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Contrebassiste US né le 17 Septembre 1926 à Memphis (Tennessee). Bill Black fit ses débuts en Mai 54 dans les Starlite Wranglers de Doug Poindexter. En Juillet, Bill devient le bassiste d'Elvis Presley, contribuant grâce à son style de basse slappée au succès des sessions Sun du King. Quittant Elvis en 1959, il forme le "Bill Black's Combo" et obtient un premier hit en Décembre pour Hi Records. Le groupe connut des réussites constantes, seulement interrompues par la mort de Bill, le 21 Octobre 1965 à Memphis (Tennessee). Le leader en moins, le Combo continua à se produire sans succès.
Bill Black
had two distinct phases of his career in which he made a notable mark on early
rock & roll music: first as the rockabilly bass player for Elvis Presley
and then as a bandleader of Bill Black's Combo, which scored numerous
instrumental hits in the early '60s. Such is the way of the world that his most
artistically important contributions, as one-third of the rockabilly trio that Elvis Presley
fronted at the beginning of his career, brought him much less commercial reward
than the far less remarkable hit records under his own name.
Black first recorded for Sun Records in early 1954 as a member of a country
band, Doug Poindexter and the Starlite
Wranglers, who also included guitarist
Scotty Moore. That group issued just one single for Sun, but that was enough
to make the talents of Black and Moore
known to Sun head Sam Phillips, who put the pair together with
Elvis Presley. Under the billing of
Elvis Presley, Scotty, and Bill, they
put out five records on Sun in 1954 and 1955, which are usually acknowledged as
some of the finest rockabilly records ever done and
Presley at his most youthfully
uninhibited. Black was an important part of the early
Presley sound with his slap stand-up
bass and ebullient onstage manner.
Black and Moore continued to work with
Presley until 1958, leaving his band in
large part due to disputes over financial terms. Black and
Moore had taken one-quarter of the
royalties at the outset of Presley's
career, but even after Presley had
rocketed to stardom with RCA starting in 1956, they were on a mere 200 dollars/week
wage. Although Moore would eventually
work with Presley again, Black never
did, joining a Memphis group that evolved into Bill Black's Combo in 1959. Their
instrumental "Smokie," released late that year, made the Top Ten.
Bill Black's Combo stuck to the formula of "Smokie" for many of their subsequent
singles: a basic shuffle beat, simple bluesy R&B riffs, and some rinky-dink
organ and smoky saxophone lines on top. They weren't too imaginative, but they
were quite successful, placing eight singles in the Top 40 between 1959 and
1962, including "White Silver Sands," "Josephine," "Don't Be Cruel," "Blue
Tango," and "Hearts of Stone." Their sales were greatly boosted by the
suitability of their instrumental rock for background music at bars, clubs, and
diners, with many of their discs placed in jukeboxes. They were still charting
in the Top 100 as late as 1964, the year they also toured with the Beatles
during the British stars' first nationwide American tour.
Black, sadly, developed a brain tumor and died in 1965, shortly before his 40th
birthday and before rock historians had a chance to allow him to tell his side
of the Elvis Presley story.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Black
Talents : Bass
Style musical : Instrumental Rock, Memphis Soul
SMOOKIE (Part
II) (1959)
DON'T BE CRUEL (1960) MOVIN' (1961) MY GIRL JOSEPHINE (1961) TEQUILA (1964) |
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Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
07/1954 | 78 t. SUN 209 (US) | . | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - That's All Right / Blue Moon Of Kentucky |
07/1954 | SP SUN 209 (US) | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - That's All Right / Blue Moon Of Kentucky | |
09/1954 | 78 t. SUN 210 (US) | . | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Good Rockin' Tonight / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine |
09/1954 | SP SUN 210 (US) | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Good Rockin' Tonight / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine | |
01/1955 | 78 t. SUN 215 (US) | . | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Milkcow Blues Boogie / You're A Heartbreaker |
01/1955 | SP SUN 215 (US) | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Milkcow Blues Boogie / You're A Heartbreaker | |
05/1955 | 78 t. SUN 217 (US) | . | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Baby Let's Play House / I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone |
05/1955 | SP SUN 217 (US) | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Baby Let's Play House / I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone | |
08/1955 | 78 t. SUN 223 (US) | . | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Mystery Train / I Forgot To Remember To Forget |
08/1955 | SP SUN 223 (US) | ELVIS PRESEY - SCOTTY & BILL - Mystery Train / I Forgot To Remember To Forget | |
1958 | SP Fernwood 45-108 (US) |
