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Notes:

• According to a news item in Billboard, "Rocket Ride Stroll" was a mechanically slowed-down version of "Rocket Ride". However, Felts believes that it was actually a newly recorded performance by Sil Austin.
• Chronology of Action 118 uncertain.

Date	Label & Number	Image	Title & Credits	Matrix	Comps
U.S. Singles & EPs
1957/July 1 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71140  [78]		Foolish Thoughts — Narvel Felts
			Kiss-A-Me Baby — Narvel Felts
1957/July 1 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71140X45 [45]		Foolish Thoughts — Narvel Felts (from 45)	YW15394	Bear Family LP 15242 (#2) Bear Family CD 16220 (#18) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#7) Skyline LP 1880 (#11)
			Kiss-A-Me Baby — Narvel Felts (from 45)	YW15387	Bear Family LP 15242 (#12) Bear Family CD 16220 (#11) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#6) Skyline LP 1880 (#12)
1957/Sept. 23 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71190X45 [45]		Cry, Baby, Cry — Narvel Felts And The Rockets (from 45)	YW15389	Bear Family LP 15242 (#3) Bear Family CD 16220 (#13) Bear Family CD 17604 (#22) Big Tone CD 6001 (#23) Fantastic Voyage CD 119 (#23) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#8) Lucky CD 812 (#28) One Day Music CD 147 (#22) Presto CD 9 (#30) Skyline LP 1880 (#13) Smith & Co. CD 1145 (#64)
			Lonesome Feeling — Narvel Felts And The Rockets (from 45)	YW15391	Bear Family LP 15242 (#17) Bear Family CD 16220 (#15) Skyline LP 1880 (#14)
1958/Jan. 27 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71249X45 [45]		Rocket Ride — Narvel Felts – (instr.) (from 45)	YW13306	Bear Family LP 15242 (#6) Bear Family CD 16220 (#22) Fantastic Voyage CD 098 (#23)
			Dream World — Narvel Felts	YW13307	Bear Family LP 15242 (#16) Bear Family CD 16220 (#21) Skyline LP 1880 (#8)
1958/Feb. 24 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71275  [78]		Rocket Ride Stroll — Narvel Felts
			Dream World — Narvel Felts With the Anita Kerr Singers
1958/Feb. 24 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71275X45 [45]		Rocket Ride Stroll — Narvel Felts – (instr.)	YW17014	Demand LP 0080 (#17)
			Dream World — Narvel Felts With the Anita Kerr Singers	YW16306
1958/Aug. 4 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71347X45 [45]		Vada Lou — Narvel Felts (from 45)	YW17623	Bear Family LP 15242 (#4) Bear Family CD 16220 (#24) Big Tone CD 6000 (#27) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#10)
			Little Girl Step This Way — Narvel Felts (from 45)	YW17622	Bear Family LP 15242 (#5) Bear Family CD 16220 (#23) Big Tone CD 6000 (#12) Club LP 024 (#4) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#11)
1959/May 25 Bb pop rev.	Pink (Tenn.) P-701  [45]		Cutie Baby — Narvel Felts (from 45)	2049-2	Bear Family CD 16220 (#26) Big H LP 79105 (#8) Demand LP 0080 (#12) Eagle LP 323 (#3) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#13) Skyline LP 1880 (#2)
			Three Thousand Miles — Narvel Felts	2048-2	Bear Family CD 16220 (#25) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#12) Skyline LP 1880 (#1)
1959/Oct. copyright	Pink (Tenn.)  702  [45]		Genavee — Narvel Felts	S-412	Bear Family CD 16220 (#28) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#16) Skyline LP 1880 (#5)
			Honey Love — Narvel Felts (from 45)	S-411	Ace (U.S.) LP 2026 (#6) Ace (U.S.) CD 2026 (#6) Bear Family CD 16220 (#27) Demand LP 0080 (#8) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#15) P-Vine CD 1892 (#6) Skyline LP 1880 (#4)
1960/Apr. BMI clear.	Pink (Tenn.) P-706  [45]		Tony — Narvel Felts (from 45)	S-591	Bear Family CD 16220 (#29) Demand LP 0080 (#13) Skyline LP 1880 (#6)
