TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Five)

TALENT 741
GENE O'QUINN WITH AL TURNER’S BIG "D" JAMBOREE BARN DANCE GANG
Pennies For Papa (A) (240)
(Taylor) (No Publisher Noted)
Blues Come Around (B) (241)
(Williams) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 741 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949
TALENT 741 = BILLBOARD review 17th September 1949

TALENT 742
AUDREY JEAN CRABTREE
Little Paper Boy (A) (236)
(Wright - Anglin) (No Publisher Noted)
Our Baby's Gone To Jesus (B) (237)
(Arnett) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 742 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949
TALENT 742 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 8th October 1949
TALENT 742 = BILLBOARD review 8th October 1949

TALENT 743
BUSTER DOSS AND THE ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS
Returned Soldier's Grave (Vocal - Buster Doss) (A) (226)
(Louise Erickson) (No Publisher Noted)
Wedding Bells (Vocal - "Deacon" Darrell) (B) (227)
(Claude Boone) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 743 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949

TALENT 744
JOHNNIE BEE
Looking For A Flower (That Forever Blooms) (A) (246)
(Balducci) (No Publisher Noted)
Hang-Over Blues (B) (247)
(Balducci) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 744 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 17th September 1949

TALENT 745
BEN HALL "THE MESA VALLEY BOY"
Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me (A) (252)
(Raney - Glosson) (No Publisher Noted)
Try It Again (B) (251)
(Louis Murdock) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 745 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 3rd September 1949

TALENT 746
BUSTER DOSS AND THE ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS
Graveyard Boogie (A) (176)
(Doss) (No Publisher Noted)
She's My Arkie (B) (177)
(Doss) (No Publisher Noted)

Some copies of TALENT 746 were mislabeled as TALENT 756
TALENT 746 = BILLBOARD review 17th September 1949

TALENT 747 / STAR TALENT 747
COUSIN ABNER (JOHN HITT)
Texas Brags (A) (256)
(Elsie Johnson) (No Publisher Noted)
A Room Full Of Roses (B) (257)
(Ken Spencer) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 747 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 24th September 1949
TALENT 747 = BILLBOARD review 1st October 1949


TALENT 748
JOHNNIE BEE
Warm Red Wine (A) (254)
(Cindy Walker) (No Publisher Noted)
I Won't Break Your Heart Anymore (B) (255)
(Balducci) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 748 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 24th September 1949
TALENT 748 = BILLBOARD review 1st October 1949

STAR TALENT 749
CURLEY SANDERS
Last On Your List (A) (259)
(Dillbeck) (No Publisher Noted)
Penny For Your Thoughts (B) (258)
(Carson) (No Publisher Noted)

STAR TALENT 749 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 26th November 1949

STAR TALENT 750
HOYLE NIX AND HIS WEST TEXAS COWBOYS
Darling Why Are You So Mean To Me (Vocal – Uncredited) (A) (212)
(Ben Nix) (No Publisher Noted)
Comin' Down The Pecos (Instrumental) (B) (214)
(Hoyle Nix) (No Publisher Noted)

STAR TALENT 750 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 19th November 1949

Hear “Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me”

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Four)

TALENT 731
SEVEN ROWE BROTHERS WESTERN SWING BAND
Oklahoma Moon (Vocal - Luther Rowe) (A) (166)
()
Broken Heart (Vocal - Jack Rowe) (B) (165)
()

TALENT 731 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 15th October 1949


TALENT 732
SEVEN ROWE BROTHERS WESTERN SWING BAND
Good Luck To You (Vocal - Jack Rowe) (A) (211)
(Rowe) (No Publisher Noted)
Polk County Two Step (Instrumental) (B) (192)
(Rowe) (No Publisher Noted)

“Polk County Two Step” has master # 213 deleted in dead wax

TALENT 733
COWBOY DIXON
I'll Go On Dreaming (A) (174)
(Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)
Everything's Gonna Be Changed (B) (173)
(Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 733 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 4th June 1949

TALENT 734 / STAR TALENT 734
BUSTER DOSS AND HIS ARKANSAS PLAYBOYS
Let's Go Fishing (A) (185)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
Playboy Boogie (B) (175)
(Kay & Buster Doss) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 734 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949
TALENT 734 = BILLBOARD review 7th May 1949
TALENT 734 was repressed at some time with a STAR TALENT label


