The Orioles - Discography
By Marv Goldberg
© 1999 by Marv Goldberg
IT'S A NATURAL
5000 It's Too Soon To Know /Barbra Lee - 7/48
JUBILEE
5000 It's Too Soon To Know /Barbra Lee - 10/48
5001 (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Xmas /To Be To You - 11/48
5001 Dare To Dream /To Be To You - 1/49
5002 Please Give My Heart A Break /It Seems So Long Ago - 2/49
5005 Tell Me So /Deacon Jones - 4/49
5008 I Challenge Your Kiss /Donkey Serenade (lead: George Nelson) - 6/49
5009 A Kiss And A Rose /It's A Cold Summer - 8/49
5016 Forgive And Forget /So Much - 10/49
5017 (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Xmas/What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - 11/49
5018 Would You Still Be The One In My Heart?/Is My Heart Wasting Time? - 1/50
5025 At Night/Every Dog-Gone Time - 3/50
5026 Moonlight/I Wonder When - 5/50
5028 You're Gone/Everything They Said Came True - 6/50
5031 We're Supposed To Be Through /I'd Rather Have You Under The Moon - 8/50
5037 I Need You So/Goodnight Irene - 9/50
5040 Can't Seem To Laugh Any More/I Cross My Fingers - 10/50
5045 Oh Holy Night /The Lord's Prayer - 11/50
5051 I Miss You So/You Are My First Love - 1/51
5055 Pal Of Mine/Happy Go Lucky Local Blues - 4/51
5057 Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)/When You're A Long, Long Way From Home - 5/51
5060 My Prayer/ I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody) (solos) - 8/51
5061 I'm Just A Fool In Love/ Hold Me Squeeze Me (Hold Me Tight) - 8/51
5065 Don't Tell Her What's Happened To Me/Baby, Please Don't Go - 10/51
5066 Fool's World/For All We Know (solos) - 10/51
5071 How Blind Can You Be/When You're Not Around - 12/51
5074 Trust In Me/Shrimp Boats - 2/52
5076 You Never Cared For Me/Proud Of You (solos, but label says 'Sunny Til' ) - 3/52
5082 It's Over Because We're Through/Waiting - 4/52
5084 Barfly/Gettin' Tired, Tired, Tired - 5/52
5090 Once In A While/I Only Have Eyes For You (Edna McGriff & Sonny Til) - 7/52
5092 Don't Cry Baby/See See Rider - 8/52
5099 Good/Piccadilly (Edna McGriff & Sonny Til) - 10/52
5102 You Belong To Me/I Don't Want To Take A Chance - 11/52
5107 I Miss You So/Till Then - 1/53
5108 Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me/Teardrops On My Pillow - 2/53
5112 Lonely Wine/Have You Heard (solos) - 2/53
5115 Bad Little Girl/Dem Days (Are Gone Forever) - 3/53
5118 (Danger) Soft Shoulders/Congratulations To Someone (solos) - 6/53
5120 I Cover The Waterfront/One More Time - 6/53
5122 Crying In The Chapel/Don't You Think I Ought To Know - 7/53
5127 In The Mission Of St Augustine/Write And Tell Me Why - 9/53
5134 There's No One But You/Robe Of Calvary - 1/54
5137 Don't Go To Strangers/Secret Love - 2/54
5143 Maybe You'll Be There/Drowning Every Hope I Ever Had - 5/54
5154 In The Chapel In The Moonlight/Thank The Lord! Thank The Lord! - 7/54
5161 If You Believe/Longing - 10/54
JUBILEE EP
5000 It's Too Soon To Know/Tell Me So//At Night/Forgive And Forget - 11/54
JUBILEE
5172 Runaround/Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep - 11/54
5177 I Love You Mostly/Fair Exchange - 1/55
5189 I Need You Baby/That's When The Good Lord Will Smile - 3/55
5221 Please Sing My Blues Tonight/Moody Over You - 10/55
5231 Don't Go To Strangers/Angel - 1/56
VEE-JAY
196 Happy Till The Letter/I Just Got Lucky (lead: Diz Russell) - 5/56
228 For All We Know/Never Leave Me Baby - 11/56
244 Didn't I Say/Sugar Girl (lead: Paul Griffin) - 4/57
EVERLAST (the Kings And Queens [Orioles and Delltones])
