November 2, 1960 : At Bradley Studio in Nashville, JOHNNY
CASH records "Five Minutes To Live" and "The Losing Kind",
which are first released on the LP "The Unissued Johnny Cash"
(Bear Family BFX 15016) in 1978. See also November 26.

November 4, 1960 : Backing tracks are recorded for four songs
intended for FATS DOMINO, of which only "Just A Little While
(To Stay Here)" is overdubbed with Fats's vocal. Same story
on November 14 : again there are four backing tracks recorded
and only one ("I Don't Want To Walk Without You") overdubbed
by Fats. The scenario repeats itself on November 18 : 4 backing
tracks, one vocal ("When You're Smiling"). The three tracks
mentioned will stay in the can until May 1963, when they are
released on the LP "Let's Dance With Domino" (Imperial LP
9239). Personnel includes Roy Montrell (guitar), Clarence Ford
(sax) and Cornelius Coleman (drums). Location : Cosimo
Recording Studio, New Orleans.

November 7-8, 1960 : ELVIS PRESLEY records songs for the 
film "Wild In The Country" at Radio Recorders in Hollywood. 
The title song becomes the B-side of "I Feel So Bad" (RCA 7880, 
May 1961) and "Lonely Man" the flip of "Surrender" (RCA 7850, 
February 1961). "I Slipped, I Stumbled, I Fell" is used as the
closing track on the LP "Something For Everybody" (RCA LPM 
2370, July 1961). "Forget Me Never" and "In My Way" are first 
released in 1965 on the LP "Elvis For Everyone" (RCA LPM 3450).
Personnel : Elvis Presley, vocals / guitar ; Scotty Moore, guitar ; 
Tiny Trimbell, guitar ; Meyer Rubin, bass ; Dudley Brooks, piano ; 
Jimmy Haskell, accordion (on "Lonely Man") ; The Jordanaires, 
vocal chorus. Produced by Urban Thielmann.

November 7 and 8, 1960 : At Bradley Studio in Nashville, JOHNNY
PRESTON records two singles, "( I Want A) Rock and Roll  Guitar"/
"A New Baby For Christmas" (Mercury 71728, rush-released) and
"Leave My Kitten Alone"/ "Token Of Love" (Mercury 71761, January
1961). The latter two tracks will also appear on the LP "Come Rock
With Me" (Mercury MG 20609), along with "The Angels Gave You To
Me", "Sitting Here Crying", "Do What You Did", "That's All I Want"
and "Just Little Boy Blue", all of which also date from this two-day
session. Originally unissued, but now available on Bear Family are
"Chosen Few", "I Played Around With Love" and "Over and Over". 
Personnel: Hank Garland, Kelso Herston and Grady Martin, guitars ;
Bob Moore, bass ; Floyd Cramer, piano ; Boots Randolph, sax ;
Willie Ackerman, percussion ; Buddy Harman, drums ; The 
Jordanaires, vocal chorus. Produced by Bill Hall.

November 9, 1960 : In Chicago, DEE CLARK records his next single,
"Your Friends"/"Because I Love You", for release on Vee-Jay 372 in
January. Produced by Calvin Carter.

November 10, 1960 : JACK SCOTT is at Bell Sound Studio in New 
York City to record "Is There Something On Your Mind" and "Found 
A Woman" for his next Top Rank single (TR 2093, December). 
As usual, the Chantones provide vocal support, more details unknown.
The session is produced by Sonny Lester and arranged by Bill Sanford.

November 11 (or 1?), 1960 : THE EVERLY BROTHERS are back in
the RCA Victor studio in Nashville to record four tracks. "Ebony Eyes"
is released as a single (Warner Bros 5199) on January 13, 1961,
"Temptation" as Warner Bros 5220 on May 12, 1961. "Lonely Island" 
is first issued on the LP "Gone, Gone, Gone" (WB 1585) in January 
1965 and "Why Not" finally escapes the vault on the UK compilation 
"The New Album" in 1977. Producer : Wesley Rose.

November 14, 1960 : LaVERN BAKER records two duets with
JIMMY RICKS, "You're the Boss" and "I'll Never Be Free", which
are released back to back on Atlantic 2090 in January. Sidemen
include Seldon Powell on sax, Ernie Hayes on piano and Gary
Chester on drums.

November 15, 1960 : RONNIE SELF records in Nashville (Bradley
Studio). "Ugly Stick", "Some Other World" and "Go Go Cannibal"
were all originally unissued (by Decca), but have been available
since the release of the Bear Family CD "Bop-A-Lena" (BCD 15436)
in 1990. Backing by Hank Garland and Harold Bradley, guitars ;
Bob Moore, bass ; "Pig" Robbins, piano ; Buddy Harman, drums ;
The Anita Kerr Singers, vocal chorus. Producer : Owen Bradley.

November 16, 1960 : RUTH BROWN is in New York City to 
record her new single, "Sure 'Nuff"/"Here He Comes" (Atlantic 
2088), for release in December. "Wishful Thinking" and "Change 
Your Ways" from this session are still unissued. Personnel: King
Curtis, Budd Johnson and George Berg, tenor saxes ; Danny 
Moore, trumpet ; Phil Spector, piano ; Abie Baker, bass ; Sticks 
Evans, Gary Chester, drums ; Joe Venuto, vibraphone. Produced 
by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

November 16, 1960 : PATSY CLINE's first session under her new
Decca contract, produced by Owen Bradley at Bradley Studio in 
Nashville. She records "I Fall To Pieces"/ "Lovin' In Vain" (Decca
31205, release date 30 January 1961) and "Shoes" (LP track).
Personnel : Hank Garland, electric guitar ; Harold Bradley, 6-string
electric bass ; Randy Hughes, acoustic guitar ; Ben Keith, steel 
guitar ; Bob Moore, acoustic bass ; "Pig" Robbins, piano ; Doug 
Kirkham, drums ; The Jordanaires, vocal chorus.

