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Tommy & The Derbys (Tommy Tate, Dorothy Moore, Cliff & Ed Thomas, Patsy McKewn, backed by The Tim Whitsett Imperial Showband)

Swing ? - Handy Andy / Don't Play The Role – 1966

The Turrabull Brothers (Actually The Tim Whitsett Imperial Showband, Tim Whitsett singing lead, Tommy Tate & Jimmy Hodo on backup vocals)

Temporaire 0000000 - Push Push / Don't Do It – 1966

Tim Whittset and The Imperial Showband featuringTommy Tate (members Tommy Tate, Tim Whitsett (trumpet), Hank Martin (guitar), Buzz Arledge (guitar), Carson Whitsett (keyboards --- born 1-May-1945 in Jackson, Mississippi --- died 8-May-2007 in Nashville, Tennessee --- cause: brain cancer) ......................................)

Big Ten 1003 - Stand By Me / Dee's Village (Instrumental) - 1966

Tommy Yates

Verve 10556 - Darling, Something's Gotta Give / If You're Looking For A Fool – 1967

Andy Chapman

Atco 6558 - Happy Is The Man* / Double Your Satisfaction** - 1968 *Confirmed by Tommy Tate as being him, Apparently he remembers doing it as a demo only and was unaware of it's release. **Rumoured to be Ben Atkins.

The Imperial Showband featuring Tommy Tate (members Tommy Tate, Tim Whitsett, Carson Whitsett (keyboards) ......................................)

Musicor 1340 - The Whole World Is The Same / Where Did I Go - 1968

Tommy Tate

Malaco - Get It Over Anyway - 1968 (this was released in the U. K. on the 2003 Grapevine CD "Troubled Waters Deep Soul From The Deep South" GVCD 3010)
Malaco - Hold On - 1969 (this was released in the U. K. on the 2003 Grapevine CD "Troubled Waters Deep Soul From The Deep South" GVCD 3010 --- also recorded in 1971 by James Carr on Atlantic 2803)
Jackson Sound 1005 - Peace Is All I Need / Let Us Be Heard (A Prayer For Peace) - 1970
Glenaire 1005 - Peace Is All I Need / Let Us Be Heard (A Prayer For Peace) – 1970

The Nightingales (members Tommy Tate, Quincy Billops, Rochester Neal and Bill Davis)

Stax 0076 - You're Movin' Much Too Fast / Don't Let A Good Thing Go - 1970
Stax - You're Movin' Much Too Fast (Unedited Version) - 1970 (unissued until it was released in the U. K. on the 2007 Kent Cd "Tommy Tate I'm So Satisfied The Complete Ko Ko Recordings And More" CDKEND 289)
Stax 0091 - Just A Little Overcome / I Don't Want To Be Like My Daddy - 1971

Tommy Tate

Koko 2109 - I Remember / Help Me Love – 1971
Koko 2112 - I Remember / School Of Life - 1972
Koko 2114 - I Ain't Gonna Worry / More Power To You - 1972

Southern Passion (members Tommy Tate, .......) Tommy Tate gigged locally on and off with the band but didn't record anything with them.

Tommy Tate

Ko Ko 722 - Hardtimes S. O. S. / Always* - 1976 *also recorded in 1973 by Luther Ingram on Ko Ko 2115.
Ko Ko 723 - If You Ain't Man Enough / Revelations - 1976
Koko 726 - If You Got To Love Somebody / Do You Think There's A Chance - 1977 (Promo Issue Only - Only two copies known to exist - It has been reported that this is a one-sided disc, does anyone know for certain, or is it as rumoured the flip side being "Do You Think There's A Chance" - Officially Koko 726 is the 1977 twelve inch release by Luther Ingram "I Like The Feeling / I'm Gonna Be The Best Thing")
Koko 727 - I'm So Satisfied / If You Ain't Man Enough - 1977
Sundance 5000 - The End Of The World / You Taught Me How To Love – 1979
Juana 1950 - For The Dollar Bill / We Don't – 1981
Juana 1955 - On The Real Side / This Train – 1981
Sundance 5001 - Crescent City U. S. A. / (Instrumental) – 1984
Sundance 5003 - If I Gave You My Heart / What Gives You The Right –1984
Sundance (No Number) - I'm Wrapped Up / Linger A Little Longer - 1985 (Only 500 Copies Pressed)
White Label 2 - If You Gotta Love Somebody / ? - ?

Lp's

Juana 1003 - Tommy Tate - 1981
Tracks: For The Dollar Bill / On The Real Side / Listen To The Children / Castles In The Sky / This Train / I Just Don't Know / Let Me Entertain You / We Don't.

