Tuesday, January 2, 1962 : ERNIE K-DOE records four tracks
in New Orleans: "Come On Home"/"Popeye Joe" (Minit 641),
"Be Sweet" (Minit 661, b/w "Easier Said Than Done" from
July 5, 1961 session) and "Wait For Me" (unissued).
Producer / pianist : Allen Toussaint, more details unknown.

January 4, 1962 : First of four 1962 sessions by 
JERRY LEE LEWIS. "I've Been Twistin'" (a.k.a. "Feelin' Good") 
becomes the A-side of his next single (Sun 374, late January).
"I Know What It Means" is issued on Sun 396 in March 1965, 
by which time Jerry was recording for Smash. "High Powered
Woman" and "Whole Lotta Twistin' Goin' On" did not see a
release until the 1980s. 
Personnel : Jerry Lee Lewis, vocals / piano ; Roland Janes
and Brad Suggs, guitars ; Robert McGhee, bass ; Al Jackson,
drums. Location : Sun Studio, 639 Madison Avenue, Memphis.
 
January 5, 1962 : Penultimate Imperial session for FATS DOMINO.
"My Real Name" is released on Imperial 5833 in May. The other
three tracks will be released on the LP "Just Domino" (Imperial
LP 9208) in September : "Stop the Clock" (also a September
single, Imperial 5875), "Teenage Love" and a new version of 
"Goin' Home", which is also issued as Imperial 66005 in August
1963 (overdubbed with a female chorus). Personnel : Fats Domino,
vocals  piano ; Roy Montrell, guitar ; Cornelius Coleman, drums ;
Herb Hardesty, tenor sax ; Clarence Ford, baritone sax ; Dave 
Bartholomew, trumpet / producer ; Unknown, bass. Location as 
usual Cosimo Recording Studio in New Orleans.  
 
January 7, 1962 : In Nashville JOHN D. LOUDERMILK records
three tracks for the LP "Twelve Sides Of John D. Loudermilk"
(RCA LPM 2539, July) :  "Google Eye", "All Of This For Sally", 
and "Everyone But You". Personnel : John D. Loudermilk, vocals,
guitar ; Henry Strzelecki, bass ; Jimmy Isbell, drums ; Norro
Wilson, harpsichord, arranger. Produced by Chet Atkins.
 
January 8, 1962 : BILLY FURY records four tracks at West 
Hampstead's Decca Studio for his first movie, "Play It Cool".
Titles : "Play It Cool", "You're Swell", "Let's Paint the Town" 
and "The Twist Kid". They are released on an EP titled "Play
It Cool" (Decca DFE 6708), on May 25. Backing by the Tornados.
 
Tuesday, January 9, 1962 : THE FALCONS (a group that included 
Wilson Pickett and Eddie Floyd at that time) record "I Found A 
Love"/"Swim" in Detroit, for release on Lu Pine 1003 in March.
Produced by Robert West. 
 
January 9-10, 1962 : Two-day session for ROY ORBISON at RCA
Studio in Nashville. On the 9th Roy records "Dream Baby" (selected
as the A-side of the new single, Monument 456, February), "Party 
Heart", "Ever Green" and "Love Star" (all three originally unissued, 
now available on the Bear Family box-set), on the 10th "The Actress"
(B-side of "Dream Baby"), "No One Will Ever Know" (a track for the
"In Dreams" LP, Monument 18003, mid-1963) and a first attempt
at "The Crowd" (lost / unissued). Musicians : Fred Carter, Jr, Grady
Martin, Ray Edenton (guitars) ; Bob Moore (bass) ; John Greubel and
Buddy Harman (drums), Floyd Cramer (piano) ; Boots Randolph (sax),
plus a string section. Produced by Fred Foster.
 
January 11, 1962 : JOHN BARRY and his Orchestra are at EMI's
Abbey Road studio. Four tracks are recorded, "Blueberry Hill" (2nd
version), "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White", "I'll Be With You In 
Apple Blossom Time" and "Volare", all of which are first released 
(in the UK at least) in 1995 on the EMI CD "John Barry : The EMI 
Years, Vol. 3 : 1962-1964". Produced by John Burgess.
 
