HUB
3030 Lullaby (LP)/Honey (JR) — 6/46
3032 Out Of A Dream (JR/OJ)/My Sugar Is So Refined (LP) — 6/46
3033 Once And For All (LP)/Bye Bye Baby Blues (JR) — 6/46

KING (purchased from Hub)
4234 Once And For All (LP)/Bye Bye Baby Blues (JR) — 8/48
4234 Once And For All (LP)/[Song Of India - Herman Chittison Trio] — 48
4260 Out Of A Dream (MM/JR)/[Blues In The Clouds - 3 Clouds] — 11/48
4272 Honey (JR)/[Matinee Hour In New Orleans - 3 Clouds] — 1/49
4293 My Sugar Is So Refined (LP)/[Playing Around - 3 Clouds] — 5/49
EP310 Honey//Bye Bye Baby Blues//
           Out Of A Dream//My Sugar Is So Refined

NATIONAL
9034 Mahzel (LP/JR/MM)/For You (JR) — 4/47
9035 Ol' Man River (JR)/Would You Believe Me (MM) — 6/47
9038 Write Me A Letter (JR)/Summertime (JR) — 10/47
9039 Searching For Love (MM)/For You (JR) — 12/47
9040 Fool That I Am (MM/JR)/Be I Bumble Bee Or Not (LP/JR) — 12/47
9042 Together (JR/MM)/There's No You (JR) — 2/48
9045 Until The Real Thing Comes Along (JR)/Send For Me If You Need Me (JR) — 5/48
9053 September Song (MM)/Once In A While (JR) — 7/48
9056 It's Too Soon To Know (MM/JR)/Be On Your Merry Way (JR) — 9/48
9059 How Could I Know (MM/JR)/I Don't Know Why I Love You Like I Do (JR) — 10/48
9062 Silent Night (MM/JR)/White Christmas (JR/MM) — 10/48
9064 Always (JR/MM)/Rooster (JR) — 12/48
9065 Deep Purple (JR)/Leave My Gal Alone (JR) — 1/49
9073 The House I Live In (JR/MM)/Ricky's Blues (JR) — 5/49
9085 There's Nothing Like A Woman In Love (JR/MM)/Careless Love (JR) — 7/49
9089 If You Didn't Mean It (JR)/Someday (JR/MM) — 9/49
9098 I'm Afraid Of You (JR)/Get Wise Baby (JR) — 12/49
9101 I've Been A Fool (MM)/I Don't Have To Ride No More (JR) — 12/49
9111 Count Every Star (LH)/I'm Gonna Paper My Walls With Your Love Letters (JR) — 4/50
9131 Phantom Stage Coach (JR)/I'm Gonna Take To The Road (JR) — 11/50
9148 Lilacs In The Rain (MM)/Time Is Marching On (JR) — 2/51

Unreleased National
      Sylvia (MM/JR)
      Who's Sorry Now (JR/MM)
      It's The Talk Of The Town (MM/JR)
      Please Believe Me (LH)
      Bless You (LP)
      Tea For Two (LP)
      Comin' Back Home (JR)
      Without A Song (JR)
      Moonglow (JR)
      No More Kisses For Baby (LP/JR)
      I've Got The World On A String (JR/MM)
      The Cadillac Song (LH/JR/MM/LP)

RENDITION (National masters)
5001    Write Me A Letter (JR)/Marie (MM/JR) — 1951
EP104 Write Me A Letter//Old Man River//
            For You//Would You Believe Me

COLUMBIA
39050 Time Takes Care Of Everything (LH/JR)/Don't Look Now (LH/JR) — 11/50
            [45 rpm # is 6-903]
39070 My Baby's Gone (JR)/I'm So Crazy For Love (MM) — 12/50
            [45 rpm # is 6-925]
39112 Midnight Blues (JR)/You Don't Have To Drop A Heart To Break It (MM) — 1/51
39194 You're Always In My Dreams (MM/LH)/Gotta Find My Baby (JR) — 2/51
39408 You Foolish Thing (MM/JR)/Honey I Don't Want You (JR) — 5/51

OKEH (subsidiary of Columbia)
6825 The Wiffenpoof Song (MM)/I Get All My Lovin' On A Saturday Night (JR) — 8/51
6843 That Old Gang Of Mine (JR/MM)/Everything But You (JR) — 11/51
6888 Mam'selle (JR/MM)/Calypso Song (LP) — 6/52

Unreleased Columbia
      If I Love Again (MM/JR)