Joe Lee & His Sextet with Scotty & Bill - Ethel Mae / Jo's Mix |
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10/1959 | SP HI 2018 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Smookie (Part I) / Smookie (Part II) |
02/1960 | SP HI 2021 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - The Wheel / White Silver Hand |
05/1960 | SP HI 2022 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Dry Bones / Josephine | |
07/1960 | SP HI 2025 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Tuxedo Junction / Crankcase |
08/1960 | SP HI 2026 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Don't Be Cruel / Rollin' | |
11/1960 | SP HI 2027 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Blue Tango / Willie | |
1960 | EP LONDON GEP 10053 (F) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - White Silver Sands / The Wheel / Smookie (Part. I) / Smookie (Part II) | |
1960 | EP LONDON RE-U 1277 (UK) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Blue Tango / Willie / Don't Be Cruel / Rollin' | |
02/1961 | SP HI 45-2028 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Hearts Of Stone / Royal Blue |
1961 | EP HI HE 22002 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - SOLID AND RAUNCHY - Singin The Blues / You Win Again / Honky Tonk / Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White | |
04/1961 | EP HI HE 22003 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - That Wonderful Feeling - Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Do Lord / Old Time Religion | |
1961 | SP 33 t. HI 33-S2029 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Old Time Religion / He's Got The Whole World In His Hand |
1961 | SP 33 t. HI 33-S2030 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Do Lord / When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder |
1961 | SP 33 t. HI 33-S2031 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Down By The Riverside / It Is No Secret |
1961 | SP 33 t. HI 33-S2032 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - When The Saints Go Marching In / Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen |
1961 | SP 33 t. HI 33-S2033 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - This Ole House / Just A Closer Walk With Thee |
05/1961 | SP HI 45-2036 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Yogi / Old Buttermilk Stone | |
08/1961 | SP HI 45-2038 (US) | . | Movin' / Honky Train |
11/1961 | SP HI 45-2042 (US) | . | Twist Her / My Girl Josephine |
1961 | EP 33 t. HI HSP-2 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - MOVIN' - My Babe / Forty Miles Of Bad Road / Ain't That Lovin' You Baby / What'd I Say / The Walk / Witchcraft | |
08/1961 | EP LONDON REU 10093 (F) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Old Buttermilk Sky / Yogi / Royal Blue / Hearts Of Stone | |
12/1961 | EP LONDON REU 10107 (F) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Movin' / Honky Train / Willie / Blue Tango | |
1962 | SP HI 45-2049 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Twist With My Baby / Slippin' And Sliddin' |
1962 | SP HI 45-2052 (US) |
BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Twistin' White Silver Sands / My Babe |
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07/1962 | SP HI 45-2055 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Blues For The Red Boys / So What |
11/1962 | SP HI 45-2059 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Joey's Song / Hot Taco |
1962 | SP HI 5N-59015 (US) | . | Bill BLACK - White Silver Sands / Smookie (Part 2) |
1962 | SP HI 5N-59016 (US) | . | Bill BLACK - Josephine / Don't Be Cruel |
1962 | SP HI 5N-59017 (US) | . | Bill BLACK - GREAT HITS - Blue Tango / Hearts Of Stone |
1962 | EP LONDON 10120 (F) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Witchraft / What 'd I Say / Torquay / The Walk | |
1962 | EP LONDON 10129 (F) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - So What / Blues For The Red Boy / Twist-Her / My Girl Josephine | |
03/1963 | SP HI 45-2064 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Do It Rat Now / Little Jasper |
08/1963 | SP HI 45-2069 (US) | . | Bill BLACK & His COMBO - Monkey Shine / Long Gone |
01/1964 | SP HI 45-2072 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Comin' On / Soft Winds |
04/1964 | SP HI 45-2077 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Raunchy / Tequila |
07/1964 | EP 33 t. LONDON SBG 22 (US) | . | Bill BLACK & His COMBO - Bill Black Plays Chuck Berry - School Days / Roll Over Beethoven / Little Queenie / Thirty Days / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Memphis Tennessee |
08/1964 | SP HI 45-2079 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Boo Ray / Little Quennie |
12/1964 | EP 33 t. HI SBG 26 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Bill Black's Combo Goes Big Band - T. D.'s Boogie Woogie / Tuxedo Junction / Canadian Sunset / Leap Frog / In The Mood / So Rare | |
01/1965 | SP HI 45-2085 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Come On Home / He'll Have To Go |
07/1965 | SP HI 45-2094 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Spootin' / Crazy Feel |
