Vinyl records
Bill Black's Combo vinyl records
25 albums with 372 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.
Bill Black (bassist in Elvis Presley's early band) formed Bill Black's Combo in 1959. The original lineup was Black (bass), Joe Lewis Hall (piano), Reggie Young (guitar), Martin Willis (saxophone), and Jerry Arnold (drums). There were several personnel changes over the next couple of years (Hank Hankins, Chips Moman or Tommy Cogbill on guitar; Ace Cannon on sax; Carl McVoy or Bobby Emmons on piano). "Smokie, Part 2" and "White Silver Sands" were U.S. pop hits (#17 and #9 respectively), and both made #1 on the R&B charts. Eight of their recordings placed in the Top 40 between 1959 and 1962. They were voted Billboard's number one instrumental group of 1961.
Most collected Bill Black's Combo albums
Bill Black's Combo discography on vinyl
- 1959Smokie16 pressings
- 1960Blue Tango / Willie16 pressings
- 1960Don't Be Cruel / Rollin'21 pressings
- 1960Hearts Of Stone17 pressings
- 1960Josephine / Dry Bones19 pressings
- 1960Saxy Jazz13 pressings
- 1960Solid And Raunchy24 pressings
- 1960White Silver Sands / The Wheel16 pressings
- 1961Let's Twist Her15 pressings
- 1961Movin'13 pressings
- 1961Movin' / Honky Train14 pressings
- 1961Twist-Her / My Girl Josephine20 pressings
- 1961Yogi / Ole Buttermilk Sky13 pressings
- 1962Hot Taco / Joey's Song13 pressings
- 1962So What / Blues For The Red Boy16 pressings
- 1963Bill Black's Greatest Hits18 pressings
- 1963Do It - Rat Now / Little Jasper12 pressings
- 1963Monkey-Shine / Long Gone12 pressings
- 1964Little Queenie / Boo - Ray16 pressings
- 1964Tequila / Raunchy12 pressings
- 1965More Solid & Raunchy11 pressings
- 1968Bill Black's Beat Goes On11 pressings
- 1968Turn On Your Love Light14 pressings
- 1968Turn On Your Love Light10 pressings
- 1969Soulin' The Blues10 pressings