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WILL BRADLEY 78s
by Music Librarian Christopher Popa
7” singles
SS-701, Ma Went to Town / Play Other Side First Julie Conway vocals; red vinyl
10” singles
Advance 2008, What is This . . . / Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip Anita O’Day vocals
Atlantic 915, I’m Nobody’s Baby / June Night, 1950 Dorothy Ann vocals
Beacon 7013, Jingle Bells Boogie Woogie / Cryin’ the Boogie Blues
Beacon 7014, Lightning Boogie / Sugar Hill Boogie Woogie
Br 80180, Note-Worthy Blues / Oh, Lady Be Good with Yank Lawson
Celebrity 7013, Jingle Bells Boogie Woogie / Cryin’ the Boogie Blues
Celebrity 7014, Lightning Boogie / Sugar Hill Boogie Woogie
Col 35333, Johnson Rag / Hallelujah!
Col 35354, The Love Nest / I’m Coming Virginia, 1939
Col 35376, (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance / Jimtown Blues, 1940
Col 35399, I Get a Kick Out of Corn / Gotta Get Home, 1940
Col 35414, It’s a Wonderful World / Watch the Clock, 1940
Col 35422, Flyin’ Home / So Far, So Good, 1940
Col 35443, (What Can I Say) After I Say I’m Sorry / O Sole Mio
Col 35464, This Is the Beginning of the End / Rhumboogie, 1940
Col 35470, Secrets in the Moonlight / Polka Dots and Moonbeams, 1940
Col 35485, A Young Man Sings
Col 35530, Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar Part 1 / Part 2, 1940
Col 35542, Flyin’ Home / So Far, So Good, 1940
Col 35545, Strange Cargo / Where Do You Keep Your Heart, 1940
Col 35566, As Long as I Live / In a Little Spanish Town, 1940
Col 35597, Love Lies / Orchids for Remembrance, 1940
Col 35629, Deed I Do / Don’t Let It Get You Down
Col 35645, If I Could Make You Care / Once in a Lovetime, 1940
Col 35707, Celery Stalks At Midnight / Down the Road a Piece, 1940
Col 35732, Scramble Two / Rock-a-bye the Boogie, 1940
Col 35743, Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat / There I Go, 1940
Col 35764, The Moon Fell in the River / Somewhere, 1940
Col 35793, Dearest, Darest I / The Five O’Clock Whistle, 1940
Col 35849, You’re Lucky to Me / The Lonesome Road, 1940
Col 35871, Three Ring Ragout / I Should Have Known You Years Ago
Col 35912, High On a Windy Hill / Love of My Life, 1941
Col 35922, This Little Icky Went to Town / Break It to Me Gently, 1941
Col 35939, Chicken Gumboog(ie) / Star Dust, 1941
Col 35963, Southpaw Serenade / Bounce Me, Brother, with a Solid Four, 1941
Col 35994, Boogie Woogie Conga / I Need Somebody to Love, 1941
Col 36014, It’s Square, But It Rocks / Prairieland Lullaby, 1941
Col 36044, I Boogied When I Should Have W / That’s Her Mason Dixon Line
Col 36052, What D’Ya Hear From Your Heart? / Talking to the Wind, 1941
Col 36082, Shadows in the Night / Call Me a Taxi, 1941
Col 36101, WB: Think of Me / Ray McKinley Quartet: Tea for Two, 1941
Col 36147, Swingin’ Down the Lane / Flamingo, 1941
Col 36182, When You and I Were Young, Maggie / I’m Misunderstood, 1941
Col 36225, Think of Me / Kay Kyser: Thinking of You
Col 36231, Booglie Wooglie Piggy / Love Me a Little Little, 1941
Col 36248, Get Thee Behind Me, Satan / All That Meat and No Potatoes, 1941
Col 36255, Think of Me
Col 36286, In the Hall of the . . . / From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water, 1941
Col 36297, A City Called Heaven / I’m Tired of Waiting for You
Col 36340, Basin Street Boogie / Call It Anything, It’s Love
Col 36372, Don’t Let Julia Fool Ya / Jack and Jill, 1941
Col 36401, April in Paris / Stop! And Ask Somebody!
Col 36444, I Think of You / The Three B’s (Barrelhouse, Boogie and Blues)
Col 36470, Sleepy-Time Gal / Who Can I Turn To?, 1941
Col 36547, I Guess I’ll Be On My Way / Seeing You Again Did Me No Good
Col 36719, Fry Me Cookie with a Can of Lard / Request for a Rhumba, 1942
Col 36956 – see album C-123
Col 36957 – see album C-123
Col 36958 – see album C-123
Col 36959 – see album C-123
Col (Arg) 291655, Southpaw Serenade / Basin Street Boogie
Col (Aus) DO 2260, Rock-a-Bye the Boogie / Once in a Lovetime
Col (Aus) DO 2266, Down the Road a Piece
Col (Aus) DO 2405, The Moon Fell in the River
Col (Aus) DO 2475, What D’Ya Hear From Your heart?
