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SINGLES
C.J. 606 |
LITTLE MACK AND HIS BOYS | Come Back / My Walking Blues | 1959 US |
C.J. 607 |
MACK SIMMON & HIS BOYS (feat. James Cotton:hca on a-side) | Jumpin' At That Cadillac / I Need You | 1959 US |
BEA & BABY 109 |
LITTLE MAC | Don't Come Back / Times Are Getting Tougher | 1960 US |
BEA & BABY 113 |
ST. LOUIS MAC | You Mistreated Me / Broken Heart | 1960 US |
CHECKER 984 |
LITTLE MAC (a-side with Georgia Hinton) | I Play For Keeps / I Need Love | 1961 US |
CHECKER 991 |
LITTLE MACK | I'm Happy Now / Don't Leave Me Now | 1961 US |
LITTLE MAC 101 |
LITTLE MAC & THE BRAVADOS (same artist?) | Cinderella / Dance Baby (With Me) | 1961 US |
PALOS 1201/PACER 1201 |
MAC SIMS | Drivin' Wheel / Broken Heart | 1961 US |
JAYBIRD 4001 |
LITTLE MAC | You Mistreated Me / Broken Heart (reissue of Bea & Baby 113) | 196? US |
BEA & BABY 118 |
LITTLE MAC | I'm Your Fool / Let Hootennany Blues (Out Of Jail) | 1963 US |
BEA & BABY 130 |
THE CHANCES (poss. feat. Mack Simmons:vcl?; a-side is also co-written by Mack Simmons with Georgia Hinton) | One More Chance / It Takes More Than Love Alone | 196? US |
MS 1037 |
LITTLE MACK SIMMONS & THE ROYAL ACES | Let Hootennany Blues (Out Of Jail) / Push And Pull | 196? US |
NEW BREED 503 |
LITTLE MACK SIMMONS | I'm So Unhappy / Broken Hearted Blues
(recorded c. 1961) | 1968 US |
BISCAYNE 017 |
"LITTLE" MACK SIMMONS | A Tribute To Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Stoop Looting And Rioting) / Gettin' Out Of The Ghetto | 1968 US |
MISS 624 |
LITTLE MACK & THE HIPPS | Mother-In-Law Blues / Woman, Help Me (You Got To Help Me) | 1970 US |
DUD SOUND 4718 |
LITTLE MACK SIMMONS | Mother-In-Law Blues / You Got To Help Me | 1970 US |
PURO 3509/PURO 7960 |
LITTLE MACK | Mother-In-Law / Woman, Help Me (You Got To Help Me)
(reissue of Miss/Dud Sound 45 with additional saxes) | 1970 US |
DUD-SOUND 4719 |
LITTLE MACK SIMMONS & THE ROYAL ACES |
Goose Walk / Check Out My Baby | 1970 US |
DUD SOUND 4719 |
LITTLE MACK SIMMONS |
Never Leave My Homework Undone / Givin' Me A Hard Time | 1970 US |
DUD SOUND 471 |
LITTLE MACK WITH OSCAR "BO DUD" COLEMAN (a) / LITTLE MACK (b) |
Goose Walk / Hard Times | 1970 US |
HY-TONE 119 |
LITTLE MACK | Sad Lover / I Love You Mazy | 19?? US |
PM 45175 |
MACK SIMMONS | Turning Point, Part 1 / Turning Point, Part 2 | 19?? US |
PM PM-4723 |
MAC SIMMONS | You're So Fine / Blue Light | 1974 US |
SIMMONS 429 |
MAC SIMMONS | Snap Your Fingers / Next Time You See Me | 1974 US |
PM 101375 |
MACK SIMMONS & JIMMY MITCHELL | Forty Third Street Bus Stop / I'll Make You Feel Like A Woman When We Make Love | 1975 US |
PM 816/817 |
MACK SIMMONS | Skin Tight / Skin Tight (instr.) (both sides arranged by Andre Williams) | 197? US |
P.M. 06841 |
MALCOLM SIMMONS | Mama Was Right / Messing With The Kid | 197? US |
PM MS-44941 |
MACK SIMMONS | Rainy Night In Georgia / I'm Gonna Keep On Searching Till I Find Mine, Pt. 1 | 1973 US |
PM 772 |
MACK SIMMONS | Inflation Blues / Key To The Highway | 1980 US |
SKY HERO MS-1 |
REV. MALCOLM SIMMONS | Inflation Blues / You're Got To Help Me | 1980 US |
P.M. PM-8241 |
MALCOLM SIMMONS | Lie To Me / The Same One | 1982 US |
In addition, a group called 'Little Mac and the Boss Sounds' recorded an organ instrumental version of "In The Midnight Hour" (Atlantic 45-2309) in 1965, backed with a vocal version by Ann Mason feat. Little Mac & the Boss Sounds titled "You Can't Love Me (In The Midnight Hour)". Nevertheless it's very probable that this is not by Little Mac Simmons. The record was issued in the UK on Atlantic 584 031 in 1966. A-side has later been reissued on "Where It's At - Soul In The Midnight Hour" (Kent CDKEND 173, 1999 UK), and b-side on "The Girls Got Soul - Atlantic Distaff Soul Classics" (Kent CDKEND 186, 2000 UK).
