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SINGLES
| CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-666 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Land Of A Thousand Dances, Part I / Land Of A Thousand Dances, Part II
(a-side Billboard/pop #67)
| 1965 US
| | CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-666 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Land Of A Thousand Dances (Part I) / Ball O' Twine (instr.)
| 1965 US
| | QUALITY 1711X |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Land Of A Thousand Dances, Part I / Land Of A Thousand Dances, Part II
| 1965 CAN
| | SONET T-7631 (p/s) |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Land Of A Thousand Dances, Part I / Land Of A Thousand Dances, Part II
| 1965 SWE
| | CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-674 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Sad Girl / Heat Wave
| 1965 US
| | CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-675 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Sad Girl / Heat Wave
| 1965 US
| | CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-684 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Whittier Blvd. / Evil Love
(a-side Billboard/pop #101)
| 1965 US
| | QUALITY 1735X |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Whittier Blvd. / Evil Love
| 1965 CAN
| | CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-693 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Empty Heart / I Need Someone
| 1965 US
| | CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-695 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Brother, Where Are You? / Heat Wave
| 1966 US
| | CHATTAHOOCHIE CH-706 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
I Found A Peanut / Are You Angry?
| 1966 US
| | WHITTIER 500 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Love Special Delivery / Don't Go Away
| 1966 US
| | WHITTIER 501 (p/s) |
THEE MIDNITERS |
It'll Never Be Over For Me / Thee Midnite Feeling
| 1966 US
| | WHITTIER 503 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Dragon-Fly / The Big Ranch
| 1966 US
| | WHITTIER 504 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Never Knew I Had It So Bad / Thee Walking Song
| 1966 US
| | WHITTIER 504 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Never Knew I Had It So Bad / Everybody Needs Somebody
| 1966 US
| | WHITTIER W-507 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Looking Out A Window / Jump, Jive, And Harmonize
| 1966 US
| | VOGUE DV 14456 (p/s) |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Johnny B. Goode / Money
| 1966 GER
| | WHITTIER 201 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
That's All / To Be With You
| 196? US
| | WHITTIER 203 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Are You Angry / Giving Up On Love
| 196? US
| | WHITTIER WR-204 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
It'll Never Be Over For Me / Whittier Boulevard
| 196? US
| | WHITTIER 508 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Chile Con Soul / Tu Despedida
| 1967 US
| | WHITTIER W-509 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Breakfast On The Grass / Dreaming Casually
| 1967 US
| | WHITTIER W-511 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Make Ends Meet / You're Gonna Make Me Cry
| 1968 US
| | WHITTIER 512 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
The Ballad Of Cesar Chavez, Pt. 1 / La Copla De Cesar Chavez (The Ballad Of Cesar Chavez, Pt. 2 / Spanish version)
| 1968 US
| | LA RAZA 711 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Chicano Power / Never Going To Give You Up
| 1968 US
| | WHITTIER 513 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Chicano Power / Never Goin' To Give You Up
| 1968 US
| | WHITTIER 674 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Heat Wave / Sad Girl (reissue)
| 1968 US
| | WHITTIER 694 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
It's Not Unusual / That's All (reissue)
| 1969 US
| | UNI 55170 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
She Only Wants What She Can't Get / I've Come Alive
| 1969 US
| | GORDO 702 |
WILLIE G. |
Brown Baby / Lonely Lullaby
| 1969 US
| | GORDO 706 |
TWO TONS OF LOVE (feat. Willie G.) |
Brown & Beautiful / It's A Bad Situation In A Beautiful Place
| 1970 US
| | UNI 55266 |
GOD'S CHILDREN (feat. Willie G.) |
Lonely Lullabye / Hey, Does Somebody Care
| 1971 US
| | UNI 55295 |
GOD'S CHILDREN (feat. Willie G.) |
Put Your Head On My Shoulder / That's The Way God Planned It
| 1971 US
| | NORTON (JUKEBOX SERIES) 45-873 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Never Knew I Had It So Bad (reissue)
| 2006 US
| | NORTON (JUKEBOX SERIES) 45-874 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
Jump, Jive And Harmonize / Thee Midnite Feeling (reissue)
| 2006 US
| | NORTON (JUKEBOX SERIES) 45-875 |
THEE MIDNITERS |
I Found A Peanut / Love Special Delivery (reissue)
| 2006 US
| Note: Willie "G" on a 1967 single release Ric Tic RT-125 (Detroit label; "Meet Me Halfway" / "(Loving Me Is Like) Money In The Bank") apparently is a different artist. "Meet Me Halfway" has been recently reissued on 'Ric-Tic Relics, Volume 1' (Soul World CD SW 103) and "(Loving Me Is Like) Money In The Bank" on 'Ric-Tic Relics, Volume 2' (Soul World CD SW 104). Previously unissued "Maybe Tomorrow" by the same singer is included to 'South Side Soul' (South Side Kingdom CD SS 002).
