Self, Ronnie

Born 1938 in Tin Town, Mo. Died in 1981.

References:
   Article and sessionography in issue 18 (1978) of New Kommotion.
   Feature article in issue 68 (1998) of Rockin' Fifties.
   Feature article and sessionography in issue 69 (1998) 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
1956/June 23 Bb c&w rev.	ABC-Paramount 45-9714		Pretty Bad Blues {a,c,e,f,g,m,n,r,y, M,Q,X} Three Hearts Later {e,f,r}	1 1	AMP 45-1011 AMP 45-1012
1956/Nov. (Bb est.)	ABC-Paramount 45-9768		Sweet Love Alone		AMP 45-1033 AMP 45-1034
1957/Apr. 13 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-40875-c		Big Fool {d,e,f,r,v, H,J,N} Flame Of Love {e,f,r}	1 1	JZSP 39961 JZSP 39962
1957/Sept. 2 Bb c&w rev.	Columbia 4-40989-c		Ain't I'm A Dog {b,d,e,f,r,v, G,I,O} Rocky Road Blues {b,e,f,h,o,r,v, H,J,N,S}	1 1	JZSP 41881 JZSP 41883
1958/Jan. 6 Bb Aud.	Columbia B-2149		Ain't I'm A Dog  [monaural] Ain't I'm A Dog Rocky Road Blues Big Fool Flame Of Love	1 1 1 1	ZEP-42079 ZEP-42079 ZEP-42080 ZEP-42080
1958/Feb. 3 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41101		Bop-A-Lena {e,f,j,k,r,t,u,w, H,J,K,N,R,T,W} I Ain't Goin' Nowhere {e,f,r}	1 1	JZSP 42815 JZSP 42816
1958/May 5 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41166		Big Blon' Baby {e,f,r, P} Date Bait {e,f,h,r,w, O}	1 1	JZSP 43421 JZSP 43420
1958/Sept. 1 Bb pop rev.	Columbia 4-41241		You're So Right For Me {e,f,r,z, C,G,I,P,U} Petrified {e,f,j,r,w, O}	1 1	JZSP 42897 JZSP 43422
1959/Aug. 31 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-30958		This Must Be The Place {e,f,i,p,q,r,x, V} Big Town {e,f,i,l,r, A}	1 1	45-107789 45-107788
1960/Aug. 8 Bb pop rev.	Decca 9-31131		So High {r} I've Been There {r}	1 1	109,215+ 109,216
1962/Jan. 27 Bb pop rev.	Decca 31351		Some Things You Just Can't Change {i,r} Instant Man {i,r}	1 1	111,084+ 111,083
1962/Oct. 27 Bb c&w rev.	Decca 31431		Oh Me, Oh My {r} Past, Present And Future {r}		112512 112514
1963 (Bb est.)	Kapp K 546		Houdini {e,f,r} Bless My Broken Heart {e,f,r}		K 7055-2 K 7054
Additional Tracks on Comps
	[unissued]		About Cured? {F,L} Ain't That Good Wood {F} Beat, Broke And Blue {F} Biggest Dog In Town {F} Black Night Blues {f,r} Bop-A-Lena [alt. vers. 1] {s, D,E,L} Boppin' The Blues [vers. 1] {D,L} The Boss' Daughter {F} Do It Now {r} Get Out Of My Life {F} Go Go Cannibal {r} Grandma's Rockin' {F,L} Hair Of The Dog {F,L} Home In Your Hand {B,F} I Can't Kick You {F} I Want You To Know {D,L} Keep A Knockin' {F,L} Long Train To Memphis {F,L} Money Honey {F,L} Moon Burn {r} My Own Kick Going {F,L} Rocky Road Blues [alt. vers.] {D,L} Roll Over Beethoven {D,L} Short Fat Fanny {D,L} Some Other World {r} Sweet Little Sixteen {D,L} That Woman {F} Too Many Lovers {f,r} Ugly Stick {r} When He Flies Away {F,L} Whistling Words {r} Wild And Wooly Life {F,L}
	[need info]		Bop-A-Lena [alt. vers. 2] {L} Boppin' The Blues [vers. 2] {L} Flame Of Love [alt. vers.] {L} Here Comes Authority {L} How Careless Of Me {L} The Hurt Is Free {L} I Started World War 1 {L} I'm Gonna Try You {L} I've Been Brought Down {L} Waitin' For The Gin To Hit Me {L}

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

Acknowledgments:   American Music, Bear Family catalog, Knut Bjarne, CMF Library, Tom Carey, Marc Coulavin, Bill Davis, Udo Frank, Tom Krajina, Gerd Miller, Michel Proost, Ake Roos, Adriaan Sturm, Perica Sucevic, Matti Turunen, Joe Wajgel, Noel Watts, Bjorn Witlox