Little Mack (with Sun Ra Arkestra) on El Saturn is a different artist.
EP'S
OUTSIDE OSEP 1 (p/s) |
"LITTLE" MACK SIMMONS & HIS BOYS: BLUES FROM CHICAGO
My Walking Blues / Come Back / Jumping At Cadillac / I Need You
| 1967 UK |
PM EP PM-103 |
MAC SIMMONS
You Got To Help Me / You're So Fine / Blue Lite / Mother-In-Law
| 1970 US |
ALBUMS
BLACK & BLUE 33.514 |
LITTLE MAC SIMMONS: BLUE LIGHTS (LP)
Freight Train Arrives / Sad Hours / You Mistreated Me / You Got To Help Me / I Sure Quit You / So Unhappy / Last Night / Mother In Law Blues / I Can't Quit You
| 1976 FRA |
PM RECORDS PM LP 1075 |
REVEREND BEN BUTLER AND MACK SIMMONS: WHEN THE LORD STANDS BY (LP)
When The Lord Stands By (Ben Butler) / Stand By Me, Oh, Father (Mack Simmons & His Gospel Ensemble) / Jesus Is So Wonderful / If Loving The Lord Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Do Right / It's Gonna' Rain / Something Within Me
| 1977 US |
PM RECORDS LP-449 |
MACK SIMMONS: INFLATION BLUES (LP)
Inflation Blues / You've Got To Help Me / Skin Tight / Rainy Night In Georgia / Boogie On, Reggae Woman / Jesus, So Wonderful / Key To The Highway / Snap Your Finger / You're So Fine / Blue Light
| 1977 US |
SIMMONS RECORDS ? |
LOVE WILL MAKE A WAY SOMEHOW (LP)
| 1978 US |
SKY HERO PRODUCTIONS SHLP 914 |
REVEREND MALCOLM SIMMONS: MY MESSAGE IS LOVE (LP)
I Found The Kind Of Love / Walk With Me / My Message Is Love / Gotta Love One Another / Singin' His Praise / We've Gotta Change Things
| 1982 US |
GRANDVILLE GRV-0484 |
MALCOLM SIMMONS: MAMA WAS RIGHT (LP)
Thriller (instr.) / Mama Was Right / Lie To Me / Snap Your Fingers / Hotel Happiness / Let's Get Together / Just A Feeling / Messing With A Kid / Keep Love On Your Mind / Inflation Time
| 1984 US |
WOLF 120.884 |
COME BACK TO ME BABY - CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.38 (CD)
There's A Kissin' Goin' On (with Georgia Hinton Simmons) / Key To The Highway / Tell Me Baby / I Got To Find My Baby / Don't Start Me To Talkin' / You Mistreated Me Baby / Baby, You Got What It Takes (with Georgia Hinton Simmons) / Times Are Gettin' Tougher / Come Back To Me Baby / My Mamma Told Me / I'm Hooked On Your Love / I Got What It Takes / I Wonder Why (with Georgia Hinton Simmons) ;(feat. John Primer:gtr, Jake Dawson:gtr, Detroit Junior:pno, Willie Kent/Nick Holt:bs & Earl Howell:dms)
| 1994 AUT |
FAMOUS GROOVE FG-CD 971 051 |
LITTLE MAC - CHICAGO BLUES HARMONICA WIZARD (CD)
My Walking Blues / Jumping At Cadillac / I Need You / Times Are Getting Tougher / Don't Come Back / You Mistreated Me / Broken Heart / I Need Love / I Play For Keeps (with Georgia Hinton) / I'm Happy Now / Don't Leave Me Now / Mother In Law Blues / Woman Help Me / Drivin' Wheel / Broken Heart / I'm Your Fool / Let Hootenanny Blues (Out Of Jail) / Never Leave Me Homework Undone / Givin' Me A Hard Time / Blue Light / You're So Fine / Trouble No More / I'm Tore Down / The Sky Is Crying / Hoochie Coochie Man / Key To The Highway / Inflation Blues
| 1994 FRA |
ST. GEORGE STG 7704 |
