Grayzell, Rudy

Real name Rudy Jiminez Grayzell. Born 1933 in Saspamco, Texas.

References:

Newspaper ad, The Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Texas), 1954/July 2.
Trade paper record review, Cash Box, 1958/June 7.
Feature article and sessionography in issue 29 (1988) of New Kommotion.
Feature article and sessionography in issue 46 (1992) of Rockin' Fifties.
Feature article and sessionography in issue 55 (1993) of American Music Magazine.

Original Releases

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Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source	Label & Number	Title & "As By" Name	Matrix	Comps
1953/Sept. 19 Bb c&w rev.	Abbott (Calif.) 145-45	Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star — Rudy Grayzell	a	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#29) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#21) Stomper Time EP 2 (#4) TRG CD 505 106 (#1)
		The Heart That Once Was Mine — Rudy Grayzell	b	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#6) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#25) TRG CD 505 106 (#2)
1953/Nov. 14 Bb c&w rev.	Abbott (Calif.) 147-45	I'm Gone Again — Rudy Grayzell With Louisiana Hayride Band	b	Cactus CD Abbott 1 (#23) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#27) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#18) TRG CD 505 106 (#4)
		Bonita Chiquita — Rudy Grayzell With Louisiana Hayride Band	a	Cactus CD Abbott 1 (#9) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#8) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#1) TRG CD 505 106 (#3)
1954/Mar. 27 Bb c&w rev.	Abbott (Calif.) 157-45	It Ain't My Baby (And I Ain't Gonna Rock It) — Rudy Grayzell With Louisiana Hayride Band	a	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#12) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#3) Pan American CD 56013 (#2) Proper CD 103 (#62) TRG CD 505 106 (#5) Wendi LP 00010 (#4)
		Ocean Paradise — Rudy Grayzell With Louisiana Hayride Band	b	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#25) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#2) Proper CD 103 (#110) TRG CD 505 106 (#6)
1954/Oct. 16 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol (Calif.) F2946	There's Gonna Be A Ball — Rudy Gray	45-12940	Bear Family CD 15624 (#12) Cat CD 1035 (#19) Disky CD 885702 (#25) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#19) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#23) One Day Music CD 142 (#2) Orbit CD 5910 (#14) Pan American CD 56004 (#21) Starday LP 1321 (#15) TRG CD 505 106 (#7) True Blue Rockabilly CD 001 (#11)
		Hearts Made Of Stone — Rudy Gray	45-12963	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#15) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#5) Pan American CD 56031 (#8) Proper CD 103 (#116) TRG CD 505 106 (#8)
1955/Feb. 26 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol (Calif.) F3044	You Better Believe It — Rudy Gray	45-12950	Big Tone CD 6004 (#3) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#21) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#24) One Day Music CD 142 (#26) Rev-Ola Bandstand CD 170 (#12) TRG CD 505 106 (#10)
		Ca-Razy — Rudy Gray	45-12964	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#16) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#9) TRG CD 505 106 (#9)
1955/June 11 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol (Calif.) F3149	Please, Big Mama — Rudy Gray	45-13447	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#20) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#11) Proper CD 103 (#51) TRG CD 505 106 (#11)
		My Spirit Is Willing — Rudy Gray	45-13446	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#24) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#12) TRG CD 505 106 (#12)
1956/Mar. 17 Bb c&w rev.	Starday (Tenn.) 45-229	The Moon Is Up (The Stars Are Out) — Rudy Grayzell	2399	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#7) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#19) Pan American CD 56012 (#1) Starday LP 1321 (#13) TRG CD 505 106 (#13)
		Day By Day — Rudy Grayzell	2400	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#17) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#16) Starday LP 1321 (#14) TRG CD 505 106 (#14)
