source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 452

Brother John Sellers b. May 27, 1924 in Clarksdale, Coahoma County, Mississippi d. March 27, 1999 in New York City (Manhattan) discography

source: Front cover of London LL 1705

#	year of release	title / label / notes
10 inch 78 rpm
1	1945	BROTHER JOHN SELLERS BROTHER JOHN SELLERS Gospel Singing with Melba Pope and Her Gospel Trio - Let Us Run While The Sun Is Shining (You Better Run) (N 570) BROTHER JOHN SELLERS Gospel Singing with Piano by Melba Pope - My Crown (N 574) rec. May 1945 most likely in New York Chicago 108
2	1945	Big Johnny Sellers / Melba Pope Trio Big Johnny Sellers - Shorty Come Out From Under My Bed (IN 115) Melba Pope Trio - ??? rec. May 1945 most likely in New York; John B. Sellers, voc; Melba Pope, p; Huey Long or Johnny Johns, g; Allan Lott, b Southern 128
3	1945	Brother John Sellers - He Came All the Way Down - Bye And Bye rec. May 1945 most likely in New York; John B. Sellers, voc; Southern 132
4	4/1946	JOHN SELLERS - Rockin' Mama Blues (UN 30) - Mirror Blues (UN 23) rec. May 1945 most likely in New York; John B. Sellers, voc; Melba Pope, p; Huey Long or Johnny Johns, g; Allan Lott, b   Queen 4114 [Syd Nathan's 1945-1947 sublabel of King Records]
5	1947	BROTHER SELLERS - Precious Lord (2654-3) - Beginning Of Sorrow (2656-5) unissued takes from same session: - Precious Lord (2654-1) - Precious Lord (2654-2) - Beginning Of Sorrow (2656-1 fs) - Beginning Of Sorrow (2656-2) - Beginning Of Sorrow (2656-3 inc) - Beginning Of Sorrow (2656-4 inc) rec. c. October 1946 in Chicago, IL; John Sellers, voc; Floyd Hunt, vibes; Clarence Hall, p; Al McDonald, b Miracle 106
6	1947	BROTHER SELLERS - Move On Up A Little Higher (2655-2?) - Just Wait A Little While (2657) unissued take from same session: - Move On Up A Little Higher (2655-1) rec. c. October 1946 in Chicago, IL; John Sellers, voc; p; Floyd Hunt, vibes; Clarence Hall, p; Al McDonald, b Miracle 107
7	1947	John Sellers - Farewell Night Life (D7VB 312) - Play Around With My Head (D7VB 315) ["Since My Baby Left Me"] rec. February 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL; John B. Sellers, voc; James Clark, p; Leonard Caston, g; Willie Dixon, b; Charles Sanders, dr RCA Victor 20-2238
8	1947	John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (D7VB 313) - Mama, What You Gonna Do (D7VB 314) rec. February 12, 1947 in Chicago, IL; John B. Sellers, voc; James Clark, p; Leonard Caston, g; Willie Dixon, b; Charles Sanders, dr RCA Victor 20-2418
9	7/1949	Rev. John Sellers - Coming Back Home (UB9514) - Day Is Passed (UB9517) rec. c. December 1948 Miracle 138
10	1959	"CALDONIA" PALMER AND "BROTHER" JOHN SELLERS with Little Brother And His Jazz Blues Band - Busy Bootin And You Can't Come In (A) # CAL "CALDONIA" PALMER with Little Brother Montgomery's Blues Band - Michigan Water Blues (B) * # rec. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; John Sellers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr * rec. c. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; Verna "Baby Sis" Rogers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; b; dr Ebony MMF 1040 ("South Center Records") # Ebony EB-1095 Little Brother Montgomery discography
11	1959	BROTHER JOHN SELLERS AND HIS TAMBOURINE WITH SONNY ARCHER - Shakin That Thing (A) # BROTHER JOHN SELLERS AND HIS TAMBOURINE WITH SOUL SISTER CALDONIA - Busy Bootin (B) * [Ebony MMF 1040] # rec. 1959 in Chicago, IL; John Sellers, voc; Sonny Archer, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr * rec. c. 1959 in Chicago, IL; Lil Palmore, voc; John Sellers, voc; Le Roi Nabors, tp; Little Brother Montgomery, p; Robert Lockwood, g; Ransom Knowling, b; Jack Cooley, dr Ebony EB-1095 Little Brother Montgomery discography
12	1951	LUCKY MILLINDER And His Orchestra - The Right Kind Of Lovin' # - It's Been A Long Long Time * # feat. Annisteen Allen, Melvin Moore & John Sellers * feat. Melvin Moore   King 4496
13	1952	JOHNNY SELLERS - Turn The Lights Down Low (K 8055) - Don't Knock At My Door (K 8054) rec. September 20, 1951 in New York; John Sellers, voc; David "Bubber" Brooks, ts; Sonny Thompson, p; Jimmy Shirley, g; Carl Pruitt, b; Kelly Martin, dr King 4498
