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Friday 7 January 2011

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

7 comments:

  1. Any date Of record issue known? Thanks

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  2. Here are two from my personal library
    2S-17
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/75019839@N00/4489910216/

    and 3S-46
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/75019839@N00/5333940241/

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  3. Thank you for the additional data, however the BLUE RIBBON you have identified was part of the 4 STAR set up, nothing to do with Chaw Mank's BLUE RIBBON set up.

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  4. Observations from Billboard.
    Blue Ribbon seems to have had peridocal outbursts of activity beginning in November/December 1946.
    From a first period 1946/47 the following possible records/recordings are identified.

    BLUE RIBBON ?
    MARTY LICKLIDER & HIS MISSOURI FOX HUNTERS
    In Our Little Home Sweet Home
    (Chester Rice)
    I’ll Never Believe You Again
    (Marty Licklider)
    1946/Nov. 9 Bb ment. (not yet recorded),
    1946/Nov. 16 Bb ment. (BR have three records lined up)
    1947/Jul. 26 Bb ment. (has hit the market)

    BLUE RIBBON ?
    TED KRAUSE & HIS LONE STAR WRANGLERS
    I Believe I’m Entitled To You
    You Can Bet Your Boots On Me, Little Darlin’
    (Red Fortner)
    1946/Nov. 9 Bb ment. (not yet recorded),
    1946/Nov. 16 Bb ment. (BR have three records lined up)

    BLUE RIBBON ?
    CLIFF JAPHET & HIS WESTERN ACES
    Smiling To Hide An Aching Heart
    Dad’s Got The Girl That I Love
    (Lew Mel)
    1946/Nov. 16 Bb ment. (BR have three records lined up)
    1947/Jul. 12 Bb ment. (Cliff Japhet’s recording of Dad’s Got The Girl That I Love)

    BLUE RIBBON ?
    CLIFF JAPHET & HIS WESTERN ACES
    Lonely Renfro Valley Rose (Chaw Mank, Cliff Japhet)
    ?
    1947/Jan. 11 Bb ment. (BR will soon release)

    BLUE RIBBON ?
    MARTY LICKLIDER & HIS MISSOURI FOX HUNTERS
    Choppin’ Wood
    (Chester Rice)
    ?
    1947/Mar. 15 Bb ment. (has been recorded by BR)

    BLUE RIBBON ?
    ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS
    Prairie Moon
    (Gale Rice)
    ?
    1947/Mar. 29 Bb ment. (will be waxed by BR)

    BLUE RIBBON ?
    Unknown artist
    Stella With Her Red Umbrella
    (Eugene Wellman, Pelkonen and John Paul Szabo)
    1947/May 17 Bb ment. (will be cut on BR soon)

    I haven’t seen any other evidence of these eventual records

    /Johan

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  5. Next clutch of activities seems to have begun in the beginning of 1950 with Chaw Mank “starting” (sic) his own record firm Blue Ribbon. This may suggest that the business had been down or low for a couple years (also coinciding with the record ban).

    Listing of recording activity based on the disco draft (with further data from Billboard and other sources which may have produced record/recordings), in a very preliminary chronological order (in some cases pretty wild guesses). 1900 series presented separately.

    1950-1951

    1950/Jan. 14 Chaw Mank, the Staunton, Ill., pubber, will start his own record firm, Blue Ribbon, after January 15. (sic)

    BLUE RIBBON
    JIM COX
    1950/Feb. 18 Jim Cox, of KCSJ, Pueblo, Colo., has inked a waxing and writing pact with Chaw Mank of Blue Ribbon Music.

    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)
    1950/Apr. 1 Bb ment. (inked by BR)

    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)
    Song writing copyright 1951-01-08 of a 5th song
    Telephoned kisses and telegraphed love (Tiny Skaggs – Chaw Mank et al) (1.A/1.B??)

    BLUE RIBBON 11-K/12-L
    MARY JEAN SHURTZ
    His Ring Upon Your Finger (11-K)
    Down In Lilac Blossom Land (12-L)
    (Arlie Kinkade, Lewis Knowlton, Chaw Mank)
    1950/51?? No sorce, numbering similar to this period…
    Down In Lilac Blossom written in 1944

    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)
    1951/Apr. 11 Bb ment. (has signed with BR to cut 4 sides)
    1951/Aug. 4 Bb ment. (has his first release out)
    1951/Dec. 29 Bb ment. (has cut more sides for BR)

    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) copyright 1951-05-25
    (Shurtz – Morris – Tanner – Mank) (BMI)
    ---------

    /Johan

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  6. 1952-55

    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)
    1952/Jan. 19 Bb ment. (has signed to record for BR)

    BLUE RIBBON
    SAM LILLIBRIDGE
    1952/May 17 Bb ment. (is now recording for BR)

    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)
    1952/Jun. 7 Bb ment. (has inked with BR)
    1955/Jul. 16 Bb ment. (signed recently to record for BR) (sic)

    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)
    1952/Jun. 21 Bb ment. (just inked with BR)
    1952/Jul. 18 copyright

    BLUE RIBBON
    LARRY CAROTHERS
    1952/Aug. 9 Bb ment. (has had his first releases on BR)

    BLUE RIBBON
    BOBBY WHITMIRE (steel man for Ted Kirby WZOB, Fort Payne, Ala.)
    1952/Nov. 29 Bb ment. (has signed with BR)

    BLUE RIBBON
    HOAD COPAS
    1953/Dec. 12 Bb ment. (signed to a recording pact with BR)

    BLUE RIBBON
    ABBIE NEAL
    1954/May 22 Bb ment. (slated to cut an album for BR)

    BLUE RIBBON
    BOB STRACK
    1954/Oct. 9 Bb ment. (has cut two sides for BR due for release in December)

    BLUE RIBBON
    BAILIN’-WIRE BOB STRACK WITH BUDDY WILLIAMS & HIS SMILING BUDDIES
    Scratch My Back
    And Then I’d Say I Do
    1955/May 28 Bb ment. (Buddy Williams and His Smiling Buddies, heard regularly on WEDO and WKJF-TV, McKeesport, Pa., have just cut a session for Blue Ribbon Records with Bailin’-Wire Bob Strack, of KWKH, Shreveport,. First release, Scratch My Back b/w And Then I’d Say I Do, is due out soon)

    BLUE RIBBON BR-301
    LARRY KEITH & UNCLE BOB HASTING’S MUSIC
    Rattlesnake Boogie
    Can I Take My Pony To Heaven
    1955 or later (Ascap)

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  7. 1900’s
    Seems to have started in 1951 continuing to 1955

    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) Copyright 1951-05-25


    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) Copyright 1951-06-15


    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) Copyright 1952-05-26

    BLUE RIBBON 1918
    COWBOY JOE BISKO WITH BUD WILLIAMS AND HIS SMILING BUDDIES
    Miles Of Sorrow (1918.A) (No 1)
    1953/Dec. 26 Bb ment. (now waxing for BR)
    1954/Apr. 24 Bb ment. (new Blue Ribbon record of Cowboy Joe Bisko “Miles Of Sorrow”)

    BLUE RIBBON 1923
    THE KARROLL SISTERS WITH BUD WILLIAMS AND HIS SMILING BUDDIES
    1954/Sep. 25 Bb ment. (Buddy Williams has recently signed with BR)

    BLUE RIBBON 1925
    HANK KING WITH BUD WILLIAMS AND HIS SMILIN’ BUDDIES
    1954/Jun. 12 Bb ment. (Hank King signed to record for BR)


    /Johan Lofstedt

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