5003 Voices Of Love (lead: Della Simpson)/ I'm So Lonely (lead: Della Simpson) - ca. 11/57
ROULETTE
4079 Shy/First Blush (solos) - 5/58
ABNER (subsidiary of Vee-Jay)
1016 Didn't I Say/Sugar Girl (lead: Paul Griffin) - 8/58
JUBILEE
5363 Tell Me So/At Night ("Orioles" are a chorus) - 2/59
6001 Crying In The Chapel/Forgive And Forget ("Orioles" are a chorus) - 9/59
5384 The First Of Summer/Come On Home ("Orioles" are the Helen Way Singers) - 2/60
5394 Night And Day/Shimmy Time (with an unknown group, but only credited to Sonny Til) - 9/60
VEE-JAY
VJLP-1021 Teen Delights - 8/60
Contains the previously-unreleased "Live It Up" (lead: Diz Russell)
CHARLIE PARKER
211 Secret Love/The Wobble - 10/62
212 In The Chapel In The Moonlight/Hey! Little Woman - 10/62
213 Lonely Christmas/Back To The Chapel Again - 11/62
214 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve/Don't Mess Around With My Love - 11/62
215 It's Too Soon To Know/I Miss You So - 1/63
216 Don't Tell Her What Happened To Me/Write And Tell Me Why - 1/63
219 I Miss You So/ Hey! Little Woman - 2/63
All of the above appeared on Modern Sounds Of The Orioles Greatest Hits (Charlie Parker LP 816, 1962).
The album was re-released in 1969 as The Orioles Greatest Hits, on Big A (SBA 2001)
DADE
5002 Open Up Your Heart/Someone Up And Told Me - 4/63
"Open Up Your Heart," by "Sonny & Virgil," should have read "Sonny & Virgie."
"Someone Up And Told Me" was a solo, but the label copy said "Sonny Till."
LANA
109 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve/Crying In The Chapel - 12/64
(Although master numbers indicate that "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" is the
Charlie Parker cut and "Crying In The Chapel" is the late Jubilee recording, both sides
were actually cut for the Sutton Brothers in December 1964.)
RCA VICTOR (these are all solos)
47-9733 You're All I Need/After - 1969
47-9759 Tears And Misery/I Better Leave Love Alone - 1969
45-236 One Big Unhappy Family (one-sided DJ only) - 1970
45-247 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (one-sided DJ only) - 1970
CLOWN (solos, with female chorus)
3061 No Not For Her/I Gave It All Up - 1970
RCA VICTOR (all sides only credit Sonny Til, even those with a group)
74-0390 One Big Unhappy Family/Don't Feel No Pain - 1970
74-0432 Colours/Love Is What It's All About (solos) - 1971
74-0529 Till Then/Love Or Desire (both sides with Orioles) - 1971
74-0606 Crying In The Chapel (with Orioles)/What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (solo) - 12/71
LP4451 Sonny Til Returns - 1970
Colours; What Are You Doing New Year's Eve; I Better Leave Love Alone; One Big Unhappy Family; Love Is What It's All About;
Life Won't Be The Same (Without You); After; Tears And Misery; You're All I Need; Don't Feel No Pain; Gettin' It Together
LP4538 Sonny Til and the Orioles - Old Gold/New Gold - 1971
Crying In The Chapel; It's Too Soon To Know; Back To The Chapel Again; You Are My First Love; 'Til Then;
I'll Be Satisfied; Love Or Desire; Memories, That's All; What You See Is What You Get; I Thought About You
HARLEM SOUND (Charlie Parker cuts)
1001 What Are You Doing New Year's Eve/Lonely Christmas - early 70s
US AIR FORCE
RAD-71 The United States Air Force Presents: Find Yourself A Star - 71
Sonny Til does 60-second and 30-second promos for the U.S. Air Force. Others promos on the disc were
done by Glen Campbell; Bobbi Martin; Tommy James; Labelle; and Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds.
