▪▪CAPITOL SINGLES  1949-'50

1.  Milk 'Em In The Mornin' Blues (Ernest Ford) 2:22 // Master # 3893 // Cap. # 15400 //Recorded January 21, 1949 // Released February 28, 1949   Tennessee Border # 1 (Jimmy Work) 2:24 // Master # 3895 // Recorded January 21, 1949

2.  Philadelphia Lawyer 2:21 // Master# 3982 // Cap.# 15430 // Recorded January 21, 1949 //  Country Junction (Ernest Ford/Cliffie Stone) 2:21 // Master# 3983 // Cap.# 15430 // Recorded January 21, 1949 // Released March 28,  1949

3.  Smoky Mountain Boogie (Ernest Ford/Cliffie Stone) // 3:36 // Master# 4601 // Cap.# 40212 // Recorded June 21, 1949 // Released August 8, 1949 // Billboard--#8 Country

4.  You'll Find Her Name Written There // Master # 4602 // Recorded June 21, 1949

5.  Put Your Arms Around Me (Cindy Walker) // 3:17 // Master# 5061 // Cap.# 2042 //  Recorded April 7, 1952 // Released April 7, 1952

6. Anticipation BluesFord/Cliffie Stone) // 2:08 // Master# 5062 // Cap.# 40258 // Recorded October 10, 1949 // Released November 28, 1949 // Billboard -- #3 Country

7.  Blues Stay Away From Me (w/Merle Travis, Eddie Kirk and The Cliffie Stone Band) // (Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore, Wayne Raney, Henry Glover)// 2:36 // Master# 5063 // Cap.# 40254 // Recorded October 11, 1949 // Philosophy / Master# 5064 // Cap.# 40254 // Recorded October 11, 1949

8. Mule Train  (Fred Glickman, Johnny Lange, Hy Heath) // 3:02 // Master# 5108 // Cap.# 40258 Recorded October 18, 1949 // Released November 28, 1949 // Billboard -- #1 Country -- #9 Pop

9. Cry Of The Wild Goose (Terry Gilkyson) // Master # 5359 // Cap. #40280 // Recorded December 30, 1949 // Released January 30, 1950 //  Billboard -- #2 Country -- #15 Pop

10. Twilight Time In Texas // Master# 5434 // Unreleased // Recorded December 30, 1949

11. My Hobby (Ernest Ford) // 2:30 // Master# 5598 // Cap.# 985 // Recorded January 3, 1950 // No Release Date Available-

12. Always A Bridesmaid // Master# 5599 // Unreleased // -No Information Available-

13. Feed Em' In The Mornin' Blues (Ernest Ford) // Master# 5600 // Recorded January 3, 1950 // No Release Information Available // Notes: A parody of his single, "Milk Em In The Mornin' Blues", Ernie wrote this take-off as a lark, after the birth of his first son, Buck.

14. I'll Never Be Free (w/Kay Starr) (Benny Benjamin, George Weiss) // 2:34 // Master# 6168 // Cap.# 1124 // Recorded June 28, 1950 //   Billboard -- #2 Country -- #3 Pop // Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own (w/Kay Starr) (Irving Taylor) // 2:38 // Master# 6169 // Recorded June 28, 1950 // Released July 24, 1950 // Billboard -- #5  Country

15. It's The Talk Of The Town (w/The Starlighters) (Jerry Levinson, Marty Symes, Al Neiburg) // 2:46 // Master# 6358 // Unreleased Single: Released 1994 on Masters 1949-1976 (Cap#30292) // Recorded July 14, 1950

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16. Cincinnati Dancing Pig (w/ The Starlighters) (Guy Wood, Al Lewis) // 2:37 // Master# 6359 // Cap.# 1174 // Recorded April, 1950 // -No Release Date Available-

17. The Lord's Lariat (w/The Starlighters) (Ernest Ford) // 2:56 // Master# 6385 // Cap.# 1159 // Recorded April, 1950 // -No Release Date Available-

18. What This Country Needs (Is A Good Old Fashioned Talk With The Lord) // (w/The Starlighters) // (Tim Spencer, Red Rowe) // 2:24 // Master# 6386 // Cap.# 1159 // Recorded April, 1950

19.  Bright Lights And Blonde-Haired Women  (w/The Starlighters) (Eddie Kirk) // 3:04 // Master# 6357 // Cap.# 1380 // Recorded July 14, 1950 // Released May 2, 1960 (On Capitol's Sixteen Tons LP Cap.# T-1380)

20. I Ain't A-Gonna Let It Happen No More // Master# 6457 // Recorded July 27, 1950 // Shotgun Boogie (Ernest Ford) // 2:34 // Master# 6458 // Cap.# 1295 // Recorded July 27, 1950 // Released November 13, 1950 // Billboard--#1 Country--10 weeks / #14 Pop

 

21. Blue Canadian Rockies (Cliffie Stone and his Hometown Jamboree Gang) (Cindy Walker) // 2:50 // Master# 6459 // Cap.# 1167 // Recorded July 27, 1950 // Released September, 1950 // Notes: This recording was actually a Cliffie Stone record. Although Ernie takes a brief solo, he never  received label credit on the actual single.

22. Leetle Juan Pedro (w/Eddie Kirk and The Cliffie Stone Band) (Bob Cecil, Cliffie Stone) // 2:20 // Master# 6629 // Cap.#1275 // -No Information Available-

23. Tailor Made Woman (w/ Joe "Fingers" Carr) (Jimmy Bryant, Bill Kemp) // 2:18 // Master# 6767 // Cap.# 1349 // Recorded October 24, 1950 // Released January 8, 1951 // Stack-O-Lee (w/ Joe "Fingers" Carr and The Carrhops) (Arr. by Louis Busch) // 2:46 // Master# 6768 // Recorded October 24, 1950 //  Billboard -- #8 Country

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