LITTLE MACK SIMMONS CHICAGO BLUES BAND: HIGH AND LONESOME (CD)
Just Keep Lovin' Her / High And Lonesome / Wild About You / Just Your Fool / Mr.Airplane Man / Sun Is Shining / Groundhog Blues / Reefer-Head Woman / On The Prowl / Shake Your Moneymaker / Your Imagination / Tell Me Baby / Mystery Train
| 1995 US |
ELECTRO-FI 3355 |
LITTLE MACK IS BACK (CD)
Leaving In The Morning / Bad Intentions / Mother-In-Law Blues / Let Me Explain My Love / My Babe / Revelation Blues / You're So Special / I Got What It Takes / Five Long Years / You're So Fine / You Mistreat Me / St. James Infirmary / Lie To Me / I Wish You Would / Chicken Heads / White Cloud Of Confusion / The Sky Is Crying / Dust My Broom
| 1996 CAN |
ELECTRO-FI 3356 |
SOMEWHERE ON DOWN THE LINE (CD)
Trouble No More / (I'm Just Like) Poison Ivy / The Things I Used To Do / So Unhappy / Snap Your Fingers / All Around The World / It's Gonna Rain / I'm Ready / Hooked On Your Love / Fever / Next Time You See Me (feat. Ted Leonard:gtr, Joe Yanuziello:st.gtr, Al Lerman:gtr/hca/sax, Nik Tjelios:mnd, Tyler Yarema:org/pno, Omar Tunnoch:bs except the last track which is recorded in 1971, featuring Lonnie Brooks & Detroit Junior)
| 1998 CAN |
ELECTRO-FI 3360 |
THE PM/SIMMONS RECORDS STORY, VOL.1 - COLLECTION 1971-1982 WITH ARELEAN BROWN AND FENTON ROBINSON (CD)
You've Got To Help Me / You're So Fine / I'm A Streaker Baby (by Arelean Brown) / Next Time You See Me / The Same One / Key To The Highway / Cryin' The Blues (by Fenton Robinson) / Mother-In-Law Blues / Inpeach Me (by Arelean Brown with Lee "Shot" Williams) / Messing With The Kid / Mama Was Right / Inflation Blues / Chicken Man (by Arelean Brown) / Rainy Night In Georgia / Snap Your Fingers / I'm Gonna Keep On Searching Till I Find Mine (Part 1) / Skin Tight / Blue Lite (recorded at Simmons Recording Studio, Chicago, in 1971-1982, most tracks with the Simmons Sound Studio Band feat. Lonnie Brooks:gtr, William "Dead Eye" Norris:gtr, Detroit Junior:pno/org, Willie Henderson:bar.sax, Butterscotch:ten.sax, Robert Covington:bs & Billy Davenport:dms)
| 1999 CAN |
BLUES SPECIAL BSCD 9502 |
LITTLE MACK SIMMONS WITH THE BLUES SPECIAL BAND: THE LAST SESSIONS - BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA (CD)
Mannish Boy-Hoochie Coochie Man / Eyesight To The Blind / No More Doggin' / I Can't Stop Lovin' You-Honest I Do / Shake Rattle And Roll / Why You Treat Me The Way You Do-Just A Feeling / I Don't Know / Save For The Children-Help Me / Dead President / La Cucaracha / Never Leave My Homework Undone / Driving Wheel / Everything Gonna Be Alright / You Know I Love You (recorded in Buenos Airesissa July 16, 2000, feat. Little Mack Simmons:vcl/hca, Omar Itcovici:gtr, Roberto Porzio:gtr, Mauro "Easy Baby" Diana:bs, Adrian Flores:dms & Lorenzo Thompson:vcl on tracks 9-14)
| 2000 ARG |
ELECTRO-FI 3368 |
THE BEST OF LITTLE MACK SIMMONS - THE ELECTRO-FI YEARS (CD)
Leaving In The Morning / Hooked On Your Love / Let Me Explain My Love / So Unhappy / You're So Special / My Babe / The Things I Used To Do / Fever / You Mistreated Me / Blue Lite / Snap Your Fingers / Mother-In-Law Blues / Five Long Years / Mystery Train / Revelation Blues
