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  • IRe: IMPERIAL LABEL FAVORITES

    From Roger@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 15 18:50:46 2025
    Sorry please ignore the above post--for some reason it transmitted
    before I'd finished sorry bout that.....

    As I was saying the Imperial post is slightly top heavy with one
    particular artist so (just for fun) let's see how it looks minus The Fat Man......

    1. I Hear You Knocking Smiley Lewis – 1955
    2. Stack-A’Lee Archibald – 1950
    3. Shame Shame Shame Smiley Lewis - 1956
    4. Real Gone Lover Smiley Lewis - 1955
    5. Rack 'Em Back Bobby Mitchell & Toppers - 1953
    6. Down The Road Smiley Lewis – 1954
    7. Bells In My Heart Spiders - 1955
    8. Gumbo Blues Smiley Lewis – 1952
    9. 4 X 11 = 44 Bobby Mitchell & Toppers – 1953
    10. I Didn’t Want To Do It Spiders - 1953
    11. Love’s All I’m Puttin’ Down Spiders (unreleased) – 1954 12. Lillie Mae Smiley Lewis - 1952
    13. Tee-Nah-Nah Smiley Lewis - 1950
    14. Carnival Day Dave Bartholomew - 1950
    15. Playgirl Smiley Lewis - 1953
    16. Wine,Women.Whiskey Papa Lightfoot – 1954
    17. Bumpity Bump Smiley Lewis - 1955
    18. One Night Smiley Lewis - 1956
    19. She’s Got Me Hook Line And Sinker Smiley Lewis - 1956
    20. Ain’t Gonna Do It Smiley Lewis - 1956

    BUBBLING UNDER

    21. Drunk Drunk Drunk Kidds – 1955
    22. Rockin’ And Rollin’ Jesse Allen - 1954
    23. Hip Shakin’ Baby Roy Brown - 1958
    24. Yours Truly Pee Wee Crayton – 1955
    25. Single Life Billy Tate – 1955

    Hmmmm....still seems a tad top heavy so adios Smiley old mate😊

    1. Stack-A’Lee Archibald – 1950
    2. Rack 'Em Back Bobby Mitchell & Toppers - 1953
    3. Bells In My Heart Spiders - 1955
    4. 4 X 11 = 44 Bobby Mitchell & Toppers – 1953
    5. I Didn’t Want To Do It Spiders - 1953
    6. Love’s All I’m Puttin’ Down Spiders (unreleased) – 1954 7. Carnival Day Dave Bartholomew - 1950
    8. Wine,Women.Whiskey Papa Lightfoot – 1954
    9. Drunk Drunk Drunk Kidds – 1955
    10. Rockin’ And Rollin’ Jesse Allen - 1954
    11. Hip Shakin’ Baby Roy Brown - 1958
    12. Yours Truly Pee Wee Crayton – 1955
    13. Single Life Billy Tate – 1955
    14. Sister Lucy Bobby Mitchell & Toppers – 1954
    15. Natural Natural Ditty Jewels – 1955
    16. He’s The Fat Man Hawks unreleased – 1954
    17. Country Woman - Boo Breeding – 1955
    18. Boogie Woogie Mama Tommy Ridgley – 1950
    19. Believe What You Say Ricky Nelson -1958
    20. Let The Four Winds Blow Roy Brown - 1957

    BUBBLING UNDER

    21. Looped Tommy Ridley – 1952
    22. Hello Mary Lou Ricky Nelson - 1961
    23. ABC’s Smilin’ Joe – 1954
    24. Later Baby Fat Man Matthews & Four Kittens – 1952
    25. Nobody’s Woman John Tripp - 1952

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 01:33:06 2025
    My other post never showed up. We have disagreements here. My #1 is by
    Fats, but #2 is by someone else.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 01:31:56 2025
    I am also not near as big on "Stack_A-Lee" as you. It won't even make my
    top 50, maybe not even top 100.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 01:30:23 2025
    Lotta great records but we have disagreements still. A Fats song is
    number one for me, but #2 is by someone else. I'm gonna work on it.

