J. FRANK WILSON





SINGLES

LECAM 722 J. FRANK WILSON & THE CAVALIERS   Last Kiss / Carla 8/1961 US 
TAMARA 761 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You 1964 US
JOSIE 45-923 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You
(a-side Billboard/pop #2 & Cashbox #1)
1964 US
JUBILEE J-923X J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You 1964 CAN
JUBILEE STU.42201 (p/s) J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You 1964 DEN
FONTANA TF 505   J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You 1964 UK
FONTANA 268801 TF J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You 1964 NOR
JOSIE 45-924 THE CAVALIERS Tears Of Happiness / Summertime 1964 US
JOSIE 45-926 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Hey, Little One / Speak To Me
(a-side Billboard/pop #85, co-written by Dorsey Burnette)
1964 US
JUBILEE STU.42208 (p/s) J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Hey, Little One / Speak To Me 1964 DEN
GOLD 11 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / Hey, Little One  (reissue) 196? US
QUALITY 49X J. FRANK WILSON Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You 1965 CAN
LECAM 1015 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Kiss And Run / Teardrops In My Heart 1965 US
JOSIE 45-929 J. FRANK WILSON Say It Now / Six Boys 1965 US
JUBILEE STU.42220 (p/s) J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Say It Now / Six Boys 1965 DEN
JOSIE 45-931 J. FRANK WILSON Dreams Of A Fool / Open Your Eyes 1965 US
JOSIE 45-938 J. FRANK WILSON Forget Me Not / A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) 1965 US
SULLY 927 J. FRANK WILSON Unmarked And Uncovered With Sand / Me And My Teardrops   1965 US
CHARAY C-13 J. FRANK WILSON Black Car X / Unmarked And Covered With Sand 1965? US
ERIC 130 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / Hey, Little One  (reissue) 1968 US
LE CAM 12981 J. FRANK WILSON, "THE FORT WORTH SOUND" Black Car / Buck's Junction 1969 US
CHARAY 13 J. FRANK WILSON Last Kiss '69 / Kiss And Run 1969 US
CHARAY 80 J. FRANK WILSON The Clown / Cool 1969? US
MASTER 1005 J. FRANK WILSON Give Me Tomorrow / She's Winning 1970 US
VIRGO 506 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You  (reissue)
(a-side Billboard/pop #92 & Cashbox #80)
1973 US
APRIL 001 J. FRANK WILSON Tell Laura I Love Her / Kiss And Run 1974 US
CHARAY 86 J. FRANK WILSON Day Before Our Wedding / The Clown 1978 US

Note: 'Last Kiss' issued on LeCam/Tamara and Josie are two different versions.

The first recording by The Cavaliers (Alton Baird, Jerry Naylor, Carroll Smith and Sid Holmes) was "Crazy Guitar" b/w "I've Decided" (Jane 107), issued as by Billy (The) Kidd. It was recorded in Dallas, Tx in 1956, and distributed nationally by Jay-Gee Records in New York City in 1959.




EP'S

VOGUE EPL 8280 (p/s)  J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS: LAST KISS
Last Kiss / That's How Much I Love You / Summertime / Tears Of Happiness  
1964 FRA 
VOGUE EPL 8284 (p/s) J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS: MR. LAST KISS
Speak To Me / Young Love / Sea Of Love / Kiss And Run
1964 FRA




ALBUMS

JOSIE JGM/JS-4006 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS: LAST KISS  (LP) (Billboard/pop #54 & Cashbox #29)
Last Kiss / Only The Lonely / Over The Mountain / School Days / Day Before Our Wedding / Speak To Me / Sea Of Love / Tell Laura I Love Her / That'll Be The Day / Ding Go The Chimes / Kiss And Run / Young Love
-- reissues: Jubilee LP 4006/Rock-In-Beat CD RB 040 --
11/1964 US
DILL PICKLE 3470 J. FRANK WILSON: DOIN' MY THING  (LP)
(probably unissued?)
1971 US
COLLECTABLES COL 0712 J. FRANK WILSON AND THE CAVALIERS: THE LAST KISS SESSIONS  (CD)
Last Kiss / Hey Little One / If You Knew Me / Speak To Me / Bound To Happen / Not This Time / Eenie Meanie Minie Moe / Wine, Wine, Wine / Summertime / Run / I Saw Her Standing There / He'll Learn About It / Too Many Girls / A Teenager In Love / A Kiss / Hopeless Love / Day Before Our Wedding / Speak To Me (alt. take) / Over The Mountain, Across The Sea / A Kiss (alt. take)
1998 US
? THE CAVALIERS: THE CAVALIERS FAREWELL  (CD)
Dick Dean KPEP radio introduction: A little bit more theme and we'll have The Cavaliers for you...you boys ready? (1957) / Wayne Martin (vocal): Good Rockin' Tonight (2002) / Frank White (mgr) advertising theater show (Sanderson, Tx 1956) / I Forgot To Remember / Don't Be Cruel / Hound Dog (Big Lake, Tx 1956) / Alton Baird (vocal): Poor Boy (Texas Theater Ballinger, Tx 1957) / Frank White Interviews Texas Theater Manager (1957) / Alton Baird (vocal): Poor Boy (Big Lake, Tx 1956) / Trying To Get To You (Princess Theater Sanderson, Tx 1956) / Frank White (mgr.) After Show Interview Of Teens Ballinger, Tx / Alton Baird (vocal): Baby, Let's Play House (Rankin, Tx 1956) / band introduction: The Louisiana Hayride Show (Ballinger, Tx 1957) / Alton Baird (vocal): You Can't Catch Me (Marfa High School 1956) / Sid Holmes (gtr): Loving You (instrumental; Memphis 1961) / Jerry Naylor Jackson advertising Taylor's Night Spot on KPEP Radio (San Angelo 1957) / Jerry Jackson (vocal): Party Doll (San Angelo Youth Center 1957) / Jerry Jackson (vocal): Teen Age Crush (KPEP Radio San Angelo 1957) / Bill Mack The Midnight Cowboy WBAP plays two Jerry Naylor tracks (2001) / Cherokee Club band interview (San Angelo 1959) / Crazy Guitar (Sellers Studio Dallas, Tx 1956) / Joe Watson (dj) KTXL live remote San Angelo shopping center (1960) / Tommy Ruble (vocal): Breaking Up (live remote broadcast 1960) / Rick Macci (dj) KTXL radio advertising (The Dixie Club 62) / J. Frank Wilson (vocal): Wine (Rock & Roll Club Midland, Tx 1962) / Dick Clark introduces J. Frank Wilson on American Bandstand (1964) / J. Frank Wilson (vocal): Last Kiss (1964) / Dick Clark interviews J. Frank Wilson (1964) / Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 International Syndicated Radio (1999) / Kim Arzate (vocal): You'll Lose A Good Thing (Arlington, Tx 2001) / Tony Gutierrez (vocal): Cada Ves Que Te Mirro (2002) / James Thomas (vocal): What's A Memory Like You (Rowena, Tx 1986) / WBAP Radio Advertisement Ft. Worth, Tx (1984) / Gary Campbell (vocal): I Can Help (Cleburne Elks Cleburne, Tx 1986) / Jerry Naylor (vocal): The Fool (1957) / Sid Holmes (guitar) Ed Logan (sax) Tommy Ruble (yells): Detour (1961) / Jerry Campbell (vocal): Hooked On Music (Dallas 2002) / bonus track medley: Rockabilly Heaven West Texas In The Fifties (I Got A Woman / Go Go Go / I'll Never Let You Go / Long Tall Sally) (The Princess Theater Sanderson, Tx 1956)
2005 UK