| 2001 CAN |
BLACK & BLUE BB 450-2 |
BLUE LIGHTS (CD)
Help Me / You Mistreated Me / Blue Lights / Killing Floor / Mystery Train / Last Night / So Unhappy / Mother-In-Law Blues / Poison Ivy / Sad Hours / + cd-bonus tracks: Messin' With The Kid / Last Night / Talk To You Baby / Driving Wheel / Juke (feat. Lonnie Brooks:gtr, Hubert Sumlin:gtr, Willie Mabon:pno & Fred Below:dms)
| 2002 FRA |
COMPILATIONS
BLUE FLAME LP 101 |
V/A: COLLECTORS ALBUM - C.J.'S ROOTS OF CHICAGO BLUES (LP)
Little Mac Simmons: Come Back / My Walking Blues / Times Are Getting Tougher / Don't Come Back / Hootchie Kootchie Man (prev. unissued early 1960's recording) / Sky's Crying (prev. unissued early 1960's recording)
| 1970 US |
CBS 66278 |
V/A: NOTHING BUT THE BLUES (2-LP)
Little Mack Simmons: Come Back
(issued in company with Hanover Publications' book "Nothing But The Blues" compiled by the Editors of Blues Unlimited)
| 1971 UK
| BEA & BABY 075 927 |
V/A: COLOSSAL BLUES, VOL.1 (LP)
| 19?? US |
NEON NELP-899 |
V/A: BACHELOR BLUES (LP)
Little Mac: Come Back / My Walking Blues / Jumping At Cadillac / I Need You
| 197? |
RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0019 |
V/A: MEAT AND GRAVY FROM CADILLAC BABY, VOL.1 - "RECORDS WAS CHEAP TO MAKE THEN" (LP)
Little Mac: Trouble No More / I'm Tore Down / Help Me (Woman, Help Me) / Mother-In-Law
| 1978 UK |
RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0020 |
V/A: MEAT AND GRAVY FROM CADILLAC BABY, VOL.2 - "HITS THAT MISSED" (LP)
Jimmy (James) Cotton (with Little Mac): One More Mile / There Must Be A Panic On / Little Mac: Let Hootenanny Blues (Out Of Jail) (a.k.a. Let's Hootenanny)
| 1978 UK |
RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0021 |
V/A: MEAT AND GRAVY FROM CADILLAC BABY, VOL.3 - "TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING" (LP)
I'm Your Fool (mis-credited to James Cotton, actually Little Mack Simmons' 1963 recording)
| 1978 UK |
REDITA RLP 108 |
V/A: CHICAGO ROCK WITH JUMP JACKSON AND FRIENDS (LP/CD)
Little Mack (Mac Sims): Drivin' Wheel / Broken Heart
| 1979 HOL |
BLACK & BLUE 2.33.095 |
V/A: DANSEZ-VOUS LE BOP? (LP)
Little Mac Simmons: Help Me -- reissue: Black & Blue CD 615, 2002 FRA --
| 19?? FRA |
JSP 1063 |
V/A: HARPIN' ON IT (LP)
Little Mac: Home Work
| 1983 UK |
P-VINE PLP-6083 |
V/A: THE REAL/CHICAGO/BLUES/TODAY - 60'S STYLE (LP)
Detroit Junior: You Mean Everything To Me / Too Poor / Little Mack: I'm Happy Now
| 1987 JPN |
STILL SL 1153 |
V/A: BLACK MIDNIGHT JUMP (LP)
Mac Sims: Drivin' Wheel
| 199? HOL |
BLACK & BLUE 603 |
V/A: CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL, VOL.3: 1974-1976 (CD)
Little Mack: You Mistreated Me / Blue Lights
| 1993 FRA |
COLUMBIA 488992-2 |
V/A: THE BLUE HORIZON STORY 1965-1970, VOL.1 (3-CD)
'Little' Mack Simmons & his Boys: Come Back / My Walking Blues
| 1997 UK |
WOLF 120.281 |
V/A: CHICAGO BLUES FROM C.J. RECORDS, VOL.1 (CD)
