USA Discography with reference to the track placing on the Bear Family Box set – this discography locates all 85 tracks issued during her career (the 20 previously unreleased tracks on the box set are documented in the review itself)
78’s and 45’s – NELLIE LUTCHER and HER RHYTHM
1. Hurry On Down [2/1] b/w The Lady’s In Love With You [3/1]
June 1947 USA 78” on Capitol Americana 40002
2. He’s A Real Gone Guy [7/1] b/w Let Me Love You Tonight [8/1]
July 1947 USA 78” on Capitol Americana 40017
3. You Better Watch Yourself, Bub [4/1] b/w My Mother’s Eyes [6/1]
September 1947 USA 78” on Capitol Americana 40042
4. Do You Or Don’t You Love [10/1] b/w The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) [18/1]
January 1948 USA 78” On Capitol Americana 40063
5. Fine Brown Frame [21/1] b/w The Pig-Latin Song [9/1]
March 1948 USA 78” on Capitol 15032
6. Come And Get It, Honey [17/2] b/w He Sends Me [14/2]
May 1948 USA 78” on Capitol 15064
7. Imagine You Having Eyes For Me [23/1] b/w (I Took A Trip On The Train And) I Thought About You [15/1]
June 1948 USA 78” on Capitol 15112
8. Cool Water [11/2] b/w Lake Charles Boogie [20/1]
July 1948 USA 78” on Capitol 15148
9. Alexander’s Ragtime Band [24/1] b/w My Little Boy [15/2]
September 1948 USA 78” on Capitol 15180
10. Wish I Was In Walla Walla [2/2] b/w A Maid’s Prayer [4/2]
December 1948 USA 78” on Capitol 15279
11. My New Papa’s Got To Have Everything [16/2] b/w Say A Little Prayer For Me [10/1]
January 1949 USA 78” on Capitol 15352
12. A Chicken Ain’t Nothin But A Bird [12/2] b/w Ditto From Me To You [5/2]
March 1949 USA 78” on Capitol 57-70001
13. Baby, Please Stop And Think About Me [26/2] b/w Kiss Me Sweet [25/2]
August 1949 USA 78” on Capitol 57-70009
14. Princess Poo-Poo-Ly Has Plenty Papaya [13/2] b/w Fine And Mellow Blues [13/1]
August 1949 USA 78” on Capitol 57-70026
15. Glad Rag Doll [22/2] b/w Lutcher’s Leap [9/2]
November 1949 USA 78” on Capitol 57-70044
16. Only You [24/2] b/w Little Sally Walker [18/2]
January 1950 USA 7” single on Capitol F 798
17. For You My Love [4/3] b/w Can I Come In For A Second [5/3]
February 1950 7” single on Capitol F 847
[A&B with NAT KING COLE - A-side written by PAUL GAYTEN]
18. That’s A Plenty [1/3] b/w I’ll Never Get Tired [3/3]
1950 USA 7” single on Capitol F 878
19. Loveable [12/1] b/w Kinda Blue & Low [16/1]
1950 USA 7” single on Capitol F 1026
20. To Be Forgotten [19/2] b/w That Will Just About Knock Me Out [21/2]
1950 USA 7” single on Capitol F 1217
21. I Really Couldn’t Love You [7/3] b/w Pa’s Not Home – Ma’s Upstairs [6/3]
May 1951 USA 78” single on Capitol F 1420
22. Hurry On Down b/w Fine Brown Frame
1951 USA 7” single on Capitol F 1604 [REISSUE of her 1947 Classics]
23. The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On) [18/1] b/w Humoresque (Opus No.7) [22/1]
1951 USA 7” single on Capitol F 1728
24. The Birth Of The Blues [13/3] b/w I Want To Be Near You [12/3]
1951 USA 7” single on Capitol F 1789
25. What A Difference A Day Made [15/3] b/w The Heart Of A Clown [17/3]
February 1952 USA 7” single on Capitol F 1978
26. Mean To Me [11/3] b/w Let The Worry Bird Worry For You [14/3]
1952 USA 7” single on Capitol F 1829
[Note: A-side with Orchestra Conducted by BILLY MAY]
27. That’s How It Goes [16/3] b/w Keepin’ Out Of Mischief Now [18/3]
1952 USA 7” single on Capitol F 2038
28. The Heart Of A Clown [17/3] b/w My Mother’s Eyes [6/1]
1952 USA 7” single on Capitol 4319
(Note: B-side is the 1947 original)
29. Muchly Verily [23/3] b/w How Many More [20/3]
January 1953 USA 78” single on Okeh 6935
[A-side by NELLIE LUTCHER; B-side by BOUDLEAUX BRYANT]
30. St. Louis Blues [24/3] b/w Takin’ A Chance On Love [23/3]
1953 USA 7” single on Okeh 7030
31. Whee Baby [22/3] b/w Blues For Bill Bailey (aka Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home) [25/3]
1953 USA 7” single on Epic 9005
32. Blues In The Night [3/4] b/w Breezin’ Along With The Breeze [4/4]
1954 USA 7” single on Decca 9-29284
33. Please Come Back [7/4] b/w It’s Been Said [5/4]
1955 USA 7” single on Decca 9-29494
34. If I Didn’t Love Like I Do [8/4] b/w Whose Honey Are You? [6/4]
1955 USA 7” single on Decca 9-29642
35. Blue Skies [9/4] b/w You Made Me Love You [11/4]
February 1956 USA 7” single on Liberty 55018
36. (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings [17/4] b/w Have You Ever Been Lonely [20/4]
1956 USA 7” single on Liberty 55027
37. Hurry On Down [21/4] b/w I Never Get Tired [26/4]
1957 USA 7” single on Imperial 5436
(Note: the A-side is a Re-recording of her 1947 hit on Capitol)
38. Heart Of A Clown [27/4] b/w Reaching For The Moon [28/4]
1963 USA 7” single on Melic 4131
**** LPs ****
“Nellie Lutcher” – Nellie Lutcher and Her Rhythm
3 x 78” LP Package issued March 1948 as an ‘Album” on Capitol CC-70 (Mono)
(The individual catalogue numbers for each 78” follow the A and B sides listed below)
1. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else) [1/1] b/w Chi-Chi-Chi-Chicago [11/1]
(Capitol 10108)
2. Reaching For The Moon [17/1] b/w There’s Another Mule In Your Stall [14/1]
(Capitol 10109)
3. Sleepy Lagoon [5/1] b/w Lake Charles Boogie [20/1]
(Capitol 10110)
“Real Gone!”
