Kelso Herston

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American Country producer, guitarist, bassist and songwriter.
Co-founder of [l496213] Records and Publishing Company (1956).
A&R and label executive at [l4898] (1963-1967) and [l654] (1967-1972).

Born: April 23, 1931 in Florence, Alabama
Died: December 4, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee

ALBUMS

Kelso Herston and The Funky Guitar Band

Steel Guitar Rag (Funky) / Georgia Steel Guitar

1971, 7", Cartwheel,

Kelso Herston And The Guitar Kings

Hits From The Great Western Movies

1965, 7", Single, Mono, Promo, United Artists Records,

Country/Theme/Soundtrack

Kelso Herston & The Guitar Kings

Country & Western Guitar Bonanza

Kelso Herston And The Guitar Kings

Great Movie Themes Country & Western Style

LP, Album, Time Records (3),

Gordon Jenkins, Billy May, Hal Mooney, Al Caiola, Hugo Montenegro, Richard Hayman, Sonora Orizaba, The Manhattan Pops Orchestra, Jim Tyler, Kelso Herston

Magnificent Motion Picture & Love Themes

3xLP, Comp, Time Records (3),

Gordon Jenkins, Hugo Montenegro, Al Caiola, Richard Hayman, Manhattan Pops*, Billy May, Hal Mooney, Orizaba*, Jim Tyler, Kelso Herston

Magnificent Motion Picture & Love Themes

3xLP, Album, Comp, Time Records (3),

Kelso Herston And The Guitar Kings

Country & Western The Great Hits Of The 50's

Kelso Herston & The Guitar Kings

Guitars Country Style

Kelso Herston And The Guitar Kings

Exciting Sound Of Guitars - Country Style

Don't Stop The Carnival (Sunshine, Soft & Studio Pop 1966-1971)

2022, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Teensville Records,

Soft Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Bubblegum/Vocal/Sunshine Pop/Baroque Pop

The Girl From Chickasaw County (Highlights From The Capitol Masters)

Choctaw Ridge (New Fables Of The American South 1968-1973)

Elvis Heard Them Here First

Book A Trip: The Psych Pop Sounds Of Capitol Records

Psychedelic Rock/Pop Rock

Ode To Billie Joe / Touch 'em With Love

2008, CD, Comp, Raven Records,

Country Blues/Delta Blues/Soul/Rhythm & Blues/Country/Vocal

101 Sixties Hits

2007, 4xCD, Comp, EMI TV, EMI TV,

Surrounded By A Ray Of Sunshine: The United Artists Recordings

2000, CD, Comp, RPM Records (2),

Tears Will Be The Chaser For Your Wine

1997, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Bear Family Records,

Rock & Roll/Country/Schlager

Capitol Country Music Classics

1993, CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Capitol Records,

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Country

1983, 3xCass, Comp, Music For Pleasure

White Line Fever

1982, LP, Comp, Mono, Liberty, Liberty

Country Festival

Billie Jo Spears

The Best Of Billie Jo Spears

1979, LP, Comp, RE, Capitol Records

20 Greatest Love Songs

The Good End Of Goodbye / Bronco-Mania

1978, 7", Single, Hop-A-Long Records

Good Nights Make Good Mornings

1977, 7", Single, Promo, Dj , Hop-A-Long Records

Good Nights Make Good Mornings

1977, LP, Album, Hop-A-Long Records

Happy Anniversary

I'll Give Up (When You Give Up On Me) / Wayward Wind

Comin' After Jinny

1976, LP, Album, Capitol Records,

Melba Montgomery

Billie Jo Spears

The Best Of Billie Jo Spears

The Very Best Of Slim Whitman

1975, 8-Trk, Album, Comp, United Artists Records

Is I Love You That Easy To Say / I Just Want Out That's All

Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys

Honeymoon Feelin'

Somebody Loves You

Meet Bonnie Nelson

The Very Best Of Slim Whitman

Wrong Road Again

Man On His Way Down / You've Got Sweet Love All Over Me

1974, 7", Universal Records HVH Inc.