Little Mac Simmons & James Cotton: Jumping At Cadillac / Little Mac Simmons: I Need You / Come Back / My Walking Blues
| 1997 AUT |
WOLF 120.293 |
V/A: BEA & BABY RECORDS PRESENTS - THE BEST OF CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.1 (CD)
Don't Come Back / Times Are Getting Tougher / I'm Your Fool / Let Out Of Jail
| 1998 AUT |
WOLF 120.294 |
V/A: BEA & BABY RECORDS PRESENTS - THE BEST OF CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.2 (CD)
Little Mac Simmons: Mother-In-Law / Help Me / Trouble No More / I'm Tore Down
| 1998 AUT |
WOLF 120.295 |
V/A: BEA & BABY RECORDS PRESENTS - THE BEST OF CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.3 (CD)
Little Mac Simmons: The Sky Is Crying / Hoochie Coochie Man / Key To The Highway / Inflation Blues
| 1998 AUT |
WOLF 120.297 |
V/A: LA SALLE CHICAGO BLUES, VOL.2 (CD)
Little Mac Simmons: Driving Wheel / Broken Heart
| 1998 AUT |
WOLF 120.848 |
V/A: CHICAGO BLUES HARMONICA (CD)
Little Mac Simmons: Come Back To Me
| 1998 AUT |
CULTURE PRESS 1005 |
V/A: MEAT AND GRAVY - THE BEST OF CADILLAC (CD)
Little Mac: Don't Come Back / Times Are Getting Tougher / I'm Tore Down
| 1998 AUT |
ST. GEORGE 7708 |
V/A: ROCKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT (CD)
Little Mac Simmons: Nine Below Zero
| 1998 US |
GOLDMINE GSCD 50 |
V/A: SOULFUL KINDA SEVENTIES (2-CD)
Mack Simmons: Turning Point
| 19?? UK |
ELECTRO-FI 3366 |
V/A: UPSIDE 'N' DOWN TIGHT - ELECTRO-FI'S FINEST, 1997-2000 (CD)
Little Mac Simmons: Hooked On Your Love / Revelation Blues / Let Me Explain My Love
| 2000 CAN |
BUFFALO BOP CD 55151 |
V/A: SKIPPIN' ALONG (CD)
Little Mac: Dance Baby (With Me)
| 2001 GER |
WOLF 120.105 |
V/A: THE BEST OF HARMONICA BLUES (CD)
Little Mac Simmons: You Mistreated Me Baby
| 2001 AUT |
BLACK & BLUE 600 |
V/A: CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL: 1969-1986 (CD)
Little Mack: You Mistreated Me / Blue Lights
| 2001 FRA |
SANCTUARY/CASTLE CMDDD 610 |
V/A: MEAT & GRAVY FROM BEA & BABY (2-CD)
Little Mac: Times Are Getting Tougher (1960) / Jimmy (James) Cotton (with Little Mac): There Must Be A Panic On (1963) / Don't Come Back (1960) / Detroit Jr. (with Little Mac): So Unhappy (1960) / Little Mac: Mother In Law (1970) / I'm Tore Down (1970) / Jimmy (James) Cotton (with Little Mac): One More Mile (1963) / Woman, Help Me (1960) / Hootenanny Blues (1963) / Trouble No More (1969) / I'm Your Fool (1961) / Detroit Jr. (with Little Mac): Money Tree (1960)
| 2002 UK |
INDIGO IGOTCD 2534 |
V/A: SWEET HOME CHICAGO (3-CD)
Little Mac: Times Are Gettin' Tougher
| 2003 UK |
INDIGO/SANCTUARY IGOTD 2536 |
V/A: BLOWING THE BLUES - A HISTORY OF BLUES HARMONICA 1926-2002 (3-CD)
Little Mac: Don't Come Back
| 2003 UK |
SONY 4889924 |
V/A: THE BLUE HORIZON STORY, 1965-1970, VOL.1 (3-CD)
Little Mack Simmons & his Boys: Come Back / My Walking Blues
| 2006 UK |
TWISTIN' RUMBLE TR-62011 |
V/A: TWISTIN' RUMBLE, VOL.1 (LP)
Little Mack (Mac Sims): Drivin' Wheel
| 2007 US |
BLUES TOWN BTCD 1052 |
V/A: BADASS ROCKERS (CD)
Drivin' Wheel
| 200?