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 02:19:38 2025
    Here's everything that is in my Top 1000 (all 9s and up).

    2 ¦ I'm In Love Again ¦ Fats Domino - 56
    11 ¦ Gumbo Blues ¦ Smiley Lewis - 52
    21 ¦ Blue Monday ¦ Fats Domino - 56
    56 ¦ Someday You'll Want Me ¦ Smiley Lewis - 56
    62 ¦ Big Mamou ¦ Smiley Lewis - 53
    109 ¦ Where Did You Stay ¦ Fats Domino - 54
    121 ¦ Bee's Boogie ¦ Smiley Lewis - 51
    129 ¦ I Didn't Want To Do It ¦ Spiders - 53
    130 ¦ Love's All I'm Puttin' Down ¦ Spiders - 54
    135 ¦ Play Girl ¦ Smiley Lewis - 53
    136 ¦ Please Don't Leave Me ¦ Fats Domino - 53
    144 ¦ Let The Four Winds Blow ¦ Fats Domino - 61
    197 ¦ You Done Me Wrong ¦ Fats Domino - 54
    215 ¦ I'm Slippin' In ¦ Spiders - 54
    217 ¦ The Fat Man ¦ Fats Domino - 50
    229 ¦ My Girl Josephine ¦ Fats Domino - 60
    230 ¦ Real Gone Lover ¦ Smiley Lewis - 55
    235 ¦ Bells In My Heart ¦ Spiders - 55
    292 ¦ Whole Lotta Lovin' ¦ Fats Domino - 58
    300 ¦ Ain't It A Shame ¦ Fats Domino - 55
    315 ¦ I Hear You Knocking ¦ Smiley Lewis - 55
    368 ¦ Drunk Drunk Drunk ¦ Kidds - 55
    409 ¦ Yours Truly ¦ Pee Wee Crayton - 55
    435 ¦ I Hear You Knockin' ¦ Fats Domino - 61
    442 ¦ So Long ¦ Fats Domino - 56
    450 ¦ Rose Mary ¦ Fats Domino - 53
    463 ¦ My Blue Heaven ¦ Fats Domino - 56
    464 ¦ Be My Guest ¦ Fats Domino - 59
    468 ¦ All By Myself ¦ Fats Domino - 55
    482 ¦ Don't Knock ¦ Spiders - 61
    504 ¦ Caldonia's Party ¦ Smiley Lewis - 53
    547 ¦ It's So Peaceful ¦ Smiley Lewis - 52
    548 ¦ Witchcraft ¦ Spiders - 55
    549 ¦ Goin' Home ¦ Fats Domino - 52
    551 ¦ Down The Road ¦ Smiley Lewis - 54
    553 ¦ Carnival Day ¦ Dave Bartholomew - 50
    585 ¦ Little School Girl ¦ Fats Domino - 54
    608 ¦ Bumpity Bump ¦ Smiley Lewis - 55
    621 ¦ La-La ¦ Fats Domino - 55
    637 ¦ I'm Ready (undubbed) ¦ Fats Domino - 59
    663 ¦ Going To The River ¦ Fats Domino - 53
    667 ¦ The Ice Man ¦ Dave Bartholomew - 54
    686 ¦ I'm Walkin' ¦ Fats Domino - 57
    706 ¦ 4 X 11 = 44 ¦ Bobby Mitchell and the Toppers - 53
    780 ¦ Honey Chile ¦ Fats Domino - 56
    800 ¦ Blueberry Hill ¦ Fats Domino - 56
    801 ¦ I Don't Need You ¦ James "Sugarboy" Crawford - 57
    832 ¦ Mardi Gras In New Orleans ¦ Fats Domino - 53
    857 ¦ Walking Around In Circles ¦ Spiders - 61
    862 ¦ Single Life ¦ Billy Tate - 55
    877 ¦ Runnin' Wild ¦ Pee Wee Crayton - 55
    925 ¦ Jambalaya ¦ Fats Domino - 61
    961 ¦ Lillie Mae ¦ Smiley Lewis - 52
    976 ¦ Four Winds ¦ Dave Bartholomew - 55
    993 ¦ Detroit City Blues ¦ Fats Domino - 50
    1015 ¦ Sister Lucy ¦ Bobby Mitchell & Toppers - 54
    1016 ¦ Tears Began To Flow ¦ Spiders - 54

