Korn Kobblers

2nd version

By Tony Russell, Michel Ruppli, Praguefrank

SESSIONS
October 1939 poss. New York City – Korn Kobblers (Harry Turen, Charlie Koenig, Howard McElroy, Nels Laakso, Stan Fritts, Marty Gold)
001 US-1009 TAKE ME TO THE LAND OF JAZZ Varsity 8255 Montgomery Ward 10078
002 US-1010-1 TRUMPET BLUES Varsity 8105 Montgomery Ward 10082 Hit 8037 H-108/ MM 13270
003 US-1011-1 DON'T GIVE ME NO GOOSE FOR CHRISTMAS, GRANDPA Varsity 8097 Montgomery Ward 10083/ MM 13270
004 US-1012-1 FIVE FOOT TWO, EYES OF BLUE Varsity 8249 Montgomery Ward 10079 Hit 8035 H-108/ MM 13270
005 US-1013-1 CHEATIN' ON YOUR BABY Varsity 8105 Montgomery Ward 10082 Hit 8038 H-108/ MM 13270
006 US-1014 OVER THE WAVES Varsity 8277
007 US-1015-1 FLOATING KIDNEY Varsity 8115 Montgomery Ward 10081 Hit 8036 H-108
008 US-1016-1 MY GEE GEE FROM THE FIJI ISLES Varsity 8115 Montgomery Ward 10081
009 US-1017 DARKTOWN STRUTTER'S BALL Varsity 8277
010 US-1018-1 HOW YOU GONNA KEEP 'EM DOWN ON THE FARM Varsity 8124 Montgomery Ward 10080
011 US-1019-1 WHEN YOU WORE A TULIP Varsity 8249 Montgomery Ward 10079 Hit 8037 H-108/MM 13270
012 US-1020-1 OH YOU BEAUTIFUL DOLL Varsity 8093 8384 Montgomery Ward 10084 Hit 8035 H-108/ MM 13270
013 US-1021? SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAL Varsity 8407 Hit 8036 H-108
014 US-1022 I'M SITTING ON TOP OF THE WORLD Varsity 8255 Montgomery Ward 10078
015 US-1023-1 AIN'T SHE SWEET Varsity 8124 Montgomery Ward 10080 Elite 5041/ MM 13270
016 US-1024-1 SHIRT TAIL STOMP [STOMPING THE STOMP*] Varsity 8097 8407* Montgomery Ward 10083 Hit 8038 H-108
017 US-1025 NIGHT LIFE POLKA Varsity 8384
018 US-1025 unknown title
019 US-1027 unknown title
020 US-1028-1 OH JOHNNY OH Varsity 8093 Montgomery Ward 10084
15 September 1941 New York City - Korn Kobblers
021 CO 31345 FRIENDLY TAVERN POLKA Okeh 06468
022 CO 31346 WHEN IT’S HOG CALLING TIME IN THE VALLEY 06468
023 CO 31347 DON’T GIVE ME NO GOOSE FOR CHRISTMAS 06477 20517
024 CO 31348 CHEATIN‘ ON YOUR BABY 06477 20517
1944 unknown – Korn Kobblers (vcl: Stan Fritts)
025 7320A I LOVE HER JUST THE SAME Beacon 7320
026 7320B WHY DOES A BEE LIKE HIS HONEY? Beacon 7320