Jukebox / Goin Through The Motions

1974, 7", Single, Styrene, Ter, United Artists Records

It Almost Felt Like Love

Happy Anniversary

The Devil Ain't A Lonely Woman's Friend

Restless / Lay Back Lover

Happy Anniversary

It's All In The Game

Live At The Palomino Club

1973, 7", Styrene, United Artists Records

July, You're A Woman

1973, 7", Single, Mono, Promo, Styrene, United Artists Records

Beautiful Sunday

It's Only Over Now And Then

Three Years Late / Prayer From A Mobile Home

Top Country Friend

Teach Your Children / New World Tomorrow

Nothing's Too Good For My Woman / When Our Love Was Young Enough

1972, 7", Single, United Artists Records

I Won't Be Responsible

1972, 7", Single, Promo, Target Records (8)

New Sounds Of Gene Pitney

Four Sides Of Wanda Jackson

1972, 2x Vinyl,

Just Plain Lonely

That's Why I Love You Like I Do / Still Water Runs Deep

Tex Ritter's Wild West

I'll Follow You

Welton Lane, Sr.*

Afraid I'll Want To Love Her One More Time / Sweet Apple Wine

Wayward Woman Of The World

1971, LP, Album, Capitol Records,

Love Has To Die All By Itself / I Wish It Had Been A Dream

(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher / Beautiful Sounds

Gene Are You There / Gene Are You There

The Sensational Sonny James

The Hunter/ Isn't It A Shame About Jeannie

The Biggest Hits Of Sonny James The Southern Gentleman

Here Comes Honey Again

Ten Years Later

Sonny James The Southern Gentleman*

The Only Ones We Truly Hurt (Are The Ones We Truly Love)

I Just Got Tired Of Being Poor

The Morning Had To Come

1970, 7", Single, Promo, Musicor Records

I'll Never Fall In Love Again

It's Just A Matter Of Time

Wanda Jackson Country!

Sonny James And The Southern Gentlemen

My Love / Don't Keep Me Hangin' On

Here's A Toast To Mama

Here's A Toast To Mama

I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow

Sonny James The Southern Gentleman*

Blue For You / My Love

Johnny Darrell, George Jones (2), Willie Nelson

Country Get-Together

The Geezinslaw Brothers

The Geezinslaws Are Alive (And Well?)

1969, LP, Album, Capitol Records

1969, 7", Single, Promo, United Artists Records,

Remember Back When

1969, 7", Promo, Capitol Records,

Bill Wilbourn & Kathy Morrison

1969, LP, Album, United Artists Records,

1969, 7", Single, Promo, Capitol Records

Sonny James The Southern Gentleman*

It's Just A Matter Of Time

Billie Jo Spears

He's Got More Love In His Little Finger / A Woman Of The World

Best Of Darrell (Volume 1)

George (Goober) Lindsey*

96 Miles To Bakersfield / It's Such A Pretty World Today

Touch 'em With Love

Sonny James (The Southern Gentleman)*

Only The Lonely / The Journey

Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies*

Flat River, Mo. / One Life To Live

Johnny Let The Sunshine In / You're A Part Of This Man

Sonny James, The Southern Gentleman*

Since I Met You, Baby

Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right / Two Separate Bar Stools

Your Tender Love

Every Step Of The Way / That's What I'd Do

Billie Jo Spears

You're Calling Me Sweetheart Again

Billie Jo Spears

Look Out Your Window / Daddy, I Love You

I'll Never Fall In Love Again

Melba Montgomery

The Big, Wonderful Country World Of Melba Montgomery

Billie Jo Spears

Stepchild / Softly And Tenderly

Good Morning, Mr. Sun / Fate

Chuck Wagon Days

Wayward Woman Of The World

That Special Country Feeling

Only The Lonely

The Happy Side Of Wanda

My Big Iron Skillet

Country/Honky Tonk

Touch 'Em With Love

The Best Of Sonny James Vol.2

Everything's Leaving / You Created Me

Atlanta / Interstate 65

All I Had Going For Me / What's Wrong With Staying Home (With Julie)

The Conspiracy Of Homer Jones

Let's Put Our World Back Together / Heart Of Clay

Billie Jo Spears

Mr. Walker, It's All Over

Little White Picket Fences / Love Away My Lonely

The Kind Of Man I Am

Billie Jo Spears

Mr. Walker, It's All Over

Melba Montgomery

As Far As My Forgetting's Got

Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies*

That's Why I Love You So Much / Forever Yours

My Woman's Love / Release Me

1968, 7", VR Records (6)

