Chanteur US né Enos William McDonald, le 1er octobre 1915 à Greenway (Arkansas). Skeets McDonald a débuté en 1950 dans le groupe de Johnny White: les "Rhythm Riders". Il signe en 1951 avec Capitol Records et grave plusieurs disques. En 1959, il passe à la Columbia où il y restera jusqu'en 1968. Il fut un chanteur régulier au Town Hall Party (KTTV, Compton, Californie). Après un dernier single début 68 pour un petit label, Skeets meurt d'une crise cardiaque le 31 mars de la même année. Vocaliste attachant, il a su briller dans différents styles: le Hillbilly, le Rockabilly et le Rock 'n' Roll.

Talents : Singer, Songwriter, Guitar

Style musical : Traditional Country, Honky-Tonk, Rockabilly

Années en activité :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles & EP

1950 SP FORTUNE 142 (US) . When The Roses Blooms Around Cabin Door / Southland Boogie
12/1950 SP FORTUNE 145 (US) . Johnny WHITE & His RHYTHM RIDERS / Vocal, Skeets McDONALD - The Tattooed Lady / Mean And Evil Blues
04/1951 SP LONDON 6327X45 (US) . Goodbye Blues / Only One Love In Each Heart
1951 SP LONDON 16046 (US) . Please Daddy Don't Go To War / So I Cried Myself To Sleep
1951 SP LONDON 16057 (US) . Sentimental Fool / Baby When You're Around
05/1951 SP CAPITOL F1518 (US) . Blues Is Bad News / Scoot Git And Begone
06/1951 SP CAPITOL F1570 (US) . Today I'm Moving Out / Bless Your Little Ol' Heart
08/1951 SP CAPITOL F1771 (US) . I'm Hurtin' / Ridin' With Blues
12/1951 SP CAPITOL F1890 (US) . Fuss And Fight / Baby Brown Eyes
02/1952 SP FORTUNE 165 (US) . Birthday Cake Boogie / I'm Looking For Sunshine (Bob SYKES)
02/1952 SP CAPITOL F1967 (US) . Tell Me Why / Be My Life's Companion
03/1952 SP CAPITOL F1993 (US) . Love That Hurt Me So / Wheel Of Fortune
05/1952 SP CAPITOL F2073 (US) . Please Come Back / Curtain Of Tears
09/1952 SP CAPITOL F2216 (US) . Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Big Family Trouble
01/1953 SP CAPITOL F2326 (US) . I'm Sorry To Say I'm Sorry / Let Me Know
04/1953 SP CAPITOL F2434 (US) . I've Got To Win Your Love Again / I Can't Last Song
07/1953 SP CAPITOL F2523 (US) . It's Your Life / Baby I'm Counting
08/1953 SP CAPITOL F2573 (US) . Skeets McDONALD & Helen O'CONELL - Worried Mind / Hi Diddle Dee
10/1953 SP CAPITOL F2607 (US) . I Need Your Love / Looking At The Moon And Wishing
12/1953 SP CAPITOL F2696 (US) . Walking On Teardrops / Look Who's Crying Now
03/1954 SP CAPITOL F2774 (US) . Remember You're Mine / I Love You Mama Mia
08/1954 SP CAPITOL F2885 (US) . Your Love Is Like A Faucet / But I Do
11/1954 SP CAPITOL F2976 (US) . Smoke Gets Out My Chimney Just The Same / Each Time A New Love Dies
