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American steel guitarist, band leader, vocalist, songwriter, and TV show host born April 29, 1929, Arkansas City, Kansas, and died October 28, 2017.
One of the key figures from the golden era of the Bakersfield Sound.
Brother of Buddy Mize.

ALBUMS


Billy Mize
From Billy Mize -1958 Demos For Cash
2017, 10", MiniAlbum, RWA (Richard Weize Archives)
Billy Mize
The Melody Ranch Recordings Plus Bonus Tracks
2014, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Country Stars
Billy Mize
Make It Rain
2003, CD, Album, Sharecropper Records
Billy Mize
Living Her Life In A Song
1976
Billy Mize
Love 'N' Stuff
1976,
Billy Mize
Two People Party / Heaven For The Weekend
1976
Billy Mize
Born To Love Me
1975, 7", Single, Mono, Promo, Mega (2)
Billy Mize
The Lady's Leavin'
1975
Billy Mize
Lord Let it Rain
1974, 7", Single, Promo, United Artists Records
Billy Mize
Thank You For The Feeling
1974, 7", Mono, Promo, Styrene, All, United Artists Records
Billy Mize
Thank You For The Feeling
1974, 7", United Artists Records
Billy Mize
It's A Feeling Called Love / Do Apples Look Like Oranges
1974
Billy Mize
Linda's Love Stop
1974
Billy Mize
California Is Just Mississippi / Just The Other Side Of Nowhere
1973
Billy Mize
Middle Tennessee Country Boy's Blues / Goodtime Chalie's Got The Blues
1972, 7", Single, Promo, United Artists Records
Billy Mize
Take It Easy / Susan's Floor
1972
Billy Mize
You're Alright With Me
1971, LP, Album, United Artists Records
Billy Mize
Blowin' On Cold Ashes (Gets Dust In Your Eyes)
1971
Billy Mize
You're Alright With Me
1971
Billy Mize
If This Was The Last Song / I Learned To Walk
1970
Billy Mize
Beer Drinking, Honky Tonkin' Blues / Someday When It Gets To Be Tomorrow
1970
Billy Mize
Mama, The Sparrow And The Tree
1969, 7", Single, Promo, Imperial
Billy Mize
While I'm Thinkin' About It / The Absence Of You
1969, 7", Single, Promo, Sou, Imperial
Billy Mize
This Time And Place
1969, ,
Country
Billy Mize
Make It Rain
1969
Billy Mize
While I'm Thinkin' About It
1969
Billy Mize
Walking Through The Memories Of My Mind / Wind (I'll Catch Up To You)
1968
Billy Mize
It's Gonna Get Lonely
1967
Billy Mize
I'd Rather Have You Than My Pride
1967
Billy Mize
Don't Let The Blues Make You Bad /Walking My Fool
1966
Billy Mize With The Jordanaires
The Bigger The Fool (The Harder The Fall)
1966
Billy Mize
Terrible Tangled Web / You Don't Have Very Far To Go
1965
Billy Mize
Little Coco Palm
1960
Billy Mize
It Could Happen / Solid Sender
1957
Billy Mize
Who Will Buy The Wine
1956
Billy Mize With The Former Texas Playboys*
Salute To Swing
2xLP, Album, GM Records (9), ,
Country/Western Swing
Billy Mize
I'm Still A Prisoner / Pusan
10", Single, Mono, Kord (2)
Cliff Crofford
Every Time I Hear The Fiddle Play / Livin' Her Life In A Song
1974, 7", Single, Mono, Promo, Mega (2)
Jasmin Larkin
Something Pretty Bad / Always Alone
7", Cinjo
Billy & Cliff
Louisiana Sand / Don't Look Now
1963, ,
Country
Billy & Cliff
Living Up To My Name / The Gun, The Gold and The Girl
1960

APPEARANCES +


Various
It's A Hillbilly Booze Party Volume 2 - Hangover Tavern
2023, CD, Comp, Atomicat Records, ,
Country/Hillbilly/Honky Tonk
Various
Lookin' For The Green
2020, CD, Comp, Atomicat Records, ,
Country/Hillbilly/Rockabilly
Bobbie Gentry
The Girl From Chickasaw County (The Complete Capitol Masters)
2018, 8xCD, Comp, RM + Box, UMC
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis At Sun Records - The Collected Works ("What The Hell Else Do You Need?")
