Hall, Roy

Real name James Faye Hall. Born 1922 in Big Stone Gap, Va. Died in 1984.

References:
   Feature article in issue 19 (1978) of New Kommotion.
   Feature article and discography in issue 8 (1981) of Rock & Roll Performers Magazine.
   Article in issue 87 (1990) of Now Dig This.
   Feature article and sessionography in issue 61 (1996) 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
1951/Apr. 14 Bb c&w rev.	Fortune 126		Dirty Boogie {o,r,v, O,Y} No Rose Of San Antone {v, Y}	7 7	B
	Fortune 126		Okee Doaks {r,v, E,Y} Dirty Boogie	7 7	A
	Fortune 133		Never Marry A Tennessee Gal {E,Y} We Never Get Too Big To Cry	7 7
1950/May 6 Bb c&w rev.	Bullet 704		Mule Boogie {e, D,O,Y} Old Folks Jamboree {e, D}	7 7	B
1953 (Bb est.)	Fortune 45-170		Going Down The Road Feeling Bad  [instr.] Jealous Love	7 6	B A
1950/Sept. 9 Bb c&w rev.	Bullet 712		Ain't You Afraid? Turn My Picture To The Wall	7 7
1955/Oct. 8 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 9-29697		Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On {a,d,i,j,l,u,w,x, C,O,P,S,T,W,Y,Z} All By Myself {b,g,i,j,m,x, B,O,Q,Y}	1 1	88551 88552+
1956/Jan. 7 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 9-29786		See You Later Alligator {b,d,i,j,m,w,y, O,Y} Don't Stop Now {c,i,j,n,y, B,O,R,Y}	1 1	45-88982 45-88981+
1956/Mar. 31 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 9-29880		Blue Suede Shoes {f,i,j,z, O,Y} Luscious {i,j, O,Y}	1 1	45-89453 45-89455+
1956/Sept. 29 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 9-30060		Diggin' The Boogie {a,d,h,i,j,l,w,x, O,Y} Three Alley Cats {a,d,i,j,l,w,x, C,O,Y}	1 1	45-100425+ 45-100424
1956/Sept. (Bb est.)	Fortune 521		Corrine Corrina  [instr.] Don't Ask Me No Questions (I'll Tell You No Lies)  [instr.]	2 2	F-57 F-58
1960 RCA mx code	Pierce PR-1918		One Monkey Can't Stop The Show {i, I,O,Y} Flood Of Love {i, O,Y}	3 3	L8OW-1918 L8OW-1919
1965 or later (mx est.)	Hi-Q 5045		Three Alley Cats {q, A,O,Y, 1a} Bed Spring Motel (23 Spring St.) {i, O,Y}	4 4	H 166 H 167
1965 or later (mx est.)	Hi-Q 5050		Dig, Everybody, Dig That Boogie {O,X,Y} Go Go Little Queenie! {F,L,O,Y}	5 5	220H 221-H
Additional Tracks on Comps
1955	Decca unissued		Christine [vers. 1] {Y} Move On {c,i,j,n,y, B,O,Y} Offbeat Boogie {a,i,j,l,w,x, O,Y}
1956	Decca unissued		My Girl And His Girl [vers. 1] {j, O} You Ruined My Blue Suede Shoes {j,s,t, O,Y}
1958	Sun unissued		Christine [vers. 2] {j,p, G,K,O,V}
1959	Sun unissued		I Lost My Baby {p, M,O} Sweet Love On My Mind {p, H,N,O}
	Sun unissued		My Girl And His Girl [vers. 2] {O,Y}
	[unissued]		My Girl And His Girl [vers. 3] {k}
	[need info]		Diggin' The Boogie [alt. vers.] {O} I Do Like Girls {J,U}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Acknowledgments:   Ari Bass, CMF Library, Udo Frank, Derek Hamilton, Dik de Heer, Shane Hughes, Gerd Miller, Peter Mohr, Dean Craige Morris, Michel Proost, Mark Seganish, Perica Sucevic, Hans Teljeur, Al Turner, Joe Wajgel, Bjorn Witlox, eBay, Jan-Erik Östlin