14	1952	JOHNNY SELLERS - Heavyweight Mama (K 8052-1)   @ youtube - I Really Love You (K 8053-2) rec. September 20, 1951 in New York; John Sellers, voc; David "Bubber" Brooks, ts; Sonny Thompson, p; Jimmy Shirley, g; Carl Pruitt, b; Kelly Martin, dr King 4567
15	8/1952	JOHNNY SELLERS - Josie Jones (U-2129) #   @ youtube - Rock Me In The Cradle (U-2130)   @ youtube rec. May 1, 1952 in Chicago, IL; John Sellers, voc; John 'Schoolboy' Porter, ts; bs, # org, b, dr (more info)   Chance 1120
16	11/1952	JOHNNY SELLERS - Mighty Lonesome (U-2200) - Blues, This Ain't No Place For You (U-2197) unissued tracks from same session: - Too Many Heartaches (U-2198) - The Jay Bird Story (U-2199) - Christmas Time Blues (U-2201) - The World (U-2203) rec. September 1952 at Universal Recording, Chicago, IL; Johnny Sellers, voc; King Kolax Orchestra (more info)   Chance 1123
17	6/1953	JOHNNY SELLERS   King Kolax Orchestra - Mirror Blues (U-2202) - Newport News (U-2204) rec. September 1952 at Universal Recording, Chicago, IL; Johnny Sellers, voc; King Kolax Orchestra (more info)   Chance 1138
18	11/1955	JOHNNY FRANK - Li'l Lover (H 1175) - Oh Darlin' (H 1176) unissued tracks from same session: - Sorrowful Soul (H 1174) - There Is No You For Me (H 1177) rec. c. November 1955 in New York; John Sellers, voc; ts; bs; Ernie Hayes, p; Mickey Baker, g Herald 453 (US 11/1955)
LP / CD compilations
19	1954	Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs - John Henry   @ Spotify - Farewell Work Life   @ Spotify - Doretha Boogie   @ Spotify - Boll Weevil   @ Spotify - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread   @ Spotify - Down By The Riverside   @ youtube   @ Spotify rec January 22, 1954 in New York City; Brother John Sellers, voc; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Ruby Braff, trumpet: Freddie Greene, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, dr (Count Basie rhythm section); production supervision by John Hammond cover drawing by Charles White 10 inch LP notes by John Hammond Vanguard VRS 8005 (US 1954) (Jazz Showcase series) 10 inch LP notes by John Hammond = Vanguard PPT 12008 (UK 1956) = Vanguard KIJJ-2095 (Jp 1991) Vanguard 79036-2 (US 1996) Vanguard / Ace VMD 8005 (UK 2006)
20	1954	Brother John Sellers: Jack Of Diamonds - Jack Of Diamonds - I Love You, Baby - Sally Go Round The Sunshine - Every Day I Have The Blues - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - Let Us Run - I've Been Lonesome, I've Been Worried - When I've Been Drinking - Lonesome Road - Great Day rec. March 10, 1954 in New York; Brother John Sellers, voc; Sonny Terry, hca; Johnny Johns [Jones?], g cover drawing of Vanguard VRS 7022 by Charles White 10 inch LP Vanguard VRS 7022 (US 1954) 10 inch LP = Vanguard PPT 12017 (UK 1957; pressed by PYE) Vanguard 79036-2 (US 1996) Vanguard / Ace VMD 8005 (UK 2006)
21	1957	Brother John Sellers In London ... sings a programme of blues, ballads and spirituals - In The Evening (DR 23210) - Oh! Little Girl (DR 23211) - Backwater Blues (DR 23212) - Mamie (DR 23213) - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child (DR 23214) - All These Days Are The Beginning Of Sorrow (DR 23215) - They Call Me A Blind Man (DR 23216) - Oh! What Kind Of Woman (DR 23217) - I Want A True Lover (DR 23218) - You Been Gone Too Long (DR 23219) - The House Of The Rising Sun (DR 23220) - Chicago Hop (DR 23221) rec. March 8, 1957 in London; Brother John Sellers, voc; Al Fairweather, tp; Wally Fawkes, cl; Stan Greig, p; William "Diz" Disley, g; Frank Clarke, b; Tony Kinsey, dr 12 inch LP notes by Paul Oliver London LL 1705 US = Decca LK 4197 (UK 1957)
22	1957	Brother John Sellers in London - In The Evening - Mamie - Back Water Blues - Oh! What Kind Of Woman rec. March 8, 1957 in London; Brother John Sellers, voc; Al Fairweather, tp; Wally Fawkes, cl; Stan Greig, p; William "Diz" Disley, g; Frank Clarke, b; Tony Kinsey, dr 7 inch 45 rpm EP London DFE 6457 notes by Werner Burkhardt = Decca-EP DX 2033
