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Chanteur
Country US né Marvin Karlton Percy, le 2
Juillet 1925 à Wichita
(Kansas). De sang Cherokee, il a démontré que les cowboys et les indiens peuvent faire bon ménage dans la Country Music. Marvin Rainwater a débuté en 1946 et a enregistré au début des années cinquante pour Four Star et Coral Records. En 1956, il passe chez MGM où il obtient un premier hit. A cette époque, il se produisait habillé en indien, après MGM, il enregistra sans grand succès pour Warner Bros., Warwick et Brave Records, son propre label.
Marvin Rainwater est décédé le 17 Septembre 2013.
In the
current climate of political correctness, it's amazing to think that a scant few
decades ago, a quarter-Cherokee country singer named Marvin Rainwater would
shamelessly trade on his Indian pedigree to make himself a name on the country
music circuit. But backing up this ridiculous charade was some very solid music
from an artist who could work and create in a multiplicity of styles. Few
artists in country music ever made music as quirky and just plain weird as that
of one Marvin Rainwater. His recorded cannonade -- featuring his strong,
rumbling baritone -- showed that he was equally adept at Western ballads and pop
confections with breathtaking go-for-broke forays into rockabilly.
He was born Marvin Percy Rainwater in 1925. After a stint in the Navy during
World War II serving as a pharmacist's mate, he turned to music full-time. He
had originally been a classically trained pianist, but after an accident had
removed part of his right thumb, he turned to country music and soon learned to
strum a guitar proficiently enough to accompany his singing and compose songs on
it. After putting down roots in nearby Virginia, Rainwater quickly became a
fixture on the Washington, D.C., area honky tonk circuit, putting together his
first band featuring a young
Roy Clark on lead guitar and himself decked out in buckskin jacket and
Indian headband. His first recordings came through the auspices of Bill McCall
at 4-Star Records. Picturing himself as a songwriter first and performer second,
Rainwater was hooked up through McCall with Ben Adleman, a songwriter with a
small studio. Rainwater recorded several song demos to be pitched to other
artists through Adleman's and McCall's publishing concerns, only to see the
demos poorly overdubbed and released at the height of his later fame on a myriad
of dime-store budget labels like Crown and others too microscopic to mention.
But McCall also took three completed masters from other sessions ("I Gotta Go
Get My Baby," "Hearts' Hall of Fame," and "Albino Stallion") and had them
pressed on a custom promotional 45, then promptly sold the masters to Coral
Records. Rainwater's recording of "I Gotta Go Get My Baby" was promptly handed
over to
Teresa Brewer, who covered and had a hit with it in the pop market. But what
propelled Rainwater up the show business ladder was a successful television
performance on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts, the early-'50s equivalent of Star
Search. Godfrey had a top-rated morning show as well, and after his win,
Rainwater made frequent guest spots on it, reaching a national audience for the
first time. Rainwater responded in kind by recording a composition in his honor,
"Tea Bag Romeo," a reference to Godfrey's sponsor, Lipton Tea. By late 1955 he
was a full-time member of
Red Foley's Ozark Jubilee television and touring show, relocating to
Springfield, MO. On one package show, he was introduced backstage to a
precocious little girl who wanted to sing that night on the show. After hearing
the moppet belt out part of a tune, Rainwater was convinced and introduced young
Brenda Lee Tarpley to
Red Foley, and the rest -- as they say -- is both country and rock & roll
history.
Shortly after signing with
Foley, Rainwater started recording for M-G-M Records, his longest lasting
label affiliation. The recordings are as scatter-gunned of an approach to
commercial recording as you can possibly imagine. Solemn Americana recitations
("Pink Eyed Stallion") sat alongside novelty fluff like "Tennessee Hound Dog
Yodel," which were B-sided by straight-ahead country weepers rife with down-home
sentiments. Suddenly at his next recording session in March
1956, Rainwater shifted gears again, deciding to cast his lot with the emerging
rockabilly sound. The result was a two-sided blast of tonal mayhem, coupling the
out-of-control "Hot and Cold" with the slightly less frenetic "Mr. Blues."
Though both sides kicked up sufficient noise, it cost him big time in the
country fan department, the members of his fan club confused that this former
folk balladeer had suddenly become an apostle for the big beat.
But rockabilly was a way for country artists to achieve pop stardom and,
with the first successful attempts at crossover appeal already in place,
Rainwater didn't have to wait long to find his song. That tune was "Gonna Find
Me a Bluebird," a tune that went to number three on the country charts while
simultaneously climbing to number 18 on the pop charts. Suddenly flush with
success, Rainwater quit the Ozark Jubilee and moved his base of operations to
New York City, ready to take on the world. But the follow-ups to "Gonna Find Me
a Bluebird" were as diverse and quirky as his pre-hit output (one included a
duet with
Connie Francis) and his slide from the charts, coupled with one bad business
deal after another, was swift and sure. In order to keep his slippery footing on
any kind of chart, Rainwater had taken on a personal appearance schedule that
would reduce lesser individuals to babbling protoplasm. By 1961, with his days
on the pop charts largely behind him, Rainwater showed up for several recording
sessions with his voice so burned out from show dates that he was unrecordable.