			Darling Sue — Narvel Felts	S-802	Bear Family CD 16220 (#30) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#14) Skyline LP 1880 (#7)
1960/May 9 Bb pop rev.	Mercury (Ill.)  71619X45 [45]		Thunder — The Rockin' Aces – (instr.) (from 45)	YW19624	Demand LP 0080 (#19)
			Evil — The Rockin' Aces – (instr.) (from 45)	YW19625	Demand LP 0080 (#18)
	Action (Mo.) 45-118  [45]		May Belline — Narvel Felts (from 45)	6252-A
			Everything I Taught Her Was Bad — Narvel Felts (from 45)	6252-B
1962/Sept. (Bb est.)	Starline (Mich.)  1002  [45]		Little Miss Blue — Narvel Felts	7592	Demand LP 0080 (#14)
			I Swear By Stars Above — Narvel Felts	7591	Centhy CD 2004 (#4) Demand LP 0080 (#9)
1962-63 (est.)	Renay (Tenn.)  303  [45]		Lovelight Man — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#14)
			Larry And Joellen — Narvel Felts	R-45-206	Bear Family CD 15515 (#20)
1963 (est.)	Renay (Tenn.)  306  [45]		Mountain Of Love — Narvel Felts	R-45-903	Bear Family CD 15515 (#24) Skyline LP 1880 (#10)
			The End Of My World Is Near — Narvel Felts	R-45-904
1963/Dec. 7 Bb pop rev.	Groove (N.Y.) 58-0029  [45]		Mountain Of Love — Narvel Felts (from 45)	PGKM-6290
			The End Of My World Is Near — Narvel Felts	PGKM-6291
	ARA (Tenn.)  203  [45]		Four Seasons Of Life — Narvel Felts	ARA-45-399	Bear Family CD 15515 (#11)
			All That Heaven Sent — Narvel Felts	ARA-45-400	Bear Family CD 15515 (#17)
1964-65 (Bb est.)	ARA (Tenn.)  207  [45]		You Were Mine — Narvel Felts	9 14 65	Bear Family CD 15515 (#21)
			You Didn't Tell Me I Didn't Know — Narvel Felts	9 14 64
1965/Aug. (Bb est.)	ARA (Tenn.)  211  [45]		Night Creature — Narvel Felts	4609	Bear Family CD 15515 (#1) Cosmopolitan Music CD 605 (#11) Demand LP 0080 (#15)
			One Boy And One Girl — Narvel Felts	4610
1965/Oct. (Bb est.)	ARA (Tenn.)  213  [45]		Your True Love — Narvel Felts (from unknown source)	ARA-002	Bear Family CD 15515 (#2) Demand LP 0080 (#16)
			Welcome Home Mister Blues — Narvel Felts	ARA-001	Bear Family CD 15515 (#8)
	Renay (Tenn.)  400  [45]		Girl Come Back — Narvel Felts	R-4001
			Sweet Sweet Loving — Narvel Felts	R-4002	Bear Family CD 15515 (#23)
1966/July (Bb est.)	Hi (Tenn.)  2110  [45]		I'd Trade All Of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday) — Narvel Felts	HI 2448	Hi CD 123 (#11)
			The Greatest Gift — Narvel Felts	HI 2449	Hi CD 123 (#12)
1967/Feb. (Bb est.)	Hi (Tenn.) 45-2118  [45]		86 Miles — Narvel Felts	HI 2465	Cream/Hi CD 44 (#42) Hi CD 123 (#15) Hi (England) CD 128 (#14) Hi (England) LP 442 (#13)
			Bells — Narvel Felts	HI 2464
1967/Dec. (Bb est.)	Hi (Tenn.)  2137  [45]		Dee-Dee — Narvel Felts	HI 2506	Cream/Hi CD 44 (#41) Hi CD 123 (#14) Hi (England) CD 128 (#13) Hi (England) LP 442 (#12)
			Starry Eyes — Narvel Felts	HI 2507
1968/Feb. (Bb est.)	Hi (Tenn.) 45-2141  [45]		Since I Met You Baby — Narvel Felts	HI 2514	Cream/Hi CD 44 (#40) Hi CD 123 (#2) Hi (England) CD 128 (#12) Hi (England) LP 442 (#11)
			I Had To Cry Again — Narvel Felts	HI 2515	Hi CD 123 (#13)
Canadian Singles & EPs
1959/July (CHUM est.)	Barrel (Canada) X-612  [45]		Cutie Baby — Narvel Felts
			Three Thousand Miles — Narvel Felts
1960/Jan. (CHUM est.)	Reo (Canada)  8444X [45]		Genavee — Narvel Felts	S2
			Honey Love — Narvel Felts	S1
Original LPs
	[LP track]     [LP]		A Little Bit Of Soap — Narvel Felts		Cream/Hi CD 44 (#43) Hi CD 123 (#8) Hi (England) CD 128 (#15) Hi (England) LP 442 (#14)
	[live recording]     [ ]		A Boogie [live vers. 1] — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#20) Rockstar LP 1016 (#13)
			A Boogie [live vers. 2] — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#5)
			All Mama's Children — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#15) Rockstar LP 1016 (#9)
			Blue Suede Shoes — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#7) Rockstar LP 1016 (#2)
			Bonaparte's Retreat — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#3)