23	1957	"Brother John" Sellers: Blues And Spirituals - Lucy Mae Blues   @ youtube - Railroad Man Blues   @ youtube - Love Is A Story   @ youtube - He Come All The Way Down   @ youtube rec. May 13, 1957 in Paris, France; John Sellers, voc; Guy Lafitte, ts; George Arvanitas, p; Pierre Michelot, b; Kenny Clarke, dr Columbia ESDF 1157 (Fr 1957) (Columbia Jazz Stars series) notes by Anonymous   = Columbia SEG 7740 (UK 1957) (=) Sackville SKCD2-2074 (Ca 2009) "Paris 1957"
24	1957	"Brother John" Sellers - Hands Off - Baby, How Long How Long - Morning Noon And Night - You've Been Gone Five Years - I Cried For You - Woke Up This Morning - Blue Suede Shoes - Miss Otis Regrets - I Have The Blues Every Day - I'm Gonna Move On The Outskirts Of Town - Let's Rock And Roll rec. November 14-29, 1957 in Paris, France; Brother John Sellers, voc; Guy Lafitte, ts; Georges Arvanitas, p; Christian Garros, dr Columbia FPX 149 (Fr 1957) (=) Sackville SKCD2-2074 (Ca 2009) "Paris 1957"
25	1957	Brother John Sellers: Blues And Spirituals - Doretha Boogie - Farewell Work Life - Down By The Riverside - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread Vanguard EPP 14002 (UK 1957)
26	1958	Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs - Jack Of Diamonds * - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread # - I Love You Baby * - Sally Go Round The Sunshine * - Every Day I Have The Blues * - Boll Weevil # - Great Day * - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen * - John Henry # - Farewell Work Life # - Let Us Run * - When I've Been Drinking * - Doretha Boogie * - Lonesome Road * - Down By The Riverside # # from Vanguard VRS 8005 * from Vanguard VRS 7022 Vanguard/Fontana cover drawing by Charles White 12 inch LP notes by Anonymous Vanguard VRS 9036 (US 1958) (mono) = Vanguard VSD 79036 (stereo) notes by Anonymous = Amadeo 9023 (Austria 1959?) notes by Anonymous = Fontana TFL 6005 (UK 1962) Vanguard 79036-2 (US 1996)
27	1959	Brother John Sellers: Baptist Shouts! & Gospel Songs - I'm Coming Back Home To Live With Jesus - Precious Lord - He's My Rock   @ youtube - Wade In The Water - God Is Coming On The Clouds   @ youtube - I Had A Dream - Sinner Man - Only Believe - He Took My Feet Out Of The Miry Clay - Little Wooden Church On The Hill   @ youtube - Sing On My Singer - How Come Me Here rec. May 1959 in New York; John Sellers, voc; Haywood Henry, fl, ts; Ernest Hayes, p, org; Herman Stevens, p; Mickey Baker, g; Lloyd Trotman, b; Panama Francis, dr notes by Thomas Dorsey and Brother John Sellers Monitor MF 335 (mono) (US 1959) notes by Thomas Dorsey and Brother John Sellers = Monitor MFS 335 (stereo) (US 1959) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Custom Compact Disc www.folkways.si.edu
28	1959	Brother John Sellers sings "big boat up the river" and other blues and folk songs - Big Boat Up The River   @ youtube - Feelin' Sad And Blue   @ youtube - Trouble Is A Woman   @ youtube - Something Strange Is Going On Wrong   @ youtube - When I Was A Little Boy   @ youtube - You Got A Line And I'll Get A Pole   @ youtube - Chain Gang   @ youtube - Strange Fruit   @ youtube - City Called Heaven   @ youtube - Watermelon On The Vine   @ youtube - Prison Wall Blues     @ youtube - Martha Blues   @ youtube rec. New York, May 1959; John Sellers, voc; Haywood Henry, fl, ten sax; Ernest Hayes, p; Mickey Baker, g; Lloyd Trotman, b; Panama Francis, dr notes by John Sellers Monitor MP 505 (mono) = Monitor MPS 6002 (stereo) = Arteco TS 101 (Fr) Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Custom Compact Disc www.folkways.si.edu
29	1963	Folksong Digest Odetta - If I Had A Hammer Joan Baez - Banks Of The Ohio Leon Bibb - East Virginia The Weavers - The Boll Weevil Odetta - No More Cane On The Brazos Brother John Sellers, Sonny Terry - When I've Been Drinkin' The Weavers - Wimoweh Odetta - Dark As A Dungeon Brother John Sellers, Sonny Terry - I Love You, Baby Leon Bibb - Skillett The Weavers - Follow The Drinking Gourd Joan Baez - Rambler Gambler Leon Bibb - Darlin' Odetta - Pay Day At Coal Creek Brother John Sellers, Sonny Terry - Great Day Joan Baez - Fennario Amadeo AVRS-9125 (Austria 1963) Leon Bibb discography