Vivid Sound 1017 - Hold On (Malaco Demo's Early 1970's) - 1979
Tracks: Friend Of Mine / My Wife / Little Boy / Get It Over Anyway / I've Been Inspired To Love You / All A Part Of Growing Up / I'd Really Like To Know / I Can't Do Enough For You Baby / A Thousand Things To Say / Hold On (To What We've Got) / Something To Believe In / Do You Think There's A Chance.

Urgent Ulp 9110 - Love Me Now - 1990
Tracks: Good Medicine / Slow Train (Fast Train) / I Forgot To Be Your Lover / Midnight Holiday / Tear This House Down / Love Me Now / When A Fool Takes His Turn / Never Let You See Me Cry / Big Blue Sky.

Cd's

Charly Cd255 - Love Me Now - 1990
Tracks: Good Medicine / Slow Train (Fast Train) / I Forgot To Be Your Lover / Midnight Holiday / Tear This House Down / Love Me Now / When A Fool Takes His Turn / Never Let You See Me Cry / Big Blue Sky. (U.K. release)

P-Vine Pcd-2043 All Or Nothing - 1992
Tracks: All Or Nothing / Ain't No West In Mideast / Where Has My Sweet Thing Gone / One Love / Somebody Help / Walking Away / Don't Make Me Explain / This One's / I Still Won-Der. (Japanese release)

P-Vine Pvc-22008 - Soul Revelations (Koko 45's Plus Unissued Tracks) - 1996
Tracks: Help Me Love / School Of Life / Sanity / I Just Can't Believe Your Love For Me / Hardtimes S. O. S. / Revelations / (You Brought Me) A Mighty Long Way / If You Got To Love Somebody (Why Not Take A Chance On Me) / I Remember / Always / I Ain't Gonna Worry / More Power To You / If You Ain't Man Enough / It Ain't No Laughing Matter / Identify (I've Got To Know Who I Am) / It's A Bad Situation. (Japanese release)

Kent Cdkend 289 - Tommy Tate I'm So Satisfied The Complete Ko Ko Recordings And More - 2007
Tracks: School Of Life (3:31) / Sanity (2:28) / I Just Can't Believe Your Love For Me (3:49) / I Remember (3:29) / If You Got To Love Somebody (3:15) / I'm So Satisfied (3:57) / (You Brought Me) From A Mighty Long Way (2:58) / Help Me Love (3:44) / Identity (I've Got To Know Who I Am) (2:58) / Revelations (3:04) / I Ain't Gonna Worry (3:08) / More Power To You (3:30) / If You Ain't Man Enough (3:18) / It's A Bad Situation (3:29) / Hardtimes S. O. S. (3:21) / Always (4:04) / It Ain't No Laughing Matter (2:35) / You're Movin' Much Too Fast (Previously Unissued Unedited Version) (3:36) - The Nightingales / Just A Little Overcome (3:48) - The Nightingales / I Don't Want To Be Like My Daddy (3:20) - The Nightingales. (U. K. release)

Additions from Heikki Suosalo from an interview he did with Tommy Tate for the Soul Express magazine www.soulexpress.net
Also from Tim Whitsett who had this to say:

"The Turrabull Brothers, was a joke name, as was the label “Temporaire” and the

Record’s catalog number (0000000).

The band is actually Tim Whitsett & The Imperial Showband – Tim Whitsett singing lead, Tommy Tate & Jimmy Hodo on backup vocals.

Not sure why (1) we felt the urge to release this particular record with a “joke” name and (2) why the heck we thought it

was a “joke,” because it doesn’t seem funny now. Maybe you had to be there, and it was so long ago, I’m no longer there."

Tim Whitsett

Further information from Tim Whitsett:

"Handy Andy" / "Don't Play the Role" is indeed credited to Tommy & The Derbys, and it was released on the Swing label, not Big Ten.

The confusion arises from the rather incestuous relationship of the Jackson, Mississippi music scene at the time. Swing and Big Ten were both owned by Bob McRee. He and his partners, Cliff & Ed Thomas, owned the studio and production company under whose aegis these records were cut. And my band was the backing band on nearly every release produced by Thomas-McRee-Thomas between 1964 and 1967.

Ergo:

"Handy Andy" / "Don't Play the Role" - Swing label

Tommy & The Derbys

Tommy = Tommy Tate

The Derbys = Dorothy Moore, Cliff & Ed Thomas, Petsy McKewn (just thrown together as backing singers for this session)

Backing Band: Tim Whitsett & The Imperial Show Band

Produced by Ed Thomas, Bob McRee, Cliff Thomas

Songwriters: Ed Thomas, Bob McRee, Cliff Thomas

Studio MAC, Jackson, Mississippi

By the way, none of us have a clue where to get a copy of the record. Tapes and records of the 100s of sides produced by Thomas-McRee-Thomas were irreparably damaged in storage years ago, so none of the writers/producers have mementos of their years in the studio.

Best regards,

Tim