1956/May 5 Bb c&w rev.	Starday (Tenn.) 45-241	Duck Tail — Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell	2434	Buffalo Bop CD 55197 (#1) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#2) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#8) Fantastic Voyage CD 145 (#11) Fed CD 10 (#31) Gusto LP 5017X (#3) Presto CD 2 (#44) SD LP 830 (#1) Smith & Co. CD 1145 (#42) Starday LP 1321 (#3) Stomper Time EP 2 (#1) TRG CD 505 106 (#15) Texas Gold CD 931 (#3)
		You're Gone — Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell	2435	Club LP 025 (#1) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#18) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#7) Fantastic Voyage CD 145 (#15) Fed CD 09 (#10) Mustang CD 3 (#24) Pan American CD 56011 (#14) Presto CD 6 (#4) SD LP 830 (#2) Starday LP 1321 (#4) TRG CD 505 106 (#16) Texas Gold CD 931 (#6)
1956/Nov. 3 Bb c&w rev.	Starday (Tenn.) 45-270	Jig-Ga-Lee-Ga — Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell And The Imperials	2488	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#14) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#15) Fantastic Voyage CD 145 (#29) Gusto LP 5017X (#12) SD LP 830 (#3) Starday LP 1321 (#5) TRG CD 505 106 (#17) Texas Gold CD 931 (#24)
		You Hurt Me So — Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell And The Imperials	2487	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#28) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#6) Starday LP 1321 (#6) TRG CD 505 106 (#18)
1957/June 24 Bb c&w rev.	Mercury-Starday (Ill.) 71138x45	Let's Get Wild — Rudy Grayzell	YW14964	Bear Family CD 16101 (#12) Big Tone CD 6002 (#7) Club WWR LP 002 (#2) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#3) One Day Music CD 147 (#4) Smith & Co. CD 1197 (#70) Starday LP 1321 (#1) TRG CD 505 106 (#25)
		I Love You So — Rudy Grayzell	YW14963	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#26) Starday LP 1321 (#2)
1957/Sept. (Bb est.)	Starday (Tenn.) 45-321	Let's Get Wild — Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell	2627	Ace CD 704 (#1) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#10) Fantastic Voyage CD 145 (#45) Gusto LP 5031X (#9) Lucky CD 602 (#2) SD LP 830 (#4) TRG CD 505 106 (#19) Texas Gold CD 931 (#14)
		I Love You So — Rudy "Tutti" Grayzell	2626	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#14) TRG CD 505 106 (#20)
1958/May 26 Bb pop rev.	Sun (Tenn.) 290	Judy — Rudy Grayzell	U-295	Castle Pulse CD 355 (#26) Charly CD 713 (#56) Charly CD 8274 (#15) Charly CD 8352 (#8) Charly LP 30116 (#15) Disky CD 03 (#25) Disky CD 5202 (#25) Emusic/Charly MP 11312766 (#8) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#1) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#20) NME LP 5 (#7) Pan American CD 56036 (#14) SSS LP 224 (#11) Smith & Co. CD 1170 (#26) Starday LP 1321 (#8) Sun 10 803 (#3) Sun (England) CD 14 (#8) Sun (England) LP 1035 (#3) Sunjay CD 70601 (#22) TRG CD 505 106 (#22)
		I Think Of You — Rudy Grayzell	U-294	Disky CD 06 (#47) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#4) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#13) Starday LP 1321 (#10) Sun (England) CD 14 (#7) Sunjay CD 70601 (#24) TRG CD 505 106 (#23)
1959/July 20 Bb pop rev.	Award (Calif.) AW129/30	F-B-I Story — Rudy Grayzell And His Thunderbirds Accompanied By The Sparkles	AW 129	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#5) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#4) Pan American CD 56038 (#16) Starday LP 1321 (#11) Stomper Time EP 2 (#2) TRG CD 505 106 (#27)
		You'll Be Mine — Rudy Grayzell And His Thunderbirds Accompanied By The Sparkles	AW 130	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#22) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#22) Starday LP 1321 (#12) TRG CD 505 106 (#28)
Unissued Tracks
1957 (Sun Rec.)	Sun (Tenn.) uniss.	I Won't Be The Fool — Rudy Grayzell		Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#11) Sunjay CD 70601 (#26)
		Remember When — Rudy Grayzell		Charly CD 8137 (#27) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12691427 (#13) Emusic/Rock-A-Billy MP 12791524 (#17) Sunjay CD 70601 (#25) TRG CD 505 106 (#26)
1958	Sun (Tenn.) uniss.	Judy [alt. vers.] — Rudy Grayzell		Charly CD 8118 (#20) Starday LP 1321 (#9) Sun (England) LP 1029 (#2) Sunjay CD 70601 (#23) TRG CD 505 106 (#24)
Need Information
	[need info]	Let's Get Wild [alt vers.] — Rudy Grayzell		TRG CD 505 106 (#21)