1965 | EP 33 t. HI SBG 41 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Mr. Beat - Mr. Beat / It's All In The Game / Black Beat / Talk Back Trembling Lips / Spootin' / Oh Lonesome Me | |
05/1966 | SP HI 45-2106 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Hey Good Lookin' / Mountain Of Love |
12/1966 | SP HI 45-2115 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Rambler / You Call Everybody Darling |
1966 | EP 33 t. HI SBG 48 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Plays All-Timers - Hey, Good Lookin' / Bouquet Of Roses / Anytime / I Walk The Line / Half As Much / Love's Gonna Live Here | |
1966 | EP 33 t. HI SBG 50 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Black Lace - You Call Everybody Darling / Jersey Bounce / Stardust / Stomping At The Savoy / Moonlight Serenade / Rambler | |
04/1967 | SP HI 45-2124 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Son Of Smookie / Peg Leg |
1967 | EP 33 t. HI SBG 52 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - King Of The Road - King Of The Road / Detroit City / Blue Hawaii / Sioux City Sue / Memphis, Tennessee / Pennsylvania Polka |
1968 | SP HI 45-2135 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Ribbon Of Darkness / Turn Of Your Lovelight |
05/1968 | SP HI 45-2145 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Turn On Your Love Light / Ribbon Of Darkness |
11/1968 | SP HI 2153 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Bright Light Big City / Red Lights |
05/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44867 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - But It's Allright / Slow Action |
09/1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-44983 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - California Dreamin' / Funky Train |
10/1969 | SP HI 45-2168 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Son Of A Hickory Holler's Tramp / Creeping Around |
1969 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45092 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Heaven Knows / 1518 Chelsea |
05/1970 | SP COLUMBIA 4-45162 (US) | . | Keep The Customer Satisfied (BILL BLACK’S COMBO & The MEMPHIS BELLES) / One Five One Eight Chelsea (BILL BLACK’S COMBO) |
01/1971 | SP HI 45-2185 (US) | . | Bill BLACK - Closin' Time / No More |
07/1971 | SP MEGA 615-0036 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Rings / Cotton Carnival |
11/1971 | SP MEGA 615-0052 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Oh Happy Days / Sugar Cured |
02/1972 | SP HI 45-2208 (US) | . | Bill BLACK - Daylite / Four A.M. |
04/1972 | SP MEGA 615-0070 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Harlem Nocturne / Sassy Pants |
08/1972 | SP MEGA 615-0086 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Bluff City Cookin' / Night Train |
1972 | EP MEGA LLP-192 (US) (special edition) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Jukebox Favorites - Canadian Sunset / Cry / Proud Mary / Honky Tonk / Alley Cat / One Mint Julep | |
02/1973 | SP HI 45-2234 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Smokey Bourbon Street / Mighty Fine |
1973 | SP MEGA 615-0113 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Listen To Music / Memphis Shuffle |
09/1973 | SP MEGA 615-0117 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Satin Sheets / Memphis Shuffle |
11/1973 | SP MEGA MR-0201 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Tequila / Smookie (Part. II) |
04/1974 | SP MEGA MR-0207 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Oh Happy Days / Listen To The Music |
10/1974 | SP HI 5N-2277 (US) | . |
Bill Black Combo featuring Bob Tucker - Soul Serenade / Memphis Pickin' |
02/1975 | SP HI 5N-2283 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Boilin Cabbage / Truck Stop |
08/1975 | SP HI 5N-2291 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Back Up And Push / Almost Persuaded |
01/1976 | SP HI 5N-2301 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Fire On The Bayou / Memphis Stroll |
07/1976 | SP HI 5N-2311 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Jump Back, Joe Joe / I Can Help |
09/1976 | SP HI 2317 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Redneck Rock / Yakety Sax |
1978 | SP HI 78-508 (US) | . |
BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Cashin' In (A Tribute To Luther Perkins) / L.A. Blues |
1981 | SP GUSTO GT4-2113 (US) | . | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - White Silver Sands / Smokie Part II |
01/1983 | SP MOTOWN Y 667F (US) | . | Bill BLACK - White Silver Sands / Don't Be Cruel |
1989 | SP Sun SUN NP 01 (I) | That's All Right Mama (Elvis, Scotty & BILL) / Down By The Riverside (MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET) |
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Albums
1960 | LP 12" HI HL-12001 (mono) / SHL-32001 (stereo) (US) | SMOOKIE - Smokie, Part 2 / Frankie And Johnny / Tuxedo Junction / Cyclone Bop / Dee J. Special / Anytime / Smokie, Part 1 / Crankcase / Deep Elm Blues / Before Dawn / Special Duty / Accentuate The Positive (Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate) | |||
