NORTH-AMERICAN SINGLES

DECCA 29938	THE JUMPING JAGUARS (probably featuring Jack Hammer & Mame Watts)	Knock Kneed Nellie From Knoxville / Shut The Door Baby (a-side written by Jack Hammer, b-side by Jack Hammer-Mame Watts)	5/1956 US
DECCA 30109	JACK HAMMER	Football Rock / So What	10/1956 US
ROULETTE R-4046	JACK HAMMER WITH HUGO PERETTI & HIS ORCH.	Girl, Girl, Girl / Chant Of Love	1958 US
APEX 76243	JACK HAMMER WITH HUGO PERETTI & HIS ORCH.	Girl, Girl, Girl / Chant Of Love	1958 CAN
KAPP K-274	JACK HAMMER	Whispering Grass / We Three (My Echo My Shadow And Me)	4/1959 US
KAPP K-287	JACK HAMMER	Little-Bitty Goose Pimples / What Every Young Lover Should Know	1959 US
RONNEX 1284	JACK HAMMER	Don't Let Baby Know / The Wiggle	1962 US
SOUL S 35088F (promo)	JACK HAMMER	Colour Combination / Colour Combination	1971 US
SOUL S 35088	JACK HAMMER	Colour Combination / Swim	1971 US

Note: Franny Beecher (of Bill Haley's Comets) has confirmed that 'The Jumping Jaguars' was a side-project for him, and the lead singer on "Knock Kneed Nellie From Knoxville" and "Shut The Door Baby" would have actually been Billy Williamson. Both songs were recorded between "Rockin' Thru The Rye" and "Calling All Comets" sessions (on April 24, 1956). The Bill Haley authority Alex Frazer-Harrison however suspects in 'A Bill Haley Who's Who' column on www.rockabillyhall.com that in his opinion it isn't Williamson singing. According to Marv Goldberg, Frederick "Money Guitar" Johnson, the guitarist and the baritone singer of a Baltimore vocal group The Swallows, had also been playing guitar with the group named The Jumping Jaguars c. 1956-57 before joining again The Swallows in late 1957. The possible connection between Jack Hammer, Mame Watts and The Jumping Jaguars comes from the liner notes of Charly LP 'Rock Sock The Boogie' written by Adam Komorowski.

In addition, Jack Hammer on 45 "Black Widow Spider Woman" / "Doggone That Moon" (issued as by Jack Hammer & The Pacers) in 1959 on Milestone #2001 is actually a white c&w artist Werly Fairburn (a-side being written by Billy Joe Tucker who also did recordings by himself under the name of Billy Hodges - the flipside "Doggone That Moon" again was reissued on Milestone 2013 backed with "You Are My Sunshine", both sides now credited to Werly Fairburn.)




