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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.

References:

Original Releases

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.) 45-236  Non-pertinent Label shot Song sample No Fault Of Mine — Benny Barnes 2420 Bullet Collector CD 2877 (#17)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#26)
Bullet Texas Gold CD 932 (#30)
    No rating Label shot Once Again — Benny Barnes 2419  
 
 		 Dixie (mail) (Ill.)  507  No rating Searching — Uncredited artist A  
    No rating Sweet Dreams — Uncredited artist A  
    Pertinent Song sample I Walk The Line — Uncredited artist 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  No rating Label shot Stolen Moments — Uncredited artist A  
    No rating Song sample There You Go — Uncredited artist A Bullet Cactus CD CACDX-01 (#15)
Bullet Cow Girl Boy LP 5086 (#11)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#30)
    No rating Song sample Train Of Love — Uncredited artist 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 Label shot Don't Stop The Music — George Jones 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 Pertinent Label shot Song sample Moon Over My Shoulder — Benny Barnes With The Echoes YW16334 Bullet CCL LP 1142 (#13)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#4)
    Non-pertinent Label shot Song sample Lonely Street — Benny Barnes With The Echoes YW16335 Bullet CCL LP 1142 (#14)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#6)
1958/Sept. 29
Bb pop rev.		 Starday (Tenn.) 45-401  Pertinent Label shot Song sample You Gotta Pay — Benny Barnes With The Echoes 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 Label shot Heads You Win (Tails I Lose) — Benny Barnes With The Echoes 2809 Bullet CCL LP 1142 (#16)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#14)
1959/Apr. 6
Bb c&w rev.		 D (Texas)  1052  Borderline Label shot Song sample Gold Records In The Snow — Benny Barnes 1107 Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#20)
    Non-pertinent Label shot Song sample Happy Little Blue Bird — Benny Barnes 1106 Bullet Bear Family CD 17030 (#4)
Bullet Star-Club CD 506007 (#9)
1964/Aug.
(Bb est.)		 Hall-Way (Texas) 45-1203  Non-pertinent Label shot Song sample Headed For Heartbreak — Benny Barnes H-1203-B  
    Non-pertinent Label shot Song sample Bar With No Beer — Benny Barnes H-1203-A  
Live Performances
 
 		 [live recording]     Pertinent Song sample Let's Rock And Roll — Benny Barnes   Bullet White Label LP 8889 (#15)
    Pertinent Song sample My Babe — Benny Barnes   Bullet White Label LP 8889 (#13)
    Non-pertinent Song sample No Fault Of Mine [live vers.] — Benny Barnes   Bullet White Label LP 8889 (#14)

Notes:

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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