BLUE RIBBON DRAFT LABEL LISTING

I am sure there are many more BLUE RIBBON releases to be tracked down; there are certainly a few 45’s from the mid to late fifties. As noted previously the nearest Chaw Mank ever got to a logical numerical series was with the 1900 releases. Listed below is a draft listing, I have tried to place the releases in some kind of order, but I don’t think that it actually accurately reflects the release sequence. The only observation I will make is that Mank transferred his publishing house from BMI to ASCAP at BLUE RIBBON 1918, so presumably all the releases where the publishing is ascribed to “Blue Ribbon Music BMI”, predate BLUE RIBBON 1918, although given Chaw Mank’s somewhat inconsistent numerical series that may prove to be a red herring?

BLUE RIBBON No 1 / No 2
JIM HALL WITH JIM HALL’S RADIO RANGERS (Radio Station WFNS)
Flivver Song (No 1) (E1-KB-1588)
(Jim Hall – Chaw Mank) (BMI)
Waiting In Ole Caroline (No 2) (E1-KB-1589)
(Jim Hall – Chaw Mank) (BMI)

BLUE RIBBON A - No 1/ A - No 2
RAY ANDERSON AND HIS TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEERS
(Station WHTN)
No Good At Lyin’ (A - No 1)
(Shurtz – Mank – Anderson) (Blue Ribbon Music.BMI)
It’s A Doggone Dirty Shame (A – No 2)
(Ray Anderson – Chaw Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music.BMI)

BLUE RIBBON BRR 1.A / BRR 2.A
TED KIRBY WITH THE MELODY MOUNTAIN BOYS
Lemon Juice Rag (BRR.1.A)
(Title suggested by Joe Dzurus)
(Suiter – Montgomery – Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
Blue Blue Heart (BRR 2.A)
(A. D. Suter – Chaw Mank – Ted Kirby) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

BLUE RIBBON BR 3.AA / BR 4.AA
BOB (YODELING) STOTTS (KMA Radio Star)
The Funniest Kind Of Feeling (BR 3.AA)
(Bob Stotts – Cham Mank) (BMI)
You’re Gonna Have To Quit This Sneakin’ Round (BR 4.AA)
(Bob Stotts – Cham Mank) (BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 1.C / 1.D
TINY SKAGGS AND HIS BAND
Can I Take My Pony To Heaven (Vocal – Tiny Skaggs) (1.C)
(Foreman Bill, Disc Jockey – KMA – Chaw Mank) (BMI)
You’re So Easy To Remember (Vocal – Tiny Skaggs) (1.D)
(Chaw Mank – Tiny Skaggs) (BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 1.E / 1.F
TINY SKAGGS AND HIS BAND
Patching My Heart With Kisses (Vocal – Tiny Skaggs &
Twig Austin) (1.E) (Zurick – Skaggs – Mank) (BMI)
The Girl In The Sandwich Shop (Vocal – Tiny Skaggs) (1.F)
(Byerline – Breuker – Mank) (BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 7.G / 8.H
MACK AND JEANIE SANDERS with BOB BARRY
(Accordionist) BUDDY MORRIS (Fiddle)
Can I Take My Pony To Heaven? (7.G)
(Chaw Mank - Foreman Bill, Disc Jockey – KMA) (BMI)
Don’t Tell A Soul (I Love You) (8.H)
(Mank – Ayers – Clark) (BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 103/104
ORVILLE CLARIDA “THE SINGIN’ TEXAN” AND
HIS RYTHM VALLEY BOYS (sic)
Shake Hands With Trouble (BR 103)
(Orville Clarida – Chaw Mank) (BMI)
Mother’s Understanding Heart (BR 104)
(Shurtz – Morris – Tanner – Mank) (BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 1901
ORVILLE CLARIDA “THE SINGIN’ TEXAN” AND
HIS RHYTHM VALLEY BOYS
I’ll Live Alone (1901.A) (No 5)
(Harvill – Mank - Clarida) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
I’ve Tried To Forget You (1901.B) (No 6)
(Brown – Mank - Clarida) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 1902
THE WAYFARERS – MELODY MOUNTAIN BOYS
Mother’s Understanding Heart (1902.A) (No 1)
(Shurtz – Morris – Mank - Tanner) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
Say A Prayer For A Buddy Somewhere (1902.B) (No 2)
(Morris – Suiter – Hall - Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

Note: “Say A Prayer For A Buddy Somewhere” has notation “Title by Howard I. Wise”

