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Davis, Hank

Real name Henry Davis. Born 1941 in New York, N.Y.

References:
   Feature article in issue 14 (1977) of New Kommotion.


Original Releases

Discography is intended to be complete through 1964

Date & Source Label & Number V Titles {& References to LP/CD List} As By Matrix Numbers
1959/May 4
Bb pop rev.
Wizz 716 I Want You To Be My Baby {d}
Your [!!] My Kind
1
1
ZTSP 29196
ZTSP 29195
1959/Sept. 21
Bb pop rev.
Dauphin AR-105/6 Women Train {b,c,g,i,j}
Get Lost Baby {c,k}
2
2
AR-105
AR-106
1960/May 9
Bb pop rev.
Stacy 919X Real Soon {a,c,e,f,h}
One-Way Track {c,d,e,f,g,l,m,n}
1
1
ZTSP-60842
ZTSP-60841
1960/Nov. 7
Bb pop rev.
Mala 424 Go On And Go {c}
I've Never Known {c}
3
3
5674
 
1964
 
Folkart LP track   Motherless Children {a,h}
Nobody's Fault But Mine {a,h}
That's All Right {a}
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional Tracks on Comps
 
 
[unissued]   Bad Move Baby {c}
Talk About Lovin' {c}
You're Forgiven {c}
 
 
 
 
 
 
1959
 
[unissued]   Dinosaur Girl {c}    
1960
 
[unissued]   Breakin' Up With You [vers. 1] {a,c}
Breakin' Up With You [vers. 2] {c}
Happy New Year Baby {c}
I Don't Care Who Knows {a,c,h}
I'm Leavin' While I Can {c}
Lonely Road {c}
Make Your One Love Last {c}
Someday I'll Surprise You {c}
There Goes The Guy {a,c}
 
 
 
 
 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1961
 
[unissued]   Afraid To Try {c,d}
Low Down Moanin' Dirty Lonesome Feelin' Blues {c,h}
Point Of View {a,c}
Salamay {a,c,h}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1962
 
[unissued]   Jimmy Brown {c}    
1964
 
[unissued]   Treat A Stranger Right {a,h}    
1965
 
[unissued]   Don't Look Now {a}
Early In The Morning {a}
Got My Mojo Working {a,h}
 
 
 
 
 
 

References in "As By" Column:

  1. as by Hank Davis
  2. as by Hank And The Electras / Conducted By Steve Pulliam
  3. as by Hank And Carolee

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks


1976

a. Redita [1st series] 115 (lp) I'm Hank Davis

1981

b. Hobo Bop 1181 (lp) Hobo Bop
c. Redita [2nd series] 115 (lp) New York Country Rock / Hank Davis
d. Redita [2nd series] RLP- 120 (lp) Rock In The Woods With Hank Davis

1982

e. Bison Bop Bb-LP 2020 (lp) The Bop That Never Stopped, Vol. 17

1985

f. Buffalo Bop Bb-LP 2020 (lp) The Bop That Never Stopped, Vol. 17

1993

g. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55012 (cd) Hobo Bop

1995

h. Relaxed Rabbit 428 (cd) Blue Highway / Hank Davis

2006

i. B-Sharp 666/11 (lp) Nasty Rockabilly, Vol. 8
j. Collector CLCD 4495 (cd) Hoodlum Rockin'
k. Collector CLCD 4499 (cd) Slow Boogie Rockin', Vol. 6

Year Unknown

l. Club 022 (lp) Grab This And Dance, Vol. 22
m. Mustang MUST 5 (cd) Rockabilly & Hillbilly Bop, Vol. 5: Big Boy Rock
n. Shimmy SHIM CD 101 (cd) Rockabilly Boys


Acknowledgments:   Bear Family catalog, Jürgen Blazejewski, CMF Library, Bill Davis, Hank Davis, Udo Frank, Gerd Miller, Dean Craige Morris, John Neal

Compilation & presentation © 2009, Terry E. Gordon This page generated on 09/27/2009

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