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Tillis, Mel

Full name Lonnie Melvin Tillis. Born 1932 in Pahokee, Fla.


 Records 1-35 of 35

Date Label & Number Image Title & Credits Matrix Comps
U.S. Singles & EPs
1957/Feb. 23
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.)  40845-c [78]No rating Honky Tonk Song — Mel Tillis    
    No rating It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Blues — Mel Tillis    
1957/Feb. 23
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-40845-c [45]Label shot
Borderline Honky Tonk Song — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 39773  
    Label shot
Non-pertinent It Takes A Worried Man To Sing A Worried Blues — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 39771  
1957/May 13
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.)  40904-c [78]No rating Case Of The Blues — Mel Tillis    
    No rating It's My Life — Mel Tillis    
1957/May 13
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-40904-c [45]Label shot
Pertinent Case Of The Blues — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 39772  
    Label shot
Borderline It's My Life — Mel Tillis JZSP 39774  
1957/July 8
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.)  40944  [78]No rating Juke Box Man — Mel Tillis    
    No rating If You'll Be My Love — Mel Tillis    
1957/July 8
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-40944-c [45]
Cover shot
Label shot
Pertinent Juke Box Man — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 41303 Bullet Fantastic Voyage CD 098 (#34)
Bullet Jan/Star Club LP 8047 (#3)
Bullet Teenager LP 5919 (#15)
    Label shot
Borderline If You'll Be My Love — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 41302  
1958/Feb. 10
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.)  41115  [78]No rating Teen Age Wedding — Mel Tillis    
    No rating Lonely Street — Mel Tillis    
1958/Feb. 10
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-41115  [45]Label shot
Pertinent Teen Age Wedding — Mel Tillis
(from CBS LP 83911)
JZSP 43101 Bullet Bear Family CD 16723 (#29)
Bullet Big Tone CD 5711 (#22)
Bullet CBS LP 83911 (#12)
Bullet Jan/Star Club LP 8027 (#7)
Bullet Pan American CD 56027 (#21)
    Label shot
Pertinent Lonely Street — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 43104  
1958/Nov. 24
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.)  41277  [78]No rating The Brooklyn Bridge — Mel Tillis    
    No rating Finally — Mel Tillis    
1958/Nov. 24
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-41277  [45]Label shot
Pertinent The Brooklyn Bridge — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 44720  
    Label shot
Non-pertinent Finally — Mel Tillis JZSP 44721  
1959/June 22
Bb pop rev.
Columbia (N.Y.)  41416  [78]No rating You Are The Reason — Mel Tillis    
    No rating Sawmill — Mel Tillis And Bill Phillips    
1959/June 22
Bb pop rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-41416  [45]Label shot
No rating You Are The Reason — Mel Tillis JZSP 44719 Bullet Classics CD 741 (#19)
Bullet Juke Box Saturday Night LP 1009 (#4)
    Label shot
No rating Sawmill — Mel Tillis And Bill Phillips
(from 45)
JZSP 47021  
1960/Apr. 4
Bb c&w rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-41632  [45]Label shot
Pertinent Loco Weed — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 49834  
    Label shot
Borderline It's So Easy — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 49835 Bullet Classics CD 739 (#16)
1961/Apr. 10
Bb pop rev.
Columbia (N.Y.) 4-41986  [45]Label shot
Pertinent Hearts Of Stone — Mel Tillis
(from 45)
JZSP 53179 Bullet Teenager CD 5925 (#7)
    Label shot
Non-pertinent That's Where The Hurt Comes In — Mel Tillis JZSP 53180  

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