Bennie HESS

Invité

Chanteur US né le 10 février 1914 à Chriesman (Texas). Bennie Hess forme son premier groupe les " Rhythm Wranglers" en 1940 et a un Show sur la radio locale KFYO de Lubbock (Texas). Premier hit en 1945 pour le label Black And White Records. Bennie a passé au Louisiana Hayride de Shreveport (Louisiane), au Big D Jamboree de Dallas (Texas) et au Grand Ole Opry de Nashville (Tennessee). Il a aussi enregistré pour Opera, Pearl et Major Records.

Talents : Singer, Guitar

Style musical : Traditional Country, Rockabilly

Années en activité :

1910

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2000

DISCOGRAPHIE

78 t. & Singles

1947	78 t. BLACK & WHITE 10018 (US)	.	You Just Won't Do / Someday You'll Know
1947	78 t. BLACK & WHITE 10022 (US)	.	Blue Monday / Wastin' My Time
1948	78 t. OPERA 100 (US)	.	Georgie HARRISON - Nations Playboy Boogie (instr.) / Be Loyal What Ever You Do
1948	78 t. OPERA 102 (US)	.	Forever Gone / I'm Not Gonna Fool With You
1948	78 t. OPERA 103 (US)	.	Untrue Love / Sweet Anna Mae
1948	78 t. OPERA 104 (US)	.	Drink Drink Drink / You Ain't Cheatin' On Me Now
1948	78 t. OPERA 106 (US)	.	Tonight And Every Night / I'm Just A Drifter
1948	78 t. MERCURY 6121 (US)	.	You Ain't Cheating On Me Now / Tonight And Ever Night
1949	78 t. MERCURY 6147 (US)	.	Come On Home Where You Belong / With You I'll Be Satisfied
1949	78 t. OPERA 1012 (US)	.	Come On Home Where You Belong / With You I'll Be Satisfied
1950	78 t. OPERA 1013 (US)	.	Bennie Hess Boogie / My Love For You
1950	78 t. OPERA 1015 (US)	.	I Got A Woman Troubled Mind / Novelty Yodel #1
03/1950	78 t. OPERA 1530/32 (US)	.	You Know And I Know - Stay Away From Me Love / 1/2 Century Novelty Yodel #2 - 1950 Blues
1950	78 t. OPERA 1018 (US)	.	The Day You Said Goodbye / To Be Loved
1950	78 t. OPERA 1019 (US)	.	Texas Stars / It's So Hard To Bear
1951	78 t. OPERA 1020 (US)	.	Soldiers Sweetheart / Our Little Darling
1951	78 t. OPERA 1022 (US)	.	I'm A One Woman Man / Lonesome For You
1953 ?	SP OK'ED 1153 (US)	.	My Old Pal / Finders Are Keepers
1954	SP OK'ED 1155 (US)	.	Buddy PAGE - Cajun Drage / My Old Pal
1954 ?	SP JET 1914 (US)	.	Honky Tonk Town / Travellin Blues

