Joe Walsh born 1947
Elvis’ bass player! Lots of early 60’s instrumental albums! “The Untouchable Sound”!!
LP BASIC BLACK COLUMBIA US CS 1055 1970 11 TRKS
LP BEAT GOES ON, THE HI US SHL 32041 1968 12 TRKS
LP BILL BLACK’S RECORD HOP HI US SHL 32006 1961? 12 TRKS
LP BLACK LACE HI US SHL 32033 1966? 12 TRKS
LP BLACK WITH SUGAR COLUMBIA US CS 9849 1970? 11 TRKS
LP GOES BIG BAND HI US SHL 32020 1965? 12 TRKS
LP GOES WEST HI US SHL 32013 1963? 12 TRKS
LP GREATEST HITS HI US HL 12012 1962? 12 TRK Collection, mono
LP GREATEST HITS Vol. 2 HI US XSHL 32078 1973 10 TRK Collection
LP IT’S HONKY TONK TIME HI US SHL 32104 1976 10 TRKS
LP KING OF THE ROAD HI US SHL 12036 1967 12 TRKS
LP MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE HI US HLP 8004 1977 10 TRKS
LP MORE BILL BLACK MAGIC HI US SHL 32061 1971 12 TRKS
LP MORE SOLID & RAUNCHY HI US SHL 32023 1965 12 TRKS
LP MOVIN’ HI US SHL 32005 1961? 12 TRKS
LP MR. BEAT HI US SHL 32027 1965 12 TRKS
LP PLAYS ALL-TIMERS HI US SHL 32032 1966 12 TRKS
LP PLAYS THE BLUES HI US SHL 32015 1964? 12 TRKS
LP PLAYS TUNES BY CHUCK BERRY HI US SHL 32017 1964? 12 TRKS
LP RAINDROPS KEEP FALLIN’ ON MY HEAD COLUMBIA US CS 9957 1970? 11 TRKS
LP SAXY JAZZ HI US SHL 32002 1960? 12 TRKS “Smokie” LP, 2nd version
LP SMOKIE HI US HL 12001 1959? 12 TRKS mono
LP SOLID & COUNTRY HI US SHL 32088 1974 10 TRKS
LP SOLID AND RAUNCHY HI US SHL 32003 1960? 12 TRKS
LP SOLID AND RAUNCHY THE 3RD HI US SHL 32052 1969 11 TRKS
LP SOULIN’ THE BLUES HI US SHL 32047 1969 12 TRKS
LP THAT WONDERFUL FEELING HI US SHL 32004 1960? 12 TRKS
LP TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT HI US SHL 32044 1968 11 TRKS
LP UNTOUCHABLE SOUND, THE HI US SHL 32009 1963? 12 TRKS
LP WORLD’S GREATEST HONKY-TONK BAND HI US SHL 32093 1975 10 TRKS
Think: roller rink, Houston, TX 1962!
Liner notes of CD’s tell me that this stuff ruled the jukeboxes of the world for a few years. If I was standing in a pizza parlour with a jukebox and I had some quarters, I’d pick a few songs that are probably found on the “Greatest Hits” of the Bill Black Combo.
The line-up of the band kept changing. Mr. Black died in 1965, but that didn’t stop the Bill Black Combo LP’s coming out! No, the list here isn’t “everything”, but it’s quite a lot! And I do have TONS of 45’s, jukebox EP’s etc.
There is a now-forgotten lore of the zen of instrumental bands releasing tons of records. Even if there was a new band copying this business model, they’d be hard pressed to release as many records as the Bill Black Combo, in the same period of time.
… and if my memory serves me well (and sometimes it DOES!)… you would get 6 plays for that quarter! 🙂