	1964	Brother John Sellers backed by J.B. Lenoir, Willie Dixon & Thomas A. Dorsey meanwhile video has been removed from youtube Jubilee Showcase 31
30	1965	Conversation With The Blues A Documentary of Field Recordings by Paul Oliver Boogie Woogie Red - "So Much Good Feeling" Spoken, with own piano Willie Thomas - "A Little Different" Spoken James Butch Cage & Willie Thomas - "Kill That Nigger Dead" Cage, vocal and fiddle; Thomas, vocal and guitar Lil' Son Jackson - "The Onliest Way" Spoken J. B. Lenoir - "My Father's Style" Guitar solo J. B. Lenoir - "So It Rocked On" Spoken J. B. Lenoir - "Move To Kansas City" Vocal and own guitar Otis Spann - "When She Comes Back" Spoken Otis Spann - "Poor Country Boy" Vocal, with own piano Lightnin' Hopkins - "Ain't No Easy Thing" Spoken Mance Lipscomb - "Evil Heart Blues" Vocal and own piano Blind Arvella Gray - "A Roughneck" Spoken Roosevelt Sykes - "West Helena Blues" Vocal and guitar Will Shade - "Days Of Nineteen-Hundred" Spoken Will Shade - "Newport News Blues" Vocal and own guitar Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken Whistling Alex Moore - "Come and Get Me" Vocal and own piano Whistling Alex Moore - "Chock House Days" Spoken Brother John Sellers - "Move Back For What?" Spoken J. B. Lenoir - "I Been Down So Long" Vocal and own guitar Jasper Love - "Santa Fé Blues" Vocal and piano John Lee Hooker - "Somewhere Down The Line" Spoken Robert Curtis Smith - "I Hope One Day My Luck Will Change" Vocal and own guitar Otis Spann - "Only Places They Can Go" Spoken Otis Spann - "People Calls Me Lucky" Vocal and own piano Henry Townsend - "What Have I Committed" Spoken James Butch Cage - "Tween Midnight And Day" Vocal and own guitar Little Brother Montgomery - "Walking Basses" Spoken Little Brother Montgomery - "Dud Low Joe" Piano solo Little Brother Montgomery - "It's A Barrelhouse Blues" Spoken Little Brother Montgomery - "Vicksburg Blues" Vocal with piano Little Brother Montgomery - "They Beat Me To Chicago" Spoken Roosevelt Sykes - "They All Called Him 'Pork Chops'" Spoken Roosevelt Sykes - "Forty-Four Blues" Vocal and own piano Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Doctor Clayton And Me" Spoken Robert Junior Lockwood & Sunnyland Slim - "Take A Little Walk With Me" Vocal with own electric guitar, with Sunnyland Slim, piano Edwin Buster Pickens - "To Have The Blues Within" Spoken Mance Lipscomb - "Blues In The Bottle" Vocal and own guitar All tracks recorded between June 26 and August 28, 1960 # rec. LP and CD have slightly different tracks: [] = not on LP resp. CD !!! notes (plus 6-pp. insert) by Paul Oliver    Decca LK 4664 insert (1 sheet folded to 6 pp.)   Decca LK 4664 (UK 1965) notes by Paul Oliver = Decca LK 4664 (Germany 1965)   LP resp. CD accompanying Paul Oliver's book by the same title: London (Cassell) (1st UK ed. 1965)   xv, 217 p., [48] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm   New York (Horizon Press) (1st US ed. 1965)   xix, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm   London ("Jazz Book Club") JBC 64 (2nd UK ed. 1967) Cambridge (University Press) 0 521 59181 3 (revised edition of the original 1965 book with enclosed CD) (2nd US ed. 1997) Doyosha LLC (1st Jp ed. 2016) ISBN 978-4-907511-25-8 (190 × 129 × 21,8 mm | 336 pages (incl. 48 photos) | weight: 9,5 pound; price: 1.850 JPY equals 14,84 EUR)   translated by Yasufumi Higurashi
31	1969	Ella Jenkins (with Brother John Sellers, Joseph Brewer) A Long Time To Freedom gospel songs, work songs, spirituals, songs of freedom - The Wilderness - I'm Gonna Tell God All My Troubles - Heaven - When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder - Tol' My Captain - I'm Gonna Ride This Train - Jimbo - Another Man Done Gone - Soft Pedal Blues - Po' Man's Blues - A Friendly Loan - How High's The Water - An Old Lady and Her House - If You Ever Get Down - Freedom's Coming Mighty Soon - A Long Time + Guy Guilbert, g Stu Black, engineer Asch AHS 850 = Folkways FC 7520 1992 reissued as CD: Smithsonian Folkways 45034 www.folkways.si.edu ellajenkins.com