			Boogie Woogie Country Girl — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#6) Rockstar LP 1016 (#1)
			Corrine Corrina — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#24)
			Dixie Fried — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#28) Rockstar LP 1016 (#19)
			Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#2)
			Georgia Steel — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#29) Rockstar LP 1016 (#20)
			Go Go Go — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#13) Rockstar LP 1016 (#7)
			Gone Gone Gone — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#4) Rockstar CD 012 (#22) Rockstar LP 1016 (#15)
			Heartbreak Hotel — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#19) Rockstar LP 1016 (#12)
			Hound Dog — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#17) Rockstar LP 1016 (#10)
			In The Mood — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#11) Rockstar LP 1016 (#5)
			Jack & Jill Boogie — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#18) Rockstar LP 1016 (#11)
			Kansas City Blues — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#21) Rockstar LP 1016 (#14)
			Lawdy Miss Clawdy [live vers. 1] — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#8) Rockstar LP 1016 (#3)
			Lawdy Miss Clawdy [live vers. 2] — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#1)
			Maybelline — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Demand LP 0080 (#20) Dragon Street CD 7822 (#13) Gusto LP 103 (#14) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#1) Rockstar CD 012 (#23) Rockstar LP 1016 (#16)
			Merle Travis Boogie — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#14) Rockstar LP 1016 (#8)
			Mountain Of Love [live vers.] — Narvel Felts		Demand LP 0080 (#10)
			My Baby Left Me — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#10) Rockstar LP 1016 (#6)
			Mystery Train — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#9) Rockstar LP 1016 (#4)
			Seven Nights To Rock [live vers. 1] — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#12) Rockstar CD 012 (#25) Rockstar LP 1016 (#17)
			There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#26)
			Tommy Dorsey Boogie — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Rockstar CD 012 (#16)
			Woman Love — Narvel Felts And Jerry Mercer		Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#2) Rockstar CD 012 (#27) Rockstar LP 1016 (#18)
Unissued Recordings
1957 (Sun Rec.)	Sun (Tenn.)     [unissued]		Cry, Baby, Cry [alt. vers.] — Narvel Felts (from Bear Family CD 16311)		Bear Family CD 16220 (#5) Bear Family CD 16311 (#9) Charly CD 8137 (#11) Sunjay CD 70601 (#16)
			Did You Tell Me — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#1) Charly CD 8137 (#12) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#3) Sunjay CD 70601 (#14) True Blue Rockabilly CD 001 (#28)
			A Fool In Paradise — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#10) Bear Family CD 16220 (#6) Sunjay CD 70601 (#17)
			Foolish Thoughts [alt. vers.] — Narvel Felts (from Disky CD 5203)		Bear Family CD 16220 (#4) Charly CD 8118 (#13) Demand LP 0080 (#3) Disky CD 05 (#50) Disky CD 5203 (#50) Sun (England) LP 1026 (#13) Sunjay CD 70601 (#15)
			Kiss-A-Me Baby [alt. vers.] — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#7) Charly CD 8352 (#20) Demand LP 0080 (#4) Sun (England) 10 513 (#8) Sunjay CD 70601 (#18)
			Lonely River [vers. 1] — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#11) Bear Family CD 16220 (#3) Charly CD 8317 (#13) Demand LP 0080 (#5) Disky CD 04 (#40) Sun (England) LP 1026 (#12) Sunjay CD 70601 (#13)
			Lonesome Feeling [alt. vers.] — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#2) Charly CD 8317 (#5) Demand LP 0080 (#6) Lotus CD 41006 (#6) Sun (England) LP 1026 (#14) Sunjay CD 70601 (#12)