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 06:45:16 2025
    Finally, Ricky shows up! :)

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  • From Roger@21:1/5 to DianeE on Mon Jun 16 13:52:15 2025
    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:45:16 +0000, DianeE wrote:

    Finally, Ricky shows up! :)

    "Believe What You Say" was always my favorite of his singles but he also
    does a fine job on "Hello Mary Lou" much better than the dull Johnny
    Duncan (the US guy not the "San Fernando" singer) original.

    And definitely VERY MUCH better than the dull "Travelin' Man" side that
    went to #1 over there. Here in UK "Mary Lou" was #2 the biggest hit he
    ever had in UK

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  • From Bruce@21:1/5 to Roger on Mon Jun 16 15:00:37 2025
    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:52:15 +0000, Roger wrote:

    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 10:45:16 +0000, DianeE wrote:

    Finally, Ricky shows up! :)

    "Believe What You Say" was always my favorite of his singles but he also
    does a fine job on "Hello Mary Lou" much better than the dull Johnny
    Duncan (the US guy not the "San Fernando" singer) original.

    And definitely VERY MUCH better than the dull "Travelin' Man" side that
    went to #1 over there. Here in UK "Mary Lou" was #2 the biggest hit he
    ever had in UK

    I like "Travelin' Man" better than the more progressive "Hello May Lou"
    side. I also prefer the 1959 LP version of "Believe What You Say" with
    the Jordanaires singing background. They were supposed to be on the
    single too but somebody fucked up and mastered the single with the
    original recording before the Jordanaires were dubbed in.

    My Nelson Faves:

    RICKY NELSON
    1. Poor Little Fool
    2. Be-Bop Baby
    3. Stood Up
    4. It's Late
    5. Believe What You Say (LP Version with the Jordanaires)
    6. Lonesome Town
    7. Travelin' Man
    8. I'm Walkin'
    9. Hello Mary Lou
    10. Never Be Anyone Else But You
    11. Waitin' In School
    12. I'm In Love Again
    13. My Rifle, My Pony And Me (Dean Martin)
    14. A Long Vacation
    15. Garden Party
    16. If You Can't Rock Me
    17. You Tear Me Up
    18. Just A Little Too Much
    19. I Got A Feeling
    20. Shirley Lee
    21. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
    22. Boppin' The Blues
    23. Summertime
    24. Baby, You Don't Know
    25. Young World

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Bruce on Mon Jun 16 09:00:21 2025
    On 6/16/2025 8:00 AM, Bruce wrote:
    Finally, Ricky shows up! 🙂

    "Believe What You Say" was always my favorite of his singles


    I agree with Roger that Believe What You Say is also my favorite, and
    would iclude these way up there too.


    My Nelson Faves:

    RICKY NELSON
    1. Poor Little Fool
    2. Be-Bop Baby
    3. Stood Up
    4. It's Late
    11. Waitin' In School
    17. You Tear Me Up
    20. Shirley Lee


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    DNA to SBC to respond

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  • From Roger@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 16 20:14:45 2025
    Time to look at the various subsidiaries of Imperial and some of the
    best records they produced. I'm including material from Bayou label
    (mostly active circa 1953)
    Post label (circa 1955) and Minit which launched circa 1959 distributed
    by Imperial but which became a fully fledged subsidary of Imperial in
    late 1961 (as reflected in the list below)

    My favees on the Imperial subsidaries.........