EP'S
| VOGUE EPL 8314 (p/s) |
THEE MIDNITERS
Land Of A 1000 Dances, Part 1 / Land Of A 1000 Dances, Part 2 / Heat Wave / Sad Girl
| 1965 FRA
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ALBUMS
| CHATTAHOOCHIE C 1001 |
THEE MIDNITERS (LP)
Whitter Blvd. / Stubborn Kind Of Fellow / That's All / Come Back Baby / Empty Heart / I Need Someone / Land Of 1000 Dances / To Be With You / Slow Down / Giving Up On Love / Money / Johnny B. Goode
| 1965 US
| | WHITTIER W-5000/WS-5000 |
THEE MIDNITERS: BRING YOU LOVE SPECIAL DELIVERY (LP)
Love Special Delivery / Loves Makes Me Do Foolish Things / Do (You Love Me) / Soul And Inspiration / Good Lovin' / When A Man Loves A Woman / Strangers In The Night / Gloria / Love Makes The World Go Round / I Found A Peanut / Don't Go Away / Are You Angry
| 1966 US
| | WHITTIER W-5001 (mono edition only?) |
THEE MIDNITERS: UNLIMITED (LP)
Everybody Needs Somebody / Cheatin' Woman / Could It Be / Thee Walking Song / Dreaming Casually / Never Knew I Had It So Bad / Yesterday / Devil With A Blue Dress - Good Molly Miss Molly / Making Ends Meet / Chile Con Soul / Welcome Home Darling / The Town I Live In
| 1967 US
| | WAGAMITA 61346 |
LITTLE WILLIE G.: LISTENING FOR YOUR HEARTBEAT (CD)
Standing On The Rock / Mercy Vessel / Brother Where Are You? / A Love You Can't Deny / Gotta Serve Somebody / Listening For Your Heartbeat / Wrapped Up / At My Worst / Hiding Place / That's All / When the Party's Over / The Time Is Right
| 1996 US
| | # |
LITTLE WILLIE G. WITH NEW VIBE: HEART AND SOUL, VOLUME 1 (CD)
Beauty's Only Skin Deep / Girl Of My Dreams / I Believe In Love / Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You / Heart And Soul (feat. Michael Guerra) / You Are So Beautiful / Still In Love With You / Fleas Of My Flesh / I Know The Plans
| 200? US
| | HIGHTONE HCD 8115 |
LITTLE WILLIE G.: MAKING UP FOR THE LOST TIME (CD)
Open The Door To Your Heart / Don't Let Me Lose This Dream / Come Back Baby / Here I Go Again / Make Up For The Lost Time / It'll Never Be Over For Me / Joy In The Palace / (I Wanna) Testify / These Hands (Small But Mighty) / Cultura / To Be With You / A World Where No One Cries
(feat. Little Willie Garcia:vcl, Kid Ramos:gtr, David Hidalgo:gtr, David Thomasson:fl/sax, Rick Landeros:sax, Robert Incelli:sax, Rhys Henson:tp/flugelhorn, Luis Eric:tp, Justice Ford:tb/Romeo's flugelbone, Rev. Charles Williams:pno/Hammond B-3, Alberto Salas:pno/timbales/tamb/perc, Rique Pantoja:pno, Conrad Lozano:bs, Jimmy Neuble:bs, Gustavo Eraso:bs, Conrad Lozano:bs, Mike Neuble:dms, Jimmy Branly:dms, David Raven:dms + Aaron Gayden & Dave Pettaway:bckgr.vcls)
| 2000 US
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COLLECTIONS
| WHITTIER WS-5002 (stereo edition only?) |
THEE MIDNITERS: GIANTS (LP)
Whittier Boulevard / Going Out Of My Head / Land Of 1000 Dances / Walk On By / Sad Girl / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Brother Where Are You / Breakfast On The Grass / Strangers In The Night / Love Special Delivery / That's All
| 1968 US
| | RHINO RNLP 063 |