Geezinslaw Brothers*

Geezinslaw Brothers & "Chubby"

1968, LP, Capitol Records

The Best Of Del Reeves

1968, 7", Comp, Jukebox, United Artists Records, United Artists Records

Conscience, I'm Guilty

1968, 7", Promo, Capitol Records

The Country Sound Of Johnny Darrell

1968, LP, Comp, Sunset Records,

Calgary, Alberta / Honey

1968, 7", Single, Capitol Records

Bump Tiddil Dee Bum Bum

Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies*

White Fences And Evergreen Trees

Billie Jo Spears

The Voice Of Billie Jo Spears

Wanda Jackson And The Party Timers*

I Wish I Was Your Friend

Heartaches, Laughter And Tears

Book A Trip / In

Have A Little Faith / True Love Travels On A Gravel Road

Born To Be With You

She Will Get Lonesome / Hey Daddy

The Sunshine Of My World / Lonelier And More In Love

A Funny Thing Happened (On The Way To Miami) / The Governor And The Kid

Bump Tiddil Dee Bum Bum!

The Geezinslaw Brothers

I Couldn't Spell Yuuk

Wanda Jackson And The Party Timers

Cream Of The Crop

Wake Up, Son / This Was My World

Ferlin Husky And The Hush Puppies*

Candle-Lighted World / The Last Goodbye

What Are Those Things (With Big Black Wings) / What Then

Will You Visit Me On Sundays?

I Just Thought That I Loved Her (Till I Lost You)

A World Of Our Own

Billie Jo Spears

The Harper Valley PTA / Home-Loving Man

Going Home To Mama

Country/Bakersfield Sound

We're The Kind Of People (That Make The Jukebox Play)

Sonny James, The Southern Gentleman*

Heaven Says Hello / Fairy Tales

The Last Goodbye

Strictly Guitar

Will You Visit Me On Sundays? / Tears, Wine, And Flowers

Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies*

I Promised You The World / You Should Live My Life

Wanda Jackson And The Party Timers

Little Boy Soldier

White Fences And Evergreen Trees

Rita Faye Wilson

Hideaway Honey/Promise Me Anything

Sonny James And The Southern Gentlemen

Heaven Says Hello

Where Has She Gone / Sharon

1967, 7", Single, Promo, United Artists Records

That's Where My Baby Use To Be

1967, 7", Mono, Promo, Styrene, United Artists Records

Before The Next Teardrop Falls / You're Not Painting The Town

What Am I Gonna Do Now?

1967, Vinyl Scranton Pressing,

I Forgot To Cry

The Only Way Out (Is To Walk Over Me)

Two Of The Usual / Your B.A.B.Y. Baby Don't Love You

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town

Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies*

Christmas Is Holy (Not A Holiday) / Christmas Dream

Christmas All Year Long

Country/Holiday

My Woman Up't And Gone

Your Forevers (Don't Last Very Long) / Coming Or Going

Drive Me Out Of My Mind

Nothing Else To Lose

The Geezinslaw Brothers

Change Of Wife / Brooklyn Bridge

Everybody Oughta Sing A Song

Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies*

You Pushed Me Too Far / The Bridge I Have Never Crossed

I Just Want To Be Alone / I Like A Whole Lot

I'll Never Find Another You

Ferlin Husky And The Hushpuppies*

What Am I Gonna Do Now / General "G"

Tell It Like It Is!

Billie Jo Spears

Easy To Be Evil / Much Too Busy To Cry

Sonny James The Southern Gentleman*

A World Of Our Own

Country/Country Blues

The Geezinslaw Brothers

My Dirty, Lowdown, Rotten, Cotton-Pickin' Little Darlin'

A Message From The Alamo / A Working Man's Prayer

High School Dropout Blues / Whole Lot'a Soul

1966, 7", Promo, Styrene, Ascot Records

Everybody Get Together / She's Got Me By The Heart

1966, 7", Single, Promo, United Artists Records

This Must Be The Bottom

Country/Honky Tonk

Johnny Lose It All

Stop - Look - Listen

Surf/Garage Rock

How Long Has It Been / Easy To Say Hard To Do

Special Delivery

Del Reeves Sings Jim Reeves

Christmas Is Lonely

The Oak Ridge Boys

Billy Jo Spears*

Not Enough Of You To Go Around / You're Too Much Like Me

Gettin' Any Feed For Your Chickens / Plain As The Tears On My Face

Women Do Funny Things To Me

Tell Her Of Our Love

She's Mighty Gone

Little Man With The Big Heart

Gettin' Any Feed For Your Chickens?

