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source: Pickin' The Blues Nr. 16 (July 1983), p. 13
Harmonica Frank   Floyd
b. October 11, 1908 in Pontotoc, Mississippi
d. August 7, 1984 in Cincinnati, Ohio
discography
H A R M O N I C A   F R A N K; source: Front cover of Adelphi AD 1023
source: Front cover of Adelphi AD 1023; illustration by Bangham

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11951HARMONICA FRANK

- Swamp Root (U-80)
- Going Away Walkin' (U-81) #

rec. July 15, 1951 in Memphis, TN; Harmonica Frank, voc, g, # hca


Chess 1475

21951HARMONICA FRANK

- Swamp Root (U-80)
- Step It Up And Go (U-82) #

rec. July 15, 1951 in Memphis, TN; Harmonica Frank, voc, g, # hca


Chess 1475

31952HARMONICA FRANK

- Howlin' Tomcat (1505A) #
- She's Done Moved (1504B)

rec. prob. November 1951 in Memphis, TN; Harmonica Frank, voc, g, # hca

 
Chess 1494

   

- Howlin' Tomcat (alt tk) #
- Christmas Time Again *

rec. prob. November 1951 in Memphis, TN; Harmonica Frank, voc, g, hca; * unknown instrumentation

Sun/(Chess) unissued

# Puritan 3003 (1973)

41954HARMONICA FRANK

- Rockin' Chair Daddy (U-125) #
- The Great Medical Menagerist (U-124)

rec. prob. November 1951 in Memphis, TN; Harmonica Frank, voc, g, # hca


Sun 205

51958
F&L F-100
FRANK FLOYD With Musical Accom.
- Rock A Little Baby (F-304) #   @ youtube
LARRY KENNON With Musical Accom.
- Monkey Love (F-303) *   @ youtube

Mimosa 205
HARMONICA FRANK & HIS BAND
- Rock A Little Baby #
LARRY KENNON WITH HARMONICA FRANK
- Monkey Love *

rec. poss. February 13, 1958 in Memphis, TN; Frank Floyd, g, # voc; Larry Kennon, * voc; b; dr


F&L F-100 [Frank & Larry]


= Mimosa 205 (197?) [Steve LaVere's label]

   

- The Cafe
- Frank's Hobo Blues
- Swamp Root No. 2 (Recipe For Making Love)

rec. in Memphis, TN; "Harmonica Frank" Floyd, voc, g, hca


Home of the Blues unissued
6 previously unissued tracks [Ruben Cherry's label]

61966Memphis ....On Down
the post-war blues volume 2

Jimmy & Walter (Walter Horton & Jimmy De Berry)
- Easy
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone
Willie Love & His Three Aces
- Nelson Street Blues
- V-8 Ford
Levi Seabury & His Band
- Motherless Child Blues
Charley Booker
- Moonrise Blues
- Charley's Boogie Woogie


Harmonica Frank
- She's Done Moved [Chess 1494]
Junior Brooks
Lone Town Blues
Drifting Slim
- My Little Machine
- Down South Blues
Luther Huff
- Dirty Disposition
- 1951 Blues
Boyd Gilmore
- Take A Little Walk With Me
- All In My Dreams

notes (February 1966) by Mike Rowe

The Post War Blues pwb 2 (UK 1966)

PWB discography

7196?Blues Classics Volume 3

Lonnie Coleman
- Old Rock Island Blues
Robert Lockwood
- Little Boy Blue
Wright Holmes
- Alley Blues
The Delta Boys
- You Shouldn't Say That
- Black Gal Swing
Barbecue Bob
- Ease It To Me Blues
Walter Roland
- 45 Pistol Blues
- Every Morning Blues
Willie McTell
- Kill It Kid

Kid Stormy Weather
- Short Haired Blues
Casey Bill
-WPA Blues

Harmonica Frank
- Tom Cat Blues [Chess 1494]
Memphis Minnie
- Bumble Bee Blues
Black Boy Shine
- Sugarland Blues
Son Bond
- 80 Highway
Willie McTell
- Broke Down Engine


 
Blues Classics BC 7 (US 196?)