| NUMERO GROUP NUM 033 |
V/A: LIGHT : ON THE SOUTH SIDE (2-LP + BOOK)
Little Mac Simmons: Tha Same One / Little Mack: Goose Walk
| 2009 US
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SESSION WORKS & PRODUCTIONS / SINGLES
BEA & BABY 111 |
DETROIT JR. (feat. Mack Simmons & Eddie King Milton: bckgr.vcls on a-side) | Money Tree / So Unhappy (So Unkind) | 1960 US |
CHESS 1772 |
DETROIT JR. (feat. Mack Simmons & Georgia Hinton: bckgr.vcls on a-side) | Too Poor / You Mean Everything To Me
| 1960 US |
PALOS 1200 |
FENTON ROBINSON (possibly feat. Mack Simmons) | Somebody / I Believe | 1961 US |
FOXY 005 |
LEE (SHOT) WILLIAMS (feat. Mack Simmons:hca) |
Hello Baby / I'm Trying | 1962 US |
C.J. 636 |
DETROIT JUNIOR & DEL-RAYS (possibly feat. Mack Simmons) | Zig Zag / I'm Gonna Find Me Another Girl | 1964 US |
C.J. 637 |
DETROIT JUNIOR & DEL-RAYS (possibly feat. Mack Simmons) | Can't Take It / Mother-In-Law | 1964 US |
C.J. 638 |
DETROIT JUNIOR (possibly feat. Mack Simmons) | Mother-In-Law / Can't Take It | 1964 US |
FRIENDLY FIVE 741 |
J.L. SMITH (feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | I Hate To See You Go / Do The Mosquito | 1968 US |
FRIENDLY FIVE 742 |
J.L. SMITH & THE MOSQUITOES (feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | Can't Stand Your Evil Ways / My Spirit Will Be With You | 1968 US |
F-M 748 |
J.L. SMITH (feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | Bleeding Heart / Did You Do The Mosquito | 1969 US |
PM PM-101 |
LEE SHOT WILLIAMS (feat. Mack Simmons:hca on a-side) | I Found A Love / It Ain't Me No More (prod. by L. Williams & M. Simmons) | 1972 US |
UNITED ARTISTS 50926 |
LEE SHOT WILLIAMS (feat. Mack Simmons:hca on a-side) | I Found A Love / It Ain't Me No More (reissue of PM 101, prod. by L. Williams & M. Simmons) | 1972 US |
PM 106A/107 |
FENTON ROBINSON (feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | Find-A-Way / Cryin' The Blues | 1974 US |
PM 108 |
KENYA COLLINS AND MAC SIMMONS | Looking For The Same Thing / I Don't Want To Be Right | 1974 US |
PM 812/813 |
KITTY MONTGOMERY | Tired, Tired Of You / Bring Love (produced by Howard Scott and Mack Simmons) | 1974 US |
PM 814 |
ARTIE WHITE, MUSIC BY THE O.C.B.'S BAND | She's The One - Part 1 / She's The One - Part 2 (produced by Mack Simmons) | 1974 US |
DUD SOUND 4730 |
ARELEAN BROWN (possibly feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | I Am A Streaker / Why I Love
You | 1974 US |
DYNAMITE 8664 |
ARLENE BROWN AND LEE "SHOT" WILLIAMS (a) / ARLENE BROWN (b) | Impeach Me Baby / You're Gonna Miss Me (a-side possibly recorded in 1972, feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | 1974 US |
SIMMONS 1312 |
ARELEAN BROWN | Why You Keep Pushing Our Love Aside / I Am So Blue (feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | 1977 US |
LANORMAYA 3939 |
ARLEAN BROWN | Impeach Me Baby / You're Gonna Miss Me (reissue of Dynamite 8664, a-side possibly recorded in 1972, feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | 1978 US |
SIMMONS 432 |
ARELEAN BROWN (feat. Mack Simmons:hca) | Eagle Stirs His Nest / I Broken Many Hearts (both sides written by Brown-Simmons, produced by Mack Simmons) | 1978 US |
SKY HERO PRODUCTIONS 63080 |
ARTIE "BLUESBOY" WHITE (possibly feat. Mack Simmons:hca on b-side) | Bad Intentions / Driving Wheel | 1980 US |
MT 004 |
ARTIE "BLUESBOY" WHITE (possibly feat. Mack Simmons:hca on b-side) | Bad Intentions / Driving Wheel (reissue of Sky Hero Productions 63080) | 1982 US |
TCHULA 808 |