1945 unknown – Korn Kobblers

027 PAW'S WORD IS LAW UP IN THE HILLS Joe Davis 7321

028 THE PICK SONG 7321

029 I’M IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND EFFECTS MAN Joe Davis 7322

030 IF YOU DON’T WRITE YOU’RE WRONG 7322

ca. March 1945 poss. New York City – Korn Kobblers
031 T 535 GOTTA BE THIS OF THAT Majestic 7149
032 T 536 THAT‘S FOR ME 7149
033 T 537/2550 SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME 7150
034 T 538/2551 THE CONTINENTAL 7150
035 T 539 POLLY WOLLY DOODLE Majestic 1036 V Disc 492
036 T 540 HORSES DON'T BET ON PEOPLE Majestic 1015/ MM 13270
037 T 541 SYLVIA Majestic 1015 1062 V Disc 492
038 T 542 OUR RED HEN Majestic 1036 1062
ca. October 1945 poss. New York City – Korn Kobblers
039 T 591 I DON'T CARE IF I NEVER GO TO BED Majestic 1025
040 T 592 THE OLD SQUARE DANCE IS BACK AGAIN Majestic 1025
27 January 1947 [12:00-16:00] WOR Radio Station Studio, New York City - Korn Kobblers
041 47-S-50 LET'S GO BACK AND KISS THE GIRLS GOOD-NIGHT AGAIN 10022
042 47-S-51 THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN (AND THE LIGHT TURNED RED)10008 K 12764/ MM 13270
043 47-S-52 I WISH I COULD SHIMMY LIKE MY SISTER KATE 10022/ MM 13270
044 47-S-53 DON'T SHOOT THE BARTENDER (HE’S HALF SHOT NOW) 10008 K 12764/ MM 13270
26 May 1947 [10:30-13:30] WOR Radio Station Studio, New York City – Korn Kobblers
045 47-S-155 WHEN THE CIRCUS COME TO TOWN 10079 MGM-13/Lion L 70107
046 47-S-156 WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF 10077 MGM-13/Lion L 70107
047 47-S-157 THREE BLIND MICE 10077 MGM-13/Lion L 70107
049 47-S-158 THE BARNYARD BAND 10080 MGM-13/Lion L 70107
049 47-S-159 WHISTLER AND HIS DOG 10078 MGM-13/Lion L 70107
050 47-S-160 CHOPSTICKS 10079 MGM-13/Lion L 70107
051 47-S-161 MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB 10078 MGM-13/Lion L 70107
052 47-S-162 MYRTLE THE TURTLE AND FLIP THE FROG 10080 MGM-13/Lion L 70107 MM 13270
29 May 1947 [16:00-19:00] WOR Radio Station Studio, New York City – Korn Kobblers
053 47-S-167 WHY DID I TEACH MY GIRL TO DRIVE 10055/ MM 13270
054 47-S-168 I CAN'T GET OFFA MY HORSE 10055/ MM 13270
September 1947 WOR Radio Station Studio, New York City – Korn Kobblers
055 47-S-286 CITY SIF YOU'RE CHEATIN' ON YOUR BABY 10093
056 47-S-287 HORRAY, HORRAY, I'M GOIN' AWAY 10384
057 47-S-288 DARDANELLA 10093/ MM 13270
059 47-S-289 SINCE THEY STOLE THE SPITTOON 10190/ MM 13270
31 October 1947 [12:00-16:00] WOR Radio Station Studio 3, New York City – Korn Kobblers
060 47-S-365 25 CHICKENS, 32 COWS 10217
061 47-S-366 THE DOOM DOT SONG 10120
062 47-S-367 THE THOUSAND ISLAND SONG 10136
063 47-S-368 I'M A-COMIN' A-COURTIN' CORABELLE 10120
24 November 1947 [11:00-14:00] WOR Radio Station Studio 3, New York City – Korn Kobblers
064 47-S-435 WE GOT TO PUT SHOES ON WILLIS 10324/ MM 13270
065 47-S-436 DRIFTING AND DREAMING 10278/ MM 13270
28 November 1947 [12:00-15:00] WOR Radio Station Studio 3, New York City – Korn Kobblers
066 47-S-461 I WANNA BE A COWBOY IN THE MOVIES 10217
067 47-S-462 THE SAMPLE SONG 10190
068 47-S-463 I'LL LEND YOU EVERYTHING I'VE GOT EXCEPT MY WIFE unissued
069 47-S-434 NEVER MAKE EYES (AT GALS WITH GUYS BIGGER THAN YOU) 10324
13 December 1947 [13:00-16:30] WOR Radio Station Studio 3, New York City – Korn Kobblers
070 47-S-545 I'M MY OWN GRANDPAW 10136/ MM 13270
28 December 1947 [10:30-15:00] WOR Radio Station Studio 3, New York City – Korn Kobblers
071 47-S-668 KOBBLE RHUMBA 10278
072 47-S-669 THE GOODNIGHT SONG 10432
8 February 1949 [14:00-18:00] WMGM Radio Station Studio C, New York City – Korn Kobblers
073 49-S-70 MINNESOTA POLKA 10402
074 49-S-71 CLANCEY LOWERED THE BOOM 10384/ MM 13270
075 49-S-72 LAND O' LAKES SWEETHEART 10402
24 March 1949 [13:30-16:30] WMGM Radio Station Studio C, New York City – Korn Kobblers
076 49-S-154 SQUARE DANCE unissued
077 49-S-155 SAN 10432
078 49-S-156 TRAVELING MEN ARE TRAVELING AGAIN 10531
May 1949 New York City – Korn Kobblers
079 49-S-202 UP IN THE BALCONY 10531/ MM 13270
7 June 1950 [14:00-17:00] WMGM Radio Station Studio D, New York City – Korn Kobblers
080 50-S-197 LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART unissued
081 50-S-198 LET‘S GO TO THE MOVIES K10803
082 50-S-199 THE WANG WANG BLUES K10803
083 50-S-200 IDA, SWEET AS APPLE CIDER unissued