NON-AMERICAN SINGLES

OMEGA 9.61.062	THE JUMPING JAGUARS	Knock Kneed Nellie From Knoxville / Shut The Door Baby	1956 BEL
ORIOLE 45-CB 1634	JACK HAMMER, Accompanied by Johnny Van Horn Orchestra	Young Only Once / Juliette	1961 UK
ORIOLE 45-CB 1645	JACK HAMMER	Kissin' Twist / Melancholy Boy	1962 UK
ORIOLE 45-CB 1728	JACK HAMMER	Crazy Twist / Twist Talk	1962 UK
ORIOLE 45-CB 1753	JACK HAMMER WITH THE JOHNNY VAN HORN ORCHESTRA	Don't Let Baby Know / Number 2539	1962 UK
YUGOTON ? (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Juliette / Tell The Gang Goodbye	1962 YUG
DISQUES POP PO. 45 S 269 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Juliette / Kissin' Twist	1962 FRA
RONNEX R 1266	JACK HAMMER	Juliette / Tell The Gang Goodbye	1961 BEL
W&G WG-S-1334	JACK HAMMER	Juliette / Tell The Gang Goodbye	1961 AUS
RONNEX R 1270	JACK HAMMER	Kissin' Twist / Melancholy Boy	1961 BEL
RONNEX R 1270 (p/s, pressed in c. 1978)	JACK HAMMER	The Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist	1962 BEL
RONNEX R 1271 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Twistin' King / Boogie Woogie Twist	1962 BEL
RONNEX R 1273	JACK HAMMER & JO LEEMANS	Crazy Twist / Twist Talk	1962 BEL
RONNEX R 1275 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Twist In The Morning / Come Twist Around The Clock	1962 BEL
RONNEX R 1279	JACK HAMMER	Young Only Once / Don't Let Baby Know	1962 BEL
RONNEX R 1284 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool	1962 BEL
ARTONE RX 24130 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Wiggling Fool / The Wiggle	1962 HOL
RONNEX R 1300	JACK HAMMER	Fire Baby / Stop-Slop	1962 BEL
RONNEX R 1300 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Stop-Slop / Can't You Do It	1962 BEL
RONNEX R 1301 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Espana Te Quiero / Ali Ben Ghazi (Bossa Nova)	1962 BEL
TONO 45-STU 42103 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist	1962 DEN
TONO 45-STU 42119 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool	1962 DEN
GAZELL C-134 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Kissin' Twist / Twistin' King	1962 SWE
GAZELL C-137 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool	1962 SWE
VOGUE POP PO.45 S 269 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Juliette / Kissin' Twist	1962 FRA
VOGUE SCHALLPLATTEN PO.45 S 287	JACK HAMMER	The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool	1962 GER
GAZELL C-141 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER WITH THE JOHNNY VAN HORN ORCHESTRA	Number 2539 / Spelling Twist	1962 SWE
GAZELL C-149 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Twist In The Morning / Ali Ben Ghazi	1962 SWE
VOGUE SCHALLPLATTEN DV 14643?	JACK HAMMER	Fire Baby / Stop Slop	1962 GER
VOGUE SCHALLPLATTEN DV 14086	JACK HAMMER UND DAS ORCHESTER JOHNNY VAN HORN	Twist In The Morning / Choo Choo Twist	1962? GER
RONNEX R 1309	JACK HAMMER	Electricity / Spelling Twist	1963 BEL
RONNEX R 1312	JACK HAMMER	Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy	1963 BEL
RONNEX R 1348	JACK HAMMER	Hey Jack / Incantesimo	1964 BEL
POLYDOR 56091	JACK HAMMER	Thanks / Love Ladder	1966 UK
POLYDOR 56158	JACK HAMMER	Ode To A Discotheque / Joe Poor Loves Daphe Elizabeth Rich	1967 UK
UNITED ARTISTS UP 35029	JACK HAMMER	What Greater Love / The Mason Dixon Line	1969 UK
UNITED ARTISTS UP 35029 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	What Greater Love / The Mason Dixon Line	1969 GER
ARENA 1005	JACK HAMMER, ORCH. JOHN HORN	The Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist	196? GER
YOUNG BLOOD YB 1023	JACK HAMMER	Colour Combination / Swim	1971 UK
TAMLA MOTOWN TMATS 5007 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER	Colour Combination / Swim	1971 POR
EXPERIENCE 3106 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER (same artist?)	Obviously I Love You / We Also Ran	197? UK?
RONNEX R 1457	JACK HAMMER	Twist In The Morning / Tell The Gang Goodbye	1979 BEL