1960 | LP 12" HI HL-12002 (mono) SHL-32002 (stereo) (US) | SAXY JAZZ - Smokie / Frankie And Johnny / Tuxedo Junction / Cyclone Bop / Dee J. Special / Anytime / White Silver Sands / The Wheel / Crankcase / Deep Elm Blues / Before Dawn / Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive | |||
10/1960 | LP 12" HI HL-12003 (mono) SHL-32003 (stereo) (US) | SOLID AND RAUNCHY - Don't Be Cruel /Singin' The Blues / Blueberry Hill / I Almost Lost My Mind / Cherry Pink / Mona Lisa / Honky Tonk / Tequila / Raunchy / You Win Again / Bo Diddley / Mack The Knife | |||
1962 | LP 12" HI HL-12004 (mono) SHL-32004 (stereo) (US) | THAT WONDERFUL FEELING - Nobody Knows / When The Saints Go Marching In / Old Time Religion / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / It's No Secret / Down By The Riverside / Dry Bones / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / This Old House / When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Do Lord / Just A Closer Walk | |||
1962 | LP 12" HI HL-12005 (mono) SHL-32005 (stereo) (US) | MOVIN' - Movin' / My Baby / Torquay / The Walk / Witchcraft / Honky Train / What'd I Say / Be Bop A-Lula / Hey Bo Diddley / Work With Me Annie / 40 Miles Of Bad Road / Ain't That Loving You Baby | |||
1962 | LP 12" HI HL-12006 (mono) SHL-32006 (US) | RECORD HOP - Night Train / Corrina, Corrina / My Girl Josephine / Hucklebuck / Royal Twist / Slippin' And Slidin' / Twisteroo / Smokie, Part 2 / Twist Her / Yogi / Twist With Me Baby / Johnny B. Goode | |||
1962 | LP 12" HI SHL-32006 (US) | TWIST HER - Twist-Her / Night Train / Corrina, Corrina / Huckle-Buck / Royal Twist / Yogi / My Girl Josephine / Twisteroo / Johnny B. Goode / Slippin' & Slidin' / Twist With Me Baby / Smokey Part 2 | |||
1962 | LP 12" LONDON HAU 2427 (F) | LET'S TWIST - Twist Her / Night Train / Corrine Corrina / The Huckle Buck / Royal Twist / Yogi / My Girl Josephine / Twisteroo / Johnny B.Goode / Slippin' And Slidin' / Twist With Me Baby / Smokie (part 2) | |||
1963 | LP 12" HI HL-12009 (mono) SHL-32009 (stereo) (US) | THE UNTOUCHABLE SOUND OF BILL BLACK COMBO - Joey's Song / Castle Rock / Red Top / Tippin' Inn / Skokiaan / Woodchopper's Ball / So What / Night Train / Your Cheatin' Heart / Ain't That A Shame / Little Brown Jug / I Can't Stop Loving You | |||
1963 | LP 12" HI HL-12012 (mono) SHL-32012 (stereo) (US) | GREATESTS HITS - Do It-Rat Now /Josephine / Rollin' / Hearts Of Stone / Yogi / White Silver Sands / Blue Tango / Willie / Ole Buttermilk Sky / Royal Blue / Don't Be Cruel / Smokie, Part 2 (rerecording) | |||
1964 | LP 12" HI HL-12013 (mono) SHL-32013 (stereo) (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO GOES WEST - Ridin' Down The Canyon / Deep In The Heart Of Texas / Down In The Valley / Cool Water / El Rancho Grande / Home On The Range / Tumblin' Tumbleweeds / San Antonio Rose / Red River Valley | |||
1964 | LP 12" HI HL-12015 (mono) SHL-32015 (stereo) (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO PLAYS THE BLUES - Blues In The Night / Birth Of The Blues / Comin' On / Wabash Blues / Weary Blues / Basin Street Blues / I'll Never Be Free / Peter Gunn / Blues In My Heart / Got You On My Mind / Midnight / St. Louis Blues | |||
1964 | LP 12" HI HL-12017 (mono) SHL-32017 (stereo) (US) | BILL BLACK COMBO PLAYS TUNES BY CHUCK BERRY - School Days / Sweet Little Sixteen / Roll Over Beethoven / Maybellene / Carol / Little Queenie / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Nadine / Thirty Days / Johnny B. Goode / Reelin' And Rockin' / Memphis Tennessee | |||
1965 | LP 12" HI HL-12020 (mono) SHL-32020 (stereo) (US) | THE UNTOUCHABLE SOUND - BILL BLACK'S COMBO GOES BIG BAND - T.D.'s Boogie Woogie / Two O'Clock Jump / Leap Frog / Canadian Sunset / Java / Sentimental Journey / In The Mood / Strangers On The Shore / Tuxedo Junction / Near You | |||
03/1965 | LP 12" HI HL-12023 (mono) SHL-32023 (stereo) (US) | MORE SOLID AND RAUNCHY - Come On Home / He'll Have To Go / Hard Day's Night / You Better Move On / Good Rocking Tonight / Tea For Two Cha Cha / Sunrise Serenade / White Sport Coat / Oh, Lonesome Me / Red River Rock / Kansas City / Fannie Mae | |||
10/1965 | LP 12" HI HL-12027 (mono) SHL-32027 (stereo) (US) | MISTER BEAT - Spootin' / It's All In The Game / North To Alaska / Mr. Beat / Side By Side / Black Beat / Talk Back Trembling Lips / Oh Lonesome Me / From Here To Eternity / Make Love To Me / Swinging On A Star / Till I Waltz Again With You | |||
1966 | LP 12" HI HL-12032 (mono) SHL-32032 (stereo) (US) | ALL-TIMERS - Hey, Good Lookin' / Bouquet Of Roses / Under Your Spell Again / Mountain Of Love / Together Again / Anytime / Your Cheatin' Heart / I Walk The Line / Love's Gonna Live Here / Half As Much / I'm So Lonesome / Act Naturally | |||
1967 | LP 12" HI HL-12033 (mono) SHL-32033 (stereo) (US) | BLACK LACE - You Call Everybody Darling / Jersey Bounce / Stardust / Stomping At the Savoy / Bunny Hop / Rambler / BeginTthe Beguine / Moonlight Serenade / Sugar Blues / Beer Barrel Polka / T.D.'s Boogie Woogie / South | |||