ALBUMS
Lion L70107 A Kiddie Koncert: Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?; Whistler And His Dog; Mary Had A Little Lamb; When The Circus Comes To Town;Chopsticks; Myrtle The Turtle And Flip The Frog; The Barnyard Band – 04-59 (originally issued on 78 RPM album MGM-13 in October 1947)
Music and Memories 13270 The Korn Kobblers: When You Wore a Tulip; Up in the Balcony; Myrtle the Turtle And Flip the Frog; Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue; I'm My Own Grandpa; I Can't Get offa My Horse; If You're Cheating on Your Baby; Oh You Beautiful Doll; I Wish I could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate; The Light Turned Green (And the Light Turned Red); Drifting and Dreaming; Ain't She Sweet; Since They Stole The Spitoon; Trumpet Blues; Never Make Eyes (At Gals With Guys Bigger Than You); W Got to put Shoes On Willie; Horses Don't Bet on People; Clancy Lowered the Boom; Why Did I Teach My Girl to Drive; Dardanella; Don't Shoot the Bartender (He's Half Shot Now); Don't Give Me No Goose For Christmas, Grandma - 93
Sagamore [UK] S 731 A Real Earful: Ain't She Sweet; Clancy Lowered The Boom; Dardanella; Don't Give Me No Goose For Christmas Grandma;Don't Shoot The Bartender He's Half Shot Now; Drifting And Dreaming; Five Foot Two Eyes Of Blue; Floating Kidney; Horses Don't Bet On People; I Can't Get Offa My Horse; I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate; If You're Cheating On Your Baby; I'm My Own Grandpa; Myrtle The Turtle And Flip The Frog; Never Make Eyes At Gals With Guys Bigger Than You; Oh You Beautiful Doll; Shirt Tail Stomp; Since They Stole The Spitoon; Somebody Stole My Gal; The Light Turned Green And The Light Turned Red; Trumpet Blues; Up In The Balcony; We Got To Put Shoes On Willie; When You Wore A Tulip;) Why Did I Teach My Girl To Drive - 03
Sagamore [UK] S 732 Airtime Volume 1:A Kiss In The Dark; A Little Gift Of Roses; And The Angels Sing; Apache Dance; Biding My Time;By The Light Of The Silvery Moon; Come Back To Erin; Dear Old Girl; Diane; Drifting And Dreaming; Girl Of My Dreams; I'll Always Be In Love With You; I'm Counting On The Moon; Just A Cottage By A Waterfall; Kiss Me Again; Laugh Clown Laugh; Melody In F; Moonlight On The Ganges; Over The Waves; Play Fiddle Play; Russian Lullaby; Shuffle Off To Buffalo; Sophisticated Lady; The Anvil Chorus; The Goodnight Song; The Vamp; There's No Place Like Home; Under The Double Eagle; When The Blue Of The Night;) Your Eyes Have Told Me So - 03
Sagamore [UK] S 733 Airtime Volume 2: A Little Bit Of Heaven; Alabama Bound; Annie Laurie; Barcarolle; Blues; By The Waters Of The Minnetonka Crying For The Carolines; Dear Old Pal; Dreamy Melody; Egyptianella; I Wonder What's Become Of Sally;) I'm A Dreamer Aren't We All; Jolly Miller; Just A Little Love, A Little Kiss; Kiss Waltz; Love Letters In The Sand; Memories; One Kiss; Paderewski's Paraphrase On The Minuet; Riff Song; Sailing Sailing; Silver Threads Among The Gold; Take Me In Your Arms; The Breeze And I; The Kiss; The Woman In A Shoe Had A Family; Tonight You Belong To Me; What Is This Thing Called Love; Yankee Rose - 03

EPs

V Disc (1945)

492 [Harry "The Hipster" Gibson:]  You Can Say That Again;  Zoot Gibson Strides Again / [The Korn Kobblers:]  Sylvia;  Pollywolly Doodle – 08-45 (Majestic tracks)