VIRGO (Jubilee masters)
6017 Crying In The Chapel/What Are You Doing New Year's Eve - 9/72
6028 It's Too Soon To Know/Tell Me So (humming version) - 3/73
GOLDIES 45 (distributed by ABC-Dunhill; Jubilee masters)
D2503 It's Too Soon To Know/Barbra Lee - 1973
D2565 Crying In The Chapel/Don't You Think I Ought To Know - 1973
BROADCAST (all recorded on 12/10/64)
1139 Somewhere Over The Rainbow/Secret Love - ca. 1975
1140 It's Too Soon To Know/Further Up The Road - ca. 1975
DOBRE
LP1016 Sonny Til and the Orioles - Today - 1978
Crying In The Chapel; Chapel In The Moonlight; Baby Please Don't Go; It's Too Soon To Know; I Miss You So;
C. C. Rider; Tell Me So; Masquerade; Secret Love
LP1026 Sonny Til - Back To The Chapel (all solos) - 1979
What Love Is All About; What Kind Of People Are We; Make It Easy On Yourself; What You See Is What You Get;
Lonesome Mood; Feelings; Hot To Trot; Back To The Chapel
IVORY
IV-400 Sonny Til & The Orioles Visit Manhattan Circa 1950s - 1981
Manhattan; I Don't Believe In Tomorrow; Taking My Chance With You; I Had The Craziest Dream; Rose Ann Of Charing Cross;
May That Day Never Come; Together; Skylark; Magic Moon; Gee I Wish; Walkin' By The River; Needless; What Do You Know About Love;
Are You Looking For A Sweetheart
RED LIGHTNIN' (1960s Herb Abramson masters)
RL0065 Boss Vocal Groups of the 60s - 86
So Long (Sonny Til with an unknown group; recorded for Herb Abramson on 8/24/60)
Night And Day (same notes as prior song; this is the same cut that appeared on Jubilee 5394)
Sincerely (the Orioles; recorded 7/20/62)
Some Of This, Some Of That (the Orioles; recorded 7/20/62)
(other songs on the LP were by the Ravens, the Clovers, and the Universals)
TITLE MASTER # SINGLE #
July, 1948 (all are Jubilee sessions until 1956)
At Night JR149 5025
Barbra Lee JR150 5000
It's Too Soon To Know JR151 5000
Exactly Like You JR152 LOST
Tell Me So (HUMMING BRIDGE VERSION) JR153 Not on single
I Cover The Waterfront JR154 5120
Fall, 1948
Two Party Line JR158 LOST
Lazy River Rolls By JR159 LOST
(UNKNOWN TITLE) JR160 LOST
I'm Losing Something I Never Had JR161 LOST
To Be To You JR162 5001, 5001A
It Seems So Long Ago JR163 5002
(It's Gonna Be A) Lonely Xmas JR164 5001, 5017
Deacon Jones JR165 5005
Please Give My Heart A Break JR170 5002
Tell Me So (NORMAL BRIDGE VERSION) JR171 5005
Dare To Dream JR172 5001, 5001A
Spring, 1949
Moonlight JR173 5026
Every Dog-Gone Time JR174 5025
You're Gone JR175 5028
Donkey Serenade JR176 5008
It's A Cold Summer JR177 5009
Is My Heart Wasting Time? JR199 5018
(UNKNOWN TITLE) ----- LOST
I Challenge Your Kiss JR201 5008
A Kiss And A Rose JR460 5009
Sept 25, 1949
So Much JR601 5016
Forgive And Forget JR602 5016
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? JR603 5017
Dec 27, 1949
Would I Still Be The One In Your Heart? JR610 5018
(NOTE: mistitled as "Would You Still
Be The One In My Heart?")
