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SINGLES
| VADEN 45-100 |
BOBBY BROWN AND THE CURIOS |
Down At Big Mary's House / I Get The Blues (At Midnight) | 1958 US |
| VADEN 45-109 |
BOBBY BROWN |
Please Please Baby / Bobby's Blues | 1959 US |
| XYZ 610 |
BUCKY BROWN AND THE CURIOS / ORCH. & CHORUS DIR. OF FRANK SLAY |
Dream Date / Everybody Has A Dream | 10/1960 US |
| FARGO LF 1021 |
THE CURIOS |
Raunchy Twist (instr.) / Highland Fling (instr.) | 12/1961 US |
| PAK 1313 |
BOBBY BROWN |
Dreamer / Falling From Paradise | 7/1962 US |
| CURIO Q 100/101 |
BOBBY BROWN |
Falling From Paradise / Dreamer
(Note: both sides are remixes of the original PAK releases) | 5/1963 US |
| CURIO Q 102/103 |
THE CURIOS |
Chicken Back, Part I (instr.) / Chicken Back, Part II (instr.) | 8/1963 US |
| ARC 1025 |
BOBBY BROWN |
Lawdy Miss Clawdy / 3000 Miles From Barbie | 1963 CAN |
| ALLIED AR 6356 |
BOBBY BROWN AND THE CURIOS |
Ride The Love Train / Coast To San Francisco | 1965 CAN |
| MBM MB 800 |
ROBERT LYNN BROWN AND THE ELEPHANT CITY BAND |
Come On People / Oh California | 1971? US |
| RAM 1-001 |
BOBBY EAGLE |
The Entertainer Man / Tell Me You Love Me | 1978 US |
| RAM 8-001 |
BOBBY BROWN |
The Happy Warrior / Oh California | 1978 US |
Note: According to Johnnie Adams (the bass player of Bobby Brown & the Curios/Ray Coble & the JazzKatz) there should be at least four unreleased (and thus far undiscovered) 1958 recordings by The Curios produced by Scotty Moore and Slim Wallace at Fernwood Studio, Memphis, TN: "I'm Tore Up" (sung by Bobby Brown), "The Red Satellite" (sung by Bobby Brown), "Rock And Roll Ghost" (sung by Ray Coble, poss. accompanied by The Curios) and "Suppose We Try" (sung by Ray Coble, poss. accompanied by The Curios, written by Johnnie Adams). Several other unidentified c. 1958 demo recordings (made at Stereo Sound Studio, St. Louis, MI) may also exist. In addition, various previously unissued 1960's-1970's songs by Bobby Brown are nowadays available for digital download at iTunes, Amazon, etc.
EP'S
| VADEN EP-107 |
BOBBY BROWN AND THE CURIOS/JAMBOREE GANG
Down At Big Mary's / I Get The Blues / (reverse by Jamboree Gang: Banjo & Fiddle Instrumentals)
| 1958? US |
ALBUMS
HUEY 3499/3500 (lim. edition of 90 copies, no cover) |
BOBBY BROWN AND THE CURIOS (LP)
100 Pounds Of Clay / Save The Last Dance For Me / The Rebel / Danny Boy / Swanee River / The Fool / Corine Corina / Slipping And Sliding / Endlessly / Blues / Someday / My Babe
(recorded at Newborn/Twitty Studio, Marianna, AR in 1961, feat. Bobby Brown:vcl/ac.gtr, Tommy Holder:gtr, Johnnie Adams:bs, Johnny Welker:dms)
| 1961 US |
COLLECTIONS
| COLLECTOR CLCD 4500 |
BOBBY BROWN & THE CURIOS: ROCK ALONG TIME (CD)
I Viborate (late 1950's demo, Batavia Studio, Batavia, IL) / Please Please Baby / Your True Love (late 1950's demo, Batavia Studio, Batavia, IL) / Slippin' And Slidin' / Bye Bye, So Long Blues / Bobby's Blues / My Babe / Oh Danny Boy / Pretend / Mama Luchie (late 1950's demo, Batavia Studio, Batavia, IL) / Down At Big Mary's House / Swanee River / Night Train To Memphis (late 1950's demo, Batavia Studio, Batavia, IL) / Highland Fling / I Get The Blues / Flyin' Saucer Rock'n'Roll (1950's-1960's demo, Newborn Studio, Helena, AR) / The Fool / A Shakin' Twist (early 1960's demo, Mira Sounds Studio, New York, NY) / A