TALENT 735
JACK PADGETT "THE TEXAS WRANGLER
Our Baby Boy (A) (184)
()
Three Little Words (B) (161)
()

TALENT 735 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949

TALENT 736
BEN HALL "THE MESA VALLEY BOY"
Driftwood On The River (A) (188)
(Klenner - Miller)
Stormy Skies (B) (187)
(Hall) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 736 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949

TALENT 737
JOHNNY HICKS
Mended One Broken Heart (A) (223)
(George - Neal) (Metro. BMI)
Why Be Afraid To Cry (B) (220)
(Hicks – Gwyn - Giersdorf) (Metro. BMI)

TALENT 737 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 4th June 1949

TALENT 738
JOHNNY MATHIS
Tell Me Why (A) (244)
(Mathis) (No Publisher Noted)
Before You Call (B) (245)
(Fred Rose) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 738 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 17th September 1949

TALENT 739
BOB PORTER AND THE CORNCOBB RAMBLERS
A Broken Heart Knows (A) (238)
(Bob Porter) (No Publisher Noted)
You're A Fool If You Don't Get That Woman (B) (239)
(Bob Porter) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 739 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 20th August 1949


TALENT 740
JIMMY ROLLINS
Tragedy At The Well (A) (234)
(Louise Erickson) (No Publisher Noted)
Dancing With Tears In My Heart (B) (235)
(Rollins - Knight) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 740 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 20th August 1949

Hear "Let's Go Fishing"

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Three)

TALENT 721
ALINE McMANUS (PIANO) WITH THE SONS OF THE ALAMO
You Call Everybody Darling (Vocal – Al Hesson) (A) (105) (deadwax 4* 1879)
(Martin – Trace - Watts) (No Publisher Noted)
Union Boogie Blues (Vocal – Buddy Walker) (B) (104) (deadwax 4* 1880)
(McManus) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 722
ALINE McMANUS AND HER PIANO
Dallas Blue Waltz (Vocal - George McCoy) (A) (209)
()
Television Boogie (Vocal - Jack Padgett) (B) (208)
()

TALENT 722 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 14th May 1949
TALENT 722 = BILLBOARD review 24th September 1949

TALENT 723
JACK PADGETT "THE TEXAS WRANGLER"
Peppermint Sticks (A) (207)
(Louise Erickson) (Metro. BMI)
Unrestrained By Time (B) (186)
(Key - Padgett) (Metro. BMI)

TALENT 724
RILEY CRABTREE
Lonely World (A) (194)
(Dora Tyler) (Hanna. BMI)
Flowers On My Mother's Grave (Recitation - Bob Hale) (B) (195)
(Crabtree) (Metro. BMI)

TALENT 725
BEN HALL
I Love You All The Time
()
A Dog And His Love For Me
()

TALENT 725 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 4th June 1949
TALENT 725 = BILLBOARD review 5th November 1949

TALENT 726
BUDDY WALKER "THE SMILING TROUBADOUR"
No Use To Be Apart (A) (141)
(Riley Crabtree) (Metro. BMI)
Why Did You Teach Me To Care (B) (143)
(Ferguson) (Metro. BMI)

TALENT 726 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 4th June 1949
TALENT 726 = BILLBOARD review 10th September 1949

TALENT 727
COWBOY DIXON
Everybody Wants My Picture (A) (160)
(Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)
My Love Again (B) (159)
(Dixon) (No Publisher Noted)

“Everybody Wants My Picture” has master # 215
deleted in dead wax.
“My Love Again” has master # 214 deleted in dead wax.