1950 USA 8-Track 10” LP on Capitol H-232 (Mono)
Side 1:
He’s A Real Gone Guy [7/1]; Fine Brown Frame [21/1]; Hurry On Down [2/1]; Come And Get It, Honey [17/2]
Side 2: Do You Or Don’t You Love Me 10/1]; Let Me Love You Tonight [8/1]; The Lady’s In Love With You [3/1]; My Mother’s Eyes [6/1]
(Note: the 10” LP listed above was then extended to a 12” LP in 1955 adding 4 extra tracks (denoted as **) and issued on Capitol T 232 – see next entry)
“Real Gone!”
1955 USA 12-Track 12” LP on Capitol T-232 (Mono) [Differing Artwork to the 10” LP]
Side 1:
He’s A Real Gone Guy [7/1]; Fine Brown Frame [21/1]; Hurry On Down [2/1]; Do You Or Don’t You Love Me [10/1]; Let Me Love You Tonight [8/1] The Lady’s In Love With You [3/1]
Side 2:
So Nice To See You Baby ** [19/1]; That’s A Plenty ** [3/1]; My Little Boy ** [15/2]; Alexander’s Ragtime Band ** [24/1]; Come And Get It, Honey [17/2]; My Mother’s Eyes [6/1]
“Whee! Nellie!”
1955 USA 6-Track 10” LP on Epic LN 1108 (Mono)
Side 1:
Whee, Baby! [22/3]; Taking A Chance On Love [23/3/]; Muchly Verily [23/3]
Side 2:
St. Louis Blues [24/3]; How Many More [20/3]; Blues For Bill Bailey [aka Bill Bailey Won’t You Please Come Home] [25/3]
“Our New Nellie” [with Russ Garcia and His Orchestra]
1956 USA 12-Track 12” LP on Liberty LRP 3104 (Mono)
Side 1:
Have You Ever Been Lonely [20/4]; You Made Me Love You [11/4]; (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings [17/4]; Someone To Watch Over Me [16/4]; This Can't Be Love [12/4]; Blue Skies [9/4]
Side 2:
Rose Colored Glasses [18/4]; It Had To Be You [14/4]; The Nearness Of You [13/4]; On The Sunny Side Of The Street [15/4]; Ole Buttermilk Sky [19/4]; Three Little Words [10/4]
“Delightfully Yours”
1966 USA 10-track 12” LP on Sunset SUM-1124 [Mono]/SUS-5124 [Stereo]
Side 1: (All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings [17/4]; The Nearness Of You [13/4]; Have You Ever Been Lonely [20/4]; On The Sunny Side Of The Street [15/4]; You Made Me Love You [11/4]
Side 2:
Rose Colored Glasses [18/4]; This Can’t Be Love [12/4]; Someone To Watch Over Me [16/4]; Blue Skies [9/4]; Three Little Words [10/4]
[The 10-tracks used on “Delightfully Yours” are culled from the “Our New Nellie” album sessions which were only ever recorded in MONO – however, as you can see above, this Sunset LP was issued in both MONO and STEREO – the Bear Family box doesn’t reference EITHER - probably because this was false re-channelled stereo and the MONO tracks are already referenced on the Liberty LRP 3104 LP]
“The Best Of”
1995 USA Capitol Compilation on CD – Capitol CDP 7243 8 35039
(Track 15 and 22 are referenced on the Box set because they were previously unreleased at the time)
1. Hurry On Down
2. One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)
3. You Better Watch Yourself, Bub
5. My Mother's Eyes
6. He's A Real Gone Guy
7. Let Me Love You Tonight
8. Chi Chi Chi Chicago
9. Fine And Mellow
10. I Thought About You
11. Kinda Blue And Low
12. The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
13. Lake Charles Boogie
14. Fine Brown Frame
15. My Man (Mon Homme) [6/2]
16. Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird
17. He Sends Me
18. My New Papa's Got To Have Everything
19. Come And Get It
20. Honey Honey
21. That Will Just About Knock Me Out Baby
22. Baby What's Your Alibi [2/3]
23. Pa's Not Home
