Chanteur Rockabilly US né Charles Edward York, le 24 Mai 1935 à Harlan (Kentucky). Rusty York a enregistré pour King (57), PJ (58 ?), Note (59), Starday (59), Chess (59), Sage (60), New Star (61), Capitol (61) et Jewel Records (66). Il est décédé le 26 Janvier 2014.

Rusty York was born May 24, 1935, in Harlan County, KY. A 1951 concert appearance by Earl Scruggs & the Foggy Mountain Boys inspired the already musically curious York, who, after moving to Cincinnati, bought a five-string banjo and began to play out. His first collaborator was Willard Hale, and the duo gigged locally with acts like Jimmie Skinner and Hylo Brown. When Elvis Presley broke in 1957, York decided that an update in sound was necessary. He and Hale cut a version of Buddy Holly's "Peggy Sue" for King, which led to York's teaming with vocalist Bonnie Lout in a rockabilly project. 1959 saw the recording of two of York's most rollicking numbers, "Red Rooster" and "Sugaree." The rockabilly phase was a minor success, but by the 1960s, York had returned to bluegrass and country. He also began to cultivate an interest in the business end of country and in 1961 started building a studio in his garage. By the early '70s York had retired from performing to concentrate on his Jewel Records imprint/studio full-time. Jewel continued to operate out of Cincinnati throughout the 1980s and '90s, and into the 21st century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_York

Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Banjo

Style musical : Rockabilly, Rock 'n' Roll, Traditional Country, Bluegrass

http://youtu.be/sIUKdtljW_0

THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT (1956) (unissued)

Shake 'em Up Baby (1957)

MEAN WOMAN BLUES (1957) (unissued)

LA DEE DAH (1958) (Bonnie & Rusty)

SUGAREE (1959)

DIXIE STRUT (1958)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

 

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles & EP

12/1957 SP KING 45-5103 (US) . Shake 'em Up Baby / Peggy Sue
01/1958 SP KING 45-5110 (US) . BONNIE & RUSTY - La Dee Dah / Let The School Bell Ring, Ding A Ling
03/1958 SP MERCURY 71285X45 (US) . I'm The Girl In The USA (Connie HALL) / Dixie Strut
1958 SP SAGE 45-266 (US) .

Sadie Mae / Margaret Ann

11/1958 SP MERCURY 71387x45 (US) . Jimmie SKINNER & Rusty YORK - Dark Hollow / Walkin' My Blues Away
1959 ? SP PJ 45-100 (US) . Sugaree / Red Rooster (instr.)
1959 SP NOTE 10021 (US) . Sugaree / Red Rooster (instr.)
03/1959 SP STARDAY 45-423 (US) .

Rusty YORK, duo with Willard HALE - The Lock On Your Heart / Don't Do It

06/1959 SP CHESS 1730 (US) . Sugaree / Red Rooster (instr.)
08/1960 SP SAGE 45-327 (US) . Sadie-Mae / Margaret Ann
12/1960 EP BLUE GRASS SPECIAL EP-600 (US) Rusty YORK & The KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS - East Virginia Blues / Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / Little Maggie / Little Rosewood Casket / Pretty Polly / Roving Gambler
1961 SP NEW STAR NS-6419/8288 (US) . That's What I Need / Just Like You
1961 EP Blue Grass Special EP-603 (US)

Jimmie SKINNER : Fallen Leaves / Rusty YORK & KY. MOUNTAIN BOYS : Knoxville Girl / Cindy / Kentucky Mountain Chimes / Jimmie SKINNER : Short Life Of Trouble / Rusty YORK & KY. MOUNTAIN BOYS :Over The Hill To The Poorhouse

07/1961 SP KING 45-5511 (US) . Love Struck / Goodnight Cincinnati, Goodmorning Tennessee
11/1961 SP GAYLORD 45-6419 (US) .