1967 | LP 12" HI HL-12036 (mono) SHL-32036 (stereo) (US) | RING OF THE ROAD - King Of The Road / Detroit City / I Left My Heart In San Francisco / Blue Hawaii / Sidewalks Of New York / Mexico / Sioux City Sue / Pennsylvania Polka / Memphis, Tennessee / Tennessee Waltz / Chicago / Washington Square | |||
1968 | LP 12" HI HL-12041 (mono) SHL-32041 (stereo) (US) | BILL BLACK'S BEAT GOES ON - The Beat Goes On / Ode To Billy Joe / Funky Broadway / A Whiter Shade Of Pale / Gotta Travel On / Soul Man / Wipe It Out / Let The Good Times Roll / The Letter / River Of Darkness / Never My Love / The Stripper | |||
1968 | LP 12" HI HL-32002 (réédition) (US) | SAXY JAZZ - Smokie / Frankie And Johnny / Tuxedo Junction / Cyclone Bop / Dee J. Special / Anytime / White Silver Sands / The Wheel / Crankcase / Deep Elm Blues / Before Dawn / Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive | |||
1968 | LP 12" HI HL-32006 (stereo) (US) | LET'S TWIST-HER - Night Train / Corrina, Corrina / My Girl Josephine / Hucklebuck / Royal Twist / Slippin' And Slidin' / Twisteroo / Smokie, Part 2 / Twist Her / Yogi / Twist With Me Baby / Johnny B. Goode | |||
1969 | LP 12" HI HL-12044 (mono) SHL-32044 (stereo) (US) | TURN ON YOUR LOVELIGHT - Turn On Your Love Light / Simon Says / Bright Lights / Red Light / Big Boss / In the Midnight Hour / Feel So Bad / Shoe- Bee-Doo / Phily Dog / Soul Serenade / The Horse | |||
1969 | LP 12" HI HL-12047 (mono) SHL-32047 (stereo) (US) | SOULIN' THE BLUES - Everyday I Have The Blues / Birds And The Bees / Imperial Tempo / Hoochie Coochie / Dust My Broom / Blue Shadows / Movin In / No Time / Mrs. Nelly B / Spoonful / Things I Used To Do / Last Train | |||
08/1969 | LP 12" HI HL-12052 (mono) SHL-32052 (stereo) (US) | SOLID AND RAUNCHY, VOLUME 3 - Creepin' Around / Groovin' Easy / Watch Your Step / Hold It Down / Coco Brown / Come See About Me / Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp / Car Driver / If I Had A Hammer / Leavin' Town / Love Is Here And Now You're Gone | |||
1969 | LP 12" COLUMBIA 63072 (US) | BLACK WITH SUGAR - Hey Jude / Slow Action / For Once in My Life / The Funky Train / Games People Play / But It's Alright / California Dreamin' / Soulfully Yours / Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da / Southern Comfort / All Cows No Bulls | |||
1970 | LP 12" COLUMBIA 1055 (US) | BASIC BLACK - Everybody's Out Of Town / Free And Funky / Let It Be / A Black Experience / Lay Lady Lay / Put Out My Fire / Keep The Customer Satisfied / Rainy Night In Georgia / Here Comes That Old Feeling Again / Venue / I'm So Glad You're You | |||
1970 | LP 12" COLUMBIA CS 9957 (US) | Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head - Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head / One Five One Eight Chelsea / Put A Little Love In Your Heart / Sweet Inspiration / Heaven Knows / A Brand New Me / Spinning Wheel / The Proud Cherokee / Rated "X" / Comin' Thru / Midnight | |||
1971 | LP 12" HI SHL-32061 (US) | MORE BILL BLACK MAGIC - Ramblin' Rose / Careless Love / He'll Have To Go / I Got A Woman / Will Sing In The Sunshine / Everybody Loves Somebody / Closin' Time / Tuff / He Ba Ba Re Bop / That Funky Feelin' / Kinda Lonesome / Tippin' | |||
1971 | LP 12" MEGA M31-1008 (US) | THE MEMPHIS SCENE - Rings / Resurrection Shuffle / Make It With You / Memphis Shuffle / Beale Street Connection / Mighty Clouds Of Joy / Oh Happy Day / Cotton Carnival / Mississippi Current / Sugar Cured / Summer Sand | |||
1972 | LP 12" MEGA M31-1014 (US) | JUKE BOX FAVOURITES - Harlem Noctune / Canadian Sunset / Bluff City Cookin' / Cry / One Mint Julep / Honky Tonk / Alley Cat / Proud Mary / Sassy Pants / Night Train | |||
1973 | LP 12" HI XSHL-32078 (US) | GREATEST HITS VOL. II - Raunchy / Dry Bones / Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White / I Walk The Line / Movin' / Memphis Tennessee / The Stripper / Turn On Your Love Light / Be-Bop A-Lula / So What | |||
1973 | LP 12" MEGA 5008 (US) | ROCK AND ROLL FOREVER - Tequila / Ram-Bunk- Shush / Reelin' And Rockin' / Soul Rockin' / Crocodile Rock / Slippin' And Slidin' / I Don't Want To Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes / Don't Be Cruel (To A Heart That's True) / Raunchy / B.B. Shuffle | |||
1974 | LP 12" MEGA MLPS-600 (US) | BILL BLACK IS BACK - Smokie, Part II / Don't Be Cruel / Ram-Bunk-Shush / Josephine / So What / White Silver Sands / Tequila / Sugar Cured / Raunchy / Honky Tonk | |||
1975 | LP 12" HI SHL-32088 (US) | SOLID & COUNTRY - BILL BLACK COMBO FEATURING BOB TUCKER - Soul Serenade / Memphis / Pickin' / Rub It In / Black's Boogie / Truck Stop / Cottonfields / Boilin' Cabbage / Chelsea Blues / Faded Love / Hello Josephine | |||
1975 | LP 12" HI SHL-32093 (US) | WORLD'S GREATEST HONKY-TONK BAND - Orange Blossom Special / I Can Help / Jump Back Joe / Rangers Waltz / Fire On The Bayou / Back Up And Push / Memphis Stroll / Almost Persuaded / Beer Barrel Polka / Carrol County Blues | |||
1976 | LP 12" ZODIAC ZLP-5006 (US) | BILL BLACK COMBO PLAYS THE GREATEST HITS - Listen To The Music / Killing Me Softly / Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'round The Old Oak Tree / Delta Dawn / The Entertainer / Midnight At The Oasis / Proud Mary / Satin Sheets / Cry / Alley Cat | |||