Feb 17, 1950
You Are My First Love JR660 5051
If It's To Be JR661 UNREL
(NOTE: intended to be released as 5061,
but withdrawn)
I Wonder When JR662 5026
Everything They Said Came True JR663 5028
Jun 3, 1950
I'd Rather Have You Under The Moon JR900X 5031
We're Supposed To Be Through JR901X 5031
Aug 18, 1950
I Need You So JR960 5037
Goodnight Irene JR961 5037
I Cross My Fingers JR962 5040
Can't Seem To Laugh Any More JR963 5040
Aug 19, 1950
Walking By The River JR964 UNREL
I Miss You So JR965 5051, 5107
Oct 10, 1950
Lord's Prayer, The JR966 5045
Oh Holy Night JR967 5045
Dec 20, 1950
I Had To Leave Town JR700 UNREL
(NOTE: intended to be released as 5061,
but withdrawn)
Mar, 1951
My Prayer (SOLO) JR322 5060
I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody) (SOLO) JR323 5060
Mar 20, 1951
Pal Of Mine JR343 5055
Happy Go Lucky Local Blues JR344 5055
Apr 20, 1951
Would I Love You (Love You, Love You) JR60011 5057
When You're A Long, Long Way From Home JR60012 5057
Jul 24, 1951
I'm Just A Fool In Love JR450 5061
Barfly JR451 5084
Hold Me Squeeze Me (Hold Me Tight) JR452 5061
Sep 6, 1951
Baby, Please Don't Go JR25001 5065
Don't Tell Her What's Happened To Me JR25002 5065
I May Be Wrong JR25003 UNREL
Sep 21, 1951
Fool's World (SOLO) JR26000 5066
You Never Cared For Me (SOLO) JR26001 5076
For All We Know (SOLO) JR26002 5066
Blame It On Yourself (SOLO) JR26003 UNREL
Nov 28, 1951
How Blind Can You Be JR28013 5071
When You're Not Around JR28014 5071
Waiting JR28023 5082
My Loved One JR28024 UNREL
Jan 10, 1952
Shrimp Boats JR28025 5074
Trust In Me JR28026 5074
A Scandal JR28027 UNREL
(THIS MASTER WAS BY BUDDY LUCAS) JR28028
It's Over Because We're Through JR28029 5082
It Ain't Gonna Be Like That JR28030 UNREL
(THIS MASTER WAS BY BUDDY LUCAS) JR28031
Jan 17, 1952
Gettin' Tired, Tired, Tired JR28032 5084
Pretty, Pretty Rain JR28033 UNREL
Why Did You Go JR28034 UNREL
This I'll Do My Darling (SOLO) JR28035 UNREL
Proud Of You (SOLO) JR28036 5076
Mar 11, 1952
No Other Love (SOLO) JR28037 UNREL
The Night Has Come (SOLO) JR28038 UNREL
(THIS MASTER WAS BY REUBEN PHILLIPS) JR28039
Mar 12, 1952
Don't Stop JR28040 UNREL
I Promise You JR28041 UNREL
My Baby's Gonna Get It JR28042 UNREL
Baby, I Love You So JR28043 UNREL
Once Upon A Time JR28044 UNREL
Apr 1, 1952
I Don't Want To Take A Chance JR-1-108 5102
Wanted JR-1-108a UNREL
I'm Beginning To Think You Care For Me JR-1-108b UNREL
Yes Indeed (ORIOLES BACKING MOMS MABLEY) JR-1-108c UNREL
Don't Keep It To Yourself JR-1-108d UNREL
Jun 11, 1952 (all Sonny Til/Edna McGriff duets)
I Only Have Eyes For You JR28087 5090
Once In A While JR28088 5090
Good JR29012 5099
Piccadilly JR29013 5099
That's How I Feel Without You JR29014 UNREL
