Percy Mayfield

Percy Mayfield (born 12-August-1920 in Minden, Louisiana --- died 11-August-84 in Los Angeles, California --- cause: heart attack)

Gru-V-Tone 101 - Jack, You Ain't Nowhere (Part 1) / Jack, You Ain't Nowhere (Part 2) - 1948

Percy Mayfield and His Gang O'Swing (members

Gru-V-Tone 102 - Two Years Of Torture / Mama, Get Way Back - 1948

Dallas Red (Percy Mayfield)

Selective 112 - Alma Lee / Cold Blooded Blues - 1949

Monroe Tucker and his Orchestra: vocal Percy Mayfield

Supreme 1543 - Half Awoke* / Two Years Of Torture - 1949 *also recorded as "You're Still A Square" in 1966 by B. B. King on ABC-Paramount 10766.  

Percy Mayfield

Supreme 1549 - Leary Blues / How Wrong Can I Be - 1949
Swing Time 258 - Half Awoke / Two Years Of Torture - 1951
Swing Time 262 - Leary Blues / How Wrong Can A Good Man Be - 1951

Percy Mayfield Sings: Monroe Tucker And His Orchestra

Recorded In Hollywood 111 - Half Awoke / Two Years Of Torture - 1951

Percy Mayfield

King 4480 - Half Awoke / Two Years Of Torture - 1951
Speciality 375 - Please Send Me Someone To Love* / Strange Things Happening** - 1950 (both tracks recorded 16-August-1950 and single was released 1-September-1950)  *also recorded in 1957 by The Moonglows on Chess 1661 and in 1965 by B. B. King on ABC-Paramount 10616 plus in 1971 by Brook Benton on Cotillion 44130.  **also recorded in 1976 by Bobby Bland and B. B. King on ABC / Impulse 31006. 
Speciality 390 - Lost Love / Life Is Suicide - 1951

Percy Mayfield And Orchestra Vocal By Percy Mayfield 

Speciality 400 - What A Fool I Was / Nightless Lover - 1951
Speciality 408 - Prayin' For Your Return / My Blues - 1951
Speciality 416 - Cry Baby / Hopeless - 1951

Percy Mayfield And Orchestra

Speciality 425 - The Big Question / The Hunt Is On - 1952
Speciality 432 - Louisiana / Two Hearts Are Greater Than One - 1952
Speciality 439 - Lonesome Highway* / My Heart - 1952 *recorded 31-March-1952.
Speciality 451 - The Rivers Invitation* / I Dare You, Baby - 1953 *also recorded in 1963 by Leon Haywood on Convoy 516 and in 1964 by Little Buster on Jubilee 5491.
Speciality 460 - Lost Mind / The Lonely One - 1953 (coloured vinyl scarce --- black vinyl common)
Speciality 473 - The Bachelor Blues / How Deep Is The Well - 1953  (coloured vinyl scarce --- black vinyl common)
Speciality 485 - I Need Love So Bad / Loose Lips - 1954

Percy Mayfield With Joy Hamilton 

Speciality 499 - You Don't Exist No More / Sugar Mama - Peachy Papa - 1954

Percy Mayfield And Orchestra

Speciality 537 - You Were Lyin' To Me* / My Heart Is Cryin' - 1954 *recorded 18-October-1954.
Speciality 544 - Baby You're Rich / The Voice Within* - 1955 *recorded 18-October-1954.

Percy Mayfield

Chess 1599  - Double Dealing / Are You Out There - 1955

Percy Mayfield Sings . . . Percy Mayfield Orch. 

Cash 1041 - Look The Whole World Over / The Bluest Blues - 1956

Percy Mayfield

Speciality 607 - Diggin' The Moonglow / Please Believe Me - 1957 (both tracks recorded 2-April-1957)
Imperial 5577 - One Love / My Reward - 1959
Imperial 5620 - My Heart Is A Prisoner / My Memories - 1959
Speciality 690 - When Did You Leave Heaven / What Must I Do - 1960
Seven Arts 5715 - Ha Ha In The Daytime / Say You Love Me - 1961
Tangerine 923 - Never No More / I Reached For A Tear - 1962
Tangerine 927 - Never Say Naw / Life Is Suicide - 1962
Tangerine 931 - River's Invitation / Baby Please - 1963
Tangerine 934 - Cookin' In Style / The Hunt Is On - 1963
Tangerine 935 - Memory Pain / You Don't Exist No More - 1963
Tangerine 941 - Stranger In My Home Town / Maybe It's Because Of Love - 1964
Tangerine 950 - Stand By / Fading Love* - 1965 *also recorded in 1964 by Gene Allison on Paradise 1010.
Tangerine 957 - My Jug And I / Give Me Time To Explain - 1965

Percy Mayfield, Mike Akopoff & Band 

Tangerine 966 - It's Time To Make A Change / We Both Must Cry - 1966

Percy Mayfield

Tangerine 973 - My Love / My Bottle Is My Companion - 1966
Tangerine 977 - Long As You're Mine / Ha-Ha In The Daytime - 1967
Tangerine 979 - Don't Start Lying To Me* / Pretty-Eyed Baby  - 1967 *also recorded in 1972 by Neal Kimble on Tangerine 1021.

Percy Mayfield Vocal With Orchestra

Brunswick 55390 - Walking On A Tightrope / P. M. Blues - 1968

Percy Mayfield

RCA 74-0307 - To Live The Past / A Lying Woman (Not Trustworthy) - 1969
RCA 74-0348 - You Wear Your Hair Too Long / The Highway Is Like A Woman - 1969 
RCA 74-0379 - Weakness Is A Thing Called Man / Daddy Wants You To Come Home - 1970
RCA 74-0462 - California Blues / The Flirt - 1970
RCA 74-0650 - Right On, Young Mericans / The Devil Made Me Do It - 1971
Speciality 723 - The Rivers Invitation / Lost Mind - 1972
Atlantic 45-3207 - I Don't Want To Be The President / Nothin' Stays The Same - 1974