    1. It Will Stand Showmen (Minit) – 1961
    2. Blues Jump The Rabbit Joe Turner (Bayou ) - 1953 *
    3. Lipstick Traces Benny Spellman – Minit – 1962
    4. It’s Raining Irma Thomas – Minit – 1962
    5. Ruler Of My Heart Irma Thomas – Minit - 1963
    6. Goin’ Down Fats Matthews – Bayou - 1953
    7. A Certain Girl Ernie K-Doe -Minit – 1961
    8. Fortune Teller Benny Spellman – Minit – 1962
    9. Í Won’t Be Back Kidds – Post - 1955
    10. Why Oh Why Hawks – Post - 1955
    11. Since I Fell For You Sharp Tones – Post – 1955
    12. These Blues Hawks – Post -1955
    13. I’ve Cried My Last Tear Ernie K-Doe (Minit) – 1961
    14. Sweet Jelly Roll Jessie Hill – Minit – 1961
    15, Rockin’ The Bop Cliston Chanier (síc) – Post – 1955
    16. Rockin’ Hop Cliston Chanier (sic) – Post – 1955 17. You Broke My Heart Kidds – Post – 1955
    18. I Must Go On Pee Wee Crayton – Post – 1955
    19. Love Somebody Earl Curry - Post - 1955
    20. I’m Wise Ruth Durand – Post – 1955

    * Dynamite record by dynamite duo Big Joe (vocal) Fats Domino (pno)!!

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  • From Roger@21:1/5 to Steve Mc on Mon Jun 16 19:42:03 2025
    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 16:00:21 +0000, Steve Mc wrote:

    On 6/16/2025 8:00 AM, Bruce wrote:
    Finally, Ricky shows up! 🙂

    "Believe What You Say" was always my favorite of his singles


    I agree with Roger that Believe What You Say is also my favorite, and
    would iclude these way up there too.


    My Nelson Faves:

    RICKY NELSON
    1. Poor Little Fool
    2. Be-Bop Baby
    3. Stood Up
    4. It's Late
    11. Waitin' In School
    17. You Tear Me Up
    20. Shirley Lee

    Pretty well everyone seems to include "Shirley Lee" (from Ricky's second
    LP released in 1958) among his best recordings. I'm certainly one of the
    fans of that song and whilst I think Bobby Lee Trammell's original on
    Fabor is the better version Ricky certainly deserves that place on
    peoples fave lists with his excellent reading

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  • From DianeE@21:1/5 to Roger on Mon Jun 16 17:39:55 2025
    On 6/16/2025 4:14 PM, Roger wrote:
    Time to look at the various subsidiaries of Imperial and some of the
    best records they produced. I'm including material from Bayou label
    (mostly active circa 1953)
    Post label (circa 1955) and Minit which launched circa 1959 distributed
    by Imperial but which became a fully fledged subsidary of Imperial in
    late 1961 (as reflected in the list below)

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    Minit but not Instant?

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  • From Steve Mc@21:1/5 to Roger on Mon Jun 16 14:18:38 2025
    On 6/16/2025 1:14 PM, Roger wrote:

    My favees on the Imperial subsidaries.........

    1. It Will Stand        Showmen (Minit) – 1961

    This just might be in my all time top 10.

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    DNA to SBC to respond

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  • From Roger@21:1/5 to DianeE on Tue Jun 17 05:24:57 2025
    On Mon, 16 Jun 2025 21:39:55 +0000, DianeE wrote:

    On 6/16/2025 4:14 PM, Roger wrote:
    Time to look at the various subsidiaries of Imperial and some of the
    best records they produced. I'm including material from Bayou label
    (mostly active circa 1953)
    Post label (circa 1955) and Minit which launched circa 1959 distributed
    by Imperial but which became a fully fledged subsidary of Imperial in
    late 1961 (as reflected in the list below)

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    Minit but not Instant?

    Minit had been distributed by Imperial for a while before becoming a
    bona fide subsidiary in late 1961 (and now reflected in the UK London
    label catalog number that identifies the larger US original record
    companies)

    Instant may have been distributed by Imperial at some point(s)-- but I
    have nothing to suggest it was an actual subsidiary.

    Bruce what say you?

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