Notes:

"Country Rockin' And Flyin'", attributed to Grayzell on Starday LP 1321 is actually by Buddy Dee.

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

1973	SSS (Netherlands) HJS 224	LP	Rocking & Stomping
1977	Charly (England) CR 30116	LP	Sun - The Roots Of Rock, Vol. 9: Rebel Rockabilly, Vol. 2
1979	Gusto (United States) 5017X	LP	Dixie Starday Rockabillys, Vol. 1
	Gusto (United States) 5031X	LP	Dixie Starday Rockabilly's, Vol. 2
1980	Wendi (Australia) LP 00010	LP	It's Called Rock And Roll
1985	Sun (England) (England) SUN 1029	LP	Shake Around
1986	Sun (England) (England) LP 1035	LP	Sunset Special
1987	NME (England) PRO 5	LP	I Dreamt I Was Elvis
1988	Starday 1321	LP	Let's Get Wild / Rudy Grayzell
1991	SD (Germany) 830	LP	Let's Get Wild
	Sun (England) (England) 14	CD	Rock 'N' Roll Originals, Vol. 5
1993	Bear Family (Germany) BCD 15624	CD	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 3
	Texas Gold (Netherlands) TG 931	CD	The Starday Story, Vol. 1
1994	Cat (Netherlands) 1035	CD	Calling All Rock 'N' Roll Collectors, Vol. 3
1995	Club WWR (Spain) WWRLP 002	LP	Wild Wild Rockin', Vol. 2
1996	Charly (England) MID 8118	CD	Essential Sun Rockabillies, Vol. 2
	TRG (Netherlands) 505 106	CD	Ducktail / Rudy Grayzell
1997	Charly (England) CPCD 8274	CD	The Very Best Of Sun Rockabilly
1998	Bear Family (Germany) BCD 16101	CD	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 11 (Mercury)
	Charly (England) CPCD 8137	CD	Unissued Sun Masters
	Sunjay (Sweden) 70601	CD	The Legendary Sun Artists
1999	Ace (England) CDCHD 704	CD	Starday-Dixie Rockabilly, Vol. 1
	Charly (England) CPCD 8352	CD	Essential Sun Rockabillies, Vol. 6
	Disky (Netherlands) DC- 885702	CD	A Capitol Rockabilly Party, Part 1
2001	Mustang MUST 3	CD	Let's Go Boppin' Tonight
2002	Charly (England) SNAJ 713	CD	The Sun Records Story
2003	Presto Vol. 2	CD	Big Bad Rockabilly Boppers, Vol. 2
2006	Emusic/Charly (United States) 11312766	MP	Essential Sun Rockabillies, Vol. 6
	Proper (England) PROPERBOX 103	CD	From Boppin' Hillbilly To Red Hot Rockabilly
	Rev-Ola Bandstand (England) CR REV 170	CD	Country Goes Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 2: The New Breed
2008	Pan American (Switzerland) 56031	CD	High Heels
	Smith & Co. (Netherlands) SCCD 1145	CD	Great Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets!, Vol. 2
2009	Buffalo Bop (Germany) Bb-CD 55197	CD	Dirty Feeling
	Pan American (Switzerland) 56036	CD	Love Is My Business
	Pan American (Switzerland) 56038	CD	My Kind Of Women
2011	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy (United States) 12691427	MP	Rockabilly Classics / Rudy Grayzell
	Emusic/Rock-A-Billy (United States) 12791524	MP	Rockabilly & Hillbilly Showdown / Rudy Grayzell
	One Day Music (England) DAY2CD 142	CD	Essential Rockabilly: The Capitol Story
2012	Fantastic Voyage (England) FVTD 145	CD	It's Saturday Night!: Starday-Dixie Rockabilly 1955-1961
	One Day Music (England) DAY2CD 147	CD	Essential Rockabilly: The Mercury Story
year?	Big Tone (England) BTCD 6002	CD	Mercury Rockabilly, Vol. 2
	Big Tone (England) BTCD 6004	CD	Capitol Rockabilly, Vol. 2
	Cactus (United States) Abbott 1	CD	Abbott Hillbilly
	Castle Pulse (England) PBXCD 355	CD	Rock Baby Rock It: Record Hop Rock And Roll
	Club (Spain) 025	LP	Grab This And Dance, Vol. 25
	Disky (Netherlands) Memphis 03	CD	The Ultimate Memphis Rockabilly Collection, Vol. 1
	Disky (Netherlands) Memphis 06	CD	The Ultimate Memphis Rock 'N' Roll Collection, Vol. 2
	Disky DCD 5202	CD	Ulitmate Sun Rockabilly Collection
	Fed (Sweden) 09	CD	The Fed Story, Vol. 9
	Fed (Sweden) 10	CD	The Fed Story, Vol. 10
	Lucky (England) CDLR 602	CD	Rock Rock-Ola, Vol. 2
	Orbit (United States) 5910	CD	Rock N Roll Dance Party, Vol. 10
	Pan American (Switzerland) 56004	CD	Two Timin' Woman
	Pan American (Switzerland) 56011	CD	Sugar Doll
	Pan American (Switzerland) 56012	CD	Primitive Love
	Pan American (Switzerland) 56013	CD	Lovin' Honey
	Presto Vol. 6	CD	Big Bad Rockabilly Boppers, Vol. 6
	Smith & Co. SCCD 1170	CD	Great Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets!, Vol. 3
	Smith & Co. SCCD 1197	CD	Great Rockabilly: Just About As Good As It Gets!, Vol. 4
	Stomper Time (England) STEP 2	EP	Rudy Grayzell Sings 'Duck Tail' And Other Hits
	Sun LP- 803	10	Sun Country Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 3
	True Blue Rockabilly TBR 001	CD	True Blue Rockabilly, Vol. 1

Acknowledgments: CMF Library, Scott Cheesebrew, Marc Coulavin, Emusic, Fifties Fever, Udo Frank, Pasi Koskela, Lasse Olander, Rockabilly Ranch, Joe Wajgel, Bjorn Witlox, eBay

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