SINGLES
Varsity (1939)
8093 Oh Johnny Oh / Oh You Beautiful Doll – 39 (reissued on Montgomery Ward 10084)
8097 Don't Give Me No Goose For Christmas / Shirt Tail Stomp – 39 (reissued on Montgomery Ward 10083)
8105 Trumpet Blues / Cheatin' On Your Baby – ca 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward 10082)
8115 My Gee Gee From The Fiji Isles / Floating Kidney – 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward 10081)
8124 Ain't She Sweet / How You Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm – 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward 10080)
8249 When You Wore A Tulip / Five Foot Two – 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward 10079)
8255 Take Me To The Land Of Jazz / I'm Sitting On Top Of The World – 40 (reissued on Montgomery Ward 10078)
8277 Darktown Strutter's Ball / Over The Waves – 40

8384 Night Life Polka / Oh You Beaurtiful Doll – 40

8407 Stomping The Stomp / Somebody Stole My Gal

Elite

5041 Trumpet Blues / Ain’t She Sweet – 10-42 (reissue)
Hit (all reissues, all issued also on 78 RPM album H-109)
8035 Oh You Beautiful Doll / Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue
8036 Somebody Stole My Gal / Floating Kidney
8037 When You Wore A Tulip / Trumpet Blues
8038 Shirt Tail Stomp / Cheatin' On Your Baby
Columbia (1941)
OKeh
06468 Friendly Tavern Polka / When It’s Hog Calling Time In The Valley - 41
06477 Don’t Give Me No Goose For Christmas / Cheatin‘ On Your Baby – 11-41 (reissued on Columbia 20517 in 1948)

Beacon (1944)

7320 I Love Her Just The Same / Why Does A Bee Like His Honey – 11-44 (ad. Nov. 25)

Joe Davis (1945)

7321 Paw's Word is Law Up in the Hills / The Pick Song - 45

7322 I’m In love With The Sound Effects Man / If You Don’t Write You’re Wrong – 06-45 (rev. June 16)
Majestic (1945)
7149 Gotta Be This Of That / That's For Me – 08-45 (rev. Aug. 11)
7150 Someone To Watch Over Me / The Continental – 08-45 (rev. Sept. 22)
1015 Sylvia / Horses Don't Bet On People – 09-45
1025 The Old Square Dance Is Back Again / I Don't Care If I Never Go To Bed – 12-45 (rev. Dec. 29)
1036 Polly Wolly Doodle / Our Red Hen – 04-46 (rev. Apr. 20)
1062 Our Red Hen / Sylvia (reissue) - 46
MGM (1947-49)
10008 Don't Shoot The Bartender (He's Half Shot Now) / The Light Turned Green (And The Light Turned Red) – 02-47 (rev. March 15)
10022 Let's Go Back And Kiss The Girls Good-Night Again / I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate - 05-47
10055 I Can't Get Off My Horse / Why Did I Teach My Girl To Drive – 07-47
10077 Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf? / Three Blind Mice – 09-47
10078 Whistler And His Dog / Mary Had A Little Lamb – 09-47
10079 When The Circus Comes To Town / Chopsticks – 09-47
10080 Myrtle The Turtle And Flip The Frog / The Barnyard Band – 09-47
10093 Dardanella / City Sif You're Cheatin' On Your Baby – 10-47
10120 The Dum Dot Song / I'm A-Comin' A-Courtin' Corabelle - 12-47 (rev. Dec. 20)
10136 The Thousand Island Song / I’m My Own Grandpaw – 01-48 (rev. Jan. 31)
10190 The Sample Song / Since They Stole The Spittoon – 05-48 (rev. May 15)
10217 I Wanna Be A Cowboy In The Movies / Twenty-Five Chickens, Thirty-Five Cows - 07-48
10278 Kobble Rhumba / Drifting And Dreaming – 09-48
10324 We Got To Put Shoes On Willie / Never Make Eyes (Art The Gals With Guys Bigger Than You) – 11-48 (rev. Dec. 4)
10384 Horray, Horray, I’m Goin‘ Away / Clancey Lowered The Boom - 03-49 (rev. March 26)
10402 Minnesota Polka / Land O' Lakes Sweetheart – 04-49
10432 San / The Goodnight Song – 05-49 (rev. May 28)
10531 Traveling Men Are Traveling Again / Up In The Balcony – 10-49
K 10803 Let’s Go To The Movies / The Wang Wang Blues – 09-50 (rev. Oct. 7)
K 12764 Don’t Shoot The Bartender / The Light Turned Green – 02-59