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Barnes, Benny

Born 1936 in Beaumont, Texas. A regular on the Louisiana Hayride (KWKH, Shreveport, La.) in 1956. Died in 1985.

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Original Releases

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Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source Label & Number Title & "As By" Name Matrix Comps
1956/Apr. 11
Bb c&w rev.		 Starday (Tenn.)  236  [78] No rating No Fault Of Mine
Benny Barnes		    
    No rating Once Again
Benny Barnes		    
1956/Apr. 11
Bb c&w rev.		 Starday (Tenn.) 45-236  [45] Non-pertinent No Fault Of Mine
Benny Barnes
Label shot
(from 45) 		2420 Bullet Collector CD 2877 (#17)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#26)
Bullet Texas Gold CD 932 (#30)
    No rating Once Again
Benny Barnes
Label shot		 2419  
 
 		 Dixie (mail) (Ill.)  507  [45 EP] No rating Searching
Uncredited artist		 A  
    No rating Sweet Dreams
Uncredited artist		 A  
    Pertinent I Walk The Line
Uncredited artist
(from unknown source) 		A Bullet Ace 10 16 (#3)
Bullet Cactus CD Cash 1 (#28)
Bullet Cactus CD CACDX-01 (#9)
Bullet Cascade LP 1003 (#20)
Bullet Cash CD 01 (#28)
Bullet Million LP 4 (#3)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#28)
Bullet Starday LP 102 (#11)
    No rating I Take A Chance
Uncredited artist		 B  
    No rating Any Old Time
Uncredited artist		 B  
    No rating Conscience, I'm Gulty
Uncredited artist		 B Bullet Starday LP 102 (#6)
 
 		 Dixie (mail) (Ill.)  518  [45 EP] No rating Stolen Moments
Uncredited artist
Label shot		 A  
    No rating There You Go
Uncredited artist
(from EP) 		A Bullet Cactus CD CACDX-01 (#15)
Bullet Cow Girl Boy LP 5086 (#11)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#30)
    No rating Train Of Love
Uncredited artist
(from EP) 		A Bullet Cactus CD Cash 1 (#15)
Bullet Cactus CD CACDX-01 (#3)
Bullet Cash CD 01 (#15)
Bullet Cow Girl Boy LP 5086 (#9)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#29)
    No rating Don't Stop The Music
George Jones
Label shot		 B  
    No rating Repenting
Uncredited artist		 B  
    No rating Go Away With Me
Uncredited artist		 B  
1958/Mar. 17
Bb c&w rev.		 Mercury (Ill.)  71284X45 [45] Pertinent Moon Over My Shoulder
Benny Barnes With The Echoes
Label shot
(from 45) 		YW16334 Bullet CCL LP 1142 (#13)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#4)
    Non-pertinent Lonely Street
Benny Barnes With The Echoes
Label shot
(from Star-Club CD 506007) 		YW16335 Bullet CCL LP 1142 (#14)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#6)
1958/Sept. 29
Bb pop rev.		 Starday (Tenn.) 45-401  [45] Pertinent You Gotta Pay
Benny Barnes With The Echoes
Label shot
(from 45) 		2808 Bullet Ace 10 17 (#10)
Bullet CCL LP 1142 (#15)
Bullet Chief CD 1156502 (#1)
Bullet Fantastic Voyage CD 145 (#48)
Bullet SD LP 830 (#9)
Bullet Smith & Co. CD 1170 (#56)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#5)
Bullet Teenager LP 5919 (#6)
Bullet Texas Gold CD 931 (#2)
    Non-pertinent Heads You Win (Tails I Lose)
Benny Barnes With The Echoes
Label shot		 2809 Bullet CCL LP 1142 (#16)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#14)
1959/Apr. 6
Bb c&w rev.		 D (Texas)  1052  [45] Borderline Gold Records In The Snow
Benny Barnes
Label shot
(from 45) 		1107 Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#20)
    Non-pertinent Happy Little Blue Bird
Benny Barnes
Label shot
(from 45) 		1106 Bullet Bear Family CD 17030 (#4)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#9)
1964/Aug.
(Bb est.)		 Hall-Way (Texas) 45-1203  [45] Non-pertinent Headed For Heartbreak
Benny Barnes
Label shot
(from 45) 		H-1203-B  
    Non-pertinent Bar With No Beer
Benny Barnes
Label shot
(from 45) 		H-1203-A  
 
 		 [live recording]     [ ] Pertinent Let's Rock And Roll
Benny Barnes
(from White Label LP 8889) 		  Bullet White Label LP 8889 (#15)
    Pertinent My Babe
Benny Barnes
(from White Label LP 8889) 		  Bullet White Label LP 8889 (#13)
    Non-pertinent No Fault Of Mine [live vers.]
Benny Barnes
(from White Label LP 8889) 		  Bullet White Label LP 8889 (#14)

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

1977CCL (Germany) 1142LPThe Rockin' Honky Tonk Man / Benny Barnes
1979Ace (England) CH 1610Sleepy La Beef And Friends
Ace (England) CH 1710Rockabilly Party
1981Million (Netherlands) LP 4LPThe Best Of Dixie, Vol. 4
1983Cascade (England) DROP 1003LPTwenty Great Rockabilly Hits Of The 50's, Vol. 1
1985White Label (Netherlands) WLP 8889LPRockin' In Louisiana
1989Teenager (Sweden) TEEN 5919LPLet's Go Rocking At The High School Hop Again
1991SD (Germany) 830LPLet's Get Wild
1992Chief (Netherlands) CCD 1156502CDUltra Rare Rockabilly's, Vol. 2
1993Texas Gold (Netherlands) TG 931CDThe Starday Story, Vol. 1
Texas Gold (Netherlands) TG 932CDThe Starday Story, Vol. 2
1996Star-Club (Sweden) CD 506007CDThe Rockin' Honky Tonk Country Man / Benny Barnes
2008Bear Family (Germany) BCD 17030CDJuke Joint Boogie
2012Fantastic Voyage (England) FVTD 145CDIt's Saturday Night!: Starday-Dixie Rockabilly 1955-1961
year?Cactus (United States) Cash 1CDThe House Of Cashalikes, Vol. 1
Cactus (United States) CACDX-01CDDixie Hit Parade, Vol. 1
Cash (United States) CS 01CDCash On The Barrelhead
Collector (Netherlands) CLCD 2877CDTough Texas Rockin' and Boppin' Billies
Cow Girl Boy LP 5086LPCountry Classics Hayride / Benny Barnes
Smith & Co. SCCD 1170CDGreat Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets!, Vol. 3
Starday (United States) SLP- 102LPHillbilly Hit Parade, Part 1

Acknowledgments:  CMF Library, Stephane Chatain, Scott Cheesebrew, Udo Frank, Gerd Miller, Dean Craige Morris, Adriaan Sturm, Matti Turunen, Uncle Gil, Johnny Wahlberg, Gerald Watts, Bjorn Witlox


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