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Davis, Hank

Real name Henry Davis. Born 1941 in New York, N.Y.

References:

  • Feature article in issue 14 (1977) of New Kommotion.

Original Releases

Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source Label & Number Title & "As By" Name Matrix Comps
1959/May 4
Bb pop rev.		 Wizz (N.Y.)  716 
(pressed by Columbia)		 Pertinent Label shot Song sample I Want You To Be My Baby — Hank Davis ZTSP 29196 Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 120 (#10)
    Pertinent Label shot Song sample Your My Kind — Hank Davis ZTSP 29195  
1959/Sept. 21
Bb pop rev.		 Dauphin (N.Y.) AR-105/6 Pertinent Label shot Song sample Women Train — Hank And The Electras / Conducted By Steve Pulliam AR-105 Bullet B-Sharp CD 6/29 (#19)
Bullet B-Sharp LP 666-11 (#5)
Bullet Buffalo Bop CD 55012 (#26)
Bullet Collector CD 4495 (#19)
Bullet Hobo Bop LP 1181 (#5)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#13)
    Pertinent Label shot Song sample Get Lost Baby — Hank And The Electras / Conducted By Steve Pulliam AR-106 Bullet Collector CD 4499 (#3)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#3)
1960/May 9
Bb pop rev.		 Stacy (Ill.)  919X
(pressed by Columbia)		 Pertinent Label shot Song sample Real Soon — Hank Davis ZTSP-60842 Bullet Bison Bop LP 2020 (#4)
Bullet Buffalo Bop LP 2020 (#4)
Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#1)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#2)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#1)
    Pertinent Label shot Song sample One-Way Track — Hank Davis ZTSP-60841 Bullet Bison Bop LP 2020 (#11)
Bullet Buffalo Bop LP 2020 (#11)
Bullet Buffalo Bop CD 55012 (#10)
Bullet Club LP 022 (#8)
Bullet Mustang CD 5 (#30)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#4)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 120 (#9)
Bullet Shimmy CD 101 (#9)
1960/Nov. 7
Bb pop rev.		 Mala (N.Y.)  424  No rating Label shot Go On And Go — Hank And Carolee 5674 Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#20)
    No rating Label shot I've Never Known — Hank And Carolee 5759 Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#12)
Original LPs
1964
 		 Folk Art (N.Y.) FLP5002  Cover shot
God Made The Blues, Vol. 1 [mono]		 No rating Label shot Some Gonna Call Him — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    No rating How Long Have You Been A Negro? — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    No rating I Want Jesus To Walk With Me — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    Non-pertinent Song sample Motherless Children — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#6)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#30)
    No rating A Thousand Miles From Home — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    No rating You Can't Make Me Doubt Him — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    No rating Takin' Names — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    Non-pertinent Song sample Nobody's Fault But Mine — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar   Bullet Ducktail LP 501 (#16)
Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#13)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#16)
    No rating Hit 'Em Again Lord - Lookin' Good - Red Light — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    No rating Timber - The Mule Song — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    No rating Don't Look Now — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
    No rating O' Freedom — Rev. Anthony Campbell / Calvin Morris / Hank Davis, Guitar    
Unissued Tracks
 