COMPILATIONS

ROULETTE SR-25304 V/A: 20 "BIG BOSS" FAVORITES : 10 GREAT HITS OF 1964 - 10 GREAT OLDIES HITS  (LP) 
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1965 US
WAND WDM/WDS-677 V/A: THE GREATEST HITS FROM THE SOUL OF TEXAS  (LP)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss / Speak To Me
1966 US
KNOCKVILLE 4401 V/A: ROCK AND ROLL FOR COLLECTORS, VOL.2  (LP) 
Billy (The) Kidd (= The Cavaliers): Crazy Guitar
1975 NL
SONET 807 V/A: MAJOR BILL SMITH'S TEXAS ROCK AND ROLL  (LP)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1980 SWE
ROULETTE RCD 58007 V/A: THE ORIGINAL ROCK'N'ROLL HITS OF THE 60'S, VOL.3  (CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1986 US
WHITE LABEL WLP 8924 V/A: ROCK MOON ROCK  (LP) 
Billy (The) Kidd (= The Cavaliers): Crazy Guitar
1988 NL
RHINO R2-70625 V/A: BILLBOARD TOP ROCK & ROLL HITS: 1964  (LP/CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1989 US
IMPACT BC 289 V/A: THE ALL AMERICAN POP COLLECTION  (LP)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1980 CAN
ARF ARF AA-078 V/A: THE LITTER 1968  (CD) 
J. Frank Wilson: Angelica
19??
COLLECTABLES COL-2500/COL-4500 V/A: HISTORY OF ROCK, THE 60'S, PT.1 - WCBS FM101  (LP/CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1990 US
COLLECTABLES COL-5062 V/A: HISTORY OF ROCK, VOL.2  (LP/CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1990 US
RHINO R2-70995 V/A: DICK BARTLEY PRESENTS : ONE HIT WONDERS OF THE '60S, VOL.1  (CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1991 US
CAT 1035 V/A: CALLING ALL ROCK N' ROLL COLLECTORS, VOL.3  (CD) 
Billy (The) Kidd (= The Cavaliers): I've Decided
1994 NL
ORIGINAL SOUND 8859 V/A: OLDIES BUT GOODIES, VOL.9  (LP/CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1995 US
TIME LIFE-SONY MUSIC 26796 V/A: THE HEART OF ROCK'N'ROLL  (CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
1996 US
CICADELIC COL 0708 V/A: CICADELIC 60'S, VOL.8  (CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Bound To Happen (prev. unissued)
1998 US
ACE CDCHD 1100 V/A: DEAD! THE GRIM REAPER'S GREATEST HITS  (CD)
J. Frank Wilson & the Cavaliers: Last Kiss
2006 UK


                                                      

© Compiled by Pete Hoppula

Acknowledgments: Sid Holmes | Jarmo Hoppula

Published sources: Goldmine Price Guide To 45 Rpm Records (Tim Neely, 2003) | Rare Record Price Guide 2004 (Record Collector, 2002) | Billboard Top 100 Singles (Joel Whitburn, 1994) | Music Master Price Guide For Record Collectors (Nick Hamlyn, 1991) | Norske Rock And Roll Pressinger (Tor Arne Petzold & Per Gunnar Lier, 2004)

Online sources: www.allmusic.com | www.recordmaster.com | rcs.law.emory.edu/rcs/artists/w/wils3400.htm | www.bsnpubs.com | www.ebay.com | www.gemm.com | www.musicstack.com

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