			My Babe — Narvel Felts (from Pulse CD 336)		Bear Family CD 16220 (#8) Charly CD 336 (#6) Charly LP 2015 (#4) Charly CD 8236 (#28) Charly LP 30105 (#4) Demand LP 0080 (#2) Disky CD 05 (#12) Disky CD 5203 (#12) Fantastic Voyage CD 093 (#26) Fantastic Voyage CD 173 (#53) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#4) Pulse CD 336 (#6) Skyline LP 1880 (#15) Sun (England) 10 512 (#7) Sunjay CD 70601 (#19)
			A Teen's Way — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#15) Bear Family CD 16220 (#10) Charly CD 8137 (#13) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#5) Sunjay CD 70601 (#21)
			You Don't Care — Narvel Felts		Charly CD 8161 (#21) Demand LP 0080 (#1) Disky CD 04 (#21) Dressed To Kill/BMG CD 66 (#52) Skyline LP 1880 (#16) Sun (England) 10 510 (#10)
			Your Touch — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#13) Bear Family CD 16220 (#9) Legacy Series CD 1-2000 (#9) Sunjay CD 70601 (#20)
	[unissued]     [unissued]		Blue Darlin' — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#3)
			Come Back Baby — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#9) Bear Family CD 16220 (#33)
			Come What May — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#12)
			Get On The Right Track, Baby — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#22)
			I Had A Girl — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#18)
			I'm Headin' Home — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#1) Bear Family CD 16220 (#19)
			Love Is Gone — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#9)
			Mr. Pawnshop Broker — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#15)
			One Man At A Table — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#26)
			Remember Me — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#8) Bear Family CD 16220 (#34)
			Return — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#7)
			Sad And Blue — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#5)
			She's In Your Heart To Stay — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#6)
			Slippin' And Slidin' — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#19) Cosmopolitan Music CD 605 (#12)
			Tear Down The Wall — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#10)
			What You're Doing To Me — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#4)
			Why Don't You Love Me — Narvel Felts		Bear Family LP 15242 (#7) Bear Family CD 16220 (#32)
			Your First Broken Heart — Narvel Felts (from unknown source)		Bear Family LP 15242 (#14) Bear Family CD 16220 (#20)
	[need info]     [ ]		All In The Game — Narvel Felts		Hi CD 123 (#10)
			Bad Moon Rising — Narvel Felts		Dragon Street CD 7822 (#12) Gusto LP 103 (#7)
			Cindy Lou — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#31) Demand LP 0080 (#11) Little Miss Sheena LP [1] (#14) Rock & Country LP 1012 (#3) Skyline LP 1880 (#3)
			A Fool In Paradise [vers. 2] — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#12)
			Lonely River [vers. 2] — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#16)
			No One Will Ever Know — Narvel Felts		Hi CD 123 (#6)
			Private Detective — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 15515 (#25)
			Sound Of The Wind — Narvel Felts		Hi CD 123 (#9)
			A Teen's Way [vers. 2] — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#17)
			Your Touch [vers. 2] — Narvel Felts		Bear Family CD 16220 (#14)

Acknowledgments:  Bear Family catalog, Andrew Bohan, CD Universe, CMF Library, Scott Cheesebrew, Bill Davis, Will Derrington, Udo Frank, Bernd Hermoneit, Tom Krajina, No Hit Records, Lasse Olander, Planeta Rockabilly, Rockabilly Ranch, Mike Smyth, Adriaan Sturm, Uncle Gil,Joe Wajgel, Wolfgang Weissbrodt, Peter van Wilsem, Bjorn Witlox, Alexander Zah, eBay