Damita
Jo
Discovery 521 - Believe Me / Here I Am - 1950
Discovery 523 - Until The Real Thing Comes Along
/ Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere* - 1950 *also recorded
in 1950 by Joe Morris and his Orchestra; Laurie Tate
vocalist on
Atlantic 914.
Damita
Jo; Armando Solis and His Orchestra
(members Damita Jo,
Armando Solis, .....)
Taxco 1006 - How Long
Can I Live / You Took My Heart - 1951
Recorded In Hollywood 180 - How Long Can I Live
/ You Took My Heart - 1951
Recorded In Hollywood 182 - Way Up High / Wandering
The Streets - 1951
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members
Damita Jo, Steve Gibson,
David Patillo (born
4-July-1914 --- died ?-September-1967 in Los Angeles
--- cause: ?), Romaine Brown and Emmett Mathews)
RCA Victor 47-4294 - Shame / Boogie
Woogie On A Saturday
Night - 1951
RCA Victor 47-4670 - I May Hate Myself In The
Morning* / Two Little Kisses - 1952 *Damita
Jo, Steve Gibson and David
Patillo with a studio group. Song also
recorded in 1952 by Bette
McLaurin; Rex Kearney Orchestra on
Derby 790.
John Greer;
vocals Damita Jo
RCA Victor 47-4685 - Lonesome And
Blue / I Need You - 1952
Steve
Gibson & The Original Red Caps
(members Steve Gibson, Damita
Jo, Emmett Mathews, Romaine Brown and David
Patillo)
RCA Victor 47-4835 - I Went To Your Wedding* / Wait
- 1952 *also recorded in 1952 by Little Sylvia Sings
with Buddy Lucas and his Band of
Tomorrow on Jubilee 5093.
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Jimmy
Springs (born 5-September-1911 ---
died 4-October-1987 in
Philadelphia
--- cause: ?),
Damita Jo, David
Patillo, Emmett Mathews
and Romaine Brown)
RCA Victor 47-5013 - Truthfully / Why Don't You Love
Me - 1952
Damita
Jo
RCA Victor 47-5022 - I Don't Care / I'd Do It Again
- 1952
RCA Victor 47-5120 - Go 'Way From My Window / Let Me
Share Your Name - 1953
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Jimmy Springs, Damita
Jo, David Patillo,
Emmett Mathews and Romaine Brown)
RCA Victor 47-5130 - Big Game Hunter / Do I, Do I, I
Do - 1953 (Romaine Brown leaves group in 1953)
Damita
Jo
RCA Victor 47- 5253 - Missing (One Heart) / (Oh
Jenny) The Window Walk - 1953
RCA Victor 47-5328 - Do Me A Favor / Don't You Care
- 1953
RCA Victor 47-5570 - Face To Face / Sadie Thompson's
Song - 1953
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Jimmy Springs, Damita
Jo, David Patillo,
Emmett Mathews and Romaine Brown)
Mercury 70389 - Wedding Bells Are Breaking Up That
Old Gang Of Mine / Second Hand Romance - 1954
Jay-Dee 796 - Ouch! / It Hurts Me But I Like It -
1954
RCA Victor 47-5987 - My
Tzatskele / Win Or
Lose - 1955
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Damita Jo,
Ormande Wilson, David
Patillo, Emmett Mathews
and James Price) within one year this group folded.
RCA Victor 47-6096 - Feelin'
Kinda Happy /
Nuff
Of That Stuff* - 1955 *flip by
Damita Jo.
Damita
Jo
RCA Victor 47-6185 - In My Heart /
Abracadabara - 1955
RCA Victor 47-6281 - Always / Free Hearted - 1955
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Damita Jo,
Ormande Wilson, David
Patillo, Emmett Mathews
and James Price)
RCA Victor 47-6345 - Bobbin' / How Do I Cry - 1955
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Emmett Mathews, Bill Furness, Joe Furness
and Peck Furness (three brothers formerly with the 4
Keys) group lasted about two years.
ABC-Paramount 9702 - Love Me Tenderly / Rock
And Roll Stomp - 1956
ABC-Paramonut 9750 -
Write To Me / Gaucho Serenade - 1956
ABC-Paramount 9796 - You May Not Love Me / You've
Got Me Dizzy - 1957
Damita
Jo
ABC-Paramount 9822 - How Will I Know? / I'll Never
Cry - 1957
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Emmett Mathews, Bill Furness, Joe Furness
and Peck Furness)
ABC-Paramount 9856 - Flamingo / Silhouettes* - 1957
*cover of The Rays 1957 recording on
Cameo 117.
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, Emmett Mathews, Jimmy Springs, Henry Tucker
Green, Bobby
Gregg and Damita Jo)
Hi Lo 101 - Itty Bitty / I Want To Be Loved - 1958
(With June Henry)
Hi Lo 103 - It's Love / Forever 'N' Day - 1958
Rose 5534 - Bless You / I Miss You So - 1959
(Romaine Brown returns to the group and George
Tindley former member of
The Dreams on Savoy joins group)
Steve
Gibson & The Original Red Caps
(members Steve Gibson, Emmett Mathews, Jimmy
Springs, Henry Tucker Green,
Bobby Gregg,
Damita Jo, Romaine Brown and George
Tindley)
Casa Blanca 5505 - Where Are You / San
Antone Rose - 1959
Steve
Gibson & The Red Caps (members Steve
Gibson, George Tindley.......................from
here group lineups are sketchy.
