Moore, Merrill Born 1923 in Algona, Iowa. Died in 2000. References:    Article in issue 93 (1990) of Now Dig This.

Source: Jim Hilmar

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
1952/Oct. 11 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F2226		Big Bug Boogie {a,e} Corrine Corrina {a,d,e,m,o}	2 2	45-10086 45-10068
1953/Mar. 14 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F2386		Red Light {a,e,g} Bartender's Blues {a,d,e}	2 2	45-11067 45-11065
1953/Sept. 12 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F2574		The House Of Blue Lights {a,d,e,i} Bell Bottom Boogie {a,e,q}	2 2	45-10067 45-11669
	Capitol EAP 1-608		Merrill Moore  [monaural] The House Of Blue Lights Nola {e} Cow Cow Boogie Red Light	1 1 1 1	F1-608 F1-608 F2-608 F2-608
1954/Jan. 2 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F2691		Snatchin' And Grabbin' {b,d,e,f} Sweet Jennie Lee!  [instr.] {b,d,e}	2 2	45-11668 45-11670
1954/May 15 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F2796		Fly Right Boogie {a,d,e,r} Nola {b,d,e,r}	2 2	45-12196 45-12434
1954/Oct. 2 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F2924		Doggie House Boogie {a,e} Ten, Ten A.M. {b,d,e,s}	2 2	45-12436 45-12437
1955/Feb. 5 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F3034		Rock-Rockola {a,d,e,k} Cow Cow Boogie {b,d,e}	2 2	45-13402 45-13399
1955/June 4 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F3140		Yes, Indeed {b,d,e} One Way Door {b,d,e}	1 1	45-13401 45-12198
1955/Sept. 24 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F3226		Hard Top Race {a,d,e} Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Has Anybody Seen My Girl?) {b,d,e}	1 1	45-11066 45-12435
1956/Jan. 14 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F3311		Down The Road A Piece {b,d,e,h,p} Cooing To The Wrong Pigeon {b,d,e,j}	1 1	45-14623 45-14621
1956/Apr. (Bb est.)	Capitol F3397		King Porter Stomp {b,d,e,j,n} Rock Island Line {a,e}	3 3	45-15136 45-15137
1956/Oct. 20 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F3563		Gotta Gimme What'Cha Got {b,d,e} She's Gone {b,d,e}	1 1	45-14622 45-14624
1957/May 20 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F3721		Barrel House Bessie {a,e,f} Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old 'Tucky Home {a,e}	1 1	45-16595 45-16596
1957/Sept. 23 Bb c&w rev.	Capitol F3788		Nursery Rhyme Blues {a,e} Buttermilk Baby {b,d,e,f}	1 1	45-16594 45-16593
Additional Tracks on Comps
	Capitol unissued		Saddle Boogie  [instr.] {c,e,l}
	Capitol unissued		I Think I Love You {e}
	Capitol unissued		Boogie My Blues Away {c,e,l}
	Capitol unissued		Back Home In Indiana {e} Jumpin' At The Woodside {e} Lazy River {e} Moore Blues {e} Music Music Music {e} Nobody's Sweetheart {e} Sentimental {e} Shanty In Old Shanty Town {e} Somebody Stole My Gal {e} South {e} Sun Valley Walk {e} Sweet Georgia Brown {e}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Acknowledgments:   CMF Library, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Derek Hamilton, Jim Hilmar, Kurt Krauter, Gerd Miller, Dave Schroeder, Perica Sucevic, Joe Wajgel, Gerald Watts, Bjorn Witlox