LEE SHOT (= Lee Shot Williams, feat. Mack Simmons:hca & L.V. Johnson:gtr) | You Got To Try Me / It Ain't Me No More | 1982 US |
SESSION WORKS / ALBUMS
BLUES ON BLUES BOB-10005 |
JOHNNY YOUNG: PLAYS THE BLUES (LP)
Trompin' At The Ballroom / Blues Before Sunrise / Bad Blood / Little Girl, Little Girl / I'm Goin', I'm Goin' / Mandolin Boogie / No.12 Is At The Station / Mary Lou / My Baby Walked Out / Why Did You Break My Heart / Nobody's Business (feat. Johnny Young:vcl/mnd, Mack Simmons:hca, Bob Riedy:pno, Louis Myers:gtr, Dave Myers:bs, Fred Below:dms)
| 197? US |
BLUES ON BLUES BOB-10006 |
DETROIT JR.: CHICAGO URBAN BLUES (LP)
(feat. Mack Simmons:hca)
| 197? US |
SUPREME BLUES SR-1001 |
WILLIE WILLIAMS: RAW UNPOLLUTED SOUL - BLACK DIAMOND RATTLER BY W.W. WILLIAMS (LP)
Back To Mississippi / Ruthy Baby * / Wine Headed Woman / 38 Woman * / Blues At Half Past Twelve / Detroit Blues / Black Diamond Rattler / My Baby Gone / In The Valley / Hot Pants Woman (recorded at Blues Factory Studio, Chicago, c. 1970, feat. Willie Williams:vcl/dms, Eddie Taylor:gtr; Hubert Sumlin:gtr; Roy Lee Johnson:gtr [except Wine Headed Woman],
Mack Simmons:hca, Joe Willie 'Pinetop' Perkins:pno [except Wine Headed Woman], Odell Campbell, Joe Harper or L.V. [Johnson?]:bs; except * = feat. Willie Williams:vcl/dms, Carey Bell:hca, Eddie Taylor:gtr, Hubert Sumlin:gtr; Albert 'Sunnyland Slim' Luandrew:pno, Odell Campbell, Joe Harper or L.V. [Johnson?]:bs) -- reissues: P-Vine PLP-9055, 19?? JPN/P-Vine PCD-1816, 2003 JPN --
| 197? US |
BLACK & BLUE 33.512 |
LONNIE BROOKS: SWEET HOME CHICAGO, CHICAGO BLUES FESTIVAL 1975 (LP)
Sweet Home Chicago / The Guitars Shuffle / Crosscut Saw / Reconsider Baby / Things I Used To Do / The Train And The Horse /
Crazy About My Baby / Big Leg Woman / Mama Talk To Your Daughter / Woke Up This Morning (cd bonus) (recorded at Barclay Studio, Paris on on December 8, 1975 with Willie Mabon:pno, Hubert Sumlin:gtr, Little Mac Simmons:hca, Dave Myers:bs & Fred Below:dms) -- reissues: Black & Blue LP 33.554, 198? FRA/Evidence CD ECD-26001, 199? US --
| 1976 FRA |
BLACK & BLUE 33.515 |
LUTHER "SNAKE BOY" JOHNSON: LONESOME IN MY BEDROOM (LP)
Lonesome In My Bedroom / Honey Bee / Long Distance Call / Rock Me Slow And Easy / Hush Hush / Little Queenie / Jammin' With Willie / Please Don't Take My Baby Nowhere / + cd bonus tracks: She's My Babe / They Call Me The Popcorn Man / Please Give Me That Love (recorded at Barclay Studio, Paris on December 18, 1975 feat. Luther "Guitar Jr" Johnson:vcl/gtr, Lonnie Brooks:gtr, Hubert Sumlin:gtr, Willie Mabon:pno, Little Mack Simmons:hca, Dave Myers:bs, Fred Below:dms) -- reissue: Evidence ECD 26005-2, 199? US --
| 1976 FRA |
SIMMONS RECORDS SR-1313 |
ARLEAN BROWN: SINGS THE BLUES IN THE LOOP (LP)
Pushin' Our Love Aside / I Can't Believe It / Impeach Me (with Lee Shot Williams) / You Gonna Miss Me Around Here / Broken Many Hearts / I'm A Streaker Baby / My Chicken Man / I'm So Blue / Eagle Stirs Her Nest / I Love My Man / Why I Love You? (feat. Little Mack:hca, Lonnie Brooks:gtr)
| 1977 US
| SIMMONS RECORDS LP 1815 |
EDDIE SHAW & THE WOLF GANG: HAVE BLUES WILL TRAVEL (LP)
(produced by Little Mack Simmons)
| 1978 US
| RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0056 |
V/A: I DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN IF WHITES BOUGHT IT, VOL.4 (LP)
Eddie Clearwater: Came Up The Hard Way (recorded in 1977, feat. Little Mack Simmons:hca)
| 1985 UK |
RED LIGHTNIN' RL 0057 |