Damita Jo left in 1960 and was replaced by a
Gloria Smith)
Hunt 326 - Bless You / Cheryl Lee - 1959
Hunt 330 - Where Are You / San
Antone Rose - 1959
ABC-Paramount 10105 - I Went To Your Wedding /
Together - 1960
Stage 3001 - Blueberry Hill / Poor
Poor Me* - 1960 *vocals
by George Tindley.
Damita
Jo
Mercury 71493 - The Dance Was Over / Look At
Yourself - 1959
Mercury 71568 - What Would You Do / Window Talk -
1960
Mercury 71608 - Little Things Mean A Lot / I Burned
Your Letter - 1960
Mercury 71690 - I'll Save The Last Dance For You*
/ Forgive - 1960 *an "answer song" to the 1960
release "Save The Last Dance For Me" by
The Drifters on
Atlantic 2071.
Mercury 71760 - Keep Your Hands Off Of Him / Hush,
Somebody's Calling My Name - 1961
Mercury 71793 - Sweet Georgia Brown / Do What You
Want - 1961
Mercury 71840 - I'll Be There* / Love Laid It's
Hands On Me - 1962 (some copies issued with picture
sleeve) *an "answer song" to the 1961 release "Stand
By Be" by
Ben E. King on
Atco 6194.
Mercury 71871 - Dance With A Dolly (With A Hole In
Her Stockings) / You're Nobody 'Til
Somebody Loves You - 1962
Mercury 71929 - I Didn't Know I Was Crying / I Built
My World Around A Dream - 1962 (some copies issued
with picture sleeve)
Mercury 71946 - You're Nobody 'Til
Somebody Loves You / Joey - 1962 (some copies issued
with picture sleeve)
Mercury 71984 - Another Dancing Partner / Please
Send Me Someone To Love - 1962
Mercury 72019 - The Window Up Above / Tennessee
Waltz - 1962 (some copies issued with picture
sleeve)
Damita
Jo With The Merry Melody Singers
(members Damita Jo,
............)
Mercury 72056 - Dance Him By Me / Las Vegas - 1962
(some copies issued with picture sleeve)
Billy
Eckstine &
Damita Jo
Mercury 72106 - Love Is A Ball / Gather Your Dreams
- 1963
Damita
Jo
Mercury 72121 - Drama Of Love / Hobo Flats - 1963
Mercury 72162 - In The Dark / Melancholy Baby - 1963
Brook
Benton & Damita Jo
Mercury 72196 -
Yaba-Taba-Do / Almost Persuaded - 1963
(Unreleased)
Mercury 72207 - Baby, You've Got It Made / Stop
Foolin' - 1963
Damita
Jo (born Damita
Jo DuBlanc on
5-August-1930 in Austin, Texas --- Died
25-December-1998 in Baltimore, Maryland --- cause:
respiratory illness)
Melic 4146 - It Kills Me
/ Molly "Dear" Malone - 1964
Melic 4154 - Please
Don't Use My Name / It's To Late To Be Sorry - 1964
Vee-Jay 661 -
I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In / Hurt A
Fool - 1965
Epic 5-9766 - Silver Dollar / Tomorrow Night - 1965
(some copies issued in purple vinyl and with picture
sleeve)
Epic 5-9797 - Gotta
Travel On / Something You Got - 1965
Epic 5-9821 - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And
Out / Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) - 1965
Epic 5-9860 - Sweet Pussycat / Who Could Ask For
More - 1965
Epic 5-9887 - That Special Way /
Tossin' And
Turnin' - 1966
Epic 5-10061 - If You Go Away / If You Go Away -
1966 (Promo Issue Only)
Epic 5-10061 - If You Go Away / When The Fog Rolls
In To San Francisco - 1966
Epic 5-10176 - No Guilty Feelings / Yellow Days -
1967
Epic 5-10235 - Walk Away / Dinner For
One Please James - 1967 (from the musical "How Now,
Dow Jones")
Ranwood 820 - Loving You
/ Reason To Believe - 1968
Ranwood 826 - Grown-Up
Games / Lonely Letters - 1968
Ranwood 844 - Brother
Love's Traveling Salvation Show / I'll Save The Last
Dance For You - 1969
Ranwood 857 - Lonely
Teardrops / Ain't
Misbehavin' - 1969
Ranwood 869 - Paint Me
Loving You / Tomorrow Is The First Day Of The Rest
Of My Life - 1970
Ranwood 884 - Mrs.
Robinson / Two Worlds - 1970
Ranwood 894 - Hallelujah
Baby / Two Worlds - 1971
Damita
Jo & The Clouds Of Joy Singers
(members Damita Jo,
..........................)
Skye-Hi 1029 - The Prince Of Peace
/ ? - 1985