EP'S

VOGUE DISQUES POP/RONNEX MPO.3.087 (p/s)	KISSIN' TWIST   Kissin' Twist / Juliette / Tell The Gang Goodbye / Melancholy Boy	1962 FRA
VOGUE DISQUES POP/RONNEX MPO.3.091 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER WITH THE JOHNNY VAN HORN ORCHESTRA: CRAZY TWIST Crazy Twist / Twistin' King / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist Talk	1962 FRA
VOGUE DISQUES POP/RONNEX MPO.3.102 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER WITH THE HARRY KING ORCHESTRA Electricity / Wiggling Fool / Fire Baby / The Wiggle	1962 FRA
GAZELL GEP-54 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER WITH THE JOHNNY VAN HORN ORCHESTRA Kissin' Twist / Twist Talk / Twistin' King / Boogie Woogie Twist	1962 SWE
GAZELL GEX-600 (p/s, blue vinyl)	JACK HAMMER, BOB BLUNDER, MICHAEL COX, ERNIE ENGLUND: 4 HITS Ali Ben Ghazi	196? SWE
DISCOPHON 27.060 (p/s)	JOSÉ TORRES-JACK HAMMER   Let's Twist Again / Kissin' Twist / (+ José Torres: Brigitte Bardot / Amor Amor)	1962 SPA
DISCOPHON ? (p/s)	JACK JAMMER: TWIST  Twistin' King / Boogie Woogie Twist / Crazy Twist / Twist Talk	1962 SPA
DISCOPHON 27.115 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER-RAY ELLINGTON: MADISON   The Wiggle / The Wiggling Fool / (+ Ray Ellington: The Madison / Jump Over)	1962 SPA
JUGOTON EP-RON-9094 (p/s)	JACK HAMMER Kissin' Twist / Twistin' King / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist Talk	196? YUG
RONNEX 553 (p/s)	SPELLING TWIST	196? BEL
ARIEL A-523 (p/s, 33 1/3 rpm)	JACK HAMMER, JOHNNY VAN HORN Y SU ORQUESTA Twist Del Beso / Muchacho Melancolico / Dile Adios A a Barba / Juliette	196? ARG
ARTON EP-208 (p/s)	TWIST AROUND THE CLOCK Twist Turn And Twirl / Choo Choo Twist / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twist And Shout	196? ISR

ALBUMS

WARWICK W-2014	REBELLION - JACK HAMMER SINGS AND READS SONGS AND POEMS OF THE BEAT GENERATION  (LP) Rose And The Rock / Mean And Evil Me / Concrete Desert / Dying Soldier / Neon Moon / Like / Ruby Red / Man Candle / Hawks And The Crowns / Coffee Espresso / Hobo With Oboe	1960 US
ORIOLE PS 40020	HAMMER + BEAT = TWIST  (LP) Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twist In The Morning / Twistin' King / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues	1963 UK
RONNEX LP 001	THE TWISTIN' KING  (LP) Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twist In The Morning / Twistin' King / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues	196? BEL
VOGUE PIVO 07-30	LE TWIST EST ROI  (LP) Kissin' Twist / Twistin' King / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twist In The Morning / Twist Talk / Spelling Twist / Crazy Twist / Choo-Choo Twist / Twist Turn And Twirl / Twistin' Blues / Twist And Shout / Boogie Woogie Twist	196? FRA
MODE/DEUTSCHE VOGUE SCHALLPLATTEN MID 16025 HI-FI	TWISTIN' AND SLOPPIN'  (LP) Juliette / Can't You Do It / Twistin' Blues / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist In The Morning / The Wiggle / Sugar Boy / Don't Let Baby Know / Kissin' Twist / Electricity / It's Good / Wiggling Fool	196? GER
ARTON AN 34 39	ROCK AND TWIST WITH JACK HAMMER  (10" LP) Kissin' Twist / Juliette / Crazy Twist / Tell The Gang Goodbye / Let's Twist Again / Twistin' King / A Bouquet Of Teardrops / Twist Talk / Amor / Boogie Woogie Twist (Note: the front cover features a picture of Johnny Hallyday!)	196? ISR
POLYDOR 582001	BRAVE NEW WORLD  (LP) Brave New World / Thanks / Love Ladder / Switch Blade Operator / From The Tomb To The Tomb / Dosby Dania Amerikanski / Black Snow / Shut Up World / Down In The Subway / J.C. / When A Girl Loves A Girl / Off Limits Soldier Boy (incl. three 'Northern soul' style vocal tracks + spoken poetry over a hip jazz score recorded with the UK musicians: George Kish:ld.gtr, Brian Daley:ac.gtr, Laurie Holloway:pno, Roger Coulam:org, Jim Lawless:vibes, Art Ellefson:ten.sax, Ray Swinfield:alto.sax/flute, Kenny Wheeler:tp, Johnny Marshall:tb, Spike Heatley:bs, Kenny Clare:dms)	1966 UK
ABA 3383	TWISTIN' KING  (LP) Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twist In The Morning / Twistin' King / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / The Wiggle -- reissues: EMI 4M034-60151, 1977/Durium LP 30-299, 1978 ITA --	197? FRA
MELODIA JH 3102	THE WIGGLING FOOL - 20 GREATEST TWIST HITS  (LP) Twistin' King / Kissin' Twist / Boogie Woogie Twist / Crazy Twist / Twist And Shout / Spelling Twist / Twist Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / Choo Choo Twist / The Wiggle / Wiggling Fool / Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy / Eletricity / Fire Baby / It's Good / Juliette / Melancholy Boy / Stop Slop	19?? ITA
MARGINAL CDMAR 056	THE BEST OF JACK HAMMER : HAMMER + BEAT = TWIST  (CD) Twist In The Morning / Kissin' Twist / Don't Let Baby Know / Girl, Girl, Girl / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spellin' Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twistin' King / Choo-Choo Twist / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / The Wiggle / Wiggling Fool / Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy / Electricity / Fire Baby / It's Good / Juliette / Melancholy Baby / Stop Slop / Espana Te Quiero / Ali Ben Ghazi / The Hawks And The Crowns / Ruby Red (Dying Soldier) / The Rose And The Rock / Mean And Evil Me	1997 BEL
OOZE MUSIC GROUP RECORDS OOZ 00619	TWIST COLLECTION  (CD) Twist In The Morning / Kissin' Twist / Don't Let Baby Know / Girl, Girl, Girl / Boogie Woogie Twist / Twist And Shout / Spellin' Twist / Twist Talk / Crazy Twist / Twistin' King / Choo-Choo Twist / Twist, Turn And Twirl / Come Twist Around The Clock / Twistin' Blues / The Wiggle / Wiggling Fool / Can't You Do It / Sugar Boy / Electricity / Fire Baby / It's Good / Juliette / Melancholy Baby / Stop Slop / Espana Te Quiero / Ali Ben Ghazi / The Hawks And The Crowns / Ruby Red (Dying Soldier) / The Rose And The Rock / Mean And Evil Me (reissue of Marginal CDMAR 056)	2001 RUS

