Thursday, March 20, 2014

May Hawks (by Dick Grant)



MAY HAWKS
SESSION DISCOGRAPHY

MAY HAWKS with Lester Thomas and his Southern Pals                                         
                                      United Sound Systems Studio, 2nd Avenue                       Detroit, Mi.:                                                                     Late 1952
Lily May Hawks (vcl/o/dubbed vcl/gtr); Lester Thomas (rhy gtr); Roy Hall (pno);  
                                                                                                                               Producer: Dorothy Summers “Devora” Brown

173-A                  JEALOUS LOVE                                                     Fortune 173-A, Fortune 45-173-A
                          (Dorothy S.Brown) (4 Star Sales-BMI)                                                 Old Homestead OHCD-4042
173-B                  YEAR AFTER YEAR                                                                        Fortune 173-B,               45-173-B
                          (Lester Thomas-Clyde Orr-Don Large) (Trianon Publications BMI) Old Homestead OHCD-4042

NB(1): FORTUNE 173/45-173 reviewed Billboard C&W Saturday 11th July 1953
NB(2): FORTUNE 173/45-173 released Tuesday 14th July 1953.

NOTE: BILLBOARD SATURDAY 11th July 1953- COUNTRY & WESTERN RECORD REVIEWS

MAY HAWKS

FORTUNE 173
JEALOUS LOVE                                        73
An appealing story-ballad, with imaginative lyrics, receives a good performance from the thrush, with the aid of some “dubins.” Side has merit and could get attention with enough exposure. With a more imaginative arrangement this could have been a great side, but it’s still a good one for the market.

YEAR AFTER YEAR                                                                        65
Story ballad is sung adequately by the chantress, but it doesn’t have the freshness of the flip.   

MAY HAWKS The Tennessee Thrush
                                                                                                                               Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1953
(vcl/gtr); Unk (pno); The Spellbinders (chrs);
                                                                                                                               Producer: Donald “Don” Large

L-706-A               NO TEARS LITTLE DARLING                                                            Horizon L-706-A, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
                          ()
L-706-B               I AIN’T NO SPRING CHICKEN                                                                       L-706-B,                           OHCD-4042
                          (May Hawks) (ASCAP)                                            HMC 2013D10    

NB(1): HORIZON L-706 released 1953.
NB(2): HORIZON Records was a division of Don Large Enterprises Inc, Detroit, Mi.

MAY HAWKS with Chuck Hatfield and his Treble-Aires
                                      United Sound Systems Studio, 2nd Avenue                       Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1954
(vcl/gtr); Albert “Al Allen” Punturi (ld gtr); Dorothy “Dee” Cardis (gtr);  Charles E. “Chuck” Hatfield (stl gtr); Raymond “Curly Ray” Cline (fdl);Victor “Vic Cardis” Kardos (fdl); Charles N. “Charlie” Cline (bjo);  Betty Lee “Boots” Gilbert (stg bs) or Ezra Cline (stg bs).                                                                                                                                                          Producer: Devora Brown

178-C                 WASTED YEARS                                                   Fortune 178-A, Fortune 45-178-A
                          ()                                                                                                   Old Homestead OHCD-4042
179-C                 MEET ME DOWN IN NASHVILLE (AT THE OP’RY
                          TONIGHT                                                                                       Fortune 179-B, Fortune 45-179-B, Collector CLCD-2862
                          (Dorothy S. Brown) (Trianon Publications BMI)            Old Homestead OHCD-4042, HMC 2013D10                                                               

NB(1): FORTUNE 178/179 released Tuesday 26th October 1954
NB(2): FORTUNE 45-178/45-179 released Tuesday 26th October 1954.
NB(3): COLLECTOR CLCD-2862 “DETROIT IN THE 1950s, Vol.2.” released Holland 1998.

MAY HAWKS and LESTER THOMAS with Chuck Hatfield and his Treble-Aires-1
MAY HAWKS with Chuck Hatfield and his Treble-Aires-2
                                      United Sound Systems Studio, 2nd Avenue                       Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1954
May Hawks (vcl-3/gtr); Lester Thomas (vcl-4/rhy gtr); Al Allen (ld gtr); Dee Cardis (gtr); Chuck Hatfield (stl gtr); Ray Cline (fdl) or Vic Cardis (fdl); poss Charlie Cline (bjo); Boots Gilbert (stg bs) or Ezra Cline (stg bs).
                                                                                                     .                        Producer: Devora Brown

F-9                     STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT                          -1-3-4                 Fortune 182-A, Fortune 45-182-A
                          ()                                                                                                   Old Homestead OHCD-4042, HMC 2013D10
F-10                   BABY, YOU’RE A BYGONE NOW                            -2-3                    Fortune 182-B, Fortune 45-182-B
                          ()                                                                                                   Old Homestead OHCD-4042,           2013D10

NB: FORTUNE 182/45-182 released Tuesday 9th November 1954.