BLUE RIBBON 1903 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1904
SAMMY LILLIBRIDGE WITH LEON LINDSAY AND THE RHYTHM RANGERS
Unshackle My Heart (1904.A)(No 5)
(Montgomery - ??? - Shurtz - Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
SAMMY LILLIBRIDGE
Conceited (1904.B) (No 6)
(Chaw Mank - Geo. W. ???) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 1905 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1906 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1907 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1908
GENE ESTES AND HIS ARIZONA RHYTHM RIDERS
For More Than You Know (Vocal – “Gene”) (1908.A) (No 10)
(Shurtz – Little - Lanilo - Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
Patchin’ My Heart With Kisses (Vocal – “Gene”) (1908.B) (No 20)
(Sonia Zurick – Tiny Skaggs – Chaw Mank)
(Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

BLUE RIBBON 1909 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1910 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1911
GENE ESTES & ARIZONA RHYTHM RIDERS
The Mystery Polka (Vocal - Kitty & Kay) (1911.A) (No 30)
(Fukon – Breuker - Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
On Ev’ry Main Street (Vocal – “Gene”) (1911.B) (No 40)
(Scheffler – Breuker - Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

TEXAS No #
DALE BERRY AND HIS BLUE BONNETT
Night After Night (No 1)
(Chaw Mank – Dale Berry) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
I’m Doin’ Fine (In A Prison Of Memories) (No 2)
(Wellman – Sytula – Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

Note: Although title on label of B side “I’m Doin’ Fine….”, lyrically the title appears to be “I’m Doin’ Time…..”

TEXAS 1913
DALE BERRY (THE DISC JOCKEY ARTIST)
There’s A Map Of Texas On My Heart (1913.A) (No 4)
(Cliff Japhet – Marie White – Chaw Mank)
(Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)
If Your Love Would Bloom (1913.B) (No 3)
(Dale Berry – Chaw Mank) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. BMI)

BLUE RIBBON / TEXAS 1914 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON / TEXAS 1915 (No Information)

TEXAS 1916
JESS SPENCER
James Spencer (Guitar), Jess Spencer (Guitar)
Mother’s Understanding Heart (1916.A) (No 1)
(Tanner - Shurtz - Mank - Morris) (No Publisher Noted)
Cow Girls (1916.B) (No 2)
(Marvin Montgomery - Chaw Mank) (No Publisher Noted)

BLUE RIBBON / TEXAS 1917 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1918
COWBOY JOE BISKO WITH BUD WILLIAMS AND HIS SMILING BUDDIES
Miles Of Sorrow (1918.A) (No 1)
(Henry Cicci – Glenn Rowell – Joe Bisko – Chaw Mank)
(Blue Ribbon Music Co. ASCAP)
My Weeping Heart (1918.B) (No 2)
(J. Fred Coots – Chaw Mank – Cowboy Joe Bisko – Matt Furin)
(J. Fred Coots Songs Inc. ASCAP)

1918 = Research Craft pressing

BLUE RIBBON 1919 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1920
THE CAROLL SISTERS acc: THE TUNE TOPPERS
Someone With A Broken Heart (Will Do) (1920.A) (No AA)
(Alvin Loy – Chaw Mank) (Orham Music Co. BMI)
THE CAROLL SISTERS WITH BILLY MERLE acc: THE TUNE TOPPERS
Square Dance In The Park (1920.B) (No A)
(Michael Elias – Chaw Mank) (Michaelle Music Pub Co. BMI)

1920 = Research Craft pressing / also pressed on 45rpm

BLUE RIBBON 1921 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1922 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1923
THE KARROLL SISTERS WITH BUD WILLIAMS AND HIS SMILING BUDDIES
You Forgot All About Me (1923.A) (No 5)
(Golding – Bisko – Mank – Morris) (Blue Ribbon Music Co. ASCAP)
Hillbilly Leprechauns (1923.B) (No 6)
(Cowboy Joe Bisko – Kay & Dolly Karroll)
(Blue Ribbon Music Co. ASCAP)

1923 = Research Craft pressing
Presumably The Carroll Sisters and The Karroll Sisters are One and the same!

BLUE RIBBON 1924 (No Information)

BLUE RIBBON 1925
HANK KING WITH BUD WILLIAMS AND HIS SMILIN’ BUDDIES
Atom Bomb Heart (1925.A) (No 1)
(Cowboy Howard Vokes – Hank King: arr by Chaw Mank)
(Blue Ribbon Music Co. ASCAP)
I Want To Know (Why You Don’t Care For Me) (1925.B) (No 2)
(Cowboy Howard Vokes: arr by Chaw Mank)
(Blue Ribbon Music Co. ASCAP)

1925 = Research Craft Pressing

BLUE RIBBON 1925 dates from around October 1955