte sich Bob Manning aus der Gruppe gelöst.
1948 kam es zur Neuauflage der Gruppe und der Aufnahme von Zwei Titelnn, die dann durch Bullet auf den Markt gebracht wurden.

"Green Light" ist eine Cover-Version des Originales von Hank Thompson.

Gruß
Heino

Dude Records

die Titel zum ersten Cover