32	1976	Blues From The Windy City Chicago In Transition 1946 - 1952 Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Country Woman Blues John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack [RCA Victor 20-2418] Sonny Boy Williamson - Bring Another Half Pint Willie 'Long Time' Smith - Due Respects To You Eddie Boyd - I Had To Let Her Go Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Take One More Chance With Me Tampa Red - Maybe Some Day Guitar Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues Tampa Red - It's Good Like That Memphis Minnie - Tears On My Pillow Bill 'Jazz' Gillum - Look What You Are Today Walter Davis - What May Your Troubles Be Guitar Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise Willie 'Long Time ' Smith - Flying Cloud Boogie James 'Beal St.' Clark - You Can't Make The Grade Walter Davis - Tears Came Rollin' Down notes (8-pp. booklet) by John H. Cowley   Flyright LP 4713 (UK 1076) Flyright Records discography
33	1993	Burt Munk & Company: Black Folk Music In America Vol. 1 Songs of Slavery. Black Songs of the Civil War - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child - Go Down Moses (Let My People Go) - Michael, Row The Boat Ashore - Steal Way To Jesus - Oh Freedom - No More Auction Block For Me - Give Us A Flag - Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho - Slavery's Chain Done Broke At Last "Brother John Sellers sings of different periods to reflect different experiences, events and emotions"; author: Milton Lamb SVE Educations Library A-682 (1970 ?) 2 VHS video cassettes (duration: 15 + 16 min)
34	1993	Burt Munk & Company: Black Folk Music In America Vol. 2 Black Songs after the Civil War. Black Songs of Modern Times - Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad - When I Was A Cowboy - St. Louis Blues - Lift Every Voice And Sing - The Ballad Of The Boll Weevil - I Wonder When I'll Get To Be Called A Man - Hallelujah, I'm A Travelin' - We Shall Overcome - Free At Last "Brother John Sellers sings of different periods to reflect different experiences, events and emotions"; author: Milton Lamb 2 VHS video cassettes (duration: 15 + 16 min)
35	1996	Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs - Jack Of Diamonds - Two Little Fishes, Five Loaves Of Bread - I Love You Bay - Sally Go Round The Sunshine - Every Day I Have The Blues - Boll Weevil - Great Day - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen - John Henry - Farewell Work Life - Let Us Run - When I've Been Drinking - Doretha Boogie - Lonesome Road - Down By The Riverside VRS 8005 and VRS 7022 Vanguard 79036-2 (US 1996)
36	2006	Brother John Seller Sings Blues And Folk Songs - John Henry - Farewell Work Life - Doretha Boogie - Boll Weevil - Two Little Fishes - Down By The Riverside - I Love You Baby - Every Day I Have The Blues - When I've Been Drinking - Jack Of Diamonds - I've Been Lonesome, I've Been Worried - Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen - Let Us Run - Great Day - Sally Go Round The Sunshine - Lonesome Road VRS 8005 and VRS 7022 notes by Chris Smith Vanguard / Ace VMD 8005 (UK 2006)
37	200?	Rare Chicago R&B Vol. 2 - Rock Daddy Rock - Big Bertha Henderson - Somebody Help Me - Leon Tarver - Tell Me Why Why Why - Bobby Prince - Come Back Little Daddy - Lou Mac - Brand New Man - Barrel House Blott - Calling Baby - Johnny Rodgers - So Many Days - Skippy Brown - Blues This Ain't No Place For You - Johnny Sellers [Chance 1123] - This Crooked World - Freddie Hall - The Judge - Jimmy Binkley & His Blue Notes - Didn't I Tell You - Dr- Jo Jo Adams - Take Your Trouble To A Friend - Lou Mac - Hey Hey Sugar Ray - Jimmy Binkley - Rock Me In The Cradle - Johnny Sellers [Chance 1120] - Chicks Going Crazy - Barrel House Blott - Wine Wine Wine - Jimmy Binkley - Albert Is His Name - Lou Mac - Tears In My Eyes - Big Bertha - You Made A Boo Boo - Jimmy Binkley - Knock Me Out - Freddie Hall - Mighty Lonesome Johnny Sellers [Chance 1123] - Tale Of Woe - Skippy Brown - I Want To Hold You - Bobby Prince - Blue Blue Night - Jimmy Binkley - My Sympathy - Tasso The Great Blue Lake 55-101 (NL 200?)