MERCURY
8257   Out In The Cold Again (DW/JR)/Hey Good Lookin' (DW/JR) — 11/51
5764   There's No Use Pretending (JVL/JR)/Wagon Wheels (JR) — 11/51
8259   There's No Use Pretending (JVL/JR)/Wagon Wheels (JR) — 11/51
5800   Begin The Beguine (JR)/Looking For My Baby (JR) — 2/52
5853   Chloe-e (JR)/Why Did You Leave Me (JR) — 5/52
8291   Write Me One Sweet Letter (JR)/Rock Me All Night Long (JR) — 7/52
8296   Too Soon/Love Is The Thing [both Jimmy Ricks solos] — 8/52
70060 Don't Mention My Name (JVL)/I'll Be Back (JR) — 12/52
70119 Come A Little Bit Closer (JR)/She's Got To Go [JR solo] — 2/53
70213 Who'll Be The Fool (JR)/Rough Ridin' (JR) — 8/53
70240 Without A Song (JR)/Walkin' My Blues Away (JR) — 9/53
70307 September Song (JVL)/Escortin' Or Courtin' [JR solo] — 1/54
70330 Going Home (JR/JVL)/The Lonesome Road (JR) — 2/54
             [above say "Jimmy Ricks" on label, but have full group]
70413 I've Got You Under My Skin (JR)/Love Is No Dream (JVL) — 6/54
70505 White Christmas (JR/MM)/Silent Night (MM/JR) — 11/54
             [These are the National masters]
70554 Old Man River (JR)/Write Me A Letter (JR) — 1/55
             [These are the National masters]

Unreleased Mercury
      Love Is The Thing (JR, with the Ravens)
      May I
      Don't Be Mean Be Mine
      Silly Heart
      Time Is A-Passin'
      Why Did You Go
      If I Didn't Love You
      Ain't Gonna Worry
      The Raven's Blues
      What Could Be More Beautiful

JUBILEE
5184 Bye Bye Baby Blues (JR)/Happy Go Lucky Baby (JR) — 2/55
5203 Green Eyes (JR/JS)/The Bells Of San Raquel (JS) — 4/55
5217 On Chapel Hill (JR)/We'll Raise A Ruckus Tonight (JR) — 9/55
5237 Boots And Saddles (JR)/I'll Always Be In Love With You (JR) — 2/56

Unreleased Jubilee
      Ashamed (LAH)
      Rockin' At The Record Hop (JR)

ARGO (subsidiary of Chess)
5255 Kneel And Pray (JVL)/I Can't Believe (BK) — 7/56
5261 A Simple Prayer (JVL)/Water Boy (DB) — 12/56

BATON (as the Kings, masters leased from Argo)
245 Long Lonely Nights (JAVL)/Let Me Know (JAVL) — 6/57

CHECKER (subsidiary of Chess)
871 Dear One (JVL/JAVL)/That'll Be The Day (JAVL) — 7/57

ARGO
5276 Dear One (JVL/JAVL)/That'll Be The Day (JAVL) — 7/57
5284 Here Is My Heart (JAVL)/Lazy Mule (DB) — 11/57

Unreleased Argo
      Jingle Jingle Joe
      Simon Says
      Surely Will
      Breaker Of Hearts
      Write Me A Letter

SAVOY
1540 White Christmas (JR/MM)/Silent Night (MM/JR) — 10/57
             [These are the National masters]

TOP RANK
2003 Into The Shadows (??)/The Rising Sun (??) — 5/59
2016 Solitude (WS)/Hole In The Middle Of The Moon (AW) — 10/59

REGENT MG-6062 "Write Me A Letter" — 1959
             [These are all National masters]
      Write Me A Letter
      Summertime
      Until The Real Thing Comes Along
      September Song
      Mahzel
      Always
      Once In A While
      I Don't Know Why
      Searching For Love
      I'm Gonna Paper My Walls With Your Love Letters

JUBILEE
6004 Green Eyes/On Chapel Hill — 12/65 and 5/66
6004 Green Eyes/Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddles — 6/66

VIRGO (Jubilee Masters)
6006 Green Eyes/I'll Always Be In Love With You — 9/72

HARLEM HIT PARADE HHP-5007 "The Ravens" — 1975
             [These are all Mercury Masters]
      September Song
      Old Man River
      I'll Be Back
      Love Is The Thing (Ricks solo)
      Come A Little Bit Closer
      Don't Mention My Name
      Who'll Be The Fool
      Without A Song
      Going Home

LEADS:
   AW = Al Williams
   BK = Bob Kornegay
   DB = David Bowers
   DW = Dinah Washington
   JAVL = James Van Loan
   JVL = Joe Van Loan
   JR = Jimmy Ricks
   LAH = Larry Harrison
   LH = Louis Heyward
   LP = Leonard Puzey
   MM = Maithe Marshall
   OJ = Ollie Jones
   JS = Jimmie Steward
   WS = Willis Sanders

Thanks to Ferdie Gonzalez (for his discographical diggings), George Moonoogian and Victor Pearlin (for their archival record collections), and Jack Sbarbori (for everything he ever wrote on the Ravens). Most of the ads appeared in various editions of "First Pressings" (Courtesy of Galen Gart). Special thanks to Tina McCarthy, Manager of the Sony Music Archives, for help with some Columbia research.