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SINGLES
| TNT TNT-148 |
JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS (a) / JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS WITH THE MONTCLAIRS (b) |
Henrietta / Don't Cry No More | 10/1957 US
| | DOT 15664 (78rpm) |
JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS (a) / JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS WITH THE MONTCLAIRS (b) |
Henrietta / Don't Cry No More | 11/1957 US
| | DOT 45-15664 |
JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS (a) / JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS WITH THE MONTCLAIRS (b) |
Henrietta / Don't Cry No More
(a-side Billboard/pop #47) | 11/1957 US
| | LONDON FL 1718 |
JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS (a) / JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS WITH THE MONTCLAIRS (b) |
Henrietta / Don't Cry No More | 1958 NL
| | TNT TNT-152 |
JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS |
You're Late Miss Kate / Here I Come | 2/1958 US
| | DOT 45-15721 |
JIMMY DEE |
You're Late Miss Kate / Here I Come | 3/1958 US
| | TNT TNT-161 |
JIMMY DEE |
Rock-Tick-Tock / I Feel Like Rockin' | 1/1959 US
| | ONYX 45-71-7 ? |
JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS, VOCAL BY JIMMY DEE |
Lovely Lies / I Cross My Fingers
(Same artist? Produced by Pat Costa, engineered and mixed by Ron Messina, recorded at Eastern Sounds Recording Studios, Methuen, Massachusetts) | 196? US
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EP'S
| TNT TNT-EP 5-1/2 |
JIMMY DEE AND THE OFFBEATS
Rock-Tick-Tock / Henrietta / You're Late Miss Kate / Here I Come
| 19??
| | FED EP 05 |
V/A: SAMMY MASTERS, ART ADAMS, BILL NELSON, JIMMY DEE
Henrietta / (+ 3 tracks from other artists)
| 19?? NOR
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COMPILATIONS
| DOT DLP 3425 |
V/A: MILLION $ MUSIC (LP)
Henrietta | 196? US
| | ROCKET 88 RLP 5002 |
V/A: RIOT IN CELL BLOCK 9 (LP)
Henrietta | 197? AUS
| | NPR 7305 |
V/A: ARCHIVE SERIES, VOL.5 (LP)
Henrietta | 1976 GER
| | EAGLE 302 |
V/A: STACK-A-RECORDS (LP)
Don't Cry No More | 1976 GER
| | ANDROMEDA XZ 01010 |
V/A: SPEED 45 ROCK'N ROLL (LP)
You're Late Miss Kate | 1978
| | ABC 5247 |
V/A: COTTON PICKIN' ROCK (LP)
You're Late Miss Kate | 1978 UK
| | WHITE LABEL WLP 8805 |
V/A: ROCK, ROCK, ROCK (LP)
That's What I Call Love (prev. unissued, probably different artist) | 1979 NL
| | POTOMAC 37650 |
V/A: ROCK TICK TOCK (LP)
Rock-Tick-Tock | 1980
| | WENDI LP 000002 |
V/A: ACTION PACKED (LP)
Here I Come | 1980 AUS
| | CENTURY ? |
V/A: ROCKABILLY BABY (CD)
Henrietta | 19?? CAN
| | MR. MAESTRO CD 300 |
V/A: WILD AND FRANTIC (CD)
You're Late Miss Kate | 199?
| | TIME-LIFE R929-09 |
V/A: LOST TREASURES II (CD)
Henrietta | 199?
