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  • Rod Morris (Country) - mostly 1949-1958

    From RWC@21:1/5 to All on Sat Dec 9 22:19:01 2023
    as an aside, Rodney Morris wrote "Bimbo" (the Jim Reeves classic)

    detailed Bio:
    http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=14771
    "Morris was born into a musical family in Brookfield, Missouri."
    "About 1937, he had his own radio show at KITE in Kansas City"
    "He cut his first single on Liberty (not the later more famous label)
    followed by three in 1949 on Central Records, both local companies. He
    signed with Capitol in 1950, but his first session did not take place
    until October 1951 in the radio studio at KSOO."

    Complete Rod Morris DISCOGRAPHY (up to 1972):

    (btw, for many of his songs there is only one YouTube...)

    Playlist of all 28 YouTube available songs, in release date order: https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=zTaiVTaDWnc,Gp9FLgmBYKA,6wttCZ5luXc,4Nan9ZoumG4,0vgPepx_sTI,99DUiNVmoeM,B6y4kdTydso,9gV_PDEabbA,oSr7ttxfDEs,PA5EwvLb3L8,YSI0GYlKbLo,DSV3kQFz3pc,PopkbbMLMMI,hQP9I9jzY-w,zpNq_2qYJcQ,a_isCJ9VLj8,COi6-Lm_9s0,
    1g8lL-S5s0U,wFYG4xQmPkc,wUqMbahaoOo,VUe7gJn-wBM,ISqakEfl-Js,KWxbIncJ75o,zTtbAGAKdIc,OB5LmIuR9hY,oa9itzw7eA0,biDEmVPjfXQ,mz3owxKkhg8,

    [Liberty 11187;;Missouri] - 1948-9
    A: Whisky
    B: Guy from Missouri

    ** Rodney Morris And His Missourians **:

    [Central 113;;Missouri] - 1949
    A: Saturday Night Dance
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTaiVTaDWnc
    B: Free White And Twenty-One
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp9FLgmBYKA

    "Side B later recorded for Capitol as 'Rod Morris', title:
    'Free, Wise And 21' ", in 1953

    [Central 115] - 1949
    A: Pancho Serenade
    B: What Makes The World Go 'Round

    [Central 117] - 1949
    A: It Ain't Gonna Happen To Me
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wttCZ5luXc
    B: Union County
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Nan9ZoumG4

    ** Rod Morris And His Missourians **:

    [Capitol 1882] - Nov 1951
    A: Drunkard's Blues
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vgPepx_sTI
    B: I Feel Like A Wreck (Looking For Someplace To Happen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99DUiNVmoeM

    [Capitol 1946] - 1952
    A: Honey, Honey, Honey
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6y4kdTydso
    B: Cry Baby Blues
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gV_PDEabbA

    [Capitol 2022] - Mar 1952
    A: I've Got News For You
    B: Ten To One I Love You

    [Capitol 2173] - Aug 1952
    A: Cold, Cold Cornbread
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSr7ttxfDEs
    B: Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow (What You Can Do Today) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PA5EwvLb3L8

    [Capitol 2301] - Nov 1952
    A: Three Empty Bottles
    B: When It Rains Banana Peels
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSI0GYlKbLo

    [Capitol 2424] - Apr 1953
    A: That's How I Take To You
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSV3kQFz3pc
    B: Don't You Ever Get Tired
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PopkbbMLMMI

    [Capitol 2541] - Jul 1953
    A: Nobody Home
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQP9I9jzY-w
    B: Free, Wise And 21

    [Capitol 2651] - Nov 1953
    A: Is There Anymore At Home Like You? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpNq_2qYJcQ
    B: I'm Not A Kid Anymore
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_isCJ9VLj8

    [Capitol 2669] - Dec 1953
    A: Bimbo /
    B: Everything To Lose, Nothing To Gain
    both sides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COi6-Lm_9s0

    [Capitol 2785] - Apr 1954
    A: Hey Mr. Mockingbird
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g8lL-S5s0U
    B: Bimbo No. 2
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFYG4xQmPkc

    [Capitol 2880] - 1954
    A: I'm Comin' Over Tonight
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUqMbahaoOo
    B: Change
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUe7gJn-wBM

    [Capitol 3006] - Dec 1954
    A: That's Nature
    B: Nobody Knows Grandpa Like Grandma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISqakEfl-Js

    **Rod Morris**:

    [Ludwig 1304;;Excelsior Springs, Mo] - 1957
    A: Alabama Jail House
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWxbIncJ75o
    B: Heartbreak Letter
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTtbAGAKdIc

    [Ludwig 1001] - 1958
    A: I'd Trade My Place Up In Heaven
    B: Ghost Of Casey Jones
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB5LmIuR9hY

    [Ludwig 1007] - Sep 1958
    A: Have Guitar, Will Travel
    B: The Part Of A Fool

    [Ludwig 1009] - Jul 1959
    A: Cuckoo
    B: Bimbo

    [Ludwig 1011] - 1965
    A: Half Shot In Sioux Falls
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oa9itzw7eA0
    B: Loneliest Boy In Town

    [Ludwig 1013] - 1965
    A: I Lived with the Angels
    B: Bony Eyes of Blue

    Ludwig 1015] - 1965
    A: Half Shot in Sioux Falls
    B: House of Glass
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biDEmVPjfXQ

    **Rod Morris And The Bimbo Boys**:

    [Blue Bonnet 1001;;Norfolk, Nebraska] - 1972
    A: Shape Up Or Ship Out
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mz3owxKkhg8
    B: Falling Rain

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From RWC@21:1/5 to RWC on Mon Dec 11 00:18:02 2023
    On Sat, 09 Dec 2023 22:19:01 -0500, RWC <letsrock@opbox.com> wrote:

    Playlist of all 28 YouTube available songs, in release date order: >https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=zTaiVTaDWnc,Gp9FLgmBYKA,6wttCZ5luXc,4Nan9ZoumG4,0vgPepx_sTI,99DUiNVmoeM,B6y4kdTydso,9gV_PDEabbA,oSr7ttxfDEs,PA5EwvLb3L8,YSI0GYlKbLo,DSV3kQFz3pc,PopkbbMLMMI,hQP9I9jzY-w,zpNq_2qYJcQ,a_isCJ9VLj8,COi6-Lm_9s0,
    1g8lL-S5s0U,wFYG4xQmPkc,wUqMbahaoOo,VUe7gJn-wBM,ISqakEfl-Js,KWxbIncJ75o,zTtbAGAKdIc,OB5LmIuR9hY,oa9itzw7eA0,biDEmVPjfXQ,mz3owxKkhg8,

    If you are not a Minority American this playlist is just brilliant,
    for sensitive senior Americans (like Jim Colgrove) at least.

    Rod Morris wrote the lyrics for all of his recorded songs.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
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