His final M-G-M sessions not only remained unissued, but most of them appear to
have been either lost or destroyed. In Rainwater's own words, "I had no voice
and no money."
After a nine-month layoff, he signed with Warwick Records and with
Link Wray and the Raymen backing him, put out a pair of singles that were as
fine as anything he had recorded in his heyday. But the marketplace in both pop
and country had changed a lot since 1957, and the sides fell stillborn at the
presses. Going for it one more time, Rainwater and new partner Bill Guess built
a studio in Chicago and started up Brave Records, solely devoting its catalog to
new songs from the singer. Aside from a brief stay with United Artists in 1964
and a one-off session for Warner Brothers in 1969, the Brave singles document
Rainwater's last commercial sides. Since the '70s -- aside from an occasional
appearance on a European rockabilly revival -- Rainwater has been living in a
house trailer in northern Minnesota on an undeveloped tract of land, spending
most of his time ruminating on what might have been. He may not have become a
big name, but he left behind a great number of sides that showed real musical
depth and originality. And that's got to count for something.
Marvin Rainwater died Sept. 17, 2013.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Rainwater
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar, Piano
Style musical : Traditional Country, Rockabilly, Country-Pop
TENNESSEE
HOUN' DOG YODEL
(1955)
HOT 'N'
COLD (1956)
THE MAJESTY OF LOVE
(1957)
Whole Lotta Woman
(1958)
THE PALE FACED INDIAN
(1960) |
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
| 1955 | EP MR MR1 (US) (demos) | . |
Especially For Friends : Heart’s Hall of Fame / I Gotta Go Get My Baby / Albino |
| 04/1955 | 78 t. CORAL 61342 (US) | . | Marvin RAINWATER & His RIDGE RIDERS - I Gotta Go Get My Baby / Daddy's Glad You Come Home |
| 04/1955 | SP CORAL 9-61342 (US) | . | Marvin RAINWATER & His RIDGE RIDERS - I Gotta Go Get My Baby / Daddy's Glad You Come Home |
| 09/1955 | 78 t. MGM 12071 (US) | . | Albino (Pink-Eyed) Stallion / Stick And Stones |
| 09/1955 | SP MGM K12071 (US) | . |
Albino (Pink-Eyed) Stallion / Stick And Stones |
| 10/1955 | 78 t. MGM 12090 (US) | . |
Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel
/ Tea Bag Romeo |
| 10/1955 | SP MGM K12090 (US) | . |
Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel
/ Tea Bag Romeo |
| 01/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12152 (US) | . | Dem Low Down Blues / Where Do We Go From Home |
| 01/1956 | SP MGM K12152 (US) | . | Dem Low Down Blues / Where Do We Go From Home |
| 04/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12240 (US) | . |
Hot 'n' Cold
/
Mr. Blues
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| 04/1956 | SP MGM K12240 (US) | . |
Hot 'n' Cold
/
Mr. Blues
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| 08/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12313 (US) | . |
Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me
(Lonesome Blues)
/ What Am I |
| 08/1956 | SP MGM K12313 (US) | . |
Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me
(Lonesome Blues)
/ What Am I |
| 11/1956 | 78 t. MGM 12370 (US) | . | Get Off The Stool / (Sometimes) I Feel Like Leaving Town |
| 11/1956 | SP MGM K12370 (US) | . | Get Off The Stool / (Sometimes) I Feel Like Leaving Town |
| 02/1957 | 78 t. MGM 12412 (US) | . | Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / So You Think You've Got Troubles |
| 02/1957 | SP MGM K12412 (US) | . | Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / So You Think You've Got Troubles |
| 07/1957 | SP MGM K12511 (US) | . |
My Brand Of Blues
/ My Love Is Real |
| 10/1957 | 78 t. MGM 12555 (US) | . | Connie FRANCIS
& Marvin RAINWATER
-
The Majesty Of Love
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You My Darlin' It's You |
| 10/1957 | SP MGM K 12555 (US) | . | Connie FRANCIS
& Marvin RAINWATER
-
The Majesty Of Love
/
You My Darlin' It's You |
| 11/1957 | 78 t. MGM 12586 (US) | . | Look For Me / Lucky Star |
| 11/1957 | SP MGM K12586 (US) | . | Look For Me / Lucky Star |
| 1957 | EP MGM X-1464 (US) |
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SONGS BY MARVIN RAINWATER, VOLUME 1 - Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / Where Do We Go From Here / Dem Low Down Blues / Cause I'm A Dreamer |
| 1957 | EP MGM X-1465 (US) |
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SONGS BY MARVIN RAINWATER, VOLUME 2 -
Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me
(Lonesome Blues)
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Mr. Blues
/
Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel
/ What
Am I Supposed To Do |
| 1957 | EP MGM X-1466 (US) |
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SONGS BY MARVIN RAINWATER, VOLUME 3 - Get Off The Stool / (Sometimes) I Feel Like Leaving Town / Tea Bag Romeo / So You Think You've Got Troubles |
| 01/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12609 (US) | . |
Whole Lotta Woman
/
Baby, Don't Go
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| 01/1958 | SP MGM K12609 (US) | . |
Whole Lotta Woman
/
Baby, Don't Go
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| 03/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12625 (US) | . |
MARV &
Patty -
Two
Fools In Love
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Because I'm A Dreamer
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| 03/1958 | SP MGM K12625 (US) | . |
MARV &
Patty
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Two
Fools In Love
/
Because I'm A Dreamer
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| 03/1958 | EP MGM MGM EP 647 (UK) |
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Meet Marvin Rainwater - Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / Mr. Blues / Lucky Star / Get Off The Stool |
| 05/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12653 (US) | . |
Gamblin' Man
/ Moanin' The Blues |
| 05/1958 | SP MGM K12653 (US) | . |
Gamblin' Man
/ Moanin' The Blues |
| 06/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12665 (US) | . |
I Dig You Baby
/
Moanin' The Blues
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| 06/1958 | SP MGM K12665 (US) | . |
I Dig You Baby
/
Moanin' The Blues
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| 08/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12701 (US) | . |
(There's
Always) A Need For Love
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Nothin' Needs Nothin'
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| 08/1958 | SP MGM K12701 (US) | . |
(There's
Always) A Need For Love
/
Nothin' Needs Nothin'
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| 10/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12728 (US) | . | Can I Count On Your Love / Let Me Live Again |
| 10/1958 | SP MGM K12728 (US) | . | Can I Count On Your Love / Let Me Live Again |
| 12/1958 | 78 t. MGM 12739 (US) | . |
Lonely Island
/ Born To Be Lonesome |
| 12/1958 | SP MGM K12739 (US) | . |
Lonely Island
/ Born To Be Lonesome |
| 1958 | EP MGM X-1620 (US) |
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MARVIN RAINWATER SINGS WITH A HEART - WITH A BEAT - VOL. 1 - Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You) / Lucky Star / My Love Is Real / (Don't Be) Late For Love |
| 1958 | EP MGM X-1621 (US) |
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MARVIN RAINWATER SINGS WITH A HEART - WITH A BEAT - VOL. 2 - Look For Me (I’ll Be Waiting For You) / Whole Lotta Woman / Moanin‘ The Blues / I Dig You Baby |
| 1958 | EP MGM X-1622 (US) |
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MARVIN RAINWATER SINGS WITH A HEART - WITH A BEAT - VOL. 3 - Dance Me Baby / Gamblin' Man / My Brand Of Blues / Baby Don't Go |
| 1958 | EP MGM MGM EP 662 (UK) |
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Whole Lotta Marvin! - I Dig You Baby / Moanin' The Blues / Roving Gambler / Whole Lotta Woman |
| 03/1959 | 78 t. MGM 12773 (US) | . |
Love Me Baby
(Like There's No Tomorrow) /
That's When I'll Stop Loving You
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| 03/1959 | SP MGM K12773 (US) | . |
Love Me Baby
(Like There's No Tomorrow) /
That's When I'll Stop Loving You
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| 06/1959 | 78 t. MGM 12803 (US) | . | Half-Breeded / Song Of New Love |
| 06/1959 | SP MGM K12803 (US) | . | Half-Breeded / Song Of New Love |
| 09/1959 | 78 t. MGM 12829 (US) | . | The Valley Of The Moon / Young Girl |
| 09/1959 | SP MGM K12829 (US) | . | The Valley Of The Moon / Young Girl |
| 1959 | EP MGM MGM EP 685 (UK) |
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Nothin' Needs Nothin' / Lonely Island / My Brand Of Blue / Born To Be Lonesome |
| 01/1960 | SP MGM K12865 (US) | . |
The Pale Faced Indian
/ Wayward Angel |
| 04/1960 | SP MGM K12891 (US) | . |
She's Gone
/
Hard Luck Blues