V/A: I DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN IF WHITES BOUGHT IT, VOL.5 (LP)
Eddie Clearwater: Mayor Daley's Blues (recorded in 1977, feat. Little Mack Simmons:hca)
| 1985 UK |
EMI AUSTRIA CD 830319 2/MSC CD C7777035 |
THE MOJO BLUES BAND: BLUES ROLL ON (CD)
Nothing In This World / I Stay Mad* (recorded live in Vienna, on November 17, 1992 & [*] at Seagrape Studios, Chicago on March 5-6, 1993 feat. Little Mack Simmons:vcl/vcl & hca* with Erik Trauner:vcl/gtr, Markus Toyfl:gtr, Henning Pertiet:pno, Dani Gugolz:bs, Peter Müller:dms)
| 1994 AUT
| SEQUEL NEBCD 852 |
V/A: CHICAGO BLUES SESSION (CD)
Eddie Clearwater: Came Up The Hard Way / Muddy Water's Goin' To Run Clear / I Don't Know Why / Boogie My Blues Away / Mayor Daley's Blues (feat. Little Mack Simmons:hca; originally released on 'I Don't Give A Damn If Whites Bought It' series by Red Lightnin')
| 1995 UK |
DELMARK DD/DE-678 |
EDDIE CLEARWATER: BOOGIE MY BLUES AWAY (CD)
Muddy Waters Goin' To Run Clear / Boogie My Blues Away / Came Up The Hard Way / Blues At Theresa's / I Don't Know Why / Tore Up All The Time / Real Fine Woman / Mayor Daley's Blues (recorded in 1977, feat. Little Mack Simmons:hca)
| 1995 YS |
WOLF 120.881 |
JOHNNY LAWS: MY LITTLE GIRL (CD)
Like A Fish / Can't Take No More / Lie To Me / Somebody Loan Me A Dime / Cryin For My Baby / Hoochie Coochie Man / I Should Have Quit You / Big Question / Don't You Lie / My Little Girl / Mother-In-Law Blues (feat. Johnny Laws:vcl/gtr, John Primer:gtr, Little Mack Simmons:hca, Nick Holt:bs & Earl Howell:dms)
| 1995 AUT |
WOLF 120.885 |
JOHN PRIMER: COLD BLOODED BLUES MAN (CD)
Dreaming / Cuttin' Loose / Cold Blooded Blues Man / What Love Will Do / Meet Her In The Dark / Sad, Sad Day / Mojo Hand / Cairo / I'm Worried / Malted Milk / Waitin' For My Time / Love In Vain / Red House (feat. Mack Simmons:hca)
| 1997 AUT |
BLIND PIG 4942 |
SUNNYLAND SLIM: SHE GOT A THING GOIN' ON (CD)
She Got A Thing Goin' On / Sad And Evil Woman / Long Tall Daddy / Rockin' My Blues Away / Bus Station Blues / Tryin' To Make A Living / See My Lawyer / Darling Yes I Love You / Feel Like Stroking / Goin' Down Slow / Big Time Operator / Done You Wrong / She Got The Jive / Black Cat Cross My Trail (include Airways recordings from the mid 1970s feat. Mack Simmons:hca)
| 1998 US |
BLACK & BLUE 431 |
LUTHER "SNAKE BOY" JOHNSON: THEY CALL ME THE POPCORN MAN (CD)
Lonesome In My Bedroom / Little Queenie / They Call Me The Popcorn Man / Honey Bee / Rock Me Slow And Easy / Long Distance Call / Hush Hush / She's My Babe / Jammin' With Willie / Please Don't Take My Baby Nowhere / Please Give Me That Love / They Call Me The Popcorn Man (take 1) / Got My Mojo Working (feat. Mack Simmons:hca)
| 2002 FRA |
© Compiled by Pete Hoppula
Acknowledgments: Stephane Rebeschini | Benoit Billot | Juhani Laikkoja | Ari Kaipio | Lex Jansen
Published sources: Blues Records 1943-1970 Volume Two (Mike Leadbitter-Leslie Fancourt-Paul Pelletier, 1994) | Rare Record Price Guide 2004 (Record Collector, 2002) | Music Master Price Guide For Record Collectors (Nick Hamlyn, 1991) | The Blues Discography 1943-1970 (Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath, 2006)
Online sources: www.allmusic.com | www.recordmaster.com | www.ebay.com | www.gemm.com | www.musicstack.com | www.ne.jp/asahi/ko-1/crossroads | www.popsike.com
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All the corrections/additions are welcome. E-mail: petehoppula @ hotmail.com
Revised on April 27, 2011
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