Leroy   Dallas   b. December 24, 1909 in Mobile, Alabama   d. September 1967 while living at Brooklyn, New York   discography

source: Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who.- p. 140

This discography is a non-commercial labor-of-love and is in no way associated with any business firm. All I know about the resp. artist's / label's musical output is shown on this page. To purchase out-of-print records I recommend an ebay, gemm or google search. And - sorry for that - I have not the time to answer any e-mails asking me about further information, let alone duplicating out-of-print recordings I happen to own. Stefan Wirz   www.wirz.de Leroy Dallas 78 rpm / LPs / CDs # year of release title label # / notes 10 inch 78 rpm 1 1949 LEROY DALLAS AND HIS GUITAR - I'm Down Now, But I Won't Be Down Always (C-2000) # - Jump Little Children, Jump (C-2001) rec. 1949 in New York; Leroy Dallas, voc, g; # Wilbert Ellis, p; Brownie McGhee, g Sittin' In With 522 2 1949 LEROY DALLAS - Good Morning Blues (C-2002) - I'm Going Away (C-2003) rec. 1949 in New York; Leroy Dallas, voc, g; Wilbert Ellis, p; Brownie McGhee, g Sittin' In With 526 3 1949 Leroy Dallas Sittin' In With 537 - Your Sweet Man's Blues (J-4112) # - Baby Please Don't Go Back To New Orleans (J-4114) Jade 707 - Your Sweet Man's Blues (J-4012) # - Baby Please Don't Go Back To New Orleans (J-4014) rec. 1949 in New York; Leroy Dallas, voc, g; # Wilbert Ellis, p; # Brownie McGhee, g Sittin' In With 537 = Jade 707 (1949) LP / CD compilations 4 1963 Blues All Around My Bed Blues Scene USA Vol. 3 Carl Hodges - Blues All Around My Bed Big Joe Williams - Hellhound On My Trail John Lee Granderson - Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl Johnny Young & John Wrencher & John Lee Granderson - Green Door Blues James Robinson - Standing In My Backk Door Crying W.B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Sometimes I Rate Connie Williams - One Thin Dime Leroy "Country" Dallas - Sweet Man Blues # Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues Bill Jackson - Trouble In Mind Avery Brady - Gonna Let You Down Arthur Weston & Big Joe Williams & George Robertson - Roll Me Over Slow # rec. January 1962; Leroy Dallas, voc, g notes by Pete Welding Storyville SLP 181 = Storyville 670181 (D) = Storyville SLP 842 notes by Pete Welding = Storyville SLP 4036 (1981) "Blues Roots Vol. 2" Storyville discography 5 1965 Ramblin' On My Mind Classic Train and Travel Blues Johnny Youngwith Little Walter Jacobs, Jimmy Walker - Hear That Whistle Blow Carl Hodges - Standing At The Greyhound Station Leroy "Country" Dallas - She Caught The M & O # Jimmy Brewer - Pea Vine Whistle Honeyboy Edwards - Highway 61 Big Joe Williams - Ramblin' On My Mind Blind Connie Williams - Key To The Highway Dr. Isaiah Ross - Hobo Blues John Lee Grandison - My Home Ain't Here Bill Jackson - Freight Train Blues Elijah Brown - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay W. B. 'Piano Bill' Bryson - Mean Old Train # rec. January 1962; Leroy Dallas, voc, g prod. by Pete Welding and Norman Dayron notes by Pete Welding Milestone MLP-3002 Milestone discography 6 1966 the post war blues vol. 3: Eastern And Gulf Coast States Dan Pickett - Ride To A Funeral In A V8 - Early One Morning John Lee - Babys Blues - Down At The Depot - Alabama Boogie Doug Quattlebaum - Don't Be Funny Baby Skoodle Dum Doo & Shefield - Gas Ration Blues - Tampa Blues Leroy Dallas - I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always - Your Sweet Man's Blues Country Paul - Mother Dear Mother Blues King - Me And My Baby - Good Boy Curley Weaver - My Babys Gone Julius King - If You See My Lover - I Want a Slice Of Your Puddin' notes by Simon Napier The Post War Blues PWB 3 PWB discography 7 1966? Blues Classics Volume 4 Leroy Dallas - I'm Going Away - Good Morning Blues - I'm Down Now - Jump Little Children Joe Williams - His Spirit Lives On Peter Warfield - Morning Train Blues Dennis McMillon - Going Back Home John Henry Barbee - Six Week Old Blue Carl Martin - Lets Have A New Deal Sonny Boy Johnson - Swimming Pool Blues Gabriel Brown - Black Jack Blues Lost John Hunter - YM & V Blues James Cain - Good Mr. Roosevelt Peter McKinley - Mean Black Snake Blues Classics BC 14 Blues Classics discography 8 1968? Story Of The Blues - New Traditional Guitar Vol. 2 LC Williams - The Lazy 'J' - Fannie Mae Eddie Williams - Right Now - Blues In Cuba - Unfaithful Woman - Houston Jump Leroy Dallas - Baby Please Don't Go Lester Williams - Wintertime Blues - I'm So Happy Lowell Fulson - Scotty's Blues - The Train Is Leaving Lil Son Jackson - Confession Lightnin' Hopkins - Nightmare Blues - Mad Blues - Ain't It A Shame Negro Art M-12-SB-364 (Fr) Negro Art discography 9 1994 Ralph Willis: Complete Recordings Vol. 2 (1950-1953) plus The Complete Leroy Dallas (1949-1962) Ralph Willis - Blues, Blues, Blues - I Got A Letter - Income Tax Blues - Bed Tick Blues - Church Bell Blues - Tell Me Pretty Baby - Tell Me Pretty Baby (alt. tk.) - Goodbye Blues - Lazy Woman Blues - Old Home Blues - Salty Dog - Cold Chills - Amen - Gonna Hop On Down The Line - Do Right - Door Bell Blues - Why'd You Do It Leroy Dallas - I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always - Jump Little Children Jump - Good Morning Blues - I'm Going Away - Your Sweet Man's Blues - Baby Please Don't Go Back To New Orleans - Sweet Man Blues - She Caught The M&O notes by Dave Moore Document DOCD 5257 10 1999 Country Blues Obscurities Little Joe - Keep Your Arms Around Me Leroy Dallas - Jump Little Children Jump Little Sam Davis - Goin To New Orleans L.C. Green - The Sun Was Shining Freddy King - That's What You Think Harmonica Harris - Blues King Mango Henry Smith - Good Rockin' Mama J & J Deuces - Little Woman Blues Eddie Burns - Hello Miss Jessie Lee Buddy Lewis - You've Got Good Business Albert & Charles - Weird Joe Williams - Stack O Dollars Sonny Boy Williams - Alice Mae Blues Harvey Hill Jr. - She Fool Me Joe Hill Louis - Joe's Jump Jesse Belvin - Going Away Baby Sonny Boy Williamson - Another Half A Pint Juke Boy Barner - Rock With Me Baby Clifford King - Want To Jump With You Baby Jessie Pipkin - Work With It Emright - One Of These Days Richard Brothers - Drunk Drivers Comin' John Lee - Down At The Depot - Alabama Boogie no notes, no disco- graphical information Tapper CD T2 = Stompin' CD 319 "Stompin' Vol. 19" with better sound, label shots & notes on all the songs 11 200? Down Home Blues Classics (1943-1953) disc 1 1. Little Mama Boogie - Thunder Smith 2. Cross Country Blues - Frankie Lee Sims 3. Hobo - J.D. Edwards 4. Hole In The Wall - L.C. Williams 5. Rock Island Blues - Leroy Ervin 6. Alley Special - Wright Holmes 7. Quinsella - Sonny Boy Johnson 8. Hattie Green - Dr Hepcat 9. Angel Chile - Andy Thomas 10. Back To Sante Fe - Lee Hunter 11. Rattlesnake Blues - Rattlesnake Cooper 12. Mistreated Blues - Buddy Chiles 13. No One To Love Me - Leroy Johnson 14. Too Many Woman Blues - Willie Lane 15. Locked In Jail Blues - Johnny Beck 16. Wee Wee Hours - Charley Bradix 17. Forgive Me Blues - Jesse James 18. Black Snake Blues - Monister Parker 19. Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore 20. Gambling Blues - Lil Son Jackson 21. Throw A Little Boogie - Manny Nicols 22. Give Me Central 209 - Lightnin' Hopkins 23. Western Rider Blues - Soldier Boy Houston 24. Take It Easy - Nat Terry 25. Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Luther Stoneham disc 2 1. Boogie - Snooky & Moody 2. Hard Times - Floyd Jones 3. Stop Messing Around - Walter Mitchell 4. Cadillac Woman - Robert Richard 5. Big City Blues - Big Maceo 6. Please Don't Think I'm Nosey - Baby Boy Warren 7. Notoriety Woman - Eddie Burns 8. Rolling Stone - Muddy Waters 9. Cut That Out - Junior Wells 10. Crawlin' King Snake - Tony Hollins 11. Crying Won't Help You - Robert Nighthawk 12. Soon One Morning - Rocky Fuller 13. Mean Old World - Little Walter 14. Tired of Crying Over You - Morris Pejoe 15. It Was A Dream - John Brim 16. The Last Time - Jimmy Rogers 17. Sad Story - Blue Smitty 18. Little School Girl - L.C. Greene 19. Something's Wrong With My Lovin' Machine - Robert Henry 20. Brutal Hearted Woman - Johnny Shines 21. I'll Die Tryin' - J.B. Lenoir 22. Looking For A Woman - Little Hudson 23. I Am The Boogie Man - John Lee Hooker 24. She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr. 25. High And Lonesome - Jimmy Reed disc 3 1. She's A Married Woman - Big Joe Williams 2. How Many Years - Howlin Wolf 3. Build Myself A Cave - Mr Honey 4. Mr Ticket Agent - Silver Cooks 5. Creole Gal Blues - Edgar Blanchard 6. Too Late Baby Stick - Horse Hammond 7. Country Boy Blues - Pee Wee Hughes 8. Ardelle - David "Pete" McKinley 9. Cadillac Blues - J.D. Horton 10. Schoolboy Lost - John Hunter 11. Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson 12. 1951 Blues - Luther Huff 13. New Arrival - Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones 14. Dust My Broom - Elmore James 15. Catfish Blues - Bobo Thomas 16. Going Home To Mama - Clarence London 17. Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee 18. Western Union Man Chicago - Sunny Boy 19. After Awhile - Papa Lightfoot 20. Sweet Angel -Earl Hooker 21. Seventy Four Blues - Willie Love 22. Easy - Jimmy & Walter 23. Take A Little Chance - Jimmy DeBarry 24. Make A Little Love - Arthur Big Boy Crudup 25. Goin' To New Orleans - Goin' To New Orleans disc 4 1. Broome Street Blues - Skookle-Dum-Do & Sheffield 2. Black Jack Blues - Gabriel Brown 3. Worried Man Blues - The Blues Boys 4. Income Tax Blues - Ralph Wills 5. Poor Little Angel- Dennis McMillan 6. Broke Down Engine - Blind McTell 7. Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim 8. Number Writer - Dan Pickett 9. She's Gone - Big Boy Ellis 10. Your Sweet Man Blues - Leroy Dallas 11. Blues Mixture - Sticks McGhee 12. Shackles Round My Body - Little David 13. Ticket Agent - Curley Weaver 14. I Got What My Daddy Likes - Marylyn Scott 15. Blind's Blues - John Lee 16. Keep Your Hands Off 'Er - John Tinsley & Fred Holland 17. Awful Shame - Hank Kilroy 18. Lizzie Lou - Doug Quattlebaum 19. Rub A Little Boogie - Duke Bayou 20. So Much Trouble - Brownie McGhee 21. Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim 22. Baby, Let's Have Some Fun - Sonny Terry 23. Rumors About My Baby - Willie Baker 24. Gimme Your Bankroll - Square Walton 25. Shake Baby Shake Champion - Jack Dupree compiled by Neil Slaven 4 CD box Boulevard Vintage 1003 12 2010 New York Blues 1945-1956: Rub A Little Boogie Urban Blues from the Famous and the Forgotten disc 1 Brownie McGhee - Greyhound Bus - Bottom Blues Brownie McGhee & His Jook Block Busters - Brownie's Blues (Lordy Lord) - I'm 10,000 Years Old Brownie McGhee - Don't Dog Your Woman - Daisy Brownie