Blues Classics discography

81968Memphis And The Delta - 1950s

Houston Boines
- Relation Blues
Luther Huff
- Bull Dog Blues
Junior Brooks
- She's A Little Girl

Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Walking [Chess 1475]
Forest City Joe
- Memory Of Sonny Boy
Roosevelt Sykes
- West Helena Blues
Joe Hill Louis
- I Feel Like A Million

Sunnyland Slim
- Going Back To Memphis
Boyd Gilmore
- Rambling On My Mind
Drifting Slim
- Good Morning Blues
Willie Love
- Seventy Four Blues
James Cotton
- Cotton Crop Blues
Baby Face Turner
- Gonna Let You Go
Elmore James
- Please Find My Baby


cover photo by Danny Lyon

notes by Paul Oliver

Blues Classics BC 15 (US 1968)

notes by Paul Oliver

Blues Classics BC 15 (US 19??)

Blues Classics discography

91971Harmonica Frank

- Swamp Root [Chess 1494]
- Step It Up And Go [Chess 1494]

- Great Medical Menagerist [Sun 215]
- Rockin' Chair Daddy [Sun 215]

45 rpm EP, red resp. green vinyl
 
D&L no # (US 1971) [Darryl and Linda Stolper's label]

101973Genesis Vol. 2
The Beginnings of Rock: From Memphis to Chicago

Album 1 (6499 432)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Work With Me
- Don't Start Me To Talking
- All My Love In Vain
- Good Evening Everybody
- You Killing Me (On My Feet)
- Let Me Explain
- I Know What Love Is All About

Sonny Boy Williamson
- I Wonder Why
- Your Imagination
Elmore James
- Country Boogie
- My Best Friend
- I See My Baby
- She Just Won't Do Right
- Muddy Shoes


Album 2 (6499 433)
Ethel Mae
- Down The Line
- Handsome Lover
- Sugar Papa
Robert Nighthawk
- Good News
- Six Three O
- Prison Bound
Forrest City Joe
- Mean Mistreatin' Woman

Forrest City Joe
- Lonesome Day Blues
Howlin' Wolf
- I'm Not Joking
- Moanin' At Midnight
- How Many More Years
- All Night Long
- No Place To Go


Album 3 (6499 434)
Jackie Brenston
- Rocket "88"
Doctor Ross
- Country Clown
- Doctor Ross Boogie
Willie Nix
- Truckin' Little Woman
- Just One Mistake
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
- Open Your Book
- Tears In My Eyes (C-1023 [alt.])

Woodrow Adams
- Pretty Baby Blues
- She's Done Come And Gone
Joe Hill Louis
- Dorothy Mae
- When I Am Gone

Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root [Chess 1475]
- Howlin' Tomcat [Chess 1494]
- She Done Moved [Chess 1494]

Album 4 (6499 435)
Sonny Boy Williamson
- Keep It To Yourself
- Please Forgive (Keep It To Yourself)
- The Key To Your Love
Howlin' Wolf
- Baby How Long
- Evil Is Goin' On
- Forty Four
- Who Will Be Next

Howlin' Wolf
- I Have A Little Girl
- Come To Me Baby
- Don't Mess With My Baby
- Smokestack Lightning
- You Can't Be Beat
- So Glad
- Break Of Day


compiled by Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven

4 LP box set

Chess 6641 125 (UK Phonogram)

111973Memphis Blues At Sunshine / Memphis Blues At Sunrise

Joe Hill Louis
- Gotta Let You Go
- Glamour Girl
- Boogie In The Park
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
- We Gonna Rock Tonight (prev. unissued)
- Chop Chop (prev. unissued) [Drop Top]
- Shake It (prev. unissued)
Walter Horton
- Little Walter's Instrumental (prev. unissued)
Howlin' Wolf
- How Many More Years (alt tk)

Rufus Thomas
- Tiger Man (alt tk)
- Crazy About My Baby (Crazy About You Baby)
Walter 'Tang' Smith
- Every Monday Morning (prev. unissued)
Raymond Hill
- Hold Me Baby (prev. unissued)
- Did You Ever Loved A Woman (Have You Ever Loved A Woman) (prev. unissued)
Johnny London
- Flat Tire (instr)
- Drivin' Slow (instr)

Harmonica Frank
- She Don't [sic] Moved [Chess 1494]

"(in agreement with Collector Records)"

label has "Memphis Blues At Sunrise", cover says "Memphis Blues At Sunshine"; on back cover sides A and B reversed


Redita RLP 105 (NL 1973) [first series]
BU 107,23

121973/74The Great Original Recordings of Harmonica Frank 1951 - 58

- Swamp Root [Chess 1475]
- Step It Up and Go [Chess 1475]
- Rock A Little Baby [F&L 100]
- Howlin' Tomcat [Chess 1494]
- Goin' Away Walkin' [Chess 1475]

- The Great Medical Menagerist [Sun 205]
- She Done Moved [Chess 1494]
- Monkey Love [F&L 100]
- Howlin' Tomcat (alt tk) [previously unissued]
- Rockin' Chair Daddy [Sun 205]

prod. by Dave Samuelson

notes (April 1973) by Steve LaVere

Puritan 3003 (US 1973/74?)

