TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part One)

DALLAS. TEXAS

TALENT 701
BUDDY WALKER
Bordertown Fiesta (A) (102) (deadwax 4* 1875)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
We've Lived A Lie (B) (104) (deadwax 4* 1873)
(Walker) (No Publisher Noted)

"Bordertown Fiesta" was reissued on 4 STAR 1257
“We've Lived A Lie" was reissued on 4 STAR 1258

TALENT 701 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 1st October 1949
TALENT 701 = BILLBOARD review 8th October1949

TALENT 702
BUDDY WALKER
Sweeter Than The Flowers (A) (103) (deadwax 4* 1874)
(Rouse - Burns) (No Publisher Noted)
I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes) (B) (101)

(deadwax 4* 1876) (Williams) (No Publisher Noted)

"Sweeter Than The Flowers" was reissued on 4 STAR 1257
“I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)” was reissued on 4 STAR 1258

TALENT 703
BUDDY WALKER "THE SMILING TROUBADOUR"
Love Letters (A) (113)
(Shepard - Elliot) (No Publisher Noted)
I Suppose (B) (114)
(Rusty Garhard) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 703 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949

TALENT 704
BUDDY WALKER "THE SMILING TROUBADOUR"
Let's Be Sweethearts Again (A) (158) (deadwax 4* 1953)
(Vaughn Horton) (No Publisher Noted)
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) (B) (117)

(deadwax 4* 1954) (Dean – Blair - Dean) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 705
BUDDY WALKER "THE SMILING TROUBADOUR"
Brown Eyes (A) (135) (deadwax 4* 1955)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
Mother's Love (B) (134) (deadwax 4* 1956)
(Walker) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 705 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 24th September 1949

TALENT 706
AUBREY CHAMBERS
Texas Moonlight Waltz (A) (183)
(Chambers) (No Publisher Noted)
Goodbye Blues (B) (182)
(Chambers) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 706 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 14th May 1949
TALENT 706 = BILLBOARD review 6th August 1949

JOE KNIGHT

TALENT 707
JOE KNIGHT
Goodbye Will Be The Hardest Words To Say (A) (197)
(Knight) (No Publisher Noted)
What Will You Gain? (B) (199)
(Knight) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 707 = BILLBOARD review 10th September 1949

TALENT 708
BOOTS AND HIS BUDDIES
Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday (Vocal – Gene) (A) (129) (deadwax 4* 1949)
(Smith - Mann) (No Publisher Noted)
Poor Little Joe (Vocal - Boots) (B) (128) (deadwax 4* 1950)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)

“Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday” has master number 129 on label, but 128 in deadwax.
“Poor Little Joe” has master number 128 on label, but 129 in deadwax.

The 4 STAR number in the deadwax were deleated

TALENT 709
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
I'm All Alone (Vocal - Ben Nix) (A) (215)
(Ben Nix) (No Publisher Noted)
A Big Ball's In Cowtown (Vocal - Hoyle Nix) (B) (213)
(Hoyle Nix) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 709 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 14th May 1949

TALENT 710
AL HESSON AND THE SONS OF THE ALAMO
My Red Headed Gal From Arkansas (A) (146)
(Wendell - Moberly) (No Publisher Noted)
I'm Still In Love With You (B) (147)
(Hesson) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 710 = BILLBOARD review 5th November 1949

BILLBOARD dates seem to jump backwards and forwards with no clear logical pattern, which tends to suggest that TALENT were sending old and new releases to BILLBOARD at the same time and continued to do so throughout the life of the label.

Hear "My Red Headed Gal From Arkansas"