Felts, Narvel

Born 1938 in Keiser, Ark., and raised in Bernie, Mo.

References:
   Feature article in issue 48 (1991) of American Music Magazine.
   Feature article and discography in issue 47 (1993) of Rockin' Fifties.

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
1957/July 1 Bb pop rev.	Mercury 71140X45		Foolish Thoughts {c,e, F,N} Kiss-A-Me Baby {c,e, F,N}	1 1	YW15394 YW15387
1957/Sept. 23 Bb pop rev.	Mercury 71190X45		Cry, Baby, Cry {c,e, F,G,N} Lonesome Feeling {c,e, N}	2 2	YW15389 YW15391
1958/Jan. 27 Bb pop rev.	Mercury 71249X45		Rocket Ride  [instr.] {c,e} Dream World {c,e, N}	1 1	YW13306 YW13307
1958/Feb. 24 Bb pop rev.	Mercury 71275X45		Rocket Ride Stroll  [instr.] {u} Dream World	1 3	YW17014 YW16306
1958/Aug. 4 Bb pop rev.	Mercury 71347X45		Vada Lou {c,e, F} Little Girl Step This Way {c,e,r, F}		YW17623 YW17622
1959/May 25 Bb pop rev.	Pink P-701		Cutie Baby {e,g,u, A,F,N} Three Thousand Miles {e, F,N}	1 1	2049-2 2048-2
1959/Oct. copyright	Pink 702		Genavee {e, F,N} Honey Love {a,b,e,u, F,H,N}	1 1	S-412 S-411
1960/Apr. BMI clear.	Pink P-706		Tony {e,u, N} Darling Sue {e, F,N}	1 1	S-591 S-802
	Action 45-118		May Belline Everything I Taught Her Was Bad	1 1	6252-A 6252-B
1962/Sept. (Bb est.)	Starline 1002		Little Miss Blue {u} I Swear By Stars Above {h,u}	1 1	7592 7591
1962-63 (est.)	Renay 303		Lovelight Man {d} Larry And Joellen {d}	1	R-45-206
1963 (est.)	Renay 306		Mountain Of Love {d, N} The End Of My World Is Near	1 1	R-45-903 R-45-904
1963/Dec. 7 Bb pop rev.	Groove 58-0029		Mountain Of Love The End Of The World Is Near	1 1	PGKM-6290 PGKM-6291
	ARA 203		Four Seasons Of Life {d} All That Heaven Sent {d}	1 1	ARA-45-399 ARA-45-400
	ARA 207		You Were Mine {d} You Didn't Tell Me I Didn't Know	1	9 14 64
	ARA 211		Night Creature {d,s,u} One Boy And One Girl	1 1	4609 4610
	ARA 213		Your True Love {d,u} Welcome Home Mister Blues {d}	1 1	ARA-002 ARA-001
	Renay 400		Girl Come Back Sweet Sweet Loving {d}	1	R-4002
1966/July (Bb est.)	Hi 2110		I'd Trade All Of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday) {C} The Greatest Gift {C}	1 1	HI 2448 HI 2449
	[LP track]		A Little Bit Of Soap {t, C,D,E}
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[live recording]		A Boogie [live vers. 1] {K,L} A Boogie [live vers. 2] {K} All Mama's Children {K,L} Blue Suede Shoes {K,L} Bonaparte's Retreat {K} Boogie Woogie Country Girl {K,L} Corrine Corrina {K} Dixie Fried {K,L} Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue {K} Georgia Steel {K,L} Go Go Go {K,L} Gone Gone Gone {K,L} Heartbreak Hotel {K,L} Hound Dog {K,L} In The Mood {K,L} Jack & Jill Boogie {K,L} Kansas City Blues {K,L} Lawdy Miss Clawdy [live vers. 1] {K,L} Lawdy Miss Clawdy [live vers. 2] {K} Maybelline [live vers.] {u, K,L} Merle Travis Boogie {K,L} Mountain Of Love [live vers.] {u} My Baby Left Me {K,L} Mystery Train {K,L} Seven Nights To Rock [live vers. 1] {K,L} There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight {K} Tommy Dorsey Boogie {K} Woman Love {F,K,L}	5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5   5 5 5 5 5 5
1957 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Cry, Baby, Cry [alt. vers.] {e,f,m, S} Did You Tell Me {e,m, F,S,T} A Fool In Paradise {c,e, S} Foolish Thoughts [alt. vers.] {e,l,u,w,x, O,S} Kiss-A-Me Baby [alt. vers.] {e,q,u, R,S} Lonely River [vers. 1] {c,e,p,u,v, O,S} Lonesome Feeling [alt. vers.] {e,p,u, M,O,S} My Babe {e,i,j,k,o,u,w,x, F,I,N,Q,S} A Teen's Way {c,e,m, F,S} You Don't Care {n,u,v,z, N,P} Your Touch {c,e, F,S}
	[unissued]		Blue Darlin' {d} Come Back Baby {c,e} Come What May {d} Evil {u} Get On The Right Track, Baby {d} I Had A Girl {d} I'm Headin' Home {c,e} Love Is Gone {d} Mr. Pawnshop Broker {d} One Man At A Table {d} Remember Me {c,e} Return {d} Sad And Blue {d} She's In Your Heart To Stay {d} Slippin' And Slidin' {d,s} Tear Down The Wall {d} Thunder {u} What You're Doing To Me {d} Why Don't You Love Me {c,e} Your First Broken Heart {c,e}	4                         4
	[need info]		All In The Game {C} Bad Moon Rising {y, B} Cindy Lou {e,u, J,N,U} A Fool In Paradise [vers. 2] {e} Lonely River [vers. 2] {e} Maybelline {y, B,F} No One Will Ever Know {C} Private Detective {d} Sound Of The Wind {C} A Teen's Way [vers. 2] {e} Your Touch [vers. 2] {e}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Acknowledgments:   Bear Family catalog, Andrew Bohan, CMF Library, Bill Davis, Will Derrington, Udo Frank, Bernd Hermoneit, Tom Krajina, Lasse Olander, Adriaan Sturm, Joe Wajgel, Wolfgang Weißbrodt, Peter van Wilsem, Alexander Zäh, eBay