2015, 18xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Dlx, Bear Family Productions Ltd., ,
Rock & Roll
The Cornell Hurd Band
Boonville - Live In Mendocino County
2015, CD, Album, Behemoth Records (2)
Jerry Lee Lewis
(Debut Album) Plus Jerry Lee's Greatest!
2014, CD, Comp, RM, Hoodoo Records, ,
Rockabilly/Rock & Roll
Various
The Eve Folk Recordings
2014, 2xCD, Comp, RPM retrodisc,
Waylon Jennings / Sanford Clark
Zia Records Presents: Audio Recorders Archive Vol. 1
2014
Šimek & Grossmann
Komplet 1966 – 1971
2013, 17xCD, Comp + Box, Supraphon, ,
Parody/Comedy/Country
Merle Haggard
5 Classic Albums
2013, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Capitol Records Nashville, Universal Music Enterprises, Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville, Capitol Records Nashville
Holly Golightly
Truly She Is None Other
2013
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Very Best Of Jerry Lee Lewis
2013, ,
Country/Rock & Roll
Johnny Cash
The Complete Columbia Album Collection
2012, 63xCD, Car + Box, Comp, Car, Columbia, Legacy, Sony Music, ,
Country/Country Rock/Folk Rock
Glen Campbell - Bobbie Gentry - Anne Murray
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell + Anne Murray & Glen Campbell
2012, CD, Comp, Morello Records, ,
Country/Ballad
Johnny Cash
The Real... Johnny Cash
2011
Johnny Cash
Trilogy
2010
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Killer Breaks Loose
2009, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Primo (2), ,
Rock & Roll
Various
Campus Boogie
2009, CD, Comp, El Toro Records, ,
Hillbilly
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Collection
2009, CD, Comp, The Red Box, ,
Country Rock/Rock & Roll
Bob Luman
Bob Rocks
2008, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
Rockabilly/Rock & Roll/Country
Wanda Jackson
Live At Town Hall Party 1958
2008, ,
Rockabilly/Country
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis Plus Jerry Lee's Greatest
2007, ,
Rock & Roll/Country
Jerry Lee Lewis
A Half Century Of Hits
2006, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Time Life, Rhino Special Products, Universal Music Special Markets, ,
Rock & Roll/Gospel/Country
Waylon Jennings
Nashville Rebel
2006, ,
Country/Country Rock
Various
Town Hall Party - November 29, 1958
2004, DVD, NTSC, Bla, Bear Family Records, ,
Country/Rockabilly
Various
Town Hall Party - November 15, 1958
2004, DVD, NTSC, Bla, Bear Family Records
The Tennessee Three
We Still Miss Someone
2004
Jim Croce
Home Recordings: Americana
2003
Nolan Bruce Allen
Salutes The Bob Wills Era Volume 1
2002, CD, Album, Glad Music Co. (2)
Jerry Lee Lewis
Sun Essentials
2002
Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Train Whistle Blues
2001, CD, Comp, Rounder Select, ,
Country/Bakersfield Sound
Johnny Cash
Two Classic Albums From Johnny Cash - The Fabulous Johnny Cash / Songs Of Our Soil
1999
Various
Preston Rockabilly
1999
Various
Musikexpress 23 - Bear Family Records
1998, CD, Comp, Promo, Musikexpress, ,
Blues Rock/Rock & Roll/Folk Rock
Charline Arthur
Welcome To The Club
1998, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
Country/Honky Tonk
David LaMotte
Hard Earned Smile
1996, CD, Album, Lower Dryad Music
Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry
All I Have To Do Is Dream
1996, ,
Country/Ballad
Waylon Jennings