BEST OF THEE MIDNITERS (LP)
Whittier Blvd. / Empty Heart / Love Special Delivery / That's All / Dreaming Casually / Land Of A Thousand Dances / The Town I Live In / Everybody Needs Somebody / Sad Girl / It'll Never Be Over For Me / Chicano Power / Are You Angry / Giving Up On Love / Jump, Jive And Harmonize
| 1983 US
| | THUMP TH-9089 |
THEE MIDNITERS: GREATEST (CD)
Land Of A Thousand Dances / Whittier Blvd. / That's All / I Need Someone / Giving Up On Love / Sad Girl / Brother Where Are You? / It'll Never Be Over For Me / Love Special Delivery / Are You Angry / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Dreaming Casually / Making Ends Meet / The Town I Live In / Never Knew I Had It So Bad / Making Ends Meet / Welcome Home Darling / The Town I Live In / Jump, Jive And Harmonize / Chicano Power
-- reissue: Micro Werks/Infinity Entertainment Group MIW 101 001, 2009 US --
| 2003 US
| | NORTON ED/CED 315 |
THEE MIDNITERS: IN THEE MIDNITE HOUR!!!! (LP/CD)
Whittier Blvd / Jump, Jive And Harmonize / Gloria / Love Special Delivery / I Found A Peanut / Welcome Home Darling / Land Of A Thousand Dances / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Never Knew I Had It So Bad / Empty Heart / Hey Little Girl (prev. unissued) / Looking Out A Window / Money / Thee Midnite Feeling / Down Whittier Blvd
| 2006 US
| | MICRO WERKS MW 002 |
THEE COMPLETE MIDNITERS - SONGS OF LOVE, RHYTHM AND PSYCHEDELIA (4-CD)
Whittier Blvd. / Stubborn Kind Of Fellow / That's All / Come Back Baby / Empty Heart / I Need Someone / Land Of A Thousand Dances / To Be With You / Slow Down / Giving Up On Love / Money / Johnny B. Goode / Evil Love / It's Not Unusual / Heat Wave / Land Of A Thousand Dances, Pt. 1 / Land Of A Thousand Dances, Pt. 2 / Heat Wave / Ball O' Twine / Love Special Delivery / Love Makes Me Do Foolish Things / Do You Love Me / Soul And Inspiration / Good Lovin' / When A Man Loves A Woman / Strangers In The Night / Gloria / Love Makes The World Go Round / I Found A Peanut / Don't Go Away / Are You Angry / It'll Never Be Over For Me / Thee Midnite Feeling / Hey Little Girl / Are You Angry / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Cheatin' Woman / Could It Be / Thee Walking Song / Dreaming Casually / Never Knew I Had It So Bad / Yesterday / Devil With A Blue Dress - Good Golly Miss Molly / Making Ends Meet / Chile Con Soul / Welcome Home Darling / The Town I Live In / The Big Ranch (El Rancho Grande) / Dragon-Fly / Looking Out A Window / Jump, Jive And Harmonize / Tu Despedida / You're Gonna Make Me Cry / The Ballad Of Cesar Chavez (English version) / La Copla De Cesar Chavez (Spanish version) / Whittier Blvd. / Goin' Out Of My Head / Land Of A Thousand Dances / Walk On By / Sad Girl / Everybody Needs Somebody To Love / Brother Where Are You? / Breakfast On The Grass / Strangers In The Night / Love Special Delivery / That's All / Chicano Power / Never Give You Up / Balla Cinderella
| 2009 US
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COMPILATIONS & GUEST APPREANCES (LITTLE WILLIE G.)
