Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records

Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records

Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records

ASIN: B00077F6L4

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Everlasting Love - Barbara Pittman
2. What Are You Gonna Do Now - Miller Sisters
3. Blond in a Red Velvet - Charlotte Smith
See all 30 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2
1. I Wanna Rock [2] - Miller Sisters
2. Ten Cats Down - Barbara Pittman
3. Titles Will Tell
See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3
1. House of Sin - Wanda Ballman
2. Honky Tonk Girl - Wanda Ballman
3. Heartbreak Girl
See all 30 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4
1. 24 Hours Every Day [1] - Barbara Pittman
2. Old Brother Jack
3. Love Is a Gamble [1] - Big Memphis Marainey
See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5
1. It Only Hurts for a Little While
2. Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues
3. Have You Ever Been Lonely [Demo Version] - The Sunrays, Sunrays
See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 6
1. Cold, Cold Heart - Barbara Pittman
2. No Matter Who's to Blame [Alternate 2] - Mary Johnson
3. Mood Indigo
See all 25 tracks on this disc

Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records,Various Artists,Bear Family,Close Harmony,Country Boogie,Traditional Country
Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Fabulous pop-culture history; so-so music
 Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006BC5V
Release Date: 2002-06-26

Tracks:

  1. Everlasting Love - Barbara Pittman
  2. What Are You Gonna Do Now - Miller Sisters
  3. Blond in a Red Velvet - Charlotte Smith
  4. Rock 'N' Roll Simmon Tree [2] - Linda Gail Lewis
  5. Voice of a Fool - Kirby Sisters
  6. Five More Minutes [Demo Version] - Wanda Ballman
  7. Someone to Love - Miller Sisters
  8. Handsome Man [Undubbed] - Kirby Sisters
  9. Sentimental Fool [1] - Maggie Sue Wimberly
  10. While I'm Trying - Mikki Milan
  11. Sweetest Guy - Hannah Fay
  12. Chains of Love [1] - Barbara Pittman
  13. Miracle of You [1] - Mikki Wilcox
  14. Talk Baby Talk [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
  15. Chilly Bones [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
  16. Diamond Mine [Demo Version] - Sherry Crane
  17. I Just Discovered Boys [Demo Version] - Bobbie & The Boys
  18. To Tell the Truth - Linda Gail Lewis
  19. C. C. Rider - Charlotte Smith
  20. Ten Cats Down - Barbara Pittman
  21. I Need a Man - Barbara Pittman
  22. Sentimental Fool [3] - The Sunrays, Sunrays
  23. Love Is a Stranger
  24. Wear Your Ring Around My Neck - Linda Gail Lewis
  25. Sittin' and Thinkin' - Patsy Holcomb
  26. I Wanna Rock [1] - Patsy Holcomb
  27. Oo That's Good - Barbara Pittman
  28. I'm Getting Better All the Time [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
  29. Eleventh Commandment - Kirby Sisters
  30. I Just Discovered Boys - Patsy Holcomb

Tracks:

  1. I Wanna Rock [2] - Miller Sisters
  2. Ten Cats Down - Barbara Pittman
  3. Titles Will Tell - Mikki Milan
  4. Baby - Barbara Pittman
  5. Sentimental Fool [2] - Wanda Ballman
  6. Ain't Got a Worry - Barbara Pittman
  7. I'm Getting Better All the Time [Alternate Take] - Patsy Holcomb
  8. Oo That's Good [2] - Miller Sisters
  9. Chains of Love [Alternate Take] - Maggie Sue Wimberly
  10. Ain't Nothing Shaking - Bobbie & The Boys
  11. These Silly Blues - The Sunrays, Sunrays
  12. Love Is a Stranger [Alternate Take] - Maggie Sue Wimberly
  13. Rock 'N' Roll Simmon Tree [1] - Gloria Brady
  14. I'm on My Way [Demo Version] - Hannah Fay
  15. Miracle of You [2] - Bobbie Jean Barton
  16. I Won't Worry - Bobbie Jean Barton
  17. Take a Tip - Patsy Holcomb
  18. You're Free to Go
  19. Mexican Rock 'N' Roll [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
  20. Blond in Red Velvet - Mikki Milan
  21. Nothing to Compare - Miller Sisters
  22. Got You on My Mind - Barbara Pittman
  23. Just One Day - Barbara Pittman
  24. I Forgot to Remember to Forget - Bobbie Jean Barton
  25. What Are You Gonna Do Now - Bobbie Jean Barton
  26. I Just Discovered Boys - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes

Tracks:

  1. House of Sin - Wanda Ballman
  2. Honky Tonk Girl - Wanda Ballman
  3. Heartbreak Girl - Gloria Brady
  4. Honey, Tell Me Some More - Kirby Sisters
  5. I've Got the Craziest Feeling - Kirby Sisters
  6. You'll Always Belong to Me - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
  7. Gonna Romp and Stomp [Alternate Take] - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
  8. I've Never Been So Blue [1] - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
  9. Uncertain Love - Maggie Sue Wimberly
  10. They Who Condemn - Maggie Sue Wimberly
  11. How Long - Maggie Sue Wimberly
  12. Daydreams Come True - Miller Sisters
  13. There's No Right Way - Patsy Holcomb
  14. You Can Tell Me - Miller Sisters
  15. Woody - Miller Sisters
  16. Someday You Will Pay - Miller Sisters
  17. You Didn't Think I Would - Miller Sisters
  18. Chatter - Miller Sisters
  19. Look What You've Done - Miller Sisters
  20. I Know I Can't Forget You - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
  21. I've Never Been So Blue [2] - Sterling Sisters
  22. No Letter Today [Demo Version]
  23. How's the World Treating You - Barbara Pittman
  24. I've Got the Craziest Feeling - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
  25. Gonna Romp and Stomp - Sterling Sisters
  26. I Saw a Man [Demo Version] - Jean Hornbeck
  27. Bound for That Kingdom [Demo Version]
  28. House of Gold - Hannah Fay
  29. Do You Know Jesus - Townsel Sisters
  30. More Like Jesus - Bonnie Turner

Tracks:

  1. 24 Hours Every Day [1] - Barbara Pittman
  2. Old Brother Jack - Bette Kirby
  3. Love Is a Gamble [1] - Big Memphis Marainey
  4. So Tired [1] - Jean Chapel
  5. Call Me Anything - Mikki Wilcox
  6. Call Me Anything - Mikki Wilcox
  7. I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight - Mikki Wilcox
  8. I Know What It Means [Demo Version] - Dusty Brooks, Janie McFadden
  9. I Know What It Means - Jean Dee
  10. Willing and Waiting - Barbara Pittman
  11. Two Blue Devils
  12. Nothing Down
  13. Handsome Man
  14. Handsome Man - Alice Leslie
  15. Baby No! No! - Big Memphis Marainey
  16. Listen [Demo Version] - Gloria Brady
  17. Welcome to the Club - Jean Chapel
  18. You Send Me
  19. Good to Me - Bonnie Turner
  20. Way Down in the Congo - Bonnie Turner
  21. Love Is a Gamble [2] - Bette Kirby
  22. So Tired [2] - Sterling Sisters
  23. St. Louis Blues [Demo Version] - Mikki Milan
  24. 24 Hours Every Day - Juanita Brown
  25. Heaven or Fire - Bobbie Jean Barton
  26. I'd Rather Hurt - Miller Sisters

Tracks:

  1. It Only Hurts for a Little While - Mikki Wilcox
  2. Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues - Dottie Abbott
  3. Have You Ever Been Lonely [Demo Version] - The Sunrays, Sunrays
  4. Lonely Hours - Mikki Wilcox
  5. My Blue Heaven - Mikki Milan
  6. Picture - Mary Johnson
  7. River of No Return - Miller Sisters
  8. No Matter Who's to Blame [Alternate 1] - Mikki Wilcox
  9. Sentimental Journey - Gwen McEwan
  10. Steady Freddie [Demo Version] - Jean Dee,
  11. My Greatest Hurt - Mikki Wilcox
  12. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Miller Sisters
  13. Finders Keepers - Mary Johnson
  14. My Heart Is a Chapel - Teenangels
  15. Tell Me, My Love - Mikki Wilcox
  16. All Right, OK, You Win - Mikki Milan
  17. Somehow Without You - Hannah Fay
  18. So Many Beautiful Men - Miller Sisters
  19. Finders Keepers [Alternate Take] - Gwen McEwan
  20. We'll Have a Ball [Demo Version] - Juanita Brown
  21. That's When I'll Stop Loving You - Mikki Wilcox
  22. Where Are You? - Barbara Pittman
  23. No Matter Who's to Blame - Magel Priesman
  24. I Feel So Blue - Barbara Pittman

Tracks:

  1. Cold, Cold Heart - Barbara Pittman
  2. No Matter Who's to Blame [Alternate 2] - Mary Johnson
  3. Mood Indigo - Gloria Brady
  4. Two Young Fools in Love - Barbara Pittman
  5. Two Young Fools in Love [Demo Version] - Jeanne Newman
  6. Two Young Fools in Love - Jeanne Newman
  7. Thanks a Lot - Bobbie Jean Barton
  8. You Burned the Bridges [Demo Version] - Bobbie Jean Barton
  9. You Burned the Bridges - Jeanne Newman
  10. Boy I Met Today - Townsel Sisters
  11. Whole Night Through - Bobbie Jean Barton
  12. Cheaters Never Win - Jeanne Newman
  13. Cheaters Never Win - Gloria Brady
  14. Take My Sympathy - Anita Wood
  15. I'll Wait Forever - Anita Wood
  16. I Can't Show How I Feel - Barbara Pittman
  17. I'm Getting Better All the Time - Mary Johnson
  18. Your Cheatin' Heart - Jeanne Newman
  19. Danny's Dream - Jeanne Newman
  20. Yellow Roses - Jeanne Newman
  21. Paper of Pins - Magel Priesman
  22. Memories of You [Demo Version] - Magel Priesman
  23. Memories of You - Dottie Abbott
  24. Willie Willie - Sherry Crane
  25. Winnie the Parakeet - Bobbie Jean Barton

Album Description

Full title, Memphis Belles - The Women Of Sun Records. Including over 150 tracks from nearly 40 different singers, all documented with a wealth of unpublished photos and an essay by Sun Label historian Hank Davis. Artists include Barbara Pittman, Linda Gail Lewis (Jerry Lee's little sister), Patsy Holcomb, Bobbie Jean Barton, The Miller Sisters and many more. Bear Family. 2002.

Album Details

Another Exhaustive Collection of all the Women that Sam Phillips Put Behind a Mic at the Famed Sun Recording Studio. 6CD'S plus a Deluxe 12x12 Book.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fabulous pop-culture history; so-so music.......2004-06-10

This is an amazing and historically significant 6-CD set that gathers together all the songs ever recorded by female artists on the legendary Sun Records label during its brief and glorious reign in the early years of rock'n'roll. To be honest, these are mostly marginal performances, demo-y sessions from a flock of gals of variable talent, with material ranging from triplet-heavy pop vocals and proto-girl group weepers to awkward hillbilly numbers and a surprisingly solid cache of little-known blues sides. There was very little of the raw rockabilly that the label's male artists made so famous -- if you're looking for some obscure, unremembered Janis Martin or Wanda Jackson type, this set will come as a bit of a letdown. But as a glimpse into the creative process at Sun, hearing their house bands back the gals up is a pretty fascinating exercise -- and there are certainly several gems scattered throughout the collection. (These tunes could probably be condensed down to a single-disc set that would still have a mediocre air about it, but would give more bang for the buck. But then the authoritative, archival quality of the collection would be lost, and that would be a shame.) There are tantalizing glimpses of lost opportunities: some of the most promising rockers never really got a fair shot, gals like Gloria Brady, who apparently only got to record a handful of demos, but never waxed a proper single. Jerry Lee Lewis's little sister, Linda Gail Lewis emerges clearly ahead of the pack with a couple of ripsnorters, but really it's the forlorn, amateur-hour quality that makes many of these tracks so charming, and the clear emulation of other artists, particularly the heavy presence of Dinah Washington hovering over the robust vocals on the fourth disc, "Blues," and the taunting awareness of how much more vibrant --and more successful -- the sides recorded by the boys had been.

The packaging of this set should also be noted... What the box set lacks in musical punch, it more than makes up for in scholarship and presentation -- the enclosed squarebound booklet is an impressive coffeetable collection, with copious liner notes and archival photos and extensive biographical entries for each of the artists. These gals might not have shaken up the world with their chart action, but they still occupy a unique and significant place in the heart of American popular culture, and this box set certainly does their legacy up right. If you're a 'Fifties rock or pop music fan, it's certainly worth checking this set out.
Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records
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    		Memphis Belles: The Women of Sun Records
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Bear Family
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00077F6L4
    Release Date: 2002-08-13

    Tracks:

    1. Everlasting Love - Barbara Pittman
    2. What Are You Gonna Do Now - Miller Sisters
    3. Blond in a Red Velvet - Charlotte Smith
    4. Rock 'N' Roll Simmon Tree [2] - Linda Gail Lewis
    5. Voice of a Fool - Kirby Sisters
    6. Five More Minutes [Demo Version] - Wanda Ballman
    7. Someone to Love - Miller Sisters
    8. Handsome Man [Undubbed] - Kirby Sisters
    9. Sentimental Fool [1] - Maggie Sue Wimberly
    10. While I'm Trying - Mikki Milan
    11. Sweetest Guy - Hannah Fay
    12. Chains of Love [1] - Barbara Pittman
    13. Miracle of You [1] - Mikki Wilcox
    14. Talk Baby Talk [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
    15. Chilly Bones [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
    16. Diamond Mine [Demo Version] - Sherry Crane
    17. I Just Discovered Boys [Demo Version] - Bobbie & The Boys
    18. To Tell the Truth - Linda Gail Lewis
    19. C. C. Rider - Charlotte Smith
    20. Ten Cats Down - Barbara Pittman
    21. I Need a Man - Barbara Pittman
    22. Sentimental Fool [3] - The Sunrays, Sunrays
    23. Love Is a Stranger
    24. Wear Your Ring Around My Neck - Linda Gail Lewis
    25. Sittin' and Thinkin' - Patsy Holcomb
    26. I Wanna Rock [1] - Patsy Holcomb
    27. Oo That's Good - Barbara Pittman
    28. I'm Getting Better All the Time [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
    29. Eleventh Commandment - Kirby Sisters
    30. I Just Discovered Boys - Patsy Holcomb

    Tracks:

    1. I Wanna Rock [2] - Miller Sisters
    2. Ten Cats Down - Barbara Pittman
    3. Titles Will Tell - Mikki Milan
    4. Baby - Barbara Pittman
    5. Sentimental Fool [2] - Wanda Ballman
    6. Ain't Got a Worry - Barbara Pittman
    7. I'm Getting Better All the Time [Alternate Take] - Patsy Holcomb
    8. Oo That's Good [2] - Miller Sisters
    9. Chains of Love [Alternate Take] - Maggie Sue Wimberly
    10. Ain't Nothing Shaking - Bobbie & The Boys
    11. These Silly Blues - The Sunrays, Sunrays
    12. Love Is a Stranger [Alternate Take] - Maggie Sue Wimberly
    13. Rock 'N' Roll Simmon Tree [1] - Gloria Brady
    14. I'm on My Way [Demo Version] - Hannah Fay
    15. Miracle of You [2] - Bobbie Jean Barton
    16. I Won't Worry - Bobbie Jean Barton
    17. Take a Tip - Patsy Holcomb
    18. You're Free to Go
    19. Mexican Rock 'N' Roll [Demo Version] - Barbara Pittman
    20. Blond in Red Velvet - Mikki Milan
    21. Nothing to Compare - Miller Sisters
    22. Got You on My Mind - Barbara Pittman
    23. Just One Day - Barbara Pittman
    24. I Forgot to Remember to Forget - Bobbie Jean Barton
    25. What Are You Gonna Do Now - Bobbie Jean Barton
    26. I Just Discovered Boys - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes

    Tracks:

    1. House of Sin - Wanda Ballman
    2. Honky Tonk Girl - Wanda Ballman
    3. Heartbreak Girl - Gloria Brady
    4. Honey, Tell Me Some More - Kirby Sisters
    5. I've Got the Craziest Feeling - Kirby Sisters
    6. You'll Always Belong to Me - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
    7. Gonna Romp and Stomp [Alternate Take] - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
    8. I've Never Been So Blue [1] - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
    9. Uncertain Love - Maggie Sue Wimberly
    10. They Who Condemn - Maggie Sue Wimberly
    11. How Long - Maggie Sue Wimberly
    12. Daydreams Come True - Miller Sisters
    13. There's No Right Way - Patsy Holcomb
    14. You Can Tell Me - Miller Sisters
    15. Woody - Miller Sisters
    16. Someday You Will Pay - Miller Sisters
    17. You Didn't Think I Would - Miller Sisters
    18. Chatter - Miller Sisters
    19. Look What You've Done - Miller Sisters
    20. I Know I Can't Forget You - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
    21. I've Never Been So Blue [2] - Sterling Sisters
    22. No Letter Today [Demo Version]
    23. How's the World Treating You - Barbara Pittman
    24. I've Got the Craziest Feeling - Dot Rhodes, Dusty Rhodes
    25. Gonna Romp and Stomp - Sterling Sisters
    26. I Saw a Man [Demo Version] - Jean Hornbeck
    27. Bound for That Kingdom [Demo Version]
    28. House of Gold - Hannah Fay
    29. Do You Know Jesus - Townsel Sisters
    30. More Like Jesus - Bonnie Turner