All I've Got To Show (For Loving You)

As Long As The Wind Blows

You Remind Me Of Myself

Bummin' Around / Take Him Fishin'

1965, 7", Single, Capitol Records,

Who Knows Where Love Goes (When It's Gone)

1965, 7", Mono, United Artists Records

I'm The Girl On The Billboard / Changing World

Stanley Hall, Jr.*

Bill Wilbourne* & Kathy Morrison

Happiness Was His And Hers / John And Mary Smith

Girl On The Billboard

The Belles Of Southern Bell / Nothing To Write Home About

Country/Honky Tonk

Sings Girl On The Billboard

Georgia Pines / Baby Take Me Back

Doodle-Oo-Doo-Doo

The Night The Angels Cried / Don't Put Me On

Marvin Rainwater

It Wasn't Enough / My Old Home Town

As Long As The Wind Blows / Beggars Can't Be Choosers

Green, Green Grass Of Home

There's No Fool Like An Old Fool

I Found A Love / He's My Guy

Just Plain Lonely

7", Promo, Capitol Records

7", Single, Capitol Records

Girl On The Billboard / Bar Room Talk

7", United Artists Records

50 Original Tracks

2xCD, Comp, RM, EMI, EMI

Gettin' Any Feed For Your Chickens

7", Jukebox, United Artists Records,

Pittsburgh General / That's Where You'll Find Me

7", Single, Mono, Promo, Jem Records (6),

Country/Rockabilly

The Very Best Of Slim Whitman

Cass, Comp, RE, Gre, United Artists Records,

You'll Never Know What Lonesome Is / Take The Long Way Home

Where No One Stands Alone

96 Miles To Bakersfield

No Milk Today / Gone With The Wine

A World Full Of Roses

Just Can't Quit

That Was My Shining Hour / Precious

Sonny James And The Southern Gentlemen

I'll Never Find Another You

APPEARANCES +

The Best Of Brook Benton

2021, CD, Comp, RM, Soul Jam Records,

Soul/Vocal/Light Music

Tell Me That It Isn’t True (Take 2) / Big River (Take 1)

2019, 7", Single, Rolling Stone, Columbia,

Bob Dylan Featuring Johnny Cash

Travelin' Thru (The Bootleg Series Vol. 15 1967–1969)

2019, 3x Vinyl,

50th Anniversary Collection 1969

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.,

Lonely Weekends, The 1958-1962 SUN / PHILLIPS INTERNATIONAL Recordings

2014, CD, Comp, RM, Hoodoo Records,

Country/Rock & Roll

Another Self Portrait (1969-1971)

Folk/Country Rock/Folk Rock

2009, 4x CD, Box Set,

Country/Bluegrass/Ballad

A Bird Named Yesterday / Talk Me Some Sense

2006, CD, Comp, RM, The Omni Recording Corporation,

June Carter Cash

Keep On The Sunny Side: June Carter Cash - Her Life In Music

2005, 2x CD Book,

Country Collection Vol. 2

2000, CD, Comp, Boo, EMI Plus,

Country/Rockabilly

George Jones & Melba Montgomery

Vintage Collections

The Music City Singers, The Music City Brass

Favorite Songs Of Christmas

1990, CD, Album, Halo Records (2),

Novelty/Choral/Holiday

The Music City Singers

Favorite Songs Of Christmas

Novelty/Holiday

California Bloodlines - Willard Minus 2

1989, CD, Album, Comp, Bear Family Records,

Jerry Lee Lewis

Classic Jerry Lee Lewis - The Definitive Edition Of His Sun Recordings 1956-1963 (Incl. Unissued Performances)

