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Willis, Hal

Real name Leonald Francis Gauthier. Born 1933 in Rouyn, Quebec, Canada. Moved to Nashville in 1958.


 Records 1-79 of 79

Date Label & Number Image Title & Credits Matrix Comps
U.S. Singles & EPs
1956/Nov. 10
Bb pop rev.
Atlantic (N.Y.)  1114  [78]No rating My Pink Cadillac — Hal Willis    
    No rating Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo — Hal Willis    
1956/Nov. 10
Bb pop rev.
Atlantic (N.Y.) 45-1114  [45]Label shot
Pertinent My Pink Cadillac — Hal Willis
(from Bear Family CD 16289)
A-2025 Bullet Bear Family CD 16289 (#24)
Bullet Bear Family CD 16721 (#1)
Bullet Bop CD 006 (#29)
Bullet Buffalo Bop CD 55093 (#27)
Bullet Cadillac LP 1958 (#4)
Bullet Chief CD 1156513 [2nd] (#3)
Bullet Cruisin' LP 58344 (#1)
Bullet Fantastic Voyage CD 173 (#56)
Bullet Fed CD 09 (#5)
Bullet Folkline CD 424 (#7)
Bullet Lucky CD 812 (#21)
Bullet Mustang CD 1 (#25)
Bullet Not Now Music CD 504 (#10)
Bullet Presto CD [HR&C] (#41)
Bullet Presto CD 2 (#45)
Bullet Proper CD 122 (#50)
Bullet Rhino CD 73346 (#74)
    Label shot
Pertinent Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo — Hal Willis
(from Collector CD 4432)
A-2024 Bullet Bear Family CD 16721 (#15)
Bullet Bop CD 006 (#4)
Bullet Club LP 009 (#3)
Bullet Collector LP 2303 (#10)
Bullet Collector CD 4432 (#31)
Bullet Cruisin' LP 58344 (#16)
Bullet Proper CD 122 (#63)
Bullet Vladimir Twist LP 6910 (#7)
1958/Mar. or later
(est.)
Top Hit Tunes (N.J.) TH-15-1-X45 [45 EP]Label shot
No rating At The Hop — Hal Willis And The Woodchuckers BBB  
    No rating Rock And Roll Music — Hollis Harbison BBB  
    No rating Chances Are — Keith Textor BBB  
    No rating Buzz, Buzz, Buzz — Hollis Harbison BBB  
    Label shot
No rating Wake Up Little Susie — The Woodchuckers A  
    No rating Jailhouse Rock — Jimmy Helms A  
    No rating Happy, Happy Birthday, Baby — Dottie Evans With The Hi-Fi's A  
 
 
Top Hit Tunes (N.J.) TH-16-1-X45 [45 EP]Label shot
No rating I'll Come Running Back To You — Curtis Smith AA  
    No rating The Joker — Curtis Smith AA  
    No rating Peggy Sue — Hal Willis AA  
    No rating Raunchy — Enoch Light And His Orch. AA  
    Label shot
No rating The Story Of My Life — Jim Richards BB  
    No rating Could This Be Magic — Curtis Smith BB  
    No rating Great Balls Of Fire — Hal Willis BB  
    No rating Melodie D'Amour — The Hi-Fi's BB  
1958/Mar. or later
(est.)
Top Hit Tunes (N.J.) TH-16-2  [78 EP]Label shot
No rating Why Don't They Understand — Loren Becker & The Hi-Fi's B  
    No rating Wild Is The Wind — Loren Becker With Enoch Light, His Orch. & Chorus B  
    No rating At The Hop — Hal Willis And The Woodchuckers B Bullet Collector CD 4511 (#2)
    No rating Till — Enoch Light And His Orch. A  
    No rating Liechtensteiner Polka — The Hi-Fi's A  
    No rating The Story Of My Life — Jim Richards A  
1958/Mar. or later
(est.)
Top Hit Tunes (N.J.) TH-16-2-X45 [45 EP]No rating Why Don't They Understand — Loren Becker And The Hi-Fi's    
    No rating Wild Is The Wind — Loren Becker With Enoch Light, His Orch. And Chorus    
    No rating At The Hop — Hal Willis And The Woodchuckers    
    No rating Till — Enoch Light And His Orch.    
    No rating Liechtensteiner Polka — The Hi-Fi's    
    No rating Story Of My Life — Jim Richards    
1958/Mar.
(est.)
Top Hit Tunes (N.J.) TH-17-2-X45 [45 EP]Label shot
No rating Why Don't They Understand — Loren Becker And The Hi-Fi's B  
    No rating Wild Is The Wind — Loren Becker With Enoch Light, His Orch. And Chorus B  
    No rating At The Hop — Hal Willis And The Woodchuckers B  
    Label shot
No rating Short Shorts — The Zig Zags AA  
    No rating Tequila — The Profiles AA  
    No rating The Walk — Hollis Harbison AA  
    No rating Good Golly, Miss Molly — Hollis Harbison AA  
1958/Mar. or later
(est.)
Top Hit Tunes (N.J.) TH-18-2  [45 EP]Label shot
No rating You Are My Destiny — Jerry Duane With Enoch Light Orch. & Chorus    
    No rating Ballad Of A Teen Age Queen — Hal Willis    
    No rating Short Shorts — The Zig Zags    
    No rating Witchcraft — Loren Becker With Enoch Light, His Orch. And Chorus    
    No rating Seven Hills Of Rome — Enoch Light And His Orch.    
    No rating Get A Job — Curtis Smith    
1958/Apr. or later
(est.)
Top Hit Tunes (N.J.) TH-19-2  [45 EP]No rating Maybe Baby — The Songsters B  
    Label shot
No rating Stairway Of Love — Hal Willis B  
    No rating Are You Sincere — Johnny Roland B  
    No rating [unknown title] — Hal Willis    
    No rating [unknown title] — Hal Willis    
    No rating [unknown title] — Hal Willis    
1958/Feb. 17
Bb c&w rev.
Athens (Tenn.)  704  [45]Label shot
No rating Crazy Little Mama — Hal Willis
(from 45)
[YW 16066]  
    Label shot
No rating Walkin Dream — Hal Willis
(from 45)
[YW 16064]  
1958/Nov.
(Bb est.)
Decca (N.Y.) 9-30768  [45]Label shot
No rating I'm Gonna Hitch My Hotrod To A Star — Hal Willis 105,738  
    Label shot
No rating Only The Tender Young Hearts — Hal Willis 105,739+  
1959/July 27
Bb pop rev.
Decca (N.Y.) 9-30949  [45]Label shot
Pertinent Poor Little Jimmie — Hal Willis
(from 45)
107,706  
    Label shot
Non-pertinent That's The Way It Goes — Hal Willis 107,707+ Bullet Classics CD 738 (#15)

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Acknowledgments:  CMF Library, Scott Cheesebrew, Michel Coste, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Peter Grendysa, Mike Smyth, Don Stilton


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