1977 | LP 12" HI 6005 (US) | AWARD WINNERS - Cashin' In ( A Tribute to Luther Perkins) / Luckenbach Texas / Honky Tonk Boogie / Rebel Rouser / LA Blues / Rock n Roll Redneck Honky Tonk Cowboy Band / Rocky Top / Lucille / Wipe Out / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain | |||
1977 | LP 12" HI SHL-32104 (US) | IT'S HONKY TONK TIME - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / Yakety Sax / Salty Dog Blues / Boilin' Cabbage / Redneck Rock / Cotton Eyed Joe / Easy Pickin' / Lover Please / My Blue Heaven / Cycoon (Southern Cyclone) | |||
1979 | LP 12" PRESS BU 4050 (US) | THE BEST OF BILL BLACK COMBO | |||
197? | LP 12" HI HLP 8004 (US) | MEMPHIS TENNESSEE - Smokie / Memphis Tennessee / Leavin' Town / Turn On Your Love Light / Creepin' Around / White Silver Sands / Don't Be Cruel / Ramblin' Rose / He'll Have To Go / Wipe It Out | |||
1980 | LP 12" SPRINGBOARD SPB-4020 (US) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO FOREVER - Bluff City Cookin' / Memphis Shuffle / Make It With You / B.B. Shuffle / Cotton Carnaval / Night Train / Sassy Pants / Alley Cat / Sugar Cured | |||
1980 | LP 12" Rock & Country R&C 1004 (SWE) | ELVIS, SCOTTY & BILL - THE FIRST YEAR - Scotty Moore Tells The Story : First Meeting / Discovery Of Elvis by Sam Phillips / The First Recording Session / The Second Recording Session / Shows with the Starlite Wranglers / On Their Own / Stranded In Shreveport, Louisiana / Grand Ole Opry Appearance / Louisiana Hayride Appearance / Live Broadcast from Cook's Hoedown Club in Houston, Texas In Early 1955 : There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby, Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I've Got A Woman / That's Alright Little Mama | |||
198? | LP 12" HALW 00001 (US) (limited edition) | ELVIS, SCOTTY & BILL - THE FIRST YEAR - Scotty Moore Tells The Story : First Meeting / Discovery Of Elvis by Sam Phillips / The First Recording Session / The Second Recording Session / Shows with the Starlite Wranglers / On Their Own / Stranded In Shreveport, Louisiana / Grand Ole Opry Appearance / Louisiana Hayride Appearance / Live Broadcast from Cook's Hoedown Club in Houston, Texas In Early 1955 : There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby, Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I've Got A Woman / That's Alright Little Mama | |||
1983 | LP 12" Golden Editions Limited GEL 101 (US) | ELVIS, SCOTTY AND BILL - THE FIRST YEAR - Biff Collie interview - There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby, Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I've Got A Woman / That's Alright Little Mama / ELVIS interview / Scotty Moore Tells The Story Of The First Year | |||
1984 | LP 12" SUN 1007 (UK) | ELVIS, SCOTTY & BILL - THE FIRST YEAR - Biff Collie Interview / Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I Got A Woman / That's Alright Mama / Elvis Interview / Scotty Moore Tells The Story Of The First Year | |||
1985 | LP 12" Topline TOP 106 (UK) | In The Beginning - ELVIS, SCOTTY & BILL - Biff Collie interview / There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I Got A Woman / That's Alright Mama / Elvis interview / Tweedle Dee / Baby Let's Play House / Maybellene / That's Alright Mama / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / There's Good Rockin' Tonight / I Got A Woman | |||
1989 | CD HI HIUKCD 102 (UK) | MEMPHIS ROCK 'N' SOUL PARTY - BILL BLACK & WILLIE MITCHELL - Don't Be Cruel / Honky Tonk / Blueberry Hill / Hearts Of Stone / Movin' / Hey! Bo Diddley / Work With Me Annie / Twist-Her / My Girl Josephine / Night Train / So What / Do It- Rat Now / Monkey Shine / School Days / Memphis / Little Queenie / Secret Home / Buster Browne (Willie MITCHELL) / Woodchopper's Ball (Willie MITCHELL) / That Driving Beat (Willie MITCHELL) / Everything Is Gonna Be Alright (Willie MITCHELL) / The Champion, Pt. 1 (Willie MITCHELL) / Bad Eye (Willie MITCHELL) / Sugar T (Willie MITCHELL) / Mercy (Willie MITCHELL) / Up-Hard (Willie MITCHELL) / 30-60-90 (Willie MITCHELL) / Who's Making Love? (Willie MITCHELL) / Come See About Me (Willie MITCHELL) / My Babe (Willie MITCHELL) / I'm A Midnight Mover (Willie MITCHELL) / Set Free (Willie MITCHELL) | |||
1991 | CD HI HIUKCD 112 (UK) | SOLID & RAUNCHY / MOVIN' - Don't Be Cruel / Singin' The Blues / Blueberry Hill / I Almost Lost My Mind / Cherry Pink / Mona Lisa / Honky Tonk / Tequila / Raunchy / You Win Again / Bo Diddley / Mack The Knife / Movin' [original single] / What'd I Say / Hey! Bo Diddley / Witchcraft / Be-Bop-A-Lula / My Babe / 40 Miles Of Bad Road / Ain't That Lovin' You Baby / Honky Train [original single] / Walk / Torquay | |||
1991 | CD HI HIUKCD 115 (UK) | GREATEST HITS / BILL BLACK PLAYS TUNES BY CHUCK BERRY - Do It-Rat Now /Josephine / Rollin' / Hearts Of Stone / Yogi / White Silver Sands / Blue Tango / Willie / Ole Buttermilk Sky / Royal Blue / Don't Be Cruel / Smokie, Part 2 (rerecording) / School Days / Sweet Little Sixteen / Roll Over Beethoven / Maybellene / Carol / Little Queenie / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Nadine / Thirty Days / Johnny B. Goode / Reelin' And Rockin' / Memphis Tennessee | |||