131974The Sun Story 1952 - 1968

Feelin Good
Rufus Thomas
Jimmy DeBerry & Walter Horton
Little Junior Parker's Blue Flames
Joe Hill Louis
Billy The Kid Emerson
The Prisonaires
The Five Tinos
Frank Frost

Hillbilly Fever
Harmonica Frank Floyd
- The Great Medical Menagerist [Sun 205]
Carl Perkins
Warren Smith
The Miller Sisters
Eddie Bond
Dane Stinit


The Memphis Beat
Billy Lee Riley
Warren Smith
Ray Smith
Charlie Rich
Dickey Lee
Carl Mann
Barbarba Pittman
Roy Orbison

Sun In The 60s
Bill Pinkney
Sonny Burgess & Billy Lee Riley
Frank Frost
Dane Stinit
The Climates
The Jesters

DLP

Sun 6499 916 / 917

= Sun 6641 180 (UK 1974)

141975Harmonica Frank Floyd: Blues That Made The Roosters Dance

- New Fangled Café
- Jack & Jill Blues
- Lucille Blues #
- Shampoo (The Whorehouse Special)
- Sweet Farm Girl
- Ditchin' Man Blues
- Beer Drinkin' Daddy
- What Key?

- Memphis To New Orleans
- Packin' That Stuff
- Shanghai Rooster Breakdown #
- Sittin' On Top Of The World []
- Snortin' The Blues []
- Tribute To Jimmy Rogers [sic]
- Ring Tail Tom Cat Rag
- Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'

rec. June 28, 1975 at Glass Finger Studios in Chicago, IL by George Paulus; Harmonica Frank Floyd, voc, g, # hca; or [] voc, hca
art and design by George Paulus

notes by George Paulus

Barrelhouse BH-005 (US 1975)

Barrelhouse Records discography

151976Harmonica Frank Floyd

- Kansas City Blues
- Step It Up And Go
- Fox Chase []
- Moonshiner's Daughter
- You Don't Know My Mind
- Anniversary Blue Yodel
- Memphis To New Orleans #

- Rockin' Chair Daddy #
- Ring Tailed Tom
- Married Man's Blues []
- Sleepy Eyed John
- What Are You Squawkin About?
- Peckerwood Song
- Sittin' On Top Of The World []

rec. various dates 1972, 1973, 1974 at Adelphi Studios, Silver Spring, MD; Harmonica Frank Floyd, voc, g, # hca; or [] voc, hca; prod. by Steve LaVere and Gene Rosenthal
illustration by Bangham


Adelphi AD 1023 (US 1976)

Adelphi Records discography

161977The Best Of Sun Rockabilly Vol. 1

- Put Your Cat Clothes On - Carl Perkins
- Rockin' Chair Daddy - Harmonica Frank [Sun 205]
- Slow Down - Jack Earls
- Domino - Roy Orbison
- Come On Little Mama - Ray Harris
- Ten Cats Down - Miller Sisters
- Ubangi Stomp - Warren Smith
- We Wanna Boogie - Johnny Burgess

- Rock With Me Baby - Billy Riley
- Milkshake Mademoiselle - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Romp And Stomp - Slim Rhodes
- Drinking Wine - Gene Simmons
- Rockin' With My Baby - Malcolm Yelvington
- Love My Baby - Hayden Thompson
- Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache - Warren Smith
- Uranium Rock - Warren Smith


Charly CR 30123 (UK 1977)

171980The Sun Box

Harmonica Frank
- Rockin' Chair Daddy [Sun 205]
Dr. Ross
- The Boogie Disease

3 LP set

Charly SUNBOX 100 (UK 1980)

