LaBeff, Tommy

Full name Thomas Paulsley LaBeff. Born 1935 near Smackover, Ark. Recorded later as Sleepy LaBeef.

References:
   Feature article and sessionography in issue 18 (1978) of New Kommotion.
   Feature article and sessionography in issue 22 (1979) 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
1957/May (Bb est.)	Starday 45-292		I'm Through {a,g,h,q, C,K,M} All Alone {a, K,M}	2 2	2556 2555
1957/May 13 Bb c&w rev.	Mercury-Starday 71112x45		I'm Through {x} All Alone {x, I,J}	2 2	YW14959 YW14958
1957/Sept. 9 Bb c&w rev.	Mercury-Starday 71179x45		All The Time {b,k,x, F,I,J,L} Lonely {a,t,x}	2 2	YW14976 YW14975
1958 (est.)	Dixie (mail) 530		Ballad Of A Teen Age Queen Eskimo Pie Oh Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again One Week Later She's No Angel Truly I Love You	2 8 3 4 5 6	B B B A A A
1958 (est.)	Dixie (mail) 533		Guess Things Happen That Way Crying Over You It's A Little More Like Heaven Color Of The Blues What This Old World Needs Nothing Can Stop Me	2 7 7 8 9 8	A A A B B B
1960/Oct. BMI clear.	Gulf G-62760/1		Found Out {j,t,x} Can't Get You Off My Mind {j,t,x}	2 2	G-62761 G-62760
1961/May (est.)	Crescent Prod. 102		Turn Me Loose {j,l,t,w,x, C} Ridin' Fence {r,x}	10 10	4276 4275
1962-63 mx series	Wayside 1651/2		Ride On Josephine {j,m,t,x,z} Walkin' Slowly {j,t,x}	11 11	1651 1652
1962-63 mx series	Wayside 1653/4		Tore Up {j,n,t,u,v,x, A,B,G} Lonely {j,t,x}	12 12	1654 1653
1963 mx series	Finn 1690/1		Drink Up And Go Home Teardrops On A Rose	2 2	1690 1691
	Picture 1937		Ride On Josephine {j,t} Lonely {j,x}	2 2	[no mx] [no mx]
1965 (Bb est.)	Columbia 4-43452		You Can't Catch Me {o,y, O} Everybody's Got To Have Somebody (To Love)	13 13	JZSP-111939 JZSP-111940
1966/July (Bb est.)	Columbia 4-43709		A Man In My Position Drinking Again	13 13	JZSP 114572 JZSP 114571
1966/Nov. (Bb est.)	Columbia 4-43875		I'm Too Broke (To Pay Attention) I Feel A Lot More Like I Do Now	13 1	116062 116061
	Tops LP cut		The Ballad Of A Teenage Queen {j} The Ways Of A Woman In Love {j,t,x}
Additional Tracks on Comps
1956	[unissued]		Baby Let's Play House {j,t,x} Don't Make Me Go {j,t,x}
1963	[unissued]		Somebody's Been Beating My Time {j,t,x}
	[unissued]		All The Time [alt. vers.] {a,c,d,e,p,x, D} I Ain't Gonna Take It {b,x, K,M} Little Bit More {b,e,f,g,h,q,x, E,H,K,M} Shame, Shame, Shame {o,y}
	[need info]		Ain't Going To Take It {i} Ride On Josephine [alt. vers.] {x}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Acknowledgments:   Bear Family catalog, Jürgen Blazejewski, Andrew Brown, CMF Library, Stéphane Chatain, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Derek Hamilton, Rob Karman, Adam Komorowski, Michel Proost, Mark Seganish, Joe Wajgel