1992 | CD HI HIUKCD 124 (UK) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO GOES WEST / BILL BLACK'S COMBO PLAYS THE BLUES - Ridin' Down The Canyon / Deep In The Heart Of Texas / Down In The Valley / Cool Water / El Rancho Grande / Home On The Range / Tumblin' Tumbleweeds / San Antonio Rose / Red River Valley / Blues In The Night / Birth Of The Blues / Comin' On / Wabash Blues / Weary Blues / Basin Street Blues / I'll Never Be Free / Peter Gunn / Blues In My Heart / Got You On My Mind / Midnight / St. Louis Blues | |||
09/1992 | CD HI HIUKCD 131 (UK) | LET'S TWIST-HER / THE UNTOUCHABLE SOUND OF BILL BLACK COMBO - wist-Her / Night Train / Corrina, Corrina / Hucklebuck / Royal Twist / Yogi / My Girl Josephine / Twisteroo / Johnny B. Goode / Slippin' And Slidin' / Twist With Me Baby / Smokie, Pt. 2 / Joey's Song / Castle Rock / Red Top / Tippin' Inn / Skokiaan / Woodchopper's Ball / So What / Night Train / Your Cheatin' Heart / Ain't That A Shame / Little Brown Jug / I Can't Stop Loving You | |||
1992 | CD CHARLY CDCD 1020 (UK) | In The Beginning - ELVIS, SCOTTY & BILL - Biff Collie interview / There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I Got A Woman / That's Alright Mama / Elvis interview / Tweedle Dee / Baby Let's Play House / Maybellene / That's Alright Mama / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / There's Good Rockin' Tonight / I Got A Woman | |||
1993 | CD CHARLY QBCD3 (UK) | In The Beginning - ELVIS, SCOTTY & BILL - Biff Collie interview / There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I Got A Woman / That's Alright Mama / Elvis interview / Tweedle Dee / Baby Let's Play House / Maybellene / That's Alright Mama / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / There's Good Rockin' Tonight / I Got A Woman | |||
11/1995 | CD HI HIUKCD 145 (UK) | THAT WONDERFUL FEELING / BILL BLACK'S COMBO GOES BIG BAND - Nobody Knows / This Ole House / When The Saints Go Marching In / It Is No Secret / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Just A Closer Walk With Thee / When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Do Lord / Down By The Riverside / Old Time Religion / Dry Bones / T.D.'s Boogie Woogie / Near You / Sentimental Journey / Tuxedo Junction / Canadian Sunset / Leap Frog / In The Mood / Java / Two O'Clock Jump / So Rare / Oh / Stranger On The Shore | |||
01/1996 | CD HI HIUKCD 146 (UK) | SMOKIE / MORE SOLID & RAUNCHY - Smokie, Part 2 / Frankie And Johnny / Tuxedo Junction / Cyclone Bop / Dee J. Special / Anytime / Smokie, Part 1 / Crankcase / Deep Elm Blues / Before Dawn / Special Duty / Accentuate The Positive (Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate) / Kansas City / You Better Move On / A Hard Day's Night / Tea For Two Cha Cha / Good Rockin' Tonight / Fannie Mae / Come On Home / Red River Rock / White Sport Coat / Sunrise Serenade | |||
08/1996 | CD HI HILOCD-22 (UK) | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Blueberry Hill / Hey! Bo Diddley / My Girl Josephine / Don't Be Cruel / Tequila / Mack The Knife / Be-Bop-A-Lula / Roll Over Beethoven / Johnny B. Goode / Slippin' And Slidin' / Ain't That A Shame / Cool Water / Yellow Rose Of Texas / This Ole House / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Old Time Religion / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Stranger On The Shore | |||
06/1997 | CD Outwest 9210-2 (US) | ELVIS Raw - Early Live Recording - March 19, 1955 - Biff Collie interview - There's Good Rockin' Tonight / Baby, Let's Play House / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I've Got A Woman / That's Alright Little Mama / Interview with Scotty Moore | |||
1997 | CD STYLUS ? (US) |
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07/1998 | CD HI HEX 31 (UK) | THE HI MASTERS - White Silver Sands / Movin' / Smokie, Pt. 2 / Monkey Shine / Don't Be Cruel / Little Queenie / Josephine / Willie / You Win Again / Memphis / Hearts Of Stone / Twist-Her / Honky Train / Mack The Knife / Do It- Rat Now | |||
10/1998 | 2 CD HI 40 (UK) | HI ROLLIN' - THE STORY OF BILL BLACK : | |||
1999 | 2 CD HI ? (UK) |
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10/2000 | CD HI 171 (UK) | SAXY JAZZ / SOLID AND RAUNCHY - Smokie, part 2 / Frankie And Johnny / Tuxedo Junction / Cyclone Bop / Dee J. Special / Anytime / White Silver Sands / The Wheel / Crankcase / Deep Elm Blues / Before Dawn / Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive / Smokie, part 1 / Don't Be Cruel / Singin' The Blues / Blueberry Hill / I Almost Lost My Mind / Cherry Pink / Mona Lisa / Honky Tonk / Tequila / Raunchy / You Win Again / Bo Diddley / Mack The Knife | |||
12/2000 | CD HI 172 (UK) | THAT WONDERFUL FEELING / MOVIN' - Nobody Knows / This Ole House / When The Saints Go Marching In / It Is No Secret / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Just A Closer Walk With Thee / When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands / Do Lord / Down By The Riverside / Old Time Religion / Dry Bones / Movin' / What'd I Say / Hey Bo Diddley / Witchcraft / Work With Me Annie / Be-Bop-A-Lula / My Babe / 40 Miles Of Bad Road / Ain't That Loving You Baby / Honky Train / Walk / Torquay | |||