January 16, 1962 : BEN E. KING records "Too Bad" (Atco 6231,
October) and "Down Home" (a track for the LP "Seven Letters",
Atco 33-174) in New York City. Personnel includes King Curtis
on sax, Gary Chester on drums and Wendell Marshall on bass.
Arranged by Claus Ogerman, produced by Leiber and Stoller.
(Full personnel details, also for the January 23 session, at
http://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic/1962-dis/c/
 
January 16, 1962 : JOHNNY BURNETTE records seven tracks
at United Recording Corporation in Hollywood. Three of these
are issued as singles : "The Way I Am" (Liberty 55416, B-side
of "Clown Shoes", February), "The Poorest Boy In Town" (Lib.
55448, April) and "Lonesome Waters" (Liberty 55489, August).
These three will also be released on the LP "Roses Are Red"
(Liberty LRP 3255), just as "When Today Is A Long Time Ago" 
and "Roses Are Red" from the same session. "Let Me Be With
You" and "Standing On the Outside Of Her Door" are first
released in 1989, on the CD "The Best Of Johnny Burnette" 
(EMI CDP 792924, UK). Produced by Snuff Garrett, arranged
by Ernie Freeman. 
 
January 17, 1962 : CHARLIE RICH is back in the new Sun studio,
after an absence of eleven months. "Midnight Blues" is released
as a single (Phillips International 3576) in April. "Time And Time 
Again" is first released on Sun LP 134 (Charlie Rich : Golden 
Treasures) in 1974 and soon thereafter (1975) also on the Various 
artists LP "Kings Of Country, Vol. 2" (Hallmark SHM 864, UK). 
The instrumental "That's Rich" [That's Right] remained in the can 
until the release of "Charlie Rich : Early Years" (Sun LP 132) in
1974. Personnel : Charlie Rich : vocals / piano ; Scotty Moore, 
guitar ; Brad Suggs, guitar ; Robert McGhee, bass ; Al Jackson, 
drums ; Floyd Newman, sax.
 
January 18, 1962 : RICK NELSON records "Young World" at
United Recording Corporation in Hollywood. It will become the 
A-side of his next single (Imperial 5805, February). Personnel:
Rick Nelson, vocal / guitar ; James Burton, lead guitar ; Glen
Campbell, guitar ; Joe Osborn, bass ; Richie Frost, drums ; 
Jim Pierce, piano ; Dave Burgess, Glen Campbell, Jerry Fuller,
vocal chorus. Produced by Jimmie Haskell.
 
January 23, 1962 : The second January session by BEN E. KING
results in three tracks : "Walking In the Footsteps Of A Fool" 
(Atco 6237, September), "The Hermit Of Misty Mountain" (Atco 
6222,  April, B-side of "Don't Play That Song") and "Tell Daddy" 
(Atco 6246, December). Session personnel includes Carole King 
(piano), Al Caiola and Billy Mure (guitars), Gary Chester (drums) 
and Wendell Marshall (bass). Arranged and conducted by Claus 
Ogerman, produced by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller in New York
City.
 
Wednesday, January 24, 1962 : In Nashville, RAY STEVENS 
records four tracks : "Ahab the Arab"/"It's Been So Long" (Mercury
71966, June), "All Around the World" (unissued) and "I've Loved 
And Lost" (Mercury 72058, November). Backing vocals by the 
Merry Melody Singers. Arranged by Jerry Kennedy, produced by 
Shelby Singleton. 
 
January 29, 1962 : EDDIE BOND records a gospel LP for Sun at
Echo Studio in Memphis. Titled "Eddie Bond Sings Greatest Country 
Gospel Hits", the album is released on Phillips International PILP
1980 in April. Personnel: Eddie Bond, vocals / guitar ; John Hughey,
steel guitar ; Jimmy Smith, piano ; Toomstone Hawkins, bass ; 
Morris Tarrant, drums ; Gilbert Mickle, fiddle.
 
Late January 1962 : NARVEL FELTS records two titles for the
small Starline label in Flint, Michigan. "I Swear By Stars Above"/
"Little Miss Blue" is issued on Starline 1002 in September.
 
January 1962, unknown date : SCREAMIN' JAY HAWKINS has a
session for Enrica Records in New York City. "I Hear Voices"/ 
"Just Don't Care" is released on Enrica 1010, probably in March.
"Wake Up And Live" and "Armpit No. 6" remain unissued. (Other
versions of "Armpit No. 6" were released on Red Top in 1958 and
on Polydor in 1980). Backing by the Teddy McRae Orchestra.
 
January 1962, unknown date(s) : MEL ROBBINS (a.k.a. Hargus "Pig"
Robbins) records the LP "Hully Gully To the Hits" at Bradley Studio
in Nashville (Smash MGS 27012). Tracks: Hey Baby / (Baby) Hully 
Gully / Blueberry Hill / Searchin' / Lucille / Rockin' Pneumonia and the 
Boogie Woogie Flu / Splish Splash / I Know / Mother-In-Law / White
Silver Sands / Young Blood / Stand By Me.
 
With thanks to Steve Walker, Phil Davies, Tapio Väisänen Colin Kilgour
and Henk Gorter.

Additions and corrections welcome.
 
Dik

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