181986Memphis: Beale Street Breakdown
Chess Blues Archives Vol. 3

Doctor Ross
- Doctor Ross Boogie
- Country Clown
Walter Horton
- Walter's Boogie
- West Winds Are Blowing
Willie Nix
- Truckin Little Woman
- Just One Mistake

Harmonica Frank
- Swamp Root [Chess 1475]

Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Walkin' [Chess 1475]
- Howlin' Tomcat [Chess 1494]
- She Done Moved [Chess 1494]
Joe Hill Louis
- When I'm Gone
- Dorothy Mae
LJ Thomas
- Baby Take A Chance With Me
- Sam's Drag



P-Vine PLP-6073 (Jp 1986)

191986Step It Up And Go
Memphis Rockabilly

Ramon Maupin
- Rocking Rufus
- What's The Use

Harmonica Frank
- Rock A Little Baby (F&L F-100)
- Memphis To New Orleans
- Step It Up And Go [alt. vers.]
- Rockin' Chair Daddy [alt. vers.]
- Monkey Love (F&L F-100)

Marcus Van Story
- Get With It
Red Hadley
- Rockin' With Red
Malcolm Yelvington
- Goodbye Marie [vers. 3]
- Way Down Blues
Smokey Joe
- Start All Over Again
- Perfect Girl
Harold Dorman
- I'll Come Running


Redita LP 130 (NL 1986)

2019??Stompin' The Country Blues
Volume 22

Freddy King
- That's What You Think
Dennis McMillion
- Going Back Home

Harmonica Frank
- Rock A Little Baby
Jesse Belvin
- Goin' Away Baby
Tommy McClennan
- I Love My Baby
Albert & Charles
- Weird
Clifford King
- Chicken Shack Boogie
J&J Deuce
- Sweet Woman Blues

Clifford King
- Want To Jump With You Baby
Jesse Pipkin
- Work With It
Clear Waters
- Hillbilly Blues
Emright
- One Of These Days
Morris Pejoe
- Tired Of Crying Over You
Country Paul
- Sidewalk Boogie
Richard Bros
- Drunk Drivers Coming
Elmon Mickle
- Jackson Blues


Stompin' ST 122

211994Memphis Blues Caravan, Vol. 1

Sam Chatmon
- Forgive Me Too
Big Sam Clark
- I Fell in Love With This Woman
Sonny Boy Nelson
- Pony Blues
Earl Bell
- Travelin' Blues
Sleepy John Estes / Hammie Nixon
- President Kennedy Stayed Away Too Long
- Yellow Yam Blues
Bukka White
- Bed Springs Blues
Furry Lewis
- Mary Tell-Blues/Mother Story

Harmonica Frank
- Goin' Away Happy
Houston Stackhouse
- Crying Won't Help You
Joe Willie Wilkins & His King Biscuit Boys
- Me And The Devil Blues

notes by Steve LaVere

Memphis Archives CD 7008 (US 1994)

221997Harmonica Frank: The Great Medical Menagerist

- Mosquito Bar Britches
- Blue Yodel #6
- Swamproot
- Tour De Floyd
- Great Medical Menagerist
- Sweet Temptation
- Howlin' Tomcat
- Shampoo
- Blue Yodel #7
- Steppin' To Convington
- Movement Like An Elgin
- Knothole Blues

rec. July 1972; previously unreleased recordings; prod. by Gene Rosenthal


Adelphi/Genes GCD 9905 (US 1997)

= Edsel EDCD 384 (UK)

Adelphi Records discography

23199?Savage Kick Vol. 1

Peppermint Harris - Angel Child
Frankie Lee Sims - She Likes To Boogie Real Low
Lightnin' Hopkins - Movin' Out Boogie
Lord Luther - Thinkin' Man's Girl
Screamin' Joe Neal - She's My Baby
Big John Greer - Come Back Uncle John
Cardinals - Choo Choo
Calvin Boze - Safronia B.

Harmonica Frank - Rock-A-Little Baby
Icky Renrut - The Rooster

Mojo Watson - Look-A-There
Bunker Hill - Little Red Riding Hood
Clear Waters - Hillbilly Blues
Big Three Trio - After Awhile
Al Garris - That's All
Thrills - I Ain't Got The Money
Jimmy McCracklin - Savoys Jump
Bo Dudley - Shotgun Rider
The Four Gators - Wine-O-Wine
Billy Miranda - Go Ahead



Savage Kick SK-501 (UK 199?)