That's What I Need / Just Like You

11/1961 SP CAPITOL 4663 (US) . That's What I Need / Just Like You
01/1962 SP KING 45-5587 (US) . Tore Up Over You / Tremblin'
04/1963 SP NEW STAR NS-6423 (US) . I Might Just Walk Right Back Again / Sally Was A Good Old Girl
1963 SP GAYLORD 45-6428 (US) . I Might Just Walk Right Back Again / Sally Was A Good Old Girl
1966 SP JEWEL 700 (US) . Sugaree - 66 / Sing The Girls A Song, Bill
1968 SP AFCO AF-524 (US) . Big Man, Big House / Crazy
196? EP JEWEL 402 (US) Rusty YORK & The KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS - Drifting Too Far From The Shore / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Shake Hands With Mother Again / Walking My Lord Up Calvary Hill / Where Could I Go / Where The Soul Never Dies
04/1975 SP GUSTO GO 127 (US) . Horney / What'd I Say
2001 SP Twin Spin ‎45-10001 . The Girl Can't Help It / Sweet Love
















Unissued Tracks

1956 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#3) / Eagle LP 901008 (#2) / Jewel LP 917 (#1) / Mustang CD 18 (#25) / Shimmy CD 101 (#22)) The Girl Can't Help It [vers. 1]
1956 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#26) / Bear Family CD 17030 (#6) / Eagle LP 901008 (#8)) The Girl Can't Help It [vers. 2]
1956 Unissued track - (Eagle LP 901008 (#17)) The Girl Can't Help It [vers. 3]
1956 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#2) / Eagle LP 901008 (#1) / Jewel LP 917 (#7)) Sweet Love [vers. 1]
1956 Unissued track - (Eagle LP 901008 (#14)) Sweet Love [vers. 3]
1957 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#27) / Eagle LP 901008 (#16) / Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#5)) A Fallen Star
1957 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#6) / Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#4) / Jewel LP 917 (#8)) Great Balls Of Fire [vers. 1]
1957 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#4) / Eagle LP 901008 (#13) / Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#2)) Mean Woman Blues
1957 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#10) / Eagle LP 901008 (#12) / Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#1)) Peggy Sue [alt. vers.]
1957 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#18) / Buffalo Bop CD 55061 (#28) / Eagle LP 901008 (#9) / Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#3)) Sweet Love [vers. 2]
1958 ? Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#20) / Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#22)) Baby What You Want Me To Do
1960 ? Unissued track - (Eagle LP 901008 (#10)) Sugaree [alt. vers.]
1960 ? Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16123 (#15) / Bear Family CD 16543 (#9) / Chess LP 6025/6 (#13) / Chess LP 9173 (#6) / Chess (England) LP 9124 213 (#15) / Detour LP 204 (#6) / Eagle LP 901008 (#11) / Vogue LP 522016 (#5) / Vogue CD 670076 (#5)) Sweet Talk [vers. 1]
1960 ? Unissued track - (Eagle LP 901008 (#18)) Sweet Talk [vers. 2]
1961 Unissued track - (Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#8) / Jewel LP 917 (#6)) Love Me
1963 Unissued track - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#19) / Jewel LP 917 (#13)) You Better Leave My Baby Alone
1965 Unissued track - (Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#6)) Bring It On Home To Me
1965 Unissued track - (Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#7) / Jewel LP 917 (#12)) Brown Eyed Handsome Man
1965 Unissued track - (Eagle LP 901008 (#15) / Gee Dee Music CD 270103-2 (#9)) Great Balls Of Fire [vers. 2]

Need Info

19?? Need info - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#23)) Molly Darlin'
19?? Need info - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#22)) One, One, One, Wonderful (instr.)
19?? Need info - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#25)) Tore Up Over You [alt. vers.]
19?? Need info - (Bear Family CD 16543 (#24)) Tremblin' [alt. vers.]

Albums

1968 LP 12" JEWEL 128 (US) Rusty YORK SINGS LIKE CRAZY - Crazy / Sally Was A Good Old Girl / Wolverton Mountain / I Might Just Walk Right Back Again / Abilene / That's What I Need / Just Like You / Big Man In A Big House / Sugaree '66 / Saginaw, Michigan / You'd Better Leave My Baby Alone / Ring Of Fire
1968 LP 12" Rural Rhythm RRJD-195 (US)

RURAL RHYTHM PRESENTS Bluegrass Gospel Songs - J. D. JARVIS - RUSTY YORK - Palms Of Victory / There's A Light Guiding Me / What Kind Of Man / Railway To Heaven / You Got To Move / Name Of The Lord / Lights At Home / Almost Home / You Can't Make Me Doubt It / Memories Of Mother / Lonesome Valley / Drifting Too Far From The Shore / City On The Hill / Great Speckled Bird / Take Me In The Life Boat / House Of Gold / Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies / Shake Hands With Mother Again / Old Rugged Cross / Drinking From The Fountain

