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Billy Bland

The Bees (members Billy Bland ............................)

Imperial 5314 - Toy Bell* / Snatchin' Back - 1954 (glossy red label is scarcer than flat red label) *a double entendre taken from David Bartholmew's "My Ding-A-Ling" a 1952 recording on King 4544 (re-written in 1972 by Chuck Berry and released on Chess 2131)
Imperial 5320 - I Want To Be Loved / Get Away Baby - 1954

The Toppers (Members Billy Bland, ..............................................)

Jubilee 5136 - Baby Let Me Bang Your Box / You're Laughing Cause I'm Crying - 1954


Billy Bland (born 5-April-1932 in Wilmington, North Carolina)

Old Town 1016 - Chicken In The Basket / The Fat Man - 1956
Old Town 1022 - Chicken Hop / Oh You For Me - 1956
Old Town 1035 - If I Could Be Your Man / I Had A Dream - 1957
Tip Top 708 - Chicken In The Basket / Chicken Hop - 1958
Old Town 1067 - Grandmaw Gave A Party / I'm Not Your Slave - 1959
Old Town 1076 - Let The Little Girl Dance* / Sweet Thing - 1960 (there is one known copy found in Los Angeles pressed in yellow vinyl) *also recorded in 1958 by Carl Spencer & The Videos on Manhattan 507
Old Town 1082 - You Were Born To Be Loved / Pardon Me - 1960
Old Town 1088 - Make Believe Lover / Harmonys - 1960
Old Town 1093 - Everything That Shines Ain't Gold / Keep Talkin' That Sweet Talk - 1960
Old Town 1098 - I Cross My Heart / Steady Kind - 1961
Old Town 1105 - My Heart's On Fire* / Can't Stop Her From Dancing - 1961
*Written By Billy Bland - also covered in 1966 by Little Bob on La Louisianne 8075.
Old Town 1109 - Do The Bug With Me / Uncle Bud - 1961
Old Town 1114 - All I Want To Do Is Cry / Busy Little Boy - 1962
Old Town 1124 - Mama Stole The Chicken / I Spent My Life Loving You - 1962
Old Town 1128 - Darling Won't You Think Of Me / How Many Hearts - 1962
Old Town 1143 - Doing The Mule / Farmer In The Dell - 1963
Old Town 1151 - A Little Touch Of Your Love / Little Boy Blue - 1963

Billy Bland (actually McKinley Mitchell)

St. Lawrence 1005 - She's Already Married* / My Divorce - 1965 *also recorded in 1965 by Chuck Bernard on Satellite 2012. 
St. Lawrence 1018 - I'm Sorry About That / Booga-Loo And Silly Dog - 1966 

The Earls / Billy Bland 

Eric 286 - Remember Then / Let The Little Girl Dance* - ? *flip By Billy Bland 

Atlantic 13114 - Remember Then / Let The Little Girl Dance* - ? *flip By Billy Bland

The Solitaires / Billy Bland

Collectables Col 010397 - The Angels Sang / Let The Little Girl Dance* - ? *flip by Billy Bland.

Discography by Bosko Asanovic.l Updates by Peter Stahli