Burnette Discography



1955-1956 \| 1957 \| 1958 \| 1959 \| 1960 \| 1961 \| 1962 \| 1963 \| 1964



Date - Location - Musicians - Title - Author - Time - Matrix number



JOHNNY BURNETTE March 22, 1957 - BRADLEY FILM & RECORDING STUDIO, 804, 16th Avenue South, Nashville, Tennessee Johnny Burnette : vocal, acoustic guitar (on A) Thomas Grady Martin : elec. lead guitar Bob L. Moore : string bass Murray Harman Jr. : drums (on D), percusssion (on P) Unknown : second elec. guitar (on U) Unknown : male chorus (on C) TOUCH ME (P,C) (Lewis Smith-Robert Hyde-Johnny Burnette) - 2:23 - NA 9729, 102124
Coral 61829	CP 10 (GB) MCA 1513 Bear Family BCD 15474 Bear Family BCD 16438-1/23
IF YOU WANT IT ENOUGH (D,C) (Van Grayson-Mel Howard) - 2:06 - NA 9730, 102125
Coral 61918	CP 10 (GB) Solid Smoke SS 8001 MCA 1513 Bear Family BCD 15474 Bear Family BCD 16438-1/20
BUTTERFINGERS (U,C,D) (Buddy Kaye-Mort Garson) - 2:12 - NA 9731, 102126
Coral 61869	Brief false start (0:02) Solid Smoke SS 8001 Bear Family BCD 15474 Bear Family BCD 16438-1/21
EAGER BEAVER BABY (A,D) (Ruth Roberts-Bill Katz-Stanley Clayton) - 2:00 - NA 9732, 102127
Coral 61829	CP 10 (GB) Solid Smoke SS 8001 MCA 1513 Bear Family BCD 15474 Bear Family BCD 16438-1/22

L to R : Bob Moore - Grady Martin - Buddy Harman. Photo by Bill Porter

JOHNNY BURNETTE Spring 1957 - SUN STUDIO, 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee (Demo session for Travis Music) Johnny Burnette : vocal, acoustic guitar CANDLE OF LOVE (Johnny Burnette) - 1:49
	Hydra BCK 27110 Bear Family BCD 16438-9/4

DORSEY BURNETTE 1957 - Los Angeles, California (Demo session) Dorsey Burnette : vocal, acoustic guitar BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 2:06
	Bear Family BCD 16438-9/11
HOW DO YOU ROCK (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 1:52
Bear Family BCD 16438-9/15

THE BURNETTE BROTHERS Late 1957 - Los Angeles, California (Demo session) Johnny Burnette : duet vocal, acoustic guitar Dorsey Burnette : duet vocal BOPPIN' ROSALIE (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 1:52
Bear Family BCD 16438-8/1
DO BABY DO (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 1:37
Bear Family BCD 16438-8/2
WE'RE GONNA ROCK TONIGHT (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 2:07
Bear Family BCD 16438-8/30
BE MY LOVE TONIGHT (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 1:56
Bear Family BCD 16438-8/31
OH VERA MAE (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 2:29
Bear Family BCD 16438-8/32

THE BURNETTE BROTHERS Late 1957 - Los Angeles, California (Demo session) Johnny Burnette : duet vocal, acoustic guitar Dorsey Burnette : duet vocal, acoustic guitar WARM LOVE (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 2:03
Bear Family BCD 16438-8/3
MY HONEY (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 1:27
Bear Family BCD 16438-8/4

DORSEY BURNETTE Late 1957 - GOLDSTAR STUDIOS, Hollywood, California (Demo session) Dorsey Burnette : vocal, acoustic guitar Unknown: string bass Unknown : elec. lead guitar BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAY (Johnny Burnette-Dorsey Burnette) - 1:49
Skyline LP 1254 Bear Family BCD 16438-7/2

DORSEY BURNETTE Late 1957 - Los Angeles, California (Demo session) Dorsey Burnette: vocal, acoustic guitar Unknown : elec. lead guitar Unknown : string bass Unknown : drums IT'S LATE (Dorsey Burnette) - 1:55
Bear Family BCD 16438-9/10

DORSEY BURNETTE November 1957 - MASTER RECORDERS, 533 North Fairfax Avenue, Hollywood, Ca. Dorsey Burnette : vocal Johnny Burnette : handclaps on "Bertha Lou", background vocal on "Says Stop" Odell Huff : elec. lead guitar Danny Flores : piano H.B. Barnum : drums Unknown : bass guitar BERTHA LOU (*) (John Marascalco) - 2:30
Surf 5019 Cee-Jam 6 Cee-Jam 16	Hydra BCK 27110 Bear Family BCD 16438-6/22
'TILL THE LAW SAYS STOP (John Marascalco) - 2:19
Surf 5019 Cee-Jam 16	Hydra BCK 27110
() See "Additions-Corrections ". BERTHA LOU on Surf 5019 A-Side - Vocal by Johnny Faire* on basic track. SNACKY POO (By The Ring-A-Dings) 2:30 - Unknown vocals on basic track of Bertha Lou with saxophone overdubbed - Bear Family BCD 16438-6/23

Collection Marc Alesina


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