McGhee & His Jook House Rockers - Christina - Worrying Over You - Bluebird, Bluebird - My Confession (I Want To Thank You) - Cheatin' And Lying - Need Someone To Love Me Brownie McGhee - When It's Love Time - I'd Love To Love You - Love's A Disease - My Fault Sonny Terry & His Night Owls - The Woman Is Killing Me Sonny Terry - I Don't Worry - News For You Baby Sonny Terry And His Buckshot Five - Dangerous Woman (With A 45 In Her Hand) - I Love You Baby Sonny Terry & His Night Owls - Doggin' My Heart Around - Harmonica Hop Sonny Terry - Hooray, Hooray - I'm Gonna Rock Your Wig - Hoopin' And Jumpin' - Sonny Is Drinking - Ride And Roll disc 2 Sonny Boy & Lonnie - South West Pacific Blues - Wiggle Round Me Baby - My Baby Blues - The Wide Boogie - I'll Water You Every Day - Bigheaded Woman - Big Moose Blues - Talking Boogie - I Wonder Who's Holding You - Mama Blues Big Chief Ellis - Dices, Dices - Big Chief's Blues - She Is Gone - Dices, Dices Alonzo Scales - My Baby Don't Allow - Left My Home Blues Leroy Dallas - I'm Down Now But I Won't Be Down Always - Jump Little Children Jump - Good Morning Blues - I'm Going Away - Your Sweet Man's Blues - Baby Please Don't Go Back To New Orleans Alonzo Scales - Hard Luck Child - My Baby Likes To Shuffle - We Just Can't Agree - She's Gone Allen Bunn - My Kinda Woman - Too Much Competition disc 3 Bob Gaddy & His Alley Cats - I Believe You Got A Sidekick - Bicycle Boogie Bob Gaddy & His Keys - No Help Wanted - Little Girl's Boogie - Blues Has Walked In My Room - Slow Down Baby Bob Gaddy - Operator - I Love My Baby Bobby Harris - Baby You Say You Love Me - Up And Down The Hill - Drinkin' Little Woman - Love, Love, Love - Friendly Advice - Doggin' Blues Duke Bayou (Champion Jack Dupree) & His Mystic Six - Rub A Little Boogie - That's All Right With Me - She Can Shake It - Doomed Square Walton - Bad Hangover - Gimme Your Bankroll - Fish Tail Blues - Pepper Head Woman Cousin Leroy - Goin' Back Home - Catfish - Will A Matchbox Hold My Clothes - I'm Lonesome - Highway 41 - Waitin' At The Station - Crossroads - Up The River disc 3 Carolina Slim - Mama's Boogie - Come Back Baby - Black Chariot Blues - Pleading Blues - Jivin' Woman - I'll Get By Somehow - Blues Knoscking At My Door - Worry You Off My Mind - Blues Go Away From Me - Shake Boogie - Worrying Blues - Slo-freight Blues - Rag Mama - Sugaree - Carolina Boogie Country Paul - Since I Seen Your Smiling Face - Your Picture Done Faded - Ain't It Sad - One More Time - Mother Dear Mother - Side Walk Boogie - I'll Never Walk In Your Door - Black Cat Trail Lazy Slim Jim - Georgia Woman - Money Blues - Wine Head Baby - (Pour Me) One More Drink 4 CD box JSP 77108 Will be completed and expanded with further details !!! I herewith confess that I do not have the ambition to list each and every CD anthology / compilation containing only one (or two ;-) Leroy Dallas track(s) !!! Sources / Further reading: - own record collection - Sheldon Harris: Blues Who's Who - A Bibliographical Dictionary of Blues Singers.- p. 140 - Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1966 - A complete guide to 20 years of recorded blues.- London/New York 1968.- p. 61 - Mike Leadbitter & Neil Slaven: Blues Records 1943 to 1970 - A selective discography, Vol. one, A to K.- p. 311 - The B&R team: ... and Apocrypha (book review with sample text and "Sittin' in with 522" label).- Blues & Rhythm 34 (1988), p. 13 - eBay auctions - diverse internet resources source of left column picture: eBay auction (image processed by Stefan Wirz)

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