1973 LP 12" QCA LP-304 (US) DUELING BANJOS - Rusty York AND Lonnie MACK - Dueling Banjos / Ruby / Back Up And Push / Going Down The Road Feeling Bad / Ole Rattler / Cannonball Rag / Cripple Creek / Little Maggie / Grandfathers Clock / Duel Between A Fiddle And A Banjo / Molly And Tenbrooks / Amazing Grace / Foggy Mt. Breakdown / Pretty Polly / I'll Fly Away / Bile Them Cabbage Dow
1981 LP 12" JEWEL JRC 917 (US) ROCK AND ROLL MEMORIES - The Girl Can't Help It / Goodnight Cincinnatti, Good Morning Tennesse / Sugaree / This Should Go Forever / Sadie Mae / Love Me / Sweet Love / Great Balls Of Fire / Love Struck / Peggy Sue / I Might Just Walk Right Back Again / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / You Better Leave My Baby Alone / That's What I Need / Shake 'em Up Baby
1990 LP 12" EAGLE 33-901008 (GER) SWEET LOVE - Sweet Love / The Girl Can't Help It / Sugaree / Goodnight Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee / Shake 'em Up Baby / Love Struck /Peggy Sue / The Girl Can't Help It (out-take) / Sweet Love (out-take, sudden ending) / Sugaree (out-take) / Sweet Talk / Peggy Sue (demo King) / Mean Woman Blues (demo King) / Sweet Love (demo King) / Great Balls Of Fire (demo King) / A Fallen Star (demo King) / The Girl Can't Help It (out-take, no introduction) / Sweet Talk (out-take, drum intro)
09/1994 CD GEE DEE 270103-2 (US) THE CINCINNATTI FIREBALL - Peggy Sue (version 1) / Mean Woman Blues / Sweet Love / Great Balls Of Fire / A Fallen Star / Bring It On Home To Me / Brown Eyed Handsome Man / Love Me / Great Balls Of Fire / Summertime Blues / I Know / Slippin´ And Slidin´ / Goodnight Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee / Love Struck / Margaret Ann / Sadie Mae / Sugaree / Peggy Sue (version 2) / Shake ´Em Up Baby / Tremblin´ / Tore Up Over You / Baby What You Want Me To Do / This Should Go On Forever / Cajun Blues (instr.) / Red Rooster (instr.)
2001 CD JEWEL ? (US) EARLY BLUEGRASS - Rusty YORK & The KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS - Little Rosewood Casket / Pretty Polly / Roving Gambler / Girl In Sunny Tennessee / Little Maggie / East Virginia Blues / Fallen Leaves / Knoxville Girl / Cindy / Kentucky Mountian Chimes / Short Life Of Trouble / Over The Hill To The Poorhouse / Doin' My Time / Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy to Me / Cripple Creek / Rambler's Call / Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms / They're At Rest Together / If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again / Where Could I Go / Drifiting Too Far From The Shore / Where The Soul Never Dies / Shake Hands With Mother Again / Walking My Lord Up Calvary Hill / Don't Do It & It Won't Be On Your Mind / The Lock On Your Heart / Dixie Strut / Banjo Breakdown
04/2004 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 16543 (GER) ROCKS - Sugaree / Sweet Love / The Girl Can't Help It / Mean Woman Blues / Peggy Sue / Great Balls Of Fire / Shake 'em Up Baby / Red Rooster (instr.) / Sweet Talk / Peggy Sue (2) / Sadie Mae / Tore Up Over You / Tremblin' / Love Struck / La Dee Dah (with Bonnie LOU) / Cajun Blues - Frosty (instr.) / Goodnight Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee / Sweet Love (2) / You'd Better Leave My Baby Alone / Baby What You Want Me To Do / Don't Do It / One, One, One, Wonderful (instr.) / Molly Darlin' / Tremblin' (alt) / Tore Up Over You (alt) / The Girl Can't Help It (2) / A Fallen Star / Margaret Ann
2008 CD JEWEL ? (US) Rusty YORK SINGS LIKE CRAZY - Crazy / Sally Was A Good Old Girl / Wolverton Mountain / I Might Just Walk Right Back Again / Abilene / That's What I Need / Just Like You / Big Man In A Big House / Sugaree '66 / Saginaw, Michigan / You'd Better Leave My Baby Alone / Ring Of Fire / Ya Ya / Down The Road (instr.) / I'm Leavin' Town / Truck Driver Blues

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