Savage Kick CD SK-501 (UK)

242002Harmonica Frank: The Missing Link

- Rocking Chair Daddy
- Swamp Root
- Married Man's Blues
- Moonshiner's Daughter
- Shoop-A-Boop-A-Doodler
- What Are You Squawking About
- Howlin' Tomcat
- Deep Elum Blues
- Sitting On Top Of The World
- Step It Up And Go
- From Memphis To New Orleans
- The Great Medical Menagerist
- It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo
- Without My Teeth
- Sweet Farm Girl
- You Don't Know My Mind

rec. live at Bartlett High School in Memphis on May 10, 1979, at Farmington Elementary School in Memphis on May 11, 1979 and at BR Toad Studio in Memphis May 1979; recording engineered and mixed by David Less and Jim Dickinson

notes by Nick Tosches

Merless Records / Memphis Int. CD 201

25200?Stompin' 18
25 Country Blues Pounders!

Jimmie Newsome - I'm Afraid I Love You
Pee Wee Hughes - I'm A Country Boy
James Walton - Miss Jesse James
Big Bill & His Guitar - Little City Woman
Alonzo Scales - My Baby Likes To Shuffle
Jimmie Newsome - Do That Thing
Lick, Slick & Slide - I Got Drunk
Harmonica "Blues King" Harris - I Need You Pretty Baby For My Own
Mule Thomas - Blow My Baby Back Home
Lazy Slim Jim - Wine Head Baby
The Bees - Tough Enough
Alvin Smith - On My Way
Jimmie Newsome - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Robert Jefferson - I Got My Equalizer
Mr. Rain - Who Dat?
Guitar Tommy Moore - I Ain't Botherin' Nobody
Tommy Brown - Southern Women

Frank Floyd - Rock A Little Baby
Otis Hinton - Walking Downhill


Stompin' CD 318

Stompin' Records discography

262009Harmonica Frank Floyd: Rock A Little Baby
You Say A White Man Can't Know The Blues?

- Rock A Little Baby
- Rockin' Chair Daddy
- Swamp Root
- Step It Up & Go
- Howlin' Tomcat
- The Great Medical Menagerlst
- She Done Moved
- Goin' Away Walkin'
- Shampoo
- Mosquito Bar Britches
- Blue Yodel #6
- Movement Like An Elgin
- Knothole Blues
- Tour De Floyd
- Blue Yodel #1
- Moonshiner's Daughter
- Shoop-A-Boop-A-Doodler
- What Are You Squawkin' About
- Deep Elem Blues
- Sittin' On Top Of The World
- From Memphis To New Orleans
- It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
- Sweet Farm Girl
- You Don't Know My Mind

Sun, Chess and F&L sides


Cactus HFCD 1

272010Harmonica Frank: Mouthin' Blood Blues
Original Early Recordings

- Swamp Root
- Goin' Away Walkin'
- Step It Up & Go
- She's Done Moved
- Howlin' Tomcat

- Rockin' Chair Daddy
- The Great Medical Menangerist
- Rock A Little Baby
- Monkey Love (vocal by Larry Kennon)

10 inch LP

Hog Maw 905

282016Harmonica Frank:

- Rock A Little Baby
- Swamp Rat
- Howlin' Tom Cat
- Goin' Away Walking
- Step It Up And Go

- Great Medical Menagerist
- She Done Moved
- Monkey Love
- Rockin' Chair
- Howlin' Tom Cat (version 2)


Mississippi EJ-010 (US 2016)

 

... for more CD compilations containing single Harmonica Frank tracks
(which I'm at the moment too lazy to "illustrate")
please visit Pete Hoppula's comprehensive Harmonica Frank Floyd discography
at

www.wangdangdula.com
 



Additional information appreciated !!!

 

Sources / Further reading:
- own record collection
- Norman Darwen: Harmonica Frank Floyd.- Pickin' The Blues Nr. 16 (July 1983), pp. 10-13
- Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- pp. 179-180
- Pete Hoppula website
- http://rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/comps/r/red1166.htm
- http://www.deltahaze.com/HOTBcatalogue.html
- eBay auctions
- diverse internet resources

thanks to Flemming Nielsen, Steve Franz, Paul Vernon and Bob Eagle for additional info / scans

 

Harmonica Frank Floyd at www.youtube.com

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