02/1955 SP CAPITOL F3038 (US) . Number One In Your Heart / I Can't Stand It Any Longer
05/1955 SP CAPITOL F3117 (US) . Losing Hand / You're Too Late
09/1955 SP CAPITOL F3215 (US) . Strollin' / You Turned Me Down
01/1956 SP CAPITOL F3312 (US) . Baby I'm Lost Without You / I Got A New Field To Plow
03/1956 SP CAPITOL F3378 (US) . Fallen Angel / I'll Take Me A Long Long Time
06/1956 SP CAPITOL F3461 (US) . You Oughta See Grandma Rock / Heart Breakin' Mama
09/1956 SP CAPITOL F3525 (US) . Somebody / You Gotta Be My Baby
12/1956 SP CAPITOL F3600 (US) . You Better Not Go / Don't Push Me Too Far
04/1957 SP CAPITOL F3679 (US) . Keep Her Off Your Mind / I Am Music
06/1957 SP CAPITOL F3741 (US) Your Sweet Love Is Gone / Welcome Home
08/1957 SP CAPITOL F3778 (US) . Fingertips / Bless Your Little Ole Heart
11/1957 SP CAPITOL F3833 (US) . I'm Hurtin' / Love Wind
11/1958 SP CAPITOL F4095 (US) . What Am I Doing Here / What I Know About Her
02/1959 SP CAPITOL F4147 (US) . Baby Wait / What A Lonesome Life It's Been
12/1959 SP COLUMBIA 4-41556 (US) . Cheek To Cheek With The Blues / Where You Go
04/1960 SP COLUMBIA 4-41667 (US) . Gotta Get You From That Crowd / Everglades
09/1960 SP COLUMBIA 4-41773 (US) . This Old Heart / Make Room For The Blues
04/1961 SP COLUMBIA 4-42001 (US) . You're Not Wicked Wicked You're Just Week / He'll Let You Live A Little
11/1961 SP COLUMBIA 4-42252 (US) . Same Old Town / I Write You Letters
04/1962 SP COLUMBIA 4-42421 (US) . What A Fool I Was / You Warned Me
12/1962 SP COLUMBIA 4-42655 (US) . I've Gotta Show You / Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home)
05/1963 SP COLUMBIA 4-42807 (US) . Call Me Mr Brown / This Old Broken Heart
01/1964 SP COLUMBIA 4-42960 (US) . I'd Hate To Be Him / Chin Up Chest Out
06/1964 SP COLUMBIA 4-43065 (US) . Think Of Me / Too Many Times (Away From You)
10/1964 SP COLUMBIA 4-43152 (US) . Down In Mexico / Teardrop Inn
04/1965 SP COLUMBIA 4-43275 (US) . Mrs Right's Divorcing Mr Wrong / Me And My Heart And My Shoes
10/1965 SP COLUMBIA 4-43425 (US) . Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (Desert Blues) / Day Sleeper
03/1966 SP COLUMBIA 4-43573 (US) . Molly Brown / Member Of The Blues
08/1966 SP COLUMBIA 4-43791 (US) . There Sits An Angel / She's Never Gone That Route Before
12/1966 SP COLUMBIA 4-43946 (US) . Mabel / Too Much Of Me (Walked Away With You)
10/1967 SP UNI 55041 (US) . It's Genuine / Old Indians Never Die
1986 EP ROCKSTAR RSP EP 2014 (UK)
Am I Blue (Eddie COCHRAN) / Teenage Cutie (Eddie COCHRAN) / You Oughta See Grandma Rock (Skeets MC DONALD) / Heart Breakin' Mama (Skeets MC DONALD)