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07/1955	SP JET 1920 (US)	.	You Can't Catch A Fish Where There Is No Water / You Are In My Heart To Stay
08/1955	SP JET 1924 (US)	.	Another Man's Bride / Queen Of Sylvana Beach
11/1955	SP JET 1926 (US)	.	Country Styled Boogie / Forever Gone
1956	SP JET 1929 (US)	.	Oh ! The Man In The Moon Is Santa Claus / Dreamed About X-Mas
06/1957	SP PEARL 45-707 (US)	.	Idaho Bill WESTHALL - Treasured Memories / If You Can't Get Five Take Two
1957	SP PEARL 45-708 (US)	.	Rocky NIGHT Singing with His NIGHT CATS - Teen Age Bop / Gone Gone Blues
09/1957	SP PEARL 45-711 (US)	.	Your Memory / I'm So In Love With You
02/1958	SP PEARL 45-714 (US)	.	I'm Choosing Sides With Jesus / The River Of Heaven
09/1958	SP MAJOR MJ-1001 (US)	.	Wild Hog Hop / Now, I'm Free
1958	SP MAJOR MJ-1006 (US)	.	Walking That Last Mile / Life's Meditations
1960 ?	SP TAP 1016 (US)	.	Tennessee Mama Blues / I Love You Yet
1960 ?	SP TAP 1017 (US)	.	Two Potatoes & One Oignon / Your Kind Ain't Hard To Get
196?	SP MUSICODE 5691/92 (US)	.	Truckers Blues / Tonight And Every Night
196?	SP MUSICODE 5693 (US)	.	Big Ben HESS - Wild Hog Hop / You Called Me Honey (When I Was In The Money)
196?	SP SPADE 5693 (US)	.	Wild Hog Hop / You Called Me Honey
1963	SP SPACE 1963 (US)	.	Little BOYBLUEHOM - Extra Gang Blues / Someday You'll Know
1965	SP SPACE 1965 (US)	.	The Truck Driving Man / With You I'll Be Satisfied
1968	SP ARTIST OF FAME 20002 (US)	.	Cold Kisses And Warmed Over Love / Blue Yodel #12
1969	SP STAR TONE 1969 (US)	.	Yodeling In Shamrock / In Jail House #2
197?	SP SPADE 2002 (US)	.	Elvis Presley Boogie / ?
197?	SP POPULARITY 671 (US)	.	You're In My Heart To Stay / Livin' Took The Life Out Of Me
197?	SP POPULARITY 677 (US)	.	Travellin' Blues / Novelty Yodel 1
197?	SP POPULARITY 689 (US)	.	Bennie's Texas Blues / Path Of Gay Nights
197?	SP POPULARITY 692 (US)	.	Waiting For A Train / Travellin Blues
19??	SP CTRY 20002 (US)	.	Cold Kisses & Warmed Over Love / Blue Yodel #12
1972	SP SHOWLAND 201972 (US)	.	Sleep Baby Sleep / Attenpted Assassination Of George
1973	SP SHOWLAND 241973 (US)	.	The Ballad Of Jimmie Rodgers / Tennessee Mama Blues
1973	SP SHOWLAND 251973 (US)	.	Novelty Yodel #1 (Little Mama, Big Mama Blues) / I Love You Yet
1973	SP SHOWLAND 281973 (US)	.	Blue Monday Night / Jungle Land Rock
1974	SP SHOWLAND 331974 (US)	.	Our America / Goodbye Little Son Goodbye (with Troy HESS)
1974	SP SHOWLAND 341974 (US)	.	Look Once More Before You Go / Love Me Dear Forever
1975	SP SHOWLAND 361975 (US)	.	Bennie Hess Boogie / The Man Who Lost It All
1975	SP SPADE ? (US)	.	Novelty Yodel #2 / Wild Hog Hop
1975	SP SPADE 51975 (US)	.	Bennie Hess Boogie / Jungleland Rock
1975	SP SPADE 51975 (US)	.	You Called Me Honey / Wild Hog Hop

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	SP SHOWLAND 11977 (US)	.	Truck Drivin' Man / Hat's Already Gone
197?	SP SHOWLAND 1313 (US)	.	Wild Hog Hop / Boppin' The Rock
1977 ?	SP SHOWLAND 2202 (US)	.	Make My Dreams Come True Tonight / Elvis Presley Boogie
1978	SP SPADE 19781 (US)	.	Terapin JACKSON - Gone Mama Blues / ?
1978	SP SPADE 19782 (US)	.	Terapin JACKSON - Milk Cow Blues / Sidetrack Blues
197?	SP SHOWLAND 0001 (US)	.	Jimmie HODGERS - Blue Yodel #13 - Tennessee Mama Blues / I Love You Yet
197?	EP SPADE 19782 (US)		BOP WITH BENNIE HESS - Bennie Hess Boogie / Wild Hog Boogie / Jungle Land Rock / You Ain't Cheatin' On Me Now
1980	SP SHOWLAND 109 (US)	.	Country Styled Boogie / Don't Bow Down To Iran
1981	SP SHOWLAND 1981 (US)	.	Please Talk To My Heart / Now I'm Free