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly/Country

The Best Of Red Sovine

1986, 2x Vinyl,

Jerry Lee Lewis

1983, 12x Vinyl, Box Set,

Country Rock/Pop Rock/Rockabilly/Rock & Roll

Jerry Lee Lewis

Nuggets : 16 Rare Tracks By Jerry Lee Lewis

Rock & Roll/Rockabilly

Sun: Rock'n'Roll Collection: Volume 8: More Rebel Rockabilly

Melba Montgomery

Melba Montgomery

The World's Worst Record Show

O Little Town of Bethlehem featuring Little Drummer Boy

The Sun Story Vol.2

Ten Years Of Gold

Songs of Bobby Lee

1976, LP, Album, Little Richie Records,

Country/Honky Tonk

Sun: The Roots Of Rock: Volume 9: More Rebel Rockabilly

Honey Toast And Sunshine

Country/Bakersfield Sound

Sun: The Roots Of Rock: Volume 1: Catalyst

Tommy Overstreet

Turn On To Tommy Overstreet

NASCAR Goes Country

1975, LP, Album, Glo, MCA Records

The Classic Style Of Lefty Frizzell

Jerry Lee Lewis

16 Songs Never Released Before 1

Look At Them Beans

NASCAR Goes Country

Billie Jo Spears

Bill Robinson & The Cavaliers

Loving You Comes Easy

1973, LP, Album, Look (2)

Dinsmore* / Payne*

Southern Rock/Blues Rock

Billy 'Crash' Craddock

Two Sides Of 'Crash'

Mother Maybelle Carter*

Mother Maybelle Carter

Just A Quiet Conversation

I Believe The South Is Gonna Rise Again

The American Album

Cannons In The Rain

Folk Rock/Country Rock

John Blackinsell Orchestra

Le Più Belle Colonne Sonore Vol. 1

Mel Street With The Nashville Edition

Hide Me From The World / Muddy Mississippi

Billy 'Crash' Craddock

Knock Three Times

Borrowed Angel / House Of Pride

1970, 7", Single, Polydor

Nashville By Carr

The Singing Ledbetters

Stroll Over Heaven

1969, LP, Album, Family Circle Records,

The Deal / The Mission

The Last Good-Bye

1968, 7", Single, Promo, Styrene, All, Tower

Dave Roddy / The Music Men

The Last Goodbye / Hit To Hit

1968, 7", Single, Promo, Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records

Sweet Child Of Sunshine

Blue Ribbon Country!

1968, 2x Vinyl Gatefold,

Country/Honky Tonk

Speaker Of The House

Del Reeves & Bobby Goldsboro

Our Way Of Life

White Silver Sands

Country Music's Fabulous Hitmaker / The Sensational Red Sovine

Sego Brothers And Naomi

Hem Of His Garment

1964, LP, Sims Records

The Big Steel Guitar

On The Country Side

Slippin' Around With Floyd Tillman

Tennessee River Boys*

Good Old Mountain Music

A Bit Of Country Piano

The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

Blue Grass Back Home

Country And Western Soul

The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys

Hootenanny N' Blue Grass

Clyde McPhatter

Rhythm & Blues/Rock & Roll

Cliff Parman And His Boys

Country And Western Guitars

Jimmy Day With The Merry Melody Singers

Golden Steel Guitar Hits

The Tennessee Twisters With The Merry Melody Singers

Twist Country Hits

The Tides With The Merry Melody Singers

Rock & Roll/Novelty

The Sound Of A Bluegrass Banjo

Guitar's Greatest Hits

I Ain't Got No Home / If I Could Change You

The Little Dippers

Tonight / Be Sincere

Sweet Sounds By The Browns

Marlene / Walkin' To The Dance

1958, 7", Single, RCA Victor

Milton Allen, Marlin Greene / Sammy Salvo

Rock Jamboree Vol. 1

1958, 7", EP, Mono, RCA

My Jimmie / Next Thing To Paradise

The Ames Brothers, Jeanie Johnson, Perez Prado Og Hans Orkester*, Eddie Fisher

The Music City Singers

Christmas Favorites

Little Roy Wiggins

18 All-Time Hits

Country Music Hall Of Fame And Museum Presents A Song Is Born

Jerry Lee Lewis

Rockin' Jerry Lee Lewis