Ram Shackle Shack (take 1, late 1950's demo, Batavia Studio, Batavia, IL) / Raunchy Twist / Betty Lou, Tavern In The Town (late 1950's demo, Batavia Studio, Batavia, IL) / St. Louis Blues (early 1960's demo, SSS Studio, St. Louis, MI) / Lawdy Miss Clawdy / "New" Bo Diddley (early 1960's demo, Mira Sounds Studio, New York, NY) / A Ram Shackle Shack (late 1950's demo, take 4, Batavia Studio, Batavia, IL) / Rock And Roll Music (early 1960's demo, Mira Sounds Studio, New York, NY) / Johnny Cash Medley (1950's-1960's demo, Newborn Studio, Helena, AR) / Buddy Holly Medley (1950's-1960's demo, Newborn Studio, Helena, AR)
| 2006 HOL |
| SUN RECORD COMPANY RIMG-RS9002-1 |
BOBBY BROWN AND THE CURIOS: ROCK ROCK ROCKABILLY (CD)
Who Do You Love / One Track Mind / School Days / Standing On The Corner / Heartbeat / I Know You Don't Love Me No More / 3000 Miles From Barbie / The Chicken Back / Gonna Find Her / A Ram Shackle Shack / Down At Big Mary's House / Swanee River Rock / The Shakin' Twist / Please, Please Baby / The Highland Fling "Rock" / Bye Bye, So Long "Blues" / Night Train To Memphis / My Hootchie Kootchie / Your True Love / Pretend / Flying Saucer Rock & Roll / I Get The Blues At Midnight / Bobby's Blues / Drink To A Fool
| 2009 US |
COMPILATIONS
| WHITE LABEL WLP 8818 |
V/A: ROCK FROM ARKANSAS (LP)
Please Please Baby / Bobby's Blues / Down At Big Mary's House / I Get The Blues
| 1980 HOL
| | BUFFALO BOP BB-LP 2072 |
V/A: THE BOP THAT NEVER STOPPED, VOL.56 (LP)
Down At Big Mary's House
| 1989 GER
| | CHIEF CCD 1156512 |
V/A: ULTRA RARE ROCKIN' & BOPPIN', VOL.2 (CD)
Down At Big Mary's House
| 1993 HOL
| | CLUB 011 |
V/A: GRAB THIS AND DANCE, VOL.11 (LP)
Please Please Baby
| 1993 UK
| | FLESH DEN 6903 |
V/A: ROCK'N'ROLL ORGY, VOL.3 (CD)
Down At Big Mary's House
| 1995 UK
| | LUCKY CDLR 806 |
V/A: ROCKABILLY GOLD, VOL.6 (CD)
Please Please Baby
| 1996 UK
| | BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55061 |
V/A: SUGAR LUMP (CD)
Please Please Baby / Down At Big Mary's House
| 1997 GER
| | HERONROCK MUSIC CD-501 |
V/A: VADEN RECORDS, TRUMANN, ARKANSAS - VADEN ROCK'N'ROLL STORY (CD)
Down At Big Mary's House / I Get The Blues / Bobby's Blues / Please Please Baby
| 1997 SWE
| | LUCKY CDLR 502 |
V/A: PIANOLA ROCK-OLA, VOL.2 (CD)
Bobby's Blues
| 200? UK
| | MUSTANG MUST 14 |
V/A: SCHOOL OF ROCK'N'ROLL (CD)
Please Please Baby
| 200?
| | CANADIAN CAN-2303 |
V/A: RARE INSTRUMENTALS, VOL.3 (CD)
Chicken Back, Part I
| 2005 CAN
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© Compiled by Pete Hoppula
Acknowledgments: Johnnie Adams
Published sources: Collector CLCD 4500 (cd liner notes by Adam Komorowski, 2005) | American Music Magazine #79 (1999, article & discography by Bo Berglind)
Online sources: www.allmusic.com | www.ebay.com | www.popsike.com | rcs-discography.com/rcs/artist.php?key=brow1500 | www.rocky-52.net/chanteursb/brown_bo.htm | alextsu.narod.ru/borderlinebooks/canada/b8.html | rateyourmusic.com/artist/bobby_brown_f1 | www.amazon.com/Bobby-Brown-The-Curios/e/B001LHCAY0/digital/ref=ntt_mp3_rdr?_encoding=UTF8&sn=d | mk-untiltherealthingcomesalong.blogspot.com/2010/02/mbm-800.html | itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-entertainer-man-live/id201907583 | www.rockabillyhall.com/BobbyBrown.html
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