MAY HAWK                                                                                                             New York City, NY.:                                                                1954
(vcl);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

E4-LB-6184         PASTIME GIRL                                                      X 0084, X 4X-0084, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
                          (Clyde Orr) (Voca ASCAP)                                       Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-071, HMC 2013D10
E4-LB-6185         DON’T LET THEM SEE MY FACE                                                      X 0084, X 4X-0084, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
                          (May Hawks) (Voca ASCAP)                                                             Hillbilly Researcher HBRCD-071, HMC 2013D10

NB(1): X Records Advert Billboard Saturday 22nd January 1955-X 0084/X 4X-0084.
NB(2): X 0084/4X 0084 released Tuesday 25th January 1955.
NB(3): X 0084 reviewed Billboard Reviews of New C&W Records-Saturday 29th January 1955.
NB(4): X Records Advert Billboard Saturday 12th February 1955-X 0084/4X 0084.
NB(5): X Records is a RCA VICTOR subsidiary label.
NB(6): OLD HOMESTEAD OHCD-4042 “A MEMORY OR TWO-1950s RECORDINGS FROM DETROIT’S GOLDEN AGE OF HILLBILLY MUSIC” released 2003.
NB(7): HILLBILLY RESEARCHER HBRCD-071 “HILLBILLIES WITH A APPEAL MASTER” released United Kingdom 2004.

NOTE: BILLBOARD Saturday 29th January 1955 REVIEWS OF NEW C&W RECORDS.

MAY HAWK

X 0084
DON’T LET THEM SEE MY FACE               70
Whether or not this is suitable song material will be judged by listeners. It tells of the ravages of cancer and the hope of being made whole again in the hereafter. A touching performance by the thrush.

PASTIME GIRL                                         68
Her emotions are more serious than his, we are told, in this gently sung weeper. Mighty pleasant singing by May Hawk.                                             

NOTE: BILLBOARD Saturday 5th March 1955 FOLK TALENT AND TUNES

May Hawks, artist and deejay of WJR, Detroit, stopped by for a visit with Thom Hall, WKYW, Louisville, Ky., while en route to Tennessee recently. 

MAY HAWKS      & LES THOMAS 
                                                                                                                              Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1956
(vcl/gtr); Lester Thomas (vcl/rhy gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          JEALOUSY Vs BOSSY                                            (Uniss), Old Homestead OHCD-4042, HMC 2013D10
                          (Clyde Orr-Les Thomas)
103-A                  JEALOUSY Vs BOSSY                                            Coin 103-A,                     OHCD-4042,          2013D10
                          (Clyde Orr-Les Thomas)
103-B                  SOFT LIPS AND POISON KISSES                                                              103-B,                    OHCD-4042,           2013D10
                          ()

NB(1): COIN 103 released September 1956.
NB(2): COIN Records based in North Hollywood, Ca.

MAY HAWKS                                                                                                           Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1957
(vcl/gtr); Lester Thomas (rhy gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

                          HARD TO GET                                                       (Uniss), Old Homestead OHCD-4042
                          ()
                          CARD FROM MY BOUQUET                                                            (Uniss),                           OHCD-4042
                          ()



MAY HAWKS                                                                                                           Detroit, Mi.:                                                                            1957
(vcl/gtr); Lester Thomas (vcl/rhy gtr);
                                                                                                                               Producer:

45-684-A             TALK A LITTLE LOUDER                                         Starday 45-684-A, Old Homestead OHCD-4042
                          (May Hawks-Les Thomas) (Starrite-BMI)                                             B.A.C.M. CD D-395, HMC 2013D10
45-684-B             FOREVER AND A DAY                                           Starday 45-684-B,                           OHCD-4042
                          (May Hawks-Les Thomas) (Starrite-BMI)                                             HMC 2013D10

NB(1): STARDAY 45-684 released December 1957.
NB(2): STARDAY 45-684 reviewed Billboard C&W Monday 27th January 1958.
NB(3): STARDAY 45-684 is a STARDAY custom pressing.
NB(4): B.A.C.M. CD D-395 “CUSTOM MADE HILLBILLY, Vol.3.” released United Kingdom 2012.
NB(5): HMC HMC 2013D10 “HILLBILLY FAVORITES, Vol.9.” released 2013.


DISCOGRAPHY compiled by DICK GRANT, MALCOM CHAPMAN, AL TURNER  & DAVE SAX with acknowledgements to Barry John, Craig Maki, Keith Cady, Mario Mancioti, Thieu Van De Vorst & Frantisek Frank.

2005-2014.











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