Albums

1976	LP 12" SPADE ? (US)		BENNIE HESS SINGS JIMMIE RODGERS - SONGS I WROTE FOR JIMMIE - Novelty Yodel #1 / One Love / Tennessee Mama Blues / Daddy And Home / This World Without You / Blue Yodel #5 / Novelty Yodel #2 / 1/2 Century Blues / Ballad Of Jimmie Rodgers / Someday You'll Know
02/2006	CD HYDRA BCK 27129 (D)		WILD HOG HOP ......!!! - Bennie Hess Boogie (Opera) / You Just Won't Do / Drink Drink Drink / Jungle Land Rock / Wild Hog Boogie (Spade) / You Ain't Cheating On Me Now / I'm So In Love With You / Boppin' The Rock / You Called Me Honey / Lifes Meditation / Novelty Yodel 1 / Wild Hog Hop (Major) / Your Kind Ain't Hard To Get / Bennie Hess Boogie (Showland) / Bennie's Texas Blues / Novelty Yodel #2 - 1/2 Century Blues / Truck Driving Man / Country Styled Boogie / Look Once More Before You Go / Blue Monday Night / Teenage Bop / Gone Mama Blues / Elvis Presley Boogie / Travellin' Blues / Wild Hog Hop (Musicode) / I'm A OneWoman Man / Two Potatoes And One Oignon / Truckers Blues / Troy Hess Boogie

Rocky Productions 8/03/2006
E-Mail : rocky-52@orange.fr
Messenger : gerardlambert52@hotmail.com

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Hess, Bennie

Born 1914 in Texas. Died in 1984.

References:
Discography in issue 23 (1980) of New Kommotion.

Original Releases

Discography is not intended to be complete

Date & Source	Label & Number	V	Titles {& References to LP/CD List}	As By	Matrix Numbers
1957/Oct. or earlier (Bb est.)	Pearl 45-708-P		Teen Age Bop {a,e,f} Gone Gone Blues	2 2	B A
1958/Sept. 22 Bb c&w rev.	Major MJ-1001		Wild Hog Hop {b,c,d,f,g,h,i,j,k,l} Now I'm Free	1 1	A B
	Musicode 5693		Wild Hog Hop {f} You Called Me Honey {f}	3 3	A B
	Spade 5693		Wild Hog Hop You Called Me Honey {k,l}

References in "As By" Column:

as by Bennie Hess
as by Rocky Night Singing With His Night Cats
as by Big Ben Hess

Collector-Oriented Compilation LPs and CDs Containing Tracks

a.	Buffalo Bop Bb-CD 55060 (cd)	Rock
b.	Collectables COL 5535 (cd)	Spade Records 1954-57
c.	Collector CL 1023 (lp)	Gonna Rock And Roll Tonight
d.	Crypt CR-CD-SIN 12 (cd)	Sin Alley, Part One
e.	Dusty LP 100 (lp)	Hillbilly & Rockabilly Special, Vol. 1
f.	Hydra BCK 27129 (cd)	Wild Hog Hop / Bennie Hess
g.	Mustang MUST 5 (cd)	Rockabilly & Hillbilly Bop, Vol. 5: Big Boy Rock
h.	RAR 155 (lp)	Sin Alley
i.	RAR 155 [2] (lp)	Rock-A-Rolla A-Hillabilly Wing Ding Do?! (Sin Alley, Vol. 2)
j.	Rock & Country 1007 (lp)	Spade Rockabilly
k.	Spade SP 199955.8 (cd)	The Best Of Spade Records
l.	Spade CD- 3013 (cd)	The Best of Spade Records

Invité

Bennie HESS (WILD HOG HOP) chez Major
en 1957