Love Birds JR29015 UNREL
Jul 8, 1952
Don't Cry Baby JR23001 5092
See See Rider JR23002 5092
Till Then (renumbered as master JB 1-125) JR23003 5107
Aug 25, 1952
Feeling Low JR23012 UNREL
Good Looking Baby JR23013 UNREL
Along About Sundown JR23014 UNREL
Oct 9, 1952
You Belong To Me JB 1-109 5102
Dec 31, 1952
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me JB 1-128 5108
Teardrops On My Pillow JB 1-129 5108
Feb, 1953
Congratulations To Someone (SOLO) JB 1-138 5118
(Danger) Soft Shoulders (SOLO) JB 1-139 5118
Have You Heard (SOLO) JB 1-140 5112
Lonely Wine (SOLO) JB 1-141 5112
Spring, 1953
Bad Little Girl JB 1-160 5115
(UNKNOWN TITLE) JB 1-161 LOST
Dem Days (Are Gone Forever) JB 1-162 5115
One More Time JB 1-163 5120
Jun 30, 1953
Crying In The Chapel JB 1-214 5122
Don't You Think I Ought To Know JB 1-215 5122
Maybe You'll Be There JB 1-292 5143
Drowning Every Hope I Ever Had JB 1-293 5143
Aug 4, 1953
In The Mission Of St Augustine -------- UNREL
Write And Tell Me Why -------- UNREL
Sep 11, 1953
In The Mission Of St Augustine JB 1-224 5127
Write And Tell Me Why JB 1-225 5127
Dec, 1953
Robe Of Calvary JB 1-260 5134
There's No One But You JB 1-261 5134
Jan 29, 1954
Don't Go To Strangers JB 1-270 5137, 5231
Secret Love JB 1-271 5137
Jun 29, 1954
In The Chapel In The Moonlight JB 318 5154
Thank The Lord! Thank The Lord! JB 319 5154
Sep 1, 1954
Longing JB 330 5161
If You Believe JB 331 5161
That's When The Good Lord Will Smile JB 378 5189
Oct 15, 1954
Runaround JB 342 5172
Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep JB 343 5172
Dec 22, 1954
Fair Exchange JB 351 5177
I Love You Mostly JB 352 5177
Feb, 1955
I Need You Baby JB 377 5189
Mar 16, 1955
Moody Over You JB 435 5221
Please Sing My Blues Tonight JB 436 5221
Cigareetos JB 514 UNREL
Sitting Here JB 515 UNREL
Bring The Money Home JB 516 UNREL
Oct 6, 1955
Angel JB 455 5231
Don't Cry ------ UNREL
Sure Fire ------ UNREL
Danger ------ UNREL
May 1956 (VEE-JAY MASTERS)
Happy Till The Letter 56-458 196
Didn't I Say 56-459 244
I Just Got Lucky 56-460 196
Sugar Girl 56-461 244
October 1956 (VEE-JAY MASTERS)
Fools Will Be Fools 56-567 UNREL
Live It Up 56-568 VJLP1021
For All We Know 56-569 228
Never Leave Me Baby 56-570 228
Jan 29, 1959 (JUBILEE MASTERS)
Crying In The Chapel 11571 6001
Tell Me So 11572 5363
At Night 11573 5363
Forgive And Forget 11574 6001
Jan 27, 1960 (JUBILEE MASTERS)
Come On Home 11748 5384
The First Of Summer 11749 5384
Panama Joe 11750 UNREL
Aug 24, 1960 (HERB ABRAMSON MASTERS, LEASED TO JUBILEE)
Night And Day (with unknown group) 11812 5394
Shimmy Time (with unknown group) 11813 5394
So Long (with unknown group) 11814 UNREL
Special thanks to Ferdie Gonzalez, for his discographical work.