Fernwood Records
Fernwood Records was an American record label that belonged to the musician Slim Wallace and existed from 1957 to 1965.
history
founding
Founder Slim Wallace was a club owner, worked partly as a truck driver and played in a band with Jack Clement and Billy Lee Riley . Riley's demo recordings of the songs Trouble Bound and Think Before You Go were supposed to be Fernwood's first releases as early as 1956, but Riley was discovered by Sam Phillips' Jack Clement and therefore signed to Sun Records . In 1957 the label was officially founded by Slim Wallace and his partner Jack Clement and named after Fernwood Drive, the street Wallace lived on. In May, the first album by the artist Ramon Maupin was released with the title Love Gone / No Chance (Fernwood 101). A year later, guitarist Scotty Moore , who had previously played with Elvis Presley , and Bob Buckalaugh joined the company. The label's repertoire mainly consisted of rockabilly , rock 'n' roll and country , the genres that were common in Memphis at the time.
successes
Scotty Moore brought the young singer Thomas Wayne to the label in 1958 . Wayne's real name was Thomas Wayne Perkins and was the younger brother of Johnny Cash's guitarist Luther Perkins . Wayne's first single, This Time (Fernwood # 106) from June 1958, was a failure, and his second Fernwood release, Saturday Night / Tragedy , seemed to flop until some disc jockeys kept playing the B-side on the radio and the song hit the ground landed eight of the national charts . It was the label's greatest success, but it could not be repeated. Both titles achieved late fame in cover versions . Tragedy became a big hit for the Fleetwoods (10th place) on the pop charts in April 1961 , while Troy Shondell brought the title This Time to ninth place on the pop charts in September 1961. The label had a minor hit with 17-year-old Travis Wammack and his record Scratchy .
The End
By 1965 Fernwood Records released a total of 42 records, the last single was released in 1964 by Glen Honeycutt . In 1968 the headquarters of the label on North Main Street in Memphis was destroyed and with it almost all master recordings and records. A year later the label was sold to Wayne McGinnis , owner of Santo Records . In 1998 Stomper Time released a CD with rockabilly songs on Fernwood Records . Although the label, like Sun , Meteor Records and Hi Records , was one of the main labels of its genre in Memphis, it is now all but forgotten.
Discography
Catalog number | year | Artist | title |
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101 | 1957 | Ramon Maupin |
Love Gone No Chance |
102 | 1957 | Buford Peak with Jimmy Haggett's Band |
Knock Down, Drag Out Wishing |
103 | 1957 | Travis Wammack |
Rock & Roll Blues I'm Leaving Today |
104 | 1957 | Eddie Collins |
Patience Baby Can't Face Life Alone |
105 | 1957 | Ramon Maupin |
Rocking Rufus What’s The Use |
106 | 1958 | Thomas Wayne |
You're The One That Done It This Time |
107 | 1958 | Scotty Moore Trio |
Have Guitar, Will Travel Rest |
108 | 1958 | Joe Lee with Scotty & Bill |
Joe's Mix Ethel Mae |
109 | 1958 | Thomas Wayne |
Saturday Night Tragedy |
110 | 1959 | Bill Rice |
Have I Waited Too Long Love is Lost |
111 | 1959 | Thomas Wayne |
Eternally Scandalizing My Name |
112 | 1959 | Joe Lee |
Hang Out White Satin |
113 | 1959 | Thomas Wayne |
Gonna Be Waiting Just Beyond |
114 | 1959 | O'Henry & Barbara |
Why Do I Love You Wanna Jean |
115 | 1959 | Dewey Phillips |
It Had To Be You Beg your Pardon |
116 | 1960 | Kelly Sims |
Girl In Love Betrayed By Love |
117 | 1960 | Johnny Cannon |
Big Shot Rest |
118 | 1960 | Nick Charles | Don't Take YOur Love From Me Can't Stop Cryin 'Over You |
119 | 1960 | Bill Rice |
All Alone Let's Give Love a Chance |
120 | 1960 | Thomas Wayne |
Guilty of Love Pancho Villa |
121 | 1960 | Bill Reeder |
Where Were You Last Night? You're my baby |
122 | 1960 | Thomas Wayne |
Because of You Girl Next Door |
123 | 1960 | Jerry McDonald |
Am I a Love True Love, Deep Love |
124 | 1960 | Alvin & Bill |
Typing Jive How Long |
125 | 1960 | Bill Rice |
I'll Run and Hide I Asked Mr. Sun |
126 | 1960 | The Psychos |
Mack the Knife Tragedy |
127 | 1960 | Bill Rice |
Let The Four Winds Blow How Will Be Ever Be Together? |
128 | 1961 | Thomas Wayne |
Tragedy No More, No More |
129 | 1961 | The Lyrics |
Let's Be Sweethearts Again You and Your Fellow |
130 | 1961 | Barbara Perry |
Bobby Is a Bad Boy White Satin |
131 | 1962 | The tarantulas |
Like Spellbound Kaw League |
132 | 1962 | Bill Rice |
It's All Your Fault Why Can't Teenage Love Last |
133 | 1963 | Jerry Foster |
Let's Never Mention Old Time Again I'll be Alright |
134 | 1963 | Jimmy Climer with the tarantulas |
The Clown with a Broken Heart Tall Mack, the Lumberjack |
135 | 1963 | Ace Cannon |
Summer Time Hoe Down Rock |
136 | 1964 | Wayne Nelson and the Charps Combo |
Tears of Things Fink |
137 | 1964 | Ace Cannon |
Big Shot Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again |
138 | 1964 | Eddie Carroll |
Golden Door Night Club I've Never Met an Angel Before |
139 | 1964 | Blanche Ballinger |
Everywhere You Go I Love a Sailor |
140 | 1964 | Marlon Grisham Combo |
Pins and Needles In My Heart You Are My Sunshine |
141 | 1964 | Darrell Tatum |
My Darling Wears White Today Best Man Always Win |
142 | 1965 | Glenn Honeycutt |
Campus Love Tombigbee Queen |
Web links
- Entry into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame
- Extensive discography
- Discography with audio samples ( Fernwood unpublished )