02/2001 | CD HI 173 (UK) | RECORD HOP / THE UNTOUCHABLE SOUND - Twist-Her / Night Train / Corrina, Corrina / Hucklebuck / Royal Twist / Yogi / My Girl Josephine / Twisteroo / Johnny B. Goode / Slippin' And Slidin' / Twist With Me Baby / Smokie, Pt. 2 / Joey's Song / Castle Rock / Red Top / Tippin' In / Skokiaan / Woodchopper's Ball / So What / Night Train [Slow Version] / Your Cheatin' Heart / Ain't That A Shame / Little Brown Jug / I Can't Stop Loving You / Blues For The Red Boy | |||
02/2001 | CD HI 174 (UK) | BILL BLACK'S GREATEST HITS / BILL BLACK'S COMBO GOES WEST - Do It-Rat Now /Josephine / Rollin' / Hearts Of Stone / Yogi / White Silver Sands / Blue Tango / Willie / Ole Buttermilk Sky / Royal Blue / Don't Be Cruel / Smokie, Part 2 (rerecording) / Little Jasper / Monkey Shine / Long Gone / San Antonio Rose / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Deep In The Heart Of Texas / There's A Goldmine In The Sky / Yellow Rose Of Texas / Rancho Grande / Home On The Range / Red River Valley / Down In The Valley / Cool Water / Ridin' Down The Canyon / Cattle Call | |||
04/2001 | CD CAPITOL 27836 (US) | THE BEST OF BILL BLACK'S COMBO - THE HI RECORDS YEARS - Smokie, Pt. 2 / White Silver Sands / Josephine / Don't Be Cruel / Blue Tango / Hearts Of Stone / Ole Buttermilk Sky / Movin' / Honky Train / Twist-Her / So What / Do It -- Rat Now / Little Jasper / Long Gone / Monkey Shine / Comin' On / Tequila / Little Queenie | |||
06/2001 | CD HI 175 (UK) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO PLAYS THE BLUES / BILL BLACK PLAYS TUNES BY CHUCK BERRY - I'll Never Be Free / Birth Of The Blues / Midnight / Blues In My Heart / Basin Street Blues / Comin' On / St. Louis Blues / Got You On My Mind / Wabash Blues / Peter Gunn / Weary Blues / Soft Winds / School Days / Sweet Little Sixteen / Roll Over Beethoven / Maybellene / Carol / Little Queenie / Brown-Eyed Handsome Man / Nadine / Thirty Days / Johnny B. Goode / Reelin' And Rockin' / Memphis / Boo Ray | |||
06/2001 | CD HI 176 (UK) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO GOES BIG BAND / MORE SOLID & RAUNCHY - T.D.'s Boogie Woogie / Near You / Sentimental Journey / Tuxedo Junction / Canadian Sunset / Leap Frog / In The Mood / Java / Two O'Clock Jump / So Rare / Oh / Stranger On The Shore / Kansas City / You Better Move On / Hard Day's Night / Tea For Two Cha Cha / Good Rocking Tonight / Fannie Mae / Come On Home / Red River Rock / White Sport Coat / Sunrise Serenade / Oh, Lonesome Me / He'll Have To Go | |||
06/2001 | CD HI 177 (UK) | WORLD'S GREATEST HONKY-TONK BAND / AWARD WINNERS - Orange Blossom Special / I Can Help / Jump Back Joe / Rangers Waltz / Fire On The Bayou / Back Up And Push / Memphis Stroll / Almost Persuaded / Beer Barrel Polka / Carroll County Blues / Cashin' In (A Tribute To Luther Perkins) / Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love) / Honky Tonk Boogie / Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain / Rebel Rouser / Wipe Out / Lucille / Rocky Top / L.A. Blues / Rock 'n' Roll Redneck Honky Tonk Cowboy Band | |||
2001 | CD BLUE CITY BCCD-819 (US) | 36 GREATEST HITS! - Smokey Pt.2 / White Silver Sands / Heart Of Stone / Joey's Song / Johnny B. Goode / Blueberry Hill / Don't Be Cruel / Honky Train / Josephine / Corrina,Corinna / Yogi / Do It Rat Now / Red Top / Slippin' And Slidin' / Hucklebuck / Turn On Your Love Light / Ain't That A Shame / Little Queenie / Long Gone / Blue Tango / Twist-Her / Comin' On / Movin' / Night Train / Old Buttermilk Sky / Twisteroo / Rollin' / Royal Blue / So What / Castle Rock / Your Cheatin' Heart / Twist With Me Baby / Tequila / Honky Tonk / Smokey(Pt.1) / Twistin' White Silver Sands. | |||
12/2003 | CD PARADIME ? (?) | BILL BLACK'S COMBO - Mud Island Blues / Memphis / Kansas City / Tequila / Smokie Part 2 / Wipe Out / Hello Josephine / Happy Organ / Hearts Of Stone / Don't Be Cruel / White Silver Sands / Green Onions | |||
08/2005 | CD 3D 304 (?) | DOWN IN THE DEPTHS - Down In The Depths On The 90th Floor / Laugh, Clown, Laugh / Little Toy Train / Spring Is Here / So It's Spring / Love And I Are Partin' / Listen Little Boy / Nobody's Heart / Where Are You / Gloomy Sunday / I'll Never Be The Same / Blame It On My Youth | |||
2006 | CD Delta Music 26429 (UK) | Elvis Presley, Scotty & Bill - Baby Let's Play House / Tomorrow Night / Blue Moon / I'm Left You're Right, She's Gone / You're A Heartbreaker / I Forgot To Remember To Forget / I Love You Because / Good Rockin' Tonight / Just Because / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / Harbour Lights / That's All Right Mama / Mystery Train / I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine / Milk Cow Blues Boogie / Trying To Get To You / Maybelline / Baby Lets Play House / Money Honey / That's All Right Mama / Good Rockin' Tonight / Blue Moon Of Kentucky / I Was The One / Tweedle Dee / I Got A Woman / Long Tall Sally / Interview Mace Born Auto Florida 1955 / Interview with Bob Neal Texarkana / Interview at Louisiana Hayride | |||
11/2012 | 2 CD JASMINE JASCD 709 (UK) | SMOKIN' :
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