38	2008	Classic African American Gospel - Jesus Going to Make Up My Dying Bed - Horace Sprott - Oh Lord, I'm So Glad I Got Good Religion - The Starlight Gospel Singers - Thank You, Lord - Alvin Dockett And Blessed - When I Was Sinkin' Down - Fisk Jubilee Singers - Just Got Over At Last - Little Brother Montgomery - Moses Smote the Waters - The Thrasher Wonders - Soon, One Mornin' - Willie Gresham - Dry Bones: Ezekiel Saw the Wheel - The Missionary Quintet - Holy Ghost - Juanita Johnson And The Gospel Tones - Where Could I Go - Bunk Johnson - Oh, What a Beautiful City - Big Bill Broonzy - You've Got to Move - Two Gospel Keys - Let the Church Say Amen - Elder Beck - I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say - Bishop Bowen And The Combined Gospel Choirs - If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis - Low Down Death Right Easy - Dock Reed - He's My Rock - Brother John Sellers - Hallelujah, It Is Done - Elizabeth Cotten - We Praise Your Holy Name - The Mississippi Mass Choir - Don't Let His Name Go Down - First Independent Holy Church of God-Unity-Prayer - Go Tell It on the Mountain - Fannie Lou Hammer - Been in the Storm So Long - Mary Pinckney - Every Time I Feel the Spirit / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / They Hung Him on the Cross (Medley) - Lead Belly - It's Time to Make a Change Madison's Lively Stones Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40194 (US 2008)
39	2008	The Al Fairweather Collection 1953-1957 disc 1: - Forty And Tight (a) - Four's Company (a) - Swinging The Blues (b) - Dreamed I Had The Blues (b) - Skinnie Minnie (b) - St. James Infirmary Blues (b) - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (take 2) (c) - Pauline's Blues (c) - Margie (c) - Yama Yama Blues (c) - At Sundown (c) - Royal Garden Blues (d) - Rose Room (d) - Winin' Boy (d) - Ostrich Walk (d) - Nobody's Sweetheart (e) - New Orleans Hop Scop Blues (take 1) (c) disc 2: - Somebody Loves Me (Germany) - Miss Otis Regrets (f) - The Lady In Red (f) - Everybody Loves My Baby (f) - How Long Blues (Germany) - Shimme Sha Wabble (f) - Shortnin' Bread (Germany) - Willie The Weeper (f) - Blue Post Haste (Germany) - Show Me The Way To Go Home (f) - In The Evening # - Oh, Little Girl # - Backwater Blues # - Mamie # - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child # - All These Days Are The Beginning Of Sorrow # - They Call Me A Blind Man # - Oh, What Kind Of Woman # - I Want A True Love # - You Been Going Too Long # - The House Of The Rising Sun # - Chicago Hop # (a) Humphrey Lyttelton / Al Fairweather Trumpet; Bruce Turner - Alto; Wally fawkes - Clarinet; Sandy Brown - Clarinet; Johnny Parker - Piano; Freddie Legon - Banjo; Micky Ashman - Bass; George Hopkinson - Drums. rec. September 17, 1953 (b) Fairweather - Trumpet; Jeremy French - Trombone; Sandy Brown - Clarinet / Vocal; Stan Greig - Piano; Al McPake - Guitar; Tim Mahn - Bass; Graham Burbridge - Drums. rec. 2nd September 1957 (c) Fairweather - Trumpet; John R.T.Davies - trombone; Henrik Johansen - Clarinet; Diz Disley - Guitar; Major Holley - bass; Burbridge - Drums. rec. July 5, 1956 (d) Albert Nicholas - Clarinet; Fairweather - Trumpet; Adrian Bentzon - Piano; Fridolin Bentzon - Bass; Ole Karn - Drums. rec. September 4, 1954 (e) Fairweather - Trumpet; Davies - Trombone; Brown - Clarinet; Alan Thomas - Piano; Mo Urmansky - Banjo; Brian Parker - Bass; Burbridge - Drums. rec. April 29, 1956 (f) "John Picard's Angels" Fairweather - Trumpet; John Picard - Trombone; Fawkes - Clarinet; Thomas - Piano; Jim Bray - Bass; Art Fryatt - Drums. rec. April 17, 1955 (Germany) as (f) Parker - bass replaces Bray; Burbridge - Drums replaces Fryatt. rec. April 10, 1955 # Fairweather - Trumpet; Fawkes - Clarinet; Greig - Piano; Brother John Sellers - Vocal / Tambourine; Disley - Guitar; Frank Clark - bass. Tony Kinsey - Drums; rec. March 18, 1957 in London London LL 1705 (1957) = Decca LK 4197 (1958) 2 CD set notes by Ralph M. Laing Lake LACD 260 www.jazznblues.co.uk
40	2009	Brother John Sellers: Paris 1957 with the Guy Lafitte Orchestra - Lucy Mae Blues # - Railroad Man Blues # - Love Is A Story # - He Came All The Way Down # - Hands Off * - How Long Blues * - Morning Noon And Night * - You've Been Gone Five Years * - I Cried For You * - Woke Up This Morning * - Blue Suede Shoes * - Miss Otis Regrets * - I Have The Blues Every Day * - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town * - Let's Rock And Roll * # rec. May 13, 1957; previously Columbia ESDF 1157 (1957) * rec. November 14-29, 1957; previously Columbia FPX 149 (1957) Sackville SKCD2-2074 (Ca 2009)