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| 10/1960 | SP MGM K12958 (US) | . | Yesterday's Kisses / You're Not Happy |
| 08/1961 | SP WARWICK M-666 (US) | . |
Boo Hoo
/ I Can't Forget |
| 01/1962 | SP WARWICK M-674 (US) | . |
Tough Top Cat
/
(There's A) Honky Tonk In Your Heart |
| 1962 | SP STAR-DALE 45-337 (US) | . | Hey Good Lookin' / Do It Now |
| 1962 | SP BRAVE BR 7001 (US) | . | It Wasn't Enough / That Little House |
| 06/1963 | EP EMBER EMB EP 4521 (UK) |
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County And Western Favourites - Volume Two - I Gotta Do Get My Baby / Daddy's Glad You Came Home / Korea's Mountain Northland / Tainted Gold |
| 10/1963 | SP BRAVE 1001 (US) | . | Part Time Lover / These Thoughts Of You |
| 1963 | EP BRAVE JBEP-1002 (US) |
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Marvin Rainwater - Bill Guess IN LOVE'S PRISON - Love's Prison / These Thoughts Of You / Bad Girl / Part Time Lover / I Saw Your New Love Tonight / That Aching Heart |
| 1964 | SP BRAVE 1003 (US) | . |
Marvin Rainwater & Bill Guess - Love's Prison / These Thoughts Of You |
| 1964 | SP HILLTOP G-12 (US) | . |
Tainted Gold / I Gotta Go To Get My Baby |
| 1965 | SP BRAVE 1004 (US) | . | Marvin Rainwater & Bill Guess - Bad Girl / Saw Your New Love Today |
| 04/1965 | SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-837 (US) | . | It Wasn't Enough / My Old Home Town |
| 08/1965 | SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-917 (US) | . | Indian Burial Ground / Black Sheep |
| 05/1966 | SP UNITED ARTISTS UA-50023 (US) | . | Sorrow Brings A Good Man Down / Troubles My Little Boy Had |
| 1967 | SP BRAVE 1017 (US) | . | Run For Your Life Boy / Old Gang's Gone |
| 1968 | SP BRAVE 1028 (US) | . | Oklahoma Hills /
Wedding Rings
(with
Sister PATTY) |
| 02/1970 | SP WARNER BROS. 7373 (US) | . | Let Me Live Again / I Love My Country |
| 1971 | SP WESCO 2105 (US) | . | Mama's Girl / Talk To Me |
| 03/1972 | SP WESCO 7201 (US) | . | (I Don't Need No) Enemies / Tears (Won't Make The Cotton Grow) |
| 1973 | SP KAJAC KJ-501-1 (US) | . |
Ballad Of Ira Hayes / I Don't Care About Tomorrow |
| 1975 | SP CASINO CCF-103 (US) | . | Man In Her Sleep / Goodnight Darling |
| 1976 | SP NU TRAYL NT-902 (US) | . | The Haircut / Looking Good |
| 1976 | SP NU TRAYL IRDA 100 (US) | . | Sunshine / Hard Times |
| 1977 | EP Polydor 2006 611 (UK) |
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Marvin Rainwater : I Dig You Baby / Dance Me Daddy / Carson Robison : Rockin‘ And Rollin‘ with Grandmaw |
| 1980 | SP OKIE 1980 (US) | . |
Henryetta / City Of Angels (Marvin Rainwater with The Bluebirds (Loralee & Barbie)) |
| 1981 | SP HORNET HR 005 (US) | . |
Henryetta, Oklahoma / City Of Angels (Marvin Rainwater with The Lil Darlings Cora Lee & Barbie) |
| 1987 | SP OKIE 87-106 (US) | . |
Marv & Jesse - The Waylon And Willie Machine / The Waylon And Willie Machine |
| 1987 | SP POLYDOR 887 283-7 (GER) |
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Hit Come Back 80 - Whole Lotta Woman / Baby Don't Go |
| 1992 | SP Collectables COL 4810 (US) | . | Gonna Find Me A Bluebird (Marvin RAINWATER) / Feel So Fine (Johnny PRESTON) |
| 1999 | EP Rollercoaster RCEP 129 (UK) |
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Whole Lotta Marvin! - Boo Hoo / I Can't Forget / Henryetta / Honky Tonk In Your Heart |
| ???? | EP SOUTHERN SEP 1001 (?) |
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Whole Lotta Marvin - Hot And Cold / Mr. Blues / Tennesee Houn' Dog Yodel / I Dig You Baby |
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Unissued Tracks
| 1958 | MGM unissued - (Bear Family LP 15132 (#4) / Bear Family CD 15812 (#7)) |
That's The Way I Feel |
| 1958 | MGM unissued - (Bear Family LP 15132 (#15) / Bear Family CD 15812 (#10)) |
Crazy
Love
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| 1958 | MGM unissued - (Bear Family LP 15132 (#7) / Bear Family CD 15812 (#9) / Vladimir Twist LP 6905 (#2)) |
Down In The Cellar |
| 1958 | MGM unissued - (Bear Family LP 15132 (#5) / Bear Family CD 15812 (#16)) |
The Last Time |
| 1961 | WARWICK unissued - (Bear Family CD 15812 (#4)) |
(There's A) Honky Tonk In Your Heart |
Need Information
| 19?? | Need info - (CCL LP 1114 (#12)) |
Cause I'm A Dreamer |
| 19?? | Need info - (MGM (France) LP 2624 032 (#14)) |
A Need For Love |
Albums
| 1957 | LP 12" MGM E-3534 (US) |