Clovis To Phoenix - The Early Years
1995, CD, Comp, Zu-Zazz Records, ,
Country
Billy D. Hunter
Like Smoke In The Wind
1991, 7", Axbar
Jerry Lee Lewis
Rockin' My Life Away - The Jerry Lee Lewis Collection
1991, ,
Country Rock/Rockabilly
Jerry Lee Lewis
Let The Good Times Roll
1990, 3xCD, Comp, Green Line Records
Various
Honky Tonk Heroes
1990, ,
Country/Honky Tonk
Jerry Lee Lewis
Kickin' Up A Storm
1989
Jerry Lee Lewis
Rare And Rockin'
1987, ,
Rock & Roll/Country
Various
Country Superstars
1986, Cass, Comp, Ditto, ,
Country/Vocal
Jack Daniel's Band
Whiskey's Got Control
1983, LP, Album, Aktiv Musik, ,
Country
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Sun Years
1983, ,
Country Rock/Pop Rock/Rockabilly/Rock & Roll
Jerry Lee Lewis
Collection
1982, LP, Comp, Elektra,
Jerry Lee Lewis
The Best Of Jerry Lee Lewis Featuring 39 And Holding
1982
Red Simpson, Dave Dudley, Dick Curless
60 Original Great Truck Hits
1981, 2xCass, Comp, Dol, Capitol Records, ,
Country
Jerry Lee Lewis
I'd Do It All Again
1980
Jerry Lee Lewis
When Two Worlds Collide
1980
Bob Luman
More Of That Rocker
1979, ,
Rockabilly
Vern Gosdin
The Best Of Vern Gosdin
1979, ,
Country
Merle Haggard
Same Train, A Different Time
1978, ,
Country
Marty Robbins
No Signs Of Loneliness Here
1975
Johnny Bond
How I Love Them Old Songs
1974, ,
Country/Hillbilly/Country Rock
The Singing Kettles
A Taste Of Country
1973
Various
On The Country Stage : Live From Gunton Hall
1972, LP, Album, Avenue (6), ,
Country
Rose Vegas
Wild Flowers In The Sun
1972, LP, Album, Golden Rose Records (2), ,
Country/Bakersfield Sound
Johnny Cash
The Magnificent Johnny Cash
1972
Joe Simon
Joe Simon's Greatest Hits
1972,
Bruce Martin
Afraid Of A Heartache (Scare'd Of The Blues)
1972
Mary Taylor
Room For One More Heartache
1971
Mary Taylor
Mary Taylor's Very First Album
1971, ,
Country
Ray Price
You Wouldn't Know Love
1970, ,
Country
Johnny Cash
The Walls Of A Prison
1970
Johnny & Jonie Mosby
My Happiness
1970, ,
Country
Vikki Carr
Nashville By Carr
1970, ,
Vocal
Ann-Louise Hanson
Sjung Musiken Du Älskar
1970,
Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell
All I Have To Do Is Dream
1970
Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
1969, 7", Jukebox, Creative Products, Capitol Records
Bob Woods
Introducing Bob Woods
1969, LP, Album, Ranwood
Ray Price
April's Fool
1969, 7", Single, San, Columbia
Ray Sanders
Feelin' Good Is Easy
1969
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Pride In What I Am
1969, ,
Country/Bakersfield Sound
Vikki Carr
Singing My Song/Make It Rain
1969
Dean Martin
I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am
1969, ,
Vocal
Edna Lee
Men / Misery
1969
Ray Price
April's Fool
1969, ,
Country
George Jones And Melba Montgomery*
George Jones And Melba Montgomery Sings The Great Country Duets Of All Time
1969
Hank Snow
I Went To Your Wedding
1969
Bobby Austin
Old Love Never Dies
1968, LP, Album, Capitol Records
Leon Ashley
While Your Lover Sleeps
1968, 7", Single, Ashley Records
Johnny Bond
I'm Gonna Raise Cain (While I'm Able)
1968
Jody Miller
The Nashville Sound Of Jody Miller
1968
Billy Vera
With Pen In Hand
1968, ,
Classic Rock
Cleanliness And Godliness Skiffle Band
Cleanliness And Godliness Skiffle Band's Greatest Hits
1968
Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
1968, ,
Country/Ballad
Cathie Taylor