    Tracks:

    1. 24 Hours Every Day [1] - Barbara Pittman
    2. Old Brother Jack - Bette Kirby
    3. Love Is a Gamble [1] - Big Memphis Marainey
    4. So Tired [1] - Jean Chapel
    5. Call Me Anything - Mikki Wilcox
    6. Call Me Anything - Mikki Wilcox
    7. I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight - Mikki Wilcox
    8. I Know What It Means [Demo Version] - Dusty Brooks, Janie McFadden
    9. I Know What It Means - Jean Dee
    10. Willing and Waiting - Barbara Pittman
    11. Two Blue Devils
    12. Nothing Down
    13. Handsome Man
    14. Handsome Man - Alice Leslie
    15. Baby No! No! - Big Memphis Marainey
    16. Listen [Demo Version] - Gloria Brady
    17. Welcome to the Club - Jean Chapel
    18. You Send Me
    19. Good to Me - Bonnie Turner
    20. Way Down in the Congo - Bonnie Turner
    21. Love Is a Gamble [2] - Bette Kirby
    22. So Tired [2] - Sterling Sisters
    23. St. Louis Blues [Demo Version] - Mikki Milan
    24. 24 Hours Every Day - Juanita Brown
    25. Heaven or Fire - Bobbie Jean Barton
    26. I'd Rather Hurt - Miller Sisters

    Tracks:

    1. It Only Hurts for a Little While - Mikki Wilcox
    2. Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues - Dottie Abbott
    3. Have You Ever Been Lonely [Demo Version] - The Sunrays, Sunrays
    4. Lonely Hours - Mikki Wilcox
    5. My Blue Heaven - Mikki Milan
    6. Picture - Mary Johnson
    7. River of No Return - Miller Sisters
    8. No Matter Who's to Blame [Alternate 1] - Mikki Wilcox
    9. Sentimental Journey - Gwen McEwan
    10. Steady Freddie [Demo Version] - Jean Dee,
    11. My Greatest Hurt - Mikki Wilcox
    12. It's a Sin to Tell a Lie - Miller Sisters
    13. Finders Keepers - Mary Johnson
    14. My Heart Is a Chapel - Teenangels
    15. Tell Me, My Love - Mikki Wilcox
    16. All Right, OK, You Win - Mikki Milan
    17. Somehow Without You - Hannah Fay
    18. So Many Beautiful Men - Miller Sisters
    19. Finders Keepers [Alternate Take] - Gwen McEwan
    20. We'll Have a Ball [Demo Version] - Juanita Brown
    21. That's When I'll Stop Loving You - Mikki Wilcox
    22. Where Are You? - Barbara Pittman
    23. No Matter Who's to Blame - Magel Priesman
    24. I Feel So Blue - Barbara Pittman

    Tracks:

    1. Cold, Cold Heart - Barbara Pittman
    2. No Matter Who's to Blame [Alternate 2] - Mary Johnson
    3. Mood Indigo - Gloria Brady
    4. Two Young Fools in Love - Barbara Pittman
    5. Two Young Fools in Love [Demo Version] - Jeanne Newman
    6. Two Young Fools in Love - Jeanne Newman
    7. Thanks a Lot - Bobbie Jean Barton
    8. You Burned the Bridges [Demo Version] - Bobbie Jean Barton
    9. You Burned the Bridges - Jeanne Newman
    10. Boy I Met Today - Townsel Sisters
    11. Whole Night Through - Bobbie Jean Barton
    12. Cheaters Never Win - Jeanne Newman
    13. Cheaters Never Win - Gloria Brady
    14. Take My Sympathy - Anita Wood
    15. I'll Wait Forever - Anita Wood
    16. I Can't Show How I Feel - Barbara Pittman
    17. I'm Getting Better All the Time - Mary Johnson
    18. Your Cheatin' Heart - Jeanne Newman
    19. Danny's Dream - Jeanne Newman
    20. Yellow Roses - Jeanne Newman
    21. Paper of Pins - Magel Priesman
    22. Memories of You [Demo Version] - Magel Priesman
    23. Memories of You - Dottie Abbott
    24. Willie Willie - Sherry Crane
    25. Winnie the Parakeet - Bobbie Jean Barton

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