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Denson, Lee

Full name Jesse Lee Denson. Born in Rienzi, Miss. "Jesse James" on Kent appears to be a joint pseudonym for Jesse and James Denson.


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
1956-57
(Bb est.)
Vik 4X-0251 Heart Of A Fool {f,n,u}
The Pied Piper {f,u}
2
2
G4PW-9832
G4PW-9829
1957/July 1
Bb pop rev.
Vik 4X-0281 New Shoes {a,b,k,p,q,t,u}
Climb Love Mountain {a,u}
1
1
H4PW-3959
H4PW-3958
1958/July
(Bb est.)
Kent 45x306 High School Hop {c,i,o,s,u}
Devil Doll {c,m,u}
1
1
1
2
1958/Sept. 15
Bb pop rev.
Kent 45x314 South's Gonna Rise Again {e,h,o,s,u,x}
Red Hot Rockin [!!] Blues {d,e,g,h,j,l,o,r,s,u,v,w}
3
3
1
2
1960/Apr.
(Bb est.)
Merri 202 Twang {u}
A Tree In The Meadow {u}
1
1
1022
1021
1960/Aug. 8
Bb pop rev.
Merri 205 Teen-Age World {u}
Who Tickled The Sphinx {u}
4
1
101A
1022
 
 
Magic Lamp 703   Sixteen States
Mississippi Bridge
 
 
 
 
Additional Tracks on Comps
1958
 
Kent unissued   Red Hot Rockin' Rally {s,u}
Rock Daddy Rock {s,u}
South's Gonna Rise Again [alt. vers.] {s,u}
3
3
3
 
 
 
 
 
[unissued]   It Took Too Long {f,u}
Love Twister {f,u}
 
 
 
 
 
 
[need info]   Heart Of A Rosary {u}
The Miracle Of The Rosary [vers. 1] {u}
Mississippi Bridge {u}
Rock 'Til I Drop {o}
Sixteen States {u}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

References in "As By" Column:

  1. as by Lee Denson
  2. as by Lee Denson With Howard Biggs And His Orchestra
  3. as by Jesse James
  4. as by Lee Denson / Buddy Cole Orchestra

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks


1978

a. Rave On 5001 (lp) Eddie Cochran -- The Crest Session

1979

b. RCA (England) PL 42809 (lp) Victor Rock 'N' Rollers

1980

c. Big H 79110 (lp) Vintage Rock 'N' Roll Collector's Items, Vol. 10
d. Crown 56- 100 (lp) Rock, Rock, Rock, Vol. 1

1981

e. Ace CH 32 (10-in. lp) Modern Rockabilly

1983

f. Bear Family BFX 15112 (lp) Rockin' Rollin' High School, Vol. 4
g. Cascade DROP 1003 (lp) Twenty Great Rockabilly Hits Of The 50's

1986

h. Ace CH 185 (lp) Modern Rock 'N' Roll And Rockabilly
i. Teenager TEEN 5917 (lp) Let's All Dance to Rock And Roll

1988

j. USA 57591 (lp) Teenage Thunder: Rock, Rock, Rock, Vol. 1

1993

k. Bear Family BCD 15622 (cd) That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 1
l. Big Tone BT 5716 (cd) MCA Rockabillies, Vol. 4

1994

m. Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55015 (cd) Teenage Favorites
n. Cat 1036 (cd) Calling All Rock 'N' Roll Collectors, Vol. 4
o. P-Vine PCD 2466 (cd) Long Gone Daddy: Kent/RPM Greatest Rockabillies

1996

p. Ace CDCH 496 (cd) Rockin' From Coast To Coast
q. Teenager TEEN 5920 (cd) Crewcuts, Ponitails And Bobbysocks

2000

r. Ace CDCHD 715 (cd) Rockin' From Coast To Coast, Vol. 2
s. Ace CDCHD 768 (cd) Long Gone Daddies
t. BMG Int. 75406 (cd) Don't Mess With My Ducktail: 26 RCA Tracks

2001

u. Hydra BCK 27115 (cd) The South's Gonna Rise Again / Lee Denson A.K.A. Jesse James

2004

v. Now Dig This CMFCD 1042 (cd) Well, Now Dig This

2006

w. Rhino 73346 (cd) Rockin' Bones: '50s Punk & Rockabilly

Year Unknown

x. Lucky CDLR 813 (cd) Rockabilly Gold, Vol. 13


Acknowledgments:   Denis Babey, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Bernd Hermoneit, Bernd Kratochwil, Kurt Krauter, Rockin' Fifties, Peter Staehli, Joe Wajgel

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

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