Note: Jack Hammer on LP "This Is My Song" (Bellaphon BLPS 19275, 1978 GER) is apparently a different artist.



COMPILATIONS

POLYDOR 237 340	V/A: TEENAGER-PARTY '64  (LP) Die Schone Lola / Little Sad Angel	1964 GER
YOUNG BLOOD SBYB 4	V/A: YOUNG BLOOD, VOL.2  (LP) Swim / Color Combination	19?? UK
CROWN LP 100	V/A: ROCK, ROCK, ROCK, VOL.1  (LP) Girl, Girl, Girl	1980 US?
CHARLY CR 30237	V/A: ROCK SOCK THE BOOGIE  (LP) The Jumping Jaguars (prob. feat. Jack Hammer): Knock Kneed Nellie From Knoxville / Shut The Door Baby	1984 UK
RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0059	V/A: R&B LAFF BLASTS FROM THE PAST  (LP) Tony Middleton & Jack Hammer: Earth Cousins	1985 UK
HYDRA 7714	V/A: TEENAGE DANCE PARTY, VOL.3  (LP) Football Rock	1990 GER
BLEND BLR 82016	V/A: ROCK & ROLL COLLECTION, VOL.16  (LP) Girl, Girl, Girl	19?? BEL
STRIP CD 00102	V/A: LAS VEGAS GRIND, PART 1  (CD) The Wiggle	199? GER
STRIP CD 00403	V/A: LAS VEGAS GRIND, PART 2  (CD) Wiggling Fool -- reissue: Crypt CD 403, 1995 GER --	1992 GER
SEQUEL NEM CD 619	V/A: ROULETTE ROCK 'N ROLL COLLECTION  (CD) Girl, Girl, Girl	1992 UK
SEQUEL NEM 939	V/A: HERB ABRAMSON'S FESTIVAL OF GROUPS  (CD) Tony Middleton & Jack Hammer: Earth Cousins	1997 UK
RHINO 78302	V/A: THE BEST OF THE BEAT GENERATION  (CD) Like	2002 US
SOUL JERK SJ 1206	V/A: SOUL JERK - NORTHRN SOUL FOR THE DANCIN' MOOD  (LP) Swim	200? GER?
ACE CDCHD 1220	V/A: LAND OF 1000 DANCES - ALL TWISTIN' EDITION  (CD) Kissin' Twist	2009 UK
LESLEY LESCD 8	V/A: DECCA ROCK & ROLL PARTY, VOLUME ONE  (CD) Football Rock	2010