41	2017	Down Home Blues - Chicago - Fine Boogie CD 1: James McCain - I Got To Check Up On My Baby(3:32) James McCain - Good Morning Mr. Roosevelt (2:40) Bluesboy Bill - Come On Babe (2:28) Johnny Shines - Tennessee Woman Blues (2:51) Muddy Waters - Jitterbug Blues (2:52) Muddy Waters - Burying Ground Blues (2:45) Muddy Waters - Hard Day Blues (2:50) John Sellers - Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (2:47) Willie "Long Time" Smith - My Buddy Doctor Clayton (3:04) Willie "Long Time" Smith - I Love You Baby Boogie (3:09) Little Walter with Othum Brown - Ora Nelle Blues (2:37) Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:29) Jimmy Rogers - Little Store Blues (2:37) Johnny Young - Money Taking Woman (2:35) Johnny Temple - Old '98' Blues (2:25) Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:43) St. Louis Jimmy - Florida Hurricane (2:57) Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (3:19) Delta Joe aka Sunnyland Slim - Roll Tumble And Slip (3:25) Floyd Jones - Stockyard Blues (2:54) Floyd Jones - Keep What You Got (2:22) Little Walter - Blue Baby (2:17) Little Walter - I Want My Baby (2:48) Robert Nighthawk with Ethel Mae Brown - Down The Line (2:50) The Nighthawks - She Knows How To Love A Woman (3:09 Big Maceo - One Sunday Morning (2:52) Big Maceo - Just Tell Me Baby (2:29) CD 2: Pete Franklin - Down Behind The Rise (3:12) Pete Franklin - Casey Brown Blues (3:15) Mildred White - Kind Hearted Woman (2:52) Mildred White - Cutting Out On Me (2:57) Muddy Waters - Last Time I Fool Around With You (2:39) Muddy Waters - You Gonna Need my Help (3:04) Baby Face Leroy - My Head Can't Rest Anymore (3:16) Baby Face Leroy - Take A Little Walk With Me (3:10) Gray Haired Bill - Gertrude (2:38) Gray Haired Bill - I'm A Hard Working Man (2:59) The Nighthawks - Black Angel Blues (3:05) Jimmy Rogers - Ludella (2:42) Muddy Waters - Rollin' Stone (3:03) Floyd Jones - Dark Road (3:15) Floyd Jones - Overseas (2:13) Floyd Jones - Playhouse (2:45) Muddy Waters - Long Distance Call (2:41) Muddy Waters - All Night Long (3:50) J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:52) Howlin' Wolf - Howling Wolf Boogie (2:40) Johnny Shines - Ramblin' (2:32) Johnny Shines - Ain't Doin' No Good (2:36) Snooky Pryor - Fine Boogie (3:04) Memphis Minnie - Conjur Man (2:59) Little Walter - Juke (3:00) Little Walter - Can't Hold Out Much Longer (2:55) CD 3: Elmore James - She Just Won't Do Right (3:04) Elmore James - My Best Friend (3:22) Elmore James - Whose Muddy Shoes (3:17) Baby Face Leroy - Blues Is Killin' Me (3:04) Baby Face Leroy - Late Hours At Midnight (3:11) Blue Smitty - Crying (3:03) Blue Smitty - Date Bait (2:37) Jimmy Rogers - Mistreated Baby (3:30) Jimmy Rogers - What's The Matter (3:17) Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:48) Little Walter - Blue Midnight (3:04) Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:47) Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:39) Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:06) Jimmy Rogers - Act Like You Love Me (3:03) Homesick James - Homesick (3:08) Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:52) Billy Boy Arnold - Hello Stranger (2:53) Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got No Money (2:31) Johnny Shines - Evening Shuffle (2:16) J.B. Lenoir - The Mojo (2:53) J.B. Lenoir - Slow Down Woman (3:24) Howlin' Wolf - You Gonna Wreck My Life (2:37) Big Boy Spires - Someday little Darling (3:11) Big Boy Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:38) Memphis Minnie - Kissing In The Dark (2:32) CD 4: Sonny Boy Williamson - Work With Me (2:56) Sonny Boy Williamson - You Killing Me (3:24) Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Start Me Talkin' (2:36) John Brim - Ice Cream Man (2:49) John Brim - Life Time Baby (3:06) Lazy Bill - My Baby's Gone (2:45) Lazy Bill - I Can't Sleep, I Can't Eat (2:50) Albert King - Little Boy Blue (2:45) Albert King - Sweet Woman (2:59) Sunnyland Slim - Trouble Of My Own (3:04) Sunnyland Slim - Worried About My Baby (3:01) Henry Gray - I Declare That Ain't Right (3:09) Henry Gray - Matchbox Blues (3:25) J.B. Hutto - Price Of Love (3:02) Big Boy Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:30) Sunnyland Slim - I Done You Wrong (3:04) Sunnyland Slim - Be My Baby (2:55) Little Walter - Got To Find My Baby (3:09) J.B. Lenoir - Eisenhower Blues (2:32) Dusty Brown - Yes She's Gone (2:41) Dusty Brown - He Don't Love You (3:15) Dusty Brown - Rusty Dusty (2:47) Jimmy Rogers - You're The One (2:37) Billy Boy Arnold - Sweet On You Baby (2:36) Billy Boy Arnold - You Got To Love Me (2:29) Jimmy Reed - You Upset My Mind (2:53) Jimmy Reed - Come On Baby (2:40) CD 5: Elmore James - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:07) Elmore James - Coming Home (2:27) Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:06) John Brim -Go Away (2:45) John Brim - That Ain't Right (2:51) Birmingham Junior - Birmingham Late Hours (2:30) Birmingham Junior - You're Too Bad (2:31) Howlin' Wolf - Break Of day (2:48) Howlin' Wolf - Bluebird (3:35) Howlin' Wolf - You Ought To Know (3:22) Otis Spann - I'm Leaving You (2:42) Otis Spann - I'm In Love With You Baby (2:40) Snooky Pryor - Someone To Love Me (2:37) Snooky Pryor - Judgement Day (2:47) Snooky Pryor - You Tried To Ruin Me Baby (2:02) Po' Joe Williams - Kings Highway (2:27) Po' Joe Williams - Eula Mae (2:50) Sonny Boy Williamson - Don't Lose Your Eye (3:04) Sonny Boy Williamson - I Wonder Why (1:34) Sonny Boy Williamson - I Know What Love Is All About (2:42) Jimmy Reed - When You Left Me (2:37) Jimmy Reed - It's You Baby (2:27) Jimmy Reed - Do The Thing (2:47) Sonny Boy Williamson - The Key To Your Door (2:37) John Brim - I Would Hate To See You Go (2:46) John Brim - You Got Me Where You Want Me (3:02) Eddie Boyd - 24 Hours Of Fear (2:34) Eddie Boyd - Five Long Years (2:46) 88-pp. book by Mike Rowe 5 CD set Wienerworld WNRCD5100 (US/EU 2017)

Brother John Sellers as subject of other Artist's recordings

#	year of release	artist / title of songs	label # / notes
1	1975	Gary Shearston: The Greatest Stone On Earth and Other Two-Bob Wonders - Baiame (The Greatest Stone On Earth) - Tell Old Bill - See It Through - Friend To Me - Sail On Brother John - Aborigine - Dirty Old Town - Lady St. George's Habit - Higgledy-Piggledy - The Drover's Dream	Charisma 636 9968 (Aus) = Charisma CSS 1106 (UK) more info at www.garyshearston.com
2	1977	Ella Jenkins: Songs, Rhythms And Chants for the Dance - A New Day's Coming Soon - I Don't Care Where You Bury My Body - Plenty Good Room - Brother John Sellars - A Bad Man From The Badlands - Angry Words - I Heard Him Cry This Morning - Please Hurry Home - That's The Way Thing Are - What's The Matter With Tthe Team? - A Vivo a Vavo - Hey Moo Ma Moo Ma Moo Ma Hey - I Climbed A Mountain - Africa Llamando (Africa Calling) - Yemayah, God Of The Sea - This Is An Afro Mood - Yemaya, God Of The Sea - This Is An Afro Mood - Let Yourself Go - A Long Time - Wading In The Water - diverse interviews	Smithsonian Folkways 45004 www.folkways.si.edu
3	2001	Gary Shearston: Only Love Survives - Riverina Drover - Riverina 1984 - Pretty Bonnie - Hey There, Songman - Foreign Strand - Streets Of Forbes - Sing On, Brother John - Forty Days - The Man I Might Have Been - Song For Kimio Eto - Love, Don't Ever Make A Fool Of Me Again - Bonnie's Lullaby	Rouseabout CD RRR3 www.garyshearston.com

Sources: - own record collection - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970.- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2006, p. 479-480 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (2nd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2012, pp. 466-468, 500 - Les Fancourt & Bob McGrath: The Blues Discography 1943 - 1970 (3rd edition).- Vancouver (Eyeball Productions) 2019, pp. 569-570 - Harris, Sheldon: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- New York 1987, p. 452-453 - Klaus-Dieter Tilch: Rock LPs 1955-1970, Hamburg (Taurus) 1990,p. 1439 - http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/chance.html - http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/ebony.html - http://myweb.clemson.edu/~campber/miracle.html - http://www.nugrape.net/eps.htm - Sir Charles Thompson discography - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources thanks to Alan Balfour, Pierre Monnery, Bill Haller, Robert L. Campbell, Sonny Burnett and Mike Gann for additional info / scans   Brother John Sellers at Big Bill Broonzy's burial at Lincoln Cemeteary, Blue Island, Illinois, August 19, 1958 l to r: Win Stracke, Muddy Waters, Ransom Knowling (hidden), Studs Terkel, Chet Roble, Brother John Sellers, Tampa Red, Sunnlyand Slim (top of head), Otis Spann photo by Mickey Pallas, Collection Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona   Gary Shearston's (Australian) reminiscences of Brother John Sellers   Anthony "Tony" Rotante & John Sellers: Brother John Sellers - A Revised Discography.- Record Research 39 (1961) "A Blues Souvenir Issue" (Index Record Research 32-39/1961)   Brother John Sellers obituary   The Christian 'praise and worship' singer/songwriter 'John Sellers' is not Brother John Sellers !!! 1 1984 John Sellers: Let Praise Arise Birdwing BWR 2050 2 1997 John Sellers: Dreams & Visions King & Bride