A Habit I Can't Break
1968
Jimmy Griggs
Charlotte North Carolina
1967, 7", Boot Heel
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
1967, 7", Jukebox, Capitol Records
Red Simpson
Truck Drivin' Fool
1967
Kay Adams
Alcohol And Tears
1967
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Branded Man
1967
The Gosdin Bros.*
Hangin' On
1967
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
I'm A Lonesome Fugitive
1967
The Knight Ryders*
The Knight Ryders
1966, LP, Album, Mono, Cuca Records
Waylon Jennings
My Baby Walks All Over Me / Never Again
1966
Dean Martin
The Hit Sound Of Dean Martin
1966
Dick Curless And Kay Adams
A Devil Like Me Needs An Angel Like You
1966
"Little" Jimmy Dickens*
When The Ship Hit The Sand
1966
Barbara Mandrell
Queen For A Day
1966
Tommy Collins
If You Can't Bite, Don't Growl
1965
Johnny Bond
Ten Little Bottles
1965
Formula 1
I Just Can't Go To Sleep
1965
Joe Carson
In Memoriam
1964, ,
Country/Hillbilly
Johnny Sea
My Baby Walks All Over Me
1964
Leroy Van Dyke
Your Money
1964
Johnny Sea
The World Of A Country Boy
1964
Waylon Jennings
My Baby Walks All Over Me / The Stage
1963, 7", Single, Trend '63
Ira Allen
Afraid Of A Heartache (Scared Of The Blues)
1962, 7", Renegade
Johnny Bond
Sadie Was A Lady
1962, 7", Single, Fonit
Walter Brennan
Old Rivers
1962
The Mavricks
Going To The River / Just To Hear Old Cotton Sing
1961, 7", Capitol Records
Johnny Bond
Sadie Was A Lady / Buck Private's Lament
1961
Charlie Walker
Charlie Walker's Greatest Hits
1961
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours
Ernest Tubb Record Shop
1960, 5x7", Album, Jukebox, Decca, ,
Country
Johnny Cash
Five Feet High And Rising / Clementine
1960, 7", Columbia
Charlie Walker
Who Will Buy The Wine / I Go Anywhere
1960
Billy Ray
The Story Of Suzie / The Lilies Grow High (The Fate Of A Gunslinger)
1960, ,
Country
Johnny Bond
The Way A Star Is Born / X-15
1960
Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours
Ernest Tubb Record Shop
1960, ,
Honky Tonk
Johnny Cash
Songs Of Our Soil Vol. II
1959
Wally Lewis
Lover Boy / My Baby Walks All Over Me
1959
Johnny Cash
Songs Of Our Soil
1959
Bob Luman
My Baby Walks All Over Me
1959
Jerry Lee Lewis
No. 2
1959
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis
1958
Hank Penny
Southern Fried Chicken / Rock Of Gibraltar
1956
Charline Arthur
Flash Your Diamonds (And Show Your Gold) / Too Long Too Many Times
1955
Pat Patterson And His Missouri Hillbillies
Mister Hillbilly / First You Buy The Beer
1954, 7", Single, Starday Records, ,
Country
Jimmie Walton
I'll Live That Name
1954
Tommy Duncan And His Western All-Stars*
See Who's Sorry Now / There's Not A Cow In Texas (If You're Not The One I Love)
1951, Shellac, 10", Intro Records (3)
Various
40 Country Masterpieces
2xLP, Comp, Ltd, Pickwick Records
Various
Country & Western Hits And Rarities
10xCD, Comp + Box, Membran, The Intense Media, ,
Country
Johnny Bond
Rare Country, Western & Rockabilly Songs
LP, Mono, Smplr, Cowgirlboy Records, ,
Rockabilly/Honky Tonk
Chet Johnson And His Melody Riders
He Knows
7", Crandall Record
Little Jimmy Dickens
Greatest Hits
,
Country
Red Simpson
20 Great Truck Hits
r1’668
The Johnny Mann Singers
Countryside
Bill Woods
Story Of Susie
Martha Lou
Something More Than Wine / Just Look Back
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Swinging Doors
,
Country