Col (Can) C-104, Rock-a-Bye the Boogie / Scramble Two
Col (Can) C-115, The Moon Fell in the River / Somewhere
Col (Can) C-126, There I Go
Col (Can) C-138, Five O’Clock Whistle / Dearest, Darest I?
Col (Can) C-143, Blue September / Or Have I?
Col (Can) C-176, Scrub Me, Mama, with a Boogie Beat
Col (Can) C-185, Three Ring Ragout / I Should Have Known You Years Ago
Col (Can) C-210, This Little Icky Went to Town / Break It to Me Gently
Col (Can) C-228, Chicken Gumboog(ie) / Stardust
Col (Can) C-244, Bounce Me Brother with a Solid Four / Southpaw Serenade
Col (Can) C-259, Boogie Woogie Conga / I Need Somebody to Love
Col (Can) C-275, It’s Square But It Rocks / Prairieland Lullaby
Col (Can) C-290, I B When I Should Have W / That’s Her Mason-Dixon Line
Col (Can) C-324, Think of Me
Col (Can) C-357, When You and I Were Young, Maggie / I’m Misunderstood
Col (Can) C-385, Booglie Wooglie Pggy / Love Me a Little Little
Col (Can) C-413, In the Hall of the Mountain King / From the Land of the Sky . . .
Col (Can) C-435, Call It Anything, It’s Love / Basin Street Boogie
Col (Can) C-450?, Don’t Let Julia Fool Ya / Jack and Jill
Col (Can) C-450?, I Think of You / The Three B’s (The Barrelhouse . . . )
Col (Can) C-550, Sleepy Time Gal / Who Can I Turn To?
Conqueror 9639, Speaking of Heaven / This Changing World
Coral 60697, Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip Anita O’Day vocal
Coral 60803, What Is This Thing Called Love Anita O’Day vocal
Joe Davis 7013, Jingle Bells Boogie Woogie / Cryin’ the Boogie
Joe Davis 7014, Lightning Boogie / Sugar Hill Express
Okeh 5130, Memphis Blues / Old Doc Yak, 1939
Okeh 5182, I Thought About You / Speaking of Heaven, 1939
Okeh 5210, Make with the Kisses / Fit to Be Tied, 1939
Okeh 5237, Forever More / Mean to Me, 1939
Okeh 5262, This Changing World / Swingin’ a Dream, 1939
Parlophone (E) R.2738, Jimtown Blues
Parlophone (E) R.2745, The Love Nest / I’m Coming, Virginia
Parlophone (E) R.2758, (I Don’t Stand) A Ghost of a Chance
Parlophone (E) R.2785, Scrumb Me, Mama, with . . .
Parlophone (E) R 2849, R McKinley Qt: Tea for Two / WB: Basin Street B, 1942
Parlophone (E) R.2887, Down the Road a Piece / Chicken Gumboog(ie), 1943
Signature 15048, Etude Brutus / If I’m Lucky, 1946
Signature 15049, Sooner Or Later / Turn the Knob On the Left to the Right, 1946
Signature 15111, Celery Stalks At Midnight (#2) / If There Is Someone . . . You
Signature 15128, WB: Easy Ride / Yank Lawson: Washboard Blues, 1947
Signature 15134, Lonely Moments / Bop n’Boogie, 1947
Signature 15162, What Is This . . . / Hi Ho Trailus Boot Whip A O’Day vocals
Signature 15181, I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out
Signature 15217, It’s Different When It Happens to You
Signature 28120, Jazz Me Blues / I’ve Found a New Baby both w/Yank Lawson
Silvertone 546, Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar, Part 1 / Part 2
Voc 5130, Memphis Blues / Old Doc Yak, 1939
Voc 5182, I Thought About You / Speaking of Heaven, 1939
Voc 5210, Make with the Kisses / Fit to Be Tied, 1939
Voc 5237, Forever More / Mean to Me, 1939
Voc 5262, This Changing World / Swingin’ a Dream, 1939
10” albums
Col C-123, “Will Bradley . . . Boogie Woogie,” 1947 (36956, Beat Me Daddy,
Eight to the Bar / Part 1 / Part 2; 36957, Scrub Me Mama, with a Boogie Beat /
Boogie Woogie Conga; 36958, Down the Road a Piece / Celery Stalks At
Midnight; 36958, Fry Me Cookie, with a Can of Lard / Chicken Gumboog(ie))
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