 		 [unissued]  uniss.  No rating Bad Move Baby — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#15)
    No rating Talk About Lovin' — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#6)
    No rating You're Forgiven — Hank Davis   Bullet Ducktail LP 501 (#7)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#8)
1959
 		 [unissued]  uniss.  No rating Dinosaur Girl — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#1)
1960
 		 [unissued]  uniss.  No rating Breakin' Up With You [vers. 1] — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#4)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#5)
    No rating Breakin' Up With You [vers. 2] — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#17)
    No rating Happy New Year Baby — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#24)
    Pertinent Song sample I Don't Care Who Knows — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#3)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#18)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#23)
    No rating I'm Leavin' While I Can — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#11)
    No rating Lonely Road — Hank And Carolee   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#9)
    No rating Make Your One Love Last — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#19)
    No rating Someday I'll Surprise You — Hank Davis   Bullet Ducktail LP 501 (#3)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#23)
    No rating There Goes The Guy — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#14)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#22)
1961
 		 [unissued]  uniss.  No rating Afraid To Try — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#7)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 120 (#13)
    Borderline Song sample Low Down Moanin' Dirty Lonesome Feelin' Blues — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#16)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#22)
    No rating Point Of View — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#11)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#21)
    Borderline Song sample Salamay — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#8)
Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#14)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#11)
1962
 		 [unissued]  uniss.  No rating Jimmy Brown — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [2nd series] LP 115 (#10)
1964
 		 [unissued]  uniss.  Non-pertinent Song sample Treat A Stranger Right — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#10)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#12)
1965
 		 [unissued]  uniss.  No rating Don't Look Now — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#9)
    No rating Early In The Morning — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#12)
    Borderline Song sample Got My Mojo Working — Hank Davis   Bullet Redita [1st series] LP 115 (#2)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#14)
1974
 		 [out of scope]     Non-pertinent Song sample I Just Don't Feel Like Dancing — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#10)
1984
 		 [out of scope]     Non-pertinent Song sample Crazy Living — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#1)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#21)
    Non-pertinent Song sample Drawin' To An Inside Straight — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#11)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#5)
    No rating For Nessie — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#14)
    Borderline Song sample Honkers And Shouters — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#6)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#19)
    Non-pertinent Song sample I Want You To Know — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#7)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#25)
    No rating The Killer's Last Ride — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#5)
    No rating Musclin' In On You — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#8)
    Non-pertinent Song sample Not My Kind Of Woman [vers. 2] — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#4)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#17)
    Non-pertinent Song sample Poor Boy — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#3)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#2)
    No rating Ride A Wild Horse — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#12)
    Borderline Song sample Rock With Me Baby — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#9)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#28)
    No rating Rowena — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#2)
    Non-pertinent Song sample Were You Ever Mine To Lose — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#10)
Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#8)
    No rating What About Me — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit LP 424 (#13)
1985
 		 [out of scope]     Non-pertinent Song sample I Was In Love Once — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#27)
1986
 		 [out of scope]     Non-pertinent Song sample Blue Highway — Hank Davis   Bullet Relaxed Rabbit CD 428 (#24)

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

1976Redita [1st series] (Netherlands) 115LPI'm Hank Davis
1979Ducktail (Canada) 501LPStompin At The Dead Moose / Hank Davis
1981Hobo Bop 1181LPHobo Bop
Redita [2nd series] (Netherlands) 115LPNew York Country Rock / Hank Davis
Redita [2nd series] (Netherlands) RLP- 120LPRock In The Woods With Hank Davis
1982Bison Bop (Germany) Bb-LP 2020LPThe Bop That Never Stopped, Vol. 17
1984Relaxed Rabbit (Canada) 424LPCrazy Living / Hank Davis
1985Buffalo Bop (Germany) Bb-LP 2020LPThe Bop That Never Stopped, Vol. 17
1993Buffalo Bop (Germany) Bb-CD 55012CDHobo Bop
1995Relaxed Rabbit (Canada) 428CDBlue Highway / Hank Davis
2006B-Sharp (England) 666-11LPNasty Rockabilly, Vol. 8
Collector (Netherlands) CLCD 4495CDHoodlum Rockin'
Collector (Netherlands) CLCD 4499CDSlow Boogie Rockin', Vol. 6
year?B-Sharp 6/29CDNasty Rockabilly, CD 4
Club (Spain) 022LPGrab This And Dance, Vol. 22
Mustang MUST 5CDBig Boy Rock
Shimmy SHIM CD 101CDRockabilly Boys

Acknowledgments:  Bear Family catalog, Jurgen Blazejewski, CMF Library, Scott Cheesebrew, Bill Davis, Hank Davis, Udo Frank, Gerd Miller, Dean Craige Morris, John Neal


Compilation & presentation © 2019, Terry E. Gordon This page generated on 06/26/2019

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