| SALESIAN HIGH SCHOOL # |
V/A: THE SALESIAN HIGH SCHOOL ROCK'N ROLL SHOW, VOLUME 2 (LP)
Thee Midniters with Li'l Willie G.: And I Love Her / So Far Away / I Need Someone / Darling Forever / Sad Girl
(recorded live in Los Angeles, CA, 1964)
| 1964 US
| | WARNER BROS. BS 2769 |
MALO: ASENCIÓN (LP)
Malo feat. Little Willie G. (lead vocals): Offerings / A La Escuela / Everlasting Night / Latin Woman / Chevere / Love Will Survive / Think About Love / Tiempo De Recordar / Close To Me / No Matter
-- UK edition: Warner Bros, K 56033, 1974 --
| 1974 US
| | RHINO RNLP 061 |
V/A: THE HISTORY OF LATINO ROCK, VOL.1 - 1956-1965, THE EASTSIDE SOUND (LP)
Thee Midniters: That's All / Whittier Blvd.
| 1983 US
| | PHANTOM 1002 |
V/A: A JOURNEY TO TYME, VOL.2 (LP)
Thee Midniters: Never Knew I Had It So Bad
| 1984
| | ROMULAN UFO X01 |
V/A: DIANA'S ROOTIN' TOOTIN' WILD TEENAGE ROCK'N'ROLL PARTY! (LP)
Thee Midniters: Dragon-Fly
| 1986
| | RHINO RNLP 70041 |
V/A: SOUL SHOTS : A COLLECTION OF SIXTIES SOUL CLASSICS, VOLUME 5 - SOUL BALLADS (LP)
Thee Midniters: That's All
| 1987 US
| | RHINO RNLP 70184 |
V/A: FRAT ROCK! VOLUME 3 - THE GREATEST ROCK'N'ROLL PARTY TUNES OF ALL-TIME (LP)
Thee Midniters: Whittier Blvd.
| 1987 US
| | RAMPART 3303 |
V/A: EAST SIDE REVUE (2-LP)
Thee Midniters: To Be With You
| 1989 US
| | RHINO R2 70732 |
V/A: GRANDSON OF FRAT ROCK! - EVEN MORE OF THE GREATEST ROCK'N'ROLL PARTY TUNES OF ALL TIME (CD)
Thee Midniters: Whittier Blvd.
| 1991 US
| | QWEST WBD-4159 |
ANDRAÉ CROUCH: MERCY (CD)
Andraé Crouch with Willie G. (soloist in Spanish/bckgr.vcls): We Love It Here
| 1994 HOL
| | TEENAGE SHUTDOWN TS-6601/TX-6601 |
V/A: TEENAGE SHUTDOWN : JUMP, JIVE AND HARMONIZE (LP/CD)
Thee Midniters: Jump, Jive And Harmonize
-- cd reissue: Teenage Shutdown/Revolver 56601, 1998 --
| 1995 GER
| | TEENAGE SHUTDOWN TS-6603/TX-6603 |
V/A: TEENAGE SHUTDOWN : THINGS BEEN BAD (LP/CD)
Thee Midniters: I Found A Peanut
-- cd reissue: Teenage Shutdown/Revolver 56603, 1998 --
| 1995 GER
| | THUMB TH 7100 |
V/A: LATIN OLDIES (CD)
Thee Midniters: Whittier Blvd.
| 1996 US
| | RHINO R2 72868 |
V/A: BROWN EYED SOUL - THE SOUND OF EAST L.A., VOL.1 (CD)
Thee Midniters: The Town I Live In
| 1997 US
| | RHINO R2 72869 |
V/A: BROWN EYED SOUL - THE SOUND OF EAST L.A., VOL.2 (CD)
Thee Midniters: Dreaming Casually
| 1997 US
| | RHINO R2 72870 |
V/A: BROWN EYED SOUL - THE SOUND OF EAST L.A., VOL.3 (CD)
Thee Midniters: Making Ends Meet
| 1997 US
| | THUMB TH 7200 |
V/A: LATIN OLDIES, VOLUME TWO (CD)
Thee Midniters: It'll Never Be Over For Me
| 1997 US
| | RHINO R2 75517 |
V/A: FRAT ROCK! - 54 OF THE ALL-TIME GREATEST ROCK'N'ROLL TUNES (3-CD)
Thee Midniters: Whittier Blvd.
