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SINGLES
| HAMILTON 45-50002 |
RAY SHARPE AND THE BLUES WHALERS |
Oh, My Baby's Gone / That's The Way I Feel | 1958 US |
| DOT 15788 |
RAY SHARPE & THE BLUES WHALERS |
Oh My Baby's Gone / That's The Way I Feel | 1958 US |
| DOT 15974 |
RAY SHARPE & THE BLUES WHALERS |
Oh My Baby's Gone / That's The Way I Feel | 1958 US |
| JAMIE 1128 |
RAY SHARPE |
Red Sails In The Sunset / Linda Lu
(b-side Billboard/r&b #11 & Billboard/pop #46) | 1959 US |
| JAMIE 1128 |
RAY SHARPE |
Linda Lu / Monkey's Uncle | 1959 US |
| LONDON M.17066 |
RAY SHARPE |
Red Sails In The Sunset / Linda Lu | 1959 CAN |
LONDON HLW 8932 (78/45rpm, with triangular or round centre) |
RAY SHARPE |
Red Sails In The Sunset / Linda Lu | 1959 UK |
| JAMIE 1138 |
RAY SHARPE |
T.A. Blues / Long John | 1959 US |
| JAMIE 1149 |
RAY SHARPE |
Bermuda / Gonna Let It Go This Time | 1960 US |
| JAMIE 1155 |
RAY SHARPE |
Red Sails In The Sunset / For You My Love | 1960 US |
| JAMIE 1164 |
RAY SHARPE |
Kewpie Doll / Give'n Up | 1960 US |
| 3-TREY 3011 |
RAY SHARPE |
Justine / The Street Where You Live | 1960 US |
| GREGMARK 14/15 |
RAY SHARPE |
(The New) Linda Lu / The Bus Song (a-side overdub version of 1959 recording, b-side poss. from the same session) | 1963 US |
| LONDON M.17284 |
RAY SHARPE |
(The New) Linda Lu / The Bus Song | 1963 CAN |
| PARK CENTRAL 2714 |
EASY DEAL WILSON (feat. Easy Deal Wilson:vcl/pno, Ray Sharpe:gtr/vcl) |
There'll Come A Day / Dallas (instr.) (Note: b-side is actually the backing track for "For You My Love" with a guitar solo added) | 1960 US |
| GAREX 104 |
RAY SHARPE |
The Day You Left Me / I'm In Misery | 1963 US |
| GAREX 203 |
RAY SHARPE |
Hey, Little Girl / The Day You Left Me | 1963 US |
| UNITED ARTISTS UP 1032 |
RAY SHARPE |
Hey Little Girl / The Day You Left Me | 1963 UK |
| PARK AVENUE 4904 |
RAY SHARPE |
Baby Ora / Do The Thaxton | 1963 US |
| PARK AVENUE 4906 |
RAY SHARPE |
Almost Grown / Sweets For My Sweet | 1963 US |
| MONUMENT 45-874 |
RAY SHARPE |
It's Too Cold / Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
(A-side is from the different session than the '64 album version) | 1965 US |
ATCO 45-6402 (2 versions with different text, yellow/white label) |
RAY SHARPE WITH THE KING CURTIS ORCHESTRA (feat. Jimi Hendrix:gtr) |
Help Me (Get The Feeling) - Part I / Help Me (Get The Feeling) - Part II | 1966 US |
| ATCO 45-6437 |
RAY SHARPE |
I Can't Take It / Mary Jane | 8/1966 US |
| ATCO ATCO-26 |
RAY SHARPE |
I Can't Take It / Mary Jane | 1966 FRA |
| LHI 1215 |
RAY SHARPE |
(The New) Linda Lu / Monkey's Uncle (reissue, a-side 1959 Gregrmark recording, b-side 1958 Jamie recording) | 1968 US |
| A&M 1297 |
RAY SHARPE |
Dream On Donna / Another Piece Of The Puzzle (Just Fell In Place) | 1971 US |
| IT WILL STAND IIWS-4607 |
RAY SHARPE |
Mama Talk To Your Daughter / Boat Dock | 1979 US |
| EPIC EPC 2787 |
RAY SHARPE |
Linda Lu / Red Sails In The Sunset (reissue) | 19?? UK |
EP'S
| LONDON RE 5081 (p/s) |
RAY SHARPE
Red Sails In The Sunset / Linda Lu / Long John / T.A. Blues
| 1959 UK/SWE |
ALBUMS
| AWARD LMP 711 |
WELCOME BACK LINDA LOU (LP)