TALENT 727 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 4th June 1949
TALENT 727 = BILLBOARD review 12th November 1949

TALENT 728
BEN HALL'S MESA VALLEY BOYS
Little Angel With A Dirty Face (A) (112)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
River (B) (111)
(Ben Hall) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 729
JACK PADGETT "THE TEXAS WRANGLER"
Boogie Woogie Gal (A) (132) (deadwax 4* 1951)
(Jack Padgett) (No Publisher Noted)
Too Many Tomorrows (B) (133) (deadwax 4* 1952)
(Jack Padgett) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 729 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 5th November 1949

TALENT 730
JOE STEWART
Huntin' Blues (A) (115)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
Barefoot Boy With Boots On (B) (116)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 730 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 15th October 1949
TALENT 730 = BILLBOARD review 15th October 1949

Hear "Union Boogie Blues"

TALENT / STAR TALENT (Part Two)

TALENT 711
RED LINDSEY
Penitentiary Blues (A) (107) (deadwax 4* 1877)
(Lindsey) (No Publisher Noted)
Sailor's Plea (B) (106) (deadwax 4* 1878)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 711 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 10th September 1949
TALENT 711 = BILLBOARD review 24th September 1949

TALENT 712
ROY WILEY AND THE RANGE RAMBLERS
Driving Nails In My Coffin (A) (138) (deadwax 4* 1943)
(Irby) (No Publisher Noted)
When I Lay My Burdens Down (B) (139) (deadwax 4* 1944)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 712 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 5th November 1949

TALENT 713
ROY WILEY AND THE RANGE RAMBLERS
Trials And Tribulations (A) (130)
()
The World Is Not My Home (B) (131)
()

TALENT 714
TEX MELTON
My Rose Of Yesterday (A) (148)
(Melton) (No Publisher Noted)
It Won't Do, Baby (B) (149)
(Melton) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 714 = BILLBOARD advance Release 23rd April 1949



TALENT 715
RILEY CRABTREE
Blue Yodel # 5 (A) (119) (deadwax 4* 1958)
(Jimmy Rodgers) (No Publisher Noted)
Waiting For A Train (B) (118) (deadwax 4* 1957)
(Jimmy Rodgers) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 716
RILEY CRABTREE
Blue Yodel # 1 (A) (125) (deadwax 4* 1960)
(Jimmy Rodgers) (No Publisher Noted)
In the Jailhouse Now (B) (120) (deadwax 4* 1959)
(Jimmy Rodgers) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 717
RILEY CRABTREE
Mule Skinner's Blues - A Blue Yodel (A) (123) (deadwax 4* 1962)
(Jimmy Rodgers) (No Publisher Noted)
Away Out On The Mountain (B) (121) (deadwax 4* 1961)
(Kelly Harrell) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 717 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 5th November 1949

TALENT 718
RILEY CRABTREE
T For Texas - A Blue Yodel (A) (124) (deadwax 4* 1964)
(Jimmy Rodgers) (No Publisher Noted)
T. B. Blues (B) (122) (deadwax 4* 1963)
(Rodgers - Hall) (No Publisher Noted)

Talent 715 / 716 / 717 / 718 were also issued as part of 78rpm book set (Album T-101)
TALENT 718 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 12th November 1949
TALENT 718 = BILLBOARD review 12th November 1949

TALENT 719 / STAR TALENT 719
RILEY CRABTREE
Shackles And Chains (A) (137)
(Jimmy Davis) (No Publisher Noted)
You Had To Stray (B) (136)
(Crabtree) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 719 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 23rd April 1949
TALENT 719 was reissued on COLONIAL 110
TALENT 719 was repressed at some time with a STAR TALENT label

TALENT 720
RILEY CRABTREE
If I Could Buy Your Love (A) (127) (deadwax 4* 1945)
(Riley Crabtree) (No Publisher Noted)
A Lifetime To Regret (B) (128) (deadwax 4* 1946)
(Payne) (No Publisher Noted)

TALENT 720 = BILLBOARD Advance Release 25th June 1949
TALENT 720 = BILLBOARD review 5th November 1949

Hear "Driving Nails In My Coffin"

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"

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ELECTRO – VOX 1533 / 1534
RUSS PIKE AND HIS PRAIRIE KNIGHTS
Shall It Be Raindrops Or Tear Drops (EV 1533)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)
Old Idaho (EV 1534)
(No Composer Credit) (No Publisher Noted)

Address on label (presumably Russ Pike’s address) 330 Sixth Avenue. Twin Falls. Idaho

Hear “Shall It Be Raindrops Or Tear Drops”