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SONGS BY MARVIN RAINWATER - Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / Where Do We Go From Here / Dem Low Down Blues / Cause I'm A Dreamer / Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel / What Am I Supposed To Do / Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me / Mr Blues / Get Off The Stool / Sometimes I Feel Like Leaving Town / Tea Bag Romeo / So You Think You've Got Troubles | ||||
| 1958 | LP 10" MGM MGM-D-152 (UK) |
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Songs By Marvin Rainwater - Look For Me (I'll Be Waiting For You) / Where Do We Go From Here / Dem Low Down Blues / Cause I'm A Dreamer / Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel / What Am I Supposed To Do / Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me (Lonesome Blues) / (Sometimes) I Feel Like Leaving Town / Tea Bag Romeo / So You Think You've Got Troubles | ||||
| 1958 | LP 12" MGM E-3721 (US) |
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MARVIN RAINWATER SINGS WITH A HEART, WITH A BEAT - Moanin' The Blues / Gamblin' Man (Roving Gambler) / I Dig You Baby / Dance Me Daddy / Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You) / Don't Be Late For Love / Look For Me (I'll Be Waiting For You) / My Brand Of Blues / My Love Is Real / Lucky Star / Whole Lotta Woman / Baby Don't Go | ||||
| 1960 | LP 12" AUDIO LAB 1563 (US) |
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Webb Pierce, Marvin Rainwater, Stuart Hamblen - Sing For You - Webb Pierce : Groovy Boy / I Saw Your Face In The Moon / Hawaiian Echoes / I've Loved You Forever It Seems / Marvin RAINWATER : I Gotta Go Get My Baby / Daddy's Glad You Came Home / Korea's Mountain Northland / Tainted Gold / Stuart HAMBLEN : Ace In The Hole / Bluebonnets (In Her Golden Hair) / My Old Hound Dog / Our Anniversary |
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| 04/1962 | LP 12" MGM E-4046 (mono) / SE-4046 (stereo) (US) |
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GONNA FIND ME A BLUEBIRD - Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel / Dem Low Down Blues / Because I'm A Dreamer / So You Think You've Got Troubles / Look For Me (I'll Be Waiting For You) / My Brand Of Blues / My Love Is Real / Lucky Star / Whole Lotta Woman / Moanin' The Blues / Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You) | ||||
| 1962 | LP 12" MOUNT VERNON MVM-146 (US) |
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The Country's Favorite Country Singer - Let's Go On A Picnic / Moments Of Love / Engineer's Song / Tear Drops / The Wanderer In Me / Would Your Mother Be Proud Of You Now / Don't Tell My Boy / I'm In Prison / So Long / You Can't Keep A Secret / Freight Train Blues |
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| 1962 | LP 12" Guest Star G-1435 (mono) / GS-1435 (stereo) (US) |
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Country And Western Star - Gotta Go Get My Baby / Daddy's Glad You're Home / Don't Try To Change You're Little Woman / Do You Want To Know / What You Got You Don't Want / The Key / In Prison Livin' A Lie / So Long / Teardrops / The Boy |
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| 1962 | LP 12" Ember EMB-3346 (UK) |
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Marvin Rainwater, Stuart Hamblen, Webb Pierce – Country And Western Favorites - Webb Pierce : Groovy Boy / I Saw You Face In The Moon / Hawaiian Echoes / I've Love You Forever It Seems / Marvin RAINWATER : I Gotta Do Get My Baby / Daddy's Glad You Came Home / Korea's Mountain Northland / Tainted Gold / Stuart HAMBLEN : Ace In The Hole / Blue Bonnets (In Her Golden Hair) / My Old Hound Dog / Our Anniversary |
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| 1963 | LP 12" CROWN CLP-5307 (mono) / CST-307 (stereo) (US) |
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MARVIN RAINWATER - Don't Tell My Boy / Engineer's Song / Tear Drops / The Wanderer In Me / Let's Go On A Picnic / Freight Train Blues / Would Your Mother Be Proud Of You / Moments Of Love / So Long / You Can't Keep A Secret | ||||
| 1963 | LP 12" MOUNT VERNON MVM-173 (US) |
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COUNTRY AND WESTERN - Jimmy DEAN & Marvin RAINWATER - Queen Of Hearts (Jimmy DEAN) / Bummin' Around (Jimmy DEAN) / Paper Love Affair (Jimmy DEAN) / I'm Feeling For You (Jimmy DEAN) / Release Me (Jimmy DEAN) / Teardrops (Marvin RAINWATER) / Would Your Mother Be Proud Of You? (Marvin RAINWATER) / Engineers' Song (The Boy And The Engineer) (Marvin RAINWATER) / Wanderer In Me (Marvin RAINWATER) / So Long (Marvin RAINWATER) | ||||
