Riley, Billy

Born 1933 in Pocahontas, Ark. Later recorded as Billy Lee Riley. Died in 2009.

References:
   Wang Dang Dula
   Feature article in issue 22 (1979) of New Kommotion.
   Article in issue 86 (1990) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 131 (1994) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 130 (1994) of Now Dig This.
   Feature article in issues 62-63 (1994) of American Music Magazine; discography in issue 63.
   Article in issue 166 (1997) of Now Dig This.
   Article in issue 229 (2002) of Now Dig This.

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/Sept. 1 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 245		Rock With Me Baby {c,e,k,q,r, C,G,R,T,X,Y, 1w, 1B, 2d,2i,2j,2k,2o,2p,2u} Trouble Bound {c,l,u, C,G,R,T,X,Y, 1o,1w, 1B, 2g}	1 1	F-11 F-10
1957/Feb. 23 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 260		Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll {d,f,h,r,t,v,w,y, A,G,J,P,R,U,V,W,X,Y, 1a,1b,1c,1e,1q,1u,1w, 1B,1C,1D,1F,1L,1M,1O,1P,1R,1S,1U, 2a,2d,2e,2f,2h,2k,2l,2m,2p,2r,2u,2z} I Want You Baby {g,r, D,G,R,U,X,Y, 1o,1w, 1B, 2n}	2 2	U-233 U-234
1957/Sept. 30 Bb c&w rev.	Sun 277		Red Hot {a,b,p,r,t,w,y, A,B,G,J,O,P,R,X,Y,Z, 1a,1b,1c,1e,1h,1j,1k,1l,1q,1t,1u,1v,1w,1z, 1A,1B,1C,1D,1E,1L,1M,1O,1Q,1V,1Y,1Z, 2b,2c,2d,2k,2m,2q,2s,2u,2y,2z} Pearly Lee {i,m,u,y,z, A,G,R,W,X,Y, 1j,1w, 1B,1W,1Z, 2d,2l,2t,2u}	3 3	U-264 U-265
1958/Apr. (Bb est.)	Sun 289		Baby Please Don't Go {r, G,K,R,X,Y,Z, 1g,1i,1r,1t,1v,1w, 1B,1I,1R, 2m,2r,2v} Wouldn't You Know {i,r,u, E,G,R,X,Y, 1i,1w, 1B,1Z, 2w}	3 3	U-293 U-292
1958/Aug. 11 Bb pop rev.	Brunswick 9-55085		Is That All To The Ball (Mr. Hall) {s, I,N,S,Y, 1m,1s,1y} Rockin' On The Moon {x, Y, 1n}	4 4	105,212+ 105,211
1959/Feb. 9 Bb pop rev.	Sun 313		No Name Girl {r, G,R,X,Y, 1d,1w, 1B, 2w} Down By The Riverside {r, G,R,Y, 1d,1w, 1B, 2w}	1 1	U-341 U-340
1959/June 22 Bb pop rev.	Sun 322		Got The Water Boiling {r, G,R,Y, 1g,1p,1w, 1B,1G,1X, 2v} One More Time {n, G,X, 1p, 1B}	4 4	U-361 U-360
1960/Feb. (Bb est.)	Rita 1005		Repossession Blues {Q,Y} Dark, Muddy Bottom {G,Y , 1B}	5 5	R-106 R-105
1960/Oct. or later (Bb est.)	Rita 1013		That's What I Want To Do {Q,Y, 1x} Too Much Woman For Me {Q,Y}
1961/Feb. 13 Bb c&w rev.	Mojo 2169		Fast Livin [!!] {F,M} Hill Country Music	6 6	M-11 M-10
1961/June 5 Bb pop rev.	Home Of The Blues 233		Teenage Letter Flip Flop And Fly	1 1	2553 2554
1961/Dec. 11 Bb pop rev.	Myrl 410		Everybody's Twisting I've Been Searching	9 9	F-103 F-102
1962/May 5 Bb r&b rev.	Hermitage H-775		A Little Piece At A Time {1f} You'll Have To Come And Get It {1f}	8 8	VE-805 VE-806
Additional Tracks on Comps
1956 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll [alt. vers.] {G,Y, 1w, 1B,1J,1K} I Want You Baby [alt vers.] {Y} Pearly Lee [alt. vers. 1] {Y} She's My Baby [vers. 1] {n,u, C,G,H,Y, 1o,1w, 1B} She's My Baby [vers. 2] {Y} Trouble Bound [alt. vers.]
1957 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		College Man {G,L,R,Y, 1w, 1B} Open The Door Richard {r, G,R,Y, 1w, 1B} Pearly Lee [alt. vers. 2] {Y} Red Hot [alt. vers. 1] {G,Q,Y , 1B,1N} Red Hot [alt. vers. 2] {G,Y , 1B} Rock With Me Baby [alt. vers.] {r, E,G,Y, 1w, 1B} Searchin' {n,u, G,R,Y, 1w, 1B} That's Right {r, G,R,Y, 1w, 1B, 2w} Wouldn't You Know [alt. vers.] {E,G,Y , 1B} Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash {G,Y, 1w, 1B}	7
1958	Sun unissued		Down By The Riverside [alt. vers.] {Y} Swanee River Rock {o,u,y, G,R,Y, 1g,1w, 1B, 2v}
1959 (Sun Rec.)	Sun unissued		Betty And Dupree {m,u,z, G,R,Y, 1g,1w, 1B, 2v} Billy's Blues  [instr.] {G,Y , 1B} Come Back Baby (One More Time) {G,R,Y, 1w, 1B,1T, 2w} Dark, Muddy Bottom [alt. vers. 1] {Q,R,Y , 2d} Folsom Prison Blues {G,Y , 1B} Got The Water Boiling [alt. vers.] {Y} Let's Talk About Us {n,u, G,Y, 1w, 1B} Saturday Night Fish Fry {R,Y} When A Man Gets The Blues {G,R,X,Y, 1w, 1B}
	Sun unissued		Sweet William {u, G,Y , 1B} They Was Rockin' {G , 1B}
1959-60	Rita unissued		Mud Island  [instr.] {Q,Y} My Baby's Got Love {Q,Y} Red Hot [alt. vers. 3] {2x} That's What I Want To Do [alt. vers.] {Q,Y}
	[unissued]		Dance With Me Honey (Rock With Me Baby No. 2) {R,X} Long Gone {i} Memphis Blues {j}
	[need info]		Just One More Time {u} Little Green Men {1H}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Single-artist compilations included selectively

Acknowledgments:   Both Sides Now, John Burton, CMF Library, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Colin Escott, Simon Evans, Udo Frank, Peter Gold, Kurt Krauter, Gerd Miller, John Neal, Mike Perkins, Lars Stromberg, Perica Sucevic, Hans Teljeur, Joe Wajgel, Alexander Zäh