November 16, 1960 : In between the Fats Domino sessions (see 
November, 4), DAVE BARTHOLOMEW has the opportunity to record
"Yeah Yeah" and "People Are Talking" for his next single (Imperial 
5724). Personnel: Dave Bartholomew (vocal, trumpet), Meyer Kennedy,
Clarence Hall and Warren Payne (sax), James Booker (piano), Frank
Fields (bass), Robert French (drums).

November 17, 1960 : CLIFF RICHARD pays another visit to EMI's
Abbey Road Studio in London. All four tracks from this session
will be released on the "Listen To Cliff" LP (Columbia SX 1320,
April 1961) : "We Kiss In A Shadow", "Idle Gossip", "Blue Moon"
and "Temptation". Produced by Norrie Paramor as usual. 

November 18, 1960 : At United Recording Corporation, Hollywood, 
ROBIN LUKE records "All Because Of You", "So Alone",  "It Had
To Happen" and "Don't Cry For Your Love". The first two tracks will 
be used for his 8th Dot single (16070), while the remaining songs 
will stay in the vaults, until Bear Family includes them on one of 
their first CD's, "Susie Darlin'" (BCD 15022) in 1991. Robin uses 
the Johnny Mann singers as vocal chorus, other musicians unknown.

November 20, 1960 : DUANE EDDY records his next single, 
"Pepe"/ "Lost Friend" (Jamie 1175, December) at Audio Recorders
in Phoenix, Arizona. Personnel: Duane Eddy, guitar, producer ; 
Donnie Owens, guitar ; David Campbell, bass ; Jim Horn, sax ;
Larry Knechtel, piano ; Jimmy Troxel, drums. Strings and chorus 
overdubbed on November 21, arranged by Larry Knechtel. 

November 21, 1960 : THE PLATTERS have a productive session, 
completing nine tracks. However, only two of these were considered 
worthy of release at the time by Mercury Records. The other seven 
were first issued on the 9-CD Bear Family box-set "Four Platters
and One Lovely Dish" (BCD 15741) in February 1994. 
The titles are: "I Love You Truly", "Love Is" (LP track for Mercury 
MG 20669, "Songs for the Lonely"), "Love Is the Sweetest Thing",
"Love Is A Many Splendored Thing", "Don't Let Me Fall In Love", 
"True Lover" (B-side of the new single, "If I Didn't Care", Mercury 
71749), "Rear View Mirror", "I Miss You So" and "I Just Got Rid 
Of A Heartache". 

November 21-22, 1960 : CONWAY TWITTY records ten tracks
for the LP "The Rock 'n' Roll Story" (MGM E 3907, March 1961), 
at Bradley Studio in Nashville, produced by Jim Vienneau.
"Blue Suede Shoes", "Great Balls of Fire", "Jailhouse Rock",
"Treat Me Nice" and "Handy Man" are laid down on the 21st,
"The Girl Can't Help It", "Shake, Rattle and Roll", "Diana",
"Splish Splash" and "Reelin' and Rockin'" on the 22nd.
Personnel : Al Bruno, Grady Martin, Ray Edenton, guitars ;
Lightnin' Chance, bass ; Floyd Cramer, piano ; Boots Randolph,
sax ; Jack Nance, drums.

November 23, 1960 : CHARLIE RICH records four tracks at the 
new Sun studio in Memphis, all unissued : "Darlena", "Love You 
With All My Heart", "Tomorrow Afternoon" and a first attempt at 
"Who Will the Next Fool Be". These are not on the Bear Family
3-CD set either.

November 26, 1960 : Second November session for JOHNNY CASH.
The new single "The Girl In Saskatoon"/"Locomotive Man" is issued in
December on Columbia 41920. Personnel: Johnny Cash, vocal/guitar ;
Johnny Western, guitar ; Luther Perkins, electric guitar ; Marshall Grant, 
bass ; Floyd Cramer, piano ; W.S. Holland, drums ; The Anita Kerr
Singers, vocal chorus. Produced by Don Law and Frank Jones.

November 28-30, 1960 : Three days of sessions for JOHNNY BURNETTE
in Hollywood (United Recording Corporation). "Little Boy Sad"/ "Down
To the River" is chosen for the next single (Liberty 55298, January 1961).
"I Love My Baby" is a track for the LP "Johnny Burnette" (Liberty LRP
3183). "That's the Way I Feel" is first released on the CD "The Best Of
Johnny Burnette" (EMI CDP 792924, UK) in 1989. Four tracks for LRP
3183 follow on November 29 : "Singing the Blues", "Let's Think About
Living", "It's Only Make Believe" and "Oh Lonesome Me". "Dream Lover"
and "You're So Fine" from November 30 also end up on LRP 3183, unlike
"Blue Blue Morning" and "Pledge Of Love" (the UK B-side of "Little Boy
Sad"), which will come out on the LP "Johnny Burnette Sings" (LRP 
3190). Personnel varies, but Bobby Gibbons (guitar), Red Callender
(bass), Ernie Freeman (piano, arranger) and Jerry Allison (drums) are
present on all three days. Produced by Snuff Garrett.

With thanks to Jarle Jensen, Henk Gorter and Steve Walker.

Additions and corrections welcome.
 
Dik

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