| 1963 | LP 12" Spin-O-Rama M-109 (mono) / S-109 (stereo) (US) |
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Golden Country Hits Sung By Marvin Rainwater with Wade Holmes - Marvin Rainwater : Teardrops /Wanderer In Me / Engineer's Song / Don't Tell My Boy / So Long / Wade Holmes : Too Many Blues / Living With The Blues / I'll Just Pretend / I'm Living On Memories / You Can't Hide From Yourself |
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| 1964 | LP 12" Almor AS 107 (US) |
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Jimmy DEAN - Marvin Rainwater - Rusty Evans - Country & Western Jamboree - Jimmy DEAN : Release Me / There Stand The Glass / I'm Fellin' For You / Queen Of Hearts / Rusty Evans : Jack O'Diamonds / Poor Little Peggy / Outlaw / Gotta Move Along / Marvin Rainwater : Boo Hoo / I Can't Forget / Tough Top Cat / Honky Tonk In Your Heart |
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| 01/1966 | LP 12" CORONET CX-258 (mono) / CXS-258 (stereo) (US) |
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NASHVILLE SHOWTIME - Jimmy DEAN & Marvin RAINWATER - You Little Devil (Jimmy DEAN) / There Stands The Glass (Jimmy DEAN) / Don't Tell My Boy (In Prison Living A Lie) (Marvin RAINWATER) / Million Tears From Now (Jimmy DEAN) / Teardrops (Marvin RAINWATER) / I'm Feeling For You (Jimmy DEAN) / Wanderer In Me (Marvin RAINWATER) / Engineers' Song (The Boy And The Engineer) (Marvin RAINWATER) / I'll Always Love You (Jimmy DEAN) / So Long (Marvin RAINWATER) | ||||
| 1972 | LP 12" PHILIPS 6414110 (UK) |
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GETS COUNTRY FEVER - Wabash Cannonball / All I Have To Offer You Is Me / Whole Lotta Women / Running Bear / All Time Fool / Now And Then / Is Anybody Going To San Antone / I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again / I Dig You Baby / Two Ships / Long Way To Yesterday / Party Bopper | ||||
| 1973 | LP 12" CMH CMH-210 (GER) |
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Songs Of Marvin Rainwater - Vol. 1 - Valley Of The Moon / Albino (Pink Eyed) Stallion / Stick And Stones / Two Fools In Love / Let Me Live Again / Hot And Cold / (There's Always) A Need For Love / Majesty Of Love / You My Darling You / Can I Count On Your Love? / I Dig You Baby / Gamblin' Man (Roving Gambler) / Valley Of The Moon / Pale Faced Indian (Lament Of The Cherokee Nation) / Wayward Angel / Yesterday's Kisses / You're Not Happy |
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| 1973 | LP 12" CMH CMH-213 (GER) |
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Songs Of Marvin Rainwater - Vol. 2 - That's When I'll Stop Lovin' You / Baby Don't Go / Born To Be Lonesome / Lonely Island / That's When I'll Stop Loving You / Love Me Baby (Like There's No Tomorrow) / Hard Luck Blues / She's Gone / Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / So You Think You've Got Troubles / Look For Me (I'll Be Waiting For You) / Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel / Because I'm A Dreamer / Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You) / My Brand Of Blues / My Love Is Real / Lucky Star |
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| 1973 | LP 12" CMH CMH-219 (GER) |
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Songs Of Marvin Rainwater - Vol. 3 – Halfbreed / Dem Low Down Blues / A Song Of New Love / Halfbreed / Young Girls / (Don't Be) Late For Love / Moanin' The Blues / Dance Me Daddy / Whole Lotta Woman / Don't Try To Change Your Little Woman / Do You Want To Know / What You Got You Don't Want? / The Key / The Engineers' Song (The Boy And The Engineer) / Teardrops / Wanderer In Me / Let's Go On A Picnic |
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| 1974 | LP 12" Emerald Gem GES 1108 (US) |
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NEW COUNTRY SOUNDS - Wabash Cannonball / All I Have To Offer You Is Me / Whole Lotta Woman / Runnin' Bear / All Time Fool / Now And Then / Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone? / I'm So Afraid Of Losing You Again / I Dig You Baby / Two Ships / Long Way To Yesterday / Party Pooper | ||||
| 1975 | LP 12" CCL CCL-1113 (NL) |
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Rockin' Rollin' Rainwater, Vol. 1 - Albino (Pink Eyed) Stallion / Sticks And Stones / Two Fools In Love / Let Me Live Again / Hot And Cold / A Need For Love / Majesty Of Love / You My Darling You / Can I Count On You / I Dig You Baby / The Roving Gambler / The Valley Of The Moon / The Pale Face Indian / The Wayward Angel / Yesterday's Kisses / You're Not Happy | ||||