Benny Barnes
The Same Old Boat / I'm Her Lover
,
Country
Various
Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
2021, CD, Comp, Bear Family Productions, ,
Doo Wop/Rock & Roll/Novelty/Boogie Woogie
Various
The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital Of The West 1940-1974
2019, 10xCD, Comp, Box, Bear Family Records, ,
Country/Honky Tonk/Bakersfield Sound
Various
Battleground Korea - Songs And Sounds Of America's Forgotten War
2018, 4xCD, Comp, Bear Family Records,
Various
The Other Side Of Bakersfield, Vol. 1
2014, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records, ,
Country/Rockabilly/Bakersfield Sound
Various
The Other Side Of Bakersfield, Vol. 2
2014, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records
Various
Big Box Of Rockabilly
2014, 6xCD, Comp, Retroworld, ,
Rock & Roll/Rockabilly
Various
Rock-A-Billy Rave
2013, 10xCD, Comp + Box, The Intense Media
Various
Rockin' Bones - Red Hot Rockabilly
2013, 3xCD, Comp, Fantastic Voyage, ,
Rock & Roll/Rockabilly
Various
Country & Western (A Ride Through History • 1924-1960)
2012, 40xCD, Comp, Mono, Membran, ,
Country/Western Swing/Honky Tonk
Various
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1956
2010, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records
Various
Moonage Timequake
2009, CD, Comp, Righteous
Various
The Hollywood Hepcats
2008, 2xCD, Comp, Great Voices Of The Century (2)
Various
Town Hall Party - July 18, 1959
2005, DVD, Bear Family Records, ,
Hillbilly/Honky Tonk
Various
Town Hall Party - April 18, 1959
2005, DVD, Bear Family Records
Various
Melody Ranch Vol.1
2004, DVD, NTSC, IMC Music Ltd.
Various
Town Hall Party - June 6, 1959
2004, DVD, Bear Family Records, ,
Hillbilly/Honky Tonk/Rockabilly
Various
Town Hall Party - August 8, 1959
2004, DVD, Bear Family Records
Various
Town Hall Party - February 14, 1959
2004, DVD, Bear Family Records
Various
That'll Flat ... Git It! Vol. 9: Rockabilly From The Vaults Of Decca Records
2001, CD, Comp, Bear Family Records
Various
Windham Hill Records Guitar Sampler
1996
Various
Desperate Rock 'N' Roll Volume Eleven
1989
Various
Welcome To Columbia Country
1967, ,
Country
Various
Welcome To Music City U.S.A.
1966, LP, Comp, CBS
Various
Welcome To Music City U.S.A.
1966
Various
Melody Ranch - Twelve Great Hits From Gene Autry's Popular Television Shows!
1965, LP, Mono, Melody Ranch Records, Inc.
Various
Cal's Corral Souvenir Album Vol 1
LP, Comp, Red, Cal's Corral
Various
Rockin' Hillbilly Vol.7
CD, Comp, Cactus Records (24)
Various
New Sounds In Folk Music
7", EP, CBS
Various
High On The Hog Vol.Three
CD, Comp, Mono, Cactus Records (24)
Various
Love Charms
CD, Comp, Pan-American Recordings
Various
Welcome To Music City U.S.A.
LP, Comp, Mono, Promo, Columbia,
Billy Mize / B.Goode*
Planet Named Desire
2013, 7", Single, Unofficial, Cal's Coral
Mickey Gilley
Lonely Wine
1995, LP, Comp, Promo, Unofficial, Mon, Astra (13), Astra (13), ,
Rock & Roll/Country Rock
Various
End Of The Highway: Best Of New Mexico Bands Of The 60's
1993, CDr, Comp, Unofficial, Eclipse (24), ,
Garage Rock/Rock & Roll
Merle Haggard
Melody Ranch Featuring Merle Haggard And Friends
1981, LP, Comp, Unofficial, Stack-O-Hits, ,
Country/Bluegrass
Merle Haggard
Same Train, A Different Time
1969
Bobbie Gentry And Glen Campbell
Bobbie Gentry & Glen Campbell
1968, ,
Country/Ballad