Albums

1958 LP 12" CAPITOL T-1040 (US) GOIN' STEADY WITH THE BLUES - Goin' Steady With The Blues / Gone And Left Me Blues / Yard And A Half Of Blues / You're There / Hawaiian Sea Breeze / Tomorrow Never Comes / Blues In My Mind / My Room Is Crowded / I'll Sail My Ship Alone / Lost Highway / I'm Sorry Now / Fort Worth Jail
1964 LP 12" COLUMBIA CS-8970 (US) CALL ME SKEETS - Call Me Mr Brown / Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home) / You Warned Me / Everglades / What A Fool I Was / Fast Company / Chin Up Chest Out / I'd Hate To Be Him / Same Old Town / I've Gotta Show You / This Old Broken Heart / He'll Let You Live A Little
1970 LP 12" SEARS SP-116 (US) SKEETS MCDONALD - Be My Life's Companion / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / Let Me Know / Worried Mind / Smoke Comes Out My Chimney Just The Same / Number One In Your Heart / Don't Push Me Too Far / Fallen Angel (Are You Sorry) / You Gotta Be My Baby / I Am Music
1992 CD COWGIRLBOY LP-5074 (D) BIG CHIEF BUFFALO NICKEL - Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (Desert Blues) / Day Sleeper / I Write You Letters / Same Old Town / Me And My Heart And My Shoes / Mrs Right's Divorcing Mr Wrong / Down In Mexico / Teardrop Inn / Where You Go (I'll Follow) / Cheek To Cheek With The Blues / Too Many Times (Away From You) / Think Of Me / Mean And Evil Blues / Tattooed Lady / My Home In Tennessee / You Can't Come Back
11/1998 5 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15937 (D) DON'T LET THE STARS GET IN YOUR EYES :
CD 1 : You Can't Come Back - Polka / I Can't Take No More (So I Must Say Goodbye) / My Home In Tennessee / Make My Dreams Come True / The Things You Used To Say / When The Roses Bloom Around Our Cabin Door / The Southland Boogie / Mean And Evil Blues / The Tattooed Lady / The Tattooed Lady / Birthday Cake Boogie / Sentimental Fool / Baby When You're Around / Please Daddy Don't Go To War / So I Cried Myself To Sleep / Goodbye Blues / Only One Love In Each Heart / Scoot, Git And Be Gone / Bless Your Little Ol' Heart (You're Mine) / Today I'm Movin' Out / Blues Is Bad News / Fuss And Fight / Baby Brown Eyes / I'm Hurtin' / Ridin' With The Blues / Big Family Trouble / Tell Me Why / Be My Life's Companion / The Love That Hurt Me So
CD 2 : Heartbreaking One / Wheel Of Fortune / Please Come Back / You Made Me Cry / Curtain Of Tears / I'm Sorry To Say I'm Sorry / Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes / A Losing Hand / I've Got To Win Your Love Again / Let Me Know / I Can't Last Long / Baby, I'm Lost Without You / Hi Diddle Dee (My Way) (with Helen O'CONNELL) / Worried Mind (with Helen O'CONNELL) / Walking On Teardrops / It's Your Life / Baby, I'm Countin' / Look Who's Cryin' Now / I Need Your Love / Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star / We're Lovin' And Livin' / Oh How It Hurts / Remember You're Mine / Your Love Is Like A Faucet / You Talk About Me, I'll Talk About You / I Love You, I Love You, I Love You / I Love You, Mama Mia / Smoke Comes Out My Chimney Just The Same / Each Time A New Love Dies / But I Do
CD 3 : Number One In Your Heart / You're Too Late / I Can't Stand It Any Longer / I Got A New Field To Plow / Your Sweet Love Is Gone / Strollin' / You Turned Me Down / It'll Take Me A Long, Long Time / Don't Push Me Too Far / Fallen Angel (Are You Sorry?) / Somebody / You Oughta See Grandma Rock / Heart-Breakin' Mama / You Gotta Be My Baby / You Better Not Go / I Am Music / Welcome Home / I Can't Hold A Memory In My Arms / Keep Her Off Your Mind / Fingertips / I'm Hurtin' / Bless Your Little Ol' Heart (You're Mine) / Love Wind / I'll Make Believe / The Echo Of Your Footsteps / The All American Boy / Let's Spend Some Time With Me
CD 4 : Fort Worth Jail / Hawaiian Sea Breaze / Blues In My Mind / Yard And A Half Of Blues / Goin' Steady With The Blues / I'll Sail My Ship Alone / Gone And Left Me Blues / Lost Highway / My Room Is Crowded / You're There / Tomorrow Never Comes / I'm Sorry Now / What A Lonesome Life It's Been / Baby Wait / What Am I Doing Here / What I Know About Her / Gotta Get You From That Crowd / Where You Go (I'll Follow) / Cheek To Cheek With The Blues / Everglades / Make Room For The Blues / This Old Heart / He'll Let You Live A Little / You're Not Wicked, You're Just Weak / Same Old Town / What A Fool I Was / I Write You Letters / You Warned Me / In The Corner Of My Mind / Fast Company
CD 5 : This Old Broken Heart / Call Me Mr. Brown / I've Gotta Show You / Dear John (I've Sent Your Saddle Home) / Chin Up - Chest Out / I'd Hate To Be Him / Think Of Me / Too Many Times (Away From You) / Mrs. Right's Divorcing Mr. Wrong / Down In Mexico / Teardrop Inn / Me And My Heart And My Shoes / Tell Me A Lie / Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (Desert Blues) / A Member Of The Blues / Molly Brown / There Sits An Angel / Day Sleeper / She's Never Gone That Route Before / Mabel / Too Much Of Me (Walked Away With You) / The Police Files / Your Uncertain Mind / It's Genuine / Old Indian's Never Die / You Can't Keep A Good Man Down / Talk Of The Town (Hush Hush)

© Rocky Productions 17/10/2005