| 1975 | LP 12" CCL CCL-1114 (NL) |
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Rockin' Rollin' Rainwater, Vol. 2 - Baby Don't Go / Born To Be Lonesome / Lonely Island / That's When I'll Stop Loving You / Love Me Baby / Hardluck Blues / She's Gone / Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / So You Think You've Got Troubles / Look For Me (I'll Be Waiting For You) / Tennessee Hound Dog Yodel / 'Cause I'm A Dreamer / Nothin' Needs Nothin' / My Brand Of Blues / My Love Is Real / Lucky Sta | ||||
| 1975 | LP 12" CCL CCL-1115 (NL) |
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Rockin' Rollin' Rainwater, Vol. 3 - Dem Low Down Blues / A Song Of New Love / Halfbreed / Young Girls / (Don't Be) Late For Love / Moanin' The Blues / Dance Me Daddy / Whole Lotta Woman / Tea Bag Romeo / Where Do We Go From Here / Mister Blues / Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me / What Am I Supposed To Do / (Sometimes) I Feel Like Leaving Town / Get Off The Stool |
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| 1976 | LP 12" CCL CCL-1116 (NL) |
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Rockin' Rollin' Rainwater, Vol. 4 - Indian Burial Ground / Oklahoma Hills / Hey Good Lookin' / It Wasn't Enough / Boo Hoo / Tough Top Cat / I Can't Forget You / Sorrow Brings A Good Man Down / (There's A) Honky Tonk In Your Heart / Lookin' Good / Do It Now / My Old Home Town / Because I'm A Dreamer / Let Me Live Again / Troubles My Little Boy Had / I Love My Country / Black Sheep |
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| 1976 | LP 12" WESTWOOD WRS-101 (UK) |
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SOME OLD SOME NEW ESPECIALLY FOR YOU - Lonesomest Guy In Town / Darling Where Are You / Whole Lotta Woman / Cold Woman / Looking Good / I Dig You Baby / Happiness For Me / Indian Momma / I Saw A Bluebird / Old Rivers / I Miss You Already | ||||
| 1980 | 2 LP 12" MERCURY 2624 032 (F) |
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MGM ROCK 'N' ROLL COLLECTION -
Connie FRANCIS / Marvin RAINWATER /
Conway TWITTY / Jimmy JONES :
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| 1981 | LP 12" HOKY LP-107 (US) |
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COUNTRY MUSIC IS ALIVE AND WELL North Of The Mason-Dixon Line - Marvin RAINWATER & Mike COWDERY - Bury My Heart In Minnesota (Marvin RAINWATER) / Glendale Califoria In The Summer Of '63 (Mike Cowdery) / Dog Weary And I Wanna Roll On Home (Marvin RAINWATER) / My Soul Is An Eagle (Mike Cowdery) / Daughter Of A Gospel Preachin' Man (Marvin RAINWATER) / Bidin' Our Time On The Iron Range (Mike Cowdery) / Manitoba Woman (Mike Cowdery) / Black Dirt Slave (Marvin RAINWATER) / Gonna Find Me A Bluebird (Marvin RAINWATER) / High Time Babe (Mike Cowdery) / Couderay Couderay You're A Nasty Ol' Town (Marvin RAINWATER) / New York Mills Minnesota (Mike Cowdery, Marvin RAINWATER) | ||||
| 1981 | LP 12" Mark IV RR-42156 (US) |
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Whatever Happened To Marvin Rainwater - Running Bear / Slippin' Around / Kaw-Liga / Jambalaya (On The Bayou) / I Can't Stop Loving You / Tennessee Waltz / Searchin' / Whole Lotta Woman / Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / Release Me (And Let Me Love Again) / Apartment No.9 / Cold Cold Heart / I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know / Make The World Go Away / I Miss You Already / For The Good Times |
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| 1981 | LP 12" POLYDOR 2489 180 (F) |
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U.S. ROCKABILLY - Conway TWITTY : Long Black Train / I Vibrate / Just Because / Sentimental Journey / Marvin RAINWATER : Love Me Baby / Dance Me Daddy / Hot' n' Cold / Mr Blues / Andy STARR : Rockin' Rollin' Stone / She's a Going Jessie / Round And Round / One More Time | ||||
| 1982 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15079 (GER) |
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ROCKIN' ROLLIN' RAINWATER - I Dig You Baby / Late For Love / Whole Lotta Woman / Get Off The Stool / Love Me Baby / Baby Don't Go / In The Valley Of The Moon / She's Gone / Roving Gambler / Dance Me Daddy / Hardluck Blues / Mister Blues / So You Think You've Got Troubles / My Brand Of Blues / Moanin' The Blues / Hot And Cold | ||||