It's Too Cold / Bottoms Up / Baby Face / Together We Will Always Be / Goodnight Irene / No Money Down / Baby Baby Baby / Cuttin' In / Haunted House / Cold Cold Heart / Big Boy Pete / Welcome Back Linda Lu (recorded at Cliff Herring, Ft Worth, TX, 1964 featuring Ray Sharpe:vcl/gtr, William Clay Jr.:bs/rh.gtr, Otis Tarkington:pno & Chester Freedman:dms + a horn section conducted by Harvey Anderson)
| 1964 US |
| FLYING HIGH FH 6502 |
TEXAS BOOGIE BLUES (LP)
Boat Dock / In The Wee Wee Hours / Snap Your Fingers / Alva / Don't Start Me To Talkin' / Linda Lu / You're Not The Only One / Talk To Your Daughter / Man Watch Your Woman / Alva's Baby's Blues (recorded at Crystal Clear Sound, Dallas, Tx, 1979 feat. Ray Sharpe:vcl/gtr/Fender Rhodes on "Alva's Baby's Blues", Joe Copeland:gtr, Danny Haynes:keys, Donnie McCutchen:bs, Randy Dehart:dms/perc, Delbert McClinton:hca, Nancy Kamm:string on "Alva", Buddy Whittington:gtr on "Boat Dock" + Johnny Reno/John Riviera/Weed-Man Henry/Lindy Barger:horns)
| 1980 US |
| JUMBLE JLP 331959 |
LINDA LU (LP)
Linda Lou / Kewpie Doll / That's The Way I Feel / Long John / Help Me / Mary Jane / Have Love Will Travel (by The Sharps) / T.A. Blues / Give'n Up / Oh My Baby's Gone / Red Sails In The Sunset / Monkey's Uncle / I Can't Take It / Look At Me (by The Sharps) (Note: Two tracks by The Sharps are from the '58 single Jamie 1108, which doesn't have any connection to Ray Sharpe.)
| 1980 SWE |
| FLYING HIGH FH 6507 |
LIVE AT THE BLUEBIRD, VOL.1 (LP)
Dust My Blues / Caress Me Baby / Everyday (I Have The Blues) / Wee Wee Baby / Chili Con Como / Promised Land / Gotta See My Baby / Going Home Tomorrow / Worried Life Blues / Miss Lavern / Lonely Lonely Nights / Hideaway
(recorded live at Robert Ealy's Bluebird club, Fort Worth, TX)
| 1982 US |
| BEAR FAMILY BCD 15888 |
LINDA LU (CD)
Linda Lu / Monkey's Uncle / Oh My Baby's Gone / That's The Way I Feel / Kewpie Doll / Red Sails In The Sunset / Silly Dilly Millie (prev. unrel. 1959 recording) / The Bus Song / T.A. Blues (without overdub, prev. unrel.) / Long John (without overdub, prev. unrel.) / Gonna Let It Go This Time / Bermuda / Give'n Up / For You My Love / Justine / On The Street Where You Live (master) / There'll Come A Day / Dallas (For You My Love) / So Sorry (prev. unrel. 1962 recording) / Hey Little Girl (prev. unrel. 1962 recording) / Thank You So Much (prev. unrel. 1962 recording) / The New Linda Lu / T.A. Blues (master) / Long John (master) / Kewpie Doll (take 20, prev. unrel. 1959 recording) / On The Street Where You Live (full length version, prev. unrel.) / Red Sails In The Sunset (overdub, take 1, prev. unreleased 1959 recording)
| 1995 GER |
COMPILATIONS
| LIBERTY LRP-3180 |
V/A: THE ORIGINAL HITS, VOLUME 3: PAST & PRESENT (LP)
Linda-Lu
| 1961 US
| | JAMIE JLP 70-3017 |
V/A: SOUNDS OF SUCCESS (LP)
Linda Lou
| 1961 US |
| LIBERTY LST-7577 |
V/A: ORIGINAL GOLDEN GREATS, VOLUME 7 (LP)
Endless Sleep
| 1968 US
| | RED RAVEN LP 1 |
V/A: THOSE OLDIES BUT ROCKIES (LP)
The New Linda Lou
| 1978 GER |
| EAGLE LP 308 |
V/A: BANDSTAND DANCING (LP)
Ray Sharpe & The Blues Whalers: That's The Way I Feel / Oh My Baby's Gone
| 1979 GER |
| WENDI LP 000001 |
V/A: HEY, BABE LET'S GO DOWNTOWN (LP)
Gonna Let It Go This Time
| 1980 AUS |
| WENDI LP 000004 |
V/A: TOO MUCH ROCKIN' (LP)
Long John
| 1980 AUS |
| ERIC'S LP 008 |
V/A: JUKEBOX AT ERIC'S, VOL.1 - ROCK'N ROLL (LP)
| 1981 UK |
| JJ LP 266 |
V/A: JITTERBUG JIVERS, VOL.2 (LP)
Red Sails In The Sunset
| 198? |
| KRAZY KAT KK 7426 |
V/A: FORT WORTH SHUFFLE (LP)
Oh My Baby's Gone
| 1984 UK |
| MOONSHINE BLP 104 |
V/A: GUITAR IN MY HANDS (LP)
Bottoms Up / Linda Lu
| 198? HOL |
| MOONSHINE BLP 110 |
V/A: GUITAR IN MY HANDS, VOL.2 (LP)
Gonna Let You Go This Time
| 198? HOL |
| TIME LIFE R929-24 |
V/A: THE ROCK'N'ROLL ERA : THE '50S - KEEP ON ROCKIN' (CD)
Linda Lu
| 1989 US |
| LUCKY GAL STRCD 01 |
V/A: SOLID STROLL (CD)
Linda Lu
| 199? |
| ACE CDCHD 500 |
V/A: THE GOLDEN AGE OF AMERICAN ROCK'N'ROLL, VOL.4 (CD)
Linda Lu
| 1993 UK |
| BEAR FAMILY BCD 15874-BH |
V/A: THE JAMIE/GUYDEN STORY (2-CD)
Linda Lu
| 1995 GER |
| ACE CDCHD 592 |
V/A: DOT ROCK'N'ROLL (CD)
Oh My Baby's Gone / That's The Way I Feel
| 1996 UK |
| RIPETE 2266 |
V/A: BEACH MUSIC ANTHOLOGY, VOL.2 (4-CD)
Linda Lu
| 1996 US |
| ACE CDCHD 645 |
V/A: FABULOUS FLIPS, VOL.3 (CD)
Red Sails In The Sunset
| 1997 UK |
| 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)
Oh My Baby's Gone / That's The Way I Feel
| 1997 GER |
| MADACY 2635 |
V/A: LOST GEMS OF THE 50'S, VOL.1 (CD)
Linda Lu
| 1999 US |
| KENT CDKEND 168 |
V/A: AT THE CLUB (CD)
Ray Sharpe with the King Curtis Orchestra: Help Me (Get The Feeling), Pt.1
| 1999 UK |
| RETRO 3 |
V/A: THE BEST OF ROCKABILLY (CD)
Oh My Baby's Gone/That's The Way I Feel
| 2000 RUS |
| RHINO HANDMADE RHM2 7805 |
V/A: ROCK, RHYTHM AND WOO WOP, VOL.2 - MORE OF THE GREAT SONGS FROM EARLY ROCK'N'ROLL (3-CD)
Linda Lu
| 2001 US |
| FELIX RECORDS (no number) |
V/A: CHRISTMAS TIME IN COWTOWN, VOL.3 (CD)
Run Rudolph Run
| 2002 US |
| BEAR FAMILY BCD 17031 |
V/A: JUKE JOINT BOOGIE (33 2/3 EDITION, RHYTHM AND BLUES CLASSICS) (CD)
Oh My Baby's Gone
| 2008 GER |
| EL TORO ETCD 1023 |
V/A: GOT THEM HILL BILLY BLUES- 32 BLACK BLUES BOPPERS (CD)
Oh, My Baby's Gone
| 2009 SPA
| | VIPER CD 606 |
V/A: ROCKIN' IN THE JUNGLE - 1950S AMERICAN JUNGLE SONGS (CD)
Monkey's Uncle
| 2010 UK |
© Compiled by Pete Hoppula
Acknowledgments: Benoit Billot | Jarmo Hoppula | Tapio Väisänen
Published sources: Goldmine Price Guide To 45 Rpm Records (Tim Neely, 2003) | Rare Record Price Guide 2004 (Record Collector, 2002) | Billboard Top R&B Singles (Joel Whitburn, 1988) | Music Master Price Guide For Record Collectors (Nick Hamlyn, 1991) | Blues News 4/1991 | New Kommotion #25 (1980) | Now Dig This #125 (8/1993) | The EP Book - Swedish Rock & Pop Pressings 1954-1969 (Roger Holegård, 2nd edition, 2009) | New Kommotion #26 (1982; Ray Sharpe article by Dick Grant & Adam Komorowski + discography by Ray Topping & Adam Komorowski)
Online sources: www.allmusic.com | www.recordmaster.com | www.ebay.com | www.gemm.com | www.musicstack.com | www.globaldogproductions.info
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Revised on September 17, 2011
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