| 1998 US
| | THUMB TH 7300 |
V/A: LATIN OLDIES, VOLUME THREE (CD)
Thee Midniters: Sad Girl
| 1998 US
| | RHINO R2 75587 |
V/A: BROWN EYED SOUL - THE SOUND OF EAST L.A. (3-CD)
Thee Midniters: The Town I Live In / Dreaming Casually / Making Ends Meet
| 1999 US
| | ITP 8902 |
V/A: CHICANOS EXPLODE IN CONCERT - LET US BE HEARD (CD)
Thee Midniters: Dreaming Casually
| 1999
| | RHINO R2 75688 |
V/A: HOT RODS & CUSTOM CLASSICS (4-CD)
Thee Midniters: Whittier Blvd.
| 1999 US
| | THUMP 7303 |
V/A: LATIN OLDIES TRILOGY (3-CD)
Thee Midniters: Whittier Blvd. / It'll Never Be Over for Me / Sad Girl
| 1999 US
| | THUMP 77400 |
V/A: LATIN OLDIES, VOLUME FOUR (CD)
Thee Midniters: Love (Makes Me Do Foolish Things)
| 2000 US
| | PAST & PRESENT PAPRCD 2035 |
V/A: A JOURNEY TO TYME, VOL.1 & 2 (2-CD)
Thee Midniters: Never Knew I Had It So Bad
| 2001 UK
| | HOLLYWOOD 162443 |
LOS LOBOS: THE RIDE (CD)
Los Lobos with Little Willie G.: Is This All There Is
| 2004 US
| | CANADIAN CAN-2306 |
V/A: RARE INSTRUMENTALS, VOL.6 (CD)
Thee Midniters: Dragon-Fly
| 2005 CAN
| | NONESUCH 79877 |
RY COODER: CHAVEZ RAVINE (CD)
Little Willie G.: Onda Callejera / 3 Cool Cats / Soy Luz Y Sombra / Ersi Arvizu (with Jacob Garcia & Little Willie G.:vocal chorus): Muy Fifí
| 2005 US
| | HIGHTONE HCD 8195 |
V/A: AMERICAN MUSIC - THE HIGHTONE RECORDS STORY (4-CD + DVD)
Little Willie G.: Open The Door To Your Heart
| 2006 US
| | RHINO R2 519759 |
V/A: WHERE THE ACTION IS! - LOS ANGELES NUGGETS 1965-1968 (4-CD)
Thee Midniters: Jump, Jive And Harmonize
-- European edition: Rhino Entertainment Company 8122-79858-6, 2009 --
| 2009 US
| | VANGUARD 79900 |
V/A: KEEP YOUR SOUL - A TRIBUTE TO DOUG SAHM (CD)
Little Willie G.: She's About A Mover
| 2009 US
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© Compiled by Pete Hoppula
Published sources: Goldmine Price Guide To 45 Rpm Records (Tim Neely, 2003) | Norton ED/CED 315 (sleeve liner notes by Domenic Priore, 2006) | The R&B Indies 1 (Bob McGrath, 2005) | The R&B Indies 2 (Bob McGrath, 2006) | The R&B Indies 3 (Bob McGrath, 2006) | The R&B Indies 4 (Bob McGrath, 2007)
Online sources: www.ebay.com | www.allmusic.com | www.cduniverse.com | rcs-discography.com | www.discogs.com/artist/Thee+Midniters | www.discogs.com/artist/Little+Willie+G. | rateyourmusic.com/artist/thee_midniters | www.popsike.com | www.amazon.com | www.markguerrero.net/13.php | www.myspace.com/littlewillieg | www.sirshambling.com/articles/latin_soul.html | www.raresoulforum.co.uk | www.cdandlp.com | www.globaldogproductions.info/c/chattahoochie.html | www.globaldogproductions.info/u/uni.html | www.soulfulkindamusic.net/uni.htm | www.bsnpubs.com/warner/rhino/01rhino000.html
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