| 1984 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15132 (GER) |
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WITH A HEART, WITH A BEAT - WITH A BEAT - Boo Hoo / I Can't Forget / Tough Top Cat / That's The Way I Feel / The Last Time / A Need For Love / Down In The Cellar / Honky Tonk In Your Heart / WITH A HEART : That's When I'll Stop Loving You / Two Fools In Love / Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / Can I Count On Your Love / Because I'm A Dreamer / You My Darling You / Crazy Love (with Patty RAINWATER) / Look For Me | ||||
| 1992 | 4 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15600 (GER) |
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CLASSIC RECORDINGS :
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| 06/1994 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 15812 (GER) |
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WHOLE LOTTA WOMAN - Hot And Cold / Mr. Blues / Get Off The Stool / Honky Tonk In Your Heart / My Brand Of Blues / Whole Lotta Woman / That's The Way I Feel / Baby Don't Go / Down In The Cellar / Crazy Love (with Patty RAINWATER) / Moanin' The Blues / Gamblin' Man / I Dig You Baby / Dance Me Daddy / (There's Always) A Need For Love / The Last Time / Love Me Baby / The Valley Of The Moon / Young Girls / Hard Luck Blues / I Can't Forget / Boo Hoo / Tough Top Cat / Oklahoma Hills / Henryetta, Oklahoma / (Don't Be) Late For Love | ||||
| 06/2001 | CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16570 (GER) |
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ROCK ME - THE WESTWOOD RECORDINGS - Indian Momma / I Saw A Bluebird Today / I Miss You Already / I Dig You Baby / Darling Where Are You / Whole Lotta Woman / Looking Good / Happiness For Me / Cold Woman / Lonesomest Guy In Town / Proud Mary / One More Heartache / Blue Valley / Rock Me / The Grass Grows High / Talk To Me / Everytime It Rains / Living My Life / I'll Take Good Care Of Her / The House We Never Build / Teddy Bear / Old Rivers | ||||
| 2006 | CD BACM CD D 162 (UK) |
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Tennessee Houn’ Dog Yodel - Albino Pink Eyed Stallion / Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel / Dem Low Down Blues / Tea Bag Romeo / Where Do We Go From Here / Mr Blues / Hot And Cold / Don't Tell My Boy I'm In Prison / Wanderer In Me / Tainted Gold / Korea's Mountain Northland / I Gotta Go Get My Baby / Teardrops / Daddy's Glad You Came Home / Would Your Mother Be Proud Of You / What You Got You Don't Want / Engineer's Song - Boy And The Engineer / Do You Want To Know / You Just Can't Keep A Secret / Freight Train Blues / Moments Of Love / Don't Try To Change Your Little Woman / Key / Get Off The Stool / What Am I Supposed To Do / Sometimes I Feel Like Leaving Town / Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me Lonesome Blues |
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| 07/2015 | CD JASMINE JASMCD 3662 (UK) |
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A Whole Lotta Marvin - Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel / Mr Blues / Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me (Lonesome Blues) / Get Off The Stool / Gonna Find Me A Bluebird / So You Think You've Got Troubles / My Brand Of Blues / The Majesty Of Love (with Connie FRANCIS) / You, My Darlin' You (with Connie FRANCIS) / Lucky Star / Whole Lotta Woman / Baby, Don't Go / That's The Way I Feel / Two Fools In Love (with Patty RAINWATER) / Down In The Cellar / Crazy Love (with Patty RAINWATER) / Gamblin' Man / Moanin' The Blues / I Dig You Baby / Dance Me Daddy / Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You) / (There's Always) A Need For Love / (Don't Be) Late For Love / The Last Time / Can I Count On Your Love (with Patty RAINWATER) / Love Me Baby (Like There's No Tomorrow) / Half Breed / The Valley Of The Moon / The Pale Faced Indian / Hard Luck Blues / I Can't Forget / Boo Hoo / Tough Top Cat / (There's A) Honky Tonk In Your Heart |
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| 05/2016 | 4 CD Real Gone RGMCD 222 (UK) |
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3 Classic Albums Plus Singles 1955-1962 :
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| 2017 | 2 CD Acrobat Music ADDCD3196 (UK) |
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THE COMPLETE RELEASE 1955-62 :
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