| | CLUB WWR WWRLP 001 |
V/A: WILD WILD ROCKIN', VOL.1 (CD)
Rock-Tick-Tock | 1995 UK
| | COLLECTABLES COL-CD-0596 |
V/A: CLASSIC ROCK FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS (CD)
Henrietta/You're Late Miss Kate | 1995 US
| | BEAVER BLP 3304 |
V/A: THAT'S ROCK & ROLL, VOL.4 (CD)
Here I Come | 1995 BEL
| | ACE CDCH 592 |
V/A: DOT ROCK'N'ROLL (CD)
Henrietta | 1996 UK
| | VARESE SARABANDE 5687 |
V/A: THE HISTORY OF DOT RECORDS, VOL.2 – COME GO WITH ME (CD)
Henrietta | 1996 US
| | COLLECTABLES COL-CD-5555 |
V/A: BEST OF TNT RECORDS (CD)
Henrietta | 1996 US
| | BEAR FAMILY BCD 15711 AH |
V/A: THAT'LL FLAT GIT IT, VOL.5 (ROCKABILLY AND ROCK'N'ROLL FROM THE VAULTS OF DOT RECORDS) (CD)
You're Late Miss Kate/Henrietta | 1997 GER
| | RHINO 75704 |
V/A: LOUD, FAST & OUT OF CONTROL : THE WILD SOUNDS OF THE '50S (4-CD)
Henrietta | 1999 US
| | NORTON ED/CED-274 |
DOUG SAHM: SAN ANTONIO ROCK - THE HARLEM RECORDINGS 1957-1961 (LP/CD)
Rock-Tick-Tock/I Feel Like Rockin' | 2000 US
| | CENTHY 2001 |
V/A: KEEP ON ROCKIN' (CD)
That's What I Call Love | 2000 SWE
| | BUFFALO BOP BB-CD 55167 |
V/A: ROCK TICK TOCK (CD)
Rock-Tick-Tock | 2004 GER
| | ACE CDCHD 1200 |
V/A: THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ROCK'N'ROLL, VOL.11 (CD)
Henrietta | 2007 UK
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In addition, there is an LP titled 'Today Tonight' issued as by Jimmy Dee (Rosewood LP 11004).
Country'n'western artist named Jimmy Dee recorded at least the following singles:
"Guitar Pickin' Man" / Sweet Frenzy (Inner-Glo IG-105, 1963, with Chuck Cowan on guitar)
"The One I Love" / "Please Don't Go" (Nashville NV 5166, 1964)
"Trying Not To Cry" / "Naggin" (Trail T-103, 196?)
Jimmy Dee, vocal, Chuck Gowan, guitar: "Guitar Pickin' Man" / Chuck Gowan: "Baby Come Over" (Olympic 013, 1978)
A group called Jimmy Dee & the Meteors recorded for Pixie and Ace Records:
"Wanda" / "Don't Hurt Me No More" (Pixie 7411/Ace 627, 1961)
"The Monster Hop" / "Don't Hurt Me No More" (Pixie 7412, 1961)
There were also a couple of other Jimmy Dee's:
"Lonely" / "Manitoba Moon" (Tin Pan Alley 202, 1958)
"You're The One For Me" / "Put Me In All Your Life" (Infinity 004, 1961)
"I Should Have Listened" / "I Went On" (Infinity 010, 1961)
"Any Time You Want Me" / "I'll Be Good To You Now" (Infinity 015, 1962)
"I've Got A Secret" / "You Say You Beat Me To The Punch" (Cutie 1400, 1963)
There was also a group called Jimmy & The Offbeats, that recorded at least one single in Baton Rouge, La. in 1966: "I Ain't No Miracle Worker" / "Stronger Than Dirt" (Bofuz BF-1113).
Quite obviously any of these had nothing to do with Jimmy De Fore. It's also probable that the singer on unissued White Label track 'That's What I Call Love' is not Jimmy Dee of Texas.
Also worth to mention, according to jimmydee.org:
- "He [Jimmy Dee] recorded for eleven different labels over the course of his career" (including 1965 recordings for Big Top and Roulette).
- "It is known that he was once a member of the backing group, The Chevelles, for the Verve recording artist Sharon Wynter and recorded and also toured with her but, due to his personal contractual obligations, did not sing on any of her recordings."
- "He worked as a session musician in Memphis and later in Nashville, Tennessee during the sixties. He is also credited on one of Del Shannon's tracks "Tell Her No", 1965, on drums and back-up vocals."
- "During the years 1967 and 1968 he worked sessions in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, both at FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios."
- "A contractual dispute with Morris Levy, head of Roulette Records, caused his personal recording career to halt in 1966. However, he reappeared later in the sixties and the mid-seventies and again in the eighties on smaller labels with several more records and produced one CD during the nineties and another CD, Still Singing After All These Years, was released on Ascot in November 2007."
© Compiled by Pete Hoppula
Acknowledgments: Jarmo Hoppula
Published sources: Goldmine Price Guide To 45 Rpm Records (Tim Neely, 2003) | Billboard Top 100 Singles (Joel Whitburn, 1994)
Online sources: www.recordmaster.com | rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs (Rockin' Country Style) | www.singlesdb.com | www.ebay.com | www.gemm.com | www.musicstack.com | jimmydee.org/